Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-11-19
By The Rg

A. j. MertZke, executive secre-
tary for the Institute for Research
in and Economics and Public Util-
titles, Commerce Building, North
western university, Evanston, III
inois, has sent this Office a copy OF
a recent issue of the bulletin The
purpose of the organization is TO
study lana and utility problems.
Mr.. Mertzke was formerly a resi-
dent of North Freedom.
5: s. *
4 COW stood on the railroad track,
A train came around the bend.
She never had been hit before,
But she got it in the end.
Chicago Blade.
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Officials of the Great Northern
Hallway claim the worlds long
distance train record for that road.
Their engine No. 2517 was recent
" used in a run from Seattle,
Wash, to st. Paul, MINI, ana back
The round trip, a distance of 81
600 miles, was made in 10 hours
thus establishing what is claimed
to be a worlds long distance rec
ord Twenty-four engineers and
"a firemen were used ON the trip.
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Take your choice, Pombton
Lakes, N, j., reports that cater
pillars are turning white-the
sign of a mild winter, Cassadaga,
". Y, claims that the geese went
south earlier than usual--the sign
OF a hard winter.
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In renewing her subscription to
the News, Mrs. Emily Wildly of
Erie, Colorado, sends the follow
ing clipping concerning the weatn-
or in that state:
Last month was the coolest Oct
ober Denver has known in the if
ty-three years for which weather
records are available.
The mean temperature was AZ
degrees-S degrees below normal.
The highest thermometer reading
during the month was SO on the
second, and the lowest II on tn
twenty eighth. The greatest daily
range was Al on the twenty sew
ehth, and the least was 5 on the
eighth. There were seven clear,
ten partly cloudy and fourteen
cloudy days during the month.
A new October record for the
number OF days with oil inch or
more precipitation also vas estab
lished. There were fifteen days
with that much precipitation. The
previous record was f2, sin Octo-
Der, 1877 The total precipita-
ton was 1877 inches as compared
with normal of 90 inch.
X y e.
Here is an experiment. that w.
NJ. Wilkinson, some of the Wad-
dells or others might try in grow
ing water melons next year. ]. w.
Cannon Of Montgomery, Alabama,
says 4"
Regardless Of what the govern
ment scientists may say, seedless
watermelons can be and are sue
cessfully grown and it is easy to
do this when you know how. Soon
after the bloom drops off aud the
melon is about the size OF robins
egg, or the size of your thumb,
cover the vine a few inches deep
with earth between the melon and
the parent root. Keep this earth
damp and in a few days the vine
will take root where covered.
When the melon is about the size
Of an orange-as soon after the
vine has taken root where covered
cut the vine between this place
and the parent root. Under favor
able conditions the melon will con
tinue to grow but the seed will be
no larger than when the vine was
cut.
Take another melon about ha1f
grown. With a large needle run a
heavy cotton string through the
vine near the root and the other
end through a hole in the bottom
Of can. Keep the can fun of wa
ter and the melon will grow to be
.as large as a barrel but will have
no taste to it,"