Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-12-09

The finance committee of the city
affairs met Monday evening in the
city hall for the purpose of auditing
the city bills and determining the
amount of money each department
will receive in the budget. The mat
ter will be taken up at the next reg
ular meeting of the city council Thurs
day evening.
Miss Elizabeth Hoch, who is on her
way from New York City to San
Francisco, stopped over in Baraboo to
visit at the Efinger and andre homes.
The lady is relative of members of
both the above families.
Fred Nallon, Jr., his mother, Mrs.
Mallon and Andrew Yanke of Logan
vile spent the day here on business.
The trip was made by auto and they
report the roads as being frozen and
very rough.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Mcfarland and son
of Prairie du Sac were in Baraboo on
Monday and while here visited the
Trimpey likeness shop.
Last evening Mrs. e. J. Battles, as
sisted by Mrs. Frank McGirr and Miss
Jessie Holden, entertained the Thin
bile club Of the Presbyterian church
at her home. There was the usual
good attendance and several visitors.
Roll call was answered by giving an
cient remarks. After the business
meeting the evening was spent SOC
tally The next meeting will be with
Mrs. T. e. Jones when the club will
have a Christmas party.
A. S. Hawley has taken territory
for the international Mills of Norris
ton, Pa, and is now in the field for
the firm. Mr. Hawley has been resid-
ing in Delton and recently moved to
Baraboo.
The South Side M. E. Aid society
Friday evening gave a shower at the
S. E. Wakefield home for Mrs. Law
renee Wakefield, nee Stella La Suer.
"A jolly time was enjoyed by playing
games, etc, A picnic supper was
served. A beautiful tablecloth was
presented Mrs. Wakefield.
Officer Otto Harmed and officer J.
e. Buckley have changed places on
the police force Officer Buckley, the
night Waterman up town has taken
up bis duties as day policeman on the
south side and Officer Harmed has
taken the up town territory of Mr..
Buckley.
j. r. Kolliner of Saltwater, Mimi,
was in Baraboo on Monday for a shor1
time. His mother years ago conduct
ed a store in the Warren house block
and many of the older residents will
remember the family. Mr.. Kolliner is
now one of the leading citizens Of
Saltwater.
Chief of Police S. A. Pelton has
made the rounds again and made
several dealers remove punch
boards'F- Mr.. Pelton states that to
take chances on these devices is gam
bling and against the law and in
case some of the local merchants per-
sist in taking money from their pat
rons by the use of the punch boards"
there is likely to be a news item from
one man lost quite a sum Of money
the other night playing one of these
schemes.
A stock raiser from North Dakota
drove an automobile from Richland
Center to Baraboo for the purpose
of seeing Fisk O'Hara and when he
arrived here was 'sappointed to
find that every seat had been sold. He
had trouble with his automobile on
the way here. Once before in North
Dakota he missed seeing the actor
and also once in the Twin cities. Evi-
IDENTIFY the North Dakota resident does
not believe in the statement that the
third time is the charm for he lost
when he attempted the third time at
Baraboo. He will no doubt not give
up hope in his effort to see the grea.
actor.
e. T. Ross, florist, has purchased
the Fisher Brother lots north Of the
and has plowed the
So1Ou1lu. "A Lew CISCS nave GlSO UCSu
removed in order to permit the sun
to shine on the land The soil is rich |
black loan and Will grow anything |
but nothing more beautiful than flow
ers. For number of years the Chau- |
tauqua and Uncle Toms Cabin have
been held on the grounds but in the
future a new location must be Sc
cured in case the Chautauqua Oh
Uncle Tom comes again. About the
time Of the purchase it was decided
to make a survey of the two and
one-half lots, City Engineer H. E.
French running the lines. Aboul
twenty years ago w G. Kirchoffer
of Madison, then city engineer in
Baraboo, placed three steel stakes III
the ground and the problem was to
find these in order to establish the
lines. This was comparatively an
easy matter with dipping needle.