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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-07
A WOODPECKER CLASSIC

The following classic is from the
pen of Victor Murdoch of the WITCH
ita (Kansas) Eagle:
When the wine of this prairie
spring sunshine has gone to ones
head and a man moves in under
standing closer up to the activities
Of inarticulate things, scion, leaf,
bud and blossom advertise a
mighty rush of business. Every
thing cries tremendous task in
hand Even those ever amatory i'd
lers, the twittering tom tits, lag in
love and leisure long enough to con
centrate on the construction of a
nest. On every side and in every
thing an all prevailing puspose
persists-to be on the job and on
with it. Man, beast, bisd and plant
ase winding up the world and set
ting the hands anew on the dial of
eternity This unanimous season.
al aim in the midst of an otherwise
universal aimlessness, has, IN Kan
sas, one outstanding exception.
He registers his isolation by an
Ominous drom- beat, always myster
iously near, but not to be located.
He has no purpose; he is merely
persuasive. He is master neither
of melody or rhythm, but only of
the anarchy of noise. But he
sounds that to a dreaming, design
ing, purposinng world with a mall
ign suddenness. Men, full of pur-
pose themselves, credit him with
pecking out a hole for a nest. He
may do that on occasion, probably
does, but ordinarily he is just peck
ing out of sheer joy for senseless
racket, and a tin gutter serves
him in that as we'll as a telegraph
pole. The hole idea in his red
head is a negligible iniident to his
mighty passion for CHATTER. To the
eye he is beautiful beyond COM
pare, but he has no pride. He
swings, before the observer, to the
other side of dead limb, with
sleight of foot which is the quick
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Thursdoy

Mrs. Lawrence Wakefield and
two children left yesterday for Mil
waukee after spending a few weeks
here with relatives. The Wake
field family spent the winter ia
Milwaukee and their furniture has
now been shipped to that place. Mr.
Wakefield is employed in the Mil
waukee stock yards.
AS H. L. Fialsted, who holds in
surance on the Dodge cottage at
Devils lake, was hurrying to the
fire at that summer home this
morning, his automobile struck the
railroad crossing with such force
that Mrs. Halsted was thrown
against the side of the car and
her back injured She was taken
to her home on Ash street, where
a physician attended her. The
injury is not thought more serious
than a wrench or sprain.
Ella DibEle, Viola Bjornsen, and
Marjorie Turner, seventh and
eighth grade pupils of this city
recently received 4 letter from c..
l.. Luther, superintendent of the
Farmers Institutes. Mr.. Luther
complemented the young ladies on
the posters they drew for the
Farmers Institute held in Bara-
boo in February, They were award
ed prizes Of 81 each on their work.
KernC5 Weilanl has been ward
Cd the five dollar prize offered i,y
the local Izaal1 Walton League for
the first boy hoying bird nest
in the llirdhouSe which ne enter
cd in the birdhorse contest put
on by the manual training depart
metlt.
DO YOU OWN A FORD TON
TRUCK? If NOT Why NOT?
GIVE US $500 DOWN, BALANCE
AT $1,000 PER MONTH. 1T WILL
PAY FOR ITS SELF. PHILBRIcK
GARAGE.
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Friday

