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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
How TO Crank a Ford

The following rules should he posted
i'll the garage OF every amateur CHAT
feur.
l. Approach the machine with
proud and confident air. Any other is
likely TO result in failure.
2. Reach behind the plate glass
dash board and manipulate the little
doofunny on the steering wheel. You
may hit it right, if SO, you're lucky,
3. Pass to the front and place the
left hand on the foretop Of the animal.
Grasp the crank handle firmly with
The right hand and let the body and
limbs assume the attitude usually
taken after eating too freely OF green
cucunbers. Put on a look as if haV-
ing bitten an unripe persin1nlon, and
then produce an exact reproduction OF
the act Of wringing q flye-year- Old
ROSTERS r eek. If the first attempt
fails. repeat from rule LIST until desired
results are attained In the latter
case it is well to have some fat person
in the right-hand side Of the toneau
ike Bill Taft to prevent the over
turning of the machine by the vehem-
ence of your motion and emotion
combined.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
HISTORICAL OAK, WHICH SHELTERED LOG cABM
OF FIRST MADISON SETTLERS, STILL II EAE5. -4,C-

In front of the Opel barn on South
Butler street Madison stands an Oak
with history. This oak tree shelter
ed the log cabin of Eben Peck, who
came there in 1887, the first settler
OF Madison
On the last day Of May in the same
year Sc young people left milwaukee,
for Madison which had already been
decided upon for the site of the state
capitol. They were compelled to make
their own road as they went along
Three heavy OK carts carried tools and
necessities. Two men rode horses, one
family lived in prairie schooner and
the others were on foot. For ten
days rain poured necessarily making
the ground so soft that even lad there
been roads progress would have been
slow
On the morning of the eleventh day,
while they We're on prairie about ten
miles from Madison, the sun burst
forth from behind the clouds. One OF
The party, Darwin Clark, who was
destined to live for 81 years in Madi-
son, Immediately named the place Sun
Prairie.
But trials were. not over. The men
who had been sent ahead to deter
mine upon their route came back and
reported that underbrush, matted to-
gether, blocked the way to The Catfish.
This must be cut through for half a
mile. Camp was made and all set to
work. Without waiting for breakfast
next morning they set out again and
reached the banks of the Catfish. A
ford was found for the wagon where
some of the men waded across, while
others were carried over in the canoes
1of the Winnebagoes for fare of five
cents each.
BY noon-the band of hungry tramp
ers. came into sight Of the Peck cabin
which seemed indeed a haven of rest,
Food was plentiful now but the night
presented new difficulties. Only half
OF the party could get shelter inside
and the others were compelled to
spend the night outside in the rain.
Darwin Clark was among them.
Taking his blanket he went TO the
oak tree, then but small one, and
settled himself for the night. With
feet drawn up and braced against the
tree, with trousers tucked into already
soaked boots, he slept there all night,
wrapped in single blanket with the
rain dripping down through the
branches. Next morning. wnen some
one called attention to the little rills
of water running out of his boots, he
calmly remarked, II shall have to
mend my roof; / see it leaks!"
In 1899, shortly before his death,
Mr.. Clark took his daughter, Mrs.
Francis G. Wood, now living with her
mother at los East Wilson street, to
see the tree and to tell her OF the
nieht he spent beneath its branches.
The adyisability of marking this
tree has been discussed by the land
marks committee of the State Esd
Grafton of Womens clubs.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01

A Washington Man, a Southern
paper says, while motoring through
Virginia, stopped one day at toll
bridge he had often passed over and
found a new keeper in charge.
Where's the man who used to act
as keeper here?' asked the motorist.
Hes dead. sir, was the reply.
ssDead2 Poor fellow Joined the great
majority, eh2'' We'll" said the new
keeper, cautiously, # wouldn't like to
say that, sir He was good enough
man as far as I know.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
Obituary
Miss Lille Lueth

Among those from away who at
tended the funeral of Miss Lille Lueth
at Prairie du Sac were: Mr. and Mrs.
Otto .Schwarner, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Polzin and Miss Blanche WEIGH of
Chippewa Falls; Mrs, S. Drives OF
Madison; Paul Kettelpeter of Black
Earth; Henry Schumann and the
Peter Walser family of Mazomanie;
Henry and julius Zimmerman Of
Dane; Miss Minnie Lueth of Mt. Ho-
reb and Herman Zimmerman and
VIM. Lueth and family of Roxbury.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
Eureka Springs, Ark.
What il the Farmer Should Quit !?

