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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-06-28
Ladysmith, Wis, May 1, 1912.


o'clock p M.
Board called to order by Chair
man ]. c. Stubs.
| Roll called and members all pres
ent except supervisor Blackburn.
The Chairman announced the ap-
pointment Of the following commit
tees:
Equalization-Sup Helm,
Arpin, Manning, Hagen and Koehler.
Finance and acknowledgements
ors Blood, Swain and Coon.
Justice and acknowledgements
ors Diederich, Cox and Blood.
Sheriff and CorOner-SupervisOr
Blackburn, Cole and Jacobs
Audit and acknowledgements
ors Crane, Hotz and Coon.
Town acknowledgements
Cole, Hopkins and Crane
Building and Grounds-Supervisor
Worden, Hotz, Arnold, Halas and
Cox
Roads and ridges-SupervisOr
Koehler and McHugh.
Illegal Certificates-Superv
Holden, Hopkins, and Cole.
Printing and acknowledgements
ors Swain, Worden, Holden.
Miscellaneous-Sup Jacobs
Diederich and Hagen.
Development-Supe Arnold,
Manning and Jipson.
Poor Farm-Supervisors Man
ley, Blackburn and Jipson.
County Fair-Supervisors McHugh,
Arpin and Blood.
Per Diem-Supervisors, Halas,
Holden and Cox.
Supervisor Coon moved that the
appointment of Committees be
adopted Motion carried
Resolution No. g. offered by Supervis-
or Helm
Resolved by the Board of Super
visors of Rusk County, Wisconsin,
that there be and is hereby appro
priated to the Rusk County Devf +
Opment Association the sum Of
$4,000 from the general fund of
said county, to be used for the pur-
pose of inducing immigration to said
county, said money to be disbursed
under the supervision of the Chair
man of this Board, and the county
clerk and county treasurer of said
county pursuant to the provisions
CT sections 697-54, Wisconsin
Statutes
Introduced ~ Request. A. F.
Helm, Supervisor.
Supervisor Coon moved that the
resolution be laid on the table.
Motion carried.
Resolution adopted by the Board
of Supervisors of Racine, Villas and
Langlade Counties read.
PETITIONS of the town of Grant,
Big Bend, Willard, Marshall, Stubs,
Lawrence and Washington read and
referred to the Road and Bridge
Committee
Supervisor Coon moved that the
bills filed with the Clerk be referred
to the committees without reading
at this time
Motion carried
Supervisor Coon moved that the
Board adjourn until 9 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
Motion carried and Board adj
journed.
F. E. MUNROE,
County Clerk
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other than the annual payment of
$4,000 to the college of Agriculture.
Resolved, that committee of
three members of this Board shall
be appointed by the Chairman to
secure a tract of land and confer
with the Board of Regents of the
College of Agriculture regarding the
location of such demonstration sta
ton.
C. S. ARNOLD,
Supervisor Coon moved that the
resolution be laid over until tOmor-
row and the Chairman appoint a
committee Of three to look into the
matter and report.
Motion carried
Supervisor Coon moved that the
Board adjourn until o'clock this
evening.
Motion carried and Board ad-
jOurned.
F. E. MUNROE,
County Clerk.
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visions of the foregoing statute.
Dated May /, 1912.

visions of the foregoing statute
Dated May /, 1912.
RICHARD HOPKINS,
Chairman of the town of Washington
Reported back to the Board.
Supervisor Coon moved that the pc
tition of the town of Washington be
granted.
Rolled called and all members en-
titled to vote voted aye.
PETITION OF TOWN OF WILLARD
To the Honorable Board of Supervis.
ors of the County of Rusk, State
of Wisconsin:
The petition of the town of Will
lard, by it's duly authorized Chair
man, respectfully presents to this
Board the following facts:
1st. That the highway running east
and west through sections 81, 80, SO,
"a, 80 and SO, township SO, range 6
north in the town of Willard and com
monty called the Flambeau and Shell
don road is one of the main tray
eled thoroughfares of the town.
End. That the qualified electors of
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Ladysmith, Wis, May 2, 1912.
I o'clock p M

