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road and had to detour through
a private yard to get back on
the trail again.
Court Green Apple Suicide
When we reached the club, some
of the kids picked up croquet
mallets and balls with deadly in
tent, and others courted suicide
via the green apple route.
Newt Minnix had his hands
full, trying to keep the boys from.
util the party was over.
Rudy Rose started them off in
the races, with Bill Humphreys,
who wore a freshly.plucked beet
in his cap, an interested contes-
tant. Bill ran a good fourth in the
fifty-yard dash and the barrel race.
but didn't even get one of the
aIl-day suckers that Charlie Crane
had bought for the little fellows.
Some of the crowd went off to
play golf, but the majority watch
I'd the games. and. like Clarence
Harding, sat around in easy chairs
on the lawn.
I'LL y will I'll ~ eNAAC
side Of the golf course and played
ball with the young garden club
bers.
In the meantime, Leader l.. u.
Phillips and The Times,Hera1d
NeNsbcys' Band, all in summer
costumes of white, rolled up in
trucks and debarked. to give a
concert.
Day Becomes Historic
When the races were over. and
the band had paused for breath,
and the Cfvitan Sarazens and
Hagens had come in with droll
stories about their scores, Joe
Roberts, our demon photographer,
grouped the crowd and took pic
lures of the party
The day will be historic, IL only
for the fact that on this occasion
the Civitan Times.Herald Beaver
Dam Garden Club Band COM
posed of club members with uni
form caps and instruments, gave
its first and-thanks to kindly
Providence-only concert, for pic
torial purposes.
When the crowd found ham,
potato salad and the like on the
tables under the trees, and did
justice to the al fresco meal
Rudy Jose at last announced
that young Eddie Cox was the
winner Of the gardeners athletic
tournament on points. Phil Riley
was second and Willy Mccoy was
third. Other prize winners were
d Grisso. w. Wise and tne%fast
three-legged team of Moreland and
Mccoy. They all got baseballs and
bats, etc.
When we finally piled back into
the cars and started honneward,
there wasn't one man in the
crowd who would have traded that
afternoon for week in the Ba-.
hamas.
So that's what you get, Max, or
rather what you didn't get, for
running away.
Yours truly,
JIM RING.
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TO CRY FORE"
so GOLFER IS SUED

NEWARK. N. j., July 27.-Alleg-
ing the driver failed to cry fore
as warming, Mrs Ernstine F..
o'Loughlin, of South Orange. has
brought suit for $500 damages in
district court against Lloyd r.
Coleman, of East Orange, for being
hit by a golf ball.
Mrs. O'Loughlin was putting on
the third green of the Braidburn
Country Club at Madison. July Is
when the incident occurred She
was hit over the heart and suffered
pain, illness and was put to ex.
pense, the papers allege.
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LoWDEN URGES WATERWAY
FROM LAKES TO OCEAN

ALEXANDRIA BAY, N. Y, July
27.-Developments exceeding those
Of the Panama Canal would result
from completion of the direct water
way connection between the Great
Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
Frank 0. Lowden, former governor
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also a veteran Of the Spanish-'
American war.
Admiral Whiting was retired from
service in 1905, and made his home
in BerkeleysSf6r the last twenty
years. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Henriette P. Whiting. and
daughter, Mrs. James H. Taylor of
Oakland. Funeral services will be
held tomorrow.
The citation received from Ad-
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miral Farragut reads: For gallant
conduct in the burning of the block
ade runner Ivanhee under the guns
at Fort Morgan. July 5, 1864"
Admiral Whiting also participated
in the battle of Mobile Bay and
haaled down the Confederate flag
in that city, raising the Stars and
Stripes.
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TIMEs sfAFF PAoTo

Of Illinois, declared today In an In
terview here where he is spending
his vacation.
Unparalleled development of ali
the Great Lakes cities would re-
suit Immediately from the compile
ton of this project. according to
Lowden, and the only requirement
would be canalization of thirty-two
miles of the St. Lawrence river.
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NAVAL HERO Of.
CIVIL WAR
IS DEAD
Rear Admiral Whiting. Cited
BY Admiral Fafragut, Dies
Suddenly At 81
By international News Service.

