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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15
One Germans View

To the Editor Of the Auburn Repub-
Iican: l have seen several articles
about Germans trying to raise strife in
this country I am German by birth
and I am an American, heart and hand.
I will tell you why [ left Germany.
There were ten in our family and we
were poor like the most of my coun-
trymen who come to the good old
United States Of America to get away
from oppression, and it was a hard
matter to keep the wolf away from
the door at times. When [ landed in
this country [ secured work at once
and received more money for one
months work than | got in Germany
for one years work. | sent for my
folks and I am proud they are all true
American citizens and will answer the
presidents call to arms against Ger
many or any other country when need
ed.
I don't see how my countrymen can
go back on Uncle Sam. They came
here without a cent and made money
here; now they want to fight the coun-
try that feeds them. The kaiser never
did anything for them or for me. If
he had we would be back there yet.
All he did was to start this cruel war
and starve all our people there and
make soldiers out of everybody and
force them to work for his dirty II
cents a day, with a fourth Of a pound
Of meat and loaf of black bread.
hope to see the day when he is kicked
out of Germany and a president put in
his place You don't see any Ameri-
cans going over there for jobs, or to
any other nation. They are happy
here and don't owe allegiance to any
king or kaiser. I hope Uncle Sam
will win Hurrah for President Will
son.
Stop all foreign papers printed in
the United States. If they can't read
English let them learn, and keep all
foreign languages out of the schools.
The English language is good enough
for anybOdy.-Jacob Gratis, in Trip
IS. d. Ledger.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15
Unthought-of Things

Who thinks of the result of contin-
ued life in the body and no death of
any creature on earth? How long
would it be before all the earth and
air would be crushingly full of awful
undying life? Who thinks that even
if a fly did not die, that in short
time man could not live on earth. Now
this being true, how are we to believe
that Adam and Eve we're made first to
live in their bodies and not die, and
also to multiply and replenish the
earth? Now how long would it take
before all the land Of the earth would
be filled with human beings many feet
deep that could not die, mounting ever
higher, utterly without food or cloth
ing or pure air? Can you conceive of
worse hell than that? Well, says
some very wise one, God could stop
their multiplying as easy as to start
it. All! but His laws are absolute
and do not change. So he put them in
a garden and told them if they ate the
fruit of the tree of knowledge of good
and evil" they should die. Now they
were perfectly innocent and could not
know it would be wrong to disobey I'M
til after they ate the fruit. Before
they ate the said fruit they were SIM
ply animals, and so not qualified to
Judge of "good and evil" knowledge
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15
Kid

A News reader asks the following
to be given wider publicity:
The Kid has gone to the cOlOrs,
And we don't know what to say;
The Kid we have loved and cuddled
Stepped out for the flag today.
We thought him a child, baby,
With never a care at all;
But his country called him man-size-
And the Kid has heard the call.
He paused to watch the recruiting,
Where, fired by the fife and drum,
He bowed his head to Old Glory
And thought that it whispered
"Come!"
The Kid not being a Stacker,
Stood forth with patriot-joy
To add his name to the rest
And, God! we're proud of the boy!
The Kid has gone to the colors;
1t seems but a little while
Since he drilled schoolboy army
In a turly martial style.
But now he's a man, soldier.
And we lend him listening ear;
For his, heart is heart all loyal
Unscourged by the curse of fear.
His dad, when he told him, shuddered ;
His motherhood bless her!-cried;
Yet, blessed with a mother-nature
She wept with a mother-pride.
But he whose old shoulders straight
ened
Was gran-dad-for memory ran
To years when he, too, a youngster,
Was changed by the flag to a man!
William NJ. Herschell.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15
OLLAPODRIDA
CONTINUED from page slx.)

