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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-03-01
Aspinwall Released From Custody
and Charges Dismissed.

Charges against John Aspinwall
were dismissed and he was released
from custody on motion of District
Attorney Warren Foster in municip-
al court Tuesday afternoon. Aspin-
wall was charged with taking $1,000
from the safe in Heck McGillis'
saloon last September while en-
ployed there as bartender. The
complaining witness failed to appear
in court at Tuesdays adjourned
hearing and no testimony was taken.
From the testimony at the previous
hearing it was brought out that
numerous "hangers-on" frequented
McGillis place and it is contended
that if the alleged theft really took
place any one of number of them
may be the guilty ones.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-03-01
LET CONTRACTS FOR
TWO BRIDGES
cessful Bidders for Pike Lake
and Lost Creek Bridges.

Fitzpatrick Bros. of Ironwood
were the successful bidders for the
construction of two bridges in Iron
county, bids for which were opened
at meeting of the county state
road and bridge committee held
Tuesday.
But two bids were filed with the
county clerk, the other being that of
Niewencamp and Thompson, also of
Ironwood.
For the sum of $5,412.72 Fitz-
patrick Bros have agreed to con-
struct the Pike Lake bridge, consist
ing of a 40x24 foot reinforced con-
crete span over the Turtle River.
They have agreed to have the bridge
completed by next July Is.
The Lost Creek bridge on the
Manitowish-Powell road, 20x20
foot reinforced concrete span,
Fitzpatrick Bros. have agreed to
construct for the sum of $2,137.30.
This bridge will be completed by
next August /.
Apportion Maintenance.
At the same meeting the highway
committee apportioned the sum of
$4,000 for maintenance of high
ways in the county during the coming
season as follows:
For salaries of patrolmen-$14.-
600.
For marking and placing signs
$4,000.
For gang maintenance-$16,000,
Of this last mentioned sum $4,000
is to be spent on the Mercer road,
$4,000 on the road between Saxon
and Cedar, and $4,000 between
Montreal and Iron Belt.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
RADIO PHOTOS
NEAR PERFECT
French Inventor Elk
poets to Show Paris
American Events
The Following Day

Telephotography by wireless will
be SO perfected by the time the
next president of the United States
is inaugurated that photographs of
the ceremony will be published i'll
the next morning editions of the
Paris newspapers, in the opinion
Of Edouard Belin, inventor Of the
apparatus for transmission of pic
lures by radio in Paris.
The inventors new wireless pro-
cess was demonstrated successfully
for the first time Saturday when a
photograph which had been trans
mitted by radio was published in
the Matin. The picture was that
of Gen. Gustave A. Ferlie, director
of the Eiffel tower wireless station.
and was an excellent likeness, but
bore several vertical smudges
which it was necessary to eliminate
by retouching.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
sire to again visit the park.

sire to again visit the park.
The prize awarded the best
walters went to Leith Fellows
and Mrs. Earl Scbilling. The pre-
sentation of the prizes for the
afternoons events were made
when The pimickers were as
sembled for the dancing and James
L. Bonham exceeded all previous
records for humor in his presen-
tation of the awards.
One of the funniest happenings
of the days took place during the
wAistling contest, All the young
sters were lined up 20 try their eff
forts and at the end of the line
stood little Miss Sherron Of Por-
tage. scarcely three years old and
mouth puckered ready to begin.
When the starter gave her the
signal to start, she was either
overcome by shyness or the i'm
portance Of the occasion and when
no whistle came she lisped, my
whistles broke" Had the prize
been awarded on popular opinion
Miss Sherron with her broken
whistle would certainly have re-
ceived the prize.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26

down the alley between the Proth-
ero- McGinnis garage and the
Stowart-Alexander lumber yard
and made good his escape. Sher-
if ode fired after the man but evi,
IDENTIFY the shots did not take effect
or seriously iniure him
The escape took place after mid
night when the streets We're com
paratively deserted.
The speeder was accompanied by
a woman, who is still at Kilbourn,
The girl claims that her escort
had kindly offered to take her from
Sioux City, Iowa. to Manbato. Mimi.
where she has friends, and that
they were returning from that
place. She had known the man
but two weeks. according to her
testimony. and had at first liked
him. AS their acquaintance pro-
crossed, she discovered that the
car he drove, which he had said
belonged to his uncle, had been
stolen and she also began to sus-
pect him of holdups since he had
considerable sums of money at
times. After she discovered this
she wished to leave him and this
gave rise to the argument in the
Kilbourn dance pavilion which lei
to the arrest
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
LAMp
POSTPAID
Truck Backs Down
Postoffice Hill and
is Stopped when it
Hits Heavy Stan
dard

