Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-10-26
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Presbyterian rummage sale Sat.
Oct. %.
The Misses Martha Newman and
Gladys Amundson were weekend
visitors in Portage, guests Of Mr.. and
! Mrs. Jesse Taylor and Mr. and Mrs.
William Klenert
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fogle returned
from Madison this morning. having
| spent Sunday there with Mrs. Fogle's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T.
| Doodle.
Miss Adelaide Hewitt, who teaches
in Eagle, Wis, spent the week. end in
the city with relatives. Her mother,
!. Mrs. S. A. Hewitt, who is in Madison,
also spent short time visiting here.
AS Martin Foley was backing his
car from the curb in front Of the Krad-
well drug store this morning, he col
lfded with the automobile of Attor-
| ney E. G. F. Meier, who was driving
! down Oak street. Mr. Meters car re-
ceived a bent fender but the damage
to either car was slight.
Tomorrow Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Lee leave for Milwaukee, where they
will spend several days visiting rea-
/ tives and friends While in Milwau-
kee, Mr.. Lee will celebrate his 10th
birthday anniversary On Oct. 26th at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. c.
! Schmidtbauer.
J. w. Layden for many years
! resident of Baraboo, has been ap-
pointed train master of the Madison
division, temporarily, with Ipeadeuar-
ters in Madison. Mr.. Layden formerly
! held this position when residing in
Baraboo. During the past several
years, he has been doing special work
in Chicago. Mr.. Layden replaces Lee
Jutton as train master.
J. r. HASTE and daughter, Miss
/ Grace, OF Poynette have been visiting
at the homes of Mrs. j. w Wright
and daughter Miss Christina. Mr..
| HASTE is much interested in local
| history and is well versed in the re
! gion about POynette. He has resided
there for more than seventy years
and has known very nearly all of the
| residents of the vicinity. Wallace
Rowan, the first settler there. he new
er saw. Rowan and family moved to
Baraboo about 1910, before the adj
vent of Mr. HASTE into the region.
Sunday the members of the Bara-
boo Marine Band held their annual
banquet a the Koshawagos club, Mes
senger shore of Devils lake. The
| feast was in the form of a chicken
dinner and 40 members were present
o enjoy the affair. The dinner
| prepared in Baraboo and served by
the band members themselves.
Six years of protection have brought
prairie chicken and partridge back
to Wisconsin in large numbers, con-
servation wardens reported to w. E.
Barber, state conservation commits
| sioner at Madison. Replies to a ques-
tionnaire sent out by Mr.. Barber
show that these game birds are again
! plentiful in the state, and that the
short open season. thisz year did not
result in inroads being made into
their number. .
The Marriott hardware company
has been conducting a guessing con-
test the purpose of which was to
guess the number of bristles in a
large varnish brush, difficult thing
to do judging by the wide variety of
guesses made, ranging from 5000
to one million bristles. The official
count gave the number as 10000 and
the ten nearest guessers received
prizes of varnish and brushes in pro-
portionate quantities. The contest is
feature sponsored by the Murphy
Varnish Co. and advertising its wares.
The winners in order and their guess
es are as follows: John Rick, 100,025;
Fred Marquardt, 100000; Gladys
Mueller, 100000; E. ]. Gust, 99,999;
Katherine Nessler, 10000; Emil
Zimmerly, $4,000; R. ]. Spoons, &c.
600; H. E. Mason, 125 900; John Mey-
er, $4,000; and Mrs. P. c. Biversi,
90 ,O00
The Pierce-Arrow car of Mrs. Ida
Ringing North received a smashed
fender and other damages in a col
lision on the Reedsburg road late on
Sunday afternoon. The North car
was driven by Harry North, SON of
Mrs. North, and was returning to
Baraboo. When but a few miles out
of Reedsburg. three cars coming from
the opposite direction were met and
the last car attempted to pass the
car ahead. Evidently the driver failed
to see the North car which, it is
said, was reasonably far on the side
of the road, and the two cars met.
Fortunately no one was injured The
owner of the other car refused TO give
his name, claiming to come from
Reedsburg. but the number of his