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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-28
HOUSE BURNS
IN GREENFIELD

This morning as Mr.. and MES. Her
man Koepp Of Greeneld were shop
ping in Baraboo, they received a teIe-
phone message from neighbor stat
ing that their house was on fre. TneV
Immediately left by auto for the scene
Of the fire, but found the roof ready
to fall. With the aid Of neighbors to
the number Of about 80 the other
buildings were saved, and it was with
difficulty that wcodshed about twelve
feet from the house was prevented
from burning.
The dwelling was a stone structure
valued at about $4,000, partially eov-
cred by insurance.
| All furniture and personal effects
were destroyed.
The cause of the fire is not knowA,
but it is believed to have craginiatsd
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-28
SAAlUSkY

A number from here attended the
senior class play at Lone Rock on
Saturday night.
''lcob Weitzel spent Sunday at the
home of his parents. He is employed
in Big Hollow on farm.
Irene Keigan spent few days last
week with her aunt, Mrs. J. Kaney.
Adolph Roessler, who is employed
by Charles Wunnicke Of Bear Valley,
spent Sunday at the home Of his par
ents.
Katherine, Johnnie and William
Weitzel and wife motored Saturday
to Richland Center to do their Christ
mas shopping.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. James Giles
pie, daughter.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-28
Public Bequests Are Now Availa-
BILE, ACCORDING to Court
Order

Final judgment in the estate of the
late w. w. Warner was entered in
the county court Friday at Madison
In view of the action of the court the
following public bequests are now
available:
Dane county branch of the Wiscon
sin Humane society, $500.
Attic Angels, $500.
Madison General Hospital associa
ton, $1,000
Museum Of the State Historical so
ciety, all Indian curios, relics and
mineral specimens, also Swiss music
box and the cabinet and records be
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-28
SKILLET CREEK
FARMERS CLUB

Contrary to expectations there was
a fairly good attendance at the meet
ing held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Schaefer on Tuesday evening, be-
tween forty and fifty being present.
Those who diEregarded the severe
cold for the sake Of meeting their
friends went home feeling that this
was among the best Of the clubs
many meetings. The various phases
of the potato subject were we'll pre-
sented by William Wichern, Roland
Schaefer, Dwight Welch, Herman
Zantow and Mrs. Wilbur CahOon.
Unusual interest was shown in the
discussions following the several
talks. Turning under clover, either
the second growth after the first cut
ting or the first growth in June, is
generally favored So far as tried,
commercial fertilizers have not prov
ed helpful in such ground. Only one
member favors rejecting the seed end
when cutting for sets. Mr.. ZantoW
thinks that much as he likes farming
he is not sure the he would advise a
boy to stick to farming when there is
much chance to make easy money as
middleman handling farm produce.
The fact that some buyers within
hauling distance pay enough more
than nearby buyers to be worth while
seeking the distant market brought
the opinion from some members that
the farmers should organize and CO.
operate to help each other in getting
an honest share of the consumers
dollars. l wish there was time and
space for full report of the discus
siens.
During visiting intermissiOn Mrs.
III. Zantow led merry -go-around
promenade and all joined in singing
and contributing pennies to the sun
shine fund. The money realized will
be used to cheer club members with
flowers in the future.
/ After visiting intermission Mrs.
Ella Cahoon read an excellent paper
on various ways of cooking potatoes
| The ladies were as free to discuss
this subject as the genalemen had
been with the producing and market
ing questions. The following persons
were chosen as delegates to the coun
{ try life meeting, January 5 and &:
Mrs. R. Schaefer, Dwight Welch, Jes
sic Martiny, Wilbur Cahoon, Mrs
Welch, Will Wichern and Mrs. H
Zantow. Will Wichern was awarded
| first and William Toole second on late
potatoes, Will Wichern first on earl!
potatoes, R. R. Rodwell received frs
and R. Schaefer second on yellow
Dent corn. Ernest Wichern places
very fine samples on the tables, bu
, as he was judge he could not compete
The next meeting will be at tn
Rodwell home on Friday evening, De
: cember 29. The program will be Pre-
vided by the young people under d
rection Of the Girl Scouts club.
Mr.. Wichern invited all to help tn
! chicken show to success Decembe
26, 27, % and 20, including banque
on Thursday evening.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-28
REEDSBURG COUPLE
GIVEN SURPRISE

