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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
FARMERS INSURANCE
CO., ANNUAL MEETING

With the largest attendance for sew
cral years the Farmers Mutual Town
Fire Insurance Co. of Rusk county,
held its annual meeting ut the court
house on Tuesday. Directors re-elect-
cd for the three years were f. F.
Brainerd. j. ~ Boyer, J. Il. Frost, and
j. w Carow. Those holding over
were f. W. Calkins. Rusll; z. J. Kas-
sela. Weyerhaeuser: Sever Serley,
Murry G. Joyner, Bruce; f. \. Brain
crd. Bruce Lendert Bos. Ladysmith !;
W. S. Sergeant and Tom Tosland,
Sheldon.
The company was shown TO be III a
prosperous condition. BY renewals
and additions to old policies. during
1917. the gain was 5000. New poll
cies issued, $273S5. Fire losses paid
in 1917. $119S.56 Losses paid since
Organization. $50. 7S5SS.
f. +. Brainerd was elected president
and J. W. Carow. secretary.
The offices OF the company for adj
administration will be in Ladysmith.
\ resolution was passed to hold the
annual meeting hereafter on the first
Thursday of December instead of in
January.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
COUNCIL HAS NOT YET
ACTED ON LIGHT ELECTION

Owing to the absence of Mayor
Thompson. who has been III Mime
apolis. Waukesha and Chicago since
the mass meeting Saturday night. the
council has not acted on the prellm-
mary legislation providing for Il spe-
cial election OH taking over the light
ing plant. At the regular meeting on
Tuesday. Councilmen Luell and An
derSOn were present. but adjourned to
call. as it was deemed best to have the
whole membership present when the
action was taken.
The resolution is being prepared at
the office of the city attorney, l.. f.
McGill. and as he went to Mime
apolis Wednesday morning to be alb
sent for three days. it will be some
time early next week when the resolu
ton is acted upon.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
REPORTS OF INJURY TO
DEAN CARDINAL UNTRUE

Reports have been circulated per-
SiStcntly during the past week that
Dean Cardinal had been injured at
Waco. letter received from him by
his father, s. j Cardinal. Thursday
morning. contained no news of any in
jury or illness. To the contrary he
says he is well. but the camp has been
in the midst of snow storm which has
been the worst known III that section
for years. inches of SNOW, with the
mercury hugging zero Some of the
boys who were exercising the horses
at the remount station, frosted their
fingers and toes. Still all the men at
Camp Macarthur are from Michigan or
Wisconsin and used to below. zero
weather.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
Without Dissenting Vote Those
Present Approve Municipal
Ownership of L d y m i t h
Lighting Plant
ONLY OPPOSITION COMES
FROM LIGHT COMPANY
II. Nj. Thomas Furnishes Some Ques-
ti0ns and Nj. " Weeks, Manager, of
the Municipal Plant at Grand Rap
ids Presents Interesting Facts.

Without dissenting vote, the resO-
luton to hold an election TO decide the
question of buying the lighting plant
was adopted at the mass meeting held
at the highsehOOl gymnasium Satur-
day night.
T. NJ Thomas. r. l.. BoiSen, VIM.
Jung and one or two employees of the
electric lighting company did not vote.
The motion to hold an election was
made by j. p Peterson and seconded
by Geo. Uttormark and half a dozen
others. following a discussion of the
question and some facts presented by
VI. \. Weeks, manager of the muni-
cipal lighting and power plant of the
city of Grand Rapids. Wis
There was no actual opposition to
the city taking over the plant. Even
7. NJ. Thomas half apolOgiZed for his
apparent attitude of opposition by ex-
planning that he was not opposed to the
city buying the plant if there was as
surance of power.
The meeting was called to order at d
late hour owing to the train on which
Mr. Weeks was to arrive, being de-
layed. Mayor a. G. Thompson presided
and Councilman Luell and City Clerk
Edgar, of the city administration, were
present.
Mr.. Thompson explained that at the
last mass meeting, the matter of a de-
cision as to the question had been post
pOned on account of a lack of infOr-
Continued on page six
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
RURAL PHONE COMPANY
FAILS TO GET QUORUM

