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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-26
DENzER

Mr.. and Mrs. John Wawrok spent a
day in Madison.
Mrs. Gvttlieb Wawrok was taken
last week to Madison, where she un-
derwent an operation for appendicitis.
Miss Lena Herritz Of Alderman is
employed at the Gottlieb Wawrok
home.
Gilbert Kuhuno and family are r.d-
ing in a new Ford.
William Schroeder had his right
arm broke last Sunday.
The lick carpenters are busy at
the new home of William Bottcher.
Mrs E. Broochmann and little
daughter have returned to Chicago
after visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Gieck
Bill Shredder had the misfortune
to break his arm while learning to
crank his new Ford car.
: Mrs. George Klotz, ST., is sick.
Mrs. H. Block, Mrs. Carlson and
Marion Brown, from Baraboo, are
visiting with relatives.
The first dance Of the season at the
New Park hall was no great success
on account of the rainy weather.
Big crowds attended the two movies
that were held here last week.
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EAST REEDSD BURG

The next meeting of the Woman's
Social club will be held with Mrs.
Earl Fish on Thursday, August at
2 o'clock. Bring scissors to aid Red
Cross work we are doing All come.
Willie Haugh is now riding in a
new car 1t is a Ford.
Mrs. A. w. Cady was a recent visit
or in Madison.
Dorothy Geffert visited her friend,
Alice Woods, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Daley are Wis
iting at the home of their son Jack
in the northern part of the state.
Several from here attended the fu-
nerals of Mrs. Ethel Skinner and Ly-
man Scoon, held Tuesday and Wed
nesday of last week.
Mrs. Art Cady and children visited
Mr. and Mrs. Ralsae Morley in the
Buckeye on Friday.
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LIGHTNING HITS
CHURCH STeePLES

Father William J. Mccartney, rec
tor of the Episcopal churches of both
Mansion and Delton, had a narrow
escape from death Sunday morning
when his church in Mansion was
struck by lightning as he stood at the
altar. Father Mccartney was stunned
for second by the force Of the bolt
that ripped the high steeple into
kindling wood, but was uninjured,
and returned to the altar and COM
pleted the morning services. Luckily
the heavy storm of the morning had
delayed the gathering of the congre-
CATION, and no one but the rector was
in the church when it was struck.
By strangely unfortunate coinci-
dence, Father McCartney's church in
Delton was struck by lightning on
Saturday afternoon and almost COM
plete1y wrecked. The bolt struck the
steep1e, ripped it to pieces, and then
apparently ran the entire length of
the building, bullying out the walls
and tearing to pieces the inside deco
rations and plaster.ng. A large tree
standing before the church was shat
tered and deep furrow running from
the edifice across an adjoining gar
den shows where the current finally
reached the ground. It is probable
the entire building will have to be
torn down and rebuilt, and arrange
ments already are under way to make
this an accomplished fact.
The church in Mansion, being OF
stone, was not so badly damaged, and
only the steeple will have to be re-
built.
GA strange fact connected with the
double misfortune which befell our
churches is that, although in, both
cases the steeple was struck and de-
molished, in neither instance was the
cross on the steeple touched or dis
turbed in any way" said Father Nc
Cartney in telling of his providential
escape. r@,
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few weeks at the Harry Page home.

few weeks at the Harry Page home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Picker are en-
tel taining the formers sister, Miss
Ell. zabeth, of Minnesota, and Sunday
they drove to Stones Pocket to Wis
it at the Henry Picker home.
Mrs. Clarence Sheppard and baby OF
Chicago are visiting her aunt, Mrs
Bridget Hartley, for short time.
Julius Getchman's house was struck
by lightning one day last week and
the chimney wrecked.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Stabnaw have
returned to their home at Greenwood
accompanied by Miss Viva Sullivan
The contest at the chapel closed or
Sunday in favor of the red side, be
ing five ahead, or one-half count
They are to have a special meeting
to decide what they will have and
when they will have it.
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XII. BOURN

Arthur Fairbank, stage driver from
Kilbourn to Friendship, is sick with
the measles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Edmonds Of
Oshkosh are visiting the latter's par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Tolleth.
James Latham is again sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harve Evans are Wis
iting at the home of Charles Martin.
Miss Clementine Newell of Fairfield
was in Kilbourn on Monday.
Mrs. Carrie Colburn is visiting her
father, D. Foss, of Quincy.
Mrs. E. Sueberth was in Milwaukee
last week for medical treatment.
Mrs. Eldora Walsh returned last
week to her home in Superior.
Mrs. Branson and little son Of Mil
waukee are visiting at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs c. Wohldfat.
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WESTFIELD

