Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-05-05

of absence from his duties at the up
town office of N. H. Smith and Ware
house Co. and will start on his spring
duties of assessing Baraboo proper
ty.
William Montgomery is out again
armed with chickenpox signs. For Sc
veral months Mr. Montgomery has
been busy mailing up contagious Gi-
sease signs and since assuming this
duty has become quite familiar with
the geography of Baraboo.
Miss Lucille Schirmer entertained
her Sunday school class last Satur-
day at her home on Sixth street. Nine
scholars and the teacher, Mrs. A.
Caflisch, were present to enjoy the
occasion. Refreshments were served.
Judge and Mrs. A. J. Vinje and
daughter, Miss Ethel Vinje Madison,
were guests yesterday of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. E. Cole. Judge Vinje is a
member of the supreme court of the
state and the daughter is senior
in the University of Wisconsin.
Mrs. S. Cowdry is at the Baraboo
hospital. She is about ninety-two
years old and spent the winter in a
Chicago suburb When she returned
home there was no fire in the house
and since then she has not been in
the best of health
Ford dealers to the number of so in
vaded Baraboo Saturday and ban
quet was held at the Warren hotel for
the visitors. Among those present
were: State Manager A. w. L. GelpiR
and Assistant Manager A. B. Pease,
Milwaukee. The purpose of the meet
ing was to develope better methods in
the sales department of the national
car. The business meeting was held
Saturday afternoon at the Philbrick
garage.
The trout streams in Sank county
and vicinity were thickly populated
Sunday, May 1. Many of the streams
contained more fishermen than trout
Most of the Baraboo anglers were
successful in Keeling in several speci-
mems of the fresh water fish, how
ever, May 1 opened the season for
trout fishing, but June 1 will have to
arrive before other varieties can ze
caught lawfully.
Arthur Potter, who is now employ
ed in Milwaukee, spent the weekend
in Baraboo with friends and rela-
tives Mr. Potter is now in the in
surance game and is connected with
the same company in the above city
that his brothers Howard and Frank
are associated with in Chicago and
Baraboo respectively.
There is bill before the legisla-
ture to repeal the vaccination law.
DR.. L. w. Sayles, local health officer,
is obtaining names to a petition in
support of the law and it is meeting
with generous support. Because the
officials were lax at Green Bay the
past winter-a few persons were
favored, DR.. Sayles says-there was
a spread of the disease. The only way
to prevent a spread of small pox is
by vaccination and quarantine, medi-
cal authorities hold.
Butter has dropped from about 40
cents retail to 40 cents. The
price is fixed in Baraboo every Mon
day The Chicago commission mer-
chants claim the retailers in that city
are holding up the price, in that way
reducing consumption and in the end
forcing down the price The last fall
in Baraboo is one of the most marked
in the history of butter making in
this section.
VIM. Arms was arrested this morn
ing and appeared before Justice
Adolph Andre charged with stat
utory offense. Arms was put under
bond of $500 and will remain in the
county Jail until Wednesday when he
will go to Madison and appear before
Judge Stevens. Florence Bretsch,
formerly Of Baraboo, and now Of
Richland county is the mother of an
illegitimate child born April 7, and
Arms was arrested charged with
being the father Arms is colored, the
child's mother is white and the child
is colored The father will probably
be given the care and support of the
child.