Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-01-22
Joyful. DAY
At kIWANIS

1iiiluSS, I1O0CCIICI anu bdlCd
Hay" while preparing a program
for Wednesday. Fl. L. Halsted,
the new president, swung the gray
Ell and while the walters SHOOK
a Leg, the members sang the fam,
iliar tune, Were for Halsted"
In cap and gown, superinten-.
dent A. @. Kingsford was master of
ceremonies. After the luncheon,
he asked the oficers-elect and es-
corts to retire and when they re
turned music was in the air. Mr..
Kingsford read elaborate duties
which each was expected to per
form and admonished the president
he must not permit certain mem
bers to talk too much.
Bouquet Vanishes
Mr. Halsted was presented with
a beautiful bouquet of carnations
and when, led by argeant-at-arms
F.. b. Trimpey, the company mar
ched in line to congratulate the
new officer, each removed a flow
~er. 1t was by dint of effort Mr..
Halsted was able to rescue a poor
specimen for his lapel. Not only
all the flowers but even the vase
vanished
Bottle Breaks.
George II. Hood, the vice-presi-
dent, was given package, which
looked much like a short section Of
four-inch stOvepipe, neatly tied
1t was announced the gift came
from L. II. Hill and the editor eyed
the rool with carking care. A little
later while a minister was careless
ly handling the gift it fell to the
floor at Hoods feet. After the
crash a brown liquid escaped, but
no aroma. loud applause; Buttons
flew off,
When the retiring president, e.
F. Dithmar took the oath as trus-
tee, Mr. Kingsford said that in
view Of the fact he had rendered
such splendid service as an execu-
tive officer, the club presented him
with a LaFollette and Wheeler
button. (Deafening applause.)
Besides the above, r. M. Mould,
became treasurer, II. e. French,
i'lter Lind and Fl. n. Taylor, di-
reotors.
The escorts were e. +. Dithmar,
George o. Macarthur, II. J. Sleeps.
Norman Quale, w. f. Rowland and
viii OFT.
Address by Jerry E. Riordan
Jerry e. Riordan, a member OF
the Baraboo high school faculty OF
189S-99 and previously captain of a
University of Wisconsin football
team, now a resident of Mayville
with an office in Madison, gave the
address. Mr.. Riordan discussed
the farm problem as it exists at
the present time and said that
there was no denying that the sit
uation in the rural communities
was more or less serious. Farm
credits have fallen and there is no
ready money from which to make
an advance. Farm machinery
costs more than double what it did
before the war while farm products
as a whole are not much above the
normal
He said that a number Of years
ago the slogan was make two
blades of grass grow where one
grew before and he said that there
should have been added to that the
place where that extra blade might
be sold. 1t has been found after
a careful examination that about
one-third of the COWS on the farm
are kept at a loss, one-third show
neither loss nor gain, and one-third
exhibit a profit 1t is SO in other
phases Of farming and the whole
matter should so be adjusted that
there would be a profit.
Too many farm products are
dumped on the market at once and
some remedy should be provided
for keeping prices more stable. lie
said the farmer must keep his plant
going, must move forward not back
ward. He did not want to see bis
profits for if so all the land would
be syndicated. Mr.. Riordan would
have farm life such that the rura
folk would live in comfort, would
have conveniences, would enjoy
some pleasure, and at the same
time make little profit on Their
labor so that when they come t
leave the farm, the farmer may
pass the farm ON to his sons an(
daughters without its being bur
dened with debt
The address was most interestin;
and showed a careful study of tn
whole situation. 1t is to be re
GREETED that Mr.. Riordan cannot s.
from group to group in the rura
districts in order that he nigh
present his message on one of tn