BERKELEY, Calf, July 27-Rear
Admiral William Henry Whiting,
eighty-two. cited by Admiral Far
ragut for gallant conduct" was
dead at his home here today. He
died suddenly lastTnight. He was
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Fairfield Society
Holds Meeting

The Helping Hand society met
with Mrs. Earl Thomas Thursday
of last week and was we'll attend
ed and enjoyed. The next meet
ing will be with Mrs. Charlie Pow
ell, if she is able to entertain,
Thursday afternoon, July 8. A
welcome extended to all,
The Children's Day program CIV
en- at the Baptist church Sunday
evening was attended by house
full and was very we'll rendered
and much enjoyed by all. The
little people especially doing their
part very nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Green visited
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Green's
sister, Mrs. David Roberts in
Caledonia
Miss Thelma Green spent the
weekend with her sister, in Bara-
boo.
Otto Bates has been laid up with
infection in his hand, which is
slightly improved. His father, j.
T. Bates has been helping care for
the chores and work.
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Friday
court /

An infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
r. Binger, 526 Seventh avenue, was
buried in Lodi on Monday. The
baby was born on June 81. Lodi
is the old home of Mrs. Binger.
Mr.. and IFS. J. A. Bergeron, Mil
wauukee. charged with being drunk
and disorderly at the Loop resort
were fined five dollars and costs
each before Judge Adolph andre
today.
A Studebaker coupe was brought
in to the Prothero-McGinnis gar
age last night with a broken front
wheel and axle as the result of an
accident which occurred on Web
sters Prairie, about four miles
north of Baraboo yesterday after
noon. The car has a Wisconsin
license plate but is not from this
locality. The ty-rod of the ma
chine broke and the car swerved
into a ditch hi fortunately did not
overturn and the driver escaped
without injury.
Charges against Girls. Bernard,
Sumpter, have been dismissed, be-
fore Justice H. L. Halsted. The
defendant was charged with the
theft Of quantity of dynamite,
fuse and caps and gasoline and oil,
all of which was valued at $10O.
The property was owned by M. F.
Slezak.
II. K Dillenbeck has received
word from Los Angeles that the
funeral services for S. Thomas
Williams, formerly a resident of
Baraboo, were held on Wednesday
Cremation followed and in a few
days Mrs. Williams, son and daug-
liter will come to Baraboo.
Mrs. E. B. Winslow's friends will
be glad to know that she has I'M
dergone a successful operation fol-
cataract of the eye at the Mercy
hospital in; Janesville. She ex
poets to return home next week or
Wednesday. Mrs. John began OF
Baraboo is also in the same hos
pital for an operation on one OF
her eyes and is reported as getting
along nicely.
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Wednesday

Mrs Mary Schroeder, $50 Quarry
street, arrived home yesterday at
ter three weeks trip to Glendive,
Mont, to which place she was &C.
companied by her brothers, Ullrich
VonWald, who resides south Of
Baraboo, and Conrad VonWald of
Groton, S. d. They visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. August Eihl,
former Sank county residents, at
Glendive and Mrs. Schroeder also
made visits in Groton, S. d., Coch
rane, Arcadia, and Alma, Wis, with
relatives and friends.
S. l.. Buckner and son Melvin of
Brooksville, Florida, are guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
German They formerly resided
in Baraboo, moved from here to
Northeast Pennsylvania, and last
fall joined the rush for Florida
where Mr. Buckner has taken up
selling real estate. He says there
is a great land boom in full
swing in Florida and that prices
are bound to go higher by leaps.
Brooksville is 1927 feet above the
sea, one of the highest places in
the state. Tangerines are grown
there and last winter grapefruit
was so abundant but half Of It was
picked. After a visit here the
visitors go to Minneapolis and la.
ter will return to Florida. Another
son, Vernon, is in Ohio.
Charles Bunker of Beloit has
been visiting relatives about Bara
boo. His home was formerly on
the Bunker Hill farm north Of the
city and now he is with a large firm
in Beloit 1t has been seven years
since he was here and finds mum
her of changes, especially in roads.
He says the road to Devils Lake
is one of the greatest improve
ments. His three children are all
grown and one of the sons is in
Milwaukee. He went from here
to visit him. Mrs. Bunker has
been back number of times since
moving to Beloit and did not come
with her husband on this trip.
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Tuesday

