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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-26

town in a special town meeting called
on the 30th day Of August, 1911, rot
ed to construct bridge across Main
Creek, where said creek crosses the
section line between SECTIONS Ii and
"A, township 33, Range west
That the electors SO assembled es-
timated the cost Of said bridge at
fifteen hundred dollars ($15000 0)
and provided for the payment of such
portion of the cost OF such construc-
ton as is required by section 1919
OF the Statutes OF Wisconsin, as
amended by Chapter 1897 of the laws
OF 1909, namely the sum of seven
hundred and fifty dollars, t$7500O)
That the cost OF said bridge exceeds
the sum OF one fifth Of one per cent.
according to the assessment as equal
lied by the County Board of said
county
That the last equalized valuation
of said town was the sum of $l77,-
353O0.
Wherefore your petitioner prays
that the said County Board of Super
visors win appropriate one-half of the
cost of such bridge, to-wit: The sum
OF seven hundred and fifty dollars,
($75O.00) according to the provisions
of the foregoing section and acts
amendatory thereof.
Dated November %, 1911.
c. S. ARNOLD,
Chairman Of the town of Willard.
Accepted. PHIL KOEHLER,
H. S. MCHUGH.
Supervisor C. A. Coon moved the
adoption of the petition.
Roll called and all members present
entitled to vote voted aye.
REPORT OF MILEAGE AND PER.
DIEM COMMITTEE.
We, the undersigned committee, to
whom was referred the annexed bills,
having had the same under consider
alton. report the same back and rec
ommend to the Board, that they be
allowed as follows:
WIN. SCOTT,
S. HALAS,
c. D. SWAIN.
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L. G. BLOOD,
l.. G. GOURDOUX.
G. p COON

Supervisor c. A. Coon moved the
adoption of the report Of the Finance
Committee ON county repositories.
Motion carried.
Supervisor Worden moved that the
Board adjourn until 7:30 O'Clock.
Motion carried and Board ad-
journed
F, f. MUNROE,
County Clerk
Ladysmith, Wis, Nov Is, 1911.
1880 p. m.
Board called to order by Chairman
Stubbs
Roll called and Board all present.
Supervisor G.. p. Coon moved that
the reading of the minutes be dis
pensed with. Motion carried
TO the county Board of Supervisors
Of Rusk County, Wisconsin,:
Gentlemen-We, the undersigned
residents and free-holders of the town
Of Grant, respectfully petition your
Honorable body to lay out as pros
pective county road the following
road to connect the village of Con
rath with the city of Ladysmith Com
mencing on the quarter line running
lOTlu ana SOutu through ScCliOH lWo,
34-6 west, on the county road, and
thence south to the quarter post be-
tween sections IS and 35, 1916 west,
and then east one and one-half miles
to the town line between the towns
of Grow and Grant, and then one
mile south to the corner Of the towns
Of Marshall, Willard, Grow and Gran
Dated the Twenty-seventh day Of
November, 1911.
MARTIN NELSON,
and % others.
Supervisor Eilingson moved the
petition be adopted Motion carried
Supervisor Peterson moved that
after this meeting that all petitions to
change county highways be submit
ted to the county highway commits
sioner for his approval before being
presented to the County Board Mo
ton carried.
Petition Of the town Of Willard for
aid for bridge read and referred TO
the bridge committee.
Resolution No. s, offered by Sup
ervisor C. A. Coon:
Be it Resolved, that the highway
hereinafter described be, and the same
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2sl to 2S6 old issue, and 3o1 to s29

