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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
Three ReedSburg
-
Girls Become
College Greek

Miss Miriam Hahn, Miss Agnes
Hickey and Miss Lorraine Hickey,
the last two cousins, have been
pledged, Alpha XII Delta at the
University of Wisconsin and will
be initiated early in the next
semester. The sorority lodge rs
one of the handsomest in Madison,
is occupied this year for the first
time and is located just off Lang
don street on the shore of Lake
Mendoza. Four other Hellenic or
CARNATIONS have places in the
same block, and that block is all
their own except for one private
residence The H. H. Thomas
home is across the street. Among
former owners in this block were
Chief Justice William Penn
Lyon, o. D. Brandenburg, w. S
Heddles, lumberman, S. L. Sheldon
pioneer implement dealer and e.
NJ. Fuller, owner of the old Fuller
opera house. Justice Burr w.
Jones lives across the street, next
to a medical fraternity which owns
the former Presbyterian manse
the famous Villas home is but a
few doors away-now the College
Woman's Club, where once Gen
Grant and Grover Cleveland We're
entertained; and all about are
historic spots. Alpha Xi Delta IS
about seven blocks from the uni
versity.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
Ernest Bailey - Soil Survey

Ernest Bailey - Soil Survey
In the progress of the Soil Sur
vey of Sank County, marsh and
swamp area of approximately 5000
acres has been surveyed in Fair
field Township about eight miles
northeast. of Baraboo. A little
over half of this area is dark col
ored heavy mineral soil which,
where undeveloped, is covered with
soft maple, elm and swamp oak.
The rest which is peat soil, where
unimproved, is for the most part
covered with marsh grasses and
scattered groves of tameracks. The
pest ranges in depth from two to
nine feet, the general average be-
ing about five feet. The suhsoil
is blush gray in color and varies
from sandy loan to clay.
About half of the mineral sod
has been drained and is under cul,
tivation. 1t is very fertile, being
especially adapted to corn and to
mixed red or alsike clover and TIM
othy hay. It requires very similar
treatment to that required for the
heavy upland soils.
Peat is the accumulation OF dead
plants whose decay has been retard-
ed because of poor drainage condi-
tions, the air being shut out by the
water. For the most part it is
quite raw and fibrous and has 3
medium brown color. Most of it is
strongly acid except around the
edges. The reason for the border
not being acid is due to the wash
ing out of the lime from the sdr-
rounding upland into the marsh,
Near the south edge of the bog
embedded in the peat at depth
of twenty to twenty-four inches
from the surface lies layer Il
shell mari six inches to foot in
thickness, The portion of the
marsh underlaid by this layer is
about quarter of mile wide and
extends east and west for about d
mile. This mari is probably the
limy remains of shelled animals
that lived when this marsh was q
lake. This mari tests from 40 to
500 lime. Samples have been col
lected from this deposit and sent
to the State Soils LaboratGy at
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
Portage Man
Is Injured In
FauFrom Tree

William Kruse, IWe4t Conant
street, Portage fell twenty feet
while trimming trees Thursday
He sustained a fractured skull.
Murison's ambulance was sum
moned and Mr. Kruse was imme-
diately removed to the st. Sayior's
hospital. Because of Mr.. Kruse's
critical condition his daughter
Mrs. Frank Behling of Eau Claire
was wed.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
IF ONLY A YEAR TO LIVE

In symposium by the New
York Evening World" on the
question "What would you do il
you had only year to liver" one
answer includes "a month of mill
tary training" The writer's pro-
gramme (condensed) for his twel-
We months of life is as follows:
January-Hard work in factory
February-Theater, music, dane
ing.
Sightseeing trip to Eur
ope.
April-Reading the best liter.
azure.
May-WoYk in garden.
Z June-Motor trip across contin-
emit
July University summer course
August Citizens training camp,
September Fishing and other
sports.
October-Campaigning for bet
ter government.
November Distribution of es,
tate. q @NEi
December - Rest, meditation
prayer.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
Soil Surveyors Study Conditions
On 5000 Acre Peat Marsh Near Here
In The Township of Fairfield