Dr. and Mrs. w. d. Sansum, Mrs.
}uby Spicer and son Russell, who
lave been visiting in Baraboo, left
Early this morning for Santa Bar
)ara, California. They expected
o remain several days longer and
tanned to stop at Rochester, Min
lesota., but on account of the earth
luake decided to be away at once.
is presumed that on account OF
he da1nase to other hospitals many
PATIENTS Will no doubt be crowded
nto the one where DR.. Sansum is
IN the staff Many of the build
ngs on main street are in ruins
and many persons are either killed
II injured. The visitors are re
urning by automobile. A mes
age has been received at the
David Sansum home which states
hat DR.. Sansums residence is not
damaged, neither is the hospital
With which he is connected.
Mr.. and Mrs A. r. Jaedike, Mr..
md Mrs. Louis Vale and sons.
Gordon and Robert, Beloit, are Wis
ting in Baraboo Mr.. and Mrs.
Taedike were former residents of
his city. They have made trip
to the DelIs and will spend the
week in sightseeing in the region.
Some wicked person has taken
Two choice Rhode Island Red hens
from the George Trussel vegetable
farm northwest of town. The own
ers of the birds have a strong sus-
Dicion as to who took the property
and unless the hens came home to
toost again there may be more to
his item, the owners state.
The John Eckstein family had a
narrow escape on Sunday when
their car overturned on its side as
the machine was turned into dit
oh to avoid striking another mach
inc at a narrow turn. The acct
dent happened at the Crawley farm
where the road is being repaired
None of the occupants of the ma
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TueSdQy

Among those who will receive
the Degree of Philosophy at the
university commencement exercis-
cs next Monday is Lowell ]. Rag
atZ, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. ]. Rag
atz, formerly residents of this city
Lowell has specialized in history
and political science and in addi-
ton to studying for five years at the
state university from which he
holds two degrees spent year
each in the University of Pennsyl-
vania, the University of Paris, and
the London School of Economics.
He is now instructor in history in
George Washington University,
Washington, D. C.-Prairie du Sac
News.
Miss Naomi HASTEN has returned
to this city from Santa Barbara
California, where she is teaching
She motored here with DR.. and
Mrs. Sansum, we'll known to Bara-
boo residents, and Mrs. Spicer and
son. The party stopped off for a
visit in Chicago enroute, Miss Kas-
ten continuing to Baraboo.
Mrs. Laura WEIGH left last night
for Fargo, N. d., where she will Wis
1t relatives before leaving for Sc
attic, Wash, to visit her son Rollo
She will also visit a son Harvey
in Los Angeles and two other sons
Fred and Thomas, who reside in
the west, She expects to be gone
most of summer. Her sister, Miss
Cynthia Spencer, accompanied her
to Fargo and will spend the sum
mer there with a sister, Mrs. Du-
Bots.
An eight pound son was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Hayes, 1872 Sec.
ond avenue, on Sunday night. Mr.
Hayes is buttermaker at the Elk.
celsior creamery.
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Saturday

