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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-27
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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-27
Again Below Par

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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-27
SPIRITUALISTS TO
HOLD SUMNER
MEET AT W0NEWOC

G. G. Pratt, Baraboo, first vice-presi-
dent of the Western Wisconsin Camp
association of the National Spiritual
lists association, has provided this office
with q copy of the program for the
fifteenth annual camp meeting to be
held at Unity Park, WOnewOc, July 9
to August Is. Among the speakers on
the program are the following: Mrs.
Elizabeth Harlow Goetz, Mrs. D. A.
Morrill,, A. M. Griffer, Mrs. A. Brock
way, Chicago; Miss Louise G Loebel,
state secretary; Mrs. Jennie belong
Moseler, DR. S. E. Higgins, Miss
Evangie Lee, Morgan, DR.. William II
Watson and others.
A number of mediums will also be
present including Charles J. Barnes,
the trumpet medium, Warsaw, Indiana;
and Mrs. Bliss Green, the materializing
medium.
The officers Of the association are as
follows:
President-F. g. Hostak, Maids 0 n
Wis.
First Vice President-Mrs. C. C..
Pratt, Baraboo, Wis.
Second Vice President-Mrs. J. P.
Whitewell, St. Paul, MINI.
Financial Secretary Gertrude Spoon
er, Wonewoc, Wis.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Cora
Barge, Union Center, Wis.
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FORMER RESIDENT
DIES IN COLORADO

George Atkinson, who was born in
Baraboo died at his home at Longmont,
Colorado, aged IS years. His death
occurred after long illness, on April 8.
He has many friends in Baraboo, who
are sorry to learn of his death. The
family resided here until about seven
years ago when he moved west on &C.
count of his health. He was employed
on the Chicago and Northwestern road
here az brakeman for many years and
the family resided on Fifth avenue.
While in Colorado he was conductor on
the D. B. and W. road for awhile. At
the time Of his death he had charge of
the dancing pavilion and restaurants at
Glacier Lake. He was the owner of
several tungsten claims, which are be-
ing opetated by his son-in-law, Vern
Campbell.
Besides his wife, who was formerly
Miss Cynthia Fish of Baraboo, he leaves
two daughters, Mrs. Henry Won Hiddi-
son and Mrs. Vern Campbell. The re-
mains were cremated at Denver.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-27

Mrs. Ed. Boehm returned from Ro-
chester Wednesday evening and reports
that after q thorough examination the
doctors are Of the opinion that an op-
GRAFTON is necessary in the case of her
father, L. J. Ferris. He 10 taking
treatments preparatory to the opera
ton which will be performed in he
near future.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-04-27

Daniel Promo, Mr. and Mrs. John
Wilhelm, Mrs Louis HaIbman, Mrs.
EIson Mather and John Astle of Merri-
mack were Baraboo callers
yesterday. Some of them visi-
ted Mrs. John Astle at one of
the hospitals Mrs Astle expects to
be able TO return to her home Sunday.
Ringing circus teams lave been
hauling lumber to Mirror lake for the
erection of two cottages by Mrs AL
Ringing at Mirror lake. About fifteen
lOads have been hauled from the
Deppe-Carpenter lumber yard o
Water street.
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rf1am "

Mrs. M. j. Stuessy and little son
Raymond, of New Glarus are guests of
the former mother, Mrs Marie Schir-
mer, and other relatives in the city.
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ACTIVE ARMY OFFICER
AT THE AGE Of EIGHTY
Lieut.. Col. Gerlach Probably Has
Esta blished Record for Con-
tinuous Service.