President Sam Johnson and Secre-
tary y. ]. Laidlaw. constituted the
largest part of the attendance on the
annual meeting of the Rural Tele-
phone Company at the office of the
county superintendent of schools at the
court house. Wednesday,. No new Off
GERS were elected as the necessary
amount of stock was not represented.
1t has been three years since change
in the officers for the same reason
as the stockholders have no evident de-
sire to make change. The report of
the officers shows an increasing bus
mess.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
HOW THE LADYSMITH LIGHTING PLANT
MAY BE TAKEN OVER BY THE PEOPLE

resolution will be introduced in the council stating
to the to be
that election is called for specific date
advertised at the
appointed will resolution
a before the council and why for,
O S opposed to the of the resolution.
of the resolution and at the date named
special election will be held when the question will be answered bx
"Yes" "NO" the purchase of the plant
election is held favorable to the
notified
the
for the financing and become the
thereof.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
FIRST PAPERS EXPIRED;
HAD TO GET NEW ONES

Aug. l.. Kanning. of 2 miles north of
Conrath. took out his first naturaliza-
tiOn papers in September. 1907 at Chi
cago. Last week he came to Clerk w.
J. Kermott's office and said he wanted
to get his second papers. On investi-
CATION it was found that his first pa
pers had expired more than three years
ago. Then he made application for a
new set of first papers. Kanning was
born in Russia, 81 years ago and came
to this country in 1905 by way of Bre-
men. He is an Industrious farmer
and declares his loyalty to the land OF
his adoption.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
LADYSMITH BUYS
LOTS OF POSTAGE STAMPS

Ladyslnith bought over $1,000 more
of stamps in the last quarter. than all
the other post offices III the county
sold That is one of the evidences
shown in the report of the postmaster.
of the rapid growth in :he business of
the city All the reports of the county
offices are made to Postmaster Man
ming now He has just completed the
job and forwarded the quarterly and
monthly reports to the department at
Washington.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
Will Stand Court Martial Before
He Will Take Up Arms i'm
War
GLEN FLORA MAN DEFIES
EXEMPTION BOARD
His Conception of the Hereafter Will
Not Permit Him-AslSs Bar on
Religious Grounds

Many things have been revealed
to the Exemption Board in its exam
ination of questionnaires but here
comes William Reinhot Marks and
adds Il new phase with shrill declara-
tion of defiance to all whom it may
concern.
Marks says he won't fight. If he
has to be court martialed for it, why
he will be court martialed; that's all
there is to it.
On page one Of the QUESTIONABLE is
a place, the last on the page, which
says
Member Of well-recognized religious
sect or organization organized and eX
listing on May Is. 1917, whose. then eX
listing creed or principles forbid its
members to participate in war in any
form and whose religious convictions
are against war or participation
therein.
Written over and around this Marks
has this comment:
My conception of the hereafter
are such to make it impossible for
me to take up arms.
Then he filled out the special blank
for agricultural occupations and writes
across the bottom:
1t is my determination not to take
up arms against my fellow man
because of my religious convic-
tions. l am not pr0german.
But for fear evidently that the
board would not understand what he
meant, he writes a letter and attaches
it to his questionnaire Here it is and
written in a neat and
written in Il neat, legible hand:
10 Whom it May Concern:
My religious convictions are such
as to make it impossible for me to
take up arms against my fellow
man which is my determination.
If such a stand entails court mar
tial. it is court martial for me.
VIM. REINHOLT MARKS.
Marks is farmer, says he is 30, and
was born in NeShkoro, Marquette Co.,
where his father, John Marks aged
81. and his mother, aged 50, now re-
side He has four brothers. He asks
for exemption on account Of agricul-
tural pursuits also. He says he speaks
German.
One other request for exemption was
Trio
the registrant stating that he was
Seventh Day Adventist and member
of the Ladysmith congregation. But
he asked for exemption on other points
also and he was placed in Class 4. He
made no threats as does Marks.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
SEyENTHALL TO SPEAK HERE

II. r. Seventhall, chairman of the
Retail Committee OF the Eau Claire
Civic and Commercial Association,
President Of the Federal Implement
Dealers Association, will be present at
the annual meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce on Thursday, Jan. "A, and
talk on Community Building.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
ALIEN GERMANS TO BE LISTED