In the April Il issue OF the l. terary
Digest are quoted some extracts from
a six-page folder by one Robert NJ.
Carrons, of Washington, Pa, entitled
Justice and q Square Deal, in which
he INDUCES in some wild and fantastic
speculations as to what would happen
if the farmer should quit Is job. A
discussion Of this impossible cOndl-
ton is on plane with that OF whether
Of boneheads like those who contr butte
articles to the metropolitan press. 1t
is past understanding why our leading,
or more often misleading, periodicals
will clutter up their pages with such
senseless drivel. But they do.
In the present instance, Mr.<Carrons
very sagely remarks that the farmer
would be the last to suffer starvation
if he should quit Silly willy nilly!
He does not stop to consider that, il
the farmer should quit producing food,
that the first thing to happen would
be the descent of hunger-crazed mob
upon the gutter, to relieve him Of the
last atom of food and his lands beside.
So, instead of being the last to starte,
he would actually be the first and
leave no one to mourn his taking off
because of his inhumanity in attempt
ing to starve his fellow-men.
People have been farming since the
world began, and it has just now been
discovered by the brainy Mr.. Carrons
that farming does not pay the farmer.
He says that Actually and literally,
the farmer works for nothing and
boards himself. This statement is
no more truthful than the rest of Mr..
Carron's deductions, even if Wash
ington'' is his place of residence.
Mr.. Carrons- says: "The New York
/, experimental station conducted an ex-
pertinent to determine the cost OF
raising a mich COW or beef of the
same age, and found it to be $126.
| Now, let us examine and compare
these two statements. II. as Mr.. Car
rons says, the farmer works for moth
ing and boards himself while he is
raising the animal, why should the
animal cost anything. Furthermore,
when the farmer sells the animal on
hoof for hundred Or more dollars,
who pays the bill and who gets the
money? Why, everyone knows the
consumer pays~the bill, and the farm
er gets the money. Mr.. Carrons may
consider one hundred dollars as a
mere nothing, but this is not the view
point CT the consumer.
If the farmer works for nothing
where does he get the money for the
purchase and upkeep of his up-to-date
touring cars to travel all over creation
instead of putting in long hours OF
arduous labor" as Mr.. Carrons says he
does If he works for nothing where
j does he get the money for the building
of mammoth barns and pallatial resi-
/ dences? Ii he works for nothing
where does he get the money on which
to retire to the city 10 spend his later
days in idleness and comfort? II MOI
from profit from his labors or giveT
him. then he must have stolen it. VIII,
have farm lands trebled and auadru
pied in value in the past two years
Is it to give the new owner chance
to work for nothing and board him-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01