The club will meet at the scho6f-
house on Friday evening. A local.
speaker has been obtained. A short
program wifi be given besides. Every;
one in the community cordially in
vfted to attend.
The Westfe1d Ladies' Aid society
met at the Rome Of Mrs. Anna Simon
on Thursday. Though not many were
present on account of the busy time,
those there spent pleasant after
noon and carried out the usual bust
ness program, after which readings
were gwen by Mesdames Fred and
John Simon and Percy Alexander.
Next meeting announced later.
Geo. Brown OF Madison was a Sun
day visitor at the George Border
home.
Frank Moore and family of Ithica
were recent visitors at the H. Suth-
erland home.
Miss Mamie Hackett of Madison is
spending the summer vacation at the
home of her parents here.
August Harms is riding IN a new
Paige car and John Repks has pur-
chased an Overland.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen RorK and chill
dren of Greenwood are here for a
visit at the Henry Weidman home and
with other relatives.
Mrs. Frank Feagen OF Cazenovia
and Miss Susie Pearson of La Vale
are being entertained at the Grant
Wefdman home
Percy Alexander and family mo-
tored Sunday to- Lime Ridge and were
accompanied home by Mr. and Mrs.
John Johnston of BaraBoo, who have
been visiting there.
At the cheese factory the new add
ton has been finished, new vat, 70.
tary pump and engine for pumping
!, the whey have been installed. Sew
eraI new patrons are hauling. About
5000 pounds are now being brought in
daily.
Misses Florence and Ruth Alexan
der have purchased Shetland pony
of Percy Alexander, and Earol and
Virgil Alexander bought pony from
!. Ernest Kirkpatrick.
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.SANDUSKY

C. B. Powell and Mrs. f. Il, Fo"ell
spent Saturday and Sunday IN Reeds
burg with the formers wife, who is
taking treatments at the Reedsburg
hospital.
Mrs. Sheath and daughter Evelyn
of Friendship, who have been visiting
the past two weeks at the Ray Gro
yer home, returen to her home Sat
urday. Roland Weitzel, who has
been quite i'll, is on the gain; also
little Howard McCarty is very poorly.
Miss Blanche Constantine is spend
ing a few weeks with her sister, Mrs.
August Wegner.
Lucy Powell who has been spend
ing the past two weeks with her cou-
sins and grandparents, returned Sat
urday to her home near Lime Ridge
George LANCE and Mrs. Charles
Lange were callers Monday at Rich
land Center.
Mrs. Homer Hart is spending the
week with her parents near Loretta
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N,DELONA & LYNDON

Mr.. and Mrs. William Scott, Mabel
and Wilbur Scott and Mrs. Jesse Wick
ers and daughters attended the funer-
al of Mrs. Will Skinner in Winfield
last Tuesday.
Mrs. C. J. Stevens, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arch Harroun and daughter Margaret
of Mason City, and D. G. Gillespie OF
Spencer, Ia, spent Friday and Satur-
day at the William Scott home.
Will Wicker spent Sunday at the pa
rental home.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Harroun, Mrs. Will
liam Scott, Gale and Mable Scott mo-
tored Friday evening to Mansion in
the formers car and spent few
hours at the George Eakins home.
Mrs. John Wagner and children
were at the home of her mother part
Of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Charnley and
William Scott and family visited Sun
day at the Wilbur Scott home.
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EXONERATE co. F
MEN IN SHOOTING

Captain s: B. Ernsperger at Port
age isl in recipe. of a. telegram from
General Barry, commander OF the
Central division, with headquarters at
Chicago, that Coz r had Eaen entirely
exonefated' FROM any blame in the re-
cent distressing happening on the Kill
bouFnr bridge, which resulted in the
death, OF King Henry; a. young Kill
bourn- business man.
The. telegram states chat pEfvates
Sidney Wilcox. MarcelTaS White and
Charles Schmidt, guards ON the bridge
at the time OF the shooting fray, were
acquitted and released from any
blame whatever, insomuch that they
executed their instructed duty as
dealt out by the United States gov
eminent, viz That all who refuse to
heed warnings to, half shall be dealt
with violenaiy.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-26
|RECLAIMING JUNK
| FROM BkTTLEFIELDS