Postmaster Manning will begin the
examination of alien Germans on Feb.
Attn. He will have his office open in
the old Rusk County Bank 5
the old State Bank building from 6 100
a. m. to s 100 p N. for this purpose,
until 500 p. m. on Feb. 9th Every
alien male German over the age Of IA,
must register under penalty of intern
ment if the law is not complied with.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18

be determined today. a. G. Thompson
is out of the city as is Il. w. Fritz, OF
the Fritz Dry Goods Co These are
the two department stores affected by
the closing order for Monday. j. w.
Fritz said Friday morning that he
would close the store in compliance
with the order although it was neces-
sary to heat the building for the ten
ants above. The Unique will close
Monday night.
Cigar stores and pool rooms must
close on Mondays. The saloons in the
state also will be closed, although the
state fued administrator is credited
with saying that where wood is
burned a saloon could run.
As to the banks there is no order
that they close. The order simply says
that they are asked to cooperate. Lo-
cal banks had not decided Friday af-
ternoon AS to closing and were looking
for more information on the subject.
Plants to Change Hours
Late in the afternoon il was ar
ranged that the three plants using cleo
tric current should begin work at 500
a. m. and quit at 4 80 for the five days
and on the ten Mondays.
Information late today was to the
effect that wood is not to be used and
is i'm the same class as coal.
A special meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce has been called for the
rooms at 80 tonight to consider Ques-
tions arising from the situation.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18

OF DRAFTED MEN
All in Class One Will be Given
the Physical Tests in
Few Days
EXEMPTION BOARD NEARS
END OF CLASSIFICATION
Witnesses to be Called i'm Some Cases
Where Doubt Follows
Answers

In a few days now the Exemption
Board of Rusk county will be through
with the classification of the regis
trants While there will be some that
by reason of neglect in answering the
questions or failure to report their
new address will be classed as slack
ers and subject to arrest and fine of
$1,000, the great majority have COM
piled with the law and filed their
questionnaires.
Mort Armstrong, Glass One
Mort Armstrong wanted to be ex-
empt OH the ground of agricultural
pursuits He sent in his question
naire partly filled out and asked to
be transferred to Oxford, Pa, where
he now lives, but the board ON Wednes-
day put him in Glass No. / and he will
be asked TO pass the physical exam
nation.
Examination will start as soon as
the board is through with the classifi-
cation The rush is over and there
were less papers to handle at the meet
ing Wednesday than at any time dur
ing the last month. County Clerk
MunrOe was ill at home, and the
board only held short meeting. c.
X. Ellingson, who has been present at
every session, was also absent.
Will Make Investigation
Several papers were laid over for
further investigation and witnesses
will be summoned in some of the cases
where it seems that the board would
go astray, if they accepted the state
ments in the questiOnnaires.
1t will be of no use to attempt to
evade the draft on slight physical de-
fects' this time, as men who are in
Class No /. and untitled to carry a
gun. will be called for service in some
other department of the war forces OF
the nation.
Next Draft Feb. Is
The next draft will be on Feb, 10th
and all the men in Class A are then
subject to call depending on the mum
| ber that are required from the county
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
COUNTY BANKS
SHOW PROSPERITY
Annual Meetings Being Held
and General Increase in
Business Noted
INCREASED RESOURCES
MARK NEW YEAR REPORTS
Ladysmith ESpec. ally Favored With
Excellent ShOWings-Outside
Banks Tell Story of
Progress

Banks Of the county have been hold
ing their annual meetings the past ten
| days and the reports have been most
gratifying in all cases to the stock
holders. There has been a large in
crease in the surplus shown and de-
posits have never been so large as
now. The two banks i'll Ladysmith
show the great prosperity of the com
munity. Both declared the regular
dividends. Neither of the local banks
has held an annual meeting yet. The
State Bank will hold stockholders
meeting OH the Goth and the Rusk
County Bank on the 22nd. No change
i'm the officers in either bank is looked
for
The resources of the two banks at
I4adysmith amount to $737,511.37 All
the reports of the county are not at
hand at this time. but the total will
reach far i'm excess Of a million dol
lars.
Ladysmith banks have deposits of
$685., ,3S6337
AS an evidence of the business Of the
banks the loans and discounts of the
banks in Ladysmith amount to $361,-
62S.S7. Most of this has gone to the
aid of the farmers and business men
Of the vicinity, and for the develop
ment Of the industries of the county
and city. The outside banks show
equal prosperity with Ladysmith. The
new bank of Glen Flora has passed
into the class with surplus column,
Hawkins has rapidly increased its re-
EsOurces and is looking to the 100000
mark before spring. Weyerhaeuser,
Bruce, Conrath and Ingram also make
excellent reports.
In New Bank Building
Weyerhaeuser State Bank held its
annual meeting in the new bank
building of which the officers and
stockholders are justly proud. 1t is
one of the best appointed banking
buildings in a town of the size in this
part of the state. The officers of the
bank are: President. @. W. Malm-
gren; vice president. NJ. 4. Anderson
cashier. A. NJ Marsen; and in addi-
tion to the officers the other directors
are w. A. Sibinski, H. Swenson and j.
H. Cox The resources of the bank
are S75, $4,000.
Change Name of Bruce Bank
Hereafter, as soon as the necessary
legal steps can be complied with the
Lumbermen's State Bank. of Bruce,
will be known as the State Bank of
Bruce. This was decided at the an
nual meeting held Tuesday. The fol-
lowing officers and directors were
elected: President. ID. J. Arpin: Vice
presidents. w. A. Blackburn and l.. E..
KnudsOn cashier, a. G. Krause as
sistant cashier +. l.. Otis. In addi-
tion to these officers except Mr. Otis,
the directors are e. T. Arpin, j. T..
Arpin, and f. S. Spears. The report
of the condition of the bank was most
gratifying. The total resources are
$15S, ,929O2. surplus and undivided
profits, S7.110.65, deposits. S126,7SS.93.
The capital stock of the bank will
be increased from $4,000 to $4,000.
Hawkins Bank Prosperous
Officers and directors have been
elected for the Hawkins State Bank
at the annual meeting. They are.
President. G. K Ellingson; vice-presi-
Continued on Page s
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
SOLD CIGARETTES TO MINORS

