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

sister, Mrs. W. H. Newell, and her
cousin, E. l.. Palmer, left Wednesday
morning for Bismarck, n D., to visit
her sister, Mrs. Hattie Wilson, later
returning to her home via Yellowstone
Park, Wyoming.
Michael Michaelson of Lodi last
night reported to the police that he
had been robbed of S. and his watch
in the rear of the Fauerbach brewery
in Madison by two men. He said he
had been drinking with the fellows
and after leaving a saloon they escort
ed him to the rear of the brewery,
where they "rolled" him. He gave
a description of the alleged thieves to
the police and a search of the neigh
borhood was made but without sue
cess.
Work on the new road to Devils
Lake State park at the kirkland end
of the lake has been temporarily sus-
pended on account of insufficient funds
being available, it is stated. The road
completed, the highway itself having
been laid out and with the exception
of some grading, made ready for trav-
ell The town of Merrimack has voted
an appropriation to carry on their
share of the work from the point
| where the states labor ends. The
new road, after crossing the railroad
track, runs through the apple orchard
at Kirkland and joins the old road to
the Lake View hotel about midway
between the lake and the station.
1t has been possible for some time
to pass from the Messenger shore to
the kirkland end of the lake by auto
or rig and when the new road is COM
pleted access will be easier from Mer-
rimack and from points to the east Of
the lake.
Detective Mccarthy of the North
western road and Undersheriff West
and identify the negro who was held
as possible suspect in the recent
robbery at Evansville passed through
BarabOO yesterday with two negroes
in their custody whom they gathered
in at Stevens Point. 1t was not stat
ed whether they found any large sum
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dences that they were the parties
wanted
j. Weber, who is one of the owners
of the GAINESVILLE Clothing factory, a
branch of which recently was located
here, was in the city yesterday to in
spect the new plant. Mr.. Weber says
that at present the factory is being
run at loss, and every worker re-
ceives at least five dollars a week. AS
soon as these workers become trained,
it is expected that expenses will be
| made. All of the machines installed
here are now in use, about twenty
| two in number, and later about as
many more will be installed An ele-
vator, which is being installed by the
Baraboo Commercial club for the fac
tory, is nearly completed.
DR.. F. E. Tryon of Merrimack was
in the city today to assist in an alb
rdOminal operation on Mrs. Herman
Weinke Of Baraboo, which took place
at the Gem City hospital.
DR.. Byron Meacher brought G. H.
Koenig from Portage and the latter
underwent an operation for appendi-
citis this morning at the same institu-
ton.
The other patients in the hospital
are reported as doing nicely.
Through the Portage Business
Mems association big effort is be-
ing made to locate one of the United
| States governments nitrate plants
recently authorized by an act of con-
gross entitled can Act Making Fur
Their and More Effective Provision
for the National Defenses, and Other
Purposes" at Portage
The claims of the city as an ad-
vantageous point for the location of
such plant have been forwarded to
the U. S. senators from Wisconsin
and to Congressman M. E. Burke Of
! that district, and word from Washing
ton is to the effect that everything
possible is being done to have one of
the big plants located in Wisconsin
and at that city.
Rev. w. H. Penn, who has been
endeavoring on behalf Of the United
| Charities Association of Chicago, to
arrange for ten days outing at Port
age for half a hundred of Chicago's
tenement kiddies announced that he
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