Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-12-18
SATURDAY.
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MISS FTeua Meyer OF t0eUSDuTS wa:
in Baraboo on Thursday. Miss Meyer
and Mrs. Rudd will leave soon t
spend the winter in Cuba.
4 Mrs. G. G. Kindschi. nee Miss Flor
ence Yeske, neice OF Mrs. William
Schroeder, is visiting friends in the
city. She resides in Beloit.
The secretary Of the fair association
at Portage has begun paying the pre-
miums. This Is several weeks earlier
than last year.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. III. Palmer are in
Reedsburg on account of illness in the
family Of their son. Roy E. Palmer
The son is the most serious at thif
time, the wife having much improved
For the third time in its history the
Willamette river at Portland, Ore
gon, has frozen over. The cold is
intense.
Herman Mueller, Albert Blanck, T.
Tarnutzer, and William Brandt have
returned from Detroit with a string
Of automobiles. They found cold wea-
Their and drifts along the way but were
able to make good time.
w. L. Colburn of Madison, general
freight agent of this division Of the
Northwestern road, has been at Wone-
voc visiting his father, Henry Col
burn, and looking after matters at the
depot. Mr. Colburn was formerly re-
sident of Baraboo.
County Clerk F. A. Cooper received
letter today from man in Ironton
who wanted to know the law on the
following: Supposing shoot a fox
that is being chased by dog owned
by another. Who does the fox belong
to, myself or the owner of the dog
who brought the fox within reach
The official has replied he knows OF
no written law on the subject. When
hunter wounds deer and another
obtains possession the animal Is
usually divided between the two
hunters.
A sentimental pair of swindlers re-
vived the styles OF other days by sell
ing Morris Names. shoemaker. at
Washington, d. c., box of brass
filings for $1,000, which represented
the savings of nine years A similar
swindle was worked on Madison
tailor recently
A meeting was held Thursday even
ing by those interested in organic
ing a basket ball team for this city.
Arrangements were made to have q
city team and call 1t the Triple BIS
after the champion team at Billings.
Montana. The boys will make arrange
ments to play basket ball aggregations
In the neighboring town, especially
Reedsburg which has a city team and
are itching to get at BaraboO. The
men selected for the local outfit are
all former basketball stars, and no
doubt we will see some fast games
this season. At the meeting Fred
Brandt was elected captain and r..
B. Curtis manager of the team. A
dance will be held next Friday to
raise money for the initial expenses
of the basketball team.
Mrs. A. S. Kingsford, Mrs. T. F.
Ris1ey, and Mrs. c.. J. underkoffler
entertained the members of the Meth
odish church choir, Friday evening
tat the home of Mrs. T. F. Risley. The
evening was spent in preparation FOR
a cantata which is to be given the
Sunday evening after Christmas.
Dainty refreshments were served af-
ter the close of the meeting.
/. Davis & Cooley and the N. II
Smith Fuel and Warehouse company
have been hauling soft coal from the
Cahoon mine. j. w. Davis, member
of the former firm, has purchaser the
remainder and will have several teams
busy next week bringing the fuel to
Baraboo When the mine closed some
weeks ago there were between 500 and
1000 tons which had not been used
In case it continues difficult to obtain
fuel the store at the mine will be OF
great value.
The members Of the Gamma Phi
Rho and the Booster Girls of the
Baraboo Nigh school gave surprise
on Walter J. Tanghe Friday evening
at the home OF Rev. and Mrs. Henke
In honor OF Mr.. Tanghe's birthday
A large birthday cake was the center
OF, attraction and delicious refresh
ments were served. Music and sing
ing helped pass the evening in joy
full way. The guests presented the
host with travelling set in remen-
hvauco Of fha OCCASION
Max Feinberg escaped, Thursday,
from what might have been a serious
accident. Mr. Feinberg was driving
an auto near Ableman just above the
narrows when he noticed an ap-
preaching train too late to stop the
car and too late to get across the
track. He jumped from the auto and
the car was smashed by the train.
Mr.. Feinberg escaped injuries himself
by the Jump. The train met was the
one leaving here at 4:20.
| George Stanley and a companion es-
capped unhurt from what might have
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