Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-07
BARABOO LIST
'.7 HAS 442 NAMES

Sank county and Baraboo yesterday
showed their true patriotism when
over 200 of her young men between
the ages Of 81 and 81 registered under
the CONSUMPTION act. The sheriff and
police departments received no re-
port of slackers and as far as is known
no man who came within the prOvi-
sions of the law shirked his duty.
All returns from the clerks of reg
Iistration boards throughout the coun-
J ty were in the hands of County Clerk
| F. A. Cooper before IL o'clock Tues
| day night, the last one reaching the
courthouse at 10:45. The office of the
county clerk, upon whom the burden
of the work connected with the regis
tration has rested more heavily than
elsewhere, was a busy, busy place all
evening. Mr.. Cooper was assisted in
his work by Miss Nellie Stackhouse
and Miss Laura Cooper, while the fol
lowing four members of the county
board were also present to aid in the
work of tabulation: H. E. Paddock, La
Vale; Ernest Siefert, Reedsburg;
Robert Buerki, Sank City, and Wilbur
Cahoon, Baraboo.
The total number registering in the
county numbers 2,721, with few more
names yet to be added that are in the
mails. Baraboo's quota of names to-
tails 442, as follows: First ward, 1923;
second ward, 1871; third ward, 1872. The
surprising part of the registration in
Baraboo is the large number listed
from the third ward. This is due in
part to the number employed at the
Cahoon mine who registered.
The regular election officials had
charge of the registration in the city
and were as follows:
First Ward-H. Ell. Stanley, Charles
Junge and w. Fl. Hatch.
Second ward-L M. Jacobs, Fl. l..
Halsted and Carl Isenberg.
Third ward-Oscar Altpeter, George
Woolford, Harry Sly and Joseph ST.
berZ.
Big Registration in State
The Badger state has proved itself
the peer of any in loyalty. The fore
cast of the probable total for the state
indicate the registration of about $780,
900, or temper cent of the states pop
|ulation, and exceeded the highest ex-
pectations. Claims for exemptions
were apparently forgotten and only
about Is per cent of those registering
considered this part of the card they
| filed out.
Registration Throughout u. S.
Registration throughout the coun-
| try exceeded the highest government
estimates by nearly 100000.
1t had been estimated that there
were 10,264,S69 men between the ages
| of q and 81 in the United States, TAX
| ing the last census reports as basis.
Returns show that nearly quarter
of million more men registered than
the administration had hoped for. 1t
was estimated that 10,500,000 men of
military age are registered.
| Trouble in Two States
| In only two states was there seri-
Gus hampering of registration, and in
both cases this was due to floods.
There was some difficulty in northern
Michigan, according to wires from the
governor, while the governor of Indi-
ana telegraphed: High water in
Brown county renders complete legis-
tration impossible"
| If any trouble occurs at all the de-
partment of justice expects it when
federal agents begin a roundup Of the
men who failed to register. There
were some runnors Of rather extensive
l. w. w. and anarchist activities in
the northwest which may have had
the effect Of keeping men from the
booths, although there were few out
breaks.
To meet the situation which will re-
suit within the next couple of days, as
soon as registration cards are checked
up and the slackers discovered the
department of justice has tremen-
dous machinery ready and waiting.
Will Seize SIackers
No mercy will be shown. The slack
ers will be seized or dragged from
their hiding places, brought before
the court and sentenced off-hand to a
years imprisonment