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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
FEW LESS LICENSES
THAN ISSUED IN 1916

County Clerk Monroe q hailed the
close of the deer hunting season with
considerable satisfaction. For the
past month his office has been busy
each day issuing licenses Monday
there has been taken 1901 hunting
licenses. 1919 deer tags were issued
There have been issued 1S3 trappers
licenses and these are still popular
As beaver can be trapped this year unl-
der the new law. in Rusk and Sawyer
Counties, a number of trappers have
taken out special licenses. These have
TO go to the conservation commission at
Madison. Eight beavefi licenses have
Eccn granted. Last year 1888 hunting
licenses were issued.
1t is estimated that more than 1000
deer were shot in Sawyer county
Shipments were made every day from
the day after the season opened On
the second day $50 deer were shipped
out on the line from Winter and near
by towns. In some of the places the
poorest kind of hunting was reported
The sportsman at Bucks Camp got a
total of ten deer. II. w. True saw -
and picked out one.
Some of the deer shipped out were
small and poor One at the station al
I4adysmith was of about 80 pounds an(
had long hair and was scrub al
right.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
RED CROSS DANCE
AND E. C.. JAZZ BAND

Something new and entertaining
will be the Red Cross Jazz band from
Eau Claire which will furnish the mu-
sic for the Red Cross dance next Fri
day night, Dec. a. The dance will he
the first of series of entertainments
to be given by the Red Cross during
the winter to aid the materials fund.
The Red Cross ladies have been
knitting with great industry for many
weeks. They are out of funds to buy
more yarn and the call from the Ma
tional headquarters is for more gar
ments and knitted articles. Hence
the need for the biggest and most
representative crowd at the dance
next Friday. There is basketball
game at the gym early in the evening
but it is expected that the hall will be
at the disposal of the committee of
the dance at 8 o'clock, when dancing
will commence.
The ladies will serve lunch at mid
night and dancing will he continued
after the luncheon.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
OFFICIAL INFORMATION TO
ALL REGISTRANTS IN
THE COUNTY
By Governor e. l.. Philippl

(By Governor Il. l.. Phillppl
Registrants must return the
QUESTIONABLE within seven days
after date of mailing or of post
ing of number of registrant at of
flee of local board.
1t is i'm the interest, therefore, of
each registrant to see that the To-
cal board has his correct address.
Fa lure by any registrant to
perform any duty prescribed by
the Selective Service Law or by
the Rules and Regulations, at or
within the time required, is mis-
demeanor punishable by impris-
onment for one year, and may re-
suit in loss of valuable rights
and immediate induction of such
registrant into military service.
Failure to receive notice O.
QUESTIONABLE will not excuse the
registrant from performing any
duty within the time limit. nor
shall it be i'm itself ground for
extension Of time.
Failure of the registrant or any
other person concerned to claim
and exercise any right or privi-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
CONFER WITH
LIGHT EXPERT
City Officials Talk Municipal
Ownership With Manager
Grand Rapids Plant

NJ II. Weeks, manager of the Gran(
Rapids, Wis, municipality owned elec
tric light and power plant, came to La
dysmith Tuesday and spent the entire
day in going over the local situation
with Mayor Thompson and Commits
sioner Geo. Luell. He visited several
others including the lighting com
pany's offices. Upon the submission
to him of bills for lighting, by John
Krcma, Mr.. Weeks tried to analyZe
the peculiar way the lighting company
has Of making it's charges. OF five
bills submitted four were found to
contain errors.
Mr.. Weeks took with him all the
data obtained on the question and will
soon make report on many points
Rapids plant was taken over by that
city and has been successful. The
rate for lighting is s cents net, maxi
mum, and power is furnished to man
ufacturing plants at extremely low
rates.
A careful investigation of the rates
charged elsewhere disclOses the fact
that in almost every instance privately
owned plants are charging a higher
rate than where the city is the owner.
In only few instances in the state is
the municipal minimum $100. Gen
orally the rate is % cents and down
to % cents. or none at all.
Eight cents per XVIII. is charged
for instance, i'll Arcadia, Argyle, Bar
ron, Bayfield,, Cedarburg Grand Rap
ids, Port Washington, Spooner and Il
number of other cities and towns.
New Richmond has rate of 4
cents XVIII, with cents socket
charge, and gets her street lights, go
watts. 40 or 220 volts all night all
year service, for $6.66 a year. Lady
smith pays 500 to the Myers people
Wherever there is steam the charge
is a little higher but in no place with
a population approaching Ladysmith
is there the rate now being paid here
so far as has yet been discovered in
the examination of municipal plants.
Whitehall, Wis, has 6 cent rate.
The council is continuing it's cOllec-
tiOn of data from all sources and will
soon be ready to present the matter to
the people with a recommendation for
taking over the plant.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
"PRAY FOR THE KAISER
is CHAIN LETTER MES
SAGE IN LADYSMITH

