Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-17
SATURDAY
K o o o o Q . Q o o X

Mr. and Mrs Elmer Fisher Of Mich
igan City, Ind, who have been visiting
Mr. and Mrs. w. v. Biege, Ash street,
return home tomorrow.
Mrs Marie Lanich left today for
Terre Haute, Ind, to see her broth
ers, Alexander and John Goodske,
who expect soon to be called into
war service.
Mr. and Mrs Roy Hood and son Rich
ard of Sioux Falls, S. D., who have
been visiting her mother, Mrs. Bertha
Ruel, have gone to Spring Green to
visit relatives.
On Sunday morning, January 6, the
quarterly communion service was held
at the German M E. church. Rev. B.
B. Zeuner Of Sun Prairie delivered the
sermon. At this service ten new mem
bers joined the church.
F. B. Lee of Vineland, N. j., and
Harry Lee of Canton, S. D., were in
this city to attend the funeral of
their mother, Mrs. B. B. Lee. Short
prayer was offered at the grave by
Rev. e. G. Henke and the remains
were laid in the city vault.
Rev. and Mrs w. Reuckheim enter
tanned the Epworth League members
of the German M. E. church at the
parsonage Tuesday evening. After a
short business meeting, games and mu-
sic were INDUCED in, after which de-
licious refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Before Justice AdoIph andre Clyde
Stombaugh, who resides north of Plain
was boun over to the circuit court
on a statutory charge, Alvina Nachref-
ner being the complaining witness.
The bail was fixed at $1,000 and was
given.
When the residents of Cheeks hill
arose this morning they found water
running down the slope, the tempera-
ture being below zero. There was a
break near the standpipe and City En-
gineer H. E. French was notified forth
with A temporary repair has been
made.
Mems clothes will be shorn of many
of their frills this year, owing to the
war need for wool, and it has been
decided by the national association of
clothing designers at it's sixteenth
semi-annua1 convention in New York.
The designers voted to eliminate patch
pockets, belts, pleats and yokes.
On Friday afternoon the bank at
Knapp, Wis, was held up and $4,000
| taken.
Unprecedented temperatures for
| Sweden are reported in various places
| in the north. Some of the lowest fig
! ures are 706 degrees below zero Fab
renheit at Ase1e, 81 below at Soerfors,
and 63.4 below at HodgalsjOe.
| We congratulate our neighbor, The
| Tribune, on entering it's forty-fourth
year and also on announcing it's policy
| as 1--WE are American to the backbone
and pledge our uncompromising loyal
! ty to our government" Well said,
| Brother Dunn. In war matters we
must follow Ben Franklins advice and
| hang together" or we will indeed
"hang separately. "-Elroy Leader.
| There is much snow at Rockford
where many Sank county soldiers are
| in camp. They are digging the snow
instead of dirt trenches. Plans are
being made for winter sports.
Rev. G. E. Maves has returned from
CABOT, where he conducted the funeral
service of a former neighbor and
schoolmate, Rev. Haag. From CABOT
he went in an automobile through
Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire to Elk
Mound, the distance thus covered
being about 48 miles. The machine
made splendid time, covering the dis
lance in about eight hours. Rev
Maves says there is but little snow in
that section.
At Madison on Friday night the city
council laid over the annulment OF the
interurban franchise for a period OF
two weeks This is the road in which
J. E. Jones of Portage is interested
and which has been having adverse
experiences. The war has so changed
conditions that it is impossible to &C
on with the work as planned.
In northern Italy, recently taken by
the Germans, the citizens have beer
enslaved and made to work sixtee1
hours every day. Food has beer
seized.
The tax rate at Madison is $3.50 or
the thousand less this year than las
wear. Madison went into the dry class
and Notwithstanding this calamity G?
the taxes are less. The state anC
county taxes at Baraboo are more this
year, and these in a measure ma!
have something to do with the in