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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
ROAD PATROL
DISTRICTS MADE
Federal Highway Maintenance
Started in Rusk County
Friday
EIGHT PATROLMEN
WILL BE EMPLOYED
They Will BE Hired BY the Month
and All Tools Furnished
Them

Eight districts for road mainten.
ance were provided by the committee
on roads and bridges at a meeting held
Friday morning at the office of the
county clerk. s. p. Hall. district
engineer of the state highway commits
sion, from SpoOner, was present and
stated to the committee the intent and
purpose of the commission in refer
ence to roads and maintenance.
There were present H. w. True.
chairman of the committee of the
county board. j. a. Schmidt. Phil
koehler. county highway commissions
er and County Clerk Munroe.
The patrol districts for the Federal
highways arranged are:
No. /. Begins at the East county
line and west to the town line of True
and Richland
No ,. Begins at line of No /. and
extends West to southeast corner of
Sec. 81. town 35-5;
No. Begins at West line of 2nd
district to 3rd st. West. in Ladysmith
and South to the southeast corner of
Sec. 21 in the town of Grant
No. +. From line of No 3 to the
South line of county.
No. ). Begins at 3rd st. West, and
to the center of the village of Bruce.
No. 6. From Sawyer county line to
the South line of Sec. 8, 35-7
No. Z. Begins at South end of
route G. then to Bruce and West to the
town line of Big Bend and Stubbs.
No. s. From district to the county
line West
All of this is to be done by men hired
for the work who are devote all their
time TO it. They will report daily to
the county highway commissioner
and once week he will have to report
to the district commissioner.
Applications for the places of high
way patr0lmen will be received at the
county clerks office on April "a 1st.
From these applications the men will
be employed at S125 month for man
and team, tools provided by county. 1t
will mean uniformly good roads as all
the work is to be of the same character.
On the road to the Sawyer line that
portion south of the Chippewa river
bridge cannot be used until it has been
made Until that time the road main
tanned will be from Bruce north to the
bridge
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
CAPT. MADDEN
Is RETIRED
Surgeons Disability Certificate
Drags Ladysmith Officer
From Active Service

Capt. A. T. Hadden, who went from
Ladysmith as commander of the cav
airy troop, then at Camp McArthur
was made battalion adjutant Of the
120th Field Artillery and later cap
tain of Battery B. 10th Field Artil-
lery. has been retired on Il surgeons
disability certificate and is no longer
actively connected with the army. He
will therefore not accompany the
troops of the 332nd Division to France.
For the last three weeks there has
been a wedding out of the men and Off
GERS at Camp Macarthur. Many of the
officers have been retired and in the
ranks of the ''nOn-coms'' too there
have been many let out either Oh ac-
count of the surgeons certificate. age
or for failure to stand high in military
work.
Capt. Hadden and other officers
whose retirement was announced on
Monday have already appealed to
Governor Philip and the Adjutant
General was busy Wednesday consid-
ering the cases.
Capt. Hadden's retirement does not
mean that he has been mustered out
but that he is OH the retired list with
part pay to the end of the war and is
subject to call at any time into active
service.
The officers from this part Of the
state who were retired at the same
time are we'll known in Ladysmith and
have been connected with the National
Guard Of the state for many years
They are: Col. John 7. Joachim,
Madison Col. Marshall Cousins. Eau
Claire; Lieut.. Col. Emmanuel Rossi-
Green Bay.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
SEVENTEEN FOR
STACKER LIST
Men Who Failed to Notify Clerk
of Change in Address
Make Trouble

