Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-04-27

Stevens Point-A Red Cross chapter
is being organized at the Stevens
Point normal and already 225 young
women students have agreed to join.
Application for charter has been
made.
Grand Rapids-The Mackinnon Man
ufacturing company has added new
branch to it's business. Waste lumber,
formerly sold for firewood, now is be-
ing utilized in making wooden soles
for shoes.
Beloit-Headed by e. III. Light, Be-
lott college secretary, a number of pro-
fessors plan to plant and cultivate
in view of threatened war food short
age.
Green Bay-Capt M. D. Imhoff, for
merly of Milwaukee, now drillmaster
at the refOrmatOry, has been appointed
temporarily captain of the Green Bay
troop of cavalry by Adjt. Gen. Orlando
HOlway.
Horizon = With excavation about
completed, the erection of $4,000 fac
tory for the Ideal Barn Equipment
company recently organized here, will
be started soon. The buildings will
be of brick and concrete.
Ripon-Following the circulation Of
petitions here a dispatch Endorsed by
the common council was sent to Sena-
tor Husting and Congressman David
son, urging them to support legislation
for universal military training.
Manufactured Guhl, IS, Peshtigo,
saloonkeeper, was found dead in a
chair in his saloon. On his person
was found bottle of strychnine. Sui
eide is believed to have been due to
i'll health
Stevens Point-The annual "drive"
Of the Jones Week Lumber company
has reached this city in record time
of less than ten days although the
crew was reduced and the 100000
fleet of hemlock constituted larger
drive than usual.
Beloit-Earl Power, Beloit college
peace orator, is out of job The
Interstate peace oratorical contest in
which he was to have represented
Wisconsin, has been called off because
the financial hacker has devoted the
peace fund to war relief work.
Madison-"Over 100000 automobiles
have been licensed this year," said
Merlin Hull, secretary of state. "The
Golfers have been replenished by half
a million dollars in license fees" BY
May there will be 100000 cars This
will be nearly 5000 more than the
registrations for 1915.
Oshkosh-The First Presbyterian
church, through it's pastor, the Rev. J.
W. Laughlin, telegraphed President
Wilson and Wisconsin senators and
representatives in an appeal for sum-
mary action in closing the saloons Of
the nation as war measure. Pro-
lection of food supply is suggested as
the basis of the request.
Racine-Three sons, all with mill
tary training, is the contribution of the
Rev. Benjamin Talbot Rogers, warden
of Racine college, to the United States
defensive forces. His younger son
joined the navy at Milwaukee recently.
another son is in the officers reserve
corps, and a third in the Columbia
university battalion.
Green Bay-Teachers in Green Bay
schools will be given increases in pay
during the next school year. The in
crease will vary from to 10 per cent
a month, it is expected. An appropria-
ton of $4,000 was voted by the school
board for the purchase of site for
grade school to replace the Whitney
building, which was destroyed by fire
in January.
4NCW uClCUy
my 1917 vacation to productive labor
for the purpose of helping produce
food for the men at the 'front.'" is
pledge that has been signed by 108 Of
the boy students of the New Rich
mond High school as they Joined the
Productive Labor association, which
has been organized by Supt. P. F.
Neverman.
Racine = Charles Theodore Skow,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Skow of
this city, left for Jeerson, Mo-, where
he entered the aeroplane corps of the
army. Mr.. Show is a freshman in the
engineering department. at the Uni
yersity of Wisconsin.
Sparta-It is expected that the mill
| tary reserve near Sparta will be made
big training camp this summer.
| When the new federal building was
erected here offices were reserved for
| the war dana rfm ant which ii ia hN.