Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-25

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The states H. cow testing associa-
tons have membership of 3,501 and
about 1860 cows are being tested for
production in the associations.
The Rev. Finch A. Clarke, Presby-
terrain church of Wausau, has resigned
and gone to Chicago to take up Y. M.
C. A. work.
Fond du Lac and Sheboygan will
probably be given cents car fare as
the result of the hearing before the
Wisconsin Railroad Commission.
Sheriff c.. N. Goerling, who had
been at Oshkosh for treatment, died
in hospital there, according to a
telegram received at Wausau.
Green Bay judges have released
sentenced Migrants under probation to
the road commissioner, who has put
them to work on highway construc-
ton.
Reports from dealers in fifteen
towns where cottage cheese cam
paigns were made this year indicate
that sales have increased from 10 to
40 per cent.
Walter Clausen, OconOn1owoc, who
was a member of the crew on the ship
America, which sank at her pier few
days ago, has notified his parents OF
his safety.
Watertown has gone over the top
in the fourth Liberty loan drive. Its
quota was $252,OO0. WATERFOWL over
subscribed it's allotment in the third
loan drive $50 per cent
! Walter w. Schmidt, vice-president
and general manager of the Combina-
tion Door company, Fond du Lac, aged
1872 years, died of pneumonia after an
illness Of four days.
!; Oconomowoc has erected large
tablet of wood at the city hall and
upon this roll Of honor will be en-
scribed the names of the city's sons
now in the country's service.
-Four sorghum mills are operating
in Polk county, the "farthest north
cane county of the state. ]. S. Klinka,
county agent, has located fifteen other
mills which can be operated next year
The Marinette, Tomahawk & West
ern railway, one of the few remaining
short lines in Wisconsin, suspended
freight and passenger service when
employees asked for an increase in
wages.
With enough work on hand to keep
the grand jury in session at least five
weeks, and with several criminal cases
scheduled to be tried before the petit
jury, the fall term of federal court
opened at La Crosse on Oct. Is.
In an opinion given to Frank W.
Bucklin, district attorney OF Washing
ton county, Attorney General Spencer
Haven held that the bondsman for
saloon keeper cannot obtain release
from the bond during the license year
Ernest N. Warner, Madison, is an
Independent candidate for congress in
the Third congressional district. He
says he will start his campaign as
soon as the ban is removed from pub
lie meetings as result of the infiu-
enza.
Corp. Robert Vollmer of Kenosha
has been cited by the American army
leaders for distinguished bravery in
battle, according to an official citation
received by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Vollmer He N5 in the regular
army.
T. Emery Bray, county superintend-
ent of schools of Grant county, was
elected by the board of control as SUI
perintendent of the State School or
the Deaf at Delayan at $4,000 per year
md maintenance to succeed H. G.
Buell., resigned.
Fred, younger brother of Sergt. Roy
Vingers, first La Crosse man killed in
action in France, has volunteered at
Great Lakes in the newly organized
naval militia, which will replace ma
rines as naval land fighters, in order
to venge his brothers death.
More than million bushels of oats,
nearly quarter of million bushels
of barley, 10000 bushels of rye,
10000 bushels of wheat, $4,000 bushels
of peas, hundreds of silos with corn
ensilage, and thousands of large barns
with their upper stories filled with
hay-this is Marathon county's an
swer to Uncle Sans appeal for in
creased production.
Deputy Commissioner of Insurance
f. w. Kubasta, has announced that a
full confession has been secured from
Alva Edwin Smith, arrested by q
deputy fire marshal charged with set
ting fire to the Stannard Bros. gen
eral store at Greenbush, Sheboygan
county, causing loss of $4,000.
Smith was employed in the store. He
is now in jail in Sheboygan.
The state treasury was enriched $40
when that amount was received from
an Indian now in France, who declared
he had collected wolf bounty on two
fox scalps a few years ago and since
Joining the army and fighting In
France his conscience had hurt him
and he wanted to refund the money
from his meager earnings as private
II, tho army fighting for democracy