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The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
6ursin Boys Return

8urGin Boys Return
Returning last week from Seldova,
Alaska, where they have resided three
or four years. were Doctors Isom and
Frank Burgin with their wives and
children. They have decided to give
up faraway Alaska and make their
homes in Colorado. They will spend
some time visiting in Delta.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
Visiting Her Brothers

Miss Ada Arthur, District Traffic
Chief of the Mountain States Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company, came
up from Grand Juction Sunday and
Will spend two months vacation
with her brothers. John and James
and her sister Melba. Miss Arthur is
charming girl who spent her child
hood here and her friends are always
glad TO see her
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
To California for Winter

Departing Tuesday for Los Angeles,
California where they will spend the
winter were Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Now
er. Arthur Matthews of the Delta Ma
tional Bank. and wife are occupying
the Mower residence.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
Youngsters off to School

Youngsters off to School
A party composed of Eta Bennett.
Helen Gunsolus, Laura Mower and
Herbert Hillman left Friday afternoon.
Miss Bennett bound for Boulder Uni
versity and the three latter for Colo
rado Springs where they will enter
Colorado College.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
To Colorado College

To Colorado College
Chester and Earl Nichols Of Eckert.
Lawrence Hick Of Delta and Gene
Duke of Hotchkiss left the first of
the week for Colorado Springs and en-
tered as students at Colorado College.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
To Lincoln School

Departing Friday for Lincoln. Ne
braska, were Misses Grace and Ruth
Wheeler. where they will enter Col
lege View Commercial school. Miss
Grace will take commercial course
and Miss Ruth will complete the tenth
grade, after which she will take up
nurses training.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
To Coast for Winter

To Coast for Winter
Mr.. and Mrs. George Voorhees, have
gone to Burnett, California, where
they win enter the sanitarium and re-
main for some time for the benefit OF
the health Of both. The change will
doubtless prove Of much good to this
estimabIe couple.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
Selling or Furniture

Selling OFT Furniture
George Stephan has sold his hand
some residence property. corner Palm
er and Eaton avenues, and is adver-
tising his furniture for sale. A lot OF
high grade. well preserved furniture
will be sold at auction to the highest
bidder Monday, September goth.
Colonel Davis conducting the sale
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
a Join Mother in California.

Leaving yesterday afternoon was
Mrs. ]. e. Hillman, for San Francisco,
California, where she will spend
few weeks returning in company with
her mother. Mrs. II. f. Perkins, who
spent the past two months with her
sister. Mrs. Dirling
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
To Live in Denver

Monday morning Mrs. Fannie Price
and children, accompanied by her son,
Ray Price and wife left this city with
Denver as their destination. The
former lady has spent the summer
here and her married son and wife
visited them. Their home is in the
capital city.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
Back From Kansas

Back From Kansas
Mr.. and Mrs. /. L. Filkel LETT last
week after pleasant visit with Mr..
and Mrs. ]. F. Keller and Mrs. Charita
Holcomb, who are relatives. Their
home is at Pittsburg, Kansas.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26

Home on Furlough.
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. McAllister are
enjoying a visit from their youngest
son. Ralph, who arrived Tuesday even
ing on a thirty day forlough. The
young man is engaged with the navy
and came home from Brooklyn.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
Utah Folks at Somerset

William Clark, Jr., wife and baby
daughter arrived one day last week
from Hiawatha. Utah. and were met
here by Mrs. William Clark, Sr., and
her son Isaac Clark and wife who
took them to Somerset They are
guests at the home of these Somerset
people.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
Young Sailor Hers

Young SaIIor Hers
Walter Phippeny. engaged for the
past two years with the Navy at Pearl
Harbor, Hiwaiian Islands, spent sew
eral days visiting relatives at Eckert,
leaving Saturday for his home at
Greeley He has received his dis
charge.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
After Visit with daughter

After Visit with daughter
Passing through the city Friday was
Mrs. ]. H. Mcdaniel, who had visited
several weeks with her daughter. Mrs
T. H. Dunbar at Paonia. She will re-
main some time with her son at Idaho
Falls, Idaho.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
Friends Leave for South

Friends Leave for South
After visiting for month with Mr.
and Mrs. B. Barrere, Mr.. and Mrs.
Maurice Planche left Tuesday for their
home at Covington, Louisiana. They
say they are simply delighted with this
country and expect to return here to
make their home
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
To Iowa to Live

