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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
MOTT POINTS OUT
WAR WORK SCOPE
Religious Breadth Of Work Being
Done I'm Armies Shown BY
Leader

DR.. John r. Mott, director general OF
the United War Work Campaign, has
visited all the armies on both sides OF
the European conflict, spending many
months, previous TO Americas en-
trance among allied prisoners in Ger
many and Austria He is deeply i'm
pressed by the spirit OF religious toler-
ancc and sympathy prevailing among
the various war workers. He believes
its effects must be fine and enduring.
What better proof" he asks ''of
The American spirit of tolerance than
TO show that in many places where the
Army Y. NJ c. A. alnoe has huts, the
Jews have conducted their services on
Friday, the Catholics have held mass
on Sunday and the Protestants their
services on the same day-but at dif-
ferent times-all under the same roof
"When you consider the Jew ane
Gentle are working side by side, that
| Hebrew magazines and 1iddish news
papers and services of every creed are
being conveyed to the soldiers by theil
own people, then you can judge whal
the war is going to mean in terms OF
/ tolerance"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
COUNTY AGENT
GETS COMMISSION
G.. VI. Householder VIII Enter
Service at Camp Meigs as
Second Lieutenant

Some time ago, County Agent House
the National Army and successfully
passed the required examination at
Minneapolis Tuesday, he received
notice that he had been granted a COM
mission as Second Lieutenant and was
ordered 10 proceed as soon as his busi-
ness affairs could be settled up to
Washington, d. c.. for duty at Camp
Meigs
His first assignment will be with the
quartermaster corps, which department
has been charged with the duty of
organizing a garden system which will
provide our troops at home and abroad
with vegetables throughout the year.
Lieutenant Householder plans to re-
3oard meets in November. During this
time as many of the agricultural prof.
ects as possible will be completed. The
family will move to Richland Center,
Wis. where the home will be estab-
lished for the duration of the war.
The matter Of successor to Mr..
Householder as county agricultural
agent will be considered by the county
board at the fall session.
Mr.. Householders departure will
mean distinct loss to the county, but
re will certainly prove available man
!, the position Uncle Sam has taken
for
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
TWO BRUCE BOYS
DIE IN SERVICE
Bodies Of Paul Tiegs And Her.
man Mater Are Brought
Home For Burial

4 telegram was received by Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Tiegs last Saturday evening
advising them of the death of their son,
Paul Max Tiegs, at Camp Hancock.
Georgia, at 80 that evening. Mrs.
Tiegs and sons. Frank and Willie, were
already on their way to Camp Hancock
in response to an earlier message adj
vising them of his serious illness He
died of pneumonia following an attack
of Spanish influenza contracted at
Camp Grant. 1t is expected that his
body will be brought here for burial
Bruce Newsletter.
Tiegs was 23 years old. His body
arrived at Bruce this morning and the
funeral will probably be held tomor
row.
Herman Mater aged about % years
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Mater, wht
reside 6 miles south of Bruce, dice
Tuesday at Camp Merritt, New Jer
sey, of pneumonia following influenza
His body is enroute home for buria
and is expected to arrive at Bruce to
morrow or Sunday.
In both cases the funerals will b
private.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
BEAVERS HELP
RUSK COUNTY
Subscribe For $4,000 of Lib.
erty Bonds Here Out of
SIS. .O00 in the State

Through the instrumentality of r. Fl
Burns the Beavers Reserve Fund Fra
ternity has put $4,000 into Liberty
Bonds Of tile fourth loan in Rusk
county, which will prove material
help in reaching the county's quota
$1,000 Of the amount will be placed to
the credit of Ladysmith and the bal
ance to other towns
Wisconsin is the home state of the
Beaver lodge and the order has invest
ed $4,000 in the fourth loan bonds in
the state, which added to $40, 900 taken
OF preceding loans, makes total of
100000 of Liberty Bonds now held by
this order.
The amount subscribed for bonds in
Rusk count is just one-sixteenth of
the c0unty's quota and the $1,000 is the
same proportion Of the amount Lady
smith is to raise.
This shows very good spirit on the
part Of the Beavers and it demonstrates
that their official colors, red, white and
blue, are appropriate for the organiza
ton. Mr.. Burns is director in the
Beaver fraternity and has been very
prominent III Beaver circles for many
years. This, and the fact that Lady
smith has a very strong Beaver lodge,
led the officials of the order, no doubt,
to favor Rusk county as they did.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
FUEL DEALERS MUST RE-
PORT RECEIPTS OF COAL

