Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-16
By The Way

A III. Finn went to Dakota some
weeks ago and since arriving there has
taken an examination for a teachers
license. He was granted the license
and will teach during the present
school year Mr.. Finn is son of Mr..
and Mrs. T. l.. Finn, Baraboo, and
graduated from the Baraboo High
school last June.
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Charles e. Brown, Madison, secre-
tary of the Wisconsin Archaeological
society, w. G. English, Wyocena, and
II. E. Cole, Baraboo, have been max
ing a survey of the Indian earthworks
of Columbia county. Mr.. Brown was
accompanied by his son Theodore,
and v. S. Pease, Baraboo was with the
company for day. The finest groups
of mounds are near the Kingsley bend
of the Wisconsin river Ca few miles
below Kilbournl, on the north shore Of
Lake Whiting, and on the north shore
of Swan Lake near the western end.
On the north shore of pond east Of
KiIbourn is bird mound, the wings
being bent, something not common.
There are several mounds on the north
Eshore of Crystal Lake, the farm being
occupied for many years by the late
Leander S. Drew and now owned by
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Cannon, Mrs Can
non being a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mrs. G M. Blake of Baraboo. On the
peninsula of Crystal lake, near the
; shore, in Columbia county, are three
enclosures. These were probably made
by the Indians when they threw earth
against the outside Of their wigwams
or tepees in order to keep out the cold
In time the bark decayed, leaving
circle of earth There are mounds on
the farm of Senator George Stauden-
mayer in Caledonia, one near the home
of G. J. Allen and others on the Reit-
brock place. Members of the Swallow,
Dixon, and White Eagle families re-
side. on small tract Of land on the
south bank of the Baraboo river and
these are all that remain of "a people
who once had sole possession OF a
county rich in Indian traditions and
history.
Mrs. r. J. Cooper, 325 Fourth street
has received a copy of the "Wiscon-
sin Rapids Daily Tribune" this being
an early issue Of the paper after the
name of the city of Grand Rapids was
recently changed to Wisconsin Rapids.
The paper contains an article by At
torney B. NJ Vaughan on "Old Trails
in Wood and Adjoining Counties" Mrs
Vaughan is cousin of Mrs. Catherine
Crandall Train of Baraboo and sis
ter of Miss Ruth NJ. Southland of Mime
apolis. In discussing trails the writer
classifies them into two: Indian trails
and pioneer lumbermen's supply or
grub trails. He says they were quite
distinct in the centennial year in Wood
county but since then many of them
have disappeared.
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The September American Magazine
contains "Three Questions People Al
ways Ask About the Circus" by e P.
Norwood, who has been in the press
department of the Ringing circus for
number of years and who has spent
several winters in Baraboo. He has
visited l.. S. Van Orden, T B. Buckley
and others since the circus has ceased
to come to this city. Mr.. Norwood says
the three questions. most frequently
asked are the following:
"You have mostly all gray horses,
don't your
"It must be a hard life?" and
Where do you go from here?"
Al Maceo, now eighty years old, is
dean of all the circus clowns and he
| is honored with two illustrations in the
article. Clowns, trained seals, iele-
plants, and few others are essential
| to the success of show. Mr.. Norwood
mentions several who are we'll known
on Baraboo streets and gives an init
mate picture into some of the inner
life Of those who make their greatest
efforts beneath the big top. From the
dawn of the circus until now shows
have always attracted those who are
looking for pleasure and Mr.. Norwood
has given much of interest about this
popular form of entertainment-jus as
popular now as when our grandfathers
took us to the first performance.
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"The Frontier in American His
tory" by Prof. Frederick j. Turner
of Harvard University, to be publish
ed next month by Henry Holt e Co.,
discusses the exceptional significance
of the West in American political de-
velopment. Prof. Turner comes from
migrating people who opened new
countries, planted new communities
and were typical of the people whom
h had studied.-Prof. Turner formerly
resided in Portage.