To Iowa to Live
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Mowrey left one
day last week for Shelby, Iowa, where
they will make their home. Mrs.
Mowrey was formerly Miss Mae
Crouch of California Mesa
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
Her Sister Leaves

Her Sister Leaves
Concluding a delightful three weeks
visit with her sister, Mrs. l. c. Hall
and family, Miss Susan Thompson
left Monday for her home at Winamac,
Indiana.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
Corncrackers Here

Corncrackers Here
Mr.. and Mrs. John Altstadt and chill
dren arrived by auto from their home
at Norfolk, Nebraska, and will spend
couple of weeks at the home of rel
atives here. The lady is sister of
Mrs. s f. Johnston and Mrs. John
Kehoe
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
Goes East on Visit

Goes East on Visit
= Tuesday morning Mrs. B. A. Van
DUNE of Redlands Mesa left for Chi
cago where she will put in couple
of months visiting and sightseeing.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26

Bond Issue Killed.
The $4,000, 900 bond issue for build
ing more school houses in Denver was
defeated Tuesday by the voters Of the
city OF Denver
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
For Texas Home

For Texas Home
Mrs. L. A. Lynn who visited for six
weeks with her neices, Mrs. w. T. Gil
bert and Mrs. Charles Place, left Mon
day morning for her home at Hen
reitta, Texas.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
Some Fine Furniture

c. II. Brown. Of the Old Smoke
House. has installed two pretty show
cases In his store which greatly add
to the effectiveness of the place. One
is for bill folds, pipes. etc. and the
other Is of solid oak, zinc lined. and
electric lighted. In this case are found
cigars and tobacco.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
Tom Dale is Home

Tom Dale is Home
After a number of months overseas,
during which time he crossed the
ocean three times, Tom Dale returned
home last week, to the delight of his
family and friends
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26
WEEKLY MARKET QUOTATIONS
FURNISHED az LOCAL DEALERS

Following are Wholesale prices fur
nished by the Delta County Farmers
Supply Co.:
Potatoes, per 100 pounds.
Onions. per 100 pounds ..$2.95
Apples. per ton, from........$35 to $55
Wholesale prices furnished by A. r.
Penley:
Hay. in stack, per $500
Hay. baled, per $1,000
Oats, per 100 pounds,
Wheat. per 100 pounds. ..J$315 to $3.25
Chickens. per pound. -.lsc
The Delta independent., 1919-09-26

Home to ouray
After pleasant visit with the ]. F.
Kistler family, Mrs. T. v. Cannavan
left Monday for her home in Ouray.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10
sue TO STOP NEW
NONPART TSAN
LAWS IN WISCONSIN

Based on the contention that the
state is prohibited under the constitu-
ton of the United States from engag-
ing in private business, suit has been
filed in the United States district court
in Fargo to enjo;n North Dakota Off
Gals from attempting to carry into
effect the several laws recently includ-
ed in what is known as the industrial
program" of the Nonpartisan league
The bill Of complaint, supported
jointly by forty taxpayers representa-
tive of nearly every county IN the
state, asserts that the bonds author
lied are not sound because the pro-
ceeds are intended to be used for
private purposes; because no adequate
provision is made for the payment
and because the Legislature has at
tempted to delegate Legislative powers
in fixing the amounts, denomination,
maturity and rates of interest.
The seven laws attacked are the
state industrial commission; state
bank $2,000,O00 bond issue forr state
bank capital; terminal elevator and
-four mill associations; 100000 bond
issue for terminal elevator and mill
association home builders act, and
S1O,0OO,000 real estate bond issue
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10

MISS ELSIE bldUCR. bdIdUOu, LAS AC-
ceived the following letter from her
brother, who has been in Europe six
months:
France, March II, 1919.
My Dear Sister Elsie:
/ received your most welcome letter
Yesterday and was surely pleased to
hear from you, and also that mother
and you are much better after having
the flu Well, the flu is beginning
here again and causes considerable
trouble, as it is contagious. So you
folks all figured on my being home for
Christmas? | am sorry | could not
be with you at the time, but maybe
possible of being with you for next.
Well, Elsie, l had a very good time
on my birthday, February 5, and cele-
brated it in the utmost at French
home. They certainly put UP swell
dinner-chicken, pie, mashed pOta-
toes, lettuce and a number OF other
eats too numerous to mention. But
of course we also had plenty Of good
drinks which I can tell you more
about later. | am sure it would sur
prise you if l would tell you that
may bring back a French girl and
the one who invited me to spend my
birthday at her home. Would you
object to it?
was going to send you some pic
lures of her but | must have lost
them. Well Elsie, | have moved
three times since | wrote you last and
am now at Panillac camp. | do not
know how long I will be here. Am
also in another outfit again, being in
the 143d machine gun battalion, Co
B., Camp Grant DIT | have not heard
from you for quite a while so you had
better write oftener [ received a
birthday card from Louisa also today;
was very glad to get it. | tell you
Elsie | am perfectly glad that | went
in the army as | am considerably dit
ferent now-for the \simple reason il
has proved to me some facts worth
while knowing. 1t has also done me
| a whole lot of good, even ii we did
have it hard at times; but | will never
regret it, When | return to the GOOD
old T. 8. A. / will wire you immedi
ately, AS | am here now just for the
purpose OF waiting for ship and may
leave any day soon now. Well, Clarke
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10
MAJOR DOTY OLDER
THAN WISCONSIN

