Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-09-24

i In some places. locust trees have
been attacked by .. beetle which
feeds on the leaves. The adult
beetle is about one-fourth of an
inch long and carries a hard shell.
The body is shiny and black. 1t
is not practical to control the pest
and in time they will return to nor
NAL numbers. All dead trees
should removed.
* &*
Mrs. F. NJ Stewart has received
a copy of the Hollywood fFlorida)
News which tells of the sanitary
improvements being made in that
city under the direction of her son,
Civil Engineer Fred J. Stewart
Like Great many cities, Holly
wood found that it was necessary
to purify the sewage and an ex-
peHsive, Improvement is being made
The piping alone costs $500 per
mile and pumps will be used to
solve the. gravity problem. About
100 ment IRE now laying the pipes
and building the septic tanks. Mr..
Stewart is familiar with large prob
lens in Wisconsin and Iowa and
the southern city is fortunate in
obtaining the services of such a
capable engineer as Mr.. Stewart
s. *
H. r. Holland of Ephriam, has
written a volumne entitled, "Old
Peninsula Days"-tales and sketch
es of Door county, Wisconsin. AS
many5in Baraboo know from a visit
there, Door county possesses great
attractiveness. There are great
cherry orchards without number,
apple orchards on many a slope,
glorious state park, an incompar-
able shore line, a rare summer eli
mate, and superb highways from
one end of the narrow strip of land
ito the other.
Mr. Holland not only tells of the
scenery but goes back into history
and ably relates many things which
took place in the past. He first
tells of the Indians, then the COM
ing of the French explorers, the
French missionaries, the pioneers,
a forgotten community, Washing
ton island, and description Of
some of the attractive villages.
The book is beautifully illustrat-
ed with numerous sketches and the
pages produced by the author car
ries one on and on. Mr.. Holland
has performed a real service for.
Door County in preparing volume
that will extend the praises of the
region.
1t will be recalled that the author
gave an address before the Sank
County Historical society a few
years ago. His home is at Cedar
Hill, opposite the state park, near
Ephriam.
All who visit Door county will
want to read this well written. at
tractively printed volume cold
Peninsula Days"
A. y
Leonard L. Raymour, with the
Wilson Paper Box company. Rich
mond. Virginia, and son of ]. Ray
mour,. S04 Fifth street, .Baraboo, has
sent this Office clipping from the
New York Times telling of the
work of DR.. A. B. Stout with the
day lily. DR.. Stout was formerly
a resident of Baraboo. Among 9TH
er things the Times says:
Science is conquering the stab
born day lily, which for centuries
has Jagged behind the rose, the
dahlia. the iris and other flowers
familiar to home and garden.
After ten years of breeding tests
at the New York Botanical Garden
the American lily is yielding a more
varied progeny, rich in colors and
of attractive shapes, according to
DIR. A. B. Stout, director of the gar
den laboratories. by whom the re
search has been conducted.
Day lilies have been imcompat-
IDLE and their offspring meager.