Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-11-14
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The Southwestern wisconsin Fair
association made profit of $1,000
this year.
The large new power plant of the
Dells Paper and Pulp company at Eau
Claire has been put into operation.
Slaughtering cattle within the city
limits of Sheboygan is to be stopped.
All local butchers have been notified.
F.:
Albert Frederick, farmer of Rock
land. got his arm into feed cutter
and it was chopped off inch by inch to
the elbow.
Mr. Harvey and wife, living near
Sheridan, were struck by Wisconsin
Central passenger train and both were
seriously injured.
Matthew Peterson, resident of La
Crosse county for thirty-five years,
dropped dead while arising from the
| table.
The Northern Wisconsin and Mich
| igan Poultry association has joined
the American Poultry association, and
| will give a show in Marinette the last
week in December.
The amount of Dunn county's tax to
the state this year is $36,0234S. OF
this sum, about $4,000 is for the
states care of Dunn county's insane
and other dependents.
The Kenosha city council has in
dorsed the plans of Maj. Judson for the
purchase of a seagoing suction dredge
| to be used in the harbors along the
west shore of the lake.
Automobile owners of Beloit have
formed permanent organization, in
cooperating under the laws of the
state, for the purpose of lettering
| roads in and about the city.
| Members of the Racine w. c. T. u.
who attended meeting of the council
requested that the city fathers refrain
from smoking while they were in the
room. The request was granted
At meeting of the directors of the
La Crosse Interstate Fair association
arrangements were made to pay pre-
miums and assume obligations. There
will be no surplus in the treasury.
The blacksmiths of Eau Claire and
| Chippewa Falls have combined and
raised their prices 20 per cent owing
to the increase in the cost of raw
material and the high wages demand
| ed by their workmen.
| One of the queerest football injury
cases on record is that of Paul Gage,
son of DR.. j. D. Gage Of La Crosse,
who has entirely lost his memory as
the result of an injury to the base of
his skull during game.
Several dealers at Two Rivers have
been found guilty of delivering impure
milk and fined 1t is believed this will
have the salutary effect upon the 9th
ers. The milk dealers have raised the
price of milk from to cents a quart.
:
| ~ o.roo4 1nYoopd
this year in the Northern woods. AL
though the logging season has not yet
fairly commenced reports from the
woods of Northern Wisconsin and Min
nesota indicate that the men are
scarce.
In all probability the Appleton city
council will order a special election
Dec. II to vote on the purchase of the
old water works plant. The company
has surrendered it's local franchise and
appealed to the rate commission for an
| indeterminate one.
Marshfield saloonl1eepers have been
ordered not to sell liquor to Indians,
and notices now are posted behind all
bars to this effect. The action was
taken following the appearance of two
red men living near Arpin in an in
toXicated condition.
When Assistant Postmaster Thomas
Leslie of Racine opened his private
mail the other morning he was aston
ished to see live mud turtle crawl
out of package 1t had been sent him
from Memphis, Tenn, by an unknown
friend
A large quantity of dynamite found
under the porch of the residence OF
Thomas Weeks, retired farmer of
Hayton, is thought to have been placed
there by persons who set fire to his
barn last spring. Weeks made every
effort to secure the apprehension of
the incendiaries at that time.
Game Wardens Little and belong
have started unique campaign to en-
force the game faks. They will placard
from now until the opening of the deer
season the rendezvous of the hunters,
calling attention to the game laws and
warning them to keep within their linn
it's.
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Peter Wachholtz, aged twelve years,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Wach-
holtz of the town of Sigel was playing