Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-07-22

No. 4, in Mexico which sent up col
umn of oil higher than the Washington
Monument and wasted a million bar
rels of oil before it was got under con-
troll. f s.
Stonehenge, now national monu-
ment Of the British people, is under.
going preservative treatment so that
the gigantic stones may not topple
over. In making concrete founda-
ton for one of the columns, no fewer
than 125 rude implements of stone us
ed in the original work of dressing
the boulders came to light, together
with t'pick" ingeniously fashioned
from the antler of the red deer. AS
Economical calculations give the date
of this great prehistoric work as 1880
B. c.
X T. 4
Recently the little journey articles
about Baraboo which appeared in this
paper, were bound in pamphlet form
for the use of tourists and those using
automobiles. Concerning the booklet
F A. Cannon, Madison, executive sec
rotary of the Good Roads Association
of Wisconsin, writes:
"'I wish we had more of these book
lets written with the sympathy and
insight which your work shows"
c. L. Harrington, Madison, State
Conservation commission, writes:
feel that you have done very.
signal service for that entire. sec
ton of the state by the thorough man
ner in which you have presented its
scenic and historic places. 1t is GER
tainly the most complete publication
of its kind, for any region of Wiscon.
sin, that have seen
@. d Brandenburg in the Madison
Democrat, among other things says:
"'No section of Wisconsin is more
than that covered by this
book, which becomes guide of inval-
liable worth to the myriad autoists
now swiftly oscillating over south
central Wisconsin"
few days ago word was received
in Baraboo of the death of Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Perkins Boehmler at the Will
lows, Alpine, California. She was a.
daughter Of Mrs. Lucy F. Perkins the
only woman postmistress Baraboo
ever had, appointed May g.. 1853, six
years after the establishment of the
office, DR.. Seth P Angle being the
first postmaster, March 8, 1847, about
one year before the territory became a
state The office over which Mrs.
Perkins presided was midway between
Under the Hill district and the court
house it's exact location being at 121
Second street, now the home of Mrs.
Ida Logan. The residence was remod- !
7led some year ago. In those early
lays the mail was brought from.
Prairie du Sac or Sank City,, a pony
or stage bringing the precious pouch, |
he postage on letters at that time
being 25 cents each.
The office was first called Adams |
md later changed to Baraboo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins came from
Holly, New York, to Indiana, then to
and finally to Baraboo in |
! vain search for the fathers better |
lealth. He was a lawyer, practiced |
lere, was at one time justice of the
'eace, and died at the home Of a |
brother in Milwaukee, being inter
upted while making a journey
In writing of the incident a numberI
+ years ago one of the sons, formerI
George D. Perkins, said |
that when his mother arrived ini
8araboo after the funeral she had
little household furniture and justl
LOO in money. The two sons worked
4 newspaper office and years later
onducted the Sioux City Journal.
Mrs. BOehmler was born in Holly |