MOuzakey Brothers, owners OF the
Olympia Candy parlors, were arrested
Friday afternoon by Officer Lozier on
a warrant charging them with selling
cigarettes to minors. The fine is not
less than $25 nor more than 500 and
on the second offense the license can
be taken away. The case is before
Justice Hill this afternoon.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
Menasha Paper Co. Closes Fri
day Morning and Other Mills
Run on Electric Current or
By Burning Mill Refuse
OTHER RETAIL STORES AND
SMALL SHOPS TO CLOSE
Confusion Over Order On Account Of
Word Fuel" instead of Coal" Be-
ing Used-NatiOn's Industries
Closed Up Today.

In compliance with the order of the
Fuel Administration and it's stringent
fuel-saving order issued Wednesday
night, the Menasha Paper Company
closed its mills in Ladysmith at Z
o'clock this Friday morning. The mill
will reopen on Wednesday morning.
Jan. %, at o'clock.
The paper mill is the only large fac
tory i'll the city using coal solely as
fuel The factories running Friday
were:
Flambeau River Lumber Co.'s mill
Refuse, shavings, used for fuel.
Fountain-Campbell Lumber Com
pany. Using mill refuse for fuel
Wood Products Co. Electric cur
rent.
Ladysmith Chair & Furniture Co.
Using coal i'll saw mill. This depart
ment closed Friday morning for five
days. Electric current from the Lady
smith Lighting Co, for power
Menasha Wooden Ware Company
Using refuse i'll boilers and electric
current from Ladysmith Lighting Co.
for power also.
175 men the affected by the shut
down as the Menasha Paper Co. Two
plant.
Affects Lighting G npany
The electric lighting plant makes
part Of it's current for power from
boilers under which they burn. poverty
wood and refuse from the Wood Prod
ucts company. Friday morning, Harry
BallOu, of the local fuel administra-
tiOn, received a telegram from the
State Fuel Administrator, w. n. FitZ-
gerald. stating that mills and factor
les using shayings and other mill ref
use could operate factories or plants
using wood, or poverty wood, would
come under the prescribed head and
would have to shut down. This order
affects all plants using electric power
furnished by the light company and
Superintendent BOisen at once got
busy figuring out schedule for the
plants.
Practically Closes Plants
The three plants using the power
from the light company will have to
close off the machinery using current
from to s in the morning and to 6
| s,, No WI ctn an IL
iary is being used and do no night
work Otherwise the plants will be in
operation. All small plants also or
shops running motors between those
hours until next Wednesday Will have
to stop at the hours named. This is
ming Monday, Jan. q.
Nations Industries Closed
Factories shut down all over the
country Friday morning and millions
of dollars of products will cease manu-
facture The saving in coal is enOr
nous Protests have poured into Wash
ington against the order as relating
to wood The fuel administration
seems 10 De Ut sea DIS W LHiS point, Oul
until the order is made specific the
full order will be complied with here
in Ladysmith to the letter. The pen
atty for violating the rule is $4,000
fine and Jail.
Closing Stores
On Mondays for ten weeks stores of
various classes and all factories close.
In Ladysmith Mondays action cannot
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
Upper Wisconsin About the
Only Section to Escape
Havoc of Terrific
Blizzard
CHICAGO, BURIED IN SNOW
SEES RAILROADS TIED-UP
Snow Blankets Texas, Freezing
Weather Puts Crimp i'm the
South and Mercury Hits
Bottom