Every man who is registered and
who has left the county without nOti-
flying the clerk of the new address has
been placed in Class No. of the draft
list and will be in the Stacker column
if called upon and does not respond
for examination by the medical officer.
Such men are subject to arrest and
fine and Imprisonment. If anyone
knows of the whereabouts Of the men
named below it is their duty to notify
the county clerk so that they can be
reached. These are the men who have
not answered their questionnaires and
whose mail has come back marked
"Uncalled For, Address unknown"
Willie n Curtis
Al Davis
Leonard p. Schneiders.
Joseph Abraham Miller,
Mike Singer.
Arthur Melvin Johnson.
VIM. Franklin Brooks,
Arthur w. Cash.
JOS. Postula.
Frank Cholewik.
Paul Saftner.
FelikO Szleszinski.
Charles Albert Russell
Chester a. MacOmber
Floyd Glenn Weed.
Mike Wicak.
David II. Wolfe.
Only few papers are coming in
now for the action of the exemption
board The work is nearly done as far
as the first examination is concerned.
but the district board is returning
some papers for re-classification and
there is testimony and special investi-
cation for other cases that will keep
the board busy for several weeks yet.
Meetings are held three days this
week, Secretary Munroe who has
been i'll, largely from the tremendous
amount of work that has piled on his
shoulders in the past six months, is
likely to be made to take rest at the
instance OF his physician and that will
slow down the work some.
Already $50 have been classified. Is
more waited for action Wednesday,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
NO CHANGES MADE In
FUEL ORDER AFFECTING
LADYSMITH

No changes have been made in the
fuel order affecting Ladysmith since
last Monday. Lodges viii have to hold
meetings Monday nights and NOT on
Tuesdays, This interests Masons, the
Royal Arch Chapter. and the X. of p.
here.
Fuel Administrators Fitzgerald has
issued a statement that saloons might
open if they used no fuel IN that case
the heat will be furnished out Of the
bottle
The Unique will be closed Monday.
as will be all billiard and dance halls
Stores will keep closed as on Mon
day last; groceries open until noon.
Printing offices are not permitted to
do job work on Monday
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
THREE BROTHERS, ONE 4
CITIZEN, 2 ARE ENEMY
ALIENS ON LISTS

Frank, Mike and John Slesar are
brothers who live when at home in the
town of Grant. All have had. their
first papers and John is citizen.
They were born in pelternitza. Aus
tria. There is father who lives with
Mike on the farm near Ladysmith and
who has money to the amount of
makes an income that in part sup
ports the father although Mike says
he has to support him. They all reg
istcred for the draft Mike was
placed in class No. and Frank in No
4. John went into Class because he
was a citizen and had. dependent wife
and family. He is cold saw operator
in machine shop in Milwaukee at the
present time,
When Frank found that his brother,
Mike. was i'll Class /. he took his hat
in hand, and went to the office of !.
W. caorW and told that member of
the exemption board what he thought
OF the whole system in general.
You had no business to put my
brother in Class one" he said He's
an alien. an Austrian, and not a citi-
zen,
Are you a citizen?" asked Mr.
Carow
10. I'm not and you will have to
put me III Class ) as | am an enemy
alien along with my brother.
Would YOU go back and fight for
Austria against the United States?"
asked the member of the exemption
board.
Slesar hesitated. He took some time
to answer, Then he said No
Well. | tell you where you belong, ;"
said Mr.. Carow You belong in the
enemy alien list and you ought to be
registered with Postmaster Manning
along with the rest cf them
Then the board took into cognizance
the fact that the Slesars Mike and
Frank. claimed exemption as enemy
aliens and they are now SO marked OH
the books at the court house. But
there are not many SO classed. Prob
ably not over 20 of the 11O4 will be ta-
ken when the questionnaires have all
been examined.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
ENTERTAINED GUESTS

Mrs. n. Whiteford was hostess to a
number of lady friends Tuesday after
noon. The time was spent III sewing
followed by Il delightful lunch at the
close of the afternoon. Gu Thursday
evening, Mrs. Whiteford entertained
another party Of friends, 800 being
played. Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Kermott
were the champions. while Q. b.
Ellingboe carried away the consolation
token Musical numbers by both the
hostess and Mr.. Reichl was greatly en-
joyed as was the splendid four-course
luncheon,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
Costs Dollar and Expenses For
Whipping Ira Brody in
the Tony Saloon
BEATS UP THE BIG NEGRO
WITH WHIPSTOCK BUTT
Prominent Attorneys and Small Audi
ence at Cause Celebre i'm the
Court of Justice
Hill

