Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-11-14
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State

tional church at Polar, has accepted a
call to a church in South Dakota.
The cold weather and sun haze
combined to make the maple sugar
business profitable around Mason. and
Ashland Junction The trees are now
oozing with thick strip.
Mai. C. B. Macdonald of Markesan
has been appointed judge advocate OF
the American expeditionary forces
now serving In Germany, and will
leave soon for his new post at Breslau,
Germany.
The Sheboygan common council has
approved the condemnation proceed
ings for a new high school and will go
ahead with the plans for new in
stitution on the site of the present
building.
The National Distilling company,
100000 Milwaukee brewing concern.
has changed its name and occupation
to manufacture yeast products on a
non-alcoholic basis. Papers filed with
Secretary of State Merlin Hull show
the new name to be the red Star
Yeast and Products company.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Murdoch, Ash
land, received word of the death of
their daughter, Miss Beatrice Muir
dock, in China, where she went last
year as missionary She was
trained nurse OF experience and had
bsen sent by the Methodist church.
Her death followed an operation,
about month ago.
The Indian school to be erected by
the Reformed church at cost OF
sac, 1000 for the education and care OF
Indians living near Black river, will be
at Neillsville. This was definitely de-
cided when an option on the krause
farm, adjoining that city, was closed
recently. Work will begin on the
buildings in the spring.
Diphtheria, scarlet fever, whooping
cough, smallpox and poliomyelitis had
gained a Roadway In Wisconsin at the
end OF October which took them we'll
beyond their normal prevalence for
that month. This fact is adduced from
a reading of the endemic index" for
communicable diseases In the offices
Of the state board Of health.
B. NJ Vaughan, Grand Rapids, has
been named a delegate from Wiscon-
sin to the national drainage conven-
ton in ST. Louis, Nov. IL, IL and IL.
The appointment was made by Gov.
Philip. Mr. Vaughan is a pioneer In
drainage work in Wisconsin and has
held many offices in the state asso-
ciatiOn He is a member Of the legls-
lative committee of that body.
A large delegation of business men
from Durand went to Fairchild to con
ter with the directors of the Wtscon-
Sin Canned Food Co. on building
new canning factory in Durand. They
made arrangements to go ahead with
the building. The plant will be a du-
plicate of the plants that the company
is building at Fairchild, Osseo and
Foster
The Nash Motors company, Keno
sha, is to invade the Strand and Pic
Cadilly, according to the announce
ment made by the executives of the
plant that the company is to have
Charles Jarrots and Let's, Ltd, as its
agents in London. These Londoners
were in Kenosha and signed con
tract to represent the Badger firm in
the English capital.
Approximately $1,300,000 was paid
into the treasury Oct. 80 by two steam
railroad companies operating in Wis
consin on the final payment of taxes
due in 1919 The Northwestern line
paid $936,37S, while the 500 lines
paid $402,350.19. The taxes were due
Nov l. The Milwaukee road paid a
tax of $3.50, 1880 Oct. %. The total
tax for the year on all companies is
$2,677, 1868.
Archie Barber, Baraboo. was sen
fenced to six years in state prison by
Circuit Judge e. Ray Stevens, after
being found guilty of assault with in
tent to commit more serious Of
Tense Following the sentence, Barber
went back to a seat and locked him
self in the arms of his wife and moth
er, until he left for prison. The com
planning witness was a school teacher
who roomed at the Barber home.
Deer are becoming SO numerous in
the southern part of Richland county
that farmers are wondering what is
going to be done about them as they
are a real nuisance. Their visits to
the fields are SO frequent that farmers
must take daily