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

April 16 The topic fer the evening
will be rural planning. Besides the
address by the chairman of the state
highway commission, County Super.
intendent A. H. Martin will also speak.
r. M. Nasse, manual training teach
er in the. public schools at Portage
who had the tips of two of his fing-
ers of the left hand taken off last
week, is at school again He got his
hand entangled in planer at the
school and sustained his injury. /
, is thought that with time the tips
will grow again and that no ill eff
feet will arise from the accident.
Never perhaps did Madison lakes
break up so suddenly as this spring
! On February IA, Capt. w. P. Der
nard Mendoza navigator, reported
SS inches of ice, and w. C. Wirka
monona boatman, announced III
inches on the smaller lake, while the
former thought the lakes would no.
be open till mid-April. But on Sunday
both were fetter free.
| Christian Lee left yesterday for
Kilbourn to assume his new duties
in the electric plant there, Mr. lie
will manage the office in KilbourT
He has been line foreman in BaRs
i boo for several years.
+, The marriage of Miss Helen Alice
Metcalf of Madison, and Simon P
Hillebrandt of Baraboo will be per
formed by Rev. E. J. Meyer April 1
at Madison.
Mrs. Mary A. Andrews has re
tIVurned from Florida where she
spent the winter with her sister
Mrs. Martha Marriott Mrs. Andrews
son, Andrew Andrews, Oshkosh
was also in Florida and came as ia.
as Chicago with his mother.
r. B. Griggs has been appointed
jury commission by Judge e. Ray Ste
vens to fill the place made vacan
by the death of the late Frank Avery
Mr.. Griggs is chairman of the com
mission, the same as Mr.. Avery.
One of the Ryan Bros. of Blanch
ardville was in town yesterday am
states that the firm, which deals il
cattle, shipped another car load
animals from their farm at tn
above place.
Thomas Burton and A. A. Davi
have gone to Madison to attend tt
funeral of J. F. Charles, who die
of pneumonia at st. Mary's hospital
He leaves a wife and three small
children. Mrs. Charles is a sister O
Mrs. Burton and visited here sever
al weeks last summer.
Howard Newberry, who was shn
in the forehead by a companioi
some weeks ago, has returned fro1
the hospital at Madison. The yout
appears to have returned to MOI
NAL state of health and no i'll ei
fects from the unfortunate accidel
is anticipated.
Mrs. Charles Reul was surprise,
Monday evening by a number
young lady friends. Tables were Sc
for twelve and cards were playe,
during the evening. At midnight
luncheon was served. Mrs Reu
leaves soon for West Allis to joh
her husband, who is employed ther
by the lie Roy Engine Company
The affair was in form OF a farwel
Charles Curtis has purchased III
interests of his brother, r. B
Curtis, in the billiard hall and lunC'
room that the brothers recently pul
chased of Meyer & NScoville. The tw
young men have improved the stoI
and built up an excellent bushes
since they took hold. r. B. Curt
has not decided what he will d.
in the future.
The Wisconsin Conservationalist fC
March contains articles on the e.
tinct passenger pigeon, on the ness
ing Of the ruby throated hummin
bird, Wisconsin's wild flowers, ant
other articles on wild life and kindre
subjects. There are several illustrt
tions ,one of which is Devils lake fror
the rear of the Claude cottage. TIL
number is especially fine, there bein
number of colored plates. w. (
Barber, G. L. Harrington, James Newt
and others on the commission com
pose the editorial staff.
The population of Portage, Wis.
1852, according to the report Of tn
1920 census bureau. This is an in
crease of 142 persons over the 191
figures, or &c per cent.