LadySmlth, WIS, May Z, l9l2.
l o'clock p. M.
/ O'Clock p M.
Board called to order by Chair
man Stubs.
Roll called and members all pres
ent.
Supervisor Coon moved that the
reading of the minutes be dispensed
with
Motion carried.
visor Naming:
Resolved, that we approve of the
resolution No. of the County Board
of Supervisors of Villas County, Wis
consin, adopted by them March 20,
1912, and recommend the passage of
the bill set forth in said resolution.
And further, that this Board is
heartily in favir of having all land
owned by this State put on the mar
ket at fair price to be sold to ac-
tual settlers, and not neld by the
State to the detriment of it's tax
payers.
w. S. MANNING,
Supervisor
Supervisor Coon moved that the
resolution be adopted.
Motion carried and resolution
adopted.
Resolution No 5, offered by Super
visor Blackburn:
Be it resolved, that an appropria
ton of Five Hundred Dollars be
made to the Rusk County Fair Asso
citation for the purpose of defrayins
the expenses of new buildings an(
improvements to the Rusk Count,
Fair Grounds, necessary for the sue
cessful carrying out of the annua
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Ladysmith, Wis, May 2, 1912.

Ladysmith, Wis, May 2. 1912.
8 o'clock A. NJ.
Board called to order by Chair
man Stubbs.
Roll called and members all pres
ent.
reading of the minutes be dispensed
with.
Motion carried.
Supervisor Manning moved that
the Board adjourn until | o'clock P.
NJ
Motion carried and Board adj
journed
T. e. MUNROE,
County Clerk.
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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
Board Of Supcryiis.
OrS
Of Rusk County, Wisconsin

Hubbard-W. F. Crane.
Lawrence-D. H. Hagen.
Marshall-L. w. Cox.
Rusk-F NJ. Cole.
Strickland-S. Halas.
Stubbs-Phil Koehler.
Thornapple-C. p. Coon.
True-A. W. Jipson
Observation-Disclosures Hopkins.
Willard-C. S. Arnold.
Bruce-W. A. Blackburn.
Ingram-U. G. Blood.
Ladysmith LIST ward-Geo. S. Man
ley.
Ladysmith End ward-W. S. Man
ming.
Ladysmith 3rd ward-E. NJ Wor-
den.
TOny-A. F. Helm.
WeyerhauSer-J G.. Stubs.
Members all present except Super
visor Blackburn.
Call read
To F. E. Munroe, County Clerk of
Rusk County, Wisconsin:
You are hereby requested to call
a special meeting of the Board of SUI
pervisOrs for Rusk County, to meet
at the Court House in the city of
Lauyshltn, Wisconsin, on Wednesday
May l. l9l1' DIT liree clcch + VI,
lor the purpose Vi organizing sdiu
BOARD ana 10 transact any anu an
business properly brought be1ore the
Board.
U. G.. Blood.
j. II. Afpln.
Phil KOehler.
W. ;. Manning.
oscar l.. Hotz.
). w. Dlederlch.
H. S. McHugh.
5. Halas.
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Inc wing iio'i'0 was lia'ii1u
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boaru'
A call for SAID meeting having
peeh signed ny nlaJorlty vi the
tb 1isi offioe ''''''' IVA ''''N' -''N' -
y r MIINROE.
County Clerk.
c-.., ,,; oa +h,+
+ba Clorlr ooo+ tho nnonimone vote
- +ha poord For ~ Ctuhbe for
Cboirmon For, tho eneuino wear
Mo+inn oorr;od ond the CIark cast
Tho hoI1o+
Chairn,on C+nbbe +bonkod tho Nom.
hon.. Of +hn poard
Snnarvieor Coon moved that w s.
Mannino no elected Vice-Chairman
and tbo+ tho Clerk oast tha mani
roo,c ,,oto Of tho BOARD for him
Motion CARRIED and the Clerk cast
+bo hoIIo+ for w G Mannino
pneoIution No offered hv Sunar.
49, HIa,,,ina
pnen,Tad hv tho poard of Sinner.
,,isors of pnc,, County tba+ = ray
of t,,~o ,,i,ls on tha doI,ar no loviad
~ taxablo nrn,o,.tv of tho co,n.
~ fa,, - 49, ana tho san,a ba .nnor.
t;on ,o nro rata ~ tba diffarent
tou+ne oocordino 70 tho aoua,iged val.
uotinn
wv MANNING
cnnorvisor
80.
Ron caileu ana ali iileihpels Fole'
aye that were present
Resolution NO. Z, olfered by super
visor Arnold:
Whereas, Chapter 624 of the Laws
of 1911 of the State of Wisconsin
provide for the establishment o
three demonstration stations OF
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said town at the last annual meeting
voted to make said highway a Coun-
ty Highway.
Therefore, your petitioner prays
that the County Board shall add said
highway to the County Road system,
and that the County Road map be
amended to indicate such addition.
c. S. ARNOLD.
Referred back to the Board.
Supervisor Swain moved the adop-
ton of the petition of the town of
Willard
Motion carried and petition
adopted.
REPORT OF JUSTICE AND CON-
STABLES COMMITTEE
We. the undersigned committee, to
whom was referred the annexed bills.
having had the same under consider
alton, report the same back, and
recommend to the Board that they
be allowed as follows:
j. DIEDERICH
l.. w. COX.
U. G.. BLOOD.
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REPORT OF JUSTICE AND CON-
STABLES COMMITTEE