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Mcclure were hap
PLY surprised at their home on La
Vale street Sunday by large party
of friends and relatives, who came to
remind them Of their twenty-fifth wed
ding anniversary. A picnic dinner
was served and Mr.. Tibbits acted as
toastmaster A purse OF silver and
other gifts Of silverware were pre-
gented to them. A splendid time was
reported and all went home wishing
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcclure many more
years Of happy married life.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-28
STATE INSTITUTIONS NOW
HOLD 1879 PATIENTS

The monthly report Of the state
board Of cotrol shows that there are
1879 patients and inmates in Wis
consin institutions for the unfortu-
nate. The total number Of insane
cared for in state and county asylums
is 1884. The state hospital for insane
at Mendoza has 624 patients and the
Northern hosp, al at Oshkosh 622.
There are 935 inmates at the state
.penitentiary.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-28
PURCHASING POWER
.lol|ss o5sss y y INCREASES

~ ~ -
49, c%,c1ve values Of farm products
xoEm equipment are very forcibly
<SStrated in the following converse
,tfon, overheard and reported by a
salesman for the Parlin & Orendorff
Company, Canton, H., which took
place between a farmer in his terri
tory and the local retail dealer. The
facts, as stated, should go far toward
staying the walls of the most active
calamity bowler, says the Auburn
Qnd) Bee.
The family drove up to the dealers
place Of business, and the following
exchange Of greetings took place:
Good morning, ST."
Good morning, Hi"
81 say, ST, what is the price of that
wagon over yOnder?"
Ninety dollars, Hi"
NINETY dollars! Why, my father
bought the same wagon thirty years
ago for $780,"
Eyes, ST, he did, and he bought it
of me, but, as money was scarce at
that time and I wanted some corn,
your father delivered me 800 bushels
of corn in payment for the $50 wagon,
and I can use more corn at this time,
and I will make the same trade with
you today as I did with your father
some thirty years ago on the same
wagon, and will give you from my
stock in addition to this wagon at
SQ0 OO
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Rosenthal Of
Reedsburg have welcomed a new mem
ber to their family, new baby girl
having arrived Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Mcclure OF
Reedsburg have adopted ten-weeks-
old baby girl from the orphans home
in Sparta.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-28
NOT MANY PERFECT
In REEDSBURC SCHOOLS

At the Reedsburg school this year
all the pupils were required to pass s.
physical examination Of the 609
pupils examined only 80 passed. a
perfect examination.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-28

The farmer receives two-thirds OF
the money paid for butter, a larger
proportion received by him than for
any other dairy products. The bulle-
tin was written by B. H. Hibbard and
Asher Hobson and may be had for
the asking.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-28
WHO GETS THE
MONEY FOR BUTTER?

The Agricultural Experiment sta
ton at Madison has issued bulletin
on the marketing of butter in this
state. According to the figures COM
piled from the reports of 1909 those
who got the money were as follows:
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-12-28

RrMENT DEVOTED TO INTERESTS OF NEWS READERS

If you have something timely topic, question
ask please this department. Limit
municaons 800 words less.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-28
FEMININE PREPAREDNESS
By Frederic J. Haskin

