Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-11-13

Monday he Listened to an address to
DR.. Gardner the head man Of the re-
nowned Mayo Brothers, Dental office
in Rochester, Mimi, who is consider
ed the chief authority on modern
. dentistry in our country.
Joseph NJ. Nachreiner who is here
to attend the annual meeting Of the
board of supervisors, reports the
new Catholic school building being
erected at Plain is about up to the
first story. There will be six rooms
and hall, the total cost to be about
100000 Services will be held in
the hall until a new church can be
erected The church at Plain was
destroyed by cyclone one year ago
f, last May.
Over 200 K p members and their
ladies attended the $50 banquet at
the X. p hall Monday evening. The
, the result of the hunting contest OF
the members. The blues won in the
contest, having 615 points to the reds
525 After the banquet. Norman
| Quale was the speaker of the evening.
J. L. Bonham presided and Attorney
F. r. Bentley also gave a talk on
/! the Roovevelt memorial. After the
banquet and program the tables were
cleared away and every one danced
! to the music of Rodwell's orchestra.
l>All present at the affair report an
excellent time and everyone enjoyed
\ the dance.
On Monday afternoon a terrific
wind struck this section Of the coun-
try causing some damage, Two signs
at the News office went down. In
Milwaukee and elsewhere much dam
age is reported.
!, e. z. Clemens, local American ex-
press agent, has returned from Mil.
waukee where he attended a meeting
J, on Sunday of the first class officers
of the express company, embracing
representatives from La Crosse,
GAINESVILLE, Merrill, Wausau. Baraboo,
and several cities in this section.
Discussion Of the new packing rules
which go into effect December and
the new system Of accounting which
begins January were the principal
objects Of the meeting.
Two cars came together on the
corner of Third and Oak streets
about eight o'clock Sunday evening.
One car was driven by Herbert Rode
valid who resides a few miles north
Of the city and the other car was
driven by a Kilbourn man. The Rode
wald car received broken wheel and
bent fender. A representative from
came to the rescue with a wheel and
soon the injured auto was able to be
on it's way again.
Here is a story that was handed to
us by one of the busy housewives of
this community. my husband came
home the other evening, ate an un-
usually heavy supper, among the items
being a gallon Of sauer kraut, ate a
dishpan of pop corn, drank a quart
of water and went to bed. He's alive
ache" BY heck! we don't wonder at
it. It's a surprise that he didn't blow
up. Well, we know him and you can't
kill a good man.
] A resident near Baraboo who was
trying with word and whip to get his
team to cross creek where there was
no bridge, finally succeeded in accom-
plished his purpose, but when they
decided to cross they went in a great
hurry and pulled the driver into the
stream. Getting his feet wet, soured
his temper and he began to jerk on
the lines in savage manner This
punishment the poor brutes could not
endure. They backed up with rush
and sent the man into the drink, where
he landed on his back. His hired man
is authority for the following state
ment. "That cooled the old fellow off
in hurry. He gave the care of the
team to me and went to the house for
dry clothes"
County Clerk F. A. Cooper has re.
ceived from Madison statement
that the amount to be raised in Sank
county for the soldier bonus is $780,
239.43. The assessed valuation of the
county is $64,789,771 and the amount
to be raised will be about $500 on
each $1,000 of valuation. This will
be raised by direct tax, the time for
issuing bonds having passed. The
soldier educational aid does not enter
into this as that will be raised by the
sur tax