Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-04-04

street, was given party MONDAY ait
ernoon when several little friends,
with their mothers, came to help her
celebrate her 'fouth birthday. The
time was spent in games, and refresh
ments were served. Those present
were Mrs. William T. Marriott, daugh-
ter Evelyn and son Franklin; Mrs. c,
r. Compton Mrs. w. HyslQp and son
Of La Vale; Mrs. Ewald Gust and son
Bobby, Richard Gust, Mrs William
Stortz and children, Dorothy, La Verne
and Billy, Ethel Warner and Jessie
Orion.
| The South Side Allied Relief chap
ter made their monthly shipment on
Monday, March %. The lot included:
pairs pajamas, 6 large quilts, 8 baby
quilts, suits women's underwear, s
children's underskirts, Is chiIdren's
dresses, 10 girls dresses, 2 boys
Waists, pairs pants, 5 children's
coats, 1 Iady's coat, suit, 1 dress, 1
waist and skirt, 4 children's hoods, 4
caps, 3 pairs suspenders, belts, 2
ladies underskirts. Besides this we
have made 25 suits Of pajamas for the
Red Cross-Secretary.
The Frank Herfort Canning com
pany will erect a new storage building
in anticipation Of an immense crop Of
peas and corn this season. The build
ing will be 66x240 feet. The United
States food administration has asked
Of 1,
country to provide as much food as
possible for the armies and for gen.
eral consumption. The growing of
sweet corn is more profitable than
field corn, the fodder is of more value
for feed, and less fertility is removed
from the soil, experts state Good
seed should be secured and careful
cultivation given.
Mrs. F. G. Shew received word to-
day noon Of the death Of her brother,
Pat O'Rourke, at Lafayette, Ind. He
leaves a wife, brother Andrew, and
two sisters. Burial at Lafayette
The Royal Arch MasOns and mem
bers Of the Eastern Star enjoyed a
card and dancing party on Tuesday
evening at their hall. Thrift stamps
were given to each one attending
when the admission fee Of twenty-five
cents was paid.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Caf1isch re-
ceived a letter, dated February 25, also
a picture of the G. T. S. S. Tuscania,
from Corporal Vernon A Caflisch, who
is now at Morn Hill camp, Winches-
ter, England. He states that he is
we'll and that his comapny expects to
be leaving soon for France, as they
are receiving new equipment daily
Mr. and Mrs. John Vanderveer en-
tertained Friday evening at their
home on Second street IN honor OF
Chris Lee, Clarence Alberts and
George Weber, who will leave Monday
to go into service for Uncle Sam
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
George Pelton, Mr.. and Mrs Martin
Arndt, Chris Lee, Julia Simmer, Clar-
ence Alberts, Grace Fisher, George
Weber and Miss Este Barrett. The
evening was pleasantly spent in cards
and delicious refreshments were
served Mr.. Lee has enlisted in the
37th engineers and will go to Column
bus, Ohio, and Messrs. Weber and AL
berts have joined the medical depart
ment and will go to Camp Greenleaf,
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Mr.. Weber has
been employed at the Marriott Shoe
store, Clarence Alberts at the Fisher
Drug store and Chris Lee at the Wis
cOnsin Power, light & Heat company.
At the council meeting the final al
lOWance was made in the matter Of
former Policeman l.. w. Stone, who
was injured on June 6, 1916, in arrest
ing man. The city continued to pay
his salary at the rate of $50 per month,
this being toward the discharge of the
liability on the part of the city, in &C.
cordance with the Workmen's cOmpen-
sation act After the city had paid
1924, it was agreed by Mr. Stone and
the city, the municipality being repre-
sented by City Attorney V. H. Cady,
that a hearing be held. The hearing
before the industrial commission was
last October and decision was hand
ed down on March Is of this year.
The commission allowed Mr.. Stone
$47.40 in addition to the 1924 which
had already been paid. The commits
sion also directed the city pay the
bill for medical services and other in
cidentars, the total of the last item
being 500. This made a total of $76.40
for the city to pay.
Attorney F. r. Bentley, chairman of
the Sank County Liberty Loan COM
mittee, says that this county will be
asked to take million in bonds
Of the next liberty loan and the
citizens of Baraboo from 100000
to $125,000 as their share. The
valuation of all the property in the
county is about $65,OOO,OOO, so the