Eighty years old November Is, 1915.
Lieut.. Col. William Gerlach of st. Paul.
Mimi, still is in active service and
doubtless has established an army rec
ord for age and for continuous service
February &c he will have served sixty
straight years.
Col. Gerlach autoplaticai.y went on
the retired list of the army sixteen
years Ago, but shortly afterward was
assigned to special duty with the Min
nesota National Guard and still is on
that duty, a valuable and respected Of
ficer.
Born in Schutten, in the Black forest,
Germany, November Is, 1895, William
Gerlach came to the United States in
1855 and q few months lated enlist ed
as a private in the regular army. He
was with the 4th Artillery five years.
being transferred to many points and
experiencing varied service, with other
duties chasing the Seminoles in Florida.
In 1861 he was transferred to the
Hospital Corps, winning such common
dation from his superiors that after
he war they REQUIRED for him COM
mission as second lieutenant in the
5Tth Infantry. That command later was
consolidated with the Sd Infantry, with
which command he saw much service in
the Indian country.
The Sd was long stationed at Fort
Smelling, Mimi. Except for short time
when he was mai or in the 10th Infan-
try. Col. Gerlach was with the Sd until
placed on the retired list. just after
the Spanish American war.
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mittee, will take the floor. and;
irrespective -of party feelings, viii VII
Wilson administration and the Sem
ate for extravaganza. Gussie"' Card
ner of Massachusetts,, IN high-pitched
voice and Boston accent, will fight for
preparedness, and with vitriolic sar-
casm roast the democrats for their
general inefficiency and Inconsistency.
The final pit of evidence. however.
will appear when the opportunity is
offered for Uncle Joe" Cannon to take
the floor. 1t does not matter what
bill is up at the time. Uncle Joe" will
devote few minutes to the subject be-
fore the House. and will then launch
forth on a regular, old-time republican
speech. He will rise up and down on
his toes. shove one hand down into his
pocket and then shake the other, as he
pours forth his wrath on the heads of
the democrats.
Tnen.. when the veteran republican
sits down, Speaker Clark will turn his
gavel over to somebody else, step down
from the Speakers desk, take his stand
in the arena before it and go after
Uncle joe" His will be another old
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taking A place on the appropriations
committee instead. When asked why
he turned down the finance committee,
which is the tariff considering COM
mittee of the Senate, Mr. Underwood
told a story of an old Alabama shoe
maker.
This old chap used to sit all day
pegging shoes. 1t was before the days
of shoe machinery. and all his work
was done by hand. Once a month he
bought n dollar ticket in the louisa ma
state lottery. Finally his persistence
he had won the $4,000 prize He
closed his shop. bought some new
clothes and lit out for New York.
Two years he spent in the metropolis,
doing all the things he had wanted for
many years to do He ate and drank
all he wanted. Lived at a good hotel.
took in all the theaters, went to Coney
Island aud had a great time.
But the pace was too fast for him,
and after awhile it began to tell on his
constitution. He had little money
left, SO came back to Birmingham and
reopened his shoemaker's shop. AS be-
fore, he began buying tickets in the
ed up and when he had begun to enjoy
his food once more, an official of the
lottery company came to his shop and
notified him that he had won the
twenty vethousand-do dollar prize a
second time.
THE old man looked at the lottery
agent blankly, and then exclaimed:
my God. have / got to go through
with all that again""
Charles +. Lands of Indiana. former
representative and brother of Judge
kenesaw Mountain Lands Chats his
real name), was recently visiting big
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HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
By Earl Goodwin.