2S1 to 2S6 old issue, and 3ol to 329
new issue.
Certificates of Magistrates Can
celled certificates so to ll7-inciusiYe.
Coroners tificates-Cancelled GER
tificates No. &c., 50, 80, 80, Sc, 50.
100 10l, 104, l06, 107 1917, 1928. 1923.
1873, 1874, l42
County Judge certificates Can
celled certificates SO, 1902, 1913. ia,
l12, 1875, 1872.
County Clerk orders-Cancelled or
ders No. 4259 to 5073, except the
following not cancelled:
No. 1888, 1869, 1855, 1852, 1859 1857,
1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867
1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873. 1874
1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1920, 1929,
5O35, 5045, 504S, 5O51. 5054
5053, 5056, 5058, 5000, 5G63. so.
so, 5071, 5072, 5073, 5O75.
c. p ELLINGSON,
w. F. CRANE,
c. p. COON.
Audit and Settlement Committee.
Dated Nov. "a, 1911.
Supervisor Worden moved that the
report Of the Committee be adopted.
nSpOIl dQOpIcQ.
REPORT OF AUDIT AND SETTLE
MENT COMMITTEE.
We, your audit and settlement
Committee, to whom was referred the
reports Of the Clerk Of Court and
Soldiers Relief Commission, have
compared the same with the books
and records of the offices and find
them correct and recommend that
they be accepted.
Supervisor WOrden moved that the
report of the committee be adopted
Carried.
State Of Wisconsin, Rusk County-ss.
Leander Ray, being first duly
sworn, on oath says that he is the
owner OF the southwest quarter of tt }
southwest quarter of section z, the
east half of the Northwest quarter Of
section Is, 1871, Rusk County, Wiscon
sin; that he received patent cover
ing said land from the United States
dated December II, 1906, and record
ed October IL, 1908, in Vol. 20 at
page 391; that there are three tax
deeds of record. covering said land
dated respectively August 10, 1886,
May 10, 1900 and May 16, 1903 and
recorded respectively in vol 27, page
487, Vol. 40, Page 1875 and Vol. 6,
page 479; that as the said land was
government land when said land was
sold for taxes the said deeds are illeg-
al and this affidavit is made for the
purpose of petitioning the county
Board of Rusk County that a reso-
luton be passed declaring said deeds
illegal and eradicating the same from
the records. The affiant further says
that said land was assessed in the
year 1906 that he did not prove up
on the same SO as to be entitled to
his patent until after the Board of
Review of the town of Washington
had met and adjourned; that in 1907
said lands We're sold at the tax sale
for the non-payment Of the tax of
1906; that said sale was illegal
and affiant further petitions the Hon
orable County Board for a resolution
declaring said tax of 1906 and the
sale of 1907 covering said land il
legal and ordering the same eradicated
from the records.
IEANDER RAY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
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Chapter 337 OF the laws of 1911, Il
report of the money drawn and used
! by me out of the County Highway
fund.
The following are the amounts
drawn from each town to date, Nov.
| 20, 1911:
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REPORT OF COUNTY HIGHWAY
SSiONER.

To the Honorable Board OF Superyis-
ors of Rusk County, Wisconsin,:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen:--l
herewith submit TO you according to
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Taxation, recommend that the follow
ing be levied and assessed against the
! taxable property Of Rusk County for
the year 1911:
For salaries, 80. ... 80. $500. 90
Soldiers Relief Fund -. :. 10000
Justice and Constables, 49,. 10000
General Fund, -. 800 100000
superintendent of schools sal
airy, :. :. -. :. :. 1000 90
Court Expense, ..... 100000
Stationery and Printing, 80. 2500.0U
Interest on bonds and bonds, 100000
Bridges, 49,. -. 49,. -. 100000
Poor fund, 49,. 49,. 100000
Training School, 49,. 49,. 1900. 90
Rusk County Fair, 49,. -. 10000
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Supervisor Worden moved that the
report of the committee be adopted
and bills be allowed as recommended
Roll called and all members pres
cnt voted aye. Supervisors Arpin an
Blackburn being absent.
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this 3rd day of November. 1911.
CELIA SKAMSER.
Notary Public. RuSk County
Wisconsin.

