Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27

eral weeks. His widow and one son,
Edward Malone, Jr., Milwaukee, sur
yive him.
Attorney John M. Malone Of Baraboo
went to Waterford last Thursday to
be with his brother
The Buick and Hudson cars which
tore around the Baraboo track last Fri
day will race at the Kilbourn fair on
Faiday afternoon of this week. r. w.
Prothero will probably drive the Buick
and Herman FL. Mueller or some other
good speeder will be at the wheel Of
the HUDSON. AS well known, the Hud-
son won all of the races at the Baraboo
fair and much excitement is predicted
for the Kilbourn races. On Thursday
afternoon at Kilbourn Burt Williams
will speak and Baraboo will play ball
with Ableman. Mansion and Adams
will play ball on Friday.
Plans are about complete for an
other immense power dam to be built
across the Wisconsin river and to be
completed by September / of next
year. The dam is to cost 100000 and
will be built by the Jackson Milling
company at Stevens Point.
The dam will contain sixteen TWEEN
ty-six-foot gates, besides 300-foot
4spillway. 1t is expected the building
of the dam, powerhouse and installing
Of machinery, so that electric power
may be transmitted, will amount to
large sum.
On Sunday a troop train going north
to Camp Douglas struck Ford auto
mobile bearing DR.. G. J. Fieberger and
his father, both of Waterloo. The ia
Their was more injured than his son,
DR.. Fieberger now being able to be
about the Baraboo hospital, where
they are patients. The accident hap
pened at the second crossing north of
the station at Okee. AS the train ap-
preached the Ford came upon the
track, there being a slight upgrade,
and the engine died on the crossing.
Before the occupants could get away
or get the car from the track the loco
motive struck the machine. The car
was slightly damaged at the front end.
The special train brought the injured
persons to Baraboo, where they be-
came patients in the Baraboo hos
pital.
Six trains bearing troops left Camp
Douglas today over the Chicago &
Northwestern for the south. Stops
were made at some Of the important
places along the route, especially
where the soldiers formerly resided.
1t is thought all of the troops will
| leave Camp Douglas this week, other
trains going over this road, and still
others over the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST. Paul. The Baraboo company ex-
poets to leave the camp on Thursday
or Friday.
Work is being done now on the
Portage Baraboo road between the
Columbia county line and the macad-
am road out of Baraboo. That part
of the road in Columbia county lead
ing into Portage has been graded
The stone crusher will soon be used
on the Sank county part of the road
When completed traffic between Bar
aboo and Portage will be largely di-
verted from the hill road to the short
route.
Dr. l.. Vivienne Leichtnam of Madi-
son was a weekend guest at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Stekl. The young
ladyis practicing dentist in the CAPT
tai city and attended the same dental
college as Dr. Clausen Stekl, son of
Mr. and Mrs Stekl, who is now first
lieutenant in the officers reserve
corps. aa
MIR. and Mrs. David Sansum have re-
ceived a letter from their nephew, Vic
tor Sansun, which states that he has
been wounded but not seriously. He
is now in hospital in France, and de-
sires to be remembered to his Baraboo
friends. For short time Mr. Sansum
made his home with his relatives here
and later went to Canada. His home
was formerly in England.
Mr. and Mrs. Sol DeKoeyer have re
turned from trip to Michigan and a
visit with their son Bert at Montfort
They report no peaches in the section
Of Michigan they visited, and but few
apples. They saw the state fair at
Detroit and report fine trip. Mrs.
/, Bert DeKoeyer and daughter came to
Baraboo with the visitors
Mr.. and Mrs. o. e. Hall and daugh-
/ ter, who have been visiting at Bara-
boo and other places in Wisconsin,
have returned to Pawnee, Neb. Mr..
Hall was a youth here thffty-fve years
ago and resided north Of Baraboo. OF
all those he knew in the early days he
was able to locate but two, Mrs. Rose
Morley being one of them.
/ Willis A. Gattiker spent Sunday at
home. Recently he went to Cleveland.
where he passed an examination and
is now assistant inspector in the en-
! cheering department. of the navy. He
! says one does not realize the great ac-
tivity on account of the war until a
visit is made to one of the large man