Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-28
BELIEVED THAT JAMES r. QUINN
OF ST. LOUIS ACCIDENTALLY
DROWNED-WILL IN
VESTlGATE

The dead body Of James T. Quinn,
the stranger who has been missing at
He has attended all the fairs given
by the organization, this one being
the sixtieth. It is doubtful if anyone
in this state has such a record.
One of the fair visitors on Thurs
day was G. Hecker of Portage. Mr..
Hecker is much interested in fairs,
having attended the Portage exhibi-
ton for thirty years and honored with
the presidency for thirteen years. He
is also interested in flower culture as
a diversion
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Some old photographs in the Nat
ural History section attracted the
eyes Of the older residents of Sauk
county. Among the pictures was one
Of John Wright, who was accidental
ly killed. The gun in the same ex-
hibit was the one that caused Mr.
Wright's death. He was the father
of Mrs. J. e. English of Baraboo.
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The way the onlookers crowded up
to the fence and the prolonged shout
that went up showed the interest in
the automobile races. The American
people like something that can climb
through the air, and the faster the
better. The horse cannot hold the
attention when in competition with
automobiles or motorcycles.
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One Of the interesting exhibits in
the art department was nearly three
hundred pictures by Mrs. Maude New
ell Williams. Most of the pictures
3sare taken in Colombia, South Amer
lea, or in the Indies. Some show a
bull fight in Bogata, the old cemetery |
vaults, and other interesting events
and places.
Persons who like to see a smile that
is smile should have stepped into
the secretary's Office on Thursday aft
ernoon after the rush was over
Treasurer l.. E. Stone, e. J. Battles
and l.. S. Van Orden had been selling
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sack When Mr. Stone held up the
sack it looked almost as big as a pill
low. /
Among the visitors at the fair was.
Dillman S. Bullock of Madison, inter
ested in the State Live Stock Breed
ers' association. He was attracted by
the baby beef contest, and the three
prize winners, Floyd Grosinske, James
Morley and Howard Roser, agreed to
exhibit at Madison at the forthcom-
ing show.
Ed. A McGilvra is delighted with
the reception his Jerseys have been
receiving this season. He has attend
ed five fairs with eleven head, and the
record shows that every animal has
taken a premium at every fair, with
one exception. At one of the fairs one
of the herd missed That is a record
not easy to beat
Those interested in horses will be
interested to know that Southern Boy,
one of the fast horses at the fair, is
a brother of Dan Patch, the horse with
a world record. Dan Patch died re-
Gently from heart disease, and his |
owner died from the same disease !,
just week afterward. Joe Patchen,
the father OF the two horses, is still
living, his age being 27.
The .free-for-all race on Thursday
was most unusual. Roy Wilkes was
an easy winner of the first money, but
at the end of the third heat it was
found the three other horses held
equal places. There was no way but
to divide the money. F. H. Lampert,
the starter, said it was the most un-
usual circumstance in HIS thirty years
of experience in horse facing.
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Mr. and Mrs J. G. Seamans or
Reedsburg were fair visitors. He is
interested in one of the fox farms and
says that DR.. Collins has recently re-
turned with thirty black foxes from
Prince Edward island, the recognized
fox farm center on this continent.
The company at Reedsburg has sold
some of the young foxes at fancy
figure and have replaced the stock
with others from the east.