A healing stone brought from Leeds.
England more than 200 years ago, is
on display at the state historical mu-
scum at Mad son. Centuries ago,
when people believed sickness was a
sign of Gods anger, they used the
healing stone instead of medicine.
The specimen is an odd little piece
Of smooth oak wood, about three
inches wide and four inches long.
The face of a Madonna is carved on
the front.
The stone was heated, then the
carved face was pressed to the skin,
wherever the bruise or pain was To-
Gated, while the patient prayed.
Mrs. Mary Drummond and Mrs.
Ellen Hartman of Stoughton donated
the stone.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
< q o O o . { {
Q FRIDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam MagH of Medford,
Wis, spent ten days with relatives
and friends in the city on their way
home from Washington and Califor-
MIA, where they spent the winter
They left for Spring Green and Plain
and while here were guests at the
Mrs Clara v. Baumgarth, e. Wisko-
Gil and Ulrich Won VALID homes
Hundreds of pieces of literature al
yertising the coming Of THE Heart of
Humanity to the AL. Ringing Thea
ire the last four days OF next week
were distributed Wednesday in out
side vicinities. The automobile adver
Using car madela cirucit to Kilbourn,
Portage, Merrimack, Prairie du Sac
and Sank City and is next TO go to
North Freedom, Ableman, ReedsburS
and surrounding territories.
Good news comes from Miss Gather
inc. Sparks who was dangerously i'll
in Porto Rico a few weeks ago. She
is improving, and according to word
received by Mrs. Sparks Wednesday,
Mr.. Pparks and Catherine expect to
sail for home April Goth, and should
arrive here about May 10 tn. 1t will
be recalled that Mr.. and Mrs. Sparks
were notified by cable in February
that Catherine was very low with
typhoid fever. Mr. Sparks left at once
but it was two weeks before he could
reach her, and by that time she had
passed the crisis and seemed hopefully
improved; but she has had long,
slow conyalesence and was only just
beginning to walk a little about the
middle of April She went to Porto
Rico last summer to take a govern
ment position as teacher of English In
the public schools.-Lodi Enterprise
Well. we got back from Chicago, al
right. but take it from us we woula
not swap Westby for Chicago as
place to live for any price. We went
into a fruit store there to buy some
fruit for our trip home. Medium sized
apples were ten cents apiece straight
The other day we purchased at one Of
our Westby stores the. very same kine
of apples-if not better-for five cents
apiece Talk about your city bargains.
Before complaining about the home
prices, just visit Chicago or any city
away from home. Well wager thai
You'll come back home and settle
down. serene t1aankfulness- for all tht
innumerable advantages you hay'
over the city people. You'll kick your
asalf for ever having kicked on tht
prices that your home merchants haVt
asked for your goods-not only apples
mt everything. Friends and neigh
hors. listent When it comes down (
rock bottom facts there's no place
like Westby. Westbv Times.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01

In "reminiscences of Lafcadio Hearn
by his wife, a Japanese, the following
things that were disliked by the err
ratio genius are enumerated: He dis
liked liars. abuse of the weak, Prince
Albert coats, white shirts, the city of
New York, and many other things.
He was fond of the sea and of swim
ming, of lonely cemeteries" of ghost
stories, of Martinique, and of such
mundane things as beefsteak and
rulm pudding.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01

Travelling picture frame agents are
touring the cities of the state and in
many instances exorbitant prices are
received for pictures and frames.
Baraboo people are warned to be
careful in their purchases and should
investigate the stocks at home, SO that
if anything unsatisfactory is apparent
the home merchant is here to make
good.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
Pretty Near Time, Now
Down where the water

Down where the water
Rirpfes with a song,
Amt a-wastin' daylight
When you're catching fish-that
long.
They'd pull you in the river
II you wasn't mighty strong;
You're helpin' cut the country
When you're catchin' fishAthat
long, Atlanta Constitution.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
Now in BeIoit

Mr.. Bunker is night engineer and
boiler foreman for the Fairbanks
Morse company and is well satisfied
with Beloit.
MRS. CHARLES BUNKER.
$50 Oak street,
Beloit, Wis.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
BABY BEAR ScARES WOMAN;
CHASED FROM TOWN BY MEN

A woman at Moose Lake, Mimi,
hearing what she thought was dog
scratching at her kitchen door, opened
the door and squawked when she saw
a 10-months-old cub bear. Bears in
Minnesota are protected by law, and
the men of the town formed a posse
and drove the cub back to the woods.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
Now With the Circus

Please send our paper to Brooklyn
New York, in care of Ringing Broth
ers and Barnum & Bailey Combined
shows until May and from May
10 May 10 to Philadelphia, Pa.
JAMES r. WHALEN.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
Concerning Certain Theories

This office has received an article
commenting a previous ore from N.
&. Abbott on certain theories. If the
writer will send his name well be very
glad to print the communication.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
Eniovs tlle Home News

We hate to miss single paper as
we all enjoy the home news SO much.
L. P. GETCHELL.
1926 Wright street.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
Look Every Day

We look for the News every day
and could not get along without it.
MRS. e. F. EDWARDS.
518 Lincoln Avenue.
Waukesha, Wis.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
She
Eureka Springs, Ark.


