Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-07-15
Wisconsin News
Brief Bits of News From the
Badger State.

successor of City superintendent John
P. Bird.
Marinette.-The roof of the old Ella
court school, which has been used up
to month or so ago, when it was con-
demned by the state authorities,
crashed in while the ceremonies in con-
nection with the new structure were
in progress.
Wausau.-Three thousand cords of
slabs at the Manser sawmill at Kelly
was burned. The sawmill and several
houses were threatened with destruc-
ton. The Wausau fire steamer was
sent there. Families are moving from
their homes.
Washburn-B A. Gallahan'S hard
ware store and automobile garage
were entirely destroyed by fire. There
were two autos in the garage and they
we're damaged to considerable extent.
Total damage will be about $4,000.
Cause unknown.
New Richmond-The deadlock in
the police and fire commission over the
appointment of chief of police has
been broken, and Chief Michael Mar
tin has been named to succeed him
self. w H. Brooks was re-appointed
chief of the fire department.
Milwaukee-Over a thousand dele
gates attended the opening session
of five days convention of the
Photographers Association of Ameri-
ca at the Auditorium. A number of
technical lectures will occupy the
time Of the convention during the
week.
Chippewa Falls. - Game Warden
Jacob De Long swore out warrants
against William Dewey, William West
phal and Robert Montieth, of Birch
wood, charging them with illegally ship
ping bass and pike mismarked and
short length to the Lake Side Fish
and Oyster Company, of Chicago. The
men appeared at Spooner and pleaded
guilty before the justice of the peace
and were fined $25 each.
Marinette.-Chief Joshua Hodgins
of the local fire department, and a
son-in-law of Senator Isaac Stephen.
son narrowly escaped losing the sight
of his left eye, when he, was attacked
by a game rooster in his coops. He
was feeding the rooster when his dog
started to eat from the same vessel
badly frightening the bird, which flew
at the chiefs face and cut two ugly
! hn Of y1Jith re
spurs One blow slit the eye lid, but
did not injure the eye.
Chippewa Falls.-R. G. Wagner of
Milwaukee, president of the Chicago
Sugar Co., and J. G. Kremers, Superin-
tendent of the sugar factory at Madi-
son, made an extended automobile tour
among the sugar beet fields Of Chippe-
wa county yesterday. They found the
plants stood the drouth well and look
for fine crop. Beets growing on light
sandy soil were injured but are in
fine shape on heavy soil. Mr.. Wagner
was much pleased with the general APP
pearance of the beet crop.
Hudson.--With view to preventing
the Wisconsin Central railroad from
Strengthening it's tracks in ST. CroiX
county, T. NJ Casey of Spring Valley,
attorney for number of property
owners in that part of the county, filed
protest in circuit court claiming that
the railroads application for commits
sioners to appraise the damage to
property as result of condemnation
proceedings, should be denied, as the
railroad commission has not issued a
certificate of necessity to the road.
Milwaukee.-John 1. Briggs, head of
the Wisconsin interests of the North
American company, refused to confirm
report from the northern part of the
state Of great water project which
will cost about $1,000,000 and which
would, if made, supply power for the
electric railway in the northeastern
part of Wisconsin from Fond du Lac
to Green Bay. The power would be
carried sixty-five miles over a series Of
steel towers before it would reach any
of the cities in the valley. The re-
port is that the company has secured
possession Of Gardner dam, near Nee
nah, where there is a fall of ninety
five feet in one mile, and that the
rapids will be harnessed within the
coming year.
La Crosse.-A scandal developed at
the meeting of the county supervisors
when it was charged Sheriff William
Duncan asked payment for board of
many prisoners not confined and 9th
ers who escaped. All sherff's bills
were held up pending an investigation
and District Prosecutor James Thomp"
son, who will direct the probe, says
the sheriff will be arrested if the al
legations are proved. The investiga-
tors will also seek to find why many
prisoners escaped from the Jail before
the expiration Of their terms. The
board adopted a resolution directing
the sheriff to remove from Office Turn
key Frank Brown, alleged to be re-
sponsible for the scandalous condition.
La Crosse.-This city will probably
have the first DOstal savings bank in