The March number Of the Wisconsin
Magazine of History prints the obitu-
airy of a man who lived in Wisconsin
for years before Wisconsin existed
even as a territory. Major Doty, son
of Judge Cater Governor) James d.
Doty, was born at Shantytown (now
Green Bay in 1924. Modern isconsin
was then part of Michigan Territory,
Milwaukee was still unborn, and Chi
cago was a wilderness outpost. Doty
was a Badger of twelve years stand
ing when Wisconsin Territory was
created in 1886, and in 1910 he was
old enough to help survey its north
eastern boundary. He lived three
years at Madison as secretary to his
father while territorial governor
served in the first State Assembly OF
184S, and the next year plated the
town site of Menasha. In 1887 Major
Doty made his home in st. Andrews
Florida, where he died lin December
1918. at the advanced age of ninety
four.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10
PEOPLE AT MILWAUKEE, ARE RINKING LIQUID
THAT TASTES LIKE BEER, LOOKS LIKE BEER,
BUT IS CHEAPER AND CONTAINS NO ALCOHOL

approximately 200 saloons and road
houses in Milwaukee and the county
have been serving a mountaineering
beer for many weeks to unsuspecting
imbibers-and getting away with it.
And thereby hangs a tale of conflict
between the saloon keepers and the
Milwaukee brewers, with the latter
trying to analyze the concoction,
which is made in Chicago.
The beverage looks like beer and
tastes like beer. 1t costs but $11.50 a
barrel, compared with SIT to $40 de-
manded by Milwaukee brewers for
real beer. Furthermore the revenue
tax is but 80 cents, whereas real beer
is taxed but Sc. And no license is re-
quired.
The brew differs from so-called near
beers in that it is not carbonated and
retains all the food values of beer,
according to Charles Schallitz and W.
J. Rice, University building. The Sc
cret of the beverage, Mr.. Schallitz
says, lies in the process of drawing off
the alcohol and after it has been made
with all the products entering into the
manufacture of beer
BY the same process of manufac-
ture, kuemmel, blackberry brandy and
other liquors are "defanged."
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10
SUMPTER

Herman Zantow came home Sunday
from Minneapolis, Mimi, where he
had been most of the time since last
may, having his hand treated. AL
though it is much better, it is far
from we'll.
J. L. Hill and son had milking
machine installed Friday
A large number from here attended
the Golden Wedding" for Mr.. and
Mrs. S. r. King the oath, at Baraboo
Mrs f. D. King spent from the p
until the "a in Prairie du Sac, with
her sister, Mrs. O. L. Young, who was
very sick with the measles.
l.. C. Stoddard was up last week,
visiting at Charles. Watkins
E. D. King and Charles Watkins are
having their surplus hay bailed.
Some of the farmers have com
menced to work on the land, but The
heavy clay soil is too wet yet
Mr.. and Mrs A. E. Watkins OF
Lyons were guests of their son
Charles and family recently.
On Sunday a car run into the Groth
buggy and threw H. Groth out hurt
ing him, but it is thought not serious
ly.
This letter came to the News Office
too late for weekly Of April 4.
Quite number of the ladies turned
out on the LIST to vote tor county
superintendent.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10
Sees Sunny France
PVT. EMMETT G. COLVI