If Germany is financially unable to
pay in full, why not appoint a receiy-
er?-Columbia Record.
*. * *
If those French delegates are not
careful Professor Wilson will keep
them after school. Wall Street jour-
nal.
* s. *
April / was an appropriate day for
the beginning Of the increased tele-
phone rates.-New York Evening Sun.
X * 4
The peace conference persists in it's
policy of a closed door and then won
ders why everybody is knocking
Brooklyn Eagle.
Most bartenders will be pleased to
get into business where the best Gus
toners will not want to kiss them
goodnight Blade.
i. X y
Campaign Now Opened Against the
Cigaret.- The next step
will be a crusade against tobacco
New York Evening Sun.
4 * y
Paris sent us the message two years
ago: For Gods sake, hurry. We
send the same message back to Paris.
Syracuse Post-Standard.
Josh Billings once. delivered lee
ture ION Milk He had placed on
the platform table a pitcher and a
glass. As soon as he was introduced,
he poured milk from the pitcher into
the glass, took it UP, looked at it, and
said: I have seen several articles on
milk; 1 have read some facts written
on milk; but the best thing | ever
saw on milk was cream Then he
drank it and went on with his lecture.
He did not mention or refer to milk
in any way again. His lecture consist
ed of an unrelated collection of pithy
sayings which held his Audience to
the end
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01
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DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO INFER ESTs OF JEWS READERS

If YOU have something timely topic, question to
ask. please sendi to this department. Limit all COM
nun 900 words or less
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-01

The following rules should he posted
i'll the garage OF every amateur CHAT
New Britain herald., 1919-05-14
CITY ITEMS

Planked shad Riverside Inn, East Iaddam.-AdVt. Daniel McKeon, for a number of .years an employe at City hall, is un- Hdergoing treatment at the New Britain EGeneral hospital. Grandfather clocks repaired. The EElock Shop, Booths Block-Advt. There will be a silver tea this leYening at the home of Mrs. G. A. Weir of 12O Dwight street this even ling to which all members of the Sons |of Veterans and their auxiliary are Invited.
 The regular meeting of the w. c. |T. L, will be held Friday at the Y.
 w. C. A, when final plans for the tag day will be made. All mem bers fare urged to attend.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-14
TSNITED PARENTS
 ELECT OFFICERS
Max UnkcIbach Chosen President of ~ Association for Ensuing Year;
  " Supt. Holmes Speaks.

. At the annual meeting of the United Parents and Teachers association held last evening in Superintendent Is. H. Holmes office, Max Unkelbach was elected president for the ensuing Wear Other officers were elected as Follows:
 First Vice-Presidcnt-B Arm strong.
 Second ce-President - Edward Clary,
 Secretary-Miss Eleanor Yates.
 Trea surer-Harry HOar. Chairman Association Committee William (. French.
 Chairman Program Committee Lawrence WheclOck.
 Chairman Finance Committee F. F. CrandaIl.
 Superintendent Holmes delivered an address at the meeting of the Teach CTS council held yesterday afternoon at the Central Grammar school. A committee was appointed to arrange for a banquet.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-14
WAITER CONNUSSToNEpc ~gr,Ur

no"''''' puSlhess was <t transa cted and reports were rendered at the meeting of the water conomissio,,nrs held last evening. Other n,attarS r,-i1I come up this evening at the n,oo+iro no of the finance committee of the con,7 mon counclI. The annual meetinp of the board will take place on Inna ,te 1o
New Britain herald., 1919-05-14

store inspection, investigation of gen. eral complaints, assisting in collecting hllK ples and inspection of the sanitary condition of the city dairies. quarantlnlng and taking cultures for rcleaSC.'
 Report of Tuberculosis Nurse.
 |'Tho past year has been quite an 'Nen'Iul one as far as our work is concerned, for it has seen the estab- 1'oHhleht of a tuberculosis clinic "here early cases can be diagnosed. hcCulheo sanatora patients can be ""oched so that they may not relapse, e'l" dli contact cases may be exam liled ana Kept under observation.
 TWO hundred and fifty-siX persons n"Ve been examined during the past | months, about 150 of them being children from homes where tubercu- 'oSiS eNlStS and from the Opcn-Air school. It is important that the health ! of all school children should be under 9'iicC supervision if we arc to control 'upcrculoSls, and we cannot empha- size too strongly the need of continued WorK among the children"
 The report of the plumbing in spector showed 21,ooO inspections
New Britain herald., 1919-05-14

made durlns the year as well as a large amount of other work
New Britain herald., 1919-05-14
10000 CASES OF
 INFLUENZA HERE
pr. StOCkWell Makes Annual Re-
 port of Work of Health Dept.