On Friday, June 26th, the A div
ision of the Ladies' Aid of the Con-
gregational church held a very en-
joyable and profitable meeting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert De
Koeyer. After a short business
meeting the time was spent in
sewing and visiting. A delicious
picnic supper was served and the
city members and friends to the
number of thirty felt more than
grateful to Mr.. and Mrs. DeKoeyer
for their rural hospitality.
A meeting of the Baraboo Ad
vancement associa lion was held
last night for the purpose of con
sidering the possibility of an estab
lished factory which may locate
here. A committee was appointed
to confer with the company in al
effort to further the enterprise
which would be most advantageous
to Baraboo.
Miss Ruth Adams has returned
to Chicago after spending two
weeks vacation with Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Werlich. Miss Adams al
one time made her home in Bara
boo, managing the Baraboo Bust
ness college. She was accOmpan-
led to this city by Miss Monetta
Werlich of Michael Reese hospital
who is visiting at the home of hel
parents.
The Ladies Missionary society OF
the Presbyterian church had very
interesting meeting on Friday af-
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Fred
True, First avenue. The first mum
Der was a vocal duet by the Misses
Frances Kennedy and Maude True
and they graciously responded to an
encore Devotionals were given by
Mrs. Thomas Jones and after q
short business meeting. the foreign
topic on the West India Islands
and the home topic on the Phil
ippines were discussed by Mrs. E.
NJ. Adams, Mrs. Hugh Hughes and
Mrs Bert Fosnot. Refreshments
were served.
Mayor Adolph andre. City After
ney V. H. Cady and Alderman AL
fred Zimmerly returned Friday
night from a motor trip to Madison
where the three Baraboo officials
called at the Bradley Memorial hos
pital to see Alderman H. G. Okern.
They report MI. Okern's condition
somewhat improved. Physicians in
charge of the case state Mr.. Okern
has an excellent chance to recover
Mrs. Agnes Mitchell and daught-
er, Miss Lucinda, have arrived from
Baker, Montana, and will be in Bar
aboo for some time Mrs. Mitchell
is daughter of Charles Wing of
the town of Greenfield,
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Thursday

About 80 members of the Com
rades Class OF the Evangelical
Sunday school gave a reception to
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gasser last
night at the home of Peter Keller
in Fairfield. Games were played
after which delicious refreshments
were served on gaily decorated
tables on the lawn, lighted by Jap
anese lanterns. Toasts we're given
by various members of the class
and Mr.. and Mrs. GaSser were pre-
scented an end table by the class.
All departed at late hour congrat
ulating the newly married couple.
A triple wedding anniversary
event was pleasantly observed at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. y. A.
Brownell, 421 Birch street, last ev-
ening. The wedding anniversaries
of Mr. and Mrs. BroWnell and their
daughter and husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. c. Welch, fall on the same date,
June %. Another daughter, Mrs.
Eustis Hawkins, and her husband
observed their anniversary on Tues
day, June %, so the three events
we're celebrated together. Fourteen
members of the family were pres
ent for a social evening and re-
freshments at the Brownell home.
Arthur Remington of Tacoma,
Washington, former resident OF
Baraboo, has been visiting friends
in town. He was member of
the class of 1887. University of
wisconsin. Mr.. Remington was
married within year and made a
wedding trip to Honolulu. Mrs.
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work. They sent the largest dele
CATION to one of the state events
and brought hme all of the prizes
offered. They like their work very
much.
Jack Frost took all the fruit in
Iowa and while here Mrs. Will
Jams is fortifying their harder with
some of the Wisconsin product.
Newell Williams, their son, has
completed high school and has en-
tered the college as a freshman.
The school is in operation all the
year except for inter-term vaca-
tions, so student may enter at al
most any time.
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Schara Infant
Christened At
Lutheran church

Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Schara of
Lyons had their infant son chris
tened at the st. Johns Lutheran
church on Sunday. The child re-
ceived the name of Douglas Chris
tian. Those acting as sponsors
were Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Schara and
Mrs. William Schara.
Dinner was served at the Schara
home to the following guests: Mrs.
Fred Peter, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Prime and their respective families.
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Will Celebrate
On Saturday Next

Baraboo business firms announce
they will close at one o'clock Sat
urday afternoon, July 4. The banks
and some of the other lines will
close all day Saturday. The store
will remain open on Friday night
instead of Saturday night.
Many tourists are expected in
town over the Fourth. Hotels, res
taurants, soda fountains, and room
ing houses are preparing for the
rush. Many from the cities will
take occasion to visit the region on
account of the holiday falling on
Saturday.
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Monday

