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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14
BLACK HAWK
(Too Late for Last Week.)

Mr.. and Mrs. William Sprecher are
rejoicing over twin girls born Thurs
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs Alex Hossig and Kate
Fisher went Thursday to Madison to-
visit Louis Hossig at the hospital.
George and Fred Schmalz went to
Madison on Thursday to see the big
tractor demonstration
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14

Announcement of an increased pro-
gram in Japan follows significantly
Mpon the completion of the naval ap-
preparation bill in congress.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14
EASY STREET

The things you hear on Easy street
Would the impression give
Tha it must be treat to see
An, quite the place to live.
We c. edit it with pomp and wealth
In taking up the sheet,
But all happiness and wealth
&C fined to Easy street?
Not on yoar life Ito put the thing
a terms denoting heat,
line work Ia done and folks have fun
Altar 1rom Easy street.
Roy x. Mention.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14

Japan is also increasing its navy,
not necessarily for war, but as a
guarantee of it's confidence in civil
ration
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14

Now the flaw picking season ia ap-
On us, and the political orators are
harvesting bumper crop OF flaws. =
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14

The most dangerous humidity dur
ing a heat wave is the kind that you
buy in a bottle.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14

BY the way as we grow older, we
are convinced that our early preja
diaes against fried chicken were some
what exaggerated.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14

When a young man gets married his
mother always wonders what he can
zee in girl like that.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14

The Russian losses seem to be wor-
ryane the enemy much more than the
Russians.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14

In order to reduce his weight, shs
average man is willing to take almost
anything except exercise.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14
FORD MOTOR co. PROFITS
AVERAGE MILLION A WEEK

A profit of more than $1,000,000 a
week was made by the Ford Motor
Co., during the year which ended July
81, according to the financial state
ment made public yesterday at De-
troit.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14

Even when a man knows a woman's
age she never thinks he thinks she
looks 1t.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14

Gasoline is acting positively firta-
t5oNs.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14
WAIST LINES

Mary had a little waist
Where nature made it grow,
And everywhere the fashion went
The waist was sure to so.
New York Times.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14
SAME THING

SAME HIM.
Gan you play the lyre?"
"It can tell a good fish story
Baltimore American.
1.-TWO souls with but single thought
May often cause us wonder.
When two hearts beat as one, they
ought
Of course, to beat like thunder"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14

To have snake come up to your
door and wriggle himself into your
house before your very eyes is an un-
usual and startling experience in this
part of the country, says the Tomah
Journal. But case of this kind is
reported from over near Tunnel City
at the home of Byron Hilliker. One
of the warm evenings last week Mrs.
Hilliker sat on the porch just outside
the door for some time and when she
went into the house was startled to
see a snake crawl in after her. She
had not seen him until he entered the
room before she could prevent. Her
son came to her assistance and they
tried to drive the snake out, but he
avoided them by running behind the
furniture. The son then got his re-
volver and dispatched his snakeship
with couple of shots. The snake was
of the variety known as prairie bull.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IA, 1915
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-09-14

Rev. S. E. Lathrop, formerly a min
lister, and now the guide in the new
six-million-dollar capitol building at
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-08

FOR SALE-Cyphers Incubator, ca
pacitv $50 eggs Buckeye incubator, ca
pacity 60 eggs. Both practically new
and must be sold at once. r r. Bar
Der, administrator c. A. Barber es-
tate 5-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-08

burden should be borne by the deal.
ers. Questioned by w. A. Graustein. he
said the open-ear system to New York
had not created competition among
the New York contractors.
Asst. Atty. Gen. Seagrave asked if
he knew of any actual competition be-
tween the Whiting, Brigham and Hood
Companies.
My study of prices paid in 1914,
as reported to me by my inspector, =
said Mr.. Brigham, ''does not reveal
any serious competition between these
companies. -
Asked if it was not true that solie-
itors kept out of the other fellow IS
territory as much as possible, he said
he did not know.
To Mr.. Cusick he said, concerning
competition, that the Brigham Com
pany has established plant at Bris-
tol, three miles away from a local
plant at New Haven, VT
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-08

