Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-01-05

IUu uCL IL 5SbS pretty COIu WEC1
l come FROM" said the man from
North Dakota. 1--WE seen 35 below
many a time
Call that cold?" sneered the man
from Minnesota. why, where / come
from we put out the fires to save
coal when it warm up that much.
A New York City advertiser who be
lieves that partner should work be
gins his offer thus: '1Wanted-A
Business Associate with $25, 1000. NOT
A CHAIR WARMER The man must
be "a live wire that is full of pep
Just how wire can be surcharged
with pepper is not explained.
At GAINESVILLE in 1914 it took 81
bushels of corn to buy a gang plow
it now takes 339 bushels. The rate
on this class of freight is four times
what it was some years ago. In 1914
it took ia bushels of corn to pur-
chase wagon at Rhinelander; 1T
now requires 500 bushels. In 1914
the freight was $1S.Ss; low 1T is
1894.
Mrs. H. P. Jones, formerly resident
of Baraboo. is at 1901 North Seven
teeth street, Tacoma, Washington.
with her son, Mrs. w. F. Wackler, al
so resident here, is at SO Montell,
10 Ioy$ &ryn rrIa
tiers are teaching at Oakland and her
son is in a neighboring state. Mrs.
F. c. Peck Of Baraboo has provided
the News to be regular visitor to
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Wackler.
4. y +
Reedsburg members of the G. A.
r. have closed III. H. Tator Post,
No. 13, and for the present will ac-
cept the hospitality of the Eagles,
using their hall. The post, at one time
with a large membership, has been
reduced to eleven, part of whom are
not able to attend the regular meet
ings. BY going toAa }heighboring hall
they. hope to maintain some semblance
of past associations, even though it
be but occasionally. AT Merrimack
there is but one member of the post
residing in the village.
s. 81 -
''An original lumberjack in one of
the forests of California has dis
covered a new form for entertain
ment for lonesome woodsmen. There
were many playful chipmunks around
his hut, and he rugged up some greas-
ed poles for them to climb. These
were smooth, round sticks about half
an inch in diameter and four or five
feet long driven in a log or in the
ground. The upper ends were sharpen
ed and a piece of meat or bread
ed until they were nice and slippery.
Those who have seen it say it is bet
ter than a circus to watch the chip
hunks tr yto climb to the food on
top and slide back down the slip
perry poles. After several unsuccess-
full attempts, the smart ones would
roll around in the dirt and then try it
over again. If they didn't succeed,
lthey would receive a morsel, any
way, for they fun they caused" Do
chipmunks climb?
Many nature observers have mar
veled at the way the redhead wood
peckers remained in the north this
year. This was because there were
plenty of acorns to store in hollow
trees. H. L. Stoddard formerly of
Prairie du Sac and now with the
Milwaukee museum, writes to the Chi
'cago Tribune as follows:
every three or four years there is
a bumper crop of acorns in the dunes,
and when this occurs the redhead is
almost sure to store them and spend
the winter with us. The acorns are
pounded in crevices and behind
pieces Of loose bark, many of them
being split in half One tree may hold
a half peck or more. If an acorn is
dropped the bird will not descend to
the ground for it, but goes for another,
and often I found as many at the
base of the tree as were stored above.
"The woodpecker spends the night
and most of his time in stormy wealth
er in a snug hole near his storehouse,
and if necessary he will excavate a
dugout expressly for winter use.
Having everything in shipshape
order, his troubles are by no means
over The sauey red squirrel often
raids his store, digging out the acorns
and making way with them in spite
of the angry protests of the wood
pecker. Again, he fights a bird Of his
own kind who may chance to intrude
upon his domain And when the
SHOWS are deep the stored acorns. if
successfully defended, supplement his
otherwise meager diet. Curiously, al
most all the redheads that winter
with us are young birds, as rarely is
an adult in perfect feather seen.