Mr. and Mrs. r. P. Perry of
Reedsburg have returned from a
trip of several weeks to Honolulu.
While there they visited the smoui-
dering volcano and other sights
on the island.
Announcement is made by the
Rev. and Mrs. N. A. Stubkjaer,
Stoughton, Of the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Mabel Stubk-
iaer, to Lancelot A. Gordon of
Madison. The wedding will be
early in July at Christ Lutheran
church, Stoughton. Mr. Gordon is
the new concessionaire at Devils
lake.
Chris Isenberg has arrived from
Bridgeport, Conn, to spend some
time here with his family Mr..
Isenberg is in charge of the wood
work department of the Ringing
circus at it's winter quarters in
Bridgeport.
Mrs. Harriet M. Peck of Merri-
mack has been committed to the
county hospital near Reedsburg by
Judge James H. Hill. Mrs. Peck has
been in ill health for some time and
it is hoped that with care her men
tai condition will improve.
William Koppen of Reedsburg,
suffering from alcoholic insanity,
was today committed to the state
hospital at Mendoza by Judge
James H. Hill. Mr. Koppen had
become quite violent and he was
taken at once to the institution by
Sheriff Herman C. Neitzel.
Edward Reinfeldt, former mem
Der of Baraboo post of the Ameri-
can Legion and now a member of
the Reedsburg post, underwent a
serious operation at st. Mary's
hospital, Madison and is reported
as being in critical condition. The
veteran was wounded in the head
during the service overseas. He
has been making his home near
Ableman.
Twenty friends of Mrs. r. HI.
Clark gathered at the home of Mrs.
A. e. Brown, Thursday evening,
where a pleasant time was spent
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Green
New);s Notes

j.
Mrs. Jennie Reese; died last Sat
urday at the home of her daughter,
in Madison. The remains were
brought to Spring Green and were
buried in the Spring Green ceme-
terry Monday afternoon. Mrs
Reese had been in i'll health for
some time. She leaves to mourn
her loss four sons and one daugh-
tiers besides other relatives and a
host of friends
w. P. Faris arrived here last
Monday from California where he
spent the winter. e Mr.. Faris suf-
fers a great dear with asthma dur
ing Wisconsin winters and finds
great relief from the 'malady in the
mild climate of California. He
will spend the summer here at his
home in Spring Green.
Lins and Hood have begun work
on their new filling, station. The
new structure will,tbe large enough
to have an automobile repair shop
in the rear. n aa9lr
Bert Schwartz was taken to the
Soldiers Home hospital at Milwau-
kee last Tuesday to be treated for
articular rheumatism. His con-
dition was SUCH that he had to be
taken on cot.3R a.
]. G. Pelton Of Minneapolis stop
ped to see his mother, Mrs. Mary
Pelton one day last week while on
his way home from Chicago.
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Wednesday

early TUESDAY nOf1llIiS d IASH'
frost visited this region, but from
reports little damage was done
Last night was also decidedly chilly
and some rain fell.
! DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU
CAN BUY A NEW FORD TOUR
ING CAR OR ROADSTER FOR
ONLY $1,000 DOWN, BALANCE
FAT $500 PER MONTH. SEE US
lat ONCE. PHiILBRlCK GARAGE.
Work on the new location of the
Gem City dairy on Oak street is
progressing rapidly and it will not
be long before the dairy can be NOV
ed from the Water street location
to the new building. The altera-
lions on the building much improve
the appearance of this section of
Oak street.
Miss Laveta Wheeler of Fart
bault, Mimi, is spending a few
weeks here with her sister, Mrs.
Reuben Prothero. She will also
visit in Madison with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. O. G. Wheeler, who
are at present in Baraboo.
Miss Emery Stiles arrived home
on Monday night after a sojOurn
of several months in the south.
She spent some time in Peru, In
diana, and also travelled in Ala
bama, Kentucky, and other south
ern states. She returned to Bara-
boo from Chicago, where she was
present at the opening of the
Sells Floto circus with which Mr..
Stiles is connected. The circus
will spend another week in Chicago
before going out On the summers
tour.
The Junior Mission band of. the
First M. E. church held their
April meeting, Tuesday afternoon,
at the home of Betty and Olive
Taylor. Twenty-Five were present.
After the superintendent, Mrs.
w. D. Stanley, conducted the miss
ionary program A social time fol-
lowed. while all enjoyed a treat
of popcorn balls. For the May
meeting the band is invited to the
home of Miss Ruth Hazeltine. A
hike is also planned for next
month to the McGilvrl farms.
Baraboo Izaak Waltons are en-
thusiastic in their work of plant
ing the streams of Sank county
with fish. On Tuesday, $4,000
brook and mountain trout fry were
received from the federal hatcher
les at Lacrosse and were planted
in the streams about BarabOe. This
is the largest batch of fish ever re-
ceived here for planting and still
more are expected during the next
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-07

