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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-11-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson drove home,
they saw farmers blowing in the
vicinity of Cameron. The Bara-
boo people stopped enroute for
home to visit Mrs. Maria Merrill,
a former Sank Prairie neighbor of
the Johnson family.
Mrs. E. Walter Anderson, nee
Susie Schaefer, has returned to
her home in Duluth, Mimi, after
spending several weeks here with
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Rooney are
spending week here with the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Rooney. The visitors have
completed a season with the Ring
ling-Barnum-Bailey circus and they
will spend the winter on vaudeville
circuit
Mrs. Evelyn Crawford leaves
on Monday for her home in st.
Charles, H., after a weeks visit
here with her daughter, Miss Char
lotte Crawford.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Mould are
closing their home, prearatory to
going to Madison to make their
home for the winter They will be
located at 426 West Doty street,
Madison. Mr.. Mould has been
employed in the capital city for
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Thursday

A card patty given by the
ladies of the Altar society of St.
Joseph's church at the parochial
school last evening proved to be
a delightful affair. Twenty two
tables of cards were played and
first prizes we're awarded to Mrs.
John Welsh and Fl. NJ Lange, while
consolation went to Mrs. Herman
Brandt and ID. Mistele. A
delicious lunch was served, de-
corations carrying out the Halo
we'en note.
Members of the Royal Neighbor
lodge held their annual Halloween
party in their hall on Wednesday
evening. a business session pre-
coded the social time, The hall
was especially pretty with Jack O.
lanterns anu oornstalks in the
corners Of the room and black cats
and bats along the wall. A pro
gram was given, consisting of a
piano duet by the Misses Margar-
ct and Martha Radtke, a reading
bv Miss Eleanore Meade, a witch
drill by members of the order and
Halloween stunts and games. Re
freshments were followed by dane
ing.
Robert Mccarthy of Hayward,
Wis, has been spending few
days here on business. Mr.. Nc
Carthy has a position with the
Marriott hardware company and
he will arrive in two or three
weeks to take up his duties.
Little Miss Dorothy Dieter en-
tertained fourteen of her friends
at her home on Second avenue,
Tuesday afternoon in honor of her
seventh birthday. Games were
played after which dainty refresh
ments were served, decorations
carrying out the Halloween note.
The Portage employees of the
Wisconsin Power and Light com
pany staged very successful
dancing party on Monday night
at which rs employees and their
ladies' were present. Mart Hays
orchestra furnished the music for
The dancing and lunch was served
at midnight Among those pres
ent from out of town were Mr. and
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Tuesday

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Gage of Lacrosse on Sunday.
Mrs. Gage will be remembered as
Miss Violet Ellis of Baraboo.
The annual Halloween party Of
the Business Woman's club was
held in the club rooms on Monday
night. About % members were
present, nearly all of them in cos
tune, and these created much mer-
iment, many of them being decided
ly amusing, while others were
prettily designed. Games such
as Spin the Platter, Going to Jeru-
salem. and bobbing for apples en-
tertained the guests and there was
a peanut hunt in which Miss Irma
Kessler was awarded first prize
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-11-05
Day
In Wisconsin

DIR. Lucius |. Barber, who came
to Wisconsin in 1885, and was a
pioneer of Milwaukee and Jeffer-
son counties, represented Milwau-
kee County in the Territorial Leg
islature in 1888, Daniel Wells, Jr.,
being one Of his colleagues. They
roomed together at Madison no
tel, and one chilly morning while
they were lying in bed, comparing
their surroundings with the COM
forts and enjoyments they had left
behind them in the East, the sub
iect of Thanksgiving dinners was
preached. This moved DR.. Bar
Der to observe, Daniel, we ought
to have Thanksgiving in ~Wiscon-
sin"
That's So, agreed the latter,
"but the trouble is there are no
pumpkins Even in those days,
it appears, there were those to
whom mention of the Puritan fes-
tival brought mountaineering rem
iniscences of pumpkin pies.
The Doctors response to his
friends objection was that if there
were legal provision for the holt
day, the pumpkins would be forth
coming. Thereupon Mr.. Wells
made business proposition, say
ing, 'If you will draw up a resolu-
ton, l will see it through"
Thus encouraged, DR.. Barber
drafted a resolution directing the
Governor to issue proclamation
annually appointing day of than
ksgiving to be observed through
out the territory. and Mr. Wells, in
troduced it in the Council and
''saw it through"
In the House of Representatives
it met with considerable opposi-
ton from the southwestern mem
bers, who were mostly native of
states where the institution of
Thanksgiving never had been firm
ly established Finally, however.
the resolution was adopted, and
from that time Thanksgiving has
been an annual holiday in Wiseon-
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Saturday

