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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14
Gusher Under State Capital Once
And 1000 Foot Well Exists Now
Under The South Wing In Madison

Once upon a time there was a
gusher under the states capitol
building, and a 1900 foot we'll is
still in existence under the south
wing. No, this is. not a fairy tale;
neither has it anything to do with
the Teapot Dome.
If you should chance to dine in
the Capitol cafe with its wallis Of
white Eschallion marble and it's
air of Roman banquet hall you
would read on the bottom of the
menu card, THE water served in
this cafe comes from a 1,600-foot
we'll under the capitol and is alb
solutely pure"
There you have it. In other
words, it is a real artesian we'll
that is, it used to be a real ar
tesian we'll; now it has lost the
artesian qualities that made it
spout above the ground.
When capitol guide takes you
on tour of inspection he seems
to forget completely that there was
a basement in the architects plans
That is why 4,the labyrinthian
rooms studded with danger signs
are so seldom visited, and that it
is also why the capitol's we'll is
generally unknown. But if you go
down a certain flight of stairs,
turn toward the south and walk
with stopped shoulders through
low tunnels{fRes passages with
huge, asbestos covered pipes OBJ
securing the ceiling, yoS will come
at last to the historic well-for
it is historic. ale
If you expect to see an old oak
on bucket, you'll be disappointed In
stead, the most modern of mach
inery greets your eyes And a
pipe the size of a mans arm runs
from floor to ceiling. There's the
we'll" says someone, pointing to
the pipe But wait till you haxe
the workings of the we'll explained
o you, above the deafening rush of
a whirring motor aa
There are two of these heavy
% horse power motors. While one
of them works the other rests.
The task of this two stage air
compressor is to exert air press
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14

aboo. The ceremony was perform
ed at the home of the brides par
ents on Third street at ten o'clock
in the presence OF IS guests, the
Rev. E. o. Coontz officiating. Men
delssohn's wedding march was play
ed by Mrs. Belle Risley and she
later played Voices of Spring"
The couple was attended by
Dorothy Trussell, sister of the
bride and Earl Pullen, her cousin.
The bride wore a gown of white
crepe de chine and her bouquet
was Of brides roses. Her atten-
dant also wore white and carried
sweetpeas.
A wedding breakfast was served
at noon. The table decorations
were of pink and white, sweetpeas
and apple blossoms being effective
ly used. Friends of the bride as
sisted with the serving, Mrs. Les
ter Evans, and Misses Eleanore
Jones and Marie Briscoe.
Out of town guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. o. L. Bonham and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Weast and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Pullen and
son, and John Weast, all Of Lodi.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prothero will spend
several weeks in a motorcycle trip
to southern Missouri and after
June first will be at home to their
friends in Baraboo. Mr.. Prothero
is employed at the Prothero- Nc
Ginnis garage and his bride has
been an employee of the local Wool
worth store.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14
Reedsburg Man
Dies From Hurt
In A Tractor

Frank Montgomery OF Reedsburg,
who was seriously injured by a
tractor on his farm Thursday at
ternoon, died Saturday evening
at the Reedshurg hospital where
he was taken Immediately after
the accident. M
He leaves wife and five chill
dren and a host of friends. De-
ceased was a young and prosper
Gus farmer. a-f
Miss Frieda Myer entertained
Mrs. Grieble and daughter the
week-e end. 14
DR. and Mrs. , Henry are en-
pertaining his brother for short
time. ~ ,gt
Mr.. and Mrs. Dobratz of Merri-
mack are business callers in
Reedsburg the first of the week.
r. P. Perry and family spent
Sunday at WATERFOWL with their
daughter, Mrs. Yoemans and fans
lily. sHax4
Rev. w. w. Moore called on
friends in Reedsburp on Friday
Mrs. Hattie Gorham of Kendalls
visited the past week at the home
Of Mrs. Theodore Collins, whose
mother, Mrs. Hattie Moore, is in
very poor health.
Marvin Philip and sister who
attend Carroll college, spent Sun
day at the parental home.
Kenneth Gill spent Mothers Day
at his home in this city.
James Honap Of Portage spent
Sunday with friends in Reedsburg.
Although an old Veteran he
never forgets Mothers Day and
comes to Reedsburg to place flow
ers on the family lot in Green
wood cemetery,
G. G. Whitney transacted bust
ness in Cambria the past week
The New Majestic theater OPP
ened on Wednesday evening to q
full house. ,so
A large crowd of. baseball fans
went to Madison Sunday to wit
ness the game between Sorges
Ice Creams and Madison.
Mr.. and Mrs, S, A. Collins, Mr..
and Mrs. G. G, Whitney and J.
Hagenah ate supper with Mr.. and
Mrs, S. McGilyra. and grandson
Thayer in Beloit on Thursday.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14
Safety Talks
In City Schools