To protect the Fuel Dealers who are
cooperating with the Fuel Admins
tration, it is now found necessary to
issue a warning that in the future any
Fuel Dealer who wilfully fails to re-
port his receipts of coal when called
upon to do so by the Fuel Administra-
ton, or who fails to report his dis
bursements and distribution of coal
when called upon TO do SO by the Fuel
Administration will be fined or publicly
reprimanded or both.
To further protect the Fuel Dealers
who are cooperating with the Coal Adj
ministration and to protect the public ;
any individual, firm or corporation
posing as Fuel Dealer to secure coal
but who has not applied for or secured
a certificate of registration, will be
severely dealt with.
This order is deemed necessary and
for the reason that all but a
few dealers of the state are doing their
best to assist the Fuel Administration
w. N. FITZGERALD,
Federal Fuel Admins
traitor for Wisconsin.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
Public Gatherings Suspended
Until Epidemic Danger
Is Over
STATE BOARD ORDERS
SIMILAR MEASURES
Prevalence OF Influenza Makes Pre-
cautions Necessary 10 Stop
Progress OF ContagiOn

Following a conference between city
and school officials, pastors of the
churches representatives of the press
and other citizens, held at the Chamber
Of Commerce rooms Wednesday, local
Health Officer Bugher ordered all
schools in the city closed, and also or
dered that all public gatherings be dis
continued until further notice, as
precaution against the spread of con
tagiOus diseases.
In conformity to the order, the
schools closed Wednesday afternoon
for at least two weeks the Unique
theater gave its last performance that
evening until the bans are lifted, and
all dance halls, pool rooms, other places
of amusement, churches and lodges
were ordered closed indefinitely. Band
practice and meetings of the state
guard were called off.
The order has been cheerfully COM
piled with While there have been
but few Influenza cases in Ladysmtih,
measles is very prevalent and there are
also a number of cases of scarlet fever
in the city.
Even without the threat of the infiu-
enZa scourge, there was good reason to
close the schools and stop public gath
erings here until the danger of spread
of contagious disease is over. The
precautions taken make Ladysmith
safer for everyone who comes here as
,.volI ~, fo, thoeo l;xy;no, IN, tba oitv
Contagious diseases are much more
prevalent in many communities than
in Ladysmith, but it was recognized
that the wise course was to take no
chances of a general epidemic here,
especially with influenza sweeping the
land and resulting in thousands of
deaths.
On Thursday, it was learned here
that an order had been issued by the
state board of health, closing for an
indefinite period all schools churches,
Sunday schools, theaters, other places
Of amusement, and all public gather
ings as measure for the control of
influenza.
The edict is of statewide application
aud was recommended by Sur.-Gen
Blue of the United public health SER
vice.
The order, effective at once, is as
follows:
Owing to the prevalence of influ-
enZa throughout the state and in con-
formity with the request of the surgeon
general of the United States public
health service, the Wisconsin state
board of health issued an advisory or
der to all health officers, local health
boards and city councils to immediate
ly close all schools, churches, Sunday
schools, theaters, moving picture
houses, other places of amusement and
all public gatherings for an indefinite
period of time.
Local boards of health should hold
meetings Immediately, Incorporating
these suggestions herein outlined, re-
cord their order in the minutes of the
meeting. publish it in local newspaper
or print it and post it in five or more
places and attach Section
1908 of the Statutes, penalty provls-
ion for violation of their order"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
SIS TAKEN in
FOR RED CROSS
Reds Defeat Blues in Ten Inning
Game For Benefit of Local
Organization