Mr.. and Mrs. w. =. Johnson, T21
West street, returned last night
from Cameron, Wis, where they
have spent the past four weeks
with a daughter, Mrs. H. NJ. Hill,
and family. Mr.. Johnson reports
that Baraboo has double the snow
which has fallen at Cameron,
which is much farther north. As
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GOD IMAGES

Among the Aztocs, the ancient
inhabitants of Mexico, it was a
custom to make images of their
gods in paste; those were broken
up and distributed among the wor-
shippers.
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Wednesday

~ ~ 49, ANNS SS%S@
Yesterday proved to be hodoo
day for traffic on the East Sank
road detour. Cars which were
driven out of the main track were
quite likely to find themselves
anywhere in the vicinity of the
bluff. At one time some 25 ma
chimes were held up when two au-
tomobiles, one Of them occupied
by Attorney w. G. Evenson and
Or. c. M. Hall of Baraboo, slid into
each other and blocked the road.
The Comrade class of the Sun
day school of the Evangelical
church gave a Halloween party
in the church parlors on Tuesday
night. The rooms were effective
ly decorated and to add to the
spooky effect, the guests were met
at the door by a ghost, who pre-
sented each VISA gay cap and
balloon. During the evening two
unannounced ghosts also appear
ed and created much excitement.
Halloween stunts and games en-
tertained the thirty members and
friends present and refreshments
Of popcorn and apples were serv-
ed while later in the evening a
lunch Of hot chocolate, sandwich
es and pie was served.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Bro
therhood of Railway Trainmen
held an enjoyable meeting in the
Business Woman's club rooms on
Tuesday night. A good crowd
was present and the business meet
ing was followed by a social time
and lunch.
DR.. Frank Rote of Pittsburgh has
been visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Herfort, 527 Grove
street, and with other friends in
the city Dr.. Rote is a cousin
of Mrs Herfort and he has been in
st. Paul in attendance of a ma
tional convention of physicians,
stopping here for a short visit on
his way home.
Mrs. Emery Stiles has received a
letter from her husband, who is
with the Sells-Floto circus, in
Texas. He writes that Baraboo
shouldn't mind a little snow at
this time Of year as even Texas is
shiVering and the animals in the
menagerie he has charge OF have
needed extra care and covering to
keep them warm
Charles futile leaves for Miami,
Florida, in few days where he
will assist his brother in erecting
large hotel for Glenn Curtiss, the
aviator. The brother, Harry Tut
tie, arrived this morning from
Fromberg, Montana, near Billings,
accompanied by three other men
who will assist him in construc-
ton work One of the party is the
son of a banker and is making the
trip a sightseeing one. Mr. futile
has achieved quite a reputation as
a builder Of rustic houses, having
erected several log houses in yell
lowstone National park. He was in
the south last year, also in con-
struction work. Charles Tutt.e
will receive twelve dollars per day
of eight hours and win pay about
two dollars per day for board and
room. Several Baraboo people
including DR.. c. F. Stekl, J.. F..
Stekl and Fl. X. Page have lots in
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Monday