and through sections 81 49, S whom referred the bills
month iss % %' ana s s
don road the be allowed as follows
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suspect Snyder 49,. 49,.
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R. s. Reeves Justice Heffner case ease " Si6
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Supervisor
oil Gale and all members voted aye IitII
coRoNERs COMMITTEE
n e the 5 Whom referred the ns annexed e
follows
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No 4 r Tessr n den Of }G "ros ssss sss
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prisoners 1880
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w. Iadysmth wis., May O. 1912
by s a d5 Ta " s for n s. ss s"s
aH s @ na no. owed '
wore moved that the rep ps A@ eo sn o a w
and so ls sa "e oS al as ms%e 1stsdse
AUDIT SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE
the Board folewc:
W.. F.. CRANE
T..
l.
No s s?: ss. Rs s soa " " " 5ss$
=" Charles Krwan, and 1902
Serey pei lien and postage
S ackn
bills
Roll called all members voted
REPORT OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE
be
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PETITION OF THE TOWN OF
LAWRENCE

To the Honorable Board of Supervis-
ors of Rusk County, Wisconsin:
The petition of the town of
Lawrence, by it's duly authorized
Chairman, respectfully represents
and shows to this Board the follow
ing facts:
The town of Lawrence has raised
the sum of $4,000 fgr the construc-
ton of two bridges, one bridge cross
ing the north branch of twin creek
on what is know as the Jump River
road situated seven and one-half
miles south of the village of Ingram
and the other bridge being across
the Crazy Horse Creek on the Jump
River road between sections Thirty
| five and thirty-siX, township thirty.
four north Range Four west,
said bridges across said creeks
where said Jump River road crosses
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-12
Rash ON FACE FOR 2 YEARS

Sioux Falls, S. D.-"My trouble Of
skin disease started merely as rash
on my face and neck, but it grew and
kept getting worse until large scabs
would form, tester and break. This
was just on the one side Of my face,
but it soon scattered to the other
side. suffered a great deal, especial
ly at night, on account of it's itching
and burning. / would scratch it and
Of course that irritated it very much.
This rash was on my face for about
two years, sometimes breaking out
lots worse and forming larger sores.
1t kept me from sleeping day or night
for couple of months. My face look
ed disgraceful and l was almost
ashamed to be seen by my friends.
"a friend asked me to try Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment. l would
bathe my face with hot water and a
lot Of Cuticura Soap, then would put
on the Cuticura Ointment. In less
than two days time, the soreness and
Inflammation had almost entirely dis
appeared, and in four weeks time you
could not see any Of the rash. Now
my face is without spot Of any kind.
] also use them for my scalp and hair
They cured me completely" (Signed)
Miss Pansy Hutchins, Feb. 6, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
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TROUBLE IN DINING ROOM
Little MlSup Between Ladies' Accepted
Philosophleally by the Torpid
willie Landlord.