Somebody somewhere figures
that there are disloyal people in
Ladysmith.
Pray for the Kaiser and the
success of the German arms" is
the message sent to a person in La
dySmith in chain letter. The
writer naturally not signing the
letter. asks that the recipient send
the same letter to three others. 1t
is part of a chain.
The letter is now in the hands of
the United States government and
an investigation is being made.
The recipient turned it over to
Postmaster Manning and the Sc
cret service will look carefully to
find where if any there is located
a nest of PrO-Germans and l. w. w.
dislOyalists in the city.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
Playing With Jimmie KermOtt's
Revolver Ends in Sad Trag-
edy at COnrath
STAGGERS TO KITCHEN
CRYING HE WAS SHOT
Only Child Buried at Ladysmith Sun
day as Result of Tragic
Accident

Lyle James Zacharias. who would
have been IA years of age on Dee. s.
was shot and almost instantly killed
in the family home in Conrath, last
Friday, He staggered out of the front
room to the kitchen where his mother
was engaged at her work. cried that he
was shot and, in a moment fell to the
floor and died.
Lyle and James Kermott, son of
Clerk of Court. Walter ]. KermOtt,
were playing in the front room OF. the
Zacharias home James had been
visiting his uncle and aunt. Mr.. and
Mrs. Weidman VIM. Zacharias. faith
cr of the boy was in Ladysmith. The
boys had been hunting i'll the morning.
Young KermOtt had hunting license,
the Zacharias boy did not. When they
returned to the house they had played
checkers.
The rest of the story is that of Ker-
motifs told to O. b. Ellingboe, coroner
of Rusk county, who made the inquiry
Monday afternoon.
Lyle had Il % revolver. Jimmie had
a 81 They had been looking at the
smaller pistol Then the larger gun
was brought out. 1t was hammerless.
Lyle held it with the barrel pointed
toward himself, hand over the butt,
finger OH the trigger.
Jimmie says Lyle asked: What
would happen if | pulled the trigger?'
You'd be a gOner," Jimmie says he re-
piled,
Then the revolver went off. Lyle
rushed to the kitchen to cry out to his
mother that he had been shot. She
went out of the door, turned around
and came back and the boy crumpled
up and fell to the floor. In few mo-
ments he was dead.
DR.. O'Connor was called. The bull
let had entered the breast to the right
of the heart. and passed through the
left lung lodging i'll the cavity some
where.
The funeral was held on Sunday af-
ternOOn at COnrath conducted by Rev.
III. Baumbach, of the German Lutheran
church. Ladysmith Interment was at
Riverside cemetery here.
Lyle was the only child. There is
an adopted daughter in the family.
The parents are overwhelmed with
grief at the tragedy.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
MANY RECRUITS
JOIN THE NAVY
Inspiration of Jackie Band
Starts Many Ladysmith
Boys to Recruiting
Office

Recruiting officer Helmer of the
United States Navy, arrived i'll Lady
smith this, Friday, afternoon, and is
making examinations and securing
transportation for the men from this
section who wish to enlist in that
branch of the service.
Here is the roll of honor so far of
the men who have joined the navy or
gone to Milwaukee to take the exam
nations:
Art Gerard.
Walter Fox.
Phil Nelson, of COnrath.
Aaron Lenmark.
Walter COrbet.
Clyde Clough.
Nick Britten, Jr.
Joe Britten.
Harry Miller, Jr.
A number of others will take the
examination as soon as possible.
Aaron denmark left Wednesday
night for Milwaukee. He has been the
undertaken for 0. B. EllingbOe and
has in the time he has been in Lady
smith made many friends. The two
Brittens and Harry Miller Jr. are en-
plOyed at the market of KurZ Bros.
and their going entities that place to
a service flag with three stars if the
boys are accepted.
They will go to Milwaukee Saturday
evening, when the others who enlist
in the interim. will also be sent. At
first Postmaster Manning was en-
titled to give transportation but now
it has to be done by recruiting Off
Ger.
Walter Norman Fox, employed for
some time at the Model Drug Store
left for Milwaukee Wednesday after
noon, where he will take the eXamina-
tiOn for the Z. S. Navy. He stopped
off for few hours at Owen, his home.
The enlistment was with Postmaster
Manning who is the recruiting man
ager for this section and transpOrta-
tiOn was furnished for Fox and p. e.
Nelson, of Conrath, to take the exam
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
NORTHERN TUBERCULOSIS
HOSPITAL FOR RUSK