consin- Minnesota Light & Power COM
pany, which owns several such power
plants in the northwest, and also the
street car systems of this city, Eau
Claire, Menomonie, etc., and also the
city and street lighting plants and
water systems of these places.
The dam is around IL miles long
and so feet high, and forms a lake
which covers something like $4,000
acres. The flooded lands were cover
ed with a scraggly growth of brush,
trees, rubbish fallen timber, etc., and
when the dam was under construction
the citizens contributed some $4,000,
which was spent in cutting down the
standing trees.
This was done after the water was
probably 25 to 80 feet, and was done
on top of the ice last winter. No at
tempt was made to pile or burn this
refuse and timber, so one can lmag-
inc the impossibility of dragging the
bottom for bodies after the water was
raised another 25 feet or more. The
lake is on rather high ground, and
from some cause the waves run very
high on windy days, some claiming
to have seen waves eight feet high.
The banks in most places are quite
steep. as the lake occupies a natural
basin, and it is freely predicted that
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15

is purely mental attribute, and there
fore spiritual. They could not fall for
they had never risen. So it is plain
that death did not come to man by that
route, but was a perfectly natural law
from the first, and a great blessing
Again: Space is endless and con-
tains universes of world stars. How,
then, can a personal God be every
where present in it all. He then must
be a Spirit Being, and rule it through
absolutely inherent laws. = Yet Moses
saw his back, and Jacob saw him face
to face, and a wise man told me God
ate material food and sat on throne.
Again, on that new earth in Revela-
tions there is no sea. How then can
the resurrected humans live there, for
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15
lover The TOP"
is SLOGAN NON
CONTINUED from frst page.)


The govern Eents are raising money to
destroy men and property; this cam
paign is to save men.
There was frequent applause for all
Of the speakers.
The ladies came at the close OF the
banquet to hear the program
The Baraboo Y M. G. A. quartet
gave several numbers.
The following were present:
Baraboo-J. Van Orden, A. II. Clark,
A. C. Kingsford, George Carpenter, r.
E. Roser, DR.. J. F. Sneathen, L. S. Van
Orden. DR.. G. T. Thuerer, T. w. Eng
fish, T. M. Mould, A. S, Kingsford, At
torney F. R. Bentley G. M. Dubois,
w. A. TOole, D. NJ. Kelley, e. Pam
stiehI, Will M. OFT, E. M. Doll, Alger
C. Pearson, Rev. J. Lloyd Smith, M.
F. Foley, e. J. Battles, H. E. French,
DR.. Charles E. Getchell, e. S. john
ston, F. E. Morey, E. P. McFetrldge'
WILDER Cahoon, J. o. Lucht, A. 0. Iver-
son, George Schenck, Carl Marquette,
G.. E. Risley, T. F. Risley H. H. STAN
lev, F. A. "copper" ]. T. Bates, q. w.
Andrews, c. H. Copley, w. H. Bah
cock, V. S. Pease, H. E. Cole.
La Valle-Dr. w. J. Miller, II. +.
Paddock, F. S. Barnett, w. o. Eberts,
John R. Clarke, Eurt Marsh, Postmas-
ter S. A. Towne.
North Freedom-G. w. Davies, John
w. Warne.
Reedsburg-James A. Stone, Otto
Krause, r. P. Perry, H. w. Verthein,
Leslie A. Bechtel, Rev. E. w. Bech-
tolt, Rev. G.. Schneider, G. Christen-
sen, w. E. Smith, Edward Clement, G.
H. Dinsmore, new county Y. M. c. A.
secretary; G.. A. Clark, G. E. Phillips.
Madison-F. o. Lesser, A. W. Hell
sig.
Rockford, Il.-C. w. Cox, Y. M. G.
A., Camp Grant.
CIinton-H. A. Moehlenpah.
WheatIess Meal on WheatIess Day
The menu served by Mr.. and Mrs.
L. H. Hill was excellent, no flour be-
ing used. Corn and rye bread were
served the crust Of the pie being
made from combination four none
Of it from wheat.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15