mess tent. The change of air and
drinking water, as well as the outdoor
sleeping, have a distinctly invigora-
ting effect on the appetite, so that the
coarse barracks crockery and plain,
sturdy military menu do not offend the
aesthetic sensibilities of the campers.
During the first few days, several
young ladies insisted upon decorating
the rough pine tables with pitchers of
flowers received from admirers, but
later this was discouraged.
Debutantes who shudder at the sight
of a dairy lunch room, consume the
ungarnished food of the military camp
with relish that is extremely f1atter-
ing to the Austrian chef, who is one of
the number of enlisted men residing
at the camp and looking after the
ladies. The sight of the rockies at
breakfast it certainly inspiring, not to
say unique. Seated on crude wooden
benches before oblong, roughly-hewn
tables are some two hundred feminine
warriors, emitting a steady stream of
noisy clatter while trying to balance
the heavy white coffee cups OF the un-
breakable order. The average break
fast consists of grape fruit, corn
flakes, boiled eggs and potatoes. bread
and butter and coffee, and the dinners
and suppers are also planned on a
generous scale. Finger bowls are un-
heard of, and often there is only one
teaspoon for both the eggs and coffee.
At first there were paper napkins, but
during the second week of the en-
campment these ran out and were su-
perseded by embroidered handker-
chiefs-and khaki.
After breakfast, there are drills and
lessons in warcraft. Naval instructors
instruct squads of debutante soldiers
IN the intricacies of wireless and wig
wagging, while others are learning to
make bandages, pillows, for the
wounded and listening to lectures on
dletetics. During these, the very
strictness military discipline is main
ed and the. girls wear a look of dig
mined importance. Groups of khaki
clad hgures may be seen around the
telegraph instrument, at the sewing
machine, taking notes on a dietetic
demonstration or watching a naval
officer wave a red flag in weird ges-
lures signifying various important
things.
Government bulletins on household
economics are at the disposal of the
students, and several well-known au-
thorities have given and will continue
to give interesting talks on subjects
relating to military life, such as
health and sanitation, European me-
thods of taking care of the wounded
NSS NotASo anu lile preparations
OF food and clothing for the Red Cross
hospitals. These lectures are open to
the day students attending the camp.
OF whom there are about five hundred
as well as the public in general. Even
should the United States manage to es-
cape war, this information is of ines
umable value to society women who
| constitute the major support of the
American Red Cross which has sent SO
much assistance, both in supplies and
money to the sufferers of Europe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-28
Three Views of Booze

ltrom the Kansas City Star.l
The same mail brought to the office
things from three widely Separated
places: Cincinnati, Calgary and Spo-
Kane. That from Cincinnati was clip
sheet" from the publicity department of
the National Wholesale Liouor Dealers
association, sol United Bank Building.
At the top of the sheet was an invita-
tion to the editor to, clip and use free
Of charge" any article contained there
IN. Among other things on this clll,
Sneet was cartoon showing the Anti
Sitb SaiGon ELeiaass League plotting a motorcycle
seat behind him and both, with terri
ned races, We're plunging over the
preclplce OF Dry Territory" into a can
yon labeled Financial Ruin"
Ihe second communication was a let
Ter containing clipping from the Leth-
bridge Herald, of Alberta, Canada, Civ
that town since the province Went dry,
July l. 1t said that the merchants
never before had such good business in
report:
"As an example of the way prohibi-
Ilon Is WORKING out one man went into
a. clothing store: He had with him his
wife and whole family. He outfitted all
the children and was mighty proud of
them. Prior to July !, it was consider.
ed the inevitable thing that he would
of his wages for drink"
The clipping stated that there were
many such cases. 1t also stated that
there was not one arrest in the town
and not fight nor a drunken man on
the streets where there used to be many
every Saturday. There was not one
case in police court the following Nom
day morning where there used to be a
dozen.
The third communication was an edi-
torial from the Daily Chronicle OF Spo-
kane, Wash, setting forth that since
that State became dry" January / the
county jail has one hundred cells ito
let" that were occupied year ago; the
poorfarm had lost one-fourth of its
boarders; bank clearings had increased
$30,000,000; building permits had in
creased 60 per cent. Destitution, crime.
poverty, charity cases had decreased
greatly. Grocers, clothiers shoe dealers
reported an increase of from to So
per cent
Does anybody take seriously the
arguments put forth by the liquor
dealers?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-28

