Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-09-27
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Professor and Mrs. A. S. Flint have
returned to Madison after short visit
with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cole. Pro-
fessor Flint has been at the Washburn
observatory at Madison for thirty-sev-
en- years and has devoted much of his
time to the measurement Of the fixed
stars. Light travels at the rate Of
10000 miles per second and would go
around the earth about seven times in
a second. The sun is about ninety
three million miles away and light
travels from the sun to the earth in a
little over eight minutes. The near,
est sun (fxed starr to our own sun is
SO far away that it requires light four
and one-half years to cover the dis
lance. Between our solar system,
made up Of the sun, earth, planets,
moons, comets and other bodies, there
is a great void of billions of miles.
The very dim stars are so far away
that it requires light four hundred or
five hundred years to reach this earth.
The light that started from a very
distant star about the time Columbus
discovered America is but reaching
this earth now, so great is the dis
lance. Beyond those distant stars are
other stars, their number and dis
tances being beyond comprehension
The observat;o1rs of Professor Flint
will soon be placed in book form.
J. Van Orden of the Bank of Bara-
boo has returned from a vacation trip
to Berkeley, Calf, and other places
in the west. He found the climate at
Berkeley delightful and invigorating.
The weather is such that the schools
are continuous public as we'll as
the university. The University of Cal
ifornia at Berkeley has become one Of
the great educational institutions Of
the coast, the Leland Stanford school
and the one at Berkeley being great
rivals. Many Japanese students are
in these schools San Francisco has
become great and beautiful city, be-
ing almost ideal except in politics.
The labor unrest and political uncer
tainties are marked features in the
Golden Gate. city. There were sol
diers everywhere in the west.
Mrs. Emma Rooster of North Free
dom was a visitor here today.
Mrs l.. Schanke and daughter AL
derene spent the day in Alderman.
Mrs William Stackhouse, Jr., spent
last evening in Madison.
Miss Elizabeth Attridge went yes
terday to Madison to visit friends.
Kendall Layden of Boone, Ia, is
visiting friends in this city.
Earl Powell and Captain Carl
Swenson are home from Camp Doug
las.
Mrs. T. L. Main has returned to
Evansville after visiting Mrs. M H.
Seigle.
F. D. Lyon has returned to Edger
ton after visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. H. H. Coates.
Mrs. D. e. Kirchstein, daughter
Fola and son Lawrence of Merrimack
attended the fair here today.
Mrs. c. J. jacobson of Madison
has been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Barbara Doerschlag.
Dewey Armbruster has been home
from Camp Douglas on a forty-eight
hour furiough.
Mrs. Clarence Swanson of Madison
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Jorg.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Slezak have
returned from Iowa, where they
spent a week with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. SIezak
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Wheeler mo-
tored Sunday to Reedsburg, where
they were guests at the G. M. Kester
home.
DR.. and Mrs. F. J. wicker of Clin-
ton. Ia, are visiting at the Or. and
Mrs. Edward Zwicker and Mr.. and
Mrs. William Brandt, ST., homes.
Mrs Emma Armbruster and Miss
Lou Stewart spent Sunday at Camp
Douglas with the formers son. Dewey
Armbruster While there they en-
joyed viewing the fourth regiment,
which was on dress parade
Mrs. E. A Lindmer and Mrs. Carl
E. Becker, who have been visiting in
Eau Claire, came to this city yester-