Action will soon be taken toward
getting the Northern tuberculosis hos
pital for Rusk county. At the meet
ing of the county board the chairman,
J. c. Stubbs, was instructed to appoint
committee to see the Madison
authorities and present the reasons
why the institution should be located
here. The committee is III. McHugh,
Bruce; Y. Y. Miller, j. w. CarOw and
d. j. Summerville They expect to
make the trip to Madison soon.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
WHALING BIG PRESENT TO
RUSK COUNTY SOLDIERS

1t took Il big packing case up to
ones chin. five boxes for the apples
and Il smaller box for the canned
fruit and other things sent in glass to
carry the presents from the people of
Ladysmith to the boys in Waco. No
soliciting has been done, no one asked
to contribute, except the appeals made
on the placards and through the pa
pers and the word of mouth notice Of
the gift
The boxes were shipped Friday
morning by express.
Other boxes were sent to boys at
other points.
1t will be pretty good Christmas
after all, down there at Camp Near
thur in the dust and dirt of Texas.
One of the packages bore the in-
scription: ITO one of the boys who
does not hear from home" 1t was
written in a hand that told the story
of woman, surely mother, who had
a place in her heart for the boy who
be forgotten.
There was about everything that one
could think of: candy in quantities.
packages of cigarettes, tobacco in
bags and tins, chocolate bars, peanuts,
chewing gum and tobacco, handker-
Chiefs cards, and a hundred other
things that will help to make it bet
ter Christmas.
With it went letter from the Lady
smith Chamber of Commerce signed
by President Frank Helm and Secre-
tary Doyle wishing the boys a Merry
Christmas from LadySmith people
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

The next game of basketball and the
first of the season with an outside
team, will be next Saturday night,
Dec. IA, at the highschool gym with
made up for the Ladysmith high
school is:
Dec 21-Alumni VS.. Highschool.
Jan. 11-Rice Lake at Ladysmith.
Jan 1S-Ladysmith at Bloomer.
Feb. S-Ladysmith at Rice Lake,
Feb. 22-Ladysmith at Barron.
Other games are being arranged but
have not yet been fully settled.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
BETTER WAGES
FOR TEACHERS
Rural School Inspector Thomp-
son Tells County COnven-
ton to Pay More
Money

While there was Il less attendance
at the court house on Tuesday of this
week. than usual. there was no lack
ing of interest 40 were present. Two
teachers Institutes coming close to-
gether kept many of the teachers
away
Supt O. E. Rice presided. He opened
the meeting with a talk on school con-
ditiOns in the county, told of progress
being made. new schools constructed.
the general Improvement in equipment,
and the presence of a better spirit in
both teachers and pupils. There was
a broader use of the library, both
teachers and pupils were reading
more and to a given end and purpose.
Circulars from the state board of
health were distributed, giving in
struction in the best methods in use
and suggestions for conserving the
health of the pupils.
Better Pay for Teachers
A. a. Thompson, inspector of rural
schools, was present from Madison and
gave an extended and valuable talk
on the shortage of teachers.
Teachers, he declared, Are poor
ly paid and salaries to teachers have
not been increased in the same ratio
as in other professions or trades and
therefore a situation has come about
in many places where it is impossible
to get teachers of any class"
Mr. Thompson urged upon the mem
bers of boards present that they pay
better wages and see that the good
teachers are kept by giving enough to
compete with other professions or
classes Of labor Then too, the mem
bers of boards should look to the per-
s0nal comfort of the teacher and see
that there was a satisfactory boarding
place for her.
IN the afternoon Supt. Rice talked
on the qualifications of teachers in
general. Prof. Thompson spoke on
school law and entered upon some
carefully detailed explanations for the
school Officers
Consolidation of Schools
Principal Il. Mack Dresden talked on
consolidation of schools He urged that
officers Of schools having II or less
pupils consider the advisability of
consolidating their school with the
school of the neighboring district AS
conditions are now. many districts
are at a great disadvantage. Some
children have much poorer chance
than others-the equipment of their
schools is poorer: the term of school
is shorter; the quality of teaching is
poorer. All this is due to conditions
over which the board has no control
hut which could easily be remedied by
consolidation. The constantly grow
ing shortage of teachers makes con
solidation almost compulsory wher-
ever it is feasible Another advantage
of consolidation is that the cOnsoli-
dated school furnishes larger unit
of taxation, making taxes more equit-
able.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
BONDS FOR TREASURERS

