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ESTABLISHED MAY 26. 1884.
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CIRCUIT COURT
Agreement Reached in Cline-Hiil
Automobile Accident Trial Af
ter Testimony Heard
NO TRIAL NECESSARY *
IN LOGANVILLE MAHER
Through Influence of Judge James
O’Neall Settlements Between
Plaintiff and Defendant Made
( From Fridays Daily)
After witnesses had been on the
stand in circuit court for two days
in the automobile case of Burr Cline
against George M. Hill, both of Bara
boo, a settlement was reached before
the case went to jury. Before the
testimony was taken and once after.
Judge O’Neill urged that a settlement
be made and before going to the
jury urged one more effort. This was
done and a settlement reached.
In August 1918 two boys, Burr W.
Cline and Lyle Waters, were riding
their bicycles toward Devils lake and
about the time they crossed the rail
road track at the north end of the
resort the bell began to ring. The
two boys hurried to get accross and
just about that time Mr. Hill came
in a car, his son driving the machine.
It is claimed in the excitement that
the automobile ran over the leg of
Burr W. Cline, breaking it between
the knee and the hip. Although the
testimony was not given at the trial,
the defendant claims the boy fell
from the bicycle and broke his leg,
the automobile not running over him.
The defendant also claims the ma
chine was going very slowly at the
time of the accident.
From what could be learned the
Cline hoy was ahead of his compan
ion and turned about to see if he
were coming. About this time the
Waters boy shouted to him to look
out, noticing he was nearing the car.
In the next instant the leg was brok
en. 1
The two boys are bright and made
excellent witneses. Cline has a silver
plate several inches long in the leg
where it was broken. The leg is nor
mal now, shewing only a scar. The
work of the surgeon was well done.
The father, W. H. Cline, is employ
ed as signalman on the C. & N. W. I
The family came to Baraboo some
time ago from Evansvillie
In the Cline-Hil’ case the settlement
was for SI,OOO.
The witnesses: Atwood Smith, H.
E. French, Burr W. Cline, Lyle Wat
ers, Charlotte Schroeder, Charles
Allen, Herman S. Winters W. H.
Cline and Mrs. Grace M Cline.
The jury: Dennis Cummings, Hay-!
wood Frazer,-H. H. Taylor, Carl Pul
vermacher, Micheal Jordan, \vm. uae,
Lester Davis, George Black, Frank
Phoenix, Julius Fuchs, Fred Temp-
Jin, E. C. Risley and Lee Jeffries.
Woman Against Woman
i’he case of Mrs. Amanda Schwanz
- against Mrs. Martha Broad was also
settled, an agreement being reached
before the jury was drawn. Mrs.
Schwanz was divorced from her hus
band, W. Schwanz, and went from
Reedsburg to Loganville to obtain
her clothing and other personal be
longings. Mrs. Broad is a sister of
Mr. Schwanz; the excitement occuur
ed after Mrs. Schwanz arrived at Lo
ganville. She claims Mrs. Broad
struck her in the eye and gave her
several cuts from rings she wore on
her fingers, the cuts being made as
she struck her with her fist. Mrs.
Schwanz also claimed ths defendant
appropriated clothing valued at SIOO
or more.
It was found there was no cause of
action in the case of John Luebhe
vs. E. L. Shaw.
(From Saturday’s daily.)
t
There was an action to quiet the
title in the case of Simon Cobleigh, et
al vs. Thomas Rathburn, et al William
Rathburn was the only witness. The
description is a deed to lands of
Barthalameu Ragatz was made cor
rect.
The last jury case at this term of
circuit court was that of George Hor
kan against Richard Townsend.
In this case Townsend rented a
farm near Reedsburg belonging to
Horkan, the crop to be divided on the
shares. A breach of contract was
claimed on the part of the plaintiff
Both sides claim, they have won the
case. After hearing all the evidence
the jury brought in a special verdict,
as follows:
Special Verdict
The jury rendered a special verdict
as follows:
Question No. 1: Was the agree
ment that the cost of the seed peas
should first be deducted before the
proceeds were divided?