Mrs. A ROdewald has received the
following letter from her son:
Dear mother and all:
Until onw | have been too busy,
sight seeing, that | haven't had time
TO write.
Arrived here last Tuesday noon, and
was assigned to barracks, or rather a
and you set down to a table covered
with a white cloth and napkins. The
best of service 1t took us that after
noon to get the dirt off, which we
accumulated on the trip. When be-
gan TO forget that we were in the
army.
My two buddies and / had planned
q trip out to some island in the
Mediterranean for the next day, We'd
nesday but when we got down to the
Y in the morning, we found that the
boats had gone out their the day be-
fore had been unable to get back
that night on account of a storm, so
we went out to GrasSe on tramwayo
or French street car This little town
has the best perfume distilleries in
the world We went through one of
them and came out smelling as if we
had fallen in tank of perfume After
they had showed us the process the
raw product goes through before it
becomes perfume, talcum powder. cold
cream, etc; they took us into these
finished products, display room. Here
they took an atemizer and sprayed all
flower garden.
The distilleries have only few men
working in them and those are most
all fifty years of age or over.
Thursday we went to Antilles, a
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10
SOLDIERS BUILT
EARLYHL CHWAY
IN WISCONSIN

From the first Wisconsin road to
the proposal now before the Legisla-
ture to issue $50,000,000 in bonds to
carry out a vast road making project
is far cry. Ninety years ago the
two chief settlements in Wisconsin
were reen Bay and Prairie du Chen,
andt he only highway between them
was the tortuous Fox Wisconsin river
route some four hundred miles in
length. In 1880 Congress appropriated
$4,000 for a military road, connecting
the forts at Green Bay, Portage, and
Prairie du CHEN. Judge Doty and
Lieut.. Center were commissioned to
survey the route. Both as governor
and politician, Center as a railway
magnate. They finished their survey
in 1888. The route laid down ran
up the south side of the Fox and
around the eastern border Of Lake
Winnebago, thence across the praries
to Portage, from here to Blue Mounds
in Dane county, and then west along
the watershed later known as the
military ridge" to Prairie du Chen
In 1895 Lewis Cass, secretary of war
under Jackson, ordered the road to
be built by the regular army garrisons
along the route. Squads Of soldiers
went out in turns, working a week at
time. They chopped a way about
two rods wide through the timber,
often leaving the stumps in the middle
of the roadway Over the prairies the
route was merely marked by wooden
stakes, while in thin timber and the
openings it was indicated by blazes
i'll the trees. Marshes were destroyed,
and ferries were soon established at
the crossing of rivers.
Crude as it was, the military road
was a great importance in the de-
velopment of Wisconsin. It shortened
the distance between Green Bay and
Prairie du Chen to $50 miles. I'M
proved and developed, some portions
OF the road are still in use, while 9TH
er portions are now trayersed by lines
OF railroad.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10

is in st. Andre. | met one of the
boys of his company at Janicatt and
he said Clarke was we'll and healthy
and is getting fieshier than ever. ~
was there when | first came over here.
OF course it still continues to rain, as
without it we could not live. Ha! Ha!
Elsie, | must soon close now as |
just received a letteSf from Sister
Kate and am anxious to read it, and
will while | have the time. Hoping
and trusting that you are all in the
best of health and remain SO, and
also that | may be with you all very
soon-and | think | will will close
with LOTS of love and kisses to all.
Write soon. Your brother,
PVT. ALBERT BLANCK.
143 Mach Gun Bn., Co. B, Camp
Grant DIT, Am. E. F. Panillac.
Mr.. Blanck left Baraboo for camp
on July % with the largest group that
ever left Sank county,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10

Harland Hill and Ora Cahoon are
not able to attend school on account
of colds.
Quite a number Of the women folks
voted for Jessie Martiny Tuesday.
Mrs. Geo. Carpenter offered to take
anyone who had no way of going to
the polls.
Lloyd Welch is getting along nicely
at Rochester, Mimi.
Chris Gasser has returned from
France and is farmer once more. All
of the boys seem well pleased to be
home again.
Donald and Margaret Pierce were
i'll with colds the first OF the week
Evelyn Kaether returned TO her
hime in Sumpter to spend week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Powell and son
Neal spent Sunday at the home OF W.
Cahoon.
VIM. Toole and son are kept very
busy these days filling orders. All
perennial plants wintered fine.
Miss Simpson and pupils will give
shadow social at the Pewitts Nest
school house Friday evening.
These items came to The News 100
late for weekly of April 3.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10


