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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
6
The Prairie du Sac bridge dispute returns to the state highway commission after a Supreme Court ruling against West Point Columbia County. A 1590 foot Wis river crossing would cost more than the original 72000 and reopens questions of state and local funding for the project.
Squires, longtime operator of a sorghum mill at Baraboo, will construct a new mill at Reedsburg and have it ready by the fall cane ripening season.
Mrs. B N Webster of Rice Lake visits Baraboo parental home and attends Fortnightly Literary club banquet. Miss Lydia Mattke, Boston librarian, visits Baraboo relatives before westward travel. Mrs G W Muzum and family greet visitors including Dr T W Nuzum Janesville and Kenneth Grubbe. The 32d division welcome decor extends to Mort Atkinson memorials. Funeral for Elizabeth Jones closes annex as pupils attend first Congregational church service.
Jack Higgins of Wabash Indiana, believed to be the oldest person to fly, rode in an airplane on Wednesday. He plans to celebrate his 101st birthday on July 15 and says one flight suffices.
Gus Rhodes, a farmer near West Salem, says his hen lays three to six eggs daily with a weekly record of thirty. Poultry men investigate the claim as oddities in farm production surface. In Antigo, Charles Hoegler is fined fifty dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to shooting a robin in municipal court.
Sergeant Rollin B. Curtis of Company A 128th Infantry 32d Division shared vivid World War I experiences at the Al Ringling theatre. He described crossing to England, trench warfare from Chateau-Thierry to the Argonne, raiding machine gun nests, and injuries. He noted receiving the Croix de Guerre and the American Distinguished Service Medal, and paid tribute to Baraboo and area heroes including Ed Cummings and Pete McDonald. The event was free to G A R and veterans groups.
Seven carloads of Japanese silk valued near five million dollars moved on a silk special from La Crosse to Portage in 2 hours and 40 minutes. Conductor L. Steinmetz and Engineer Ey Krause oversaw the run as fears rose of new tariff laws slowing imports.
Chemical tests on a heifer owned by William Cave near Portage show traces of poisoning. The animal died suddenly a few days ago and Sheriff Schultz heads the investigation with several professionals summoned to assist.
The House Ways and Means Committee in Washington released a report on a resolution repealing luxury taxes. No action was taken on the repeal of taxes on soft drinks.
War veterans from Baraboo return from service in Europe with the 107th engineers and others recounting time abroad. Residents report hospital recoveries, landings in France, and a visit by Rev. Laurenson’s family to Devils Lake. Local society includes a Rose Lake excursion, a Washington visit, and a marriage in Portage. Flower plant shortages and tomato plant famine affect Baraboo nurseries amid high Memorial Day demand.
At Washington on Thursday Senator Lenroot republican of Wisconsin introduced a waterpower bill. It calls for a federal power commission to grant development licenses with rates subject to state commissions and return of properties to the government as the main features.
Miss Elzada Barrett of Baraboo joins 50 University of Wisconsin girls at Camp Randall field Madison on June 7 for interpretative dances and field day events. Dorothy Ware of Portage also participates in the dances as crews prepare elaborate costumes and a cricket match highlights the program.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, famed poet and writer, is gravely ill in London amid war tensions. Born 1855 in Johnstown Centre Wisconsin, she married Robert M Wilcox in 1884. he died in 1916. Her work appeared in the New York Journal and Cosmopolitan. she served as a Red Star representative in 1918. Currently resides at Short Beach Connecticut.
The Madison school board re elected R B Dudgeon as superintendent for one year at a special meeting. A continuing committee led by E B Skinner, W G Bleyer and Rev Henry Harris will search for a successor next year, reporting by the first March 1920 meeting. The panel will not solicit applications and prioritizes voluntary candidates unlikely to be considered.
Hans P. Krog of La Crescent was sentenced to ten days in jail by a federal court in Winona Minnesota. He pleaded guilty to embezzlement after admitting a shortage arose from mixing his personal funds with government money in the same account.
War department asks soldiers traveling from France to the United States to submit names addresses and property descriptions to the lost baggage depot in Hoboken New Jersey. About 3300 pieces of baggage remain unclaimed due to missing ownership details.
A poetic meditation on the untamed west wind, the wild woods and rivers, and enduring memory of horse and plain. The speaker exults in knowledge of the land, worships its vastness, and asserts the inalienable memory of nature’s song.
A Milwaukee sophomore on a hiking trip died after falling from a cliff at Grand Canyon Arizona while his companion Paul Betts watched from above. In Portage a hotel owner was assaulted at midnight. the attacker fled with about 5 in silver and 10 in change, leaving the 68 year old proprietor unconscious.
A concerted white mob in Putnam county Georgia fired five black churches two black schools and a lodge hall early Wednesday. Officials found no arsonists and a mystery surrounds the attacks linked to a Ku Klux Klan revival. A prior clash over a five cent bottle of pop at Dennis station is cited as the catalyst.
Secretary Baker renewed the recommendation for an army of 509,000 for the next year and urged Congress to decide on unfinished war projects. General March said 365,000 troops could return monthly and every soldier could be recalled by September 1 if occupation is no longer needed. The hearing also noted a British transport bill and a $5,000,000 presidential fund advance to Czech and Slovak forces.
Hazel Oien Fischer wife of Otto Fisher of Madison and eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Oien of Lodi died at Vilas sanitarium in Madison from quick consumption following influenza. She leaves a daughter Geraldine, her parents two sisters and four brothers. Funeral was held in Madison with the Oien family present.
Anti prohibition leaders in Cincinnati say Ohio could decide national prohibition as a referendum may be held there first. With 45 states having ratified, a pending injunction in Columbus aims to block a referendum while drys push vote in November. If defeated, national prohibition could be delayed beyond January 16 1920 and other states wait until September 1920.
The American consul in Calcutta reports that over 26 thousand Indians died last year from snakes and wild animals. Specifically 23,900 died from snake bites and 2,176 from wild animal attacks, with increases of 300 and 100 respectively from the prior year.
Elizabeth M. Moore widow of Col Webster Porter Moore leaves nearly all a estate valued at 175000 to St Matthew s Protestant Episcopal church in probate. 15000 goes to Kenosha hospital. 30000 endowment in memory of Elizabeth and Charles ONeill and others. Mrs Moore organized the church and belonged to the congregation for over seventy years.
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