Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-05-17

plosion of dynamite while blasting
stumps on farm near Thorp.
Ludwick Krigs Lockman, II, one of
two surviving members of Co. B OF
the famous Wisconsin Iron Brigade
of the Civil war, died at Onalaska.
More equitable rates on the rail-
roads of the state especially to inte-
rior points, will be one of the first
planks in the platform of j. N. Title
more of Omro, candidate for governor.
The 4-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Austin Roche, of Woodland, near Mt
Carroll, was attacked by an Infatuated
SOW while playing in the barnyard
and seriously injured before he was
rescued.
In a letter to the La Crosse Cham
Der of Commerce, Congressman J. j.
Esch of La Crosse urged all residents
to lay in a supply of coal for the COM
ing winter at the earliest available
moment.
A piece of shrapnel, used by Fritz
in an air raid on Londan, is now in
possession of Miss Eeona Weyenberg,
high school girl of Menasha. Inc
shrapnel was sent her by soldier
with whom she as been corresponding
Three counties in northern Wiscon-
| sin and the city OF La Crosse are not
| called upon to send any of the 10000
men the state is to furnish about May
Is. Douglas, Sawyer and Washburn
are the counties.
In the place of clover forage crops,
many farmers in the vicinity OF Black
River Falls will plant soy beans, due
to the quicker yield of the latter crop
Soy beans afford bountiful hay sup
ply. Much clover was winter killed.
Lawrence college is to have Coun-
Gil of Defense, organized by girl stu
dents, and there will be food conser-
Walton department, and war savings
department, which will begin at once
to formulate plans for the future.
| A war bonus may be granted Mani
towoc teachers in lieu of the 20 per
cent salary increase they asked in
vain of the board Of education. Inc
petition for the raise was signed by
hundreds of taxpayers.
A record of 1892 per cent for SUBJ
scriptions tC the third Liberty Loan
is boasted by employers of the Chicago
& Northwestern railway on the
Ashland division. A total subscription
Of $1S7,35O was made by 2,463 en-
| ployes.
The postoffice department at Wash
| ington announces the appointment OF
the following Wisconsin postmasters:
| Solomon Anderson, Denmark; Ed
word Henkel, Fond du Lac; Edward F..
| Alderman, Gresham; William Scheal,
Muscoda; Wilbur A. Grover, Ridge
land; Raymond G. Peterson, Witten-
| berg.
The horror of seeing the body of a
French woman pinned to the timbers
| Of a dugOut captured from the Ger
mans in France is described by Capt.
Carroll Nelson, former principal OF
Manitowoc high school, i'll letter re-
ceived at Manitowoc. The captain is
with the American eXpeditionary for
ces overseas.
| Don R. Frazier, the taliest man in
| the United States army service was
killed in France i, battle, April 10.
He was feet 71a inches tall and
weighed 210 pounds. He was son OF
Mrs Margaret Frazier of Oregon, for
merly resident of Boscobel. He was
q nephew of George Tuffley of Lancas-
ter, Grant county.
| Discharged because he is alleged to
| have failed to account for railroad
| fare, L. H. White, now La Crosse
business man, has started a suit
against the Chicago, Milwaukee ST.
Paul railroad for $11,800. White
served for many years as passenger
conductor and insists that he is inno-
cent of the charge.
| Wisconsin oldest Mason and one of
her oldet citizens, Ira Purdy of Grand
Rapids, May 8 celebrated his ninety
ninth birthday anniversary. at the
home of his nephew, Lee Ramsey with
tive of Palmyra, Pa, and came to
Wisconsin in April, 1916, locating at
Grand Rapids, as a millwright.
A production of more than 80,000,000
pounds of sugar for 1918 is practically
assured Wisconsin, according to con-
tracts already made with the four
sugar beet refineries of the state and
the MenOminee factory in Michigan.
| The acreage already promised is about
| 10000, as compared with $1,000 acres
last year, the best record thus far set
for the state.
| The seed inspection division of the
| Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
at the state capitol reports very I'M
usual deterioration of seed corn
throughout the state. One lot testing
81 in January tested so in February,
anc has now dropped to So. Many in
| stances of this kind have occurred.
| Farmers are warned to test all seed
whether or not it has been tested be-
fore. If it terminates between 65 and
so, it is best to use the seed as it is
difficult to get anything better. 1t Is
very important, however. to plant two
/ oY three extra kernels Der hill plant