ment's suit against the Big Four rail
road TO recover taxes alleged to be due
on income of the company for the wear
1909, the railroad must pay the income
taX'on SSl4,29l in profits which the Big
Four received through the sale of
shares of the stock of the Chesapeake
Ohio railroad, and which was not
returned by the company for taxation
under the federal income tax law. Al.
50, the court holds, the half million al
legged to have been embezzled from the
Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago & St.
Louis Railway CO., by former Treasurer
Warmer is not such a loss as is de-
ductible under the provisions of the
federal income tax law. The railroad
commended that while it was true that
the profit was received in 1909. it could
not be considered as income for that
year. in view of the fact that the val
ne Of the stock had been increasing for
several years. The defendant also
sought to deduct from its income the
loss which it sustained through the
shortage in the office of its treasurer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-08
GOOD HOMES EXHIBIT.
Springfield to Have First of Kind in
United States in April.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March s. -
The municipal auditorium has been
engaged by the Springfield Republican
and the Daily News for the week of
April Is for a Springfield Good Homes
exposition, the first of its kind to be
held in the United States. The expo
sltlon will consist of exhibits pertain
ing to every phase of the home, its
planning and building, its heating and
lighting, its decoration and furnish
ings. Pure food and its preparation
will be an important factor in the
demonstrations and interesting lectures
on domestic science and similar sub
jects will be daily feature of the
exposition. Lectures win be given on
all of these important phases of the
home life, pertinent, practical talks
given by experts. Concerts of real
merit. will preeede the lectures and 9TH
er forms of entertainment will be in
cluded in each day S program
The hall viii be divided into exhibit
ton spaces, the whole attractively
decorated, especial attention being Civ
en- to the arrangement and the lighting
OF the booths TO produce a handsome
and pleasing effect.
Many of the leading manufacturers
of products that have to do with the
bu4iQinS anu the maintenance of the
home viii have interesting exhibits and
other spaces will be occupied by ex-
hlbits of purely educational value The
Massachusetts commission for the blind
will demonstrate fabric weaving on
hand looms and other arts in which the
blind are proficient will also be shown
The cooperation of the public schools
and the state colleges has been secured
| and these will be represented by instruc-
tive exhibits. Practically all of the
women S clubs of Springfield have Civ
en- the proposition their warm endorse
ment, insuring large attendance not
only from Springfield and its immediate
territory, but from all over the state.
The management make a special offer
| to women 5 clubs and charitable or
! CARNATIONS by which they share in the
receipts of the exposition. A merely
nominal charge viii be made for ad-
mission and the profits of the expo
sition are to be divided among charita.
| bic institutions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-08

on Lake Champlain and on the Hudson
river
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-08

The Blizzard, the fastest ice boat in
existence, built in Burlington by Cros-
by Bros, % years ago, has been taken
to Plattsburg, \. Y, by its present
owner, Frank Murphy of Burlington,
who bought it year ago. The Blizzard
weighs 1900 pounds, carries go feet of
canvas, has 25-foot running plank, Al
foot keelsom and is 46 feet over all.
and is built of oak and spruce. The
Blizzard has gone a mile in % seconds.
the present world s record Mr.. Muir
ply intends to race his boat soon both
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-08
EVIDENCE OF GERMAN PLOT.
Government Has Proof That Ven
Rintelen Incited Huerta Revolt.

Rlntelen Inclted Huerta Revolt
WASHINGTON, March s. The de-
partment of justice has it is said. evil
dence which shows conclusivelv that
Franz Won Rintelen, she German secret
agent who was active as propa-
gandist in this country during the
early months of the European war.
was the prime promoter of the unsue-
eesstul attempt to place Victoriano
Huerta at the head of a revolution in
Mexico against Carranza. The de-
partment of Justice has been working
on this case since December. when the
first intimations OF German activity
IN the Mexican plots were disclosed.
The evidence against Won Rintelen
consists of number of checks drawn
on New York trust company. These
checks show, it is said. that Won Rim
telen spent as much as $4,000 600 while
IN this country, two-thirds of which
was used in an effort to put under
way the Huerta revolution Through
the checks in the custody of the de
partment of justice, most OF the
money Won Rintelen spent for the
Huerta revolution was traced to towns
along the Mexican bcrder, notably Ell
Paso, and Brownsville, Texas, and
Douglas, Arizona
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-08

