Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-10-20

sion urges that communities desiring
certain roads kept, clear Of snow next
winter to bring the matter to the at
tention of the board of supervisors at
the November meeting that money
may be provided for the work.
Miss Mona Hackett who has been
visiting in Milwaukee and here with
her sister, Mrs. Louis White, has gone
to Ableman to spend few days visit
ing with relatives. She expects to
leave for Paloalto, California, soon
where she will make her home with
her brother, Durlin Haekett and wife.
The Baraboo /. 0. 0. n. members
held blowout" Monday evening and
members of the Portage lodge to the
humber, of 20 brayed the rain. and
muddy roads and came to- Baraboo to
join in the festivities. Work in the
initatory degree was put on by the
lodge At midnight all partook of a
delightful feed.
Mr.. and Mrs. A c. Blackburn, III
East Gorham street, Madison have, as
a guest the sister of Mr., Blackburn,
Mrs George Merritt, Chatham, On
tario, Can MrE, Merritt arrived Satur-
day in Madison and will remain for an
indefinite length OF time. The Black
burn family formerly resided in Bara-
boo
A new heating plant is being in-
stalled in the Mueller garage on Fifth
avenue The ground is sand and after
excavating for the boiler the real wall
almost fell in. Props were brought and
by exerting considerable energy the
end Of the building was saved.
About fifty relatives and friends
gathered at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
James Apker at Skillet Greek Sunday
o celebrate the birthday anniversary
of. Mrs. .Apker. A delicious dinner was
served and the afternoon spent in a
social way. The young people of the
party enjoyed hikextQ Pine HOLLOW.
A beautiful set of silyerware was pre-
scented to Mrs, Apker with the best
wishes of the guests. Among those
from out of town we're Mr.. and Mrs.
Burr Apker and children, Lucille and
Leroy, Madison; Mr.. and Mrs. Rollo
Bellows, Sank City.
Mr., and Mrs. J. C. Stekl have re-
ceived a cocoanut from Mrs. Stekl's
sister in Lake Worth, Florida, which is
of much interest to those having seen
only the cocoanut OF commerce. With
the outer shell left on, the nut is three
times the usual size and has a hairy
Shell of considerable thickness.
One of the saddest of partings took
place this morning when Mrs. Doro-
thea Hardt was taken to the Jefferson
sanitarium for consumptives, leaving
six small children, the Oldest of whom
is but twelve years old. The family re-
side in the Town of DelIona. Mrs.
Hardt was taken to Lacrosse for
treatment some weeks ago but her
case was found to be incurable and
she was brought back to her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Pelton were in
Reedsburg on Saturday evening, hav-
ing gone to the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ PeltOn near town to make short
visit. Mr.. Pelton says it has been
twenty-one years Since he was in the
Second City on Saturday night and in
stead Of finding teams found the
streets filled with automobiles. In the
stores all the clerks wore new faces
and many he met were strangers to
him.
Atwood Smith, superintendent of
Devils Lake State Park, and Mrs.
Smith have returned from q visit with
their son at Star lake. They drove to
Star lake, a distance Of 245 miles, in
one day, arriving there about O'Clock.
A stop was made at Rhine1ander while
making the trip.
RE Weiland OF the town of Green
2fieldnwas in Baraboo on Monday and
reports that some days ago thief en-
tered his residence and carried away
between twenty and thirty dollars.
Other sums were overlooked. He was
in a field near the home and his
daughter went away from the house
for but short time. Others were with
her and AS they returned they saw the
man disappear in the woods. When
they entered the home they found the
place ransacked and the money gone.
By this time the thief had so great a
start in the race to avoid arrest that
no effort was made to follow him.
The south-central Christian Endea-
vor convention, comprising six coun-
ties, was held at Portage on Saturday
and Sunday. A large delegation from
Baraboo attended among them being
Rev. and Mrs. e. G.. Henke and son
Eugene, Rev. and Mrs. Fl. H. Savage,
Mr.. and Mrs w L. Gates, Mr.. and Mrs
F. A. Nehs, 1. Toussaint, Clarence
=Prine, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Towle, and
the Misses Frances and Persis Jones,
Edith Tinkham, Bevelyn< Bassett, Geda