Sundays baseball game for the bene
fit of the local Red Cross did not re-
ceive the anticipated attendance doubt
less due to the distance from town and
''gasless Sunday" combination. How
ever, many tickets were sold Saturday
to those who did not attend and the
receipts of $500 will help the local
war work organization very mater
tally
That the game was hotly contested
from start to finish may be deduced
from the fact that ten innings were re-
quired to decide the winner. If they
had changed score-keepers once more,
the game would have been going yet.
Both teams were in the best form
they have shown this season. Joe Nc
Corison's Reds had the edge on their
opponents i'll the matter of stick work
and Con Martin pitched a wide, slow
curve that baffied Harry Aliens tribe.
Bernard Carroll, on the mound for the
Blues" had plenty of speed and twist,
but was a little off Oh control One or
two errors on each side helped swell
the score.
One Of the star features of the game
was Tom Slattery's spectacular one
handed catch of long drive to right
field in the fourth inning.
The team lined I'M as follows
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
Thirty-fve Rusk County Men
Will Entrain For Camps
During October
PREVIOUS CALL FOR
THESE MEN REVOKED
Seven Go To Louisiana and Twenty
three to Hattiesburg, Miss
Four to Madison

AS part of the answer to Germany S
peace drive, Rusk county will send
thirty-five men to camp this month to
be trained to take their places in the
battle lines or i'll the various branches
that back up the men in the trenches.
Most of the men to go this month
were previously called, but the calls
were subsequently cancelled on ac-
count of the prevalence of influenza at
the camps.
-Four men will go to Madison about
October 10 and one to Beloit at the same
time to take special training for ser
vice as mechanics truck drivers, car
penters, gunsmiths, surveyors or some
other line of work requiring special
course of instruction. For this call,
the following have been notified: Earl
Freeman, Harold r. Bye and John
Sedmihradsky all of L a d Y s m t h ;
christopher GourdouX, Flambeau; and
George D. Calkins, Chetek.
Seven men will go to Jackson Bar
racks, Louisiana, during the 5-day
period beginning Oct. q, and on the
same day tWenty-three will leave for
Camp Shelby, at Hattiesburg, Miss.
The thirty named below have been
called, and three have been notified to
be in readiness to go as alternates.
The names are as follows:
Lawrence w. Cox Sheldon.
JOS MistrZyk, Ladysmith.
Delor Lambert, Ingram.
Howard |. SimOns, Hawkins.
Henry c.. Berg, Glen Flora.
John SOkOlowski, Hawkins.
Hilmar A. Johnson, Tony.
Claude E. FreestOne, Glen Flora.
Edmund DucOmmun. Ladysmith.
Charles L. Prosser Ladysinith.
Stanley Supinsky, Hawkins.
George Hollenbach, Ladysmith.
Paul Barfknecht, Ladysmith.
Fred Arthur Purdum, Ladysmith.
William III. Jones' Ap0llonia.
William j. Potter. Chetek.
Kenneth Shepherd, C0nrath.
Antoine Pilarski, Weyerhaeuscr.
Frank N. Thull, Weyerhaeuser.
Percy Steubs, Ladysmith.
Orville Trott. Ladysmith.
Raymond H. Lets0n, Ladysmith.
Anthony Skrupky, Bruce.
Edwin Kern, Weyerhaeuser.
Walter b. Leatherman, Bruce.
Willie W. Odash, Kalish.
Walter J. Humber. Bruce
Mathew Engle Nelson, Ladysmith.
Alvis Jakoubek, Glen Flora
Mike J. Chekalske. Weyerhaeuser.
Alternatcs: Frank VIM III a a s.
Birchw0od Sherman l.. Dunaheo
Ladysmith Clifford e. Johnson, IN
gram.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
WHAT ABOUT THE
ONE BUCK LAW?
One Buck Law VIII Not BE Enforced,
But Hunters Must Not Shoot
FaWn

