Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-22
WISCONSIN BRIEFS
Epitomized History of the Week
in the State.

| Eau Claire.-Frank S. Bouchard
| aged 40, cashier of the Eau Claire
Savings bank, died suddenly He
leaves wife and daughter.
Washburn.-The new Sprague mill
has begun running for the season. II
has capacity of about $4,000 day
and employs over sixty men.
Madison.-Governor Davidson has
appointed State Senator Hudnall, OF
Superior, member of the state fish
| commission. The term expires April
| 1, 1911.
Madison.-At the first yearly meet
| ing of the state civil service commits
sion, C. E. Buell., of Madison, was re
| elected president and E. E. Doty sec
| rotary.
New Richmond-The school census
| just completed, shows total school
population in this district of S07-412
boys and 395 females-and increase
of % over 1908.
Eau Claire-Petitions are being cir
| culated by owners of lots in the va
rious cemeteries here, asking the
council and the water commission fol-
| free use of water for sprinkling pur
poses.
La Crosse.-Prolonged absence from
her children whom she had sent tc
their grandmother in the vicinity, was
the cause of Mrs. Barbara Kubal end
| ing her life with carbolic acid. She
was 80 years of age.
Oshkosh, Wis-The annual Wolf
river drive of logs has arrived in
the city and between 100000 and TO-,
| 100000 feet of timber are included in
the huge RATS and were floated down
| the Fox river to this city to be cut
| into lumber.
Appleton the resigna
ton of Miss Alice Boland, teacher OF
German at Appleton high school
came the announcement of her en-
gagement to Sam J. Ryan, Jr., editor
of the Daily Crescent. Miss Boland's
home is in Rogers Park, Ill.
Couderay-Steve Kokie was killed
at the Kaser Lumber Companys camp
near Winter, Wis, by limb from
| falling tree, which struck his head and
| broke his skull. He was an Austrian
aged forty-two and leaves widow
and four children in Austria.
| La Crosse. L. Ingleman of Terre
| Haute, Ind, has arrived in this city
and will take charge of the psychology
department of the new La Crosse
normal school. He comes from the
Indiana state normal school, where he
was principal of the training depart
ment
Black River Falls.-Orin Steihl, the
new county superintendent of schools
has arranged for a two weeks instl
tute here for teachers of the county
Professor E. e. Potter of Milwaukee
will be assisted by Professor j. M
Ames of River Falls and Miss Martha
Dockery of Richland Center.
Beloit.-Departmen Commander w
H. Grinnell of the G. A. r., went to
Green Bay today to attend meeting
of the council of administration,
which will decide where the next
stare encampment will be held. The
cities asking for the next encamp-
ment are Green Bay, Fond du Lac,
and Grand Rapids.
Superior.-As the result Of the re-
cent visit here of Professor Moore,
of the State School of Agriculture,
it is probable that the experiment
of raising clover for seed will be
tried on the Douglas county asylum
and poor farm. 1t is likely that as
big a tract as 200 acres of the big
farm will be devoted to that crop
next year.
Appleton. was selected
as the next place of meeting for the
Photographers Association of Wis
consin and at the closing session to-
dav these officers were elected:
President, A. A. Bish, Chippewa Falls;
first vice-president, W. H. Hillman,
Richland Center; second vice-presi-
dent. R. H. Barlow, GAINESVILLE; treas
,1rer. J. M. Bandtel, Milwaukee; Sec
retary. Edward HARDWOOD, Appleton.
La Crosse-To replace a bridge
40 #. wide over the Milwaukee tracks
at Rose street for the old viaduct Is
a plan suggested as solution OF the
Mill street crossing matter which Will
be heard before the state railroad
commission at Madison next Wednes-
day. Much of the danger at this cross
ing mas been removed under an agree
ment to remove the yards so that
switching would not be done over that
thogoughfare.
Madison.-Chief Clerks c. e. Schaf
fer of the assembly, and F. E. An
drews of the senate, have issued the
official bulletin of the legislature for
the session ending June IS. 1t shows
that 1853 senate bills were enacted
into law and that 81 bills originating
in the assembly were placed on the
statute books, a total of 479. The
bulletin gives the history of each
bill. A record of bills introduced by
each member also is given.
La Crosse.-The Governors Guard
Association has purchased the old Y.
M. c.. A. building at cost of $4,000
and will convert it into an up-to-date
armory for Company B. Wisconsin
national guard.
Kaukauna.-The annual picnic of
the Foresters of the Fox River Valley
will be held at Waverly Beach on
Lake Winnebago, on Wednesday, July
%. An attendance of 5000 people is
expected A silver trophy will be
awarded the court winning the great