where we saw the Notifications, of
Louis XIV. Also we were through an
other old fortress which is on top of
q hill. Here we could get a good
view of the country for miles around.
, The Y M G. A. furnish guides for
all of these trips, and we pay the
travelling expenses, which through the
Y. we get at a bargain.
Friday we took trip in a seven
passenger touring car, along the
Mediterranean coast to North Carolina.
There we went through the largest,
and finest gambling house in the
world It is about as beautiful a
building around here. Then we went
through a park which has in it
nearly every kind Of tree there is.
From there we went to Mention, where
we ate our dinner in the Cecil hotel
After dinner we went into italy
little ways and started back to
Cannes, by mountain road. This
was the best part of the trip, as at
times we would be almost on the
very tops of the mountains, which
gave one a wonderful view Of the
country for many miles around. In
some places we would be able to see
as many as a dozen cities. and towns,
also the snow capped Alps Marines.
We stopped and walked around, in a
couple of mountain villages. After
which we came down the mountains
at Nice, where we stopped at the Y.
NJ. G.. A. for about a half an hour
and then came back to Cannes. The
trip took in about hundred and fifty
miles, and cost us only thitry-tive
trans apiece / will tell you more
about it some other time.
That night we went to a show at
the Y. which is in the Municipal
Casino, one of the finest buildings
here.
After the show we went ont to the
hotel. which is quite a distance out
OF town, and to take the shortest way
to 1t there is a path through consider
able bush, trees, ETC.. | was walking
ahead and felt confident that knew
the path. but | must have miscalcu-
lated, as | walked over ten foot en-
hankment, which | didn't know was
around there.
| went out to the Lerins islands
Saturday. but my buddies helped me
when ever we had some climbing to
do. When / came back that night
reported at the inf1mary and they
sent me out TO the hospital, where |
am now. | guess I strained my hip
a little and bruised my side. | viii
probably be ont in side of a Vice..
Since / have been down here / have
seen a little of Sunny France, but
il sure is lot different from the mud
hole where the outfit is stationed. We
can see orange trees with ripe oranges
on them, along the roads here.
Well, it is about time for the lights
tc go out, so will close for this time.
Hoping you are well.
AS ever with love
HERBERT
Tvac. Hosp. No. 10
Am Elk. Forces, France.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10
CHARGE OF PROFESSOR ONLY HARMED HTHISELF
DECLARES SENATOR LENROOT IN SPEAKING OF
McELROY'S UTTERANCES AT MADISON RECENTLY

The University of Wisconsin was.
assured that people in the east take
no stock in the attacks Of Robert Nc
Mutt McElroy of the National Security
league on the loyalty of the univer-
sity, in a letter from Senator l. l..
Lenroot 10 the student senate at
Madison.
Senator Lenroot's letter came in an
swer to a resolution adopted by the
senate, thanking him and
other defenders of the schools loyal
ty.
Speaking of his efforts to defend the
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10
CHENILLE

The Red Cross ladies were royalty
entertained by the men belonging to
the Red Cross and others at the home
Of J. r. Rumpf Monday evening. A
fine program was given consisting OF
speeches and games. Refreshments
were served and all departed at late
hour, asking the men to entertain
again.
o. F. Edwards is working in ma
chine shop at BelOit.
B. NC Connel of Babcock, Wis, cal
led at c. H. Simonds home Monday
evening.
Friends have received word from
Mrs. II. A. Lucht of Centerville, Iowa,
that she is gaining rapidly and will
soon be home.
The young people have charge of
program at Farmers club Friday even
ing April4.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duveck have moved on
the farm they recently purchased OF
Mrs. Abe Johnson.
James Fisher who is employed in
the machine shops at Madison is at
home. The employees in the shops
having gone on a strike.
Mr.. and Mrs j. r. Rumpf spent the
weekend in South Bend, Ind. visit
ing Paul Rumpf, who has been recent
" discharged from service. He mad
been in France in active service
Mrs. Holweg is spending the week
with her daughter. Mrs. Guy Noyes.
The above items reached The News
office 100 late for weekly of April ).
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-10

One of Booker Washington pest
stories-a joke at the expense Of MS
own racs-is quoted in Frederick
Lynch's Zone Great Society. A
colored man was asked by a white
citizen to supply his family with
turkeys-tame one, not wild, the lat
ter being occasionally in the market.
One week a member of the family
found some shot in his portion OF the
bird. The turkey vender was expost-
ulated with. "You sent us wild
turkey this time; there were shd in
it." The colored man scratched his
head. deed, no, boss he explained;
''dat was a tame bird all right. Dat
shot was meant TO mel"
Shell shock is nothing new, says
the Colorado Independent. I'VE had
it thirty years ago. It was at the
county fair The fellow who gave 1t
to us had three shells and small
rubber pea"