Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-05-10

The Rev. M. N Andreason preached
his farewell sermon at Neenah on Sum
day. April 20, and has left for Cedar
Falls, Ia.
| Fifty million pike eggs are being
Matched at an Oshkosh hatchery and
as soon as the spawn appear they will
| be placed in Lake Winnebago.
BARRIERS in La Crosse are planning
to increase the price of shaves to 20
cents and hair cuts to 40 cents, 5
cents rise for both.
A western passenger train on the
Northwestern road crashed into
freight engine at Balm station near
Kenosha. Twenty persons were in
jured, none seriously.
Figures compiled show Green Lake
county oversubscribed it's allotment
for the third Liberty loan by 40 per
cent Subscriptions totaled $498,OOO,
while the county's quota was $356.OOO.
F. C. Rueping, Fond du Lac, presi-
dent of the Fred Rueping Leather
company, was elected vice-president OF
the Fond du Lac National bank, to sue
coed the late A. J. Merryman.
John Kluge of Kalamazoo, Mich,
was sentenced at Portage to two years
in Waupun, on charge of passing bad
checks in Milwaukee, Watertown, Red
Wing, Mimi, La Crosse and Portage.
Menasha may be represented in the
Fox River Valley Baseball league now
in the process of organization. II this
city joins it will be it's first entry into
organized baseball in over fifteen
years.
Although he intended to resign as
head of the state defense council at
special meeting of the council, Mag
nus Swenson needed requests by mem
bers of the defense body and will con-
tinue.
Chief of Police Papeneau and Sher-
if Arnold raided a "blind pig" con-
Quoted by Mrs. Villa Burgess in Wau-
| paca and seized whisky and beer
found on the premises. Mrs. Burgess
pleaded guilty, paying SIS and COSTS
Ten thousand pounds Of dynamite
has been ordered on a cooperative
basis by the farmers of Lincoln and
Marathon counties. The dynamite,
half car load, will be used to clear ad-
ditional land for cultivation.
The Wisconsin supreme court, in a
decvision handed down, affirms the de-
cision of the lower court holding that
the ordinance passed in 1910 imposing
a license fee of SIS per car on
all street cars operated on the streets
of the city of Milwaukee is illegal
A sulphite mill and milk condens-
cry are among the new industries
soon to be established in Peshtigo.
The concerns are being promoted by
T. A. Pamperin of Oconto, who recent
ly acquired control of the water pow
er on the Peshtigo river.
While raking in her garden near
Osseo, Mrs. Henry Seig stopped to pick
up an object in front of her. An explo-
sion followed and when she looked at
her left hand four fingers were miss
ing. The woman was unable to ex-
plain what the object was.
The Inter-County Telephone COM
pany and the Wise Telephone, COM
pany, Brentwood, have each filed a
petition with the railroad commission
asking for advanced rates on the lines
between Brentwood and Stone Lake.
| The hearing will be held on May 8.
The right of an agent of the Inter-
state Fair association to eject a wom-
| an from the grounds, donated to the
city of La Cross for park purposes,
will enter into a suit for damages at
La Crosse, brought by Clara MERCER
against the Interstate Fair associa-
ton of La Crosse. 1t is claimed she
did not pay her admission fee.
One year in state prison at Waupun
| was the sentence which Circuit Judge
| C. A. Fowler of Portage passed upon
| John o. Markeson, Madison travelling
| salesman, for an offense involving a
| Madison widow. They were arrested
in hotel at Portage. Markeson is
| married and has three children. The
woman has two children. Markeson
pleaded guilty.
The Wisconsin Progressive Farmers
| league at conference at Madison
| nominated candidates for state ticket
under the Republican caption. The
| men nominated were: Governor, j. N.
| Tittemore, Omro; Lieut.. Governor, H.
| F. Nickerson, Milwaukee; Secretary Of
State, Merlin Hull, Black River Falls;
| Attorney General, John ]. Blaine, Bos-
| cobel; State Treasurer, J. Fred Larson,
| Pierce county.
DR.. Edward r. Evans, La Crosse,
| will go to Europe in May for the Red
| Cross, it was announced. DR.. Evans
was recently rejected for regular army
work because he is past IS years. A
daughter, Mary, is waiting orders to
sail to Europe with the Red Cross. A