Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-05-19
By The Way

Every town in Wisconsin is getting
it's latch string out for tourists.
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According to Judge Monahan of
Green Bay, husband is entitled to at
least 81 out of the $40 he earns. He
dismissed a charge of non1sppport
filed by the wife ora teamster who
was making $40 week and kept 81
cut for his own use. The judge didn't
doubt the Wife's charges that the mon
ey was insufficient to keep up the
home. but declared that "a man was
entitled to some thing out of his earn
ings."
The writer has enjoyed person
ally conducted tour to the farm in
the town of Sumpter recently pur-
chased by former Gov. E. L. Philip of
Milwaukee. The land was once owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. William John, par
ents D. Joseph Johnson of Baraboo,
and it was the resident of this city
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sandstone bluff at the rear of the old
home in order to obtain a view of
Sank Prairie, the hills beyond, and
Blue Mounds in the distance. Against
this cliff, to the north of the residence
the former state executive proposes to
erect a Swiss cottage. The highway
may be changed and the place other
wise be made suitable to his liking.
Charless Dallman and family, the for
mer owners of the farm are still there.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson resided on a
farm short distance to the west, now
owned by Martin Nicely, and came to
Baraboo thirty years ago. In all the
Johnsons owned large part of some
of the most valuable land in the town
of Sumpter and their names, as citi-
zens Of worth. will cling to the COM
munity for many years.
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Besides Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson, Hon.
IT. w. English and daughter, Miss
Zero were in the car In the neigh
borhood there is Devils Walk" a
narrow ledge on the side of the stone
outcrOp Nearby there is a Devils
Notch" or cave or something of the
sort in which many names have been
carved. The late Mrs. Emma (White)
Williams. once taught school in sight
of the cliff and at the time boarded
with the Johnson family. Her name,
with many other early residents is
there. This place the visitors were
not able to find and it was decided
to enlist the services of some old set
tier on future excursion.
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On the crest of the hills in the John
son neighborhood one found the crest
of spring. The crows were having a
holiday, the highholders were busy
with their spring housekeeping and
the golden finches had just arrived
for their summer outing. The wind
flowers were in thronging bloom and
all the apple orchard were lowered in
white. While passing along Mr.. eng
lish came upon an Opuntia humifusa
(prickly pear cactus) and tender1y
lifted it from the earth, bringing it
to Baraboo
Prof Thorkelson, business admin
istrator of the university, has com
piled figures showing that since the
fiscal year of 1867-6S when the state
made it's first contribution to the uni
versity it has contributed up to and
including July 1920 about $28,000,O00.
During the same period the state of
Illinois has contributed to it's univer-
sity $33,000,000. The buildings, land
and equipment of the university in
ventory about $9,O00,000 If the total
contributions of the state for all pur-
poses whatsoever. including land and
buildings, university and agricultural
extension, farmers institutes, etc, etc.
are divided by the equivalent students
the past So years the average wilr be
a cost of $25750 per student. For the
past twenty years the average is 1882
per student; for the last ten years
1914 per student; for the last two
years $287.OO per student.
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Arthur Brisbane in the Milwaukee
News says that an eagle cut from the
cloth that covered Napoleon's coffin
when carried to- it's last resting place
IN Dor;C cold Gov G40 =, Nov, VIr1,
Continuing the writer says:
Newspapers remind you that there
are still living on the island of st.
Helena two turtles and parrot
that saw Napoleon when he was
alive. The turtles just crawl around,
the parrot says 'Bonaparte " The
turtles are ITO years old, the parrot
40 years old.
Learn from the turtles. and parrot