Madison for analysis. If the LAY.
er were thicker, it would be good
source of lime for this localitS.
Near the center of the bog eight
feet below the surface the peat is
undertake by limy clay. Samples
of this have also been sent to the
Laboratory.
Use Being Made of the Marsh
At the present only about a third
Of the peat is still undeveloped, be,
ing used for meadow and pasture.
About nine years ago the farme s
owning the marsh Strengthened,
Leach Creek and the Baraboo River
which drain it, dredging bitches
four to eight feet deep aid eight
to twenty feet wide. About six
teen hundred acres of peat and
thirteen hundred acres OF dark col
ored mineral soil are not tile drain
ed and are under cultivation The
Binder Brothers have been pioneers
in the development of this bog, hav-
ing tiled nearly all of the improved
area.
For two or three years after
draining, the peat produces fine
crops of mixed timothy and clover
hay, corn, oats, buckwheat and rvs.
Flax for seed does fine the first
year but is a failure after that.
After the first few years the yields
drop off unless manure or a combin-
alton of phosphate and potash fer
tilizers is applied, BY the appli-
cation of 1875 pounds Of fertilizer
per acre containing 1870 each of
these minerals, good yields of the
above mentioned crops are obtains
ed. No application of lime haYe&
as yet been made. Corn when
fortified ripens about every other
year and averages so bushels Of
shelled corn per acre. Oats run
40 to SO bushels, mixed clover and
timothy hay averages "a tons and
buckwheat Is bushels per acre.
Rye on unfertilized peat that has
been cropped for eight years will
go between 10 and Is bushels this
year. Tractors are used in plow-
ing and in harvesting the grain.
From the appearance of the grain
and according to the farmers liy-
ing on the marsh, oats and rye do
not lodge any worse than they do
on the upland soils.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
October Roses
Grow In Third
Ward, As Well


James w. Fay wants the third
ward represented in the October
rose contest which is now on at the
News office as the. result of an item
printed concerning a Green Bav
woman who picked roses from her
garden this month";. Mrs. J. Kier
brought a rose from the first ward,
Mrs. H. R. Edwards from the Sec
ond ward, and now Mr., Fay has
brought in a lovely Jack" rose
picked in his garden in the third
ward. The variety Mr.. Fay has
brought is of exceptional fragrance
and is deep red in color.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
Merrimack Group
Entertained Here

Mrs. F. E. Tryon was hostess to
the Ladies Aid society of the Mer-
rimack Methodist church at her
home in Baraboo on Wednesday.
Most of the Merrimack ladies mo-
tored here for the delicious dinner
and social after which followed it.
The drive to and from Baraboo
wa one of the pleasant features of
the day, the autumn foliage max
ing the road q stretch of beauty.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
BriggsvlEle Starts
White Way Plans

The village of Briggsville, over
in Marquette county, has let the
contract for the necessary wiring
and material for the installation or
three blocks of white way. The
electricity for this will be avail
able from private sources. Briggs
vile is not! very large as villages
go, but there is a commendable
spirit of civic prograss which larg-
err cities might well emulate.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23

fortune to fall down the cellar
steps and broke three ribs. At
present she is getting along as
vel as can be expected.
Mrs. VIM. Brandt entertained
the North Baraboo club Thursday
afternoon. A delicious lunch was
served. Next meeting will be held
at Mrs. Charles Catlin, October 30
Albert Schauf and family are
getting ready to move to West
field. He will be employed at the
Cheese factory there. John Shore
and wife will rent the farm for
the coming year.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
Stone Home In
Reedsburg Has
Small Blaze

The Reedsburg fire company
with their new truck were called
out to extinguish fire at the
Charles H. Stone home on Mort 4
Park street Monday afternoon.
They had been cleaning up and
burning rubbish n the basement
trt it is not known low the fire
started.
Clouds of smoke wGr9 seen
coming from the basement and
an alarm sent in for help. The
stairs were burned and some dam
age done by the smoke.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
Ducks Killed
By Turtles
Near Monroe