Mrs. A. r. Reinking will give a
dallia show at the Hotel Lorraine
dahlia show in the Hotel Lorraine
lobby, Madison, next fall.
81 81 *
According to letters received by
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A dyke, Miss
Jessie Lynde Hopkins, who is
spending a year at Florence, italy,
has been making short Journeys 10
Rome, Pompeii and other places of
interest. She does not expect to
return to America until fall
* * 81
James L. Atom, Sioux City, Iowa,
has the leading article in "Adven
ture' this month. Mr.. Atom was
a former resident of Baraboo and
is a brother of w. H. Atom, st. Pet
ersburg, Florida, and Robert Atom,
Prairie du Sac. The author has
many friends in, Baraboo who will
be glad to know he has entered
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-07

Miss Lenore Hathaway gave a
piano recital last Tuesday evening
at the Congregational church which
was very mucn enjoyed by a large
audience. Miss Hathaway is q
pupil Of the Wisconsin School of
Music at Madison and is pianist
of unusual ability.
Henry Smith,had the misfortune
to break a leg last Thursday. The
fracture is between the knee and
hip. Mr.. Smith is a man of sew
enty years or more. Smith was
attacked by vicious bull at the
Oliver Sehoenmann home near the
village.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-07
Thursday, May 7, 1925
CYCL ONES AND CIVILIZATION

Once in a while a cyclone roars
across Sank county. In discussing
cyclones the Emporia Gazette
says:
The wanton and festive cyclone
has roamed these Mississippi
plains for thousands of years. 1t
has done little damage, chiefly
because there was little damage to
DO. It tipped over a tepee or two
while the Indians came in the
course of a days work, and when
the pioneers came, the cyclone jaun
ting across the wilderness found
only a few settlers cabins and
their inhabitants to pick upon. So
the death list was small.
But now every six miles in ev-
cry direction is some kind of a
town, from the Aleghanies to the
Rockies, in all the cyclone area
from Texas to Michigan. And the
towns vary in size. They run
from villages of a few hundred pop
ulation to towns of 100000. And
when the population mounts the
danger of a cyclone multiplies by
every score of people. AS the
Mississippi valley settles up, the
spring will be a time of terror.
What the earthquake is to the
Pacific coast, what social diseases
are to congested cities, what an
archy is to orderly government the
cyclore will be to the Mississippi
valley when it is a little more
thickly settled.
QonBut in so years man will discov-
er the cyclone germ, in some atom
ic disturbance; and then the cy-
clone will disappear. Everything
on this earth will finally become
the servant Of man-all natural
forces.
And the last victory is Death"
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playing 500. The party was in
honor of Mrs. Clark. who soon leav-
es for her new home IN Seattle.
Washington. A remembrance was
presented to the lady in whose
honor the event was planned. The
winners in cards were awarded
prizes.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-07
Baraboo,Wi

Miss Myrna Cahoon entertained
ten friends at birthday dinner at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Cahoon, Webster's Prair-
lie, on Thursday evening. The
guests report a delightful time.
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est movement among living things.
lie doesn't desire to be seen; not
he; only to be heard, and above all
to be heard meaninglessly.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-07
INSURANCE

An exceptional business oppor-
tunity in Life Insurance Work is
offered to a man of good moral
character. Ask for inquiry blank.
f. A. Van SAINT, Box 376, Madison.
Wisconsin.
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FLAPPER LIKE A HOUSE

One reads in the funny column of
a newspaper that a flapper is like
house-she paints the front,
shingles the back and there is moth
ing in the attic.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-07
Saturday