approximately SO students in
this city received the benefit Of
safety talks given recently in the
schools by representatives of the
Wisconsin Power and Light COM
pany as part eff their annual safety
drive.
A fine spirit of cooperation on
the part of the students and school
officials was encountered by the
Power and Light representatives.
A bus man in uniform and a rep
resentative of the safety depart
ment of the company spoke upon
the hazards of the streets ard high
ways and recommended safe prac-
tees in the use of gas and electric
service which the company renders.
The talks by the bus man dealt
with actual experience in accidents
and showed what could be done 10
prevent them. The safety repre-
sentative spoke along the same
line.
This campaign of safety has
been conducted for some time in
other cities served by the Wiscon-
sin Power and Light Company but
it has broadened its campaign to
take in all of the towns they serve.
The Wisconsin Power and Light
Company has been active in pro-
noting safety and for several
years have held regular safety
meetings at all of it's Offices. Every
employee must attend one Of these
safety meetings each month.
The work of the speakers in this
city is to get the moral support OF
the school children and in training
them, hope to reach the general
public as a whole. 1t is planned
to make a tour of this sort twice
each year if possible, covering The
dangers according to seasons, dur
ing the winter, stressing such haz-
ards as coasting on the highways
and during the summer, the dangers
connected with such sports as
swimming.
The campaign in this district is
under the supervision Of r. e. I'm
derkofler, district manager, of Bar
aboo. The speakers in this city
Yesterday consisted of Mr.. Watson,
Bus man, c. P. Mcbride, and D. w.
Barry, safety representatives
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14

ure equalling 100 pounds to tho
square inch and to force it through
one-inch pipe which you will
see running over head. If you fol,
low the pipe, you will observe
that it goes right down inside the
siX-inch pipe, which you were told
was the well, to a depth of 500
feet below the cement floor of
the capitol basement. And what
can the water do but gush up in
the pipe encasing the air pipe and
rise to the capitol above?
When it has taken this out it
arms naturally into another pipe
which carries it to a tank near
ut hand.
AS the water bubbles into the
tank it is white and soapy- look
ing, not clear and sparkling as
you'd expect spring water to be.
The Wilderness is the air bubbles,
not sediment, for the water is as
pure as can be had. To take away
the milky hue the water is leveled
off into another tank. By this
time the air has left it, and it is
crystal clear.
Forty eight marble bubbling
fountains in the capitol corridors
receive the water as it is pumped
from the storage tank by means
of 15 horse power centrifugal
pump to all parts of the building.
Six to 700 gallons per hour is the
rate at which it comes from the
tank. And it is never of a higher
temperature than the thirst
quenching GOODNESS of 81 degrees
Fahrenheit.
For more than so years the well
has been supplying water for Wis
consin's servants. 1t was sunk for
the first time in 1868, "just out
side the walk of the old capitol"
you will be told. 1T used to spout
ten and twelve feet above the
ground when they were drilling it
and before they had it under con-
troll. 1t ran for two years, you
know"
For many years a steam pump
was sunk IT'S feet down. And fin
ally the we'll was covered BY the
south wing of the present capitol
after the old one had been des-
| troyed in the memorable fire.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14

him ON his quests. The offer was
accepted, and in the fall of that
year the two captured forty swarms
of bees, besides gathering honey
that they were able to dispose of in
Milwaukee for the sum of $50, of
which Smith reserved half for him
self, handing the remained to his
partner Thirty dollars was a
'tidy" sum in the pioneer era, and
Mr.. Welch left en- record the infor-
nation that it afforded him well
come help in paying for his claim.
In Sank County while settlement
was pushing into western Sank
County, in the SOS, John Jessop,
who had taken up claim in Iron
ton, found it difficult to feed and
clothe his family while engaged in
clearing away the timber and at the
same time marshalling means to
pay for the land. At the date for
payment approached, he realized
that departure from routine would
be necessary to avert disaster, and
in this exigency conceived the plan
of going out into the woods and
making a systematic search for wild
honey. This plan he pursued, ac-
cumulating a wagon-load; where
upon he set out with his ox-team for
Baraboo and Portage, not disdain-
ing to peddle the sweet commodity
by the pound at farmhouses which
he passed on the way. When
winter came, Mr.. JessOp's family
did not lack the necessaries of life,
and he was able to pay for his farm
without recouse to usurers. State
Historical Society of Wisconsin,
Madison, February, 1925.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14

