Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-06-28
for a concrete boulevard from Devils

for a concrete boulevard from Devils
Lake to Baraboo.
Sheriff Richard K1abunde at Port
age was notified Tuesday by Deputy
Sheriff A. French of Kilbourn that
Lars Larson, farmer residing in the
town of Newport, had hung himself
early that morning.
Sheriff Klabunde of Columbia coun-
ty took L. e. Daniels of Lodi to Port
age Tuesday on complaint of Theo-
dore Ness, who charged Daniels with
assault and battery. Daniels appeared
before Justice Dering and pleaded
guilty. He was fined 81 and costs,
amounting to $10.0S, and was released.
Highway taxes assessed and col
lected in a town to be expended by
town authorities constitute town
highway fund which may be expend-
ed by the town authorities anywhere
in the town without reference to the
amount which the several road dis
tricts of the town respectively con-
tributed to the fund. That is the SUBJ
stance of an opinion given the state
highway commission by Deputy At
torney General e. e. Brossard.
According to reliable information
three persons were in the Scott Hunt
ley automobile which was wrecked
when making turn in the road at. the
Marshall farm in the town of Delton
on Sunday evening. All are from
Reedsburg and their names, with in
juries, are as follows:
Scott Huntley, arm hurt and other
wise bruised.
Rush Grant, day clerk at the Hunt
ley hotel, wrist and knee hurt.
Mr.. Hiesley, face cut, Seven stitch
es necessary.
All are able to be about.
For the sixth time within short
period the Portage fire department
has been summoned to the Milwaukee
depot and railroad yards to squelch
fires. There have been three box car
! fires, one elevator roof fire, and an
other time there was fire in the
attic of the depot building.
At Portage one of the large plate
glass windows of the Slowey grocery
was broken by stone thrown from
under the tire of an automobile. This
is about the fifth instance that large
plate windows were broken in a sim.
liar manner.
! The legislature in session at Madi
son has changed the minimum salary
law for teachers. All teachers must
be paid a minimum salary of $45 a
month if the district is to share in
that part of the state apportionment
that is derived from the seven-tenths
mill tax.
/ All rural schools having nine
months term, providing necessary
equipment and employing an efficient
teacher may receive a special bonus
of $50 annually. This is continu
ance of the old $50 law, only the
money is made an annual contribu
ton subject to the approval of the
county superintendent and limited. to
schools that have a nine months term
Section 430F has been changed to
! read go pupils instead of 90 pupils as
the maximum enrolment permissible
The annual meeting this year is to
! be held at o'clock in the evening OF
July 2. A law recently passed pro
vides that the electors may fix diff
ferent hour for the next succeeding
annual meeting.
On Tuesday afternoon about TWEEN
ty-fve were entertained at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George B. McGilvra
. in honor OF Mrs. Rose Morley many
of the guests being members of hel
Sunday-school class. Mrs. Morley has
! taught a class in the Sunday-school oil
the First M. E. church for many
many years-so long ago in fact that
Mrs. McGilvra was a pupil when g
child. Miss Jeanette McGilvra, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. McGilvra
is now a member of the class. The
June day, rare as it was, was de
1iphtfuI occasion at the. new McGiIVrs