Another unpleasant result of 4
rainy summer has been discovered
by the farm women of Green ccun-
ty near Monroe. Unusual Iampness
has attracted hordes of turtles 10
small streams and creeks, with
the result that the raising of young
ducks and geese is a/haZardOns &C
cupatiOn. OF the swapping variety,
the turtles grab at the teat Of the
fowls as they swim by and feed
upon the flesh of the legs. One
farmers wife reported the loss of
half flock of so ducks.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
Appreciates News

We do not like to miss a copy
of the good old Baraboo News.
don't think anyone gets the real
value of a home paper until they
have moved away from the old
home, friends, and relatives. Then
is when we do miss it if it fails to
reach us.
AS ever your old reader,
f. e SPAULDING
33S Almeron street
Evansville, Wis.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
NEWS NOTES
CRAWFORD HEIGHTS

Mrs. Fred Baumgarten has gone
to Mendoza, Ill. on an extended
visit with her mother.
Mrs. Dillenbeck of Baraboo, her
Mrs. Emma Huntington
of Madison spent Tuesday with
Mrs. VIM Brandt
Mrs Ed Brakeman had the mis-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
INDIAN GIRL
M|SSEDFROM
THE DELLS
Madison Police Asked
to Search For Vail
cia BOygan IA of
KilbOurn

Madison police were asked to de-
tain a 14-year old Indian girl Val
icia Boygan, who Tuesday left her
home in Kilbourn and started for
Madison The girl is carrying a
travelling bag and has a small
amount of money! the dispatch
from Kilbourn stated.
The girl vas seen in Reedsburg,
according to reports.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23

from Richland Center to his farm
near Black Hawk
y - y y y = y y = = =
y OSTRICH-LlKE 'MUSKY 4
= EATS WINDOW WEIGHT !
y Gold watches, knives and 4
y forks are known to be faV- Z
y orite delicacies for ostriches Z
* but a 26 pound muskellunge 4
y caught by Trygve Duran at y
:: Munson lake, near Toma- 4
y hawk, had started collec- 4
y ton to Guido the big footed 3
* bird. =
x In the stomach of the fish 3
y Mr.. Duran found a pound 4
4 window weight. This left =
y him with only 20 pound, =
y ''musky" but nevertheless x
x he thinks he has a good fish y
y story. =
i The fish with the unusual y
4 appetite is said to have =
i measured four feet. =
y = = y = : = > = y .
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
zR-3 CARRIES LETTER
FOR MANiToWoc WOMAN

One of the few letters carried
by the Zeppelin ZR-3 from Fried
richshafen, Germany, TO Lakehurst,
n. j.. has been received by Mrs
Sarah Sibree Bornemann Of Mani
towoG. The envelope is postmark-
ed Oct. IL, the day before the
giant dirigible left the German
city. Mrs. Bornemann's letter is
from relatives in Friedrichshafen.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
WomQn's Club
Addressed By
JudgeJ. H. Hill

The Catholic Women's club held
their regular meeting in the X. G..
hall, Wednesday evening.
Judge James H. Hill gave most
interesting talk upon the Juvenile
Problem"
Valeska Kelly entertained delight
fully with her violin and Margaret
Kelly gave enjoyable selected read
ings.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
Farm Blaze Put
Out Near Reedsburg

A small blaze on the premises
of Ed. CIingman near Reedsburg
was extinguished before the fire
department had time to arrive at
the scene.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
Hunters Kill Cow
On WeStfield Farm

a COW was killed on the George
Borders farm in Westfield. The
animal was hit by stray bullet OF
hunters.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-10-23
Richland Center
Family Move
To Black Hawk

Bert Ritter has moved his family
from Richland Center to his farm
near Black Hawk.
The Tomahawk., 1924-01-03
The Local Council Meeting.

