Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-03-19
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VIM. Oetzman, of Sheldon, was in
the city Saturday. Mr.. Oetzman came
from Minnesota last week and pur-
chased the A. w. Lee place, OF 16J
acres, 10 miles south in the town
of Grant and moved onto it with
his family.
Frank Langenbach, Sr., of Osceola,
visited in town the last of the week,
on business connected with his ranch
of 44O acres, 8 miles northwest. His
intention is to stock it this season
with feeder cattle, which will arrive
about May t. The place is improved,
with farm buildings and stock-sheds,
has about AZ miles of woven wire
fence, and 100 acres are in clover.
A new Section-line road has been eS-
tablished along the west side of the
place. and settlers are coming into
the neighborhood rapidly The water
for the stock is supplied with wind
mills. These developments have been
accomplished within little more than
a year, which fact is mentioned to
show what can be done with north
ern wisconsin land, for feeding pur,
poses, by one who is worker and
has the ambition. Mr. Langenbach
contemplates continuing the cattle
feeding, perhaps eventually devoting
the ranch also to dairying, as it is
admirably adapted to the latter, oW-
ing to the lay and drainage of the
land and it's prolific production OF
grass.
Mike Arts, the prominent stockman,
of Tony, was in town Wednesday,
taking back with him "Ferndell Gold
Finder" 1906, a fine Ayrshire bull.
purchased from Frank Stare, the well
known breeder. 'Ferndell Sunlight" a
sire from the same herd, was also a
recent purchase, going to Ole Peder-
son, of the town of Willard.
G. A Linquist, of Northwood, Ia
is a new settler, who purchased
through Wilson, the Land Man, 80
acres, 2 miles southeast of Tony. The
farm is partially mproved-there be-
ing a house and barn, and Is acres
cleared-and Mr.. Linquist has moved
onto the place with his family and
farm equipment, including COWS.
Mr. Wood and son, of Flambeau.
were in town the last of the week
looking up business matters. Mr..
Wood, senior, who sold farm in that
locality about year ago, has bought
another, thinking farming in such a
country is the business.
J. R. Jennings, of Pigeon Falls,
Jackson county, arrived here with
his family Saturday and they have
moved onto the place of 40 acres,
two miles west of this city, which
Mr. Jennings purchased about a
year ago.
Walter Corbet, 81a miles northwest,
was a business caller in town the
first of the week. Mr.. Corbet, who
came from near Lincoln, Neb., 9
years ago, has a farm of 80 acres
in the locality mentioned. He has
22 acres broke and will put in 6
acres of potatoes this season and II
acres of millet, sowing alsike with
it, also, for seed. Mr.. Corbet has 10
head of young cattle and is on the
lookout for more, buying anything
that offers in this line.
Aug. L. Kanning, of Chicago, who
owns fine 80 five and one-half
miles southeast of this city, came up
Tuesday morning to remain about a
month, looking after the making of
extensive improvements upon his
! property. Mr. Kanning, who has
owned this property for about three
years, expects to move UP here a
year from now and occupy the same.
| He has let the contract for clear