Did you ever stop to think what
becomes of all the worn-out equip
ment of an army composed of mil
lions of men?
At the outset of the present war
much of this was pure loss. Now in
the British army there is an "old
clothes man." and the profits he re-
ports back to his boss, John Bull,
might make Morgan, Rockefeller or
Carnegie envious.
The old clothes man "saves the
scraps" He makes new things out
of old. He cleans up the battlefields
and camps and very little is wasted
nowadays. His job. is to collect every
thing from horseshoe nail to a dis
ordered siege gun and put it back in
to commission.
Brass objects which have lost their
usefulness are melted into ingots;
cast iron junk becomes pig iron again;
bronze, tin, steel, nickel and every
thing of the kind which has ire
trievably lost it's shape is put into
melting pots to be born again in an
other guise, keeping up an eternal
transmigration, but serving all the
while.
l recently VisiLd one of these
scrap-saving and repair shops. About
10000 people are employed, mostly
French women and g rls.
Here great howitzers are repaired
and government chronometers have
their hair-springs adjusted; tents are
patched and mended and covers are
made for steel helmets; artillery
wheels are repaired and nicrometers
put true again. There is a wood
working shop, a foundry for running
brass, bronze, zinc, tin and iron; a
boot repair department, great ma
chine shop, a gas mask repair depart
ment and many others.
In one room there were hundreds
and hundreds of rifles.
"Ths is one days arrivals" the
commanding officer explained. "By
tonight the room must be cleared to
make room for tomorrow's arrivals"
Many of the rifles were muddy and
rusty as though picked out of the
mud on the battlefield. Women were
cleaning these. In one corner SOL
dier was rythmicaNy Swinging the
rifles up one by one to a rest and
squirting through the barrels at a
light to see if they were bent or if the
rifing was damaged. The officer ex
pla ned this was obviously the first
bit of inspection because it would be
waste of time to repair other parts
of the rife if the barrel was damaged.
rs These rifles pass on down the line.
When they reach the end they are as
good as new and after being oiled are
packed in boxes and shipped back to
the front.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-26
VAN H|SE GOES
TO WASHINGTON
AS HOOVER AID

Wisconsin will furnish another Of
it's well known citizens-this time the
head of the university-for the volun-
teer work which is done in Washing
ton to conserve the food supply.
President Van Hise, who returned
recently from trip to the Pacific
coast, where he preached food COM
servation, left today for Washington.
He will join the group of prominent
men from all over the country who
are preparing to work under Herbert
Hoover He will deliver several adj
dresses in the east, and expects to de-
vote to that work most of the time un-
til tfse next school year. AS in the
case Of nearly all the men and women
who are in the group, he will give his
time
President Van Elise was much inn
pressed with the spirit of the west.
81 found Oregon alive to the situa-
tion," he said. st understood so many
men have Joined the army that there
will be no draft there for the first
army. The people are alive, also, to
che need of che conservation of fCod,
and will cooperate in any practical
work which Ts being done IN Washing
ton
81 met people from either states,
California, Montana and Washington,
and the same spirit seems to prevail
there"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-26
NAMES MENTIONED
FOR GOVERNOR

Concerning Guy D. Golf, who spoke
at the chautauqua in Baraboo few
days ago, and other candidates for
governor, message sent out from
Milwaukee reads:
What seems to be an organized prop
uganda in favor of the nomination of
Guy D. Golf for the Republican nomi-
nation for governor seems to have
been begun in the state, and several
northern Wisconsin papers, notable
among them the Wausau Record-Her-
aid, are carrying on well-planned
campaign to keep the name of Mr.. Golf
: before the public.
This campaign seems to indicate
that Mr.. Golf will certainly be a can,
didate for the Republican nomination
for governor and Roy D. Wilcox, Sen
ator William Bray and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Dithmar, who are looking for
ward to being candidates for the Re-
publican nomination, can feel fairly
sure they will have Mr.. Golf in the
field for rival.
! Favor Wilson Policy
Papers supporting Mr.. Golf are
largely those which are strongly for
the war policies of the Wilson admin
istration, and this fact leads to the be.
lief that Mr.. Golf will run on plat
form which will indorse the Wilson
war policy.
The feeling is growing stronger
that third term candidacy by Gov.
ernor Philip is a certainty. The early
political activities of other political
leaders has caused the friends of for
mer Governor McGovern to give con-
siderable attention to the political sit
uation, and local paper says there is
to be a meeting in Milwaukee Of
friends of the former governor during
state fair week, at which his political
future will be discussed.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-26
ABLE: MAN

Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. B. Schubring Of
Madison visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Aug. Langenhan, over Sunday
and left Monday for a trip to the
Rocky Mountains and other places in
the west.
Station Agent E. C. Bentley is en-
Toying a two weeks vacation.
William Miller and family of Bara-
boo visited friends here Sunday.
Miss Eva Colyer of st. Mary's hos
pital Milwaukee, is spending a two
weeks vacation at her home here.
Mrs. William C. Gall is recovering
from a severe attack Of appendicitis.
Mrs. G. F. Scharnke spent Friday at
Reedsburg.
William Bartenbach, Sr., who has
been under doctors care for the past
week, is improving.
Mrs. Victor Rakowsky and three
children of Joplin, Mo-, visited with
friends here a few days last week.
Saturday they were guests of her
brother, Hugo Geodecke, at Kilbourn.
Miss Lucille Pierce went Friday to
, Rochester to visit her mother.
The Loyal Neighbors enjoyed pic
mic in Lange's Park on Wednesday
afternoon.
The Sewing Circle was entertained
by Mrs. Franz Frank on Thursday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Schultz and
guesbs, Mr.. and Mrs Rist, Of La
Crosse, motored Tuesday to Richland
Center to visit relatives of Mr.. Rist
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Seymour and
children of Illinois are spending the
week here at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. r.. M. Pierce.
Mrs. August Radtke and two
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and is a first lieutenant
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Mansfield Of
Reedsburg are spending the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Neitzel.
They spent the day at Devils Lake.
Mrs. William Griffith and daughter
Ethel of Draper, N. D., came yesterday
to visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George B. McGilvra, north of this city.
Is there money in raising hogs?
This question is answered in the af-
firmative in the following story from
a West Point farmer George Cook
purchased % hogs the last week in
March of Mike Lenerz, weighing rs
pounds apiece, for $1,000 head. Aft
er feeding them on clover pasture,
corn, oats and oil meal for ten
weeks the hogs weighed 210 pounds
each and sold at $15.25 per 100 pounds
or at total of $S0060. The feed
outside of pasture amounted to $240,
corn ranging from $1.25 to $3.50
bushel during the ten weeks of feed
ing. Mr.. Cook figures that his time
by feeding and the use of pasture
for ten weeks, together with Slight
advance in price of hogs netted him
over 100000.
The governor has commissioned
earn Swinson of Baraboo captain Of
Co. /, 9Th infantry. For some time Mr..
Swinson has been organizing the CON-
pany and those who have Joined are
drilling daily.
Clyde S. Tucker, who has been Wis
iting> here with Mrs. Margaret Har-
mon, has returned to his home at
Portland, Ore. His wife remained
for longer visit with her mother,
Mrs. Harmon. Mrs. Tucker was for
merly Maude Graham of this city.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-26
CATTLE HAVE
NARROW ESCAPE

Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Bates and two
daughters have returned from La
Fargo and report a severe storm
there on Saturday night. Garfield
Nelson owns a number of cattle,
horses and mules, and while the storm
was raging the animals were in deep
water, caused by the sudden rise of a
stream. Ordinarily the creek is an
ms gnificant affair, but the water
came UP so rapidly the animals were
left standing on what is sometimes an
island with water up to their bodies.
The stock belongs to Garfield Nelson
and when the plight of the animals
was discovered in the night, Mr.. Mel
sons father, George Nelson, wanted
to attempt to go to them. Mr.. Bates
son-in-law, Charles Major, prevented
him from doing so, there being grave
danger of his drowning. Besides,
there was little he could do if he had
reached the animals. At last stake
was placed in the water to determine
whether or not the stream was rising
or falling, and in the course of an
hour it was found the water was re-
ceding. In time the animals were
rescued, their value being about ST.
900. They were restless in the rain
and storm, the mules and horses max
ing the most trouble. The men wait
ed in the rain until daylight, there
being little but darkness except when
the lightning flashed. Mr.. Bates says
he found the roads in serious condi-
ton part Of the way.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-26
STRUCK BY AN
AUTO IN SEATTLE