Wisconsin,
Resolution No 2,offered by the
Illegal Certificate Committee
Whereas, patent was issued to
Leander Ray, dated December 18th
1906, and conveying the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter OF
section Z, the east half OF the north
west quarter of section 10. town
ship 33, range 7, and these lands hav
ing been assessed and taxed pre- vious
to the date of said patent and tax
deeds having been issued thereon.
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that tax deeds dated
August 19, 1885, May l9, 1900, and
May l6, 1903, and recorded respect.
lively in Vol q, page 1877, Vol 40,
page 165, Volume 6, page 479, and
tax deeds issued May %, May rs and
June Il, 1910, on the sale OF 1907,
taxes OF 1905 are hereby declared it,
legal and void for the reason that
said lands were government land at
that time.
L. C. GOURDOUX,
c. S. ARNOLD,
C. d. SWAIN.
Supervisor Mccain moved the ad.
option of Resolution No. ~.
Resolution adopted.
The Chairman appointed the Poor
Committee as the committee to act
in installing the heating plant at the
Poor farm.
supervisors G. p Coon and Pnil
koehler were appointed to act with
the County Road Commissioner to
purchase road machinery.
PETITION OF THE TOWN OF Will
LARD.
TO the Honorable Board Of Supervi-
sors Of Rusk County, Wisconsin;
The petition of the town of Willard
by its duly authorized Chairman, re-
specify represents and shows to this
Board the following facts:
That the qualified electors of said
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Supervisor G. A. Coon moved that
the Beard do now adjourn. Motion
carried and Board adjourned
f. E. MUNROE,
County Clerk.
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Total, $3bUZ.3o
u. G. BLOOD.
l.. c. GOURDOUX.
G.. p. COON,
Finance Committee
TAX LEVY
We, your committee on Finance and
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u. G. BLOOD,
L. G. GOURDOUX,
G.. r. COON.

Finance Committee.
Supervisor Arnold moved that the
resolution be adopted.
Roll called and all members of the
Board voted aye.
Report OF Finance Committee in the
matter Of a county depository or de-
positories for the ensuing calendar
year of 1912
We, your committee on Finance,
recommend that the following banks
be designated county repositories for
1912, and that as near as possible the
County Treasurer carry the percen'
tage of the total county funds in the
several banks as herein shown
State Bank Ladysmith, 80 per cent.
Rusk County Bank Of
Ladysmith, 20 per cent
Lumbermans State Bank 25 per cent
Ingram State Bank, Is per cent
Hawkins State Bank, 10 per cent
Each of said banks to furnish suf.
ficient and necessary surety bond
and any loans desired by the county
during such period to be divided be
tween said banks on same percentage
at the rate of six per cent per an
mum.
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IOletl, pfO1OV.VO
U. G. BLOOD,
L. G. GOURDOUX,
c. p. COON,
Finance Committee.
Resolution No. 7, offered by the FL
nance Committee:
Resolved, by the Board of Super
visors of Rusk County, that the sum
of $23,289.76 be levied and assessed
against the taxable property of Rusk
County for State taxes and charges;
that the sum OF $9602.35 be levied
and assessed against the taxable pro-
erty Of the county for School pur-
poses; that further sum Of $40, 1000
be levied and assessed against the
taxable property of the county for
county purposes.
Be it further Resolved, that a two
mill tax be levied against the taxable
property of the county for county
roads
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19
On Mercy Errand: KIN.

Cincinnati. - While pressing everv
ounce Of speed from his powerful an.
tomobile in the performance of an er.
rand of mercy, seeking to save the life
OF man he did not know, Robert
Doepke, wealthy merchant of this
city, was the cause of another mans
death here. Doepke was taking an I'm.
identied man he had found uncon-
scious and dying from injuries sus.
tanned in an accident in the street, to
hospital, when the machine struck
James Goodnight of Newport, Ky, a
workman, instantly killing him.
Bind Clerk, Steal Gems.
Cincinnati. - Three men entered
the jewelry store of Adolph Vie.
bell here while Eddie Rocker. a
clerk, 16, was alone in the store. and
by representing that they were tax
assessors, induced him to set out sew.
eral thousand dollars worth of dia.
monds. When the gems were exposed
on the counter the men seized Rocker
and quickly bound and gagged him
They then gathered up the diamonds
and walked leisurely out of the store Z
The police are without a clew to their
identity. s'.'
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SYNOPSIS.