1t is natural for boys and men
of today imbued with the hunting
instinct to envy the opportunities
enjoyed by the first settlers OF
Southern Wisconsin, for they
know that in the early times this
part of the state as well as the
Iruggeder region farther north fair
~ teemed with game. AS mat
ter of fact, however, early facilities
for filling larders with the tempt
ing bounty Of woods, fields and
streams were not always utilized,
and for this there was a reason.
The reason was revealed by the
late Judge e. w. Reyes in con-
tribution to the understanding Of
the past which is preserved in the
archives of the wisconsin State
Historical Society.
Writing of Jefferson county as
he knew that region in his YOUTH,
he observes: "The early settlers
were not good huntsmen nor eX-
pert fishermen They had ID
learn those arts by practice. If
man could get hold of a f1intlock
fuse from an Indian for little
barter, and use that for his gun,
he was going well. 1t was long
time before any white man proved
himself smart enough to shoot a
deer. 1t was said they had the
buck fever so badly that their
steadiness of nerve was not suff.
cient to bring down such game, al
though the woods were filled with
it. There were deer in great
abundance, prairie chickens, par
tridges and ducks and geese. The
streams were filled with fish"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14
Wild Honeyin The Early Days
OF Sank County Indians Used
Rude Ladders to Obtain Sweets

How many are there now in Wis
consin who if they saw an Indian
ladder would know what it was
Indian ladders were made of long
saplings, the ends of the branches
being cut off eight or ten inches
from the trunk, thus supplying
rounds on which to climb. In the
early days, settlers often found
these, ladders in the woods, where
the red men had left them after
climbing bee trees and bringing
down the wild honey.
Bee trees were numerous at that
time, and delicious wild honey was
appreciated by the Indians no less
than by the whites. The Indians
mixed it with their wild rice, and
with corn, making a palatable dish.
The whites liked TO eat it with
bread, in place of butter, (which
generally was scarce, and those
with "a sweet tooth" were especial
ly interested in honey because of
the almost prohibitively high cost
of sugar.
Not everybody was equally fortu-
nate in discovering trees which
bees had converted into hives, or in
dealing with the insects in such
manner as to avoid their stings,
wild bees being quite as ready as
any to show resentment at inva-
sion of their homes. Individuals
clever with bees sometimes were
enabled to turn their ability to ac-
count in a precuniary direction.
AS early as 1889, Solomon WEIGH,
a pioneer in the region which later
became Waukesha County, finding
that a neighbor named Smith was a
beeIunter, proposed to accompany
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14
Civil War ''Vet"
"a, Is Youngest

On June 20, 1852, John w. Price,
a lad of II years and months, APP
piled to a recruiting officer at New
London, Conn, for enlistment in
the union army. He g1ibly gave
his age as Is and was admitted as
a drummer boy. He has just now
celebrated his seventy fourth birth
day at Sullivan, N. H., and inciden-
tally laid claim to being the young
est civil war veteran in the coun-
try.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14
STATE TAXES
over MILLION
NAQUARTER
t8y the United Press)

Taxes and fees collected by the
state insurance department in the
quarter ending March 81, 1925,
amounted to S1,S79,S66.17, w. Stan
ley Smith, insurance commission
err, announced today This repre-
sents the largest aggregate re-
ceipts for any year except 1924
when the total reached S1,992,-
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14

1929.
The year 1925 shows net in
crease over 1924. Smith stated the
1924 total having been swelled by
80, GOO collected in back taxes. A
statement of the departments re-
ceipts for the first three months of
the year follows:
Agents Certificates - -54,614.O0
License Fees ------------ l,229.OO
For filing charters --------- $500
Filing annual statements 10,770.0O
State taxes -------- 1,57S,434.00
Service of Summons ------ 1880
Commissioners Certificate and
Seal A52.O0
Life Fund -----z---------- 4,9S2.55
Fire department due - 226,370.50
Examination Expense III --S96.S1
Miscellaneous --------------l 1920
Amount Paid State Treasurer
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14
MARRIED
Prothero- TrusseIl

A pretty May wedding was sol
emnized this morning when Miss
Hazel Trussell,, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Trussell, became
the bride of Owen Prothero of Bar
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14

DR.. E. F. Tierney has come to
Baraboo from Portage to reside.
He is making his home at 433 Sec
ond street and has offices over the
Fisher drugstore. The new arrival
is a medical doctor.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14
Moscow Gusts German
Engineers For Japs

MOSCOW has ousted German en-
gineers from Russia and brought
in Japanese.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-14

Cousins of J. c., Eastman who
left his newspaper, The Chicago
Evening Journal, to employees will
try to break the will.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-09-04
Isl. jubleun {. 100.
W
KSzJ. ' New Castle
slavnost' bude %. oktobra, na
ktord vybor dradne povol4va
Youngstowncanov.

