Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-09-23
Thursday

According to the kllbOurn Events the
Kilbourn and Prairie du Sac dams re-
qCired an investment of about So, 600, 900
to build. The paper says the former
has capacity of 5000 horse power and
| the latter of 10, 600.
The rainfall at Devils Lake State
Park was unusually heavy on Tuesday
night, the lake rising about eight inch
es. The water at the north end is now
but few inches below the top of the
cement pier and the Thrane pier was
under water yesterday. At the Mes
senger shore another raise in the lake
like that of Tuesday night would put
the fiat land under water, the bride g
across the creek being now about level
with the water.
M. c.. Hacker was among the Bara
booans marooned at Madison on account
Of the slide at the Merrimack bridge on
Tuesday and was not able to return to
Baraboo until yesterday. He stated
that the rain at Madison on Tuesday
night was unusually heavy, the water
rushing down the streets in such vol
ume that the sewers could not take
care of it all with the result that in
some places Easements were flooded At
barber shop near the Elver hotel the
water flooded over the sidewalk and
down into the shop causing a lsudden
exodus. Mr. Hacker stated that in re-
turning to Baraboo he with a dozen
others was obliged to walk from Okee
to Merrimack.
Over 5000 visitors toured the new
state capitol at Madison last month, &C
cording to the visitors register. Two
guides, c. A. Hoist and Stanley E.
Lathrop, are on duty all day conducting
parties of visitors, usually about doz-
en- at time, throughout the great
! building. The places visited are the
supreme court room, executive recep-
ton room, senate and assembly cham
bers. When the north wing is COM
pleted, the large chamber to be used
for commission hearings will be in
cluded in the itinerary 1t will contain
painting by one of American cele-
| brated artists.
Prizes were awarded on Wednesday
| for the exhibits in the Educational Ge-
partment of the state fair at Milwau-
kee. Washburn county won first place
for the best all around display of the
art and handiwork of its school chill
dren. Racine county was second. In
the county school districts, District l,
Arena, Iowa county, took first; Dis
trict 6, Freedom, Sank county, second.
Sank county training school won first
place in that division and Columbia
school was second.
Hon Robert Caldwell of Lodi was in
Portage Wednesday to attend the fair.
Mr. Caldwell states that the girl, St.
Claire, who fell with parachute at the
Lodi fair, has good chances of recovery.
1.-The town has raised fund of about
$125 from different sources to aid the
young lady in distress and she is given
every possible care. AS soon as her
condition will permit she will be re-
moved to Milwaukee to be placed in q
hospital" remarked Mr. Cald we'll.
AS usual T.. D. Ochsner of Prairie du
Sac gathers the bulk Of the honey prize
at the State Fair. Of the total of 1858
in cash offered he gets $116 out of seven
entries with honey, bees and wax. He
has been state fair bee exhibitor for
twenty two years straight, and always
at the top or near it.
| H. L. Halsted, who has spent part of
the summer at Devils Lake for many
years past, stated this morning that he
believed the high water record for re-
cent years at the lake had been reach
ed. The first Terwilliger pier is now
three feet under water and the lake is
at the point of overlooking the low
land on the Messenger shore.
Among the visitors at the Columbia
county fair at Portage yesterday were
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Maloney, Attor-
ney j. A. Malone and Miss Ella andre.
They report practically nothing doing
at the pumpkin show on account of the
severe transforms. Load after load of
straw was brought to the grounds and
spread out so as to help make it
passabIe and the horse races were call
ed off, the only event of Wednesday