Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-11-23
Board of Supervisors Decide to
Place Public Funds In Seven
teen DepOsitOries
REPORT OF TRAINING
SCHOOL IS PRESENTED
Sum of About $4,000 Estimated
AS the Expenses for Next Year
As Pupils

Supervisor Thomas of the highway
committee reported the amount pro
posed to be raised for highway con.
struction next year amounted to $137..
O4O.H This was accepted by the
county board. This is not the total.
however.
New AbIeman Bridge
Several highway reports were
made. Among the items mentioned
IS one providing for a new bridge
over the Baraboo river Just west of
Ableman.
Cost Of Prairie du Sac Bridge
Another item was the final report
on the cost of the bridge at Prairie
du Sac. stated to be $179,5OO. The
Chicago, Milwaukee e. st. Paul rail.
way donated $500.
Stones Hurled at Supervisor
The rural dance halls came in for
q drubbing when Supervisor Shanks
Of Merrimack introduced a resolu.
tion to provide $500 for the employ
ment of special police TO regulate
these places of amusement. He stat
ed that conditions were bad in the
village OF Merrimack and he could
get no action by the local officers
He declared these dances were gotten
up for the purpose of selling moon
shine that fellows got drunk on the
liquor and yelled like Apaches right
IN the middle of the night, disturbing
the residents of the village to such
an extent there was no chance for
sleep. Fellows came from Portage.
Sauk, BarabOO and other places for
the purpose of drinking and creating
disturbance
He said that one night he thought
he would go upon the street and see
what was going on. While talking to
a village official a stone came through
the night and just missed his com
panion. Mr.. Shanks said he knew it
was aimed at him and started across
the street to attack the offender and
when aLcut half way over anoher
stone came dangerously near He
did not say what happened after
that but wanted something done to
regulate the dance hall nuisance.
Supervisor Arthur Ochsner stated
that moving picture entertainment
came to Denzer, that drunken fellows
cut the tubes leading to the gas tanks
and the strangers left the village in
disgust.
Supervisor Hill of North Freedom
could not see why the local officers
could not arrest the offenders He
declared it was their duty.
Supervisor HOltz OF Ableman
agreed with Mr. Hill.
II was stated that at the one near
BaraboO and at other places the
owners hired men to preserve order.
Supervisor Hudson said there was
a dance hall in the northwestern
part of the county that was bad and
wanted something done
Another supervisor re5orted that
l. or 10 women were drunk at a
dancing party near his place.
Supervisor Barnett stated that Mr.
Hudson should have reported two in
stead Of one.
Supervisor Sorge thought the
deputy sheriff at La Vale should take
q hand. but was informed he was in
business and did not care TO make
arrests without a warrant.
Supervisor Ellenberg of Reedsburg
was in favor of closing dance halls
up.
Another supervisor reported in one
instance moonshine had been stolen
at one of these parties
Committee Named
Attorney Harry Kjorstad of Reeds
bury was present in the place of
District Attorney Bohn. who is i'll.
said they could not we'll be closed
until they had been declared public
nuisance. In case a complaint were
made 20 the district attorney or a
private individual take action, they
could be closed.
Finally it was decided that Super
visors Mears, Shanks and Ellenberg
compose a committee TO draft an
ordinance to regulate rural dance
halls.
Board Stands by Speed Cops
Three cannon balls" three motor
policemen-were present when Coun
ty Clerk Cooper read their reports
There had been much criticism over
what they had done and Chairman
Andrews for one stated he had
thought seriously of summoning the
board TO take some definite action
Mr.. Cooper stated that the three