Pete Helm. one of the owners of the
Tony Liquor Co. operating a saloon in
the town of Tony, was on Monday
fined 81 and costs on the charge of
assault and battery brought by Ira
Brody. Il negro.
1t was a cause cclebre with a small
stage setting and too few chairs. in the
court Of Justice f. w Hill Monday
afternoon. But it was Il negro. called
"nigger. both by the counsel for the
defense and the prosecution. in true
Southern style, who was the plaintiff
"A big. bulky. brawny negro. with IL
complexion known as 'saddle-colored' .
and two of the leading attorneys of
the county. T. NJ Thomas for the prose
cution, and l.. f. McGill for the de-
tense. as wellas one of the members of
one Of the best known families in the
county, the defendant. that gave to the
case its Importance
A Pleasant Day Before Christmas
The ws-Budget has told the story
at the time Of the swearing out of the
warrant bat the case assumed more
definiteness Monday.
On the day before Christmas, Ira
Brody. who works for John Curtiss.
near Ingram. started for Ladysmith to
drive otto Miller. Willie Lambert.
Fred and Andrew Peterson here for
the purpose of filling out their qles-
tionnaires. They stopped at Tony and
the saloon of the Tony Liquor Com
pany. This. as the testimony shows.
is a corporation Of which the stock
holders are John. ~ f.. and Peter
Continued on Page y
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
FROZE FINGERS; IN JAIL.

John Rega, aged 80. was sent here
from Minneapolis employment
agency to work in one of Mitchelrs
camps. He drank too freely and on
the way to camp froze his fingers.
Unable to work with swollen hands he
came to Ladysmith Jan. TO- and sought
shelter in the city Jail Thursday he
was sent back to Minneapolis. The
last time he voted was in Moorhead,
Mimi.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
BOY SCOUTS MADE
DESPATCH BEARERS

Scoutmaster j. ID. Shumway of the
Boy Scouts. of Ladysmith. is in receipt
Of a letter from Colin H. Livingstone,
President. National Council Boy
Scouts of America communicating
President Wilson'S letter making the
Scouts Government despatch bearers
in carrying to the homes of the people
pamphlets and other information on
the war
Mr.. Shumway said that the Lady
smith scouts would accept the com
mission and perform the duties faith
fully.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
NEW FOOD-SAVING
SCHEDULE

Here is the new food-saving
schedule as set forth in the most
recent orders of Food Administra
tor Hoover:
Monday: Wheatless Day and each
day one meal without wheat foods.
Tuesday: Meatless Day and each
day one meal without wheat foods.
Wednesday WheatIess Day
again.
Saturday: Porkless Day. No
Pork i'll any form including lard to
be used.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
SCHOOL SURVEY REPORTS

The school survey of the county is
being completed. Already out of 95
reports expected. there have been re-
ceived at the office of county super
intendent Rice, AZ. The information
they give is of the greatest interest.
Miss Wegner is making maps of the
distribution of the different products
and industries and they will be of dis
tinct value to more than one group of
citizens
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
AN ERROR CORRECTED

In the story of the arrest and fine
of Joe Stoffels. it was stated in the
News Budget that +. \. Kirvan had
the warrant sworn ont This was an
error and the News-Budget gladly
makes the correction The warrant
was one from the police department.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
Ministers Present Petition to
City Council and Want
Unique Closed Sun
day Nights
MARTIN ALSO HAS
PETITION MUCH SIGNED
Rev. John Birrell Leads Crusade to
Close Amusement Places Here
on Sundays