Burton Melcher, a former Bara-
boo boy. is one of a group of engi-
neers from the University of Wis
consin who are spending the week
end at Devils lake and other points
in the locality of Baraboo. Mr..
Melcher is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. R. Melcher, who now reside in
THE GREATEST HIT OF THE
SEASON is THE NEW TIME
PAYMENT PLAN ON PURcHAS-
ING NEW FORDS. LET US Elk
PLAIN HOW EASY 1T is TO OWN
A FORD. PHlLBRICk GARAGE.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-07

are of much educational value to
A group of some eighty school
children from the rural schools Of
Sank county made a sightseeing
trip to Madison today, accompanied
by the Misses Bertha Ibinger and
Dorothy Steuber, county superyis-
ing teachers. A similar group was
taken to Madison last Saturday and
visits made at the capitol the his
torical library, Villas park, and 9TH
er places of interest. These trips
the children, some of whom have
never ridden on railroad before
nor visited large city.
G., A. Briggs of Baraboo was one
of the speakers at the twentyfourth
annual convention of wisconsin
Gideons held in Wisconsin Rapids
on Saturday and Sunday. The diff
ferent meetings were held in var
ious churches and at the Wilbur
hotel and among the speakers
were S. P. TODD, Milwaukee, of the
Lords Day alliance; ]. G. Bennett,
Chicago; E. C. Umbreit, Oshkosh;
w. j. knights, Wild Rose, and c..
w, Brown, Milwaukee.
A message received here this
morning states that the young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. c..
Hawley Of Superior is ill with scar
let fever Mrs. Hawley will be re-
membered as Miss Glare O'Dell, a
former Baraboo girl.
The Park View club held a meet
ing for the annual election Of offlc
ers at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. R. Niles on Friday night. Offlc-
ers elected were: president, James
l.. Bonham; vice president, Harold
Baldwin; treasurer. Mrs. John
Miles; and secretary, Miss Franc
es Marquardt. A musical and lit
erary program followed the cleo
ton and a social hour was enjoyed,
during which refreshments of ice
cream and waters were served.
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few months. With the continu-
Gus work which is being done, this
county should eventually have some
real fishing.
ALL THE PLEASURE THAT
GOES WITH A NEW FORD
COUPE is YOURS FOR s135.oo
DOWN, BALANCE $500 PER
MONTH, ON OUR NEW TIME
PAYMENT PLAN. PHiLBRicK
GARAGE.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-07

Senior students of the Baraboo
high school today DOTTED their
dignity and donned nondescript at
tire in observance of the annual
Senior Day. The boys returned to
the knickers and flowing ties which
some of them had left off not SO
many years ago and girls appear
ed in a miscellaneous array of
hosiery which never seemed 20
achieve one pair of the same col
or. Bill Clark, the class six-foot
er, had evidently experienced diff
ficufty in finding a pair of knick-
ers to sufficiently cover his elong-
ated legs and "Dinny" Lenihan was
mistaken by his closest friends
for an unassuming "Frosh." Since
bobbed hair and short skirts have
come into vogue, the girls find it
difficult to follow the lead of their
classmates in attiring themselves
a la freshman days.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-07

My First Wish is to see This
Plague CT Mankind, WAR, Ban
ished from the earth-George
Washington.
y :: *.
The Great tests Of life reveal
it is not until Winter
Comes that we know the PINE is
an EVERGREEN.--Qn a grave
stone in New England.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-05-07
CROSSWORD CHEER

Epoch, era, aeon, age;
Temper, anger, fire and rage;
Do-re-me and far-so-la;
Egyptian sun god-Ra! Ra! Ra!
=Judge
The Washington times., 1925-08-25

