Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-01-18
FINE MEETING
HELD AT INGRAM
Community Enjoys An Evening
of Entertainment and
SOciability
Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence
One of the best Community meet
ings of the year was held at Ingram
last Friday evening. 1t was great
occasion of unity and harmony for the
town and the neighbOrhoOd. The pro-
gram follows:
Community singing. led by Miss
Mollie Kaiser.
Dialogue by Beatrice Wilbert and
Edward Covean.
Address by T. NJ. Doyle, of Lady
smith. on THE Small Town and How
to Make 1t Grow
Sing-"Keep the Home Fires Burn
ing" by girls of the Eighth grade.
Recitation by e. w. Beard.
Dialogue by Mildred Moore and
Opal Pierce.
SOng-Frank Coyean.
Suggestions on Doing Our Bit in
helping to furnish clothing for the Bel
gian people. by NJ. W. Perry.
Song. "Old Grimes" by Mixed Quar-
tette.
Community Song by all followed by
the highschOOl yell.
DOYLE Makes Address
+. NJ Doyle. secretary of the Lady
smith Chamber of Commerce, was in
vited by the program committee to
come over and give an address. His
subject. The small town and how to
make it grow" was appropriate and
the suggestion and ideas of Mr.. Doyle
if all put in print would be of great
benefit to Ingram and vicinity. 1t is
the desire of the farmers of our town
to see Ingram grow. not only in num-
berS but i'll Influence in Il business way
as we'll also as i'll a moral way.
Mr.. Doyle seemed surprised to find
we had so good Il school and so many
up-tO-date stores and business institu-
tiOnS. He said that with a practical
get-together movement. a splendid fu-
ture could be assured for Ingram The
town depends upon the farmer for its
success and it is up TO the merchants to
see to it that their prices are as reason
able as iii the nearby towns. If a mer
chant gives his customer coupons and
offers premiums for certain amounts
of trading he should make good his
promises. Our merchants and bust
ness men will succeed as long as the
consumer believes he can do as well
at home as he could, should he send
away and buy goods insight and I'M
seen.
To Make Ingram Grew
The writer wants to see Ingram
grow.
He wants to see the merchants sue
coed
He wants the schools successful.
He wants to see the farmers happy
and cOntented.
All these things can be.
The woOdman's axe and saw lies
low, somewhere but not around here.
For the past few years the timber lands
of Upper Wisconsin had living in
fluence for home seekers. And now
that the fuel shortage throughout the
land is causing so much distress and
in many cases suffering. it is predicted
that many hOmeseekers will visit out
Northland during the coming spring
and summer.
In Il conversation with a gentleman
from the corn belt, the argument seems
To have come out in favor of the North
land.
We have our corn was answered
by. we have our clover"
we have our apples and cherries"
brought the answer, I'VE have apples
also in the Northland of better flavor
and we have our blueberries, currants,
red white and black: cranberries.
gOoseberries. wild plums and we can
not he surpassed in small grains of
every variety and N0rthland yege-
tables demand the highest prices in
every market.
And Winter Benefits
We do not deny that we have cold,
long winters. but the snow lies where
it falls and our sleighing is fine. our
weather is Interchangeable and bad colds,
whoOping cough. fever and ague, are
not on our list.
We have our lumber for the saw mill
fuel for firewOOd Strikes in the coal
fields, car shortage railroad strikes
empty coal binS-nOne of these have
any terrOrS for us here in the clay
loan hardwood lands.
NJ w PERRY.
LYLE McCORISON WRITES