The question of open theaterS on
Sunday was precipitated before the
council Monday evening when Il dele
CATION of the ministers of the city.
headed by Rev. j. Birrell presented Il
petition and Il request for action that
would close the Unique on Sunday.
Their petition. the ministers state.
was circulated ON the advice and
solicitation of number of prominent
people of the city.
There were in the delegation the
Reverends Baumbach, Howe, O'Beirnc
and Prof. Il. Mack Dresden. Superin-
tendent of the Training School. Mr..
Birrell made the principal speech,
holding that while it was true that
moving pictures were shown in other
cities, Ladysmith had reputation for
having kept out of all these things and
closed all amuSements on Sunday and
it ought to be sustained. He asked
the council to pass the necessary legis-
latiOn for the closing of the thcater.
Wait For Decision
After few moments discussion
among themselves rs to action, the
council by Mayor Thompson, an
nounced that the petition presented
would be referred to the city attorney
and action be deferred
Prof. Dresden spoke in favor of
Sunday closing. He said the question
was not one of religion hut of civic
Righteousness.
The petition is as follows:
TO the City Council of the City of
Ladysmith, Wisconsin:
Whereas Sunday show has been
started in our City, in violation of
law, and which we believe to be detri-
mental OF the moral and religious and
economic life of our community for
the following reasons we earnestly
petition you to stop it at once
Give Reasons For Opposition
l. The show is open six days
week and has no right to encrOach up
on the sanctities of the Lords Day.
2. 1t meets no real need.
3. The Government slogan is: I'VE
must deal only with necessities.
4. For purpose of conservation, it
would be more advisable to reduce
rather than increase the number of
shows.
). 1t is open violation of law which
is Il dangerous precedent to the welfare
Of our City.
6 The children and young people
Of the schools must be defended
against the encroachment of Sunday
Martin Has Big Petition
NJ. c. Martin manager of the Unique
was at the meeting but took no part
IN the deliberations. He filed with the
.lerk Il long petition that bears Il great
many signatures of those asking that
he pictures be opened on Sunday.
The cause for the petitions was the
opening of the Unique three Sundays
Ago. Each night since there have
)een large audiences and in them have
Deen some of the representative people
If the city.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
Rest Room For City
MERCURY DOWN TO "A

Steady cold weather and few
light SHOWS have been the chief fea-
lures of the weather of the past week.
Wednesday night was the second cold
est Of the winter. with the mercury
down to Il. Otherwise the weather
has been ideal Train service has been
out of kilter some, No. ( delaying ar
rival with general and painful reg
Illarity.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
SMILEAGE BOOKS HERE

Smileage books were sent to l.. e. Nc
Gill Thursday morning by Solon Per-
rin of Superior, who has charge of the
work Of securing funds for the enter
tainment of the soldiers in Wisconsin.
The campaign will begin at once.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
WOOD COMING In

More wood has been offered III Lady
smith than ever before during the win
ter the past week 1t is as high as ever
in almost all cases. One load was of
fered ON the streets Thursday for 81. 7J
a cord, it being green. hard birch. It
is generally sold for So.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
CUT OFF TWO TRAINS

500 trains 5 and 6 between Eau
Claire and Chicago have been cut off
as the first step in reducing service in
accordance with the policy of the Fed
eral Administration of railroads,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
Physical Examination Soon

Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Elmendorf
of Conrath,were business visitors in
the city today.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
Work For Unemployed

The Chamber of Commerce executive
ing. with Harry Ballou and others,
with reference to securing employment
for the men would would be out of
work \ committee with j. w. Fritz
as chairman, Effner Nelson and
range foss some means of giving the
men employment. II. w True will put
- or more men at work at wood cut
ting near The city. Apply to him. The
committee wants the names of men
who have wood TO cut or other work in
close proximity to town. Some of the
men want places where they can cut
wood for themselves.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
Martin Has Big Petition

leaving 204 still TO be9acted on. The
registrants have been placed in classes
as follows:
Class /, to be called for the draft and
to be examined as soon as the eXemp
ton board has completed its labors,
394.
Exempt Class III, 81: Class III. 43:
Glass ", 331 Class V, II.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
Everything Closed Tight as a
Drum i'm Obedience to
Government
PAPER MILL RESUMED
OPERATIONS WEDNESDAY
Some Modification in Order Switches
Amusements into a Tuesday
Ieatless Day