County Treasurer Richards has sent
to all the town treasurers the appOr-
tiOnment of taxes which fixes the
amounts of the bond each will be re-
qured to give this year. When sure
ty bond is made, the sum is the same
as the state and county tax, but II a
personal bond, then twice the amount
Treasurer Richards hopes all the
treasurers will qualify in time to begin
the receipt of taxes on Dee. II.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
SHORTAGE IN Y. Nj. c. A. FUND

Collections for the Y. NJ. G. A. fund
are being made all the time and those
who wish to join the crowd of Lady
smith people and contribute, should
send the amount to L. e. McGill,
chairman of the committee. There is
yet needed in order to fill the amount
required from Rusk county, about
5000. Hawkins and Bruce went way
over the amounts expected and Lady
smith alone is behind
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
High School Will Help Mail
Book of Questions to All
Registered Men
VOLUNTEERS WILL BE
TAKEN AFTER THE 18th
Rule Changed i'm Reference to Taking
Men After Next Week.-Great
Interest Manifested

All the machinery is being put in
shape for the examination of the 11OO
registered men from Rusk county, be-
ginning on the 18th. All those who
have changed their residence are re-
quired to furnish the new address
and parents and friends who know OF
cases of this kind should notify the
county clerk.
IN order to help with the sending of
the Questionairre to the men, Supt
Rahr of the highschool will have a
volunteer force to write the envelopes
and prepare them for mailing. This
will be done before the 10TH On that
day Secretary MunrOe will start send
ing out the pamphlets containing the
questions to be answered Five per
cent will be mailed daily until all are
out.
Seven Days to Report
These must be returned by the reg
istrant in seven days from the time of
mailing. After they are received at
the office of the exemption board, they
have to be tabulated for final action,
and copies sent to headquarters.
For the purpose of assisting the
registrants in the preparation of the
papers, Governor Philip has appoint
ed legal advisory board consisting of
Chas. Kirwan, L. E. McGill and T. Nj.
Thomas. The rules say that the cOun-
ty judge should generally be the chair
man of the board and be one of the
three but it does not always appear to
be followed
Volunteers to be Accepted
The rule that there would be no
more volunteering from the ranks of
the registered men has been changed
Draft registrants whose classifica-
ton and order numbers are so low that
they do not fall within the current
quotas of their local boards may at
their own request he Immediately in
duced into the military service, Provost
Marshal General CrOwder announced
Wednesday.
Upon filing with his local board a
waiver of all claims of deferred classi-
fication, man in a deferred class may
be examined and sent to camp immedi-
ately. although not as part of his
boards quota. as this would violate
the provisions of the selective service
law which prohibit substitution.
May Enlist in Navy
Any registrant may enlist in the
navy or marine corps, General Crowd
er said, upon presentation to re-
cruiting officer of evidence by his local
board that his class and order numbers
are so low that he does not fall within
the current quota. Subsequently up
on presentation to the board of his en-
listment certificate he will be placed
in Glass ), the discard class, on the
ground that he is in the naval service.
Postmaster Sends Recruits
Postmaster Manning will send all
men who offer themselves either for
the army or navy, to Milwaukee. Some
have heretofore been sent to Duluth,
but i'll order to be sure that the state
and the county gets full credit for the
volunteers they will hereafter be sent
to Milwaukee.
No questiOnairres will be given out
by the county clerk to any regiStrant
until the 10Th, and then only by mail
in the official way.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07