Answer: Yes.
Question N. 2.: Did the defendant
at the request of the plaintiff per
form work and labor in removing
rubbish and debris on the farm.
Answer: Yes.
Question No. 3: If you answer the
last question “yes”, then what was
the value of such work or labor?
Answer: Eight dollars.
Question No. 4: Did the defendant
at plaintiff’s request clean up the
silo?
Answer: Yes.
Question No. 5: If you answer the
last question “Yes” then what was
the value of the work so performed in
cleaning up the silo
Answer: Fifteen dollars.
Question No. 6: Was it agreed be
tween the parties that each should
pay one-half of the thresh bill?
Answer: No.
I Question No. 7: What was the
! reasonable rental value of the piece
of land which the plaintiff used and
put in potatoes. i
Answer: Thirty dollars. ]
Question No. 8: Was it the under
standing and agreement that each
party should pay one-half of the buck- :
wheat seed?
Answer: Yes.
The witnesses: Richard Townsend,
George Horkan, Davies Johnson. Leo
Coulter, A. E. White, Frank Herr,
Alby Keith, Ernest Retzlaff, B. D.
Woods, Charles Stepp, E. O. Brem
mer, J. L. Hager, Charles Poulson,
Sol DeKoeyer.
"The Jury: Fred Templin, W. H.
Bartenbach, Michael Jordan, C. E.
Risley, Frank Phoenix,-George Black,'
Haywood Frazer, G. I. Richardson, EJ
C. Kunzelman, Fred Powell, George;
Volk, Wm. Frosch.
Other Cases
In. the case of Thomas J. Gallagher
vs. F. M. Fink, a horse being accident
ally killed when colliding with an
automobile, there was an argument
for anew trial and for the court to
change the answer in the special ver
dict, Both were denied. There whs
a counter claim of $2.00. A stay of
60 days on the judgment was lost.
The usual 60 day’s stay on the judg
ment was granted In the case of
Martha Klitzke vs. Melvin Davis.
Minor cases were heard today.
Recess of a Week
The jury has returned home. F. D.
Cal way, the reporter, has gone to
Neillsville and Judge O’Neill will go
tomorrow or Monday. They will re
turn on March 30 to complete the
court cases.
CLUB HOLDS
AJEETING
Mrs. H. G. Mertzke Speaks Before
Twentieth Century Club on One
of World Movements
Thursday afternoon the Twentieth
Century club held its regular meeting
with Mrs. Robert Grosinske and Miss
ftose Platt, assisting the hostess.
Mrs. H .G Mertzke gave a review of
Havelock Ellis’s book “The Task of
Social Hygiene.”
Social Hygiene is a development of
what was formerly known as Social
Reform, and the book opens with a
brief history of the four successive
stages of social reform in ditlierent
countries: The stage of Sanitation,
dealing with the cleaning of cities
drainage, water supply, artificial
light and policing, factory legislation
regulating conditions of work.
The introduction of national sys
tems of education.
The efforts to guard and care for
the child before school, age, at birth,
and even before birth by bestowing
care on the mother. This last being
known as Puericulture.
Establishment of childrens bureaus,
schools for mothers and much litera
ture promise great benefit to human
efficiency.
“Eugenics constitutes tne link be
tween the social reform ot the past
struggling to improve conditions of
life, and the social hygiene of the fu
ture, which can deal adequately with
conditions of life, because it has its
hands on the sources of life.” The
more we succeed in our efforts to
purify and strengthen life, the more
we may hope to attempt and com
pass.” '
The origin of the woman’s movement,
the growth of industrials and its in
fluence in woman’s sphere of work,
women and the future of civilization,
were well presented by the writer.
As to the problems of sex hygiene,
particularly that branch concerning
the instruction of children in the •&-
sential fact of life, the writer says:
“The teacher, in addition to sound
knowledge and a wise moral outlook,
must possess a genuine sympathy with
the young, and the skill to speak to
them simply, frankly and humanly.”