At three o'clock Tuesday after
noon another lamp-post was laid
low, this time by a truck belong
ing to the Effinger Ice Cream Co.
Ralph Sarrington, the driver and
the son of the Delton woman who
drove the car which knocked down
the lamppost on the corner of
Third and Oak streets on Satur-
day afternoon, had left the truck
standing in front of the postoffice
while he went in to get the mail.
Evidently the brakes slipped and
the car started backwards down
the hill toward the bridge. When
almost to the place where First
street crosses Oak the car climbed
the embankme and broke the
lamp off a.. the base.
1t is fortunate that the truck
stopped when it did, doing no fur
Their damage as it mEht slave
been very serious if the car had
continued ito the bridge, where
pedestrians were passing.
The peculiar part of the acct
dent is that the driver of the
truck should have been son OF
Mrs. Sarrington, who met with a
similar mishap but j day or SO
before, just<two blocks away and
that in neither case was anyone
hurt in spite of the fact that the
posts went down with a great
force.
TIE post which Mr.. Sarrington
struck IS not Embedded in he
sidewalk but placed On a cement
base in the ground. 1t was net bro
ken and was easily set upright
again by workmen fifteen minutes
after the accident occurred.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
Human Fly Is
Engaged In
Painting Pole
(From Mondays Daily


Persons about the courthouse
were entertained today by the per-
fomnance of a Human. rly" In
order to preserve the hundred foot
flag pole in front of the court
house, it is necessary to paint the
slender support, and a Mr. Butter
field from Richland Center has
been employed for the job
His method is clever Wit5,i his
feet tied to the pole on slip
knot principle he "shinnies' up
the pole and when he wishes to
stop he rests his weight cnais feet,
pulling the rope tight around the
pole and supporting himself. A
rope above works on theasame slip
knot method an, he shoves this
rope around bearing a seat up
ahead of him and when lie sits
down, the rope pulls tight and he
has a secure support,
The sight Of man at the top
of the slender, swaying pole caus
ed many persons to stop and
watch Mr.. Butterfield at his
work,
This afternoon he undertook the
work of painting the flag staff and
ball on top of the courthouse, an
equally hazardous appearing task
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
MANY vARIET TIES OF FLOWERS
ABOUND AT The TOOLE HOMES,
RARE PERE:INNIALS ARE GROWN

including oriental kinds, are in
bloom. The delicate shades of SO
many colors and the sweetness OF
the doors linger long in your minds
and nostrils.
A field of some fifty to sixty thou
sand young larkspur of the white
variety are being developed by the
Tooles for eastern orders. The
white delphinium is used quite e&-
tensively in flower gardens on large
estates and the war brought on a
shortage of certain varieties of
these flowers that came from Eur
ore
Peonios Beginning To Open
A large bed of peonies will be at
it's most beautiful stage shortly, a
number Of long rows including
some thirty varieties beginning
now to show their loneliness. In
peonies the Tooles will commercial
re largely in a variety that can be
handled in 1000 lots
About $4,000 young phlox plants
are making vigorous growth in an
other field not far away and about
$4,000 worth Of these plants will
go to one flower house alone.
The Tooles have some six or sew
en- acres in flowers, in one little
strip of land there being now some
5000 worth Of pansy seed waiting
to be picked.
At Garry Noe-Dule. spelled in the
Gaelic language Guarrdhaini-Tuat
hail, and translated as The Garden
Of the Toolc. w. A. Toole has q
LANDSCAPE plan which he will grad
ualIy work out A rockery has
been started along the driveway
leading to the house and cropping
out of the pockets between the
rocks many .pereniais nave taken
root and are blooming in rrofusion.
Among the number now in blossom
include the soap writ, baby's
breath, stone crop. blue bells, coral
bells and the chedder pink that
grows wild on the Dover cliffs.
William Toole Sir. also has ma
tive wild flower garden that inclu
es some unusual varieties Of fern
and nearby the lowly cactus is
even seen.
The Tooles welcome visitors to
their gardens Of beauty and q low
er Of flowers would revel in the
many varieties TO be seen.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
Auto Accident
On Warner Road