interested in the Navy Relief Society.
HI. f. Merkel, Of the Milwaukee
Journal. who has been on the entire
tour of the state was also a Ladysmith
visitor
Chamber of Commerce Got Band
The coming of the band was due to
the efforts of the new Ladysmith
Chamber of Commerce. When it be-
came known that this city was not on
the schedule of the band for the state
tour, members of the chamber got busy
and on Saturday, Nov. "A, sent wires
and letters in lunches to the directors
of the bands movements at Chicago.
Mayor Thompson and Councilman
George Luell held a special meeting of
the council and passed a resolution in
viting the band to the city. President
Frank Helm and Secretary Doyle of
the Chamber were indefatigable III
the work. But it was not until late III
the afternoon Of Friday that definite
news Of the bands coming was
learned
Fine Lot of Boys
The JaclSies were fine lot OF young
men. Most of them came from homes
of well-to-do people and all of them
were men of more than average educa-
ton They have gone into the navy as
men have entered into other training
camps with the idea of doing their bit
for Uncle Sam with the best they had
in them
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
SAFETY FIRST CARDS

Safety first cards are being sent to
all the school children in Ladysmith
by Harry Ballou. of the Menasha Pa
per Co These are a part OF the cam
paign to reduce the number of acci-
dents
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
WIFE GETS HUSBAND FREED

John Remalong. of Rusk, who was
locked up in Jail on charge of using
threatening language was released
Monday at the request of his wife who
came to Ladysmith accompanied by O..
D. Scott the town treasurer. The
missed.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
ERICKSON BUYS AT CONRATH

e. r. Erickson, Of Tony, has pur-
chased the business Of the Nelson
Produce Company, at Conrath, and
will take possession soon. He will
operate the cheese factory at Tony
but with hired cheesemaker. L. II.
Nelson left on Wednesday for Milwau-
kee to take the examination for the
U. s. Navy. He expects to return and
complete the details of the transfer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07

lege ON the day or within the time
authorized by the Rules and
Regulations shall be considered a
waiver of such right or privilege,
and shall fOreclOse such person
from thereafter claiming the same,
subject only to the privilege
granted by the Rules and Regula-
tions to apply for an extension of
time,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
ONE ARREST AND FINE

Guy Adams was arrested Saturday
night for being drunk and disorderly
and fined So and costs by Justice Matt
Edgar This is the second time in two
weeks the same thing has happened.
Malvern daily record., 1917-08-29

The man who hoards feeds6lHf and food in order to enrich himself from a helpless public will find that the pub lie is not so helpless after all. Ar rangements are now being made in Washington to take care of the specu- lator on food products in 2 way that he will not care to try it but once. The middleman is going to find his vocation gone while this war lasts.
Malvern daily record., 1917-08-29

The Committee of the Board of Com nerce in Little Rock, is having serious trouble in securing rooms for the of ficers families on account of their children. When we get So busy in this life that we can't care for the children. it's time to call halt We suppose if these families who are look ing for rooms had a few poodle dogs, they would have no trouble ii finding. rooms.
Malvern daily record., 1917-08-29

The Comforts Committee of the Navy League will meet Friday after noon, at S:3o at the home of Mrs. Percy Chamberlain. All members are requested to bring all finished knitting to the meeting to be turned in. Mrs. R. Y. Phillips requests all those who have signed Registration Cardss to bring them to the meeting in order that she may send them in to head quarters.
Malvern daily record., 1917-08-29
ANNOUNCEMENT

Mrs H. T. Johnson, wishes to an neunee that she is ready to receive pupils in Piano. Harmony and Musical History. at her home at 1f8 West 5th street. Prices reasonable.
Malvern daily record., 1917-08-29
DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD GO
 THROUGH SCHOOL
TK KE=TuIc

The schools of Malvern open Sep tember 10. and it is the duty of the parent to the child that they do not let the child % through school handi= capped with poor vision, which makes them indolent and backward in their learning, and if let run causes other ailments.
 Let your children come to my office on Thursdays and Fridays of each week bfore school commences anl l viii examine their eyes absolutely free without any obligations attached. l will be perfectly honest in my ad- vice in regard to the condition of your child's eyes.