Other chapters deal with individual
ism and socialism, religion and the
child. Discussion followed the review.
BARABOO. WJS.. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1920
LETTER WRITTEN
BY MRS. HACKETT
.
Family Located at Los Angele*
Where the Roses Bloom Almost
the Year Around
SAYS COST OF LIVING
IS HIGH IN THE WEST
j
i
Family Has Visited Many Beautiful
Places and Others Remain on
j the Program
i
\ Mrs. Grant Weidman, who resides
j near Ableman, has received a letter
from Mrs. Willrm Hackett, which
reads in part as follows:
I will try to answer your letter
\ which came just as we were moving,
! so I am a little late, but will do bet
ter next time. We bought a small
place just outside of the city limits.
We have a fine garden, about twenty
fruit trees of different kinds and a
regular California house of five rooms
and a larger sleeping porch. We
; have a fine place for chickens and
rabbits. I wish you might see our
little home. lain sure you would be
just as crazy over the beautiful roses,
and other flowers as I am. From here
we can see a long chain of mountains
1 and since the rains they are certain
ly beautiful, the sides are so green
'and the tops glistening with snow.
‘Old Baldy’ is in this chain and looks
to he about a mile from us, but in
reality is fifty miles, although it is
only eighteen miles to the other
mountains. I never tire of the moun
tains or the ocean and I really can
not say which I like best. Lynn has
been to the foothills several times
hunting, but not as far as mount.
Baldy. He says he is going there
when he has a vacation.
Health Is Excellent -
You asked me how our health was
out here. Well, Will is just fine, not
lame at all and works every day. He
and Lynn both work for the South
ern California Gas company and like
their work very much. Will is so
in love with California that he says,
he would not go back East to live
if they would give him the best farm
there, and I’m sure I wouldn’t. I have
gained twenty pounds since we came
and never felt better in my life. Its
the grandest climate one can imagine
right here; what it is in other parts
of the state we can’t say. In summer
it is hot in the sun at noon, but al
ways cool in the shade and very cool
nights, in fact we use the same
amount of cover the year around. We
have a little fire mornings and even
ings this winter hut not what you
would call a fire. We burn our waste
paper and a few sticks of light wood
or light the gas for a short time. We
have had several fine rains but not as
much yet as the ranchers and gard
ners want.
Cost of Living
As for the cost of living here its
high, hut as I have compared our
prices here with the prices back
there its cheaper here. Of course if
one is looking for high priced food
its easy to find, and its also easy
to find cheap. Meats here are very
good and Reasonable, too. We get a
fine roast of beef for from 11 ,to 17c
per pound. Eggs now are 42 c; but
ter 66c; sugar 15>c; and no limit to
amount. The best flour is $3.50 a
sack.
Many Beautiful Places
I could tell you of so many beauti
ful places we have seen, and so
many more we want to see, and will
when you come out. When we read
of the cold winter you have had back
there we just say “Well if people
back there only knew what they
don’t know, they would come to this
land of sunshine and flowers and
not stay there and shiver.”
All Like It There
I am sure no one could say they
didn’t like it here and be truthful
about it. We have only talked with
two people I think who said they 1
ed the edd and snow best. Well, they
are welcome to my share of it any
way. We are just outside the city,
hut we have city gas, lights, water and
a five cent car fare. The car line
is two blocks from us and very good
service as the cars run every five
minutes; also have free right to
city schools. There is a large school
about three blocks from us where
Jessie goes. There are over nine
hundred pupils going there. The
school system here in Los Angeles is
splendid; all schools have night ses
sions where anyone, old or young is
free to go and they teach any line of
study or trade; all is furnished even
material for such work as dressmak
ing, millinery, cooking, and so on, for
girls. Of course the boys are also
Little Journeys In
and About Baraboo
Interesting Places of the Region, Both as to Local History and
Scenic Features
Article X
Boyhood Haunts of John Muir
Before making this journey, by all
means read “My Boyhood and Youth”,
by John Muir, naturalist and author,
a cherished volume in public libra
ries. To visit an historic spot or home
of a famous character without famil
iarizing oneself with the associations
and incidents that make the place of
interest, isj to lose the keenest enjoy
ment. What we fully appreciate, af
fords the greatest delight. Therefore,
before seeking the lake and farm
homes once dear to the heart of this
Scotch boy of rare endowments, the
mind should be fresh with the de
tails of his early struggles and attain
ments as well as those of his later
years. '
From Baraboo
Trunk Line 65 takes one from Bara
boo to Portage and after leaving the
eastern extremity of the main street
in the latter city, the highway winds
over the Fox River, then up a slight
incline to where three roads meet.
