Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25

zens of the East Side, says Ticks
o. the Times in the Capital Times.
Folks came in large numbers to
hear him. at Pilgrim church. He
is layman's preacher with mes
sage and the personality to drive it
home.
'eWhy do you like your town."
is the question the editor of Bell
Telephone News has asked and
among those to answer is Wade L.
Cash, manager of the local office of
the Bell Telephone CO., Mr.. Cash
says:
/ Primarily, consideration Of the
above heading as applied to Bara-
boo, brings out one outstanding
feature. Nine out of ten of the
residents, if asked to tell why they
like their home town best, would
Immediately give as their first
reason Beautiful Baraboo'', for
scenery is to Baraboo what baked
beans are to Boston, or bluegrass
to Kentucky synonymous.
Within a radius Of twenty miles
there are innumerRble spots where
mature has exerted herself to make
this a veritable Garden of the
Gods" the green .verdured hills oil
Vermont are relieved here by min
iature Rockies, and In the valleys
lie lakes and rivers where the fish
erman may revel in his favorite
pastime.
The city itself is clean and beau
Etiful; no factory smoke; no crash
ing, clashing disturbances, but.quiet
kindly people who meet John, Bill
and Pete on the street every day
and call them by their first names.
You know your fellowmen and
share their joys and sorrows. You
have friends who are interested in
your existence, and you in theirs;
what more could you ask than this ?
Some day cofnmercialism will
come and Baraboo will be advertis.
ed and made one of the play.
grounds of the country, and the
great playground of Wisconsin, but
until that time.
you can have your cities hustle,
You can have your bright lights, too
But when you're really back to
b earth,
Just try out Baraboo."
* * s.
They who do nothing are seldom
criticized. They who do things
are usually criticized. Criticism,
then, is just another form of ap-
plause.
We observe in the catalogue Of
the Arthur Fl. Clark company
(Cleveland) book written in ITS,
D,Auteroehe's Voyage to Californ
la to Observe the Transit Of Venus.
1t is interesting to find California
the shrine OF Venus worshipers
more than a century before Holly
wood Chicago Daily News.
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We are in complete agreement
with our correspondent, John H. A..
Kelly, that the newspapers of this
country should bar from their col
umns the ugly contraction Xmas
1t is proclamation of one of the
sacred words in our language.
1t sets cathedral chimes to
jazz.
Is the modern pace so fast that
We may not spell out the name of
the birthday of Him who gave us
the faith by which most OF us hope
to live and die?-Exchange
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Push on your clutch pedal ev-
cry time you start your motor-es-
pecially in the winter time Such
is the advice of CT Clark Mather,
chief engineer OF Paige and Jewett
motor cars. Mather says that will
conserve your battery and make
starting easier. "The average man
does less driving In winter and
uses his lights more" says Mather.
Moreover, 1t requires more cleo
tricity to start with cold oil. BY
taking out the clutch for each start
ing operation the starter has less
work to do because the clutch and
transmission are thus disconnected.
another very important reason
for always taking out the clutch is
for safety. 1t is an easy matter
to leave your car in gear without
knowing it and many accidents