FOR SALE-At a bargain for $50
If sold at once, one horse / have no
use for him. Little slow on the road.
good worker, fair order, weighs close
TO 1000, all sound. eat oats as well as
a colt Worth So. Charles Miner. 4-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-08
WESTMINSTER

Moderator, ID. p. Wright: clerk and
treasurer, Fred 1. Lane; selectmen, ID. p.
Wright, G. II. Spaulding, f. G. Butter
held; listers, Charles G. Miller, W. G..
ODER. \. ID. Kerr; auditors, Bert Ormsby.
Fred :. Fem. Harlan W Barnes: collector
and LIST constable. r. d. Metcalf: ID con
stable, w. G. Harlow; road commissioners.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-08
RAILROAD TO PAY INCOME TAX
Big -Four Loses Suit to Government and
Must Pay on Profits.

CINCINNATI. March 3. - Ry deci-
sion of Judge Hollister in the United
States district court, in the govern
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-08

~. 4. Peck, G Fl Reid; oyersccr OF poor.
John =. Holmes: school directors. Gerry
L. Walker, r. II. Ranney, Mary ". Full
lam; grand juror, John C. Richmond:
town agent selectmen; town tax voted.
iOc; highway tax voted. Doc; school tax
voted, 6Jc; license vote. yes. j.. no. =.
primary vote, yes, II, no. ~. prohibition
referendum, yes, 80, no. G6
The city of Copenhagen is daily
consuming about $4,000 pounds Of
American salt pork.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-08

FOR SALE-r-In West Townshend vii
age, ~ story house Of six rooms in
good condition, barn with five stalls,
hen house, / acre Of land. A nice lit.
tie summer home John L. Howard
Real Estate Agency. 308-tf
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-11
MADISON r A MARKET.
SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET

Sioux City, Dec. 11.-Undertone to
the cattle trade this week has shown
strength. Fat cattle are quoted as
10015c higher, while the advance on
stock cattle Is as much as 50@75c.
Receipts today, as is usual on a Sat-
urday. was limited and prices in all
branches were held to a nominally
steady basis.
Hog receipts for the week end mar
ket showed a decided falling off as
compared with recent sessions. With
outside news favorable sellers were
able to secure terms that were mostly
loo higher than on Friday. Tops
reached 1895. while the bulk OF
sales were at a spread of 5000
9.85.
Very little business was transacted
In the sheep and lamb trade today for
want Of supplies. The few transac-
lions made were quoted as steady.
Market for the week shows an upturn
Of Is case on lambs, while outlet for
matured stock has been held to q
steady basis.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-11
SAFETY FOR BIRDS
APPROVAL OF TREATIES FOR
PROTECTION OF MIGRA-
TORY BIRDS.

New York Times: Approval of the
treaty for the protection of migratory
birds recently ratified by the govern
ments of the United States and Can
ada has now been given by Great
Britain. AS the treaty was signed
by President Wilson some time ago,
nothing remains to put 1t into effect
ave the formal exchange of ratified
copies by the two countries involved.
Therefore 1t may be said that the
final step has been taken In what Is
probably the most important move
ment for the protection of birds ever
instituted in this country or the do
! minion. The treaty will be in force
for fifteen years, and will automatic
ally renew itself from year to year
after that period unless one of the
contracting parties gives twelve
nate 1t. 1t is not probable that such
a contingency will yer arise.
The most vital provisions of this
treaty, which was brought to the
point of signature largely through
the untiring efforts of the American
Game Protective association, are:
That no bird important to agricul-
ture because II is an insect destroyer
shall be shot at any time.
That an open season on any species
of game birds shall be extended for a
longer period than three and one-half
months.
That both the United States and
Canada shall SO restrict open seasons
on game birds as to prevent their be-
ing taken during the breeding season,
That there shall be no shipment
from one country to the other OF
birds which are taken contrary to
law.
Under a treaty as this is 1t is appar.
ent that not only will the many valu-
able species Of game birds which
journey annually across the border In
their migratory flights be adequately
protected, but also that the even
more important in~sectivorous birds
may go and come in entire safety
BY the consequent service to the
farmer this treaty may easily have
ia, orable influence on the cost of liv-
ing in both countries.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-11
WINTER SPORT
UPSTATE FISHERMEN ENJOY
FISHING THROUGH
THE ICE.