Cd pani Zuzanny j. Klamaro-
vel 2 New Castle, Pa, ktora "a
stupovala tamojsie {. 100. IKSZJ.
ma 35-ro6nom jubileume IKSJ. v
Youngstown z tel prilezitosti
povrdala peknn rec, obdrzali SINE
nasledovne pozvanie:
Nase cislo 100. |. X. s. z. j. ide
odbyvat' 25-rocne jubileum dna
Is. oktobra tohto roku. 2 tel pri-
lezitosti 1ctive ziadame cisla I. X.
S. u. j. I. K. s. J. ma youngs-
townskej okolici, ably boly laska-
We mas poctit svojou prftomno-
st 'ou. Radovali by SINE sa vel mi
a nevyslovne. Je mas tn mala hrst-
ka Slovakov, my sami by SINE boil
smutni bez vas preto iictive vas
ziaidame, predneste naSu ziadost
iidom ndkyniam vasich cisiel,
ably boil laskavi sa zdcastnit' ma
sho banketu dina 25. oktobra We
Ger. Bude to prvy spolocny ban
ket nasich Slovakov a preto chceli
by SINE s bozou pomocou oslavit'
iubileum jak najslavnostnejsic.
Uctive povolavame j nasich slo-
venskych velebnych panov, tiez al
Vas p. red. Youngstownskych No
vim, advokatov a nasich sloven-
skych bankarov atd'. Uz teraz
SINE uradosteni citime sa neskla-
mani vasou pritomnost 'ou.
Ked hovorim, ze je mas tn ma
Ia hrstka, pravdu hovorim. .Prid'-
te rozrusat' nasu slovenskost "a
60 vam IL vopred vrele d'akuj ujeme.
Date nam laskave vedet', ci pri.
dete, ably SINE vedely, kol 'ko asi
mas 'bude, ably SINE sa znaly jako
pripravit' nasim programom.
Program bude bohaty, ten vam O.
znamime neskorsie, asi v oktobri.
Vstupne ma bankets je $1.25.
Ia c. 100. IKSzJ. "a cely slav-
nostny vybor:
Zuzanna J. Klamar,
IA E. Long Ave-, New Castle, Pa.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-09-04
VAzNE OZNAMENIE DO EAST
YOUNGSTOWN.

East Youngstownsky Slovensky
Politicky Klub bude mat svoju
riadnu schodzu ma tito nedel n
vecer 0 7.30 (6. septembra) pod
kostolom Sv. Jana Krstitel'a, ma
ktor1 s1 povolani vsetci Slovaci,
NJ ci boil 1dami stareho klubu a.
lebo ME, lebo SINE zreorganizova-
nj. Jako uz bolo oznamene, mas
vybor uz vypracoval move stano-
Wy, ktore name 81 teraz uplatnit
dl'a Mich sa drzat' lebo doteraz
SINE dost' smutno pracovali a sme
boil ma vsetky strany roztrateni,
a tax SINE nemohli mic docielit ,.
TAX vyzyvame kazdeho Slovaka
a Slaviana, aby prisiel ma til sch6-
dzu a sa doznal, ma jakom zakla-
de a ma jaky sp6sob ideme tom
nasom klube pracovat TAX mech
kazdy pride, komu ma srdci lezi,
aby SINE postupovali lepsie zdar-
nejsie nez dosavad'.
Touto cestou vyzyvame al naSu
mladez, aby sa al oni dostavili ma
tdto sch6dzu, lebo al ich ideme
k sebe pripojit'. TAX bratia neza-
pomnite prist' ma 6. septembra
veeer, lebo cd vtedy zacne klub
jestvovat a potom kto bude chcet
prist1pit', bude muset vstupne
platit'.
Som pozdravom: do videnia
Juraj Kukula, 1ct,
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-09-04
POZVANIE MA PIKNIK
G. 764. IKSJ. VO WARREN
Piknik bude ma West Avenue. ma
Labor Day.

Cislo 764. |. K. S. J. vo Warren
sa ro1hodlo usporiadat' piknik
spojeny tanecnou zabavou ma
North Side, West Avenue, -dna Z.
septembra, ma Labor Day. Zabava
sa zapocne este pred obedom ma
pojami dobrymi zakuskami, kto-
re tam budi uz prichystane. Ia
necna zabava zapocne sa o l. no.
dine po obede, preto touto cestou
vyzyvam ctene slovenske obecen-
stvo warrenskej okolice, aby mas
prislo navstivit' q nami sa roz-
poznat'. Uvftame sa po bratsky,
al pracujme bratsky. Zvlaste Gle
novia cfsla by nemaly chybovat
ma tejto zabave. Bude hrat' slo-
venska orcestra 20 Struthers, O.
Ia dobrl zabavu ruci vybor.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-09-04
SOKOLSKY PIKNIK
v NEWTON FALLS, o.