where there are no large bodies of
water there can be no air God then
must be Spirit, and if we are inn
mortal we must have Spirit exist
ence and live as God lives.
Again: 1t is said that God created
the heaven and the earth in six days,
5000 years ago. What was He doing
all the eternity before that? Was He
sitting alone in outer darkness, ST.
lence and vacuity. And when this
little earth is destroyed, will He have
anything to do but receive the full
some praise of heaven and furnish
birthstone for hell forever? Yet
Christ said Love your enemies, and
bless them that curse you"
BENZ. SIMONDS.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15

rope and swing him nigh in the air,
much to his delight He was then let
down on the ground for few min.
utes' rest, and was again swung high
into the air and let down onto the
horses back. After this had gone on
for something like one-half an hour,
Mrs. Robins heard the yelling over
at the residence and knew there must
be something wrong She threw a
shawl over her head and started for
the ring, but the lookout soon gave
the alarm, and everybody escaped
through the back door, including Del
evan, the boss hostler, who was pos
ing as manager, and had already
promised the man a job for the sea-
son at fabulous salary. When Mrs.
Robins arrived at the ring, the only
occupant was the old white ring
horse, and the new rider standing in
the center, and wondering what had
become of all his new made friends.
Mrs. Robins said: "Who are you,
and what are you doing here?"
He said, 81 have been engaged by
the manager here to make myself
generally useful around the show dur
ing the summer, and while l am do
ing clowns work, l expect to fit
myself for a bareback rider"
Mrs. Robins said: Young man, fit
yourself into the colthes that you
came in here with, and get off the
farm as fast as you can, and never
let me see you here again"
In few minutes after this hap
pened, l arrived from up town, and it
fell to me to find out who was respon-
sible for what had been going on.
said, There is no question about who
was at the head of it but Delevan."
And, while they did not object to
their having a little fun, they were
afraid that they might injure the
mans health, and the show would be
responsible for it, The young man
left the winter quarters, and was
never seen again. When | talked to
Delevan about it, he insisted that he
thought he would make a high-class
man, and it was late in the season,
and they were very foolish to dispense
with his services. That was the last
time they dared to take a chance on
q newcomer.
Many times in the spring when
tenderfOCts would show up, the old
timers would always fix up scheme
to have their fun before they would
allow him to go.
As has been the custom with the
big shows for many years, the best
acts with the shows were those that
attracted the most attention and APP
plause.
A big gagement Of the past week
was that Of May Wirth, by Charles
Ringing, whereby the clever eQues-
trienne will again be favored with
Ringing Brothers next season. The
signatures were exchanged after a
long conference and the contract
calls for one of the largest salaries
ever paid under the big tops. Miss
Wirth is one of the best boXoffice at
fractions in the circus world. Her
many new equestrien feats caused
TO end of comment wherever the
Ringing show appeared this year
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15

out Uncle Sam. The ladies with the
Barnum show have formed knitting
club and every day finds them knit
ting for the soldiers. Every few
days, or maybe a week, a package is
sent to some soldier somewhere in
France" A weekly collection is
taken up and with the money yarn,
cigarettes, tobacco and other useful
articles are purchased.
Circuses Prosperous
That the circus business is coming
back to it's own enjoyment and pros
perity, more especially perhaps in the
larger cities, was never better shown
in circus business than it was this
fall A short time ago the great Bar
mum & Bailey show gave two perform
ances in Nashville, Tenn, with big
eight-pole top, the largest one ever
raised. All available extra seats were
utilized and people were turned away
at both performances. A few days
later Jess Willard, with the "101"
Ranch Buffalo Bill show arrived, and
of course thousands of Nashville peo-
pie were anxious to see the great
champion boxer. This show also
played to a capacity house in the
afternoon and thousands were unable
to gain admittance to the evening per
Torrance. A few days later the Ha-
genbeck-W Wallace show followed. This
show also played to big business in
Nashville. Papers came out and stat
ed without question Nashville could
easily stand another show this season,
and that the fourth one would be
greeted by two large audiences. And
even small towns through the south
ern country have been patrOnizing the
big shows generously-toWns that
heretofore were passed up. Although
1 have not received the closing dates
Of all the big shows, the Patterson &
GoIImar show closed the season on
October s, after a very successful sea-
son, and went into winter quarters at
Paola, Kan, the home of Mr. Patter-
son.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15
Chippewa Falls.
Editors Note