George Percival AlSernon Jones, vice
president of the Metropolitan Oriental
rug company Of New York, thirsting for
EomAnce, 10 In Cairo OH q business trip.
horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel In
Cairo with carefully guarded bundle
Nyanne sells Jonas the famous holy Yhi-
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
from a pasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
Major Callahan and later 10 introduced to
fortune Chedsoyo by q woman to whom
he had loaned 160 pounds at Monte Carlo
some months previously, and who turns
put 70 be Fortunes mother. Jones takes
MRS Chedsoye and Fortune to q polo
game. Fortune returns to Jones the
money borrowed by her mother. Mrs.
ChedeoyO appears to be engaged In some
mysterious enterprise unknown to the
daughter. RyAnne intereEzs Jones in the
United Romance and Adventure com.
pany, concern which for a price will
arrange any kind Of an adventure to or
der; Mrs. ChedSoye, her brother, Major
Callahan. Wallace and Ryanne, as the
United Romance and Adventure company.
Ryanne makes known to Mrs. Chedsoye
his Intention to marry Fortune. Mrs
Chedsoye declares she will not permit It.
Plans are laid to prevent Jones sailing
Tor nome. Ryanne steals Jones' letters
and cable dispatches. He wires agent in
New York, In Jones' name that he IL
Frenti1s house In New York to some
carpet, is on Ryanne's trail. Ryanne
promises Fortune that he will see that
Jones comes to no harm as a result of his
purchase OF the rug. Mahomed accosts
Ryanne and demands the Yhiordes rug
Hyanne tells him Jones has the rug and
suggests the abduction OF the New York
merchant as means of securing its re-
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CHAPTER x-(contInued.)

Stubborn as the lock was, persever-
ance overcame It. George then, as a
slight diversion, spread the ancient
Yhiordes over the trunk and stared at
II In pleasurable contemplation. What
beauty 1t was! What exquisite blue.
what soft red, what minute patterns!
And this treasure was his. He leaned
down upon 1t with his two hands. A
color stole into his cheeks. 1t had its
source in an old confusion; school.
boys jeering a mate seen walking
home from school with a girl. It was
all rot, he perfectly knew, this wish
ing business; and yet he flung into the
Bun-warmed, sun-gilded space an ar.
oent wish, sent 1t speeding round the
world from east to west. Fast as heat
fast as light It travelled, for no sooner
had 1t sprung from his mind than II
entered the window Of a room acrosa
the corridor. Whether the window was
open or shut was Of no Importance
whatever. Such wishes penetrated and
went through all obstacles. And this
one touched Fortunes eyes, her hair.
her lips; it caressed her in a thousand
happy ways But, alas! such wishes
are without temporal power.
Fortune never knew. She sat in n
chair, her fingers locked tensely, her
eyes large and set in gaze, her lips
compressed. her whole attitude one of
impotent despair.
George did not see her at lunch, and
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(To BE CoNTINUED.)
Dental Training.