Mrs. G. NJ. Ferris and Mrs. Nor
man Fletcher and son of Cleveland,
Ohio, are guests at the home of
Rev. and Mrs. Harlo H. Ferris at
the Congregational parsonage. Mrs
Ferris is the mother and Mrs. Flet-
cher is a sister of the pastor.
A cradle roll party of the Bap-
fist church was held at the home
Of Mrs. F. Dudley on Friday after
noon. The rooms were prettily
decorated in orange and black and
Halloween favors were presented
to the little folks. There were IS
ladies present with their babies for
the happy afternoon which closed
with refreshments. Mrs. w. H.
| Sproule entertained with two pia-
no selections and a program of
games had been arranged for the
enjoyment of the guests.
Miss Elsie Perry is recovering
from an appendicitis operation at
st. Mary's Ringing hospital. Miss
Perry's home is in Reedsburg and
she has been teaching in a rural
school out of Baraboo.
Mrs. Hannah Selleck has left for
| Waupaca where she expects to
spend the winter with sister.
Mrs. Selleck has spent considerable
time with her sister during the
past few years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Henderson
and daughter Myrtle of Victory,
Wis, returned to their home today
after a visit at the home of the
TTenderson's daughter, Mrs. Arnott
Angel and family, Second avenue.
The Angel family moved to Bara-
| boo several months ago.
Several cars figured in COLLISION
near the fairgrounds on Sunday
evening. A Ford car driven by Joe
Billings Of this city was quite bad
ly damaged, the other two cars
escaping with minor damages.
None of the occupants of the ma
chimes was injured but it was nee
essary to get a wrecker to pull the
cars apart and straighten out the
mix-up, which resembled a football
scrimmage, according to passersby.
Rev. e. G. Henke has gone to
Weyauwega, Waupaca county, TO
assist with a series of meetings
this week. This was the former
charge of the pastor. He was ac-
companied by Mrs. Henke and
they expect to remain in Weyau-
vega until Friday
Carl Schara visited the office of
County Clerk Nellie Sceales today
to take steps to collect the bounty
on pretty young grey fox which
he shot south of North Freedom in
the Town of Honey Creek. This is
the fourth or fifth fox which has
been brought into the clerks Of
flee this season.
On Friday night the Baptist
young people gave Halloween
party at the home of Sheriff and
Mrs. H. C. Neitzel. About 100
guests were present, most of them
in costume, and the evening w1s
enjoyably spent in playing games
after which refreshments were
served.
Mrs. Walter Meyer is reported
as getting along nicely at st.
Mary s-Ringling hospital, where
she underwent an operation a few
days ago. Mrs. Meyer is a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Mccarthy
of this city.
sF
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of sandwiches, pickles, coffee, and
pumpkin pie were served.
On Sunday night about IL o'clock,
la large Studebaker car was crowd
ed off the concrete on highway II
into the swamp between the Har-
ley Spencer and Will Latotzka
farms and much difficulty was en-
countered in getting the machine
back into the road. The driver,
who was evidently a stranger in
this locality, sent for a wrecker but
on looking the job over, he was ad
vised to get house moving appar-
atus. Mr.. LatotZka and Fred Schu-
bring finally took pity on the driv-
er and by using four horses and a
chain they were able to lift the
car into the road.
Rev. Harlo II. Ferris, pastor OF
the Congregational church has one
of the finest collection, of coins and
paper money in this section of the
country. He has been around the
world and in his travels has visit
ed many countries. On Monday
at Melter-Shelter at Devil's lake,
the Monday rendezvous of the
Heart of the Hills Walking club,
the pastor exhibited and told about
the collection. Among the speci-
mems are pieces going back before
the beginning of the Christian era,
some dating from the Colonial days
of the United States, and still 9th
ers SO old not much is known about
them. Many of the coins now
made in China and elsewhere in
the Orient have English letters
upon them. The speaker said
that one reason why so many Chin
csc were employed in Oriental
banks was not on account of the
dishonesty of the Japanese but be-
cause a Cinnamon was an expert
in detecting counterfeit money.
Speaking of counterfeiters a piece
of Colonial script owned by Mr..
Ferris has upon it the words,
death to Counterfeiters. Mr..
Ferris has number of pieces
worth much less than a United
States penny, the one of the least
value being a little shell from the
sea, used in India as money. w.
c.. English came over from Wyo-
cena to join the pedestrians in
their weekly ORGANIZATIONS.
Members of the Presbyterian
Thimble club were entertained last
evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hengstler on Fox's
Hill. About thirty members were
present for a short business ses-
sion, followed by games, pleas
ant social time and refreshments.
Mrs. Barbara Witwen and Miss
Henrietta Glarner have returned
from Beaver Dam where they have
spent two or three weeks at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Clark. Mrs. Clark will be remem-
bered here as Miss Margaret Bret
hauer.
GOD IMAGES
Among the Aztocs, the ancient
inhabitants of Mexico, it was a
custom to make images of their
gods in paste; those were broken
up and distributed among the wor-
shippers.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-11-05
CLOSE PRISONS

The prisons in England and
Wales now number only about for
ty in all. More than score of
prisons have been closed since
1914.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
MRS. ELSIE MULLIKEN
HEADS D. C. PEN WOMEN