Sbor POP. Katolickych Sokolov
v Newton Falls usporiada vel ky
piknik pondelok, 7. septembra
ina Labor Day. ma osadnom po-
zemku, South Canal ST., V New
ton Falls. Je toto prvy piknik <.
Sokolov v tom meste povolava-
jd nan vsetkych Slovakov z New
ton Falls, Warren, Youngstown a
ostatnych blizkych miest. Bud1 tn
cvicit' Sokoli z Youngstown, Ak
ron, Barberton a Lorain. Slav-
nostn1 rec povie A. M. Palkovic,
spravca vyboru majetku X. So
kolov.
Ma piknik bude sriadeny po-
chod rano po sv. omsi cd kostola
Sv. Jozefa. Pochodovat' budu
Kat. Sokoli clenovia cisiel X.
Jednoty z Newton Falls inych
miest. Pochod bude tiahnut' cd
kostola po Ravenna Road na
Broad st. South Canal ST., kde
bude piknik. Hrat' bude vyborna
slovenska hudba z Barberton, O.
0 vsetko pohodlie pre- navstevni-
kov toho pikniku postaral sa "a
bavny vybor. ..
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-09-04
MLADY SLOVAK
SPACHAL SAMOVRAZDU

Jan Barej, 35-rocny Slovak, z
{. ia jefferson St., East Youngs-
town, najdeny Dol v pondelok ra-
no jeho izbe mrtvy. Obesil sa
ma remen, pripevneny vrch po-
stele. Dl'a lsudku susedov, Barej
spachal samovrazdu z1falstve
mad svojim stavom. Bol oddany
palenke. Pohrab mu Dol v stredu
ma poludnie. Pochovany bol Tod
cintorine. e.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-09-04

nar0dnostl. Slovakov zladal, aby
ucili svoje dietky slovenskej hi
storii, ably vedely slavnu minulost
svojich predkov a boly hrde ma
syoj povod slaviansky. Slavianska
rec je po anglickej najrozsirenej.
sia ma svete. Slovaci mljn byt' ma
60 hrdi. Ma koniec vyzyval trna,j.
sich Slovakov, ably podporoyali
svojich mladych advokatov, alb,
nechodili k tyym, ktori si uz dobre
zapereni, ale ably dali prilezitost
al svojim vlastnym advokatom ku
pokroku.
Nasledoval advokat Michal Pal.
kovic, ktory hovoril Jednote a
0 pokroku Slovakov V Mahonine
doline. Vystihnul dobre vlastno.
sti Jednoty vidal jej chvalu "a
to, ze pomaha slovenskym ameri.
ckym Studentom. Prial Jednote
d 'alsieho zdaru a pokroku, ably
mala prf zlatom jubileume ra7
tol'to, clenov a majetku.
Pan Michal Kocis 10 Struthers
svojej reel pochvalil kucharky,
ze vystrojily tax vyborn1 veeeru
a d'akoval "a vysluhovanie.
Ma koniec predstaveny boil Rev.
Stefan Kocis, ktory vyslovil ra-
dost' 2 toho, ze sa sisli dovedna
elenovia vsetkych farnosti ako je-
dna rodina vyslovil Utmost, ze
sa budn takto schadzat' pri l.
nych prilezitostiach. Ma rade boil
este d 'alsi recnici, ale preto, ze sa
w ehylilo ku IL. hodine noenej,
Rev. Kocis vyzval pritomnych ku
modlitbe, ktord predriekal. Potom
zaspievana bola hymna "Hej, Slo-
vaci" a p. Jan Melek, predseda
aavnostneho vyboru, pod 'akujuc
sa vsetkym "a beast, vyhlasil
slavnost' "a skoneend.
Ma @bankete zastapene belyssse-
tky farnosti youngstownskej O.
kolice, i duchovnymi. Rev. Ko-
zelek nemohol byt' prftomny IA
bankete, lebo bol ma 40-hodinovei
poboznosti V Barberton, Ohio a
Rev. Kostik NAL s1rnu zalezitost
donna. Slavnostny vybor touto
cestou d d'akuje vsetkym "a ncast 4.
Vybornu veceru navarily sestry
I. X. S. Z. Jednoty, ktore al Wy
sluhovaly jedlo a napoje.