Our early ancestors, the Gro
Magnon race, lived entirely on
fruits, roots. nuts and vege-
tables. For protection against
the cave bear, who could de-
stroy wooden hut, they slept
on platforms in the tree tops.
That is why we often dream
that we are falling. IL is q
subcOnsciOus memory left by
some remote ancestor who real
ly did E'falI out of bed" We
never strike the ground in our
dreams because neither did our
ancestors strike the ground. He
was rescued by friendly lower
branch. Else he would have
been too "squshy" to be Of
much use as an ancestor.
On one occasion, the Chief
Of the tribe actually fell al
most to the ground. He landed
on a wild pig which was sleep
ing under the tree and saved
his own back by breaking
piggy's.
The heather priests said the
pig had been sent by their idol
to save the Chief. And they
The Washington times., 1925-08-25
LAUNCH
AND 8 men
IN RAIDS
U. SA Agents Take River Still
and Police Swoop Down
On "Hip-Pocket" Men

Four men will face United States
Commissioner Frank J. Supplee In
Baltimore today on charges Of
manufacture and possession Of
the Potomac yesterday by Federal
prohibition agents led by Agents
Thomas Wheeler and l.. J. Tut.
They are Harry A. Works, Nick
Jarvis, Irwin Roberts and Harry
Barton.
The prohibition agents were wait.
ing at the improvised dock when
the 145.foot steam launch Tom
Immediately the agents began
their raid, Two of the occupants
Of the launch jumped into the river
and were followed by Agents Tut
and Wheeler who made them swim
to shore after a battle in ten feet
OF water. The launch ana two
row boats have been turned over
to the harbor police.
The still situated near the dock
where the boat was captured a mile
south Of Fort Washington was de.
stroyed.
Captain Guy e. Burlingame's fly.
Ing squadron last night made an at.
tempt to break up the 'hip.pocket"
bootleggers at Fourteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest when
they arrested five men and seized
quantity Of liquor.
The men will all be arraigned in
the United States branch OF the
Police Court today charged with
violations Of the National Prohibi.
ton law.
The Washington times., 1925-08-25
LINE ROAD
IS OPPOSED BY
TRADE BOARD
Greater Arlington County Com
nittee Also Voices Dis
approval of Project

Opposition to the construction Of
the proposed belt line railroad
through Arlington and Fairfax
counties, Virginia and Montgomery
county, Maryland. to relieve freight
congestion in Potomac yards. has
increased with the Washington
Board of Trade and the Greater
Arlington County committee OF the
Civic Federation Of Arlington
County, taking sides against it.
Both of these bodies voiced
unanimous disapproval of the plan
at meetings held here yesterday.
The Arlington county committee
adopted a resolution reading as fol-
lows: CONSTRUCTION of the proposed
Loughborough belt line would be
greatly detrimental to the welfare
Of Arlington county and we recon-
mend that an reasonable means
should be taken to defeat the pro-
ject."
The subcommittee on steam rail.
roads of the Board of Trade re.
ported to the executive committee
that after a survey Of the need for
such a line 1t found ample pro-
visions for handling Of local freight
in Potomac yards and stated that
the investigation found no conges.
ton there. The report received the
unanimous support OF the executive
committee.
The Washington times., 1925-08-25
CRAFTSMANSHIP
. OF D. c. GUARD
PRAISED
Score Direct Hits in Practice
at Virginia Beach-"Reds'
to Attack Today

