Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-12-13
Badger State
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The Green Bay health board has
ordered schools closed until after the
first of the year to prevent spread of
influenza. Over 500 homes are quar-
antined.
julius j. Gibson, son OF Mrs. Alvina
Gibson, Green Bay, at the marines,
school in Quantico, Va, submitted to
blood TRANSMISSION operation to save
the life of a brother marine
The G. Heilemann Brewing COM
pany, La Crosse, one of the largest Of
tho five breweries which closed Dec
/, has advertised it's plant, machinery
and all saloon fixtures owned in Wis
consin and Minnesota for sale
Grocerymen from all cities in the
FOX River valley met at De Pere
and planned an organization which
will be perfected within the next few
weeks. The next meeting will be held
at Green Bay.
The Fox River Valley Mooseheart
legion elected F. J. Foreman, Apple
ton; F. G. Schermitzler, Kaukauna; c..
j. Williams, Green Bay, and James
Mccoy, Fond du Lac, heads of the
north, south, east and west districts.
Livestock production and dairying
were discussed at meeting in Madi-
son Of agricultural workers and coun-
ty agents. Dean H. L, Russell, Reid
Iaurray, former food agent in Winnie
bago county, and Or, @, Fl. Eliason,
state veterinarian, were the speakers.
The x. Schreier Co, and the Gutsch
Brewing Co., Sheboygan, will continue
tie bottling of beer. The tanks of the
company are filled with beer which it
will take to July to bottle. No pro-
vision for change in output has been
made.
francis D. Valley Of Rochester,
llinn,, is the only son and heir of Mrs.
lertha James, who died recently in
La Crosse and whose $4,000 estate
Valley claimed, according to deci-
sion rendered at La Crosse by Judge
John Brindley.
The state council of defense has
been asked to cooperate with govern
laent plans for rehabilitation of the
nations fighting forces and has been
LotIfied that definite directions on
how such cooperation can be carried
en- successfully will follow shortly.
There are now eight candidates out
for the office of council commissioner
TO fill the vacancy caused by the ele-
walton of Florian Lampert TO congress
fgcm the Sixth district The latest
person to circulate petitions for the
onice is former Assemblyman Charles
/. Hart of Oshkosh.
When James Anderson of Marinette,
who is with the American forces in
France, learned that his comrade,
Corporal Charles Kronquist, also of
Marinette, had fallen ON the battle
field, he went out between the lines,
and risked his own life searching for
llronquist whose lifeless body he car
rled back to the trenches.
That the reassessment statute, I'M
der which the state tax commission
was able to correct many mistakes
was so modified in the closing hours
of the last session of the legislature
as to hamstring this work is stated
in a report Of the state tax commits
sion. The commission asks the legis-
lature to restore. the old law.
Lieut.. William Hicks, son Of for
mer Attorney General and Mrs. F, R.
Hicks, Oshkosh, who has been under
going special training for the aviation
department. of the United States
army, will remain in that service. He
has completed training at the Uni
versity of Illinois and Rantoul-Chan-
ute and has re-enlisted to go into re-
serve aviation service.
The railroad commission has handed
down decision granting as emer-
gency relief to the Wisconsin; Light
and Heat company, authority to in
crease its heating rates in the city
of Berlin about II per cent, the in
crease to be effective, unless otherwise
ordered by the commission, until the
end of the present heating season.
The applicant company operates cleo
trio, gas and heat utilities in various
cities of the state.
No president Of Wisconsin univer-
sity will be suggested before early in
January. This was decided by the
board of regents. A committee COM
posed of Regents T. III. Hammond,
Milwaukee, G. d. Jones, Wausau, and
C. III. Villas, Madison, was appointed
to report upon plan for continuing
the administrative work. 1t is under
stood that as soon as the committee
has formulated it's plan, the regents
will be convened in extra session to
consider the report.
Orders were issued by Dist. Atty.
Adolph Janeeky, Racine, to all saloon,
keepers OF the county TO At once re-
move all slot machines and other
gambling devices from their places, or
be prosecuted Some of the saloons
in the country districts are said to
have been running wide open and
considerable money has been lost in
gambling games. Complaints were
filed with the district attorney, who,