The one to the left, known as the Mon
tello road, leads to the earliest Muir
home. The historic Fox River is of
ten visible from the highway. Arriv
ing at the first school building, where
Annie and Joanna Muir, sisters of the
naturalist, taught, the road makes a
turn to the right a quarter of a mile,
then deflects to the left to another
school located on the right where the
Muir children were given Instruction
after their arrival in Wisconsin from
Scotland in 1849. Neither of the
school buildings are those actually
familiar to the Muirs as the early
structures have long since, yielded to
the ravages of time.
Just beyond the last named school, j
some ten miles from Portage, a little ;
stream murmurs across the highway ’
and a few rods farther on is a weather
boat an farm house. The stream flows
from Ennis' or Fountain Lake to the
Fox River and the simple dwelling
is near the site of the first home of
the Muirs after their emigration to
the western wilderness.
Wood was (plentiful in that day hut
in spite of this, the author says his
father was frugal of fuel and many
times their boots were frozen during
the night, so that it was almost im
possible to draw them on in the morn
ing. The old house with its curious
hand-carved frieze boards at the gable
ends of the roof, is not the original
home of the Muirs, their humble
abode being located to the rear of the
present domicile. It was a little farth
er from the highway and long since
destroyed.
The Lake
But. the lake still shimmers in, the
sun as of old. No ridge of rock en
croaches on its shores, which are
low and lush with grasses, ferns and
other vegetation. Over this water
John Muir rowed, in it he swam, and
on one occasion nearly lost his life,
as related in the story of his youth-;
ful days. The diversions which the
lake afforded were never ending.
Muir speaking of it says: “The water
was so clear that it was almost in
visible, and when we floated slowly
out over the plants and fishes, we
seemed to be miraculously sustained
in the air while silently exploring a
veritable fairyland.”
Blue jays, king birds, black birds,
buntings, kingfishers and other de
scendants of the feathered comrades
of John Muir and his brothers, still
inhabit its shores, delighting the vis
itor as they flit from tree to tree.
Ennis Lake is the name given on
the government topographical maps
to this sheet of water but it was
known as Fountain Lake when the
Muirs resided there. It should bear
the name of Muir.
This Muir farm is now owned by
James Mcßeath, son of the Mr. Mc-
Reath (spelled Mcßath in the book)
mentioned by Muir. The present owner
of the old homestead knew' the Muir
family and will tell the visitor inter
esting things about the household.
I
furnished material for their work,
whatever they take up. As there is
no tuition to pay a great many who
are obliged to work through the day
take advantage of these night schools
The city does a great deal for its
poor people in various ways.
Well, Belle I might keep right on
telling you about this country for
an indefinate time and then think of
more to tell you, but I think I’ve
tried your patience enough for once
and after all one must see it to ap
preciate it, and that’s what we are
looking forward to now, you people
coming to see for yourselves.
Your friend.
CLARA HACKETT
417 Downey Road,
Los Angeles, Cal. (
Here it was the pet coon fished in the
sparkling stream and was called “my
little man” by the Highland Scotch
man. He would say:
“Coonie, ma mannie, Coonie, ma
mannie, how are ye the day? I
think you’re hungry,” as the comical
i pet began to examine his pockets for
| nuts and bread. —“Na, na there’s na
! thing in my pocket for ye the day, my
| wee mannie, but I’ll get ye some
j thing.”
