Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-10-19

Island Wooden mill of Baraboo, the
same concern controlling the output
of the Reedsburg mill While Mr.
Hamp if here the line Of goods to be
made during the next year will be de-
termined. Since the beginning of the
war the mills have been crowded with
orders and the future outlook is very
bright for a continuance of prosper
ity.
Miss Marie Kennedy entertained
sixteen friends at her home at 808
Lake street Wednesday evening, it
being her seventeenth birthday. The
evening was spent in music and So
cial time was had by an present. At
late hour supper was served and all
departed wishing Miss Kennedy many
more such birthdays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Dyke have
taken rooms at the home Of Mrs. Scott
on Third street. The Herman School
family are occupying the Dyke home
on Third street. Mr.. and Mrs. Dyke
expect to leave for Florida in a few
weeks.
| Mrs. B. J. Higgins went today to
Madison to visit for a few days.
Her husband, B. J. Higgins, who has
been working there will return
with her
Orville Olson Of Cooperstown, N.
D., who has been visiting at the
Charles Bailey home, has gone to Ma
riOn, Alabama.
+: Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Bloom left today
for trip to Milwaukee, Chicago and
Madison. They expect to be gone
about three weeks.
j Mrs. T. G. Dohr and Miss Anna
Romelfanger of Madison came this
morning to visit at the home Of their
brother and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Romelfanger.
Mrs. George M. Hill and guest,
Frank S. Hunt, of Lowell, Mass,
spent the afternoon in North Freedom
with Mrs. James Blaobly. Mr.. Hill
and Mr. Hunt are cousins.
Rev. and Mrs W. F. Elske and Miss
Lillian Kreiman Of Brillion mOtOred
to Baraboo yesterday and are renew
ing acquaintance. Rev. Elske was
pastor of the German NJ. E. church
here three years ago.
Mrs. A. L. Spencer entertained st.
Margaret's guild of the Episcopal
church yesterday afternoon at her
home on Maple street. The time was
spent in needlework and visiting,
after which refreshments were served.
Mrs. T. E. Slater, who has been Wis
iting at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John ELLINGTON, has gone
to Milwaukee and Wyeville to visit
before returning to her home at Sault
Ste Marie
The farm belonging to the William
E. Kastin estate was sold at auction
on Wednesday to Jacob Werlich, Jr.,
the $50 acres bringing $15,800. The
personal property brought nearly $4,-
600, the farm and other chattels
amounting to more than expected.
The place is about four miles north
Of Baraboo.
The largest amount of money ever
paid to one man in this vicinity for
hogs was paid to Leanard Spangler
Of Bloom last Monday, when J. C.
Hull & Son purchased his drove of
1875 hogs. The check was written for
$2,6O6.75, which amount does not rep
rent all of Mr.. Spangler's money for
this year. He had sold abo'S $500
worth of hogs previous to this time.
He is probably the most extensive
hog raiser in the county.-Viola News.
The Henry Ringing family expect
to leave tonight for Florida, where
they will spend the winter.
One has but to go outside the state
, Of Wisconsin to discover what good
roads mean to a community. When
! a city or county, or town builds a
highway, they keep it up and see that
it is kept up. When the state builds
a highway in New York, or Ohio, or
Indiana, or even Illinois, it is of ma
terial that will stand the strain OF
constant travel by autos. It would
really pay our highway commission
ers to forget they had chip on their
shoulders when their work is criti-
cised, and visit communities where
good roads exist, on tour of inspec.
tion.-Janesville Gazette.
The five carloads of stone shipped
here for county road purposes and
which were rejected ty the county
highway commissioner proved pretty
expensive. The cars remained unload
ed for nearly two months, and dur
ing that time the Hillsboro & North