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


an acre on the former Tom Mcintosh
place just north of the village, and
says quite a bit of it measured up to
ten feet Mrs. Coward received a
letetr last week from her sister, Mrs.
H. L. Kelly, who lives on a farm
near Taylor, Jackson county. Mrs.
Kelly stated that she kept tab on
some corn for few days, just to see
what it was doing, and one stalk
grew sixty-eight inches in eighteen
days, and actually extended it's height
seven inches in one day GA hours).
A storm of tropical proportions Wis.,
tied Baraboo and the surrounding To-
cality last night. There were some
mighty crashes of thunder, wonder
full and alarming display of lightning
and a heavy downpour of rain which
lasted for several hours. Automobiles
that tried to navigate the country
roads got stuck in the mud aid at
some places the highway looked to the
automobilist like the slough Of de-
spond.
In another part Of this paper will
be found a piece of poetry relative to
the antics of an automobile that tried
to climb tree at the corner or Eliza
beth and Second streets on a recent
evening. The article was contributed
by one of our subscribers, who is
willing TO swap her name for that of
the driver of the car.
La Crosses soldiers at San An
tonic, Texas, will soon receive the
longest letter ever mailed out of La
Crosse. It is now in the course of
preparation and measures 800 feet in
length. At the Bartl brewery roll
from cash register has been placed
in a conspicuous place and everyone
who wishes may write few lines to
soldier friend at the front. The
idea was an instantaneous hit and
the letter is nearly completed. 1t
will be addressed to the La Crosse
soldiers at Camp Wilson.
w. H. Potter has returned from
Northern Wisconsin where he went
in company with his brother, E. A.
Potter, who was president of the Bar
aboo Gas & Electric company before
it was sold to the Beggs interests.
The Potters visited some splendid
power sites on the Chippewa river
controlled by the Arpine Lumber COM
pany, but as yet undeveloped. The
location would be desirable for one or
more big power plants, but would en-
tail the transmission of current a
long distance, as the nearest towns
Gated in the iron district, nearly one
hundred miles away
A representative from the engineer
ing department of the Wisconsin
Power, Light, Heat & Gas company,
of which J. I. Beggs is president, was
in Baraboo recently looking over the
Baraboo plant, which was recently &C
CURED by the above concern. No def
mite statement was made as to when
the new owners will take charge of
the local property. From here the en-
gineer of the company went on to
Beaver Dam to meet Mr.. Beggs.
William Marsden, whose death re-
Gently occurred at Fennimore, where
he passed the greater part of his life,
bequeathed to that village $4,000 for
park, $4,000 for the high school,
$4,000 to church, district school, Gem
etery, ETC.
Sunday afternoon a fire. caused by
burning newspapers, gained consider
able Roadway in the woodland, near
the barns at Wawbeek farm. The
Kilbourn fire department with the
assistance of other local men, soon
had the blaze under control, a dog
kennel being the only building dam
aged, says the Kilbourn events. In
appreciation Of the prompt and faith
full work of the fire boys, Mr.. Upham
presented the department with a
check for 800.
Last night fine Jersey G&w was
struck at Kirkland by a locomotive
and died later as a result of it's in
juries. The animal was not instantly
killed, and the believing of the poor