Three cars were more or less
damaged on the Warner Memorial
road on Sunday evening. A Ford
car driven by Charles Keller who
was accompanied by John Troy
was ascending. the road near The
Loop and collided with machines
driven by o. w. Kilmer and George
Olson, going in the same direction
Evidently Mr.. Keller attempted to
pass the Olson machine and this
front of his machine came into
contact with the fender OF the OIL.
son car and the auto then veered
over and into the rear of the Kill
mer car, smashing fender, break
ing tail and stop light, and wreck
ing the spare tire.
A large crowd soon gathered at
the spot and traffic was almost
blocked by the assemblage of cars.
Mr.. Keller and Mr. Troy later
went to St Mary's Ringing hos
pitaI, where they were treated for
various cuts. Mr. Keller was quite
badly cut about the lip, the injury
requiring several stitches to close.
The machine in which they were
riding was badly damaged about
the radiator, the windshield smash.
ed and other damage done.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
Baby Boys Born to
Two Sisters One
Day Apart

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Higgins of South Fairfield
Sunday. Mrs. Higgins is in Bara-
boo being cared for by Mrs. A.
Rodewald. The day before, a baby
boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Err
nest Zeigler and Mrs. Higgins are
sisters and they are rejoicing over
the arriving guests.
Mrs Mary Jones and Mrs. Earl
Delap and children of Clara, Mon
tana are visiting at the John Trap
home Raoul Trap and bride of
Montana also visited here recently,
Harley Jones of Waukesha visit
ed at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Will Jones on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Beardsley an
children and Mr. and Mrs Arthur
.Mattke and son went to La Vale
Saturday night where they attend
ed a shower and reception for Will
Frazier and bride. They report a
pleasant evening, about one hun
dred guests being present.
House painting is being done at
the homes of Robert Malloy and
rthur Attridge.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Mueller of
Baraboo spent Sunday afternoon at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Plummer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gay of Madi-
son and Mrs. Jennie Attridge and
daughter Clara of Baraboo visited
Sunday at the Frank Attridge
home
Sunday callers at the Arthur At
fridge home were Mr.. and Mrs.
Ward and son and Miss Florence
Luetscher of Mondovi, and Mr..
and Mrs. Oehler of Mauston.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26

Maurice Collins and Joseph Ness,
well known in Portage. were mem
bers of the switching crew in the
Milwaukee yards Tuesday night
who performed the dangerous task
ofapulling sixteen tank cars loaded
with gasoline out Of the danger
zone when Elevator e of the Mfl-
waukee road. located at the foot Of
Sixth avenue was totally destroyed
by fire.
The Milwaukee fire department
with twenty engine companies, five
truck companies, and three fire
boats fought the flames for five
hours. The loss is estimated at a
million dollars.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
Social Event
In Fairfield

The weIner roast and Baptist
social gathering at the town hall
last Wednesday evening, June II,
was attended by something over
100, mostly from town, although
a goodly number were from here,
A bonfire was made and games
played for while when refresh
ments were served and shol
program given, when was lauch en-
joyed by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. A j. Newell
started Thursday morning for Sill
yer Lake. kenosha county, to visit
their son Ivan and family and to
attend the graduation of their
granddaughter Viola Newell at
Wilmot.
The meeting Of the Helping
Hand society Thursday last With
Mrs. Charles Beardsley was we'll
attended and enjoyed. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Frank
Caflisch on Thursday. June 26, for
supper and work.
Mrs. James Anchor who has
been quite sick is some better at
this writing.
G. G. Porter wife aud two daugh
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
Entertain Guests
At Loganville

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Leicher and
grandson of Luverne, Mimi, are
visiting their relatives here.
Ed LeicEer delivered a fine
tuck to the city of, Reedsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. RASMUSSEN al
daughter of Reedsburg spent Sui
day at the home of Mr.. all. MIS-.
Sam Dearholt
Mrs. w. H. Ware returned on
Sunday from Chicago after spend
ing several days there.
Mr. and Mrs Hy Kapelka and
son of Baraboo spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. William Feust4c.
Hansen and Hill of Baraboo are
wi,in,, III lew meat market.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Hammermeis-
ter and family spent Sunday at
the William Voss home.
Mrs Hy Luetchken will entertain
the Embroidery Club on Thursday.
Postmaster and Mrs. Ware have
r'aved in the Knoll flat over the
I>ost office,
Mr.. and Mrs Will Fuster and
Mrs. w. Voss were shopping in
Madison on Friday.
Miss Edna Nieman left Sunday
for Watertown where she is en-
ployed.
Viola Kohlmeyer left Sunday 70.
Baraboo where she is employed at
the e. Hammermeister home.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wagner are
the proud parents of a daughter,
born June 16.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
NEARLY 1000
GRADUATE At
u. ". TODAY
Comparison with Re
rent Years Shows a
r e IN a + k able In
crease in Number
Receiving Degrees
(From Mondays Daily)

