Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-12-26
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

majority at a special election.
The Manitowoc city attorney has
ruled that no refund can be made for
liquor licenses where the holder Of the
license voluntarily surrenders the
same
A proposed issue of st,000,000 in
bonds for the building of roads in
Waushara county was defeated ut Il
special election. The vote was 1,023
for and liz against.
Because of The large number of war
relics presented to the state historical
museum by. returning soldiers, Il room
In the museum is TO be specially de
voted to war specimens, according to
the curatOr's plans.
The Sheboygan board of education
has decided that on account Of the
fuel shortage, pupils of the public
schools will be given a Chrihtmas va
ton of two weeks this year. Shoots
closed Dec. 19 and will reopen Jan. 5,
Luther G.. Coon, Appleton, tender
of dam on Fox river, is believed to
have fallen into the water early in the
morning when he went to work. Men
are dragging the river and cutting
thru the ice in an effort to find the
body
Jack Lesser neglected to remove the
Montana license plate from an auto
mobile he is charged with taking from
Mrs Amenda Nelson. Butte, Mont, and
he was arrested while trying to sell
the valuable machine to a country
banker near La Crosse.
Howard White Thunder, member of
the Winnebago tribe of Indians, has
been ordered by Judge Pomainville,
Grand Rapids, to be put to work
to raise $50, to replace furniture
which, it is alleged, he stole from a
brother Indian. White Thunder, af,
ter selling the furniture, escaped. His
case will be dropped if he produces
the money
A jury in circuit court at Stevens
Point assessed damages Of $500 against
the Consolidated Water Power and
who sued for $14,6S9. He alleged
damage to his land in Plover as re
suit of raising the head of water at
Biron dam on the Wisconsin river
His suit included a claim for $4,000
for the loss of dam site below Draw
leys Rapids.
By planting three acres of sugar
beets on the farm, Supt T. H.
Moore of the Dunn county asylum
near Menomonie, secured enough
sugar to last year Thirty-fve tons
of beets were sent to the sugar factory
at Chippewa Falls and $500 pounds
of sugar was received Many farmers
are planning planting small fields of
sugar beets and having them convert
ed into sugar for their personal use.
Fire protection for Outagame
county farmers living on concrete
roads by the organization of IL county
in Appleton. is being planned by the
Outagamie county highway commits
sion The plan includes the installa
ton of combination chemical and
pumping truck and a hook and ladder
truck. The network of concrete roads
radiating from Appleton would make
it possible to respond to fire calls from
quite distance.
The effect of being gassed is now
being shown among the service men.
There are nearly as many dependents
drawing state aid for tuberculosis as
there are for wounds and nearly all
were gassed The figures show of $50
drawing state aid, there are included
battle wounds, l16 or 80 per cent;
tuberculosis. SO or II per cent; gas
mot tuberculaD. Al OF II per cent;
rheumatism. II or per cent; mentally
deranged, 40 or I ! per cent; other dis
abilities, 70 or * per cent.
The coal situation i'll Wisconsin is
acute and George Olson, secretary Of
the Wisconsin Building Material and
Fuel Merchants association, who has
his headquarters al Oshkosh left for
Madison for Il conference with Gov.
Philip. A request will be made of
the governor to appeal to the federal
authorities TO rush shipments OF soft
and hard coal from the mines 10 this
state to relieve what promises to be.
come a most serious siuation
Bring IA pan of your soil to be test
ed" is the word that g. :. RiStOw,
Jackson county farmer, and w.
Ullsperger, farmer and light soils
specialist of Madison send TO farmers
who expect lu attend the eight light
soils Institutes in January The lest
ing will determine whether or not the
soils are acid and what is the degree
of acidity SO that lime may be APP
piled 10 correct the acid condition.
Where The SOIL is acid leguue plants
will not grow. and legumes and live
stock are the chief soil builders for
aighi soils. by growing legumes the
farmer can supply much of his own
feed for livestock
The Wiflnebago Dairy Products Co.
is a new $20OO0 corporation. lncorpo-
rators are George Maxey and Merton