1t will be remembered that the legiS-
lature of 1917 empowered the Conser-
walton Commission to make changes in
the game laws adding protection to
wild animals where petitions are filed
with the commission signed by twenty
five citizens of any one county. Peti-
tions have been filed with the COnser-
vatiOn Commission from the thirty
counties of the state having an open
season for hunting deer, petiti0nlng
that the present law be changed and
that added protection be given to the
deer. In order to collect data concern
ing the hunting and conservation OF
deer the members of the Conservation
Commission made tour OF the north
ern counties of the state during the
past few months holding public hear
ings and by other means sought the in
formation needed upon which to act
before the deer season should open. In
this work the Commission Travelled
more than 5000 miles and interviewed
county officials, hunters and home
steaders, as we'll as farmers to the
number Of thousands.
AS a result of this long itinerary and
investigation the commission will not
put in force lone buck provision OF
the hunting law this season. This
decision not to enforce the lone buck
provision is not due to any change III
the belief of the members OF the com
mission. that such provision OF the
law is in itself unwise. On the con,
trary the commission believes more
stronger than ever that the lone buck
plan of deer-hunting not only removes
the danger to human lives from deer
hunting but tends more directly to in
crease the number of deer than any
other method of regulation known
But the itinerary of the commission
cOnvinces the members that not only
deer-hunters but the county officials III
the counties where deer abound and
the residents of those sections OF the
state. are not yet sufficiently Informed
as to the effect of a lone buck method
of deer conservation, to make the en-
| forcement of such law effective.
So deer-hunters will not have to OBJ
serve tone buck" law this coming
season of 1913, but they will be pro
hibited from shooting fawns-and this
feature Of the law will be rigidly en-
! forced.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
DEATH or PEARL WILLIAMS

Announcement of the death of Miss
Pearl Williams, which occurred a
noon Thursday from bronchial pneu
monia, came as a great shock to hel
many friends. She was taken i'll tht
latter part of last week, having re
turned from short vacation trip tf
Minneapolis, with a severe cold which
grew worse until Friday morning, whei
she was compelled to go to bed. She
was up that afternoon, by nature
always reluctant to give up, but was toe
ill to get up Saturday morning and re
mained in bed until the end.
Her mother, Mrs. Maude Mann, OF
Mauston, arrived here wednesday,
morning and was with her daughter
until she breathed her last. Miss
Williams was conscious, with the eX
ceptien Of intervals when she was de
lirious, until the end, recognizing those
about her and retaining the cheerful
ncss so natural to her almost to the
moment when, at the threshold of eter-
nifty, she turned to her parent with the
last words, ooh. Mama" Besides hel
mother she is survived by a brother
county artillery unit, Battery 3, of the
120th +. A.
The remains were taken to MaustOn
this morning, following a brief service
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.
Thompson conducted by Rev. Birrell
The remains were viewed by no one
except the mother. The funeral will
be held Saturday at Mauston.
Miss Williams had spent the last
eight of her % years in Ladysmith
accepting a position with the Thomp-
son Mercantile Co. soon after coming
here on visit late in the fall of 1910
Before that she had taught school near
Plainfield and had taken a course of
instruction as nurse at the Wesley
hospital at Chicago. She was mem
Der of the Methodist church.
An Industrious worker, ever faith
full to the interests of her employer,
Miss Williams, after taking her posi-
ton with the Thompson Mercantile
Co, was steadily entrusted with more
and more of the responsibility of man.
agement and for years past has been
in full charge of the large store when
ever Mr. Thompson was away. She
had marked executive ability. Many
of the details were entirely, under her
supervision and she did a great deal of
the buying. The trimming OF the dis
play windows was detail of her work
and she took delight in designing and
arranging an artistic showing. at which
she was adept.
Her infectious smile will be missed
by the citizens generally as well as oy
those with her in the store, which her
death has cast into gloom. Everybody
will miss her genial greeting. 1t will
be very hard to fill her place.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
MANY RUSK co.
B0YSAT MADISON
Carl VOlkman Enlists i'm Motor
Transport, Truck and Tank
Service