Andover, Dec. 11-Thousands of
residents of Day, Roberts and Mar
shall counties are enjoying a rare
sport these days-fishing through the
ice on the lakes and streams of the
three counties. Some of the fisher
men are having unusually good sue
cess, ii being nothing unusual for
them to capture a sackful of fish in
the course of a few hours fishing in
this manner. AT one time more than
100 persons were fishing through the
ice on Rush lake. During the season
no one ever thinks of fishing in the
lake because Ii is SO shallow, but
this winter 1t is alive with young
pickerel. Ii is possible to capture 100
or more pickerel in the course of an
hours fishing through the ice, as the
fish appear to be unusually hungry
at this season of the year, and race
In shoals when a piece of pork fas-
tened to a red rag, with a hook
~cleverly concealed, is dropped
through the holes which the fisher
men make in the ice.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-11
BIRDS LINGER ON
NIGHTS NOW FIND LAKE MADI.
son HAVEN OF HORDES OF
DUCKS AND GEESE.

That neither a lowering tempera-
ture, snow or ice have extreme terror
for migratory game birds which peri
odically visit this part of the country
when there is an unstinted supply of
food for them. is evidenced by the
large number of ducks and geese tar
rying here.
During the last week literally
thousands of ducks and geese have
spent nights on Lake Madison. The
number of geese now foraging here is
said by citizens who have lately been
through the country and by farmers
residing south of the city to be great
err than has been seen here in a sim
liar length of time for several years
past. During most of the present
hunting season ducks were compare
lively plentiful, but geese gave the
district a wide berth, nimrods re-
ported. Less than a dozen geese
were shot in this section this year,
according to current report. Now
hundreds of the big aquatic birds are
to be seen almost every night well
out in Lake Madison.
Inc pltScHtc vi geese, dS well DIS
ducks, in large numbers is explained
by the fact that some species of the
birds will not leave the country so
long as there is open water and an
absence of heavy snow. Here, in the
corn and small grain fields they find
more and, to them, more palatable
food than they can obtain, under or
binary conditions, in the southern
nesting grounds, it is said.
That they may enjoy without ex-
traordinary effort grain that has
fallen in the fields here, the birds
will take their rest at night, standing
in solid or slush ice. They prefer
large open bodies of water to the
more sheltered fields, when taking
their rest. The reason given Is that
when having a clear view of a consid-
cradle distance, they realize a sense
of protection.
In open winters ducks and geese
have been known to remain here IN
til well after January /. A heavy
snow, covering the food they seek,
would drive them out early, it is ex-
planned.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-11

Knight to serve a term Of thirty days
In the Roberts county jail and to pay
a fine of 800 and costs. The SEN
tence was imposed by Judge Bouck in
his efforts to put a stop to the illegal
sale of liquor In the counties EN-
braced In his circuit.
Mitchell-Floyd Steckel, 10 years
old and son of a farmer north of
Mitchell, received injuries which are
expected to prove fatal. While walk
ing around the top of a straw stack
he slipped and fell, landing squarely
on a p%itchfork, one tine of which pen
etrated his abdomen and perforated
his stomach and intesines going all
most through his body. He is under
the care of surgeons in a local hos
pital.
Sioux Falls-Prisoners Of the state
prison at Sioux Falls have addressed
a letter to G.. G.. Redfield, the new
warden. expressing their pleasure at
his selection for the position to sue
coed the late Warden Swenson, and
pledging themselves to do all in their
power to assist him in his work. The
prisoners are In some measure ac-
quainted with the new warden be-
cause of his work as a member of the
state board of charities and correc-
lions.
Big Stone-Although Big Stone is
nearly forty years old and has had a
railroad for about the same length OF
time, the first train to stop on a reg.
ular schedule within the corporate
limits of the village stopped only the
other day. The Big Stone depot,
which recently burned. was stationed
across the state line In Minnesota
outside the corporate limits. The sit,
for the new depot is on the Soutl
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-11
DIED ALONE
South Dakota Pioneer Found Dead
i'm His Home.

