Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-08-03
cago on the next train.

erty at the north end Of Devils Lake,
consisting Of boats, bath houses,
launch, etc., to Dominic Brescia, who
for about eight years has been en-
ployed as driller at the quarry at the
lake. The latter will continue to con-
duct the privileges he has acquired.
Mrs. Thrane is visiting in Baraboo for
few days, but expects soon to return
to her former home in Chicago.
Sank county has purchased a new
auto truck for road work. 1t is the
Clintonville four-wheel drive and is
considered one of the best for country
road purposes because Of its ability to
pull through sand or mud on account
of the four-wheel drive. It has 81
horsepower engine and carries three
tons. The truck arrived Monday.
The La Vale Athletics defeated the
Reedsburg base ball team at Reeds
burg Sunday II to 8. in seven innings.
Features Of the game were the hit
ting of Rose, Hyslop and Barnett, and
| the pitching of Flood, who allowed
Reedsburg two hits. Baraboo Red Sox,
take notice.
Undersheriff West of Rock county
and Detective McCarty of the North
western road left Baraboo today after
instructing the sheriff to release the
negro that was taken up yesterday By
Chief of Police Pelton and held to
await their arrival. A search waS
made of some grips at the home OF
| Nate Owens, where he had been stop.
ping, and according to the officers q
box of cartridges and gun cleaner
were found. On the bureau nearby
| formidable shooting iron about foot
long was picked up. The negro
claimed it was not his.
After working on the case until late
last night the detectives from out Of
the city concluded there was not sufa-
cient evidence to connect the man
held with the Evansville robbery, ana
spent some time looking for another
strange negro that they heard was
here. At the II o'clock train last
evening the officers from out of the
city made a search, but accomplished
nothing more than the finding of four
youths who were trying to ride the
blind baggage on the train.
Reverend A. E. Frederick of Kendall
paid visit to the News Office yester-
day and discussed to a certain extent
the political outlook. Mr.. Frederick
is a former member of the assembly,
and is known far and wide in Wiscon-
sin as the lighting parson." He is
out for the congressional nomination
from this district, and his opponent at
the primaries will be Congressman j.
J. Esch of La Crosse.
Mr.. Frederick states that Mr.. Esch
has held the Office for eighteen years
and it is his opinion that this district
should have change, and he will
make fight with that end in view
He criticized Congressman Esch's
vote on certain questions.
The attention of election officers is
called to law that was passed by the
last legislature. The law provides
that:
"The town board, village board and
common council of the several towns,
villages and cities of the state shall
place and display the national flag on
a suitable staff over every voting place
during all of the hours that the polls
are open on the day Of the general
! election, and may so display it on
other election and registration days.
The expense OF such flag and erection
and care and maintenance of the same
shall be charged against such town,
village or city, and be audited and paid
as other election expenses.
battery of Progressive speakers,
including several United States SEN
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the middle of this month to stump the
state for Senator Robert M. La Fol
lette, who is a candidate for re-elec-
ton. This announcement was made
by Charles H. Crownhart, chairman of
/ the La Toilette campaign committee
! today. Among the men who have an
nOunced their intention of coming to
the state to spend ten days or two
weeks stumping for Senator La Fol-
lette are: Senator George w. Norris,
! Nebraska; Senator w. H. Kenyon,
Iowa; Senator H. A. Gronne, North
Dakota; Senator Moses E. Clapp, Min
nesota; Senator William E. Borah,
Idaho; Senator John D. Works, Cali
. f0rnia; ex-senator Joseph L. Bristow,
Kansas; former congressman James