The following Baraboo people
motored to Ironton on Sunday af-
ternon and enjoyed a picnic supper
with Mrs. Paul Miller of this city.
who is spending the summer in
Ironton: Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Miller
sons Orlo, Merle and William, Miss
Trma Miller, F. G. Kessler, Miss
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Reedsburg Girls
Travel Abroad

Misses Agnes and Katherine
Hickey, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs
Martin Hickey, of Reedsburg left
recently for an extended trip
abroad. They sailed from Montre-
al June 26 on the steamship Auran-
la for Liverpool and Scotland, Hol-
land Belgium, Switzerland, Ger
many, France and Italy for per-
iod of six months, sailing for home
from Naples.
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Iowa Visitors
Here For Visit

Rev. and Mrs. G. S. Williams Of
Cedar Falls, Iowa, have arrived by
automobile for a short visit at the
home of Mrs. Williams parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Newell. Their
daughter, Margarita, came with
them and will remain with her
grandparents for some time.
Rev. Williams is student pastor
at the Iowa State Teachers college
and Mrs. Williams has been assist
ing. During the past year there
have been over 900 Presbyterian
students enrolled in their church
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Irma Kessler, Miss Viola Marquardt
and Dion Cowles.
The Misses Lucille and Bernice
Neitzel entertained sixteen little
friends at the home of their par
ents, Sheriff and Mrs. Herman c.
Neitzel, on Friday evening from
six-thirty until nine. Supper was
served and an evening of games
was enjoyed by the small guests.
Merle Miller, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. C. Miller, left today for La
Crosse where he has a position with
the Trane company, manufacturers
of heating equipment. Mr.. Miller
is a mechanical engineer, having
received his degrees at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin last week.
Mrs. Eliza Whitley Weidman
was in town Sunday. She and her
two sons start this week to JOIN
her husband, Harvey Weidman.
who is an engineer in Chile, S. A.
They go to New Orleans to sail
Pand will visit a brother and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Weidman
in New Orleans. 1t will take five
weeks for the journey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur G. Schade
md four children of Fargo, n. D.,
arrived on Friday night for a visit
with Mr.. Schade's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. G. Schade. The grand
children will remain hare while
heir parents go to Chicago, where
Mr.. Schade will attend the sales
mans convention.
Mrs. H. r. Plat entertained at
six thirty dinner at her home
on Saturday evening, honoring the
birthday anniversary of her daugh-
n, Miss Evelyn. After delicious
Inner, an evening of cards, dane
ng, and games was enjoyed. Miss
Evelyn was presented with several
ovely gifts by her guests, who
we're the Misses Irma and Gladys
Thompson, Lucille Harris, Mavls
Marty, Mary Elizabeth Reinking,
Virginia Wright, Katherine Black,
lane Acott, Audrey Meade, Mar
iorie Dillenbeck, and Evelyn Will
Jams. Miss Plat also invited her
guests to attend a theater party
1T the AL, Ringing theatre last
hight.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. S. Pease have
)een entertaining Mrs. Henry Pope,
son William, Chicago, and Mrs
Pope's mother, Mrs, Poofrock, st,
Louis. The visitors were at the
Pope summer home on Green Lake
md Robert H. Pease, son of Mr.
nd Mrs. Pease, mas been visiting
lis university friends there. The
visitors came this way to bring
Robert H. Pease home. The Bara-
300 folk and visitors spent Sunday
It Kilbourn.
The Rev. and Mrs. Otto Krueg-
# and children of Cleveland, Ohio,
IRE guests at the home of Mrs.
Minnie Sells, Oak street. Mrs.
Kruger is a niece of Mrs, Sells,
md the family will remain here
until Thursday. On Sunday, a fam
Iy reunion was held in honor OF
rev. and Mrs. Kruger. About for
Y of the relatives from North
| freedom and Baraboo gathered in
)chsner park for a picnic dinner
md a day of sociability.
Willott Warren of Chicago
here for a short vacation with
lis mother, Mrs Mark Warren. He
will remain in Baraboo until after
July fourth. Mr. Warren is usher
manager in one of the Balaban &
Xatz theatres in the above city
md states he is much pleased with
his work.