Milbank. Dec. Ito die alone
was the fate of Matt Abrahamson, a
pioneer farmer of Grant county. He
a widower and lived alone, and
when taken i'll had no n to care for
him. 1t was impossible for him to
communicate to his neighbors his
condition. He was 81 years old,
A cattle buyer called at his home,
and, as there was no response to his
knock, he tried the door and found
it unlocked. When he entered he
found Abrahamson lying on the bed,
evidently asleep. When he went to
arouse him he found him dead. How
long he had been dead is unknown,
but his body was cold when found.
Death is supposed to have resulted
from an attack of heart failure. He
is survived by n son and two
daughters, all of whom are residents
of Grant county.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-11
STATE NEWS.

Hartford-A fire which is believed
to have been of incendiary origin
burned the entire crop of corn In an
unshocked field on the farm of Chris
Tvedt, about midway between Hart
ford and Humboldt. The loss was a
heavy one, considering the high prcie
OF corn and the fact that hundreds OF
bushels were burned.
Vermillion-The city council has
appointed a committee to visit the
other cities and towns of this part
of the state for the purpose of invest
igating street lighting with a view to
securing information which will
prove valuable now that the city
council has taken up the matter of
providing the streets of Vermillion
a modern and up to date lighting
system.
Sisseton-Judge Bouck, of the
state circuit court, In the Ease OF Sol
knight, owner of an island in Big
Stone lake, who was convicted of
~~bootlegging" liquor, sentenced
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-11
Dakota side, inside the incorporation,
and trains now stop there.
DOWDELL'S PLAN
WILL PROPOSE COMMISSION
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
FOR STATE.

Woonsocket, Dec. 1.-THE pro-
posal of State Senator Robert Emmett
Dowdell that the commission form OF
government be adopted for the entire
state as a substitute for the legisla-
ture promises to be discussed at
length during the session Of the legis-
lature which will onven at Pierre
early In January.
Senator Dowdell Is of the opinion
that legislative bodies in South Da-
kota and other states now have be-
come too large and unwieldly to
properly transact the business coming
before them, and believes that a ma
jority of the members of any legisla-
ture are not properly equipped to leg
islate for the people of a state.
The state assembly, or commission,
proposed by Senator Dowdell to en-
act such legislation as the state
needs, according to his plan, would
be made up of one member from each
Of the judicial districts of the state,
the members to be elected for terms
Of four a each. The members
would be subject to recall. There
are twelve judicial districts in South
Dakota, and therefore the state as
sembly, or commission, would have a
membership of twelve. The members
of the body would receive annual sal
aries of from $4,000 to $5,000-the
exact amount to be fixed by the
voters of the state when the matter
Is submitted to them for adoption or
rejection-and they would be expect
ed to devote their entire attention to
the legislative needs of South Dakota.
In discussing his plan Senator
Dowdell said;
Under the plan proposed by my
self our charitable, penal and educa-
tional institutions would not be used
as trading stock; a legislative grist
for a single session would not mean
200 or 800 laws, written to be mis-
understood and misconstrued, but
the people would learn that ten or
fifteen laws each two years would
meet the changing demands of the
state, and that these laws would be
written to be understood, as the
members of the commission, or as
sembly, would be men trained in leg
islative affairs, and as they would
owe their election to the voters of
their districts and would be subject
to recall II they failed in their duties,
they would give the people of the
state the best service possible.