DR.. Van Valkenburg was formerly a
resident of Baraboo The bodies Of
the four men drowned have not been
recovered, and from existing condi-
tions described by DR.. Van Valken-
burg. the task is evidently almost a
hopeless one.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15

the four who seem destined to repose
at the bottom of the lake for the win
ter at least, are not the only ones who
may meet their end in this dangerous
pond. AS this lake is considerably
higher than the city, it goes as GER
tainty that should the dam ever break,
the lower parts of this city and d
good part Of Eau Claire would "go
wet without the formality of an cleo
ton.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15

From the beginning Of my career in
the circus business. which was with
a wagon show belonging to Burr
Robins, on account of the long drives.
few Of which meant pack up and
go the minute after the evening show
was. over, | certainly thought at that
time that my troubles were many. It
fell to me to find more direct and a
better road to the next town, and to
lead the entire show over the road
and see that the last wagon arrived.
But it was only a few years later that
Burr-RObins met with terrible &C
cident under the Court Street bridge
which came so near costing him his
life. This accident happened on Jan
uary 10, 1880, and as but little had
been done to fit out and organize a
show for the coming season, it nat
uralIy fell to me.
Wagon makers, harness makers, and
blacksmiths had to be put to work to
get the show in readiness for the
coming season. and it was many
morning I would be on the job at the
winter quarters at o'clock, and re-
main there until after dark at night.
While l was up town buying leather
for the harness makers and iron for
horseshoes, a young man from the
rural district dropped in at winter
quarters and asked for the manager
of the show He happened to inquire
of the old timers, who soon sized him
I'D as ''tenderfoot," and called Spen-
Ger Alexander, better known as Dele
van, the boss hOstler, and said to
him that a young man was looking
for a position. Delavan asked him
in what department he expected to
work. and he said, 81 am an all
around man, but I have never rode
horse bareback standing up, but
presume that I could soon learn, and
I think I would prefer to work in the
ring, at least at the start as clown"
AS the ring barn was already open
ticing, Delevan soon saw that there
was a chance for some fun, and sent
to the barn for a ring horse. He had
the young man strip himself to his
underwear, and told him that would
be the proper thing to do, and to try
the riding act. They buckled a belt
around him, and fastened what was
called a mechanic belt, which was a
long arm running from the center OF
the pole out over the horse, rope put
through a pulley on this mechanic
arm, as you might call it, which fol-
lowed the horse, and two men would
have a hold of the end of the rope
in case the young man lost his bal
ance.
It was not long until the news
spread that Tenderfoot was doing a.
bareback act, and all the employees
in every department were seen in the
ring to see the fun.
The young man could not keep his
balance for moment, and it was
then that the men would pull on the
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-15
IISCON- 2 e.
sin Highway Commission, Madi-
In SAUK COUNTY, WISCONSIN

. Al u UT w IbOO4NO14N W AN0CON
sin Highway Commission, Madi-
son.
In accordance with the provisions
of Section 1913 of the Statutes of Wis
consin, the STATE highway Commits
sion has selected the following high
ways in the county Of Sank to be the
highways constituting the portion of
the state trunk highway system lying
in said county.
True Copy: Attest
WISCONSIN HIGHWAY
COMMISSION,
Py w. q. HOtchkiSS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
GET NEW SALES MANAGER.
G. 3. voorhis Of CHICAGO to Join the
Nash Motors Organization First
of Next Month.