Mrs. Elsie Mulliken was elected
president of the Washington branch
Of the League OF American Pen
Women at a meeting last night.
She succeeds Mrs. Harrie H: Lo-
cher.
Other officers are: Mrs. Eli A.
Helmick, first vice president; Mrs.
Larz Anderson, second vice presi-
dent; Miss Agnes Winn, recording
secretary; Miss Grace Hudson, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. Ellis Lo-
gan, treasurer: Mrs. Aaron New
man, historian; Mrs. Anne c. Man.
chester, registrar; Mrs. Richard
Yates, librarian; Miss Alice Hutch.
ins Drake, auditor, and Mrs. Vaius
Brumbaugh, parlimentarian. Mrs.
Edward Nelson Bingley installed
the new officers.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26

Detroit and Cincinnati, would com.
prise twenty-seven members, nine
to be elected by parties interested,
nine by contributing members and
nine to be appointed by the cham
Der. No one could estimate the
number of contributors, he said,
but it would be well INTO the thou
sands, say 175,000. Practically all
of these would not care to vote on
who would comprise the board.
Eventually, Mr.. Gillespie held,
the representatives on the board
the director would be given such
power as to make him virtually q
dictator.
Another objection voiced was that
it was economically unsound. Fig
ures were introduced to show that
the cost of soliciting funds, accord
ing to comparison of the leading
agencies, ranged between 1 and 5
per cent, with the average about
per cent. Tests of the commu-
nifty chest pain revealed, he said,
the cost as running from Al per
cent in one case to above 10 per
cent in another.
The statement also was made by
Mr.. Gillespie that the plan was
fundamentally wrong, because it
asked givers to put all their chari-
ties into one common fund to be
administered by a board over which
they would at the best have very
little control, to be distributed by
organizations in which they would
haev no special interest. The
speaker also said that he felt many
members of the churches, whether
Catholic, Protestant or Jewish,
would resent any such an attempt
to Interfere with their right of
private Judgment. A large num-
her of members of all churches, he
declared, prefer to make their gifts
largely through their church
agencies and this is not confined
to any denomination or race.
The plan also is only expert
mental, Mr.. Gillespie further
claimed. He quoted excerpts from
the report of the United States
Chamber Of Commerce on the ques.
ton as follows:
satisfactory with rapid growth and
increased needs, corresponding in
crease in budget demands. It is
only a question of time before the
Boy Scouts of America will be
forced to withdraw from the
Alliance.
Buffalo-Great danger to go too
fast and attempt to set up COM
plete and all inclusive community
fund before the agencies are ready.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26

Dayton-UnIess great care ID
exercised the danger in the chest
plan lies in the tendency to become
too autocratic and in the tendency
OF few in control to dictate policies
of organizations.
In concluding, Mr.. Gillespie
recommended the following, Make
thorough survey of our social
welfare activities and needs; sup
port and extend the Federation of
Social Agencies recently organized
and work through and with it to
secure cooperation; eliminate the
agencies from the list that are
found to be extravagant, wasteful,
inefficient and fraudulent; do not
attempt to include organizations
which are under UNCONVENTIONAL or
sectarian control.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
COLD SPELL TO
STAY A FEW
DAYS
Frost Forecast for Tonight.
Fear Felt for Crops
Near D. c.

Al frost which may, cause serious
damage to crops is likely for to-
night, according to the Weather
Bureaus latest pessimistic forecast.
Tonight VIII be clear. but cooler
than last night, with the tempera-
tuEe dropping to about 81 degrees.
And If the temperature drops to
81 in the city the surrounding sub
urbs will get even colder weather.
probably somewhere hear the freez-
ing mark, the bureau says.
Tomorrow and Thursday will
both continued cool though the win
try weather will gradually abate
and within two or three days we
will be back to normal spring days,
is the forecast.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
THEN AND NOW.

The poet Pope. in his .sEssay ON Man, ?
Made "LOs the poor Indian" radio
LISTENING In with q vision blind.
Hearing voices In the whispering wind.
Again. sVice IL q monster Of such
fearful mien.
To be hated has but to be seem"
Even the dignified Senate win likely
In thus describing vice President
And Pope's philosophy / deny and
That s:Isvery woman il at heart >
rake.7
Even = man = mot q "ralke" when
he pleads
And succeeds In removing n widows
weeds.
And "The noblcst work Of God" II
NOT man u
But WOMAN; deny II IL yOu can
For what n0bler work than any
Gods gift to man a noble mother!
Pope In his day no doubt meant what
he said,
But, remember. he has been some
time dead:
And In. this day Of pop and progress
He has not kept mp with the pro-
S0SS1VAs OAD OOOA0s
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
COL. WILLIAM KELLY
MAY NOT TAKE D. C., POST

