Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-10-17

stock of 100000 has been formed
TO manufacture the Star milking ma
chine.
A budget of $4,000 has been ap-
propriated to remodel Music hall, one
Of the oldest buildings at the uni
versity. The hall will have an in
creased seating capacity of 500.
A letter mailed from Hungary in
May, 1916, has just reached Joseph
Ornstrin, merchant of Appleton from
his parents He has heard nothing
from them in the meanwhile.
The tug Terrier, built at Manitowoc
for the Emergency Fleet corporation,
has been accepted after trial trip.
1t is the first of six tugs to be com
plcted at the Burger Boat Co. yards.
| Henry Ford was visitor in Mari
nette. He arrived with his son Edsel
Ford and five other men. They were
returning after an auto tour through
the Upper Peninsula mining region.
Green county's most modern dairy
farms, purebred Holstein and Ayre-
shire herds were inspected by so
Louisiana and Mississippi men who
came to Monroe on dairy observation
special from Madison.
Increase of telephone rates and re-
adjustment of schedules were author
lied by the Wisconsin Railroad COM
raission for the Columbia Telephone
company and the La Crosse Interur-
ban Telephone company.
The Kenosha county highway COM
missioners have approved the states
selection of II miles of Kenosha coun-
| TT roadway which will be incorpora-
ted in the states $500 mile addition
to the 5000 mile trunk line system Sc
lected in 1917.
Theodore Christianson, well known
weather prophet of Conover, predicts
that the coming winter will be only
slightly colder than last winter. He
says the first snowfall in northern
Wisconsin will be Dec. 8. 1t is said
that Christianson has never yet failed
on a weather prediction.
The estate of the late United States
Senator Isaac Stephenson of Mari
nette, totals $7,224, 241.65, according to
the inventory filed with the tax COM
mission by John Harrington. The
total tax, which has been paid on this
estate, is $268,228.27. Inventory Of
the estate shows that Mr.. Stephenson
disposed of $2,791, 1851 by will and
s4,432, 56628 under trust deed.
The season for making beet sugar
in Wisconsin is at hand, and the 1actO-
ries at Menomonee Falls, GAINESVILLE,
Madison and Chippewa Falls are being
placed in readiness to receive, shred
and boil the crop. The beets have
grown well this season and the dry
and hot spell of midsummer is said
to have resulted in a large percentage
Of sugar content. New factories are
planned for Oshkosh and Green Bay.
Charles W. Nash, head of the Nash
Motors Co., Kenosha, has been named
head of new corporation formed in
indianapolis, with capitalization of
to be known as the Lafayette. Mr..
Nash's association with the firm will
be in an advisory capacity, leaving &C
tive management to D. Mccall White
and Earl G. Howard. While Indianapo-
lis will be the manufacturing center
for the company, all chassis units will
be made at Kenosha.
The plan for $4,000 in scholarships
in vocational education was approved
by the state board of education. The
plan provides for annual distribution
Of fifteen scholarships at $500 and
ninety awards at 500 each. An ex-
penditure of $4,000 for new teachers
to be distributed among the normal
schools was provided by the board.
Regulations for the assignment of war
veterans under the soldier educational
law to out of the state institutions
respect to correspondence courses
taken under the educational act.
Former Congressman Charles Fl.
Weisse. president of the Charles
). Weisse company at Sheboygan
Falls, was instantly killed in that ci-Y
when wall In the ruins of his I1aas
Tell suddenly, burying him in tbs
debris. The Weisse company had beer
destroyed by fire, causing loss of
over $4,000. Only one wall was left
standing. A party was set to work
10 go through the ruins of the plant,
which had been used as a tannery,
and salvage such material as could be
found. Mr.. Weisse entered the ruins
On tour of inspection and while
| watching the men at work, the remain
| ing wall collapsed Unexpectedly.
Richard Wick, aged Fl, who was near
Mr.. Weisse, was thrown into one of
| the tanning watts, and was drowned.
| Six other workmen were seriously in
jured. Mr. Weisse was 81 years of
age. He was the head of the tannery,
and also president of the Sheboygan
Press Publishing company. He was
long prominent in political circlmes in
| Wisconsin, and a leader in the demo-