A graduating class that is 100
larger than any that has preced-
ed it marched in the Commences
ment parade at the University of
Wisconsin this morning. lie class
numbers 1920 and the graduates
this year totals almost 1000,
With the 1920 degrees and
diplomas of various grades that
are being conferred today and the
1858 degrees, diplomas, and certi-
ficates that have been conferred
during the year since last Jun.
the total number of graduates tais
year is 1878.
Comparison with recent years
shows 1920 graduates this June,
1920 last June, 1,244 the year be-
fore and 968 three years ago. The
1878 graduates for this entire
year is to be compared with 1915
last year, 1897 the year before,
and LII three years ago.
There were seven graduates
from Barabco at the university
this year.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
Makes Attempt
To Enter Home;
Is Scared Away

Mrs. w j. Hollenbeck 321
Fourth avenue was awakened at
about two o'clock this morning by
footsteps on the back porch just
outside the window sof her room
and discovered a man standing on
the porch. She asked what he was
doing there and his only reply
was a request to LEI him in.
When ordered to lcaYe, che again
repeated his request, Lady, let
me in"
Mrs Hollenbeck was alone in
the house with her two daughters,
the Misses Josephine and Hazel
VITO were reused by their mothers
voice and when the man refused
to leave, they cried for help, rous-
ing the neighbors.
The prowler jumped from the
porch to the ground distance Of
some twelve feet, and made his es-
cape Footprints left in the grounI
below indicate that he has a small
foot.
Sheriff W. II. Ode was summoned
and although a search was made
If the neighborhood, no trace of
the visitor was found.
1t was not long before that
speeder escaped while he was be-
ing taken to the county jail a
few blocks away and it is posi-
bic that shot fired by Sheriff
Ode had wounded the man and he
was trying to get into the Hol-
lenbeck home to escape searchers
or to have his injuries attended
to.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
ON
Third Street
SCARE:S FOLKS
@ ueer Actions Of
Stranger Alarms
Residents Night
PatrOlmen A L G
Summoned

Residents OF the three hundred
block on third street late Saturday
night were thrown into a scare by
the appearance of prowler who
was seen lodging between houses
and appearing and disappearing on
the street in a most mysterious
manner. The homes of c. L.
Roser, r. J. Fogle and NJ. E. Joyce
all adjoining, seemed to be where
the strangers attentions were con
centrated The residents were
aroused as L. M Jacobs passed and
saw the man and a chase ensued
when the two night patrolmen, L.
r. Capener and Frank Schuster
were summoned. Mr. Jacob kept
the man in view while the officers
were called but the trail was lost
when the stranger lodged down an
alley in the three hundred block on
Ash street and a passing travelling
man was mistaken for the offender
While the officers and residents
were still looking for the man, he
returned to the same location on
Third street and frightened two
ladies, Miss Maude True and Miss
Esther Murphy, by his peculiar ac-
tons. The ladies ran into the
home of NJ. E. Joyce and remained
until taken home in automobiles.
The queer acting person was
frightened away the second time
by the shouts of the young ladies'
and did not return again. His mo,
tiyes were not discovered. Rest
dents of Third street obtained a
slight description of the man and
state he was a stranger to them,
probably five feet nine or ten inches
tall wearing cap tilted to. one
side of his face, smooth shaven but
with rough looking visage.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26

WITH HONOR
Marcus Whitman Of.
BarabOo is Among
Record Students at
University of Wis
cOnsin

Under a system of honor for
general scholarship inaugurated
five years ago at the University of
Wisconsin, high honors were award
cd at commencement today to 20
members of the graduating class
and honors were awarded to 102.
Women students captured II of
the Ugh honors and 81 of the
honors Honors Tor graduating
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
are Always
Made Welcome At
Garry Nee Dule"
and "Cozy Cottage"

