Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-03-02

Halsted says that the shipping is very
much congested, neither the railroad
terminals nor the wharves being able to
handle the business. All are in earnest
for preparedness and the attnosphese of
the great war in Europe seems to hover
over every man, woman and child.
When it comes to politics the prevail
ing sentiment seems to be that the Re-
publican candidate will either be Root,
Roosevelt or Hughes. There do not
seem to be many who want Roosevelt
but every one is anxious to know the
sentiment concerning him. The first
question an easterner asks a westerner
is what the sentiment is on prepared
ness and who will be the Re publican
candidate for president.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Cobleigh of Bak
or, Montana, who have been visiting a.
the home of Mr. Cobleigh's brother, S.
Cobleigh, near Baraboo, have gone to
Redwood Falls, Minnesota, for visit of
two weeks before going home. 1t has
been nineteen years since Mr.. Cobleigh
was at Baraboo. The visitors were &C
companied by Mr.. and Mrs.S. Cobleigh
who have gone to Redwood Falls to re-
main for fortnight.
Prairie du Sac is to have another bank
1t is to be stock company bank, ap-
plication for it's charter having already
been made The incorporators are J.
B. Ragatz, Fred Albertus, J. L. P. Ac-
)la, J. U. Schmidt and E.. ID. Gruber.
E. M, Lesser, GIT Mound street, is
candidate for city treasurer and will
make his formal announcement in a
f4w days. Mr.. Lesser has resided in
Baraboo for many years and has many
friends who will be glad to assist him
II the ampaign.
M. F. Foley, president of the Great
Northern Nursery Co, has let the con-
tract to cut off the timber, and grub 40
acres of land which he intends to set in
an apple orchard this coming fall. Par
ties having the contract are to have all
land grubbed and all the timber re-
moved by that time.
The land selected lies south and west
of the A. Fry farm in the town of
Greenfield. Adjoining this land will be
built large dwelling house and barn;
also a packing house which will be
large enough to hold Is, 900 barrels of
apples The lumber and timber used in
these buildings are now being removed
: from the orchard land.
Mr.. Foley claims the land he has Sc
lected could not be better suited for an
orchard. He will plant only four varie-
ties all of which will be winter apples.
With the above orchard and the present
bearing orchard which the company
now owns, he will have one of the
largest commercial orchards in the
state.
The machine used to clear the land
of stumps is Hercules grubber and is
manufactured at Centerville, Iowa. 1t
is very powerful for with one setting
three acres of land can be cleared of
stumps, heavy steel cables being used.
Cement posts with woven wire will
be used to fence in the orchard.
Those interested in apple growing de-
sire to make this county the foremost
in the state. The Kickapoo region is
one of the leading sections in apples
and Door county in cherries. It has
been demonstrated that fine, red apples
can be grown here and excellent re-
suits are expected in future years.
Mr.. and Mrs. &C. Albert and family,
who have just moved to this city from
Greenfield, wish to thank their many
friends for the post card shower they
received. They received about thirty
five cards. They also wish to thank
their kind neighbors who helped them
in moving.