Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-10

Miss Fern Kuether Of Marshall and
Harlan Wolfe of Sun Prairie are the
guests of the Smith and Kuether fam
ilies for few days.
The Barkenhagen family picnicked
at the Lake Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M E. Fisk and daugh-
tiers Faye and Marjorie were over
Sunday from Prairie du Sac.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Smith were
nome from Benton for the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Ristau and little
son and Mrs. Weidman of Westfeld
visited at the Ristau home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Petzke are Wis.,
iting their daughter, Mrs. Minnie Alex
ander, in Jackson county.
Charles Klein made trip to Bar
ron county lately.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Petzke made
a trip to Alma Center last week, near
which place they contemplate pur
chasing farm.
f. Wilcox of Mansion was in town
Ghe last of the week visiting friends.
Frank Hackett has purchased the
residence north of the bank, owned
10y James Pollock of Reedsburg. This
house was built for Mr.. Hackett's
mother Mrs. Dency Hackett, and
again comes back into the family.
Mrs Bernard McNuIty of Spring
Green is the guest of her sister, Miss
Anne Donaghey
Bartel Ragatz has sold the south
part of his land and the house where
he has been living to Clarence Wing
of Baraboo. Mr.. Ragatz will move
into the other residence on this prop
erty.
The Walter Draper family spent
Sunday with relatives in Reedsburg.
Misses Dorothy and Marjorie remain
ed until Monday
Ed Weston and family and relatives
from Spring Green, who are visiting
mere, spent Sunday at the Dells.
John Schara has a new car.
Stanley Hayes visited his parents
in Oregon Sunday, and attended the
Ringing circus in Madison on Mon
day.
The Letter and Putt families went
Sunday to Webster Prairie to visit
relatives.
The boys who camped at the lake
with Tom Johnston the last Of the
week had quite an experience in the
storm Friday night The water ran
under the tent so that only part of
che boys had room in the dry after
the hard rain in the evening, and the
superintendent had the remainder
sleep on the porch of his residence.
At l O'Clock the others drowned out
and had to take refuge there, too, and
were also provided with dry blankets.
The Misses Title and Zero English
of Baraboo were guests Friday of Miss
Anne Donaghey and Mrs. N. E. Post.
County superintendent and Mrs. G..
w. Davies and daughters Mary and
Helen are on an auto trip to Madison,
Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Shawano and
other cities. In Milwaukee Mr.. Davies
will address the summer school now
an session at Milwaukee normal
Mr.. and Mrs. Coad and four chill
siren came Friday night from Besse-
mer, Mich, to visit Mrs. Coad's ia
ther, William Trebilcock, ST.; also
a brother and sister here.
Miss Mayme Hackett, who has been
employed in Madison the past year
arrived Monday to visit Miss Doris
Blachly before going to her home in
Westf1eld
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Hackett were in
Wonewoc over Sunday. J. Hackett
was up Saturday night, also.
John Barkenhagen and Miss Hazel
Brigam came up Saturday night from
Madison.
William Rick and family are en-
joying new car.
Oliver Reese was up Sunday from
BaraboO.
The Misses Kitzke returned Monday
from Madison.
Attends Convention
George w. Hackett, president of
the Wisconsin Poultry Breeders AS
ISOLATION, has gone to Cleveland, O.,
20 attend the National Convention of
she Poultry Breeders association, in
session there this week. The presi-
dents of the several state constitute
the executive board
The Crops
At last, after weeks of waiting. we
have plenty of rain.
Threshing has begun. Oats are a
light crop, but barley is good.
Early potatoes, unless very early,
did not yield as they ORDINARILY do,
4Jn account of drV weather hut late