Although Colonel William Kelly,
u. 8. A, has been appointed United
States engineer for the local dis
trict, according to a War Depart.
ment announcement, 1t is not prob
able he will ever fill the office, in
asmuch, as he expects to resign
from the military service in a few
months.
Major James A. O'Connor, at
present United States engineer for
the Washington district, will con.
tinue in the place until the future
of Colonel Kelly is determined de-
finitely. The latter has obtained a
five months leave Of absence, dur
ing which time he will take up en-
gineering duties with the National
Electric Light Association in New
York.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
Pittsburgh Rejects
Community Chest
Danger of Autocracy Pointed
Out in Debate When Plan
Is Defeated
By Special Correspondent

PITTSBURGH. Ssay 26.-Spirited
discussion marked the campaign
launched in the Pittsburgh Cham
ber of Commerce some time ago in
behalf of the community chest plan.
So firmly convinced were propon-
ents of the idea the sentiment OF
the body was for 1t, that finally a
debate between Thomas j. Gillespie,
president Of the Lockhart Iron and
Steel Company, and Edward A..
Woods, president and general man.
ager Of the Equitable Life Inslr-
ance Company here, was held to
decide the merits Of the proposition.
Following the debate, the matter
was subjected to a vote of the more
than 1900 members of the chamber
present, and margin of only eight
votes in favor of the plan was
shown in the resultant balloting.
This was held to be insufficient to
warrant the organizations going
ahead on a big scale to indorse the
plan.
Mr.. Gillespie held that the com
munity does not strike at the vital
charitable needs of the city. He
cited the fact that calls for foreign
relief, such as the China famine
fund, the Near East relief, central
Europe, ETC., were beyond the scope
of the chest. Neither did it care
for appeals for buildings or deficits
of capital accounts, he asserted, as
for instance, the drive for new
quarters for the Salvation Army,
Industrial Home for the Improve
ment of the Poor, etc.
This, according to Mr.. Gillespie,
would mean that other drives would
have to be inaugurated to provide
funds for these purposes. The
numerous needs Of schools and COL
leges outside the city were not in
'cluded, he set forth, and the an
noyance brought about by these ad-
would react still more against the
chest plan in following years.
Mr.. Gillespie also presented a
list Of fifty-four other cities that
had adopted the plan. Seventeen of
these, he explained, had less than
$4,000 population; twelve between
that figure and 100 900: nine, 100 900
to 100000, and only sixteen cities
had more than 100000. OF the lat
ter sixteen, five had not community
chests in the true sense of the
word, but federations of purely
charitable agencies.
The plan was communistic, Mr..
Gillespie claimed, in that, being a
community responsibility, it was
the duty of the community to raise
the money by general solicitation
for the benefit of the community
as a whole. Then, too, denomina-
tional claims and responsibilities
would enter in unfavorably, he said.
The Jews here have their own or
ganizations, which might not care
to participate in the chest plan.
THE Episcopalians also had their
church home and their hospital,
rs did the Catholics and others.
AutOcracy Feared.
Hospitals, Mr.. Gillespie held,
represented the needs of certain
districts, the people of which could
not be able to feel the same re.
sponsihility to all the hospitals
about them as they would to their
own. Another criticism voiced by
the speaker was that the plan was
bureaucratic and autocratic.
The organization recommended by
the Chamber of Commerce, he said,
patterned after those in Cleveland,
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
Does Washington
Want Community
Chest?

The experiences OF other
cities with community chests
should be considered in max
ing decision for Washing ton.
This newspaper has obtained,
from special correspondents,
the story of the community
chest I'm cities whose pOpnIa-
ton is comparable to that Of
Washington.
The series will be presented,
one each day, for several days.
The Times has no intent to
prove or disprOve anything by
these articles; they are pub.
Hshed solely for their infOrlaa-
tive value.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
BOOKLOVERS' CLUB TO
GIVE Benefit PROGRAM

The Y. w. c. A. Booklover's Club
will give it's fifth annual benefit
program tomorrow night in the
Shoreham Hotel. Proceeds will go
to the support, during the summer
months, of a destitute Washington
child.
The program will be under the
direction of Mrs. Wayne B. Wheel
er, soprano soloist of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church; Mrs. Ray
mond Dickey, violinist, ana Mrs.
Chester AdairD accompanist.