"At one time yesterday It looked
like we was going to have a little
trouble here in the dining room, but it
didn't come to nothin' much" related
the landlord Of the Torpidville tavern.
Maxine and Sylphie, the young ladies
that are waitin' table, got to SQUAD
-blin' about a pint of etiquette, or the
merits of their respective fellers. or
something that-a-way. as ladies 10
everlastin'ly doin', and Sylphie, reck-
on 1t was told Maxine, or mebby Max
Inc told Sylphie-anyhow, one told the
other that she wasn't no better than
she ort to be. And Maxine, or
Sylphie, whichever it was, got sorter
fussy about 1t and answered that she
was too. and she didn't care who knew
1t! And then they kind o. tied in on
each other and went round and round
as 1t were, and it took 'em quite a
while after it was over to wash the
ketchup and broken glass out of their
Golfers, as they call their hair. But
that's all it amounted to, and there's
no use in f1rin' 'em, for ladies will be
ladies and there amt no help for it."
Kansas City Sun.
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6ho8HIRd#g5kRB8ShlAS

all ready to be lighted. They are so ready that
when Pantaloon looks out of his window before
making up his face for the day he sees that
the candles have burst into fiamehowers in the
night
Then Columbine takes out pipe, and she puts
some magic soap into nectar and stirs it round
with the bowl of the pipe until frothy suds ap-
pear. And then she blows bubbles that float up
and out of the window until they reach the
Christmas tree, when they turn into great gilt
tering glass balls, all sorts of colors, and show
pictures of the world all colored and shining.
The children in the World look up and think
they Harlequin and Columbine floating down
gently as feathers, but they don't say so be-
their elders would only tell them it was
the clouds. But 1t is Harlequin and Columbine
and Pantaloon end Clown follow soon after
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but hole in it in the morning.
And when 1t is dark these four quaint figures
fit through the country, city, town and village
like conspiratorsr Harlequin tapping doors and
windows with his magic wand. open, open!"
he cries to the Spirit of Christmas Let the
rich uncle reward his needy nephew, and the
unforgving father his repentant son. Mothers,
forget to be jealous of your elder daughters
growing beauty. Children, forget your spite and
naughtiness. Let's be old-fashioned. Let's be-
lieve in ghosts. Iu tell you ghoststories stories
of yourselves when you were children and played
Pirates on the stairs.
And Clown says as he taps the doors with
his red-hot poker:
"Open, open, you old grousers! And let the
Spirit of Fun come into this house. Romp bit,
and lose your twopenny dignity, for pompous
stiffness makes the gods laugh"
Pantaloon, taking his turn, taps with his walk
ing-stick, and says;
open, open. and let in the food of memories
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Lost Trousers Playing Poker

William Verne appeared in a Detroit
police coudt attired in a dress coat
and some underwear-he had bet the
trousers in poker game the evening
before and lost. His cash, his watch
and his diamonds preceded the trou-
sers into the bank" The trousers
were of good quality, so William bet
several blue chips on them. But his
luck didn't turn and when he was
cleaned out again he broke up the
game by quitting. He begged the loan
Of the trousers to go home in, but
the bank took no risks and declined.
So William started in dress coat and
underwear and was arrested.
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stirring up old memories in dull people, so that
uncles must remember all their nephews II re-
membering when they were nephews themselves,
and had peculiar hunger at Christmas.
Columbine is awfully practical Her senliraeEt
extends from the joy Of watching the making of
baby-clothes to the pleasure of remembering to
put nice soap in the spare rooms. 1t is she who
sees that children get the right presents, and
when they don't it is not her fault but the fault
of some stupid person in shop.
1t is she who suggests the secret delight of
keeping presents hidden at the bottom Of the
wardrobe; and it is she who suggests the secret
delight of peering at children when they are
asleep.
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Not Used to "Hiah Life"

An old farmer was in London visit.
ing his son, who had got on in the
world, and who kept a large house,
servants, etc.
When the two sat down to dinner
the first night manservant waited
upon them, and was most assiduous
in his attentions to the old farmer.
After watching his antics for a bit the
guest exclaimed:
What the mischief are ye dancin'
about like that for? Can ye not draw
in yer chair and sit down? I'm sure
there's enough here for the three of
us."-London Mail.
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same In plants and animals. Prof.
Jacques Loeb showed the Importance
of this fact. Although plants, he ex-
planned, have no nervous systems,
they have "instinctive movements" In
analysts Of instincts, he bound togeth-
er in the cell common to them the
plant and the worm at the root of the
plant Gas some day, perhaps, the
tree Of life and the serpent may be
bound); and he called their reflex ac-
tons "tropisms." Then he pointed
out that tropisms are mechanical acts
that moth and fly and ivy leaf move.
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Made-to-Order Kind.

