Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-09-26
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A few days ago o. D. Brandenburg
of Madison took a 200-mile ride over
the highways in this part of the state.
Mr.. Brandenburg, in the Madison Dem
ocrat, tells of the dash through here
as follows:
In Sank county, north Of Plain,
where last May cyclone actually tore
the slate shingles offaa tall Catholic
steeple, leaving the Steeple standing
but leveling the church, 1OO0-foot
strip of concrete is about finished
through a Low place heavily flooded
when the accommodating waters rush
down from the high hills roundabout.
A solid concrete bridge spans the
creek, innocent enough In dry sea-
sons. eve expect the waters to pass
. entirely over this piece" said M. w.
Torkelson, bridge engineer for the
commission, "and 1t can do no harm.
It is impracticable TO have a dixie
high enough to hold back the water.
and. made of earth, it only invites
submergence and damage, If not ruin
alton. so the policy OF the commits
sion Is to use concrete in all such
places" This marsh no longer will
be a periodical aggravation and re-
current expense to taxpayers there
ab0uts.
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The first great relocation Of road
bv the state commission was over
big bluff two miles out of Reedsburg,
where by skilled engineering the
grade was reduced in some places
two-thirds, and throughout the en-
tire distance sufficiently to render
hauling easy. This has been ia
mously hard hill since chop times"
fifty years ago Now it is a comforta-
BILE route for any load, any time
and all the region is proud and
pleased. To that particular job Mr..
Hirst gave his closest personal at
tention as engineer and rOad-builder.
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Near Plain was seen the first corn
in shock, but the harvest from there
on north to Loganville and Reeds
burg is in brisk progress. Corn new
err was taller in that neighborhood,
stalks commonly standing, entire
fields, from eight to twelve feet!
Ears are big and full, fodder never
so luscious. This is most fortunate
at a iuncture when hay crop is be-
low normal. Germans mostly farm
this region, and farm it wondrously
we'll, but the general abundance Is
an untoward circumstance for the
kaiser. A very few days more and
all Wisconsin corn will be safe.
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Hereabouts, too, in fact, nearly ev'
erywhere, a sorghum patch dots ev'
cry farm, implying assured sweets
by the countryside, however the de-
ficiency in town, and this very cir
cumstance should and probably will
help greatly to relieve the sugar
stringency generally.
A notable augmentation of bee
hives in all the country on zoo
mile trip in Dane, Iowa and Sauk
counties is evidence that, even il SUI
gar continues scarce, farmers will
not suffer.
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Not since pioneer days, when
"breakings" went on everywhere has
buckwheat been grown so freely IN
Sank county, and in Iowa, too, Dane
likewise. Taking the place of wheat
to some extent, buckwheat may have
no little influence in modifying the
situation with respect to the staff Of
life.
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"The trunk line from Madison tc
La Crosse and on to the twin cities
through Baraboo and Reedsburg, La
Vale and Elroy," said Mr.. H1rst
will not be, as many suppose
"but to Sank then off to the left
nearly to Spring Green. and so or
northwesterly. 1t is shorter and mas
easier grades"
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In the earlier years of the com
mission farmers resisted road better
ments, especially relocations, "bu
now" observed Prof. J. G. D. Mack
state engineer, "the trouble the state
has is to meet their demands"
EYES," Mr. Hirst corroborated
"and till the war is over, not much
original work may be done. Recently
we invited bids for various road en-
terprises and got not a single re
Spouse! Why? The labor situation
The most we can do for the present
is to maintain in good condition the
roads we have"
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Never has the Springfield hill, west
of Middleton, been in such good con
dition 1--WE have two prive patrols
over that HILL" explained Mr. Hirst
land they have done their work well
They fill low spots, crown the road
right, and make good CUTTERS"
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