Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-12-04
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. the state and many of them are in
good condition. The light covering of
snow over southeastern Wisconsin is
insufficient to impede highway traf-
fic. Dirt roads are all frozen and in
most places have been worn down to
a fairly smooth surface. Many rough
places are reported however.
Eggs in Baraboo are retailing at
So cents and creamery butter is 76
cents. The price for these commodi-
ties was neer SO high.
The initial training conference Of
the inter-church world movement, so
far as it relates to Wisconsin will be
held in Madison Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, beginning at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning at Christ
Presbyterian church offices of the
j movement in attendance.
The proprietor of the Helbig Stor-
age Battery company reports that
many batteries in automobiles have
frozen with the cold wave This
means a dead car
Two hundred or more beekeepers
from every part Of Wisconsin will at
tend the annual convention of the
Wisconsin State Beekeepers' associa-
ton in Madison Thursday and Fri
day. Among the more important pro-
blems to be studied will be that of
keeping beekeepers in contract with
the market.
The damp snow on Saturday was
followed by a cold wave on, Sunday,
the mercury on Sunday night going
down to the zero mark. The walks
are icy and travelling for pedestrians
is not the best. The paved roads are
fine for sleighing and an occasional
jingle-bell is heard On the dirt roads
the going is not SO good but they are
in fair condition after little more
snow.
The following Baraboo men have
returned from the northern woods
with five deer shot at the Long Lake
club at Owen, Wisconsin: Fred Fur
cell, 200 pound buck; Henry Starr, 200
pound buck; L. D. Prader, $50 pound
deer; l.. P. Gerou, IT'S FOUNDER; Chas.
1Walrath, It's pound buck Frank
Cowles and Harry Butterfleld were
also on the excursion but were not so
luckey. The hunters report plenty of
deer in the northern woods but they
have left now due to the heavy storm,
for the heavy swamps where they will
stay most of the winter. The hunters
were gone about two weeks
James Whites was severely in sew
erely injured and Richard Dresser was
slightly hurt swhen they fell from
a scaffold on the Daily farm north of
Lone Rock Mr.. Whites received a
compound fracture of his left arm,
one leg is badly injured and he is a
mass of bruises all over the body.
There is also a possibility that he
suffered internal injuries. His Ccnl-
panion in the mishap received bad
shaking up and his right foot is badly
swollen as the result of the fall.
Eugene Henke has returned to
Carroll College, tWaukesha after
spending Thanksgiving holidays with
his parents, Rev. and Mrs. E. c..
Henke.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Turner, who re-
side few miles from Devils Lake,
ate Thanksgiving Turkey with Mr..
and Mrs. L. A. McGilyra near Devils
Lake.
Miss Mable Marquette returned
Sunday from Chicago, H. where she
spent several days with her sister,
Miss Elsie Marquette, viii is employ
ed as cashier for the Chicago Tile
and Trust Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Werlich enter
tanned the following relatives and
friends from Lodi on Sunday: DR..
and Mrs. T. O. Goeres and two daugh-
tiers, Lynda and Ruth; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Falkenstein and family:
Christian Falkenstein and Miss Vir-
ginia Poterfield. A bounteous dinner
was served and the afternoon passed
pleasantly in music and sociability.
Hugh Kelley has been gone a week.
After resigning as engineer at the high
school and teaching his successor he
decided to visit his only daughter at
Niagara. He has gone to remain for
some time and Mrs. Kelley expects to
join the other members Of the family
later.
The local high school has started
tuning up for basketball season.
About twenty-five candidates report
ed for practice. Baraboo usually turns
out a champion team and there is lots
of basketball enthusiasm in the. high
school. Walter Tanghe is the basket
ball coach. Many Of the high schools
have started to season already. John
Spreeher of Reedsburg was called to !
refree game near Sparta Saturday.
Trains are often late these days, not
SO much on account Of the cold wea-
ther as the inferior coal. Some OF the
fuel has been lying about for two