G. B. Voorhis Of Chicago, who recent
" resigned from the Oakland Motor
Company, where he held the position of
president, director and genera!
sales manager, is to become associated
with G, w. Nash, president of the Nash
Motors Company After February Mr..
Voorhis will take the position as head
of the selling division of the big Keno
sha concern,
Mr. Voorhis will make his debut with
the Nash company at the Chicago au-
tomobile, show. In joining the Nash
company Mr.. Voorhis is coming back
to serve again under his old chief
When Voorhis went to the Oakland
company as assistant sales manager in
July, 1914, Mr.. Nash, then president of
the General Motors Company, was
president and active executive in the
management of the Oakland concern
Accordingly Mr.. Works. rapid rise at
the Pontiac plant was constantly I'M
der the keen observation Of Mr.. Nash
4hl. NOUIHlo CdiUC ~ bu6 lllOtUf Cal
industry from the farm implement
ranks. A native of Kansas, he obtain
ed his early experience in the. banking
business. He left that to embark in
the retail implement and hardware
business at Ottawa, Kan. Later he
joined the travelling force of the King
man Plow Company in southwestern
Oklahoma. He became manager of the
Oklahoma City branch Of the company
and later he was made manager of the
largest Kansas City branch and still
later was advanced to the position of
general sales manager at the home
Office in Peoria.
AL Reeke who has resigned as the
sales manager Of the Nash company
will enter business for himself as a
distributor of Nash cars.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
ICE MEN CAUSE TROUBLE.
Sixteen Who Had Come Into Kenosha
from the Ice Fields are Sent
Along to Chicago.

Sixteen men who had been working
on the ice out in the lake districts of
the county, caused the police lot of
trouble on Friday afternoon. The men
had only few cents and when they
got into Kenosha they proceeded to
lombard the west side saloons and all
of them appeared to be looking for
trouble. The police finally rounded up
the bunch and forced them to buy
tickets to Chicago. The men were
pretty well supplied with literature is
sued by the Industrial Workers Of the
World and this was being distributed
freely about the west part Of the city.
The railway company has been asked
to cooperate with the police depart
ment in making the stay Of the ice
men in Kenosha as short as possible.
Nearly all of the companies are com
pleting the ice harvest today and the
men are being paid off and sent toward
Chicago. It rs expected that the police
will have a lot of trouble with the in
vaders this evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO LOBBY
County Board Decides to Send Attor-
ney Peter Fisher Jr. to Look
After It's Interests at Madison.

The county board of Kenosha county
is going to keep tab on the work of
the legislature at Madison and on Fri
day afternoon the board voted to send
District Attorney Peter Fisher Jr. to
Madison to appear for the county in
matters of interest to the county. A
majority of the members of the board
figured that this plan was better than
to name g legislative committee as had
been suggested earlier in the session.
Mr.. Fisher is to receive his actual ex-
penses. The board decided to open an
Office for the county surveyor and he
is to re-arrange the records Of the of
fee so that they will be in ship-shape
for future use. Today was 'fget
away day for the members of the
board and many small matters which
have been pending since the opening
of the session are to be cleaned up be-
fore the adjournment is taken late
this afternoon. Unless a special SEES
sion Of the board is called there will
be no meeting until the board is re-
organized in April.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

none and one that will be credit
to the city and an advantage to
both merchant and customer.
The pure food show will be
merged with the home exposition
and will be very much in evidence
as there will be displays of not
only our own live-wire merchants,
but almost every nationally adver-
tised food product, which had
been tried and poven, will be
exhibited and displayed as is the
custom, copious samples will be
distributed in order that one may
have the benefit of choosing by
comparison.
No stone has been left unturned
no time, trouble or expense is be-
ing spared by the different com
mittees in charge Of the affair, in
their effort to make this the big
gest event of its kind in the his
tory of Kenosha and with the
general cooperation already mani
tested in the success of the affair
is practically assured.
Secretary Maddox of the Re-
tailers' Association, will be in
charge of most of the detail work
and will be assisted by a profess
sional decorator and interior de-
signer in order that the Coliseum
will look its prettiest for the event.
President johnson has appoint
ed the several committees to man
age the home exposition and style
show and the names of the
several committees will appear in
an early issue.