A meeting of the White Earth
Local Council was held on Dec.
28th in the Strand Theatre for the
purpose of discussing and adopting
certain bill concering Chippewa
matters that will soon be acted
upon by Congress. After due
consideration of the nature of the
bills it was deemed advisable to
appoint q committee to 60 over the
various bills and at the next meet
ing, to be neld on January 5th, a
report will be made by this com
mittee and final action will then
be taken by the council.
The Tomahawk., 1924-01-03
SOLOMEN SEAL s
lodge by
the Dunes"

A Camp for little Indian Child
rem. Write r. +. d. No. 2.
Chesterton, Indiana.
The faculty in charge Of this
institution are admirably qualified
for their work. 1t is in charge of
a college trained lady who is a
graduate of Smith College for
girls, and who also spent two years
at the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College, aud a term at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
She has AS an assistant a college
trained Indian woman who UNDER
stands the Indian children and is
deeply interested in her work.
Charges are reasonable. Write for
pal ticulars.
The Tomahawk., 1924-01-03
Iest We Forget"
"a Communication.)

"A OmmunlcatlOn.
To the Editor of The ToMAHAwK:
A guest in the home of one oi
your residents this last week, my
first visit was to the little cemetery
over the hill where lie so many
loved and revered by US aud those
who have been 90 much to US as a
people. And as I wandered thru
the narrow paths of the dead
looked for q grave-a grave in
which lay one whose life had been
spent in effort for those he loved.
The grave Of one whose. generous
big-heartedness was such that
when he passed away all he had
had been spent or given for others,
and little, if anything, left for bis
very own. Rich in poverty be
was, for riches is counted not in
money but in deeds. and of these
there were many to his credit. He
had ALWAYS given-from of his
time, his effort, his advice and,
too, of his money. "Generous,' 81
some say, Ito a fault" tho there
is ONE who would not say that.
Yet l could not find the grave.
There was no stone to mark It's
pface-IT WAS LOST. The shock
was great to me, and l thot, do
his people know this9" The answer
was as quick, "Of course not "
And SO I write this, to let all those
whom he has in any way helped or
who care to show their appreciation
of his worth as & man know they
may aid in raising q monument to
The Tomahawk., 1924-01-03

the memory of Gus. H. Beaulieu.
| myself will head the subscription
with ten dollars, and contributions
even to ten cents, for many child
rem will give, may be sent to Mr..
Ben S. Fairbanks, White Earth,
Minnesota. All names being duly
published as received.
JANE V. ANDREWS.
Oct. Is, 1928.
The Tomahawk., 1924-01-03
SUBSCRIPTION: si.5o PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Secretary Works
Proposed ''Com-
mittee Of 100. "
From "Our, Indian Bureau Sys-
tem," by Joseph w. Latimer.)

tem," by Joseph w. Latimer.)
Public announcement was made
last July that the Secretary of the
Interior Tin whose department is
our Indian Bureau System) has
written asking one hundred prom
inent citizens to advance ideas and
possibly form a Committee on the
Indian Problem"
The writer heartily endorses
such q move for the publicity it
will create; and while applauding
the undoubted high motives of the
Secretary in such endeavor-still,
such a Committee will have no le-
gal authority, DO funds to get facts
or properly maintain itself-and
the action means more procrastin
alton and confusion of the real
issues. To qualify for effective
report such Committee must
thoroughly investigate the subject,
free from the influence of our sys
tenn.
The Indian Problem" is only a
"ProbIem'' because of our System.
We would have the same Prob
lem" with every nationality that
come to our country, if, for fifty
years after arrival, we had segre-
gated them on reservations, de
creed them "wards'' and "incom-
petents," and kept them without
our national life, with their prop
erty snd person controlled by an
autocracy forced upon them.
In candor we respectfully sug-
gest that the Secretary has now
full power and authority to at once
remedy the VIGOROUSLY evil course
of this autocratic System and to
start it on its way to abolishment.
Further. the Secretary's recon-
mendation for unrestricted citizen
ship for the American Indian
would undoubtedly be favorably
acted upon by Congress. Surely,
after fifty years of Government
education in what our System
publicly claims is lone of the most
efficient school systems to be found
anywhere in the United States or
the civilized world"-then certain
" our Indian is Immediately en-
titled to full citizenship and to be
welcomed into our midst. If he is
incompetent to manage his estate
we can hold his individual or tribal
property for a limited time in
some usual legal trust, administer
ed by our Courts; but let him be-
come an unrestricted citizen in his
person, with all its rights and OBJ
legations, and with all rights before
our Courts in person and in prop
erty; abolish the present farce OF
citizen in name only. The Indian
of today (in spite of our System S
superlative.. educational advantages)
surely cannot be worse than many
of our present accepted citizens
and all indications are that he
would be a credit. >-."
With such unrestricted citizen
ship-the work of our system
would begin to end. This grant
of unlimited citizenship is exactly
what our System has cunningly
avoided By obtaining the most IN.
The Tomahawk., 1924-01-03
CATARRH