) The Mcßeaths came to Wisconsin
in 1850, the year following the Muirs.
Father a Minister
j The father of John Muir was of a
religious mind 1 , an earnest student of
the Bible. He sometimes held ser
vices in the neighborhood and or
ganized a Presbyterian church. Re
turning from the site of the Muir
home on the road leading to Portage
about one mile, then going about as
far to the east over a sandy road,
one observes a church standing near
the tombs in the churchyard. Here
it was that the senior Muir conducted
service, no doubt pronouncing the
last rites for some of those who sleep
there. The gravestones are marked
with many names familiar to Scotts,
among them are Mair, Owen, Thomp-1
son, Graham and McDougal.
Turning to the right almost a mile, 1
then to the left a slightly greater
distance, brings one to Hickory Hill
Farm, the second Muir home. The
house is located some distance from
the highway and may be approached
through the farm, either from the
south or east. The farm is not as
sandy as the one near the Fox River
and when the came to this 10-‘
cation the father (purchased five 80’s
and a 40 in one tract. The family oc
cupied the land for many years.
While residing here, John Muir ar
ranged numerous clever contrivances
cn gates and doors about the farm
and buildings, but none of these re
mained when, long after he had be
come a famous naturalist, he visited
the farm about 1898. The house, with
some changes, still stands; the cel
lar into which John retreated to study
and work remains; the well in which
he almost lost his life, yields abund
ant water; and some of the apple
trees planted by the Muirs rejoice the
present owners with juicy fruit each
returning autumn. The barn lias been
elevated and moved hut the old tim
bers familiar to the Muir family have
withstood the storms of many sea
sons. Much of the land on this farm
was plowed for the first time by the
naturalist and from this home he
went to the University of Wisconsin,
loaded with curious contraptions, to
realize after a sojourn there anew
world of natural wonders.
This farm was sold to John C. Mc-
Haffy when the Muirs moved to
Portage and after two years passed to
Thomas Kearns, the present owner,
who talks entertainingly of the fam
ous family.
The Muir Family
Father —Daniel Muir, born in Eng
land in 1802 or 1803 (date is not cer
tain), and died in Kansas City, Mo.,
1883.
Mother —Mrs. Daniel Muir, nee Anne
Gilrye, born in Dunbar, Scotland,
March 17, 1813; married Daniel Muir,
1833. They were married in Dunbar,
Scotland, and there John Muir was
bora. Mrs! Muir died in Portage,
Wis., June, 1896.
The Children—
Margaret, bora September, 1834;
married John Reid, December 1860;
died at Martinez, California, June,
1910.
Sarah, born February 19, 1836;
married David M. Galloway, Decem
ber, 1856; lives in Pacific Grove
California.
John, born April 21, 1838; died in
Los Angeles, California, December 24,
1914; buried near Martinez California.
David Gilyre, bora July 11, 1840;
died at Pacific Grove, California,
October 28, 1916; buried at Martinez,
California.
Daniel Muir, born June 29, 1843;
lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Mary and Annie, twins, born Octo
ber 5, 1846; Mary married Willis
Hand; her home is at Kearney, Ne
braska; Annie died January 15, 1903,
at Portage, Wisconsin, seven years af
ter the demise of her mother.
Joanna Gilyre, born on September
7, 1859; married L. Walter Brown
September 1, 1880; lives in Ivyland,
Pennsylvania.
Angling is the road from this farm
to Portage, a distance of some ten
miles.
At Spring Green Oliver Schoen
mann fell about 12 feet onto a porch
roof and sustained severe injuries
to his back when a ladder slipped
while he was working on the roof of
his house.
READ BY EVERYBODY
KATCHA-KOO IS
PLEASING PLAY
!
!
Many Pupils in Public Schools
Participate In an Oriental-Amer
ican Fantasque
!
