Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-04-01

age of 20 years, death resulting from
a stroke of paralysis. The funeral
was held Wednesday. at Concord
where the remains were inferred.
:, Mr.. and Mrs. N. H. Gerber enter
tanned nearly a score of couples last
evening at their pleasant home ON
East street Five hundred was play
ed at nine tables and the pleasant
hours were concluded with delicious
refreshments.
Mr.. and Mrs Norris Wilcox and
family have moved to their new home
, from the residence of Mrs. T. J. Coo
per. The Wilcox family have pur-
chased the residence of C. c. Thomp-
son.
! Mrs. John Orion and daughter
Jesse, of Montford are spending q
few days visiting friends in Baraboo.
, They formerly resided in this city
and moved TO Montford a few months
ago
| The Sarringtons at Delton are erect
ing new mill TO replace the one that
was burned some time ago. 1t will
be largely Of stone and cement. The
lumber for the mill will be sawed on
the ground and the work will be rush
ed as rapidly as possible.
A few days ago there were eighteen
bodies In the vault at the cemetery.
The remains of Henry Ringing are
still there and will remain until the
mausoleum is completed. He died in
September 1918. Most of the other
bodies were placed in the vault dur
ing the winter when the cemetery was
covered with snow. The bodies are
now being removed
The Lorillard company has received
seven car loads of tobacco from the
sheds of the producers and the leaves
have been placed in the buildings at
the Ringing winter quarters. The
sorting has already begun and will con-
tinue from now on. On account of the
long, cold winter it was difficult to get
the tobacco out of the sheds but the
warm weather with abundant rains
enable the plants to be handled. The
workmen have a light airy building
in which to strip and sort the leaves.
Mrs. H. E. Bates of Reedsburg re-
ceived a letter this week from her
son, Howard, who is at Ross Field,
Arcadia, California. He wrote that
he had passed his overseas examina-
tione all o. X and had been trans
ferred 70 the Ord Balloon Company.
He Is in company with twenty others
who expect to sail Tl7ster Sunday
morning for the, Hawaiin Islands.
DIR. G. P. O'Rourke of Concordia,
Kans., Is now associated with his
Brother, Dr. Vincent A. O'Rourke
I'm Portage and Baraboo. He has
.practiced as an osteonath about
year. Both are experienced in their
professions and are specialists in
many ways Graduating ten years
ago. DR.. c. p. O'Rourke practiced SUI
cessively in Los Angeles, Cal, in wes-
tern Kansas and Kansas City. DIR.
Vincent A. O'Rourke has the Office
formerly occupied by c. E. Getchell
in this city.
The old warehouse building which
stood on the river bank between
Schmalz's garage and the Bonham
opera house at Prairie du Sac has
been RACED and the lumber taken to
the farm of John Steuber in the town
of Prairie du Sac, where it will be
used for building purpose. This re-
moves an old landmark, which in the
early days was a fourishing fill M. S.
Moore erected the building in 1853
to be used as a warehouse and in
1860 it was fitted up and milling ma
chinery put in by Mr.. Powell. A
Ethirty-fve or thirty horsepower
steam engine was used 1t was not
a paying venture and the building
was later converted into tin and
hardware shop.
Fred Brad has left for La Parte,
Ind, where he will visit relatives be-
fore going to Macon, Georgia, where
he will join the Sparks show for the
coming season. Mrs. Brad will also
leave in few days for Macon to join
him.
The State Highway commission at
Madison reports that unless exorbit-
ant prices for labor and material pre-
vail, the program for highway con-
struction in Sank county in 1929 will
involve the expenditure of nearly
$188,000. This immense sum is made
Iua oA $9p,422 appropriated by the
state and 100000 appropriated by the
Federal government