Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-10-23
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. FRIDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Powell Of Liv-
ingston, Montana are visiting DR.. j. h
and Hon. T. w. English and other rel
atives Mr. Powell left BaraLoO for The
west In 1879 and for the past "a years
has been engaged in entertaining
tourists in Yellowstone park. UP to a
few years ago stages were used in
carrying passengers through the park,
now automobiles are used. They carry
the passengers from hotel to hOLel,
In this way it requires over four days
to make the trip, the same time as re-
quired with horses. Tourists have
more time at the hotels and scenic
spots The past year for tourists was
the greatest in the history of the park,
$1,000 sightseers going through the
wonderland Of the above number AZ,
600 had their own automobiles. Mrs.
Powell will be remembered as Viola
Taylor, a sister of Mrs. H. C. Moves at
Madison. The visitors have been at
Madison also at D0dgevilIe where they
visited a brother of Mrs. Powell and at
Kenosha where they were entertaind
by sister of Mr. Powell
If the President does not in the
meantime sign the prohibition en-
forcement measure, the new law will
not become effective until Oct. 25, it
was stated by Asst. United States Dist.
Atty. Sondel in Milwaukee. This
means that Oct "A will be the Last day
on which 2 ga per cent beer can be
sold.
At Portage Adelbert Bahcock of
Wyocena and Fred Smith of Milwau-
kee went for a joy ride in a Ford
car. two Portage young ladies accom-
panying them. At HAS at night as one
of the young men was feeding the
gasoline and one of the girls steering
the car, the machine went over at .
corner in Portage. The speed was too
fast to maake the ts1rn. One of the
girls, badly cut about the face and
arms, tainted twice, while the other
escaped with few bruises. The young
men did not receive a scratch
Morris Maybee, aged 81 years, is
dead at Portage. When young man
he was a raftsman ON a river IN the
state of New York.
While driving a car from Madison
to Portage, a machine guided by
Robert Hume, dashed TO the bottom
of hill, the lights not working well,
and turned over twice, stopping right
sideup. Miss Elizabeth Moran was
bruised, Miss Minnette Berger was in
jured, Roger Gordsline was hurt, and
the driver was slightly disfigured
Iowa investors have purchased farm
Of 1877 acres owned by E. L. Alderman,
near Portage. The Alderman family
will retire to Portage.
Arguments for an appeal in the case
of Judge John M. Becker of Monroe,
Wis, sentenced to serve three years
in the federal prison x1r violation OF
the espionage act, were taken under
advisement Wednesday by judges of
the United States circuit court of APP
peals at Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. L. Halsted have
gone to Mamaroneck, New York, for
visit.
Richard Willy and family have
moved from Ash street inc the Berk-
ley residence in Lyons. The family
recently moved to Baraboo from Iowa
Charles Schuster has been appoint
ed policeman ON the South Side in
place of w. d. Burke who resigned
not long ago. Mr.. Schuster was con-
nected with the railroad and will be-
gin his new duties November 1.
Mrs Ella Bump and Edgar Peck,
who were arrested on the complaint
of Mrs. Anna Peck. appeared before
Justice andre and were released on
s1,0oe bond each. The hearing has