In all this fair city there Is probably
no man who knows more about birds
and bees and other of the delights of
nature than Edward B. Clark, news
paper man and naturalist by instinct.
He knows the wild birds and the tame
ones. the migratory birds and those
which stick close to home all the year
round-can speak the language of any
of them. A flock of birds to Ed Clark
is poem, a cawing crow an insplra-
ton.
And so it is natural that men should
turn to him for information on the
winged hosts that chirp and clipper in
the branches of three or four trees on
Pennsylvania avenue. Any one, nat
uralist and plain pedestrian. will be
attracted by the staccato soprano cho-
rus of sparrow voices as thousands OF
birds prepare to roost for the night IN
those three trees on the south side OF
Pennsylvania avenue between 18th and
18th streets. Night after night, winter
and summer, spring and fall, those trees
have been alive with sparrows. More
birds than leaves are borne upon the
branches. Just before bird bedtime
tney simply raise CalT, clllTpihS, mp
ping, rustling, fighting. After bedtime
they sit there all rumpled up, into little
feathery balls, with a marvellous dis
regard of the f1aring electric lights,
which would make sleep impossible for
most mortals.
And so / said to Ed Clark:
"Why this choice of hotel by these
birds?"
"They picked those trees out long
time ago, let it be known that they
were good, substantial trees, and then
they focked back there every night,
he answered.
rs there no other reason?" ] asked.
NO. he said.
But sparrows have been roostinS
there for forty years."
"A sparrow lives only thirty mine
years." he replied. solemnly.
And then he walked away.
So, you see, he is great authority,
and if this story does not prove 1t,
then the famous Clark prediction on
the return of the black birds will prob
ably convince the doubling Thomases.
He was walking through the White
House grounds one day several years
ago. It was winter and things were
bleaker than usual. There was po-
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quires that a tax must be paid on all
properties such as buildings, furni-
ture. etc. Fairhope gets around this
difficulty by paying these taxes out of
the land rents collected from the citi-
zens. Now this is the difficulty:
Suppose that Mr.. Roe and Mr.. Doe
are each renting a lot at $40 a year.
Mr.. Roe is prosperous and builds a ten
thousand-dollar house on his lot, but
Mr.. Doe is poor and has only shack
worth few hundred. Both are paying
the same amount toward the state
property tax. but Mr.. Roe holds most of
the property. In effect. poor Mr.. Doe is
paying rich Mr.. Roe's taxes. Some of
the Mr.. Does became SO excited about
this state Of affairs that they brought
suit to dissolve the colony. They lost
the case. But this incident proves that
the ancient quarrel between those who
have and those who haven't is apt to
arise even among idealists.
Despite this little discord in the pre-
vailing harmony, the Fairhope expert
ment may emphatically be said to have
worked 1t has demonstrated the prac-
ticability of the single tax theory on
small scale at least. So Jumping
Jim's" Utopia was not so visionary
after all. .-
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TRAVELETTE
The Lido.

