Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-06
By The Way

Mrs. Blanche CASTOR has recent
1y returned from a vacation trip in
door county. She reports that
the cherry crop for which this sec
ton of the state is famous was
badly damaged by the late frosts
and will be considerably short of
other years. One grower alone
reports a loss of some $4,000 this
season on his. crop.
An unusual happening is report
ed from Ashland. Enraged by
Esome unknown case, bees stung to
death more than 30 expensive Tou-
louise geese. The farmers wife
noticed oAe of the geese stagger-
ing around and found that the bird
was rapidly going blind, and stran-
Cling to death because of numer-
GUS stings about the head where
no feathers offered protection.
After killing this goose she went
cut into the goose yard where she
found the same thing was happen
ing to all the other geese, the
birds choking to death because of
the swelling.
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Dan Smith of Owen, Wis, for
mer resident of Baraboo writes
that he greatly appreciates the
Baraboo News which brings him
news of people and places in which
he is interested He says: I'VE
moved up here in Clark county in
the spring of 1912. At that time
the greater part of this county
consisted of woods and old pine
stumps which marked the spot
where beautiful tall pine trees once
grew. Thousands of these stumps
are being removed each year by
the farmers who are widening
their fields and increasing their
tillable acreage. Much improve
ment is being made on the roads,
many new schoolhouses, dwelling
houses and barns are being built
and old Clark county is fast be-
coming a better place to live.
There has been abundant rainfall
here this season, greatly retarding
the pea and hay harvest, but most
of these crops are now harvested.
All crops are good except corn
which has been damaged by wet
weather in places. Wheat, rye
and barley are ready to harvest
and oats will be ready within a
short time"
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O. ID. Brandenburg of Madison
has prepared and printed a "Post
Graduate History, Glass of Eighty
/ five5 University of Wisconsin. The,
booklet contains numerous letters
from members of the class and il
Illustrations of the retiring presi-
dent, Professor e. A. Birge, and
the incoming official, DR.. Glenn
Frank, are included. From what
one reads the class was an active
one and the historian, Mr.. Branden-
burg, has ably set forth the out
standing features which have de-
veloped through the years. The
class of '85 has the credit of orig
mating the junior prom, creating
the varsity yell, the idea to dis
continue hazing, the starting Of
intercollegiate athletics, the intro
duction of football and tennis, or
iginating quinquennial reunions
and others. Nina Stone, Reeds
burg, now Mrs. Gabriel of Denver,
was the valedictorian of the class.
At one time the historian threw
ball 384 feet, one inch American
COlI0S6 .f6cOFu.
Many more familiar to Wiscon-
sin residents are mentioned on
the rs or more pages; Judge Bum
Belle Case La Toilette, James A.
Stone, DR.. A. J. Ochsner, Briggs
Washburn, Carpenter and many
others.
Mr. Brandenburg has performed
a real service in collecting so much
interesting data about the class
and the persons. associated more
or less closely with it. There are
pleasant bits of humor and many
touches of deep human interest
in the pages.
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A warrant for the arrest of Jay
II. Holland, prominent farmer re
siding in the town of Arpin, near
Wisconsin Rapids, has been issued
charging him with the murder of
Andrew Smith, alias Jack Smith,
on the road near the Holland home
about midnight on July 16. The
prosecution is the result Of the
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