A vista of loneliness that might
even be called a glimpse of para
disc greets the visitor to "Cozy Cot
tage' and Garry Nee-Dule, the
homes of William Toole and w. A.
Toole, father and son, who for
years have been propagating peren-
malls, starting at first with inten-
sive growing of pansies, the seeds
from which have gone all over the
world Many persons still allude
to the home of the Tooles as Pansy
Heights on account of the reputa-
ton achieved by them in the grow
ing of these pretty and many hued
flowers.
The writer was privileged in
spending an hour or more walking
through the acres of flowers that
abound on the Toole grounds. A
visit first to the home of William
Toole, revealed those particular
perennials that were probably the
most liked by Toole Sr. A Chin
csc Weigelia, similar in some res
poets to the kind grown in many
Baraboo yards, but much more del
icate, is among the first to greet
the eye after a coneolor fir at the
entrance to the grounds had been
passed. A hardy perennial related
to the lotus and full of blossoms
OF deep pink, and seldom seen
in private grounds hereabouts was
a delight. as was large field of
pink Persian daisies. propagated by
the Tooles and named the Mrs. w
A. Toole daisy. Nearby the true
blue forget-me-not was having a co
lor fight with the unusual pinkness
of the ragged robin Another I'M
usual flower was the gas plant
which is much attached to the same
location year after year and sell
dom thrives If moved The flow
er of the plant itself viii give out
a little puff at night if match is
held nearby
Iris Are Beautiful
A field Of beauty greets the eye
where some sixty varieties of Iris,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
Lightning Strikes IS
Buildings, Scores of
Easements and First
Floors Flooded
.ABORER FALLS
FROM WINDOW
~
Caddie Struck B y
Lightning and Kill
ed When Bolt Hits
Tree Above Him

A youth and two men lost their
lives, lightning struck 35 buildings.
scores of Easements and first floors
were flooded and damage estimated
at 100000 resulted Sunday when
Chicago became the center of a
series OF storms that swept por-
tons Of the middle west and south
west.
Timothy Murphy a fireman, fell
dead as he was walking toward a
building lightning had struck. 1t
was at first believed lightning had
hit him, but investigation disclosed
that he had come into contact with
a current from a live wire, which
had been blown down 100 feet
away.
Stephen Harlow, 16, a caddie at
the Olympia Fields Golf club, was
struck by lightning and killed
when bolt hit a tree under which
he had taken shelter
Michael Shapney, a laborer, fell
from the eleventh floor Of the Ill
inois Merchants Bank-bldg as he
was closing a window.
Illinois, portions of Wisconsin,
Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Kansas,
Missouri and Minnesota reported
severe rain and electrical storms.
Gales hit some scattered areas, in
Guiding a portion of Lake Michigan
between Chicago and Milwaukee,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26

bers of this organization at a
special dinner given in his popu-
lar hosiery in their honor. They
were escorted by members of the
American Legion who assisted
the genial host The guests table
was made especially attractive with
two miniature figures of Uncle
Sam at either end and a large
bowl of vari-colored tulips in the
center Favors for each guest were
small silk flags.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26

these were awarded TO Is stu
dents. Of whom were women.
Marcus Whitman, son of Mz'.
and Mrs. Frank Whitman. SOC
Second avenue received two hon
ors. Mr.. Whitman was an excep-
tionally militant student during
his hia i school career here AMI he
has achieved numerous distinc-
lions at the University of Wis
consin.
AT graduasng exercises this
morning Mr. Whitman received
honors as follows: honors for the
sis;; honors for general scholar
ship in the. college of letters and
science.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
Black Hawk
News Items

MI. and Mrs Ben Giese moved
last week to the home of his par
ents, Nh. and Mrs. Fred Giese.
Fred Giese is tbs, new owner
of a new Cleveland auto.
DR.. C. M. Walk is moving his
furniture to Spring Green where
he has been practicing since last
fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Lutterman
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. William
Lutterman and son Herman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Zimmerman
and son Walter OF Loganville on
Sunday afternoon.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-06-26
Child is Injured
Climbing On Auto

Alvin, the siX-yearold son of MI
and Mrs Barney Sanders, Reeds
burg had his left leg broken just
below the hip Wednesday after
noon when he attempted to climb
onto an automobile driven by Ber-
ME Daily. Mr.. DAILY was driving
into the Sanders yard when the
child ran around the corner Of the
house and attempted to climb onto
his car. He fell in some manner
however, one wheel passing over
his leg with the result above men
toned.