With weather predictions that fore
on its way. and news from every other
section to the effect that the storm
which was tying up everything in Chi
cagO and to the south was tapping at
the door. Miss LadySmith pulled her
fur boa around her neck and hied for
shelter. last Friday afternoon. Satur-
day was lowering and cold with some
SNOW in fitful gusts and growing cold
er. It looked as though the blizzard
was here The barometer at j. w.
CarOw's. went to the lowest point in
five years and foretold all kinds of
disastrous weather. The barometer
read 2SS If that had happened at
sea. all sail would have been taken in
and the crew made ready to stand by
for the worst. But while no trains
came from the south and Chicago
might have been next door to Timbuc
too. Sunday was fairly respectable
winter day The thermometer had
been 10 below on Friday night and reg
istered only II for Saturday night
Out III the country drifts caused some
delay in the roads and made traffic
with any kind of Il conveyance hard
and unsatisfactory.
Local Trains Out of Schedule
Ladysmith suffered about the only
serious Inconvenience, not from home
hut from the delay in the trains from
Chicago and Milwaukee. No. IL did not
leaev Chicago Saturday or Sunday. The
first through train from the storm
bound city came on Tuesday shortly
Continued on Page 81
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
GOVERNMENT CLOSES FACTORIES
FOR FIVE DAYSTO SAVE FUEL
WHAT THE FUEL ORDER
MEANS AND WHAT YOU
WILL HAVE TO Do

The order for fuel saving is a dras-
tic measure. issued Wednesday night
and SO far if interpreted to the letter
does not permit the use of wood for
fuel where fuel is ordered not to be
used. Under the order all factories
other than those excepted below, are
to close on Friday. Jan. Is. and not to
open until Wednesday morning Jan.
%. Those excepted are:
Packing Plants.
Bakeries.
Creameries.
Gas and power plants.
Printing establishments engaged i'm
turning out current numbers of news
papers or periodicals..
Cold storage plants.
Food manufacturers given permit
by state administrator.
In addition to these on the ten. Mon
days beginning Jan. 81, the following
places of business are to close 10 mat
ter what kind of fuel is used. Wood is
not excepted in the order.
Department stores.
Office buildings.
AL factories except as exempted
specifically.
Theaters and motion picture houses.
Billiard halls and bowling alleys.
Saloons.
Dance halls, public and private.
Plumbing shops.
Barber shops.
All wholesale anti retail stores except
as exempted.
All offices, except as specifically ex-
empted.
These places may keep open on Mon
days:
Meat packing and slaughtering
plants.
Bakeries.
Creameries and milk distributing
stations.
Grocery and meat shops up to noon.
Drug stores for selling drugs and
medical supplies only
Federal, state, county and city
offices.
Newspaper offices and plants.
Printing establishments for publish
ing current numbers of periodicals.
Hotels and restaurants.
Railroad, street car, taxicab and ex-
press offices.
Physicians and dentists offices.
Banks and trust companies.
Cold storage houses.
Fruit and vegetable commission
and wholesale houses.
Fuel offices.
Food factories given permission by
administrator.
Telephone and telegraph offices.
Gas and electric light plants and
offices.
The penalty for failure to comply
with the order is a fine of $1,000 and "a
Jail sentence.
Coal cannot be delievered generally
except in the order given below as to
preference
Railroads.
Household consumers, hospitals,
charitable institutions and army and
navy cant0nments.
Public utilities, telephone and tele-
graph plants.
Strictly government enterprises, ex-
cepting factories and plants working
on government contracts.
Public buildings and necessary gov
ernment, state and municipal require
ments.
Factories producing perishable foods
and foods for immediate consumption.
The reason given for the order, is
that there is great quantity OF coal
which the railroads have been unable
to deliver and the respite asked will
enahlel coal stocks to be replenished so
that the factories can resume normal
conditions. War munitions plants are
shut down also as stocks on hand cam
not be moved. Tremendous protest
has been made on all sides over the
order as referring to wood burning
sections especially where the wood is
not transported by cars, and a modifi-
cation of the order is expected at any