With that patriotic spirit character
iStic of the people of Ladysmith. every
business house in the city bowed to the
government mandate to close the stores
on Monday The city was closed al
most as tight as it is on Sunday Even
the churches were closed. Grocery
candy and baked goods stores and
meat markets closed at noon. Barber
shops were locked and some faces at
tested this fact although the unused
razor was brought out and a drive
started on WhiSkerS in the privacy of
many homes.
Drug stores were open only for the
sale of drugs and medicinal supplies
and there were many refuSals Of sales
to people who seemed to think the
closing was not real. But ii was and
there were no violations even techni-
cally. Newspaper plants were open
but no job work was done or accepted
for immediate delivery Reeds shop
was closed.
Mill Started Wednesday
The mill situation is as at the start
and told IN Fridays News-Budget.
The Memasha Paper Co. closed the
five days. starting up on Wednesday
morning. Many of the men were given
employment at the mill in repairs and
changes and cleaning up. The wood
room was closed Monday and there
was enough refuse and waste to keep
one of the digeStcrs at the sulphite
plant going. The wood room is run
by water power.
The Flamheau and Fountain Camp
bell plants kept going on refuse; the
Wood Products and chair factory
started at s o'clock and closed at + 80
and that is the period the lighting
company uses only water power and
are not hooked up with the steam
auxiliary
1t did not make any difference how
much man kicked on the order or how
much he disliked it or thought it was
foolish here in country where many
plants burn poverty wood he closed
and said that orders was orders
AlI Business Houses Notified
Fuel Administrator McGil arrived
from st. Paul on Saturday afternoon
and found that he had plunged into a
bunch of work Acting Mayor George
LucIl had at the request of Harry Bal
lou. who was acting fuel administra
tor in the absence of Mr.. McGill, and
who is also member of the fuel
l0ard of kIlSk county. had sent Off
Ger LOziGr tn see merchants and others
affected by the order and notify them
Of the change. Late Saturday evening
came teiegrams to Mr. McGill that the
thoaterS would close on Tuesday and
could he opened on Monday Manager
Martin had to switch the Tuesday
show and was greeted by good sized
crowd with the Norma Talmadge play
Billiard and pool halls opened Mon
day and closed Tuesday.
1t is thought there may he additional
notifications OF the order by Saturday
SO that the stores will be given notice
as 10 their action next Monday and the
eight more 10 follow.
All saloons Of the county were
closed. The one at Tony gave no cheer
to the I.adysmith pilgrims who jour
ncy east In the other towns of the
county the heatless order was generally
0beyed
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-25
Married Men Since May

Every married man. who has been
welded since the 18th of May last,
and who for any cause has been eX-
empted, will automatically have his
case reviewed by the District Board at
Eau Claire All Of the men who come
under this head, will not be placed
finally in classes by the local board,
but by the district organization.
Physical Examination Soon
DR.. l.. NJ. Landmark, member of the
local exemption board, and also exam
lining medical officer Of the drafted
men of Rusk county,. went to Marsh
field Wednesday to consult with the
Medical Examining Board of this dis
trict. as to the method of procedure
in the examination of the men of class
No. l. These men will be examined
as soon as it is determined that they
are permanently placed in that class.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-07-18
Donations.
The Newspaper Instinct.

From the News and Observer.
Some years ago from the training
school of that rare old patriarch of North
Carolina journalism, Major H. A. London,
at Pittsboro, went out the son, Isaac
London, to carry on a village paper at
the thriving town of Siler City. The
young fellow was newspaper man by
heredity, instinct and training, and it
was not long until Ike London and the
Siler City Grit were known and appreci-
ated. One of his bases of fame was the
discovery and the appreciation of the
Chatham county rabbit. Chatham GER
talnly came before the world with the
publicity the young editor gave to that
particular one of its varied resources.
Then one day the sprouting wings
seemed big enough to fly afeld, and
Isaac London dropped down in Rocking.
ham. Rockingham is busting and
thrifty community, a delightful old town
with big trees and broad streets and fine
homes and nice people, and worlds of
cotton mills and water power without
end, and material prosperity at hand and
more in sight. But it is out of the rabbit
belt. And an interested circle of friends
wondered. But it was not worth while
to feel any alarm. A real newspaper
,, man finds a field wherever he goes, and
Ike London is not the man to disappoint
So the readers of the Rockingham Post
Dispatch find that in Richmond county
are also interesting things. At least the
paper tells of farmer who went into hi
stable late in the evening and mixed W
a mash for his cow, giving her by mis-
take in the dark measure of sawdus
instead of bran, and the cow thinking
war had made the change in diet neces
sary said never a word. but at the morn
ing milking gave half gallon of turpen
tine, quart of shoe pegs and bundl
of laths.
These things are all in the man VIII
has the nose for digging up the new:
Some men lacking the newspaper instinc
would overlook such an ordinary thin
as COW on farm. But Ike London
not that kind. Nor is Richmond count
the ordinary kind of county. After TIL
war is over it will be reasonable to loo
for lots of interesting news from Ricl
, mond.