Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-05-13
FRIDAY

made a new record price, the dn-
vance being so cents {. barrel. The
quotation is now $16 barrel when
sold in SO pound sacks in car lots, re-
presenting an advance of 81 a barrel
The Portage Hotel fixtures and
business have been sold recently by
Edward Lawson, who has been pro-
prietor of the hostelry for the last
Iyear, to Fred Krell.
At Madison the Allen Diffenbaugh
J Wrench & Tool company of Baraboo
has filed articles of incorporation
$4,000.
Ed. Johnston and family have NOV
ed from Cazenovia to the Kris Kramer
place northwest of Baraboo.
A card from Mrs. Henry Ringing
states that they will arrive home in
short time. It is presumed MIR. and
Mrs. C. A. Dyke will also come.
Mrs A. H. Clark is suffering with
blood poison in one Of her hands. Her
husband arrived last night from
Washington where he has a position.
Mrs. Clark is in one of the local
hospitals.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Rummel have
gone to Texas where they will vi
sit the formers brother, Jay, who is
| in the aviation branch of the army
Jay Rummel is Lieutenant in the ser
vice and has been in the army for
some time He served during the war.
DR.. H. c. Ladewig has leased the
offices in the e. L. LuckOw building
and has taken possession. DR.. Lade-
wig came to Baraboo some months
ago and has had his office with DR..
A. L. Farnsworth. Dr. Vincent A.
O'Rourke, osteopath, will also have
offices in the LUCKNOW building
Friends in Baraboo have received
from Miss leila Mae Cooper invita-
tions to the graduating exercises to be
held at the Presbyterian hospital in
Chicago on May IS. Miss Cooper is
the daughter OF County Clerk and
Mrs F. A. Cooper and since her grad
uation from the Baraboo high school
has been at the above hospital in
training to be nurse. There are
sixty-six young ladies including Miss
Cooper in this years graduating class.
Highway Policeman L. r. Capener
reports that he has received new laws
governing the automobile lenses
whose I:r Wore , 60 into effect May l
The no-glare lenses on automobile
head lights, with which every car was
to be supplied by May /, are hard to
| obtain owing to shipping conditions,
so the authorities are not demanding
| enforcement of the law for the pres
| ent. In a month or so however cars
that are not supplied with them will
be dealt with according to the new
law.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Williamson ar
rived in Baraboo last evening from
the south and are at the home of the
latter's mother, Mrs. w. E. Conway,
the latter however, still being at
Sarasota, Florida. Mr.. and Mrs.
Williamson spend their summer; an
nualy at Devils lake and this season
have arrived little earlier than
usual, the weather getting rather too
warm for comfort in the state of
Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma
where they have been travelling They
will occupy the Charles Ringing
cottage at Devils lake, Mrs. Ringing
and Mrs Williamson being sisters.
Mr.. Williamson states that in the
south, particularly Oklahoma, the
people are money mad and are spend
ing it lavishly. New oil fields are
being continually discovered and de-
veloped and this has helped to keep
the money flowing like water.
w. H. Vogler, who was injured in
an auto accident Tuesday when his
car ran into a tree on Cook street in
Portage, is feeling better today. The
doctor states no internal injuries re-
suited from the mishap and he will
be able to resume his duties soon
again The automobile he was driv-
ing tipped over when the tree was
struck and is being repaired in Port
age. Two wheels are off, the wind
shield was damaged and the tenders
were bent. Concerning the accident
the Portage Register-Democrat says:
can accident occurred to VIM. H.
Vogler of Baraboo, a candy salesman,
who was leaving Portage in Ford
runabout for Baraboo. He was driv-
ing at high rate of speed, and when
he came to the turn of the road at the
end of West Cook street, he was hit
ting the high mark so fast that he
couldn't make the turn and ran pell
nell across the intersecting street,
where a friendly tree prevented him
from landing in the old Armstrong
clay hole, filled with several feet Of
water. The car was almost obliterated
and Mr.. Vogler was quite severely
| bruised, but fortunately not killed.
| 1t is said that his injuries are none
of them of a permanent nature"
At Wonewoc Edward Kingsley lost
| the little finger of his right hand