MUSIC BY PLAYERS AND THE
ORCHESTRA OF EXCELLENCE
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Large Audience Greets the Annual
Class Play—Attraction Again
| This Evening
| Tho class play at the AI. Ringling
theatre Friday evening was a glorious
success. The seniors of the Baraboo
high school have jxroven their ability
to entertain their elders in a spark
ling musical fantasty bubbling with
fun, embellished with many beauti
ful stage effects and replete with cap
tivating musical numbers. “Katcha-
Koo,” oriental in atmosphere at the
opening but changing to a distinctive
American enviroment as the play de
velops, is more ambitious than the
usual student effort. In spite of this
the play was given with remarkable
ease, fine emphasis and a delightful
air of unpremediation. The charac
ters of Katcha-Koo and Maharajah,
both of which require read histronic
ablity, were cleverly taken by Fred
Schultz and Harold Griffin. With
them, showing fine appreciation of
oriental customs, were* Mildred War
ner as Urbanah and Ruth Clark as
Solejah. Four nationalities, were
charmingly represented by Irene Un
derkofler, Elizabeth Weed, Bessie
Berkley and Mabel Potter. The char
acter of Mrs. Chattie-Gadden was ta
ken with distinction by Miss Marie
Carpenter who dexterously imperson
ated the voluble American mother
who misses nothing when she travels.
Romance was afforded through the
devotion of Dick Horton, otherwise
Carl Marquette, for “Dolly,” who was
really Miss Grace Rackett, the sweet
singer of the company, and through
the admiration of Robert Gollmar, in
the role of Harry Bradstone, for the
charming “Prudence,” whose demure
ness was made altogether fascinating
by the clever interpretation of Miss
Helen Kingsford. The'disclosure that
the fearful Katcha-Koo is none other
than the lamented Charles of Mrs.
Chattie-Gaddens chat, suffices to
bring the play from the > Orient to
.America and gives opportunity for
numerous groups of wide awake
Americans to show patriotism and
dramtic ability. Among the groups
whose novel acts created special en
thusiasm, were the polo players and
the sunshade ladies. The Yankee-
Dixie girls also drew applause with
their clever costumes and animated
faces. Musical numbers given by
Rackett and Carl Marquette received
numerous encores, as did the charm
ing song; “That’s What He Taught
Me To Do,” given by Miss Kingsford
and Robert Gollmar. Miss Elizabeth
Weed, in the character of Joan of Art
sang The Marcellaise with spirit. The
closing scene brags the soldiers and
sailors and other groups together on
the stage around the Goddess of Lib
erty to be joined by innumerable
bright faced Sammes including Uncle
Sam, himself and the Columbia sis
ters. Uucle Sam is impersonated by
Master Oscar Fillhauer and the Misses
Columbia by Miss Corrine Swan and
Miss Dorothy Mather. The little
folks as well as the older pupils show
careful instruction by the managers,
Phil. D. Merriam of Fostoria, Ohio,
and Miss Zura Fricke, teacher of
English. No little effort is required
to give as elaborate a production as
Katcha-Koo and the managers as well
as the young people are to be con
gratulated upon the excellence of
their work. Music was burnished by
the Rodwell orchestra assisted by
Evan Evans at the piano and Martinus
Dyrud on the violin.
Cast of Characters
Katcha-Koo F red Schultz
Dolly Grace Rackett
Prudence Helen Kingsford
Mrs. Chattie-Garden . Marie Carpen
ter
Solejah Ruth Clark
Urbanah Mildred Warner
Dick Horton Carl Marquette
Harry Bradstone Robert Gollmar
Maharajah Harold Griffin
Chin Chin Foo (Chinese Wife)
Irene Underkofler
Brazillitata (Brazilian Wife)
Elizabeth Weed
Patsy Kildare (Irish Wife) Bessie
Berkley
La Belle (French Wife) __ Mable
Potter 1 •
Boodypah Russell Wettstein
Fan Bearers J. Doerr, C. Wood
Device Bearer Robert Mogler
Gong Bearer Edwin Groskopf
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