Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-09
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| The purple martins nave returned
and their grating MARBLE, or twitter,
more forcible than melodious, may be
heard over the Capener Brothers re-
pair shop on Oak street. They build
| their nests of straw, paper, rags and
similar material, laying eggs of dull
white color. They like bird houses,
crevices near the roofs Of buildings
or hollow trees. Their summer home
ranges from New Brunswick and Sas-
| katcheWan to the gulf, while the win
ter days are enjoyed in the northern
part of South America. Those which
have just arrived in Baraboo have no
doubt been some time on the way from
| the tropical regions.
On Saturday Magnus Swinson at
Madison, on authority from Washing
ton, ordered seventeen milk plants in
Wisconsin closed because they had
failed to make reports to the govern
ment. The Cazenovia Farmers Cream
ery co. at Cazenovia is included in
the list.
The dog poisoner is abroad. Ami
mails belonging to Oscar Gust, John
Terbilcox and Earl Graves are dead.
Another belonging to w. T. Marriott
swallowed some of the poison, but re-
covered. The maximum penalty for
poisoning animals is six months in
the county Jail or fine of 500 The
crime comes under the cruelty to AMI
mails act.
Glen Richards, a former Baraboo
| bow. who moved to Madison with his
parents last September, in order that
he might attend the University OF
! Wisconsin, and who was stricken with
| diphtheria and later with scarlet fe-
yer. is now convalescirg satisfactor-
ily. A. Dixon of this city, an uncle of
the young man, received word today
that Glen was able to go out doors a.
little now and that soon the family
would return to Baraboo to reside.
| A service flag containing six stars
has been raised in the office of the
highway commissioner, John Gunnl-
son, in the courthouse. r. B. Griggs
is doing the bookkeeping in the place
of Hugh Sarahan and the places Of the
others are being filed as fast as pos
sible. ..H
The Chicago Heard has been burr
ed in the newspaper graveyard and
the spirit has been purchased by
William Randolph Hearst, owner Of
the American and Examiner. The
PAPER in the future will be known
as the Hearld-Examiner. James
Keely has been conducting the Heard
for about four years. The high price
of paDer and other war conditions is
killing many publications. With the
Heard is linked the names OF the
Chicago Inter Ocean and the Chicago
5 Record
Miss Ada Durham and mother have
returned from Hendersonville, N. c.,
where they spent the winter The
season was unusually. cold, the. Their
mometer dropping to below zero. The
oldest inhabitant gave vent to many
interjections, and declares North Car
DINA must have a new weather man.
On June 5 all males who have be-
come twenty-one years Of age since
last June will have to register for
army service. Registration will be
much the same as last year, although
the details have not been made pub
lie. It is proposed hereafter to fix
June as an annual registration day.
The bill to include men up to forty
wears has not been introduced, but
will probably come up later, if at all.
An officer came from BelOit and re-
turned with John Kester, who re-
sides in the northeast part Of the
town Of Fairfield A real estate deal
was made and a woman was not sat
iefed with the trade. Those here who
heard of the case are Inclined to
think it does not amount to much.
The Kester family moved to Fairfield
abOutfour of five weeks ago.
A soldier boy writing back from
France, gives food for thought when
he says: 81 knew this was big war
before l left home, but never dreamed
that a war could be as great as what
have found it to be. There is moth
, ing you or anyone in the states can
do that will be more than his share.
If it is not over soon you will be
called upon to do ten times what you
have done"
The remains of Mrs. Elizabeth
Bloom, who died last winter in Flor.
ida, were buried in the Baraboo GENE
terry on Wednesday. The body has
been in the vault here since being
brought from the south. Members Of