Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-14

Miss Clara Ringle of Melrose was
drowned by the capsizing of boat on
Douglas lake.
Game Warden Stone made thirty
two seizures in April. Fines and costs
amounted to $3,036.71
The population of the county of La
Crosse is given as 42,S50 by the bu-
reau of labor and Industrial statistics.
The proposition for putting up a
large Y. M. C. A. building in Eau
| Claire. is meeting with much encour-
| agement.
Many men are at work on the SUI
perior entry end of Minnesota point,
preparing for the building of the pier
and breakwaters.
The farmers of Sand Lake coulee
are conducting one of the biggest wolf
hunts which has been undertaken in
long time in La Crosse county.
The La Crosse board of public
works has purchased fourteen dozen
bathing suits to be used in the public
baths which will be opened on June /.
Harry McTague of Eau Claire has
| been arrested on the charge of having
burglarized the building of Victor May
| heu.
w. S. Cargill, millionaire, and l..
| Croft, a contractor, were arrested at
| La Crosse, charged with violating the
| speed ordinance in regard to automo-
| biles.
| The third annual session of the
| Stout Summer School of Manual
| Training and Domestic Science will be
held in Menomonie from July q to
Aug 20.
The La Crosse board of education
will present a plan to the council
whereby the Easements of school
buildings are to be used for perma-
nent voting booths.
Farmers in the vicinity of Berlin
| who planted their oats before the re-
cent heavy rains report that the
seed rotted a great deal and that they
must be planted again.
Burglars broke into C. L. Peck's
mercantile store at KEENAN,. The only
| loss discovered so far is cigar slot
machine and pennies which we're left
in the drawer over night.
L. F. Koppelburger, new resident
manager Of the Bijou at La Crosse,
has taken charge of the theater.
Former Manager Schulberg proposes
to enjoy the summer in La Crosse.
Charles Jones, a negro, jumped
from the ore dock at Ashland in an
| attempt to kill himself, but was res
cued. Both Of Jones' legs were brok-
en- in the seventy-two-foot plunge.
C. H. Ganzen, aged n years. suffer
| ing from heart disease, committed SUI.
| icide at Montgomery hospital in Eau
| Claire, by shooting himself through
the heart. He was city charge.
Guy Lindberg, aged Is years, was
accidentally shot by Henry Schommer,
Jr., aged II years, while the boys were
playing "robber' at Superior. The
wounded boy is in a serious condition.
Hayden, Miller & Co. have made the
county party to it's suit against the
city of Superior to recover on special
! improvement bonds, which will be ar
gued in Milwaukee before Judge
| Quarles.
A force of twelve Ashland carpen-
ters employed by Contractor T. E.
| Pugh has left for Mellen, where they
will start work on a large storage
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| company.
Moritz Saltzberg, arrested in Mil
waukee, pleaded guilty to stealing a
watch at the Northwestern depot in
Ashland and was fined 500 and costs.
Samuel Go,dberg his companion, was
| discharged.
Miss Nellie Bates, teacher at Fern,
is being sued by John Moore for whip
ping his son. Moore claims that the
teacher whipped his son too severely,
while Miss Bates says she had to
whip in self-defense.
William Goldsmith of the town of
Hixton brought in an old wolf and
seven cubs to claim the county and
state bounty. He found them in a
patch of woods near his farm. He gets
SIS for his experience.
Charles J. Kruppenbacher, arrested
| at La Crosse on a charge of embez-
cling $500 from the Great Northern
| Copper company, was given a SEN
! tence of ninety days when he pleaded
| guilty at Preston, MINI.
In West Salem and Bangor petitions
have been signed and will be present
ed to Supt. Cary asking that state aid
be refused toward the agricultural and
manual training school which is to be
established at Onalaska.
An agent for the Carnegie medal
| commission was at Berlin last week
| to investigate the matter of securing
a medal for Arthur Fishbeck, who
risked his life in saving another boy
from drowning last summer.
About fifty men were present at the
Mems club meeting at the First Pres
| byterian church in Eau Claire, and
| discussion of the Young Mems Chris
| tan association showed that there is
not only a great deal of interest in the
| subject, but strong sentiment in ia
| Dor of going ahead.
Benjamin Milavitz, proprietor of the
| Chicago Iron and Metal company, was
| bound over at Ashland on the charge
of feloniously buying stolen property
and aiding in the concealment of the
same. His bonds were fixed at $500,
! which he furnished