My wife is always bringing home
so much toothpowder," complained a
man the other day to a friend. IT'S
waste of money. AS for me l just
take the bathtub cleanser and scrub
my teeth"
The pair were walking down Chest
nut street and his companion stopped
in amazement. What! Doesn't it
hurt your teeth and gums, too?" he
exclaimed almost in horror.
mo" came back the surprising re-
ply. You see they're the kind you
buy at the dentists"
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makes business: hence the shops full Of gifts.
Imagine a poet writing:
Gent per cent the moon is rising,
Watch the stocks upon the bank;
Rubber shares are too surprising,
Spectators surmising
Who the deuce they have to thank!"
No one can get heartbeat out of that, and
whatever your business man says he knows he
gets all the good in his life out Of heartbeats.
So this Christmas Spirit creeps about the world.
Knocked at, scorned, but alive yet. And you who
feel these things may one night see this quaint
quartet at work, perhaps for a second at the cor
ner of your street, perhaps just vanishing down
the drive, or moving swiftly down country
lane. And you may say wonderingly: 1T is n
cobweb, a moth and the branch Of tree, and
the starlight makes them look like-lke some
thing l remember"
But tell you who they are-Harlequin, Colum-
bine, Clown and Pantaloon. And If you hear a
chid's laugh ring out suddenly, and 1t brings q
new, quick emotion, one Of them has conquered
you
The spirit of Christmas doesn't cling to presents
in proportion to their cost-unless you are very
rich; and If you are very rich the voice of the
jeweler and of the furrer and Of the motor car
maker will seem to you as wise as the word of a
happy poor man, though he were philosopher
Simple and genuine and gad-strike these note%
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Awful to Contemplate.

Laying down the volume of WoSds
worth, of whom she was an earnest
disciple, the precocious child turned
to her mother with a sigh. "Ti
Heaven lies about US in our infancy
as the poet says" she queried. what
will happen to US when we are grow1
up?"-Life.
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and the chimes will be
very melodiously for you
and for those whom you try
to make happy. And re-
member, you can't feign
Christmas without being
caught as an impostor,
both by your own con-
science and by the feel
ings of those about you.
The very value Of Christ
mas is that it puts the gen.
uineness of everybody to an
unerring test,
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bringing the
tre e W it h
N o W their
each to his
Columbine to
to preparing
that m u 8 t
this season,
easily as a
in a breeze.
his m a gic,
things must
tiful now,
must buy the
Indies, And
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G h r | 8 t mas
them.
work begins,
own job and
hers. Clown
the laughter
spring up in
and ripple as
barley field
Harlequin to
for common
appear beau.
and O nenny
wealth of the
PantalOOn to
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NONS"S' tot may Gull one now and
again to twddle between his teeth.
If you know the way, and the Cheshire cat will
let you, you walk down the garden path, past the
butterfly lime, and arrive at the neatest little
cottage in Olympus.
Now this is the dwelling place of the Harle
quin set-Harlequin, Columbine, Clown and Pan
taloon 1t is one cottage in a little colony on
the lower slopes of Mount Olympus (Yhere the
high gods dwell: Jupiter and the like), and Is
most important because it contains the oldest
inhabitants
The Clerk Of the Weather lives little higher
up. The Four Queens and Kings live in square
of pagoda-like houses, and are waited upon by the
Knaves Pierrot and Pierrette live in romantic
secluson by pool in tumble-down place COW
cred with blue roses. And away behind the
fields Of stars where the focks of clouds Craze,
there is another village where the Seven Prin-
cesses live, and the Third Son and an Ogre and
a Talking Rabbit and all those peculiar and
beautiful people who are entangled in our minds
with the memories of night nurseries, and the
scent of our mothers who bent over us in won
derful toiettes, and told us to go to sleep, or
they'd be late for dinner.
When 1t gets to be about Christmas there is
sort of aroma Of excitement on the lower slopes
of Olympus, and especially in the house where
Harlequin lves-a delicious sense Of something
exciting happening.
down onto the world, and there comes up mur-
mur of childrens voices, and you can near the
quaintest things being said about the hanging