Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-09-11
BY THE WAY

der the lee system whereby MS
| salary depends on the number OF
arrests made, Miss Nellie Sceales,
county clerk, tells us that the Sank
icounty motor policemen are all on
a fat salary. In some communit-
les the chap who gets so much per
head is stilNemployed but on the
whole this system has been shown
failure. Sank is one of the
fairminded counties which is able
to control a heavy traffic with
no special commentator for max
ing arrests.
Many in Baraboo recall an In
dian by the name of Smoke or
Smoke Smoke who was frequently
seen at the Horstman market in
Baraboo. At the present time he
at the county farm near Reedsburg
and is in excellent health. He
claims to be more than one hun
dred years old and is pleased that
he may enjoy the sunset Of his
years at the institution during the
summer instead of sitting on one
of the seats on the lawn, he pre-
fers to lie upon a long fiat stone,
which seems somewhat unusual to
a white person. His relatives oc-
casionally come to see him.
Red-headed woodpeckers in num-
bers have taken UP their residence
on Cheeks Hill One resident re-
ports that a pair visit his home
regularly to be fed and have be-
come so tame that when food is
tossed into the air, they will swoop
down and catch the bit in their
beaks. Generally the WOodpeck-
er is bit wary, not so friendly as
some of our birds, and to tame one
to the extent of teaching it to do
tricks is quite feat.
Many have shown interest in the
air plant which hangs in the win
dow of the Nehs store and which
resembles nothing so much as a
pineapple top. The plant was
picked by Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Nehs
in st. Petersburg, Florida, and
brought here with them when they
returned some four months ago
THE odd growth is found on trees
in the south, sometimes as many
as a dozen in tree, and although
some claim that the plant is para
sitical, that, obtains nourishment
from the tree, the plant which was
brought to Baraboo is thriving and
growing. A small portion of the.
branch on which it grew was cut
off with the plant and it is water
ed from time to time. .-..s,...E
Visitors at Parfrey's glen and
other places in this region have
noticed two rushes growing. The
rush or it's ancestors dates back
some 100000 years, to the day
when the world was uninhabited
by human life. 1t. is one of the,
ten species of the sole genus OF
plants that has survived from the
carboniferous era, when it's for
bears reared their majestic heads
to a height of ninety feet and more
on stumps six feet thick. The
plants of this era ceased growing
many millions of years ago, when
the world was swept by oceans
which buried forests, but for more
than half a century they have pro-
vided the greatest agent of modern
industrial development and have
been the bone of contention, under
the alias of coal, in many federal
investigation. 1t has the Oldest
genealogy of any living thing
Detroit News.
The Free Congregational society
donated the property for the pres
ent Carnagie Free Library, corner
of Fourth avenue and Birch street,
according to Fred Purcell. The
property was occupied by the house
of worship of the Unitarian society
from 1860 until the building was
torn down. The property was
donated, subject to mortgage.
The article concerning the Uniter-
ian society appeared in the Bara-
boo News few days ago.
Wausau Elks are to dedicate and
open a new $4,000 temple on
Sept. 3.
Estimates on Sturgeon Bays
cherry crop show the output to be
one-third larger than any previous
harvest.
Talking about this being no year
for corn! Anton Kunzelman plant
ed a strip west of the bridge over