With the cold hand OF another war
winter Tightening on Europe, there are
men in every one of the dozen armies
whose thoughts turn regretfully to
other winters at the Lido. The mad
dest and merriest of all the beaches
is very silent nowadays.
Venice lies on a low island south of
the Italian shore, and southwark and
seaward from Venice stretches the
long, narrow sandspit guarding the
port. with the Lido at its eastern end.
The Lido is the pleasure beach of Ven
ice. When the nations of the earth are
on speaking terms Europe, Asia and
America flock there to splash in the
blue Adriatic. There is no resort in
the world so frivolously cosmopolitan.
The Lido is a great relief to the con-
scientious tourist. When he boards one
of the Italian marine jitneys known
as omnibus boats and leaves historic
Venice behind he knows that few
minutes churning through the calm
water will put him where the duties
end. Behind him lies the Queen of the
Adriatic, where every stone has a his
tory: where the air of medieval ro-
| nance hangs thick: where works of
turn: where the guide book babbles
lightly of history in thousand-year
periods. Before him Is only the Lido
| modern. clean. philistine, uninteresting,
4 but delightful
There is nothing to see at the Lido.
| but there are hundreds of things to do.
| Nothing to see, that Is, whose under
standing demands guide book-only
a streIm Of fashionable humanity that
halls from every part between San
| Francisco and Calcutta. A column
| could be filled with mere list Of the
nationalities that make the light
hearted throng. The resort was a great
favorite with the Germans in ante-bel-
Ium days. 1t was a center, too, for
| the exotic aristocracy Of the Balkans
| Bulgarians, Rumanians. Huns. Here,
! too. came fezzod Turks and turbaned
| Indians to mingle with English and
Americans and French. I.
! Hundreds Of little lighthouses dot the
sandy beach A crowd of bathers in
suits of wild design and wilder colors
splashes in the water like school OF
strange tropic fish. Bands play and
| children shout. At atmosphere Of So
phisticated holiday making, real as a
fsca fog, rises from the Lido.
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it away Then they sent for William
f. Brigham of the Boston Transcript,
one of the wisest looking men in all
the world.
The bird opened his bill and emitted
a sound which reminded Mr.. Brigham
of New England town pump: rasp-
ing, creaking noise that seemed to in
dictate a lack of fabrication. Brigham
fed.
Then they thought of the great nat
uralist Ed Clark, and when he heard
of the marvellous New York avenue
find he came looping like gazelle.
He needed but glance at the bird:
That" he said. sis NANCY speci-
men of the genus botaurus stellaris."
Then he left
Three hours later the elevator boy in
Mr. Robinson's building was explain
ing it to a friend:
:They give that bird long name
but Mr.. Leroy Vernon. he says that il
thing they put in cocktails. amt it?"
The men at the zoo sent for the bird
but, sad to say. it refused to eat; and
is now dead.
There are certain members of the
House that may always be looked upon
to make certain speeches. There are
perform regularly during the session
Gen. Sherwood of Ohio. chairman of
the committee on pensions, will soon
come forward with a speech about the
old soldiers. Gen. Sherwood is eighty
years old and for three Congresses has
been the Oldest member of the House.
But he is still active.
Finley Gray of Indiana will get out
and tear the vested interests to pieces
wave the American flag and uphold
the cause of the "peepul." Each will
extend his remarks in the Record, have
published at government expense sew
eral thousand copies and mail them
back to his district
"Johnnie" Fitzgerald Of Brooklyn
chairman Of the appropriations COM
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But enough of common birds like
sparrows and jackdaWs. Let us turn
our attention to another and rarer
feathered friend. captured alive on the
streets of Washington by one Robin
son. manager of an Office building. He
found the bird limping around at night
fall and gathered him in.
1t was the biggest bird New York
avenue had ever seen; and combined all
the physical features of bird life that
Robinson had ever heard of. long
herron's neck. ducks body, a crane's
legs and ducks feet. dark plumage
and long sharp bill that Mr.. Robin
son thought at first belonged to a
swordfish. Mr.. Robinson imagined he
had found specimen of the extinct
great aux, worth several thousand dol
lars apiece. and he therefore carefully
nursed his find until he could get il to
his office.
There he showed ii to Leroy T. Yer
non of the Chicago News, who said mot
guilty" and that he never drank, and
that he hoped Mr.. Robinson would take
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fashioned speech. Like Uncle Joe he
will say sarcastic things, but refrain
from being insulting. He will lambaste
his predecessor vigorously, but will
have to be careful lest he address him
as joe" for off the stage Cannon and
Clark are intimate friends.
These speeches are always expected
and never fail to come. The democrats
applaud the democratic orators to the
echo and the republicans do the same
for their heroes Rarely does speech
of this sort change a vote.
When kitchin was in the heat of his
chusetts was seen passing out through
the Speakers lobby, his hat and over
coat on.
why this fine contempt for great
oratory, Gus?" asked friend
1T is not that" replied Mr.. Gardner,
but / never listen to what the other
fside has to say"
Il would hate to have you on the jury
when ! was being tried for murder.
Mr.. GardneT, remarked Bill Gormley
of Boston, one of the House docrkeep-
ers.
Speaking of Uncle Joe Cannon brings
to light an honor that has been con-
ferred upon him by the democratic ma
jority of the House. Although techni-
cally new member, the veteran is
to have an unusual privilege. He will
have the room just off the House
chamber occupied since the democrats
got control of the House by the late
Serene Payne of New York. This room
belongs to the ranking minority mem
Der of the ways and means committee
but it has been given to Uncle Joe be-
cause of his record and his personality
1t is beautifully furnished and will
enable Uncle Joe to get in and out OF
he House chamber with ease.
X X
Senator Oscar Underwood of Ala
bama. who for many years was a
member Of the ways and means COM
mttee of the House, and who, when
the democrats got control, became
chairman and floor leader and author
of a tariff BILL declined position on
the finance committee of the Senate,
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MANAGING TIE CITY.
III.-'' dumping inns
Utopia.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