COCIETY is for preparedness. 1t
y has established a military camp
here where debutantes and ma
irons, clad in khaki and military leg
gings, are learning to wigwag, tele-
graph, render first-aid, sew and cook.
No longer can the male of Oglethorpe
or Plattsburg strut before his admir-
ing womenfolk and patroniZe their ig-
norance of all things military. In
stead, the family arguments of the
future will doubtless be confined to
the way it is done in Oglethorpe and
the way it is done in Chevy Chase.
The girls camp, called the National
Service School, is located on shady
suburban lots facing Connecticut Ave-
nue., within walking distance of the
Chevy Chase and Columbia Clubs. On
one side of the street are the instruc-
ton tents, including army dressings,
dietetics, sewing, telegraphy and the
emergency hospital; and on the other
are the sleeping tents, the coloners
headquarters, and an immense SCREEN
ed and awninged structure affectio-
nately designated as the mess house.
The prevailing color, of course, is that
of khaki. Khaki are the tents and
khaki is the heavy masculine apparel
of the young ladies. The huge army
stoves with their crooked stoVe-pipes
house; the commissary tent with it's
trunk equipment and supplies of sar-
dimes and flour; the wireless apparatus
on the corner and the metallic click
of the telegraph heard in the colonels
headquarters, all combine to create
the military atmosphere. But the
sound of silvery and surreptitious gig
giles emanating from the emergency
hospital and martial orders delivered
in a clear, high soprano, suggest moth
ing so much as a lot of little girls play
ing Indian.
Many of the girls feel the same way
about it at the beginning, but it usual
ly takes just day and half to make
them realize their mistake. The dis
cipline is strictly military, requiring a
punctilious response different from
that of the average young ladies' fin
ishing school. On arriving. the new
conner is assigned a place in one of
four companies, together with certain
military duties for which she is held
responsible. She sleeps on a military
cot, which is not the most comforta-
Bile thing IN the world, inside a tent
shared with another member of the
company. The tents are built on pine
board platforms several inches above
the ground and lighted with electric
ity; nevertheless, they are a sudden
change from the close shelter of the
bedroom. One western girl said that
the first night she was devoured by
mosquitoes and caught a fearful cold
in her head, but by the end of the
week she felt abnormally healthy and
more energetic than ever before.
The camp is aroused early in the
morning at the sound of the bugle,
and performing a hasty toilet that
rather ignores the Grecian lines of the
hair, dons it's khaki and proceeds in
orderly but impatient squads to the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-28
$25,OoO,000 Fixed Delusion
From the New York Sun.l

IL IOill TIC AN6W 1OTh sun.
There is no doubt about the desir-
ability of the purchase of the Danish
islands at a reasonable price, but an
administration that signs a treaty pro-
posing to pay $25. 100000 for them must
be in state of hypnosis.
Indeed, this figure of S25,00O, 600 seems
to be one of the fixed ideas which are
attracting the curious attention of the
psychologists to DR.. Wilson's intellec-
tual processes. That was the exact sum
in which he and his former Secretary
OF state undertook to penalize the
Colombia, and al the same time to de-
nounce to the world as infamous an ex-
ecutive act CT a Republican President.
Is the present S25, 100000 proposal
likewise intended to punish the country
for the failure of President Roosevelt to
Croix from Denmark fourteen years
ago for $4,000, 900?
We agree with our neighbor the
World. that faithful eulogist of DR.. will
sons policies and moods and fixed ideas,
that "the price now proposed, S25 900,
1t is not so easy, however, to concur
in the Worlds further conclusion that
although S25, 10000 may seem a bie
price. "it is cheap enough as an insure
ance against the menace of an inimical
Power"
If Alaska (cost. s7,2oo,o 900 in gold)
were ours to wager, we would bet that
valuable possession against Barren Is
land that a cash offer of $40, 900, 900
would be hailed in Copenhagen as the
greatest business opportunity in Dem
Who put the s25, 5000 900 into the
treaty. which the Senate is to be asked
to ratify?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-28
Truth Essential
ILLINOIS.

James Kelley, of Chicago Herald, in
addressing an advertising club in Kan
sas City, said in part: Truth should
prevail in advertising. as we'll as in
the news columns. The value of white
space is based on the readers belief in
what is printed In that space. believe
that dishonest advertising is a public
wrong. There has been a great for
ward movement along advertising
lines in the last few years. The adver-
tising man who insists upon absolutely
right statements Is writing insurance
on his business. The average news
paper of to-day Is an honest paper, and
there is little reflection of the adver-
tising in the editorial columns. Adver-
tising men who believe In truth and
decency can do much for the news
papers In underwriting faith In the
printed word. and unless that is done,
money spent In advertising is thrown
away. Their great task is to make peo-
pie believe what they read. There must
be absolute honesty of statement"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-28
HUGHES STRONG OUT WEST

