Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-08-01

T. A party of MarShfield cit officials
and business men inspected the gas
plant in Rhinelander with the inten
ton Of establi shing similar plant IN
Marshfield
With both legs broken, George Van
der Weldon of Little Chute lies at St
Elizabeth's Hospital as a result OF be
ing run down by an automobile in Lit
tie Chute.
There are now 125 gold stars on the
honor roll of 4,796 students and alumni
of the University of Wisconsin who
were in service during the war. The
gold stars honor 124 men and one
woman who died in uniform.
Special agents of the Chicago &
Northwestern have uncovered series
of wholesale thefts from the ware
house of the railway at Two Rivers
and thus far four have been arrested.
The Wisconsin crop of wild rice will
be bumper one this year, according
to reports from the up river marshes.
| Henry Cord, the first white child
born in Minocqua, died recently in
Clarkstown, Wash.
The bell of ST. Mary's church, Pesh
| tigO, broken at the time the, armistice
was signed, has been repaired The
sexton rang the bell so hard that a
| crack similar to that in the famous
| Liberty Bell made it useless.
| Mrs. Vivian Main, wife of the
| Northwestern ticket agent at Evans
vile, was found dead in the rear seat
of an automobile in which she was
| riding with her husband. Mr.. Main
says she committed suicide.
Plans for improvements and changes
| in buildings at the University of Wis
consfn estimated to cost $190,908.50
have been approved by the state board
of education, and the university re-
gents directed to receive bids.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Brown, who live at Browns
corner, Maiden Rock, was terribly bit
ten in the face by the old family dog.
The animal had always been gentle,
but became Infatuated when the child
playfully kicked him.
Manitowoc is to order three car
loads of canned goods from the gov
ernment's surplus stock at Chicago
and city agent is at Chicago to do
! the buying. If the Manitowoc public
supports the move three more car
loads will be obtained, if possible.
Wearing the croix de guerre with
silver stars and the Russian Cross OF
ST. Anne, Capt Joel R. Moore, former
normal school teacher at La Crosse,
arrived home after many months of
service in Russia. He will probably
resume teaching in the La Crosse
schools.
Attempting to start from the race
track at the fair grounds at Rhine
lander, a big Curtiss aeroplane, owned
by the Green Bay Aero club and pilot
ed by w. G. Moorse. crushed into
fence and was put out of commission.
Neither the pilot nor Mechanician.
Ray Cox, who accompanied him, were
Injured.
That Lieut.. Gov. E. F. Dithmar,
Baraboo, is planning to become can.
didate for governor on the Repub-
lican ticket became known when Ii
was announced that petition was
being circulated among senators ask
ing Mr.. Dithmar to be a candidate.
Just how many names had been fixed
could not be learned. 1t was stated
that Senator J. Henry Bennett, Viro-
qua, Senator w. T. Olson and sew
call.
Through the efforts of KKline & Nc
Adam, Waukesha, real estate brokers,
W. S. Arnold, government organizer
and appraiser, has completed the Or
ganization of a Waukesha branch OF
the Federal Farm Loan Bank Of ST.
Paul, Mimi The branch will be known
as the Waukesha County Farm Loan
Association and will be differed by the
following we'll known men: President,
Paul Gerritt of Waukesha; vice-presi-
dent, Howard T. Green Of Genesee De-
| pot; secretary treasurer, Daniel Kline
of Waukesha.
| A. M. Benson, Hartford, one of the
states most ardent humane workers,
| Is a candidate for the office of state
humane agent, a position created by
| the legislature this year. The appoint
ment Is for the state commissioner Of
agriculture to make. Dr. Benson or
ganized the Washington County HUI
name society, one of the leading soci-
cites of it's kind in the state. He was
instrumental in organizing and in
Creasing the activity of similar soci.
cites and since last spring has acted
as state field agent without salary.
That money in the banks is now
being diverted into regular investment
channels, was indicated by the report
of State Banking Commissioner
Cousins, Madison, which showed a de-
crease of $7,626,00O in individual and
demand certificates of deposit and an
increase of 1,445,63 in loans and
discounts AS is usual at this time OF
the season, there is decrease in bank
resources. The 1893 state banks had