VIRGINIA BEACH. Va, Aug. 25.
The expert craftsmanship of the
District National Guardsmen who
are having their annual practice
with the big guns that cover the
entrance to Chesapeake bay be-
tween Capes Henry and Charles
was complimented by General
Stephan, commanding the Twenty
ninth National Guard Division and
other officers here.
The first shot of the gunners cut
the tow line between the targets and
the remainder OF the shell fell
within q few feet of the targets.
all Of which were considered d.
rect hits.
The camp was q scene Of feverish
activity this morning, barbed wire
fences and entanglements being
erected in anticipation OF battle
with the red naval forces who will
attempt q landing today. Between
fences machine gun nests have been
placed, while In the rear trenches
have been constructed. Leading
from the camp to the beach are
numerous pontoon and suspension
bridges across 1.-THE ravines and
streams which will expedite the
movement Of troops.
There will b a battalion parade
tomorrow Afternoon and the en-.
tire regiment will join In a fare
well parade and review on Fri.
day afternoon. All Of the mobile
force will participate.
The first open breach Of discipline
in camp came yesterday when Pri-
vate Anthony Oliveri, Company 3,
121st engineers. who lives at 1913
Kennedy street, is reported to have
knocked down a corporal following
an alleged derisive remark. Both
were sent back to Washington by
orders Of Colonel Oehmann, and
will probably face a court martial
upon the return OF the guard to the
city, II was said.
The Washington times., 1925-08-25

showed their gratitude by cut
ting up piggy and hanging him
around the idols neck to be
cooked by the altar fire at the
idols base. They expected the
idol to eat the pig.
But the idol was SO tall that
piggy was smoked instead of
being roasted. He became the
first smoked ham and bacon
on record.
AS the idol failed to eat him,
the priests decided to eat him
themselves in the dead of night
and to tell the tribe that
the idol had done it. Never
having tasted meat, they APP.
preached the task with misgiv-
ings. But he tasted so delicious
that the Chief Priest stated that
"vegetarianism was the bunk"
Next morning they told the
people that the idol had COM
manded that the entire tribe
eat meat henceforth. So the
-Cro-Magnons began to domesti-
= cate the pigs who became the
ancestors of our present.day
porkers.
The Washington times., 1925-08-25
PATIENT REFUSES BED f3;
MAN WHO TOOK IT DIES

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-When James
Cortner entered the County hospital
for an operation he refused to &C.
cept bed No. 10 in his ward, say
ing he was born on Friday and
that the combination was more
than he could stand. To humoT
him he was given bed No. 10.
The operation was successfully
performed and Cortner recovered.
AS he was leaving he asked: What
became OF the man who got No.
Is, when / refused to take it?''
'tFIe's dead" was the answer. Now
Cortner is more superstitious than
ever.
The Washington times., 1925-08-25
STATUE OF MRS. TUT'S DAD
IS UNEARTHED IN EGYPT

CAIRO. Aug. 25.-Engineers en-
gagged in draining a temple at Kar-
max have unearthed huge statue
of Admiration. the hereto King Of
Egypt and father-in-law Of the IA
nous Tut-ankh-Amen.
The statue Is more than life-size,
and was found in two pieces.
It represents the most exaggerat-
ed specimen Of statuary hitherto
found of the Admiration period,
and shows to what lengths the i'll.
starred monarch broke away from
his country's conventional arts.
The Washington times., 1925-08-25
BOOTLEGCER TELLS COURT
HE CAN AFFORD $50 FINE

NEW YORK. Aug. 26.-Joseph
Sanford, $50 Bond Street. Bridge
port. Conn.,, arrested January for
alleged liquor transportation, was
asked by Federal judas William
III. Atwell. the genial Texas bar
rister" when arraigned yesterday. Il
he could afford to pay $50 fine.
Sanford said he had wife and
two children to support, but felt
that he could pay the fine.
Police a1lege they found fifty
five gallons Of grain alcohol in
his car when they arrested San
toro in Armonk, N. z.
The Washington times., 1925-08-25
MooNsHINERS' FIRE STILL
PAGES IN DISMAL SWAMP

NORFOLK. Va, Aug. 25.-scat-
tered fires were still giving wardens
and lumber company employees con-
siderable trouble throughout vari.
Gus sections OF the Dismal Swamp
today, but the main blaze which
threatened destruction Of much
standing timber, is under control
and smouldering in the dry boys
and underbrush.
A bolt Of lightning started one
blaze, while the explosion Of a
moonshiner's still is believed to
have caused the main conflagra-
ton.