Fifteen years from now If have
any teeth left for anybody to fool
with shall hire certain Chinese boy
to do the fooling," New York sales
man said. HE will be grown up thea.
l saw him the other day down in
Chinatown. He was pulling pegs out
of board with his fingers. The pegs
had been driven pretty tight into holes
in the board, and 1t took a good deal
Of strength to get them out.
THAT is a funny game for him to
play said to white man who
knows the quarter.
"'Game!' said he. That is not a
game. The boy is going to be den-
tist His folks have made up their
minds about that, and he has COM
menced early to strengthen his fingers.
They train them that way in China
because there they pull teeth with the
fingers. He will not pull with his fin
gers here, but the strength and skill
will come in handy. just the same"
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was lacking; for luncheon hour came
and passed without her being definite
ly aware Of 1t. This in itself was
puzzle. A jaunt, such as she had ta-
ken that morning, always keened the
edge Of her appetite; and yet, there
was no craving whatever.
Where was her mother? If she
would only come now, the cumulative
doubts Of all these months should be
put into speech. They had treated her
as one would treat a child; 1t was
neither just nor reasonable. II not as
child, but as one they dared not
trust, then they were afraid of her.
But why? She pressed her hands to-
gether, impotently. Ryanne, clever as
he was, had made a slip or two which
he had sought to cover up with a lest.
Why should he confess himself to be
rogue unless his tongue had got the
better Of his discretion? II he was a
rogue, why should her mother and her
uncle make use of him, If not for
roguery's sake? They were fools, fools!
IL they had but seen and understood
her as she was, she would have gone
to the bitter end with them, Loyalty,
with sealed lips. But no; they had
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consequently did not enjoy the hour.
Was she Ill? Had she gone away?
Would she return before he started? {?
he greeted the Major as one greets a
long-lost friend; and by gradations
George considered clever indeed,
brought the conversation down to For
tune. No, the Major did not know
Where she was. She had gone early
to the bazaars. Doubtless she was
lunching alone somewhere. She had
the trick Of losing herself at times.
Mrs. Chedsoye was visiting friends at
Ghepheards. When did Mr.. Jones
leave for America? What! on the NOR
rowH The Major shook his head re-
Sredully. There was no place like
Cairo for Christmas.
George called a carriage, drove
&bout the principal streets and shop
Iing districts, and used a3S eyes dill.
Tently; but 1t was loves labor lost.
Not even when he returned at tea-time
did he see her. Why hadn't he known
and got up? He could haze shown her
the bazaars; and there wasn't drago-
man in Cairo more familiar with them
than he. A wasted day. totally wasted.
He huna about the lounging-room till
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And l refuse to answer. have
some authority still"
Not SO much, mother, as you had
yesterday. You refuse to explainF"
Absolutely"
Then / shall Judge you without
mercy" Fortune rose, her eyes blaz-
ing passionately. She caught her
mother by the wrist, and she was the
stronger Of the two. Cant you un-
derstand? am no longer a child,
am woman. do not ask, demand!"
She drew the older woman toward her,
eye to eye. you palter, you always
palter; palter and evade. You do not
know what frankness and truth are.
Is the continual evasion calculated to
still my dlstrust? Yes, distrust you,
you, my mother. You have made the
mistake of leaving me alone too much.
have always distrusted you, but l
never knew why"
Mrs. Chedsoye tugged, but ineffectu-
ally. Let go!"
Not till l have done. Out of the
patchwork, squares have been formed.
what OF the men who used to come
to the villa and play cards with Uncle
George, the men who went away and
never came back? What Of your long
disappearances of which knew moth.
ing except that one day you vanished
and upon another you came back? Did
you think that l was fool, that /
had no time to wonder over these
things? You have never tried to
make n friend Of me; you have al.
ways done your best to antagonize me.
Did you hate my father 80 much that,
when his death put him out Of range,
you had to concentrate 1t upon me?
MY father!" Fortune roughly flung
aside the arm. who knows about
him, who he was, what he was, what
he looked like? AS a child, used to
ask you, but never would you speak.
All know about him nurse told me.
This much has always burned my
mind: you married him for wealth
that he did not have. What do you
mean by this simple young man across
the CORRIDOR"
Mrs. Chedsoye was pale, and the ar
tistic touch Of rouge upon her cheeks
did not disguise the pallor. The true
evidence lay in the whiteness of her
nose. Never in her varied life had
she felt more helpless, more impotent.
To be wild with rage, and yet to be
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

Cincinnati. - During the installa-
ton Of the newly elected officers
Of the Dorcas chapter of the Eastern
Star in their lodge rooms 20 men and
women were overcome by gas, from
the effects of which several may die.
While the organist was playing the
scored music in connection with the
work of their ritual and the officers
were rehearsing the initiation work,
every one in the room suddenly col
lapsed, victims of the deadly gas
fumes. The janitor of the hall was
the first to discover their condition
and sent in hurried call for doctors
and ambulances. The stricken people
were dragged from the hall and an
emergency hospital was soon estab.
lished in the building. Strong stimu-
lants were administered to the uncon.
scious executives and after working
for two hours the majority were re-
vived, although several are still in a
critical condition. The owner of the
building is investigating report that
a gas jet found open in the hallway
was purposely turned on by someone.
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Prominent Men Cauuht.

Youngstown.-Two doctors, l. p.
Smith and R. H. Barnes, and drug
clerk, ]. E.. Allen, were arrested here
and pleaded guilty in Justice M. B.
Welch's court to a charge of selling
cocaine in the city contrary to the
state law. A crusade has been started
by the state board OF health, acting
through the local authorities, against
the traffic here, which Is said to be
far greater than in many other cities.
Detectives have been working for
weeks securing evidence against the
sellers Of the drugs and other arrests
will be made. The men who pleaded
guilty are prominent in tho city.