/ FA1RHOPE, Ala, January 11.-This
Is the only town in the United States.
and probably the only one in the
world, where nobody pays any taxes.
It is true municipal Utopia-the
realization Of an IDEAL Incidentally,
1t is thriving little city of $500 peo-
pie. commandingly set on a breezy
hilltop overlooking Mobile bay.
Don't come down here. however, with
the idea that you are going to get
police and fire protection and all other
municipal service free of charge. Fair
hope Is not benevolent institution or
an advertising scheme It is the only
living vindication of the practfca bility
of Henry Georges famous single tax
| theory.
One of the most ardent disciples of
Henry George was Gen. Jumping Jim
weaver, picturesque political figure
OF the early nineties, whom you have
probably forgotten. Gen. Weaver was
| that rare sort of man, a dreamer who
also acts. He espoused the cause of
the populists, ran for the presidency
on that ticket in 1892. and received the
votes of more than a million citizens.
Many of the "heresies" in Viewers
platform have since become political
staples for the two big parties.
X
Having failed to land the presidency.
Gen. Weaver determined to give
practical demon
Puts Theories stration of some of
Tt his political ideas.
Together with Cas-
ton and Ballangee, he organized the
Fairhope Industrial Association, whose
purpose was ito establish and conduct
model community or colony free
from private monopoly, and to secure
to its members therein equality of op-
portunity, the full reward of individ-
ual efforts and the benefits of coop
| Grafton in matters of general concern
After looking all over the United
States they selected this spot on the
shores of Mobile bay, in the firm be
lief that the splendid climate, the rich
surrounding land and the excellent har-
Dor would combine to make it great
city. Being idealists, they named it
Fairhope, and Fairhope Sill seems we'll
named today.
The working plan of the colony was
both simple and modest. Each member
paid 500. With this capital a tract of
land was bought and small plots were
leased to the members or to any one
else who wished to settle there. The
expenses Of government were paid out
of these rents. That is the essence Of
the Henry George theory-that there
shall be no tax except in the form of
rent for the land, which is always to
remain the property of the state. Thus
many of the inequalities of taxation
are obviated and the unearned incre-
ment due to the increase in the value
of land, which is the basis of all real
estate speculation. is abolished.
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Dwells Upon Judicial Function"

The speaker then dwelt upon the ''ju-
dicial function" in determining the
scope and validity of state and federal
laws. and said that important as this
function was, 1T should not .be over
burdened. nor should work be expected
Of il which should otherwise be per-
formed.
Very often" he said. "the differences
that exist between state and federal
laws governing different phases of the
same general activity are due more
10 accident or lack or forethought than
TO difference IN deliberate purpose. We
have had in our states too little re-
gard for the remoter and indirect con-
sequences of legislation. There has
been. perhaps. TOO much thought of
questions of abstract power rather
than of its ga gaclous use by those who,
after all. must have a common pros
perity or none at ALI Some progress
very gratifying. has been made to-
ward unifying our commercial law by
the enactment of uniform acts in many
states relating to negotiable instru-
ruents, warehouse receipts. bills of
lading and sales. But il should be pos
Sible TO do far more than has been
done in the promotion of agreement
rather than diversity. inasmuch as our
people are to = very great extent in
spired by the same ideals.
when Congress has lcEislated on n
subject within its province variations
in statutes 40 to corresponding activi-
amined to see whether such variations
are worth while o. whether il would
be possible TO ss,I:e harmony without
sacrifice OF :f real local interest.
The various q nist-ative commis-
sions easily p.D &c opportunities for
elaboration anU conference which
should be OF "a satimabIe importance
in avoiding unfortunate differences,
particularly when the legislative
policies underlying administrative ac-
tlOn appear to be Identical.
In most cases differences yield to a
complete understanding of facts, and
equipment for competent investiga-
lions should diminish the dangers of
conflict. IL would seem to be clear
that bodies of intelligent men dealing
as experts, for example. with the in
fic situations should be in practical
accord, or that at least such differ
@nces as may appear to exist should
be put to the test OF mutual statement,
analysis and consultation under plans
more definitely designed to prevent
unnecessary divergences. I should
think that many of our difficulties
might be solved by perfecting the
machinery OF administration with the
direc. purpose of promoting harmony
of action in dealing with those activi-
ties which are conducted in the world
of affairs as parts Of the same enter
prises."
Warns Against New Diversity.
hut nothing could be more lamenta-
BILE. he continued. In the enactment Of
uniform state laws, formulated with
the purpose OF unifying the CONNER
c.ai iaw of the country, than to treat