Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-02

Airnho,t of indianapolis have speh'
> short time at pBide-A-Wee, at De,
korra. Columbia county. the fornnei
Rather the late David Allen operateo
a ferry across the Wisconsin river II
Dekorra for many years before llAs
death.
/ Mrs w A. Hayes and her son, Will
with friends had quite an excltins
thine with a hired car from Barapoo
viii HAYES at the wheel tore down
the hill over all the bumps and mol
stopping it's mad race until after i
had spent its power. Then 1t refused
Ito go and another car had to De
,phoned for. -Durward's Gkn Cor
respondence in Portage Register Demo
crat.
E. F. Lueth for the present, VIII
continue to operate the bus line which
he ran in connection with his hotel
The hotel was recently sold to Ed
Beranek and two sons of Richland
Center. The Richland Center people
exchanged farm worth about $3$,6OC
for the Baraboo business. Mr.. Lueth IN
tends to go west later on and join his
brother who is on ranch there.
| Elias E'Mee was arrested on the
charge of speeding today by Motor
Policeman VIM. Stoneseifer and
brought before Justice H. L. Halsted
where he was relieved Of the usual
speeders' fee of $13.67. The man was
gong at a merry clip on the Kilbourn
road, in a Stutz auto. Mr.. EMee
lives in Chicago and is one OF the
Lincoln Park commissioners. His ex
cuse for speeding was an entirely new
one to- the motor policeman. Any one
wishing to Know the alibi may ask
VIM. Stoneseifer.
Mrs. L. J. Horstman has returned
from a visit with her daughter, Mrs.
S. w. Cole, at Florence The trip from
Milwaukee to Washington Island, at
the tip end of Door county, was made
on one of the large lake steamers. A
smaller boat and cars were used for
the remainder of the journey. Mrs.
Horstman says there has been plenty
of rain in the north and that the
crops look fine. A short stop was
made at Sturgeon Bay where the
Door county cherries are canned.
The Woman's Misionarys Society OF
the Presbyterian church met yester
day afternoon with Mrs. w. M
Cowles at Skillet Creek. Seven owners
of cars donated their automobiles fo1
the ride on the midsummer after
noon. After the business meeting
sightseeing, visiting, and croquet
were the order of the day. Several OF
the ladies who have lived in and near
Baraboo many years had never before
enjoyed the beautiful scenery from the
Cowles home Nine dollars were
realized from the supper which is to
go toward their apportionment OF
$4,000 for missions.
Mrs. H. B. Knapp has gone to Sank
Prairie and from there she will go
with fner-in-1aw and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. J. l.. Hill to Ripon to visit
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. A. F,
F,ehlendt- Mrs ,Fehlandt being an
other daughter of Mrs. Knapp. Rev
Fehlendt breaches in the Congrega-
tional church at Green Lake and is a
member of the faculty in the Ripon
collage.
Mrs Minnie Slentz of the town Of
Baraboo is in a Chicago hospital ant
has been operated on for cataract Of
the eye and unless unforeseen compli
cations should arise. the doctor as
sures her that her eyesight will be
restored. She will visit at the home
Of her sister, Mrs. H. G. Schade, while
there. Mildred Kramer is also visit
ing at the home of her grandparents
in Chicago.
A farewell party was given at the
home OF Misses Daisy and Florence
Hancock by the telephone operators
in honor of Mrs. Clara Niemeyer who
will leave Monday for Whitewater
where she will take the position OF
chief operator. She has been employ
ed in the local office for two years
The rooms were decorated in pink
and white and at ten o'clock supper
was served. Covers we're laid for TWEEN
ty. The out-of-town guests were: Mrs
Wilbur Cahoon, Jr. of Missoula Mont
Miss Valieta Hanneman of Burling
! ton, Wis. Miss Myrtle Slavin of Sill
yer Lake, Wis. and Mrs. George Han