Carl Volkman, who is in the S. A. T
G.. at Madison, writes the Budget
an interesting letter which we are
pleased to publish. 1t is as follows:
Madison, Wis, Oct. 4, 1918
Editor News Budget:
[ arrived here IL 80 a. m. the day
after I left Ladysmith, but failed tC
meet Reuben Jessell in Milwaukee as
expected to. l was going up the street
from the capitol to the university and
| met Ray Portman and he showed me
where I should go to get fixed up
The next fellow l met was his brother,
Leo, Vennie Miller and few fellows
from Weyerhaeuser who are here. /
cot examined and passed fine in every
respect and so did all the fellows from
home, except Reuben Jessell and he was
put in limited service"
| came out of the armory Friday and
there stood Reuben JesSell in the line
waiting to go in. You have to go to
about five different places before you
are ready to go to classes. | now have
my studies all fixed out and am taking
the Mechanical Engineering Course.
having enlisted in the Motor Trans
port and Truck and Tank service. ]
expect to leave here about January /.
as they allowed me to register as 20
years old here. The fellows who are
10 get a 6-mOnths' schooling and 1S-
year fellows a 2-year course. Ninety
one s. A. T. G. men are going to leave
here October Is. My studies are gas
and steam, surveying, military law,
war aims, which everyone in the 5. A..
Z. G.. has to take, and the History of
Europe up to 1914.
They made us move twice since |
went into the barracks. | was III the
University Club and they made us move
because they wanted it for hospital
as there are many sick fellows in camp.
Yesterday two ambulances were busy
all day and all night and today also
and people are here with their private
cars. They are women who donated
They think it is the same disease as
they have in other camps, but the doc
tors say it is not the genuine stuff. We
are now in a private dwelling as
there are about $500 men here in the
s. A. T. c., not counting the other peo-
pie going to the university.
On the street / met Mildred Sinclair.
Doris Mather, young Baker from
Hawkins, and A. Schuette, who used to
teach at Ladysmith in the highschool.
He is in the Officers Engineering Re-
serve Corps and so is Hector Powell
In our barracks they have some sick
fellows and I tell you they are happy
as they are singing and playing instru-
ments all day. They took them to the
doctor last night and made the rest of
us get up about - 80 last night and
change all the sick fellows into one
room and kept them there all day and
would not let them get out even to go
to classes or meals.
l think I will have to close. | was
surprised to see so many fellows from
near home here / will drop you let
ter again soon to let you know how the
Ladysmith fellows are.
Yours truly,
CARL VOLKMAN.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
BURGLARS BLOW SAFE IN
TURTLE LAKE KILLING
CITIZEN IN GUN
FIGHT

Turtle Lake, Wis, Oct. 10-One man
was killed and four are reported
wounded in gun fight between citizens
and four robbers who blew the safe of
the Turtle Lake State Bank here at
2 80 this morning and escaped with
$6,500 Citizens promptly poured out
OF their homes upon hearing the explo-
sion and attacked the robbers.
Sid Ward, citizen, was shot in the
stomach and died One bandit is be-
lieved wounded. There were four
bandits who got into an auto and drove
south.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
DEATH AT HAWKINS
FROM INFLUENZA

The influenza epidemic has strong
foothold in Hawkins, where it is re-
ported by Editor Richardson that there
are about eighty cases.
The first death to occur was that OF
Mrs. Ed. Lenner, aged about % years,
who died Tuesday of pneumonia, which
followed influenza. The remaining
members of the family, the husband
and three children, have ali been sick
Mrs. Lenner staying UP as long as she
could to take care of them The body
was taken to Amery Wednesday fol
burial.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-10-11
PAY COMPLIMENTS TO
KAISER WITH L. b.
Ladysmitil Can Pay Respects in the
Fem OF Not Less Than 80
SiXteen-inch Shells

Ladysmith has the opportunity of
paying its compliments to the kaiser in
the form of so sixteen-inch shells to be
delivered by Ladysmith boys now serv-
ing in France.
One sixteen-inch shell costs Uncle
Sam $1,000 when it is ready for our
boys to deliver to the Huns. Uncle
Sam has fixed Ladysmith's quota in
the fourth Liberty loan at not less than
$80,O00. and we are going to buy that
much.
When we have done our part we will
have provided eighty sixteen-inch
shells for our boys to send on their way
that they may add speed to the heels of
the retreating Heinies.
To think of Liberty bonds as shells
gives us an idea of what we can do i'll
this war. These Ladysmith shells can
a Hun army. They can carry death
and destruction to those who have
been responsible for the devastation OF
the world. They can destroy the
trenches that are shielding the murder
ers of French and Belgian children
and the rayishers of French and Bel
gian women. They can destroy the
machine gun nests Of the Huns from
which they are shooting our Ladysmitl
boys They will, in fact, bring the wal
nearer to that victorious end for which
we are all waiting.
Surely Ladysmith will pay fol-
eighty ana more sixteen-inch shells by
buying its quota and more Of the bonds
Of tba fnurth Liberty loan