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dudley of Dur
wards Glen were in Baraboo today
and Mr.. Dudley reports that his
borther, George H. Dudley, was struck
by an automobile in Seattle. The
street car men of Seattle were on a
strike and people had to get transpor-
tation as best they could. Mr.. Dud-
ley was running in the street to Sc
cure ride on an automobile truck
when struck. The letter did not give
the nature of his injuries, but the i'm
preston was given in the letter that
he was in a serious condition. The
members of the family were sum-
moned to his bedside.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-26

returned by auto Thursday to their
home in Chicago after spending sew
eral weeks here with relatives.
Mrs. Henry Sorg, who underwent
an operation for appendicitis at a
Madison hospital on Friday, is get
ting along nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cosper Schlungbaum
motored Friday evening to Spring
Green to visit relatives.
julius Alvin of Denzer is staying at
the William Rischmueller home this
week.
A. Kirschner died at his home here
Sunday night after short illness.
He had reached the age of rs years.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-26
FROM
WAUPUN PLANT

According to financial statement
fled with Governor Philip on Mon
day, the prison Irvine plant at Waupun
made net profit of $152,494.14 during
the fiscal year ending June 1. 1917.
Receipts by the prison itself exceed.
ed expenditures by S69,201. The twine
plant report shows that the net sales
amounted to $500,817.71. Total receipts
were s501, 470.29 and expenditures
4S,976,15.
Irvine has been sold during the pres.
ent year at 13 cents. 1t will be higher
next year. The net profit of the plant
presents good showing when 1t is
compared with the statement which
shows a net loss from the time the
plant was opened to March I, 1915, OF
$4,000.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-26
FIRST HALF OF
CROP IN CANS

The Herfort Canning company has
completed the pack of the early peas,
about 100000 cans being put up.
The company has been canning the
vegetable at the rate of $4,000 to co.
900 cans day. Heretofore the pack
has been about a million cans for the
entire season, but the increase this
year will place the harvest far above
that figure. In a few days the late
crop will be ready to can.
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SAUK CITY

Fred Sorg, who has been visiting
relatives in this village the past week,
left Monday evening for his home in
South Dakota.
Gustav Kirschstein of Merrimack is
visiting relatives and friends here.
Miss Amelia Esser Of Madison spent
the latter part of last week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Esser.
Mrs. Joe Denman and niece, Madge
Hahn. are visiting friends and rela-
tives at Depere and Appleton.
DR.. Max Schimdhoper and family
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KEEP FIT AND FEEL FINE

Foley Cathartic Tablets thoroughly
cleanse the bowels, sWeeten the stom-
ach, and arouse the liver. For indi.
gestion, biliousness, bad breath, bloat.
ing, gas, or constipation, no remedy is
more highly recommended. Don't be
careless. See that your bowels are
regular. Keep fit. Feel fine. Sold
everywhere.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-26
MAPLE HILL

The Community club in the Han
ley district postponed their meeting
one week until August 1.
Miss Belma Kline of Merrill spent
a few days the past week with the
Louis Kline family.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Sanders and
family of Baraboo are spending a
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-26

daughters of Baraboo visited her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Huebbe, on
Friday
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-08

All things are possible, except per-
haps losing an opportunity you never
had.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-08
ITALIANS PUSH TOWARD TRIEsT
Big German Fleet Nears Navy Bases
on Finland Gulf.

London, Sept. 7.-Gen. Cadorna is
keeping up his drive on Triest and has
won important positions northeast OF
Gorilla and on the Carso plateau. The
Austrians are putting up stiff resist
ance.
The fight for Monte San Gabrielle
has proved one of the most stubborn
in the compaign. Several times the
Italians won the great mountain fort
but were driven out by furious Aus
trian assaults.
A German fleet is reported to be
moving in the Gulf of Finland, and
attacks on the Russian naval bases OF
Reval and Kronstadt, near Petrograd
are anticipated.
The Russian flight from Riga con-
tinues, the Germans winning new
ground near the coast and in the Tx
kull district. The Russians have
crossed the River Melupe.
There has been lull in the fight
ing on the western front. Artillery
duels are the chief operations in Elan
ders and on the French front in the
Aisne district.