M. IT. Camp was reelected char man of the board of health commits sioners at the annual meeting hcid lote vaotordav afternoon. Annual re- ports were presented by Dr. William NJ. StocEwell, superintendent of health. Miss sara A. Carroll. tuber- culosis nurse. rs. t>crtrude M. kitson welfare nurse and laboratory assist ant; Dr. E. D. Radcliffe mllk, meat and food inspector, John \. DoIan, uoni1,r,, insnqctOr and Thomas IL. Crowley. plum bing inspector.
 Due to the influenza epidemic last fall the department was very busy. All the routine work of the depart ment was stopped and and all the resources and energy was employed to combat the disease. During this time 6,921 cases were reported to the s11nerintendent of health resulting in apprOXimately 450 deaths.
New Britain herald., 1919-05-14

ing received by the department for aid and suggestions.
 Want Pure Milk
 ''The milk, meat and food inSpcc- tor has reported d growing interest in good milk by both producers and consumers; several producers have now herds which are free from tuber- culosis and as the pubic's demand for milk from tubcrculosis-free herds in crnases other producers will fall in line"
 "Thc slaughter house has proved it's worth, as one visit to it will con- vince, and we can state that New Britain has less meat from diseased animals than any other city in the
 Report of Welfare Nurse.
 "The nurses who camc from the New Britain Training school for in structions in laboratory routine and placardmg, quarantining, inVestigat- ing and construction along these lines have been eliminated during the year because of a shortage of nurses, but hope that the coming year will bring the nurses back to the department in greater numbers and enthusiasm.
 During the month of. September d small epidemic of diphtheria dove1op- ed in one of the children's orphanages resulting in one death. Cultures were taken from the children in the school they attended; results were, We found two 'barriers' These were isolated. This is only one of many instances where an isolation ward or hospital is needed.
 Influenza Raging at DcvcnS.
 ''1n October a. call came for volun- teer nurses to go to Camp Devcns to care for the sick soldiers suffering with influenza. Through the courtesy of the board the nurse was released from her regular duties and with two other nurses went to Aver, Mass, to
 Milk. Meat and Food Inspector.
 ''The work in this branch of the de- been along the lines of the regular schedule adopted somc time ago This applies particularly to the store in SpecttOn and the inspection of meat at the municipal slaughter house. where the results accomplished by the in spector have been very gratifying. During the coming year a greater eff fort will be put forth and more time will be devoted to this particular phase of the york;
 Report of tho Sanitary Inspectors.
 'The work of this department has progressed along the same lines as in previous years. such as tenement house inspection. yard inspection,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-05
City and Vicinity
News

Rev. ]. T. Mueller. West Jefferson
street, has returned to his home in
this city after attending a Lutheran
conference in Rockford.
: Mrs. Charles Knoll Of Fall Riyel
township who has been seriously i'll
for the past two weeks, is slowly i'm
proving.
Herman Knoll has returned to his
home in Fall River township, after
spending several days in Rockford.
Harry Frank went to Chicago this
morning on a business visit
Attorney Henry NJ Kelly went tt
Chicago this morning on u bushes
visit.
w. X. Foster, county superintendent
Of schools. has gone to Springliel.
on business visit.
William Knoll of Fan River town
ship has returned home after attend
ing "A church conference in Rockford
James Catlm went to Chicago thi
morning on business visit.
r. {. Heuning Of Tonica was an o.
tawa business visitor today.
+. f. Achard Of the Palmer apar
ments went to Chicago this mornint
on a business visit
Joseph Alschuler Is spending IA
day in Chicago on business.
Charles Brenn went to Chicago thi
morning on a short visit
Nate Alschuler has gone to Chicag
on a business visit
Bernard Callaghan Of Seneca spen
yesterday in Ottawa.
Nick Woodward of Streator spel
few hours in this city on bushes
Lincoln Bundy of Streator was
Ottawa yesterday.
Mrs Mary Dineen Of this city wer
Ito Sreator yesterday to visit friend
Jay Debolt of Pontiac, former o
ava resident, is visiting friends
Ottawa.
| Thomas Carter who has been St
toned at Camp Grant, has receive
his honorable discharge from II
service and has returned to his hon
IN Christie street,