Catarrh Is a Local disease greatly In.
huenced by Constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists Of an Ointment which gives Quick
Relief by local application, and tho
Internal Medicine. a Tonic, which acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces and assists In ridding your System
Of Catarrh.
Sold by druggists for over 20 Years.
r. ]. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, o.
The Tomahawk., 1924-01-03


Gated Congressional amendments,
and by wilful lack of following the
intent of Congress when it passed
the Dawes Act of 1887. Congress
and the nation at that time expect
ed the Indian and his property
would be completely melted into
our national life and our System
ended within a few short years
thereafter.
Committees of Congress, with
full legal authority, at vast ex-
pense, have repeatedly unearthed
the iniquitiss of our System and
have shown that the human
equation' is nightly responsible
for its continued atrociousness.
1t is we'll known that the "Bu-
reaucrats" land those maintaining
them in office) who hold their Offices
year after year-while the political
head is changed with the party in
power-that these are they who
really control our System and are
responsible for its monstrous evil
today. Talk" has brought our
System to its present Ubiquitous
perfection. The ''bureaucrats'
fatten on benevolent suggestion
and grimly continue their chican-
cry.
There are leading officials in our
System to-day who were also lead
ing officials when q Committee of
Congress published, concerning
administration by our System,
what it characterized was: "details
of a crime of affairs. which for
fraud. debauchery aud gross be.
trayal of justice has never been
equaled." Yet our System outlives
the terms of Congressman and po-
litical Executives. and is 90 m,.hty
that it can render Intellectual the
work of most any Congressional
Committee that opposes it. Con-
gressmen, knowing conditions,
grow disheartened fighting issues
which the nation ignores and many
posted Executives have tried to
avoid.
We submit with sincere respect,
Mr.. Secretary, that, easily, the
first constructive step that should
and could be taken in this Indian
Problem" is to clean out our Sys.
TENS present organization and let
it start honest work ito educate
and make citizens" of the Indians,
instead, as for fifty years, keeping
the Indian always an Indian; and
thus insuriDg agreeable and profit
able life work for those who reign
supreme in, and 80 ignominiously
control this hinge Billion Dollar
Estate.
We hope great good to the IL.
dian may come through this pro-
posed new Committee. But the
only constituted authority with any
power regarding the Indian is
Congress and ''our System" (Bu-
reau Of Indian Affairs); and our
newly appointed Secretary Of the
Interior is now its political head
Committees Of Congress; Com.
mittees of Churches; Committees
of Welfare Workers.: Committees
| of IntellectuaIs of all classes,
creeds and degrees; Committees of
many Benevolent Organizations,
permanently organized for the
''poor Indians" re!ief-all this
and more has been done to 'help'
the Indian for over fifty years,
yet our System is stronger, more
complex" and more settled on
the neck of the poor Indian today
than ever before.
Now we are to have a new ex
parte Committee; and the Secre
tary in his letter to these 100 citiz-
ems states, that, "for many years
the Government has been charged
internationally with having no
policy, or with exploiting the In