Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-01-29
Mrs. C. W. McCready Writes the
Non-partisan League Pot Is
Certainly Boiling
MEETS INTERESTING
PEOPLE AT GRAND FORKS
Young Lady From Sweden Is Be-
friended While Making Journey
on the train West

After being absent from our beauti-
fnl city about five months. / will try
and tell my many friends through
your newsy paper few items that
may interest your readers.
OF course you may know of the
political situation here. Some excit-
ment, tell you. We of old Wisconsin
have enough with our Berger and his
followers, but the Non-partisan pot Is
certainly boiling here; and worse
than we have experienced back home.
The weather question is the next
OF course hear we are having cold
winter in Wisconsin but it did not
start October 22nd, as it did here and
mas been cold Fince, only on as cold
as the first four or five weeks. 1t
runs from 10 to 35 degrees below
zero, with plenty of snow. Another
storm this week.
When the wind is whistling around
the house, | think of what Mrs. Nc
Gilvra told me of her experience out in
Dakota and think of one, there away
out in the storm.
A Beautiful City
This is a beautiful city, think, a
city Of churches and schools; about
1900 inhabitant; thirty churches
the university, Wesley college, Luther
an; and schools parochial schools. 1t
is like our city, lacks industrial OF
manufacturing plant A packing plant
has Just started We have candy
factory, sash door, and flour mill.
When you pass group OF men here
on the street corners (when it IS
warm enough) it is strange to me to
hear them talking new language
that is the Scandinavian. They are
here by the hundreds; big, tall,
straight fellows
In attendance at w. G. 7. u.
meeting the other day one OF the
members on hearing l was from
Wisconsin came to me and said: Why
my sister, is your state president" |
certainly was pleased to meet her.
She is Mrs. G. Gunlogsen a most de-
Hghtful lady, and told her we were
very proud of her sister.
Masonic Temple
1 must tell you of the beautiful
Masonic temple here. Mr.. Henry,
took Mrs. M K. Prouty and myself
through the kindness of friend,
through it one day. There are rooms
for all purposes, even to cupboards
full of their dishes and silver valued
at thousands of dollars. The O. e. s.
rooms are in dark blue, plush carpets,
curtains, chairs and all. The Masonic
room is in dark red with everything
to match The dining rosm is also
for dancing. Their stage and scenery
are the most beautiful I ever wit
messed. You would think you were
in a beautiful woods with the sun
Just going down. One painting alone
that was given by two daughters of
one of the first members, Nor
wegian scene. The guide told us
that alone, was insured for over
$4,000. The building cost over $780,
900 five years ago.
A new high school building has just
been completed at a cost of $1S0,O0O,
one block in length. We were per
mitted to go through the building one
day; it is certainly a beauty.
Interesting People
Having told you about the indus
tries and buildings I will now tell
you of a few of the people. The house
we are in. Mr.. Henry rented, ready
furnished. The people are spending
the winter in California. He is a
confederate soldier SO Lees picture
decorates the wall, southern evidences
of the war; and confederate jour
nal, many copies, are here. When the
old soldiers march, he wears his old
suit of grey. Then across the street
lives Dr.. Wheeler who can boast of
shooting one of the Jesse James
gang. He was then college student
He has the gun yet and had the
mans skeleton until few years ago
He lost it by fire. A friend told me
that at doings here they alluded to
it as the first man DR.. Wheeler kill
ed"
Driving Clouds Away
l think had better stop or this
epistle will find the waste paper bas
ket as / cannot write the funny
stories as Mr. Mike Maher does. Bu
will just jot down a little inciden
that made me think there are kinl
people in the world if you watch fol