TX-SENATOR JOHN H. Lands,
IL writing to the Lancaster New Era
from Minneapolis, tells of the
strong sentiment for Hughes which is
developing in the far West. He takes
a very optimistic view of the political
situation from the Republican stand
point and reviews the conditions as he
has found them in a trip throughout
the Middle and North West. He
points out that the Democratic tariff
has damaged many of the interests in
that section of the country and de-
clares that the fine record of Charles
Evans Hughes appeals to the people of
all classes. Throughout the great
Northwest is strong sentiment for
the Republican nominee and Mr.. Ian
dis declares with confidence that the
Republican candidate will carry prac-
tically every State that has ever gone
Republican before.
AS a result OF the rising tide of
Republican sentiment throughout the
country he believes many Democratic
senators will be retired for those who
favor protection and true blue Ameri-
canism. Progressives have returned to
their first love in large numbers and
the third party is almost negligible at
the present time
Altogether the conclusions of Mr..
Lands are convincing because they
are manifestly founded upon personal
investigation and with no desire to
permit the wish to be father to the
thought.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-28
EDITORIAL COMMENT

One great difficulty on the Texas
border appears to be to persuade the
national guardsmen that they are as
badly off or as anxious to figure as
slackers as. some officious political
agents desire them to ben. Y. World
Captain Sims of the navy has been
asked to revise his report of the Battle
of Jutland in the interests of neutrality.
II the captain knows who won he
ought to be allowed to tell. Nobody else
seems to know.-Kansas City Star.
The Kaiser "views with horror" the
oarbarous attacks of the Cossack cav
airy, but this, again, is not important.
The Kaiser views with horror any
deviltry that is not of his own inven-
tion.-N. Y. Sun.
In addition to the % million dollars
proposed to be given for the Danish
west Indies, the United States is to
relinquish to Denmark all its rights
in Greenland. Also we might be ready
to throw in any claims we may have
on the North Pole.-Kansas City Star.
Villa was reported yesterday as sew
eral miles ahead of his nurse and 60
ing strong. - New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-28
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WELCoME TO OUR CITY
0 The Editor of the Tclegrabh:

TO the Editor of the Telegraph:
Dear Sir: Arriving in your city yes
terday afternoon from the west, I was
forced to remain in the station for
some time waiting for delayed bag
gage. When ready to leave there were
no porters about, and no cabs in sight.
Seeing a car with "Jitney" sign and
one passenger, lady, like myself, I
signaled the driver. He opened the
door and took in my heavy English
bag, but as I was about to enter, a
uniformed station attache said: Lady,
you can't get in there; jitneys are not
permitted to take traffic from this sta
ton" The driver said he was unaware
of that fact but the officer was Arm
and would not permit me to enter the
car. Rather than make a fuss in a
strange city, l was forced to walk
through. the broiling hot sun to the end
of the station property in order to take
that car in the street Is this the
usual way to welcome strangers to
Greater Harrisburg"
ILLINOIS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-28
A Shadowless Lieht

One of the latest Improvements in
hospital equipment is the invention
of a shadowless light for the operat-
ing table. This has been secured by
fixture containing eight electric
lights placed 80 that their rays meet
at an angle of as degrees. This
makes better vision possible in the ex-
animation of wounds and also elimi-
mates the possibility of a delicate op-
Grafton being hindered by the shad-
ows of the surgeons hands as is fire.
quently the case with lights ordinarily
placed. 1t is claimed that the shad-
owless light might lessen the number
of accidents in many industrial estab-
nahmeptg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-28
THE DEUTSCHLAND

TINE Navy Department has done
wisely in stationing cruisers off
the Chesapeake bay to prevent
any interference with the Deutschland
within the three-mile limit of safety
prescribed by international law.
Nothing would delight England
more than the capture or destruction
of this giant submarine and it is not
past belief that some of her naval Off
GERS would strain a point to carry out
the orders from London. We want no
such international complications as
would be certain to follow an attack
on the Deutschland before she is with
out the zone of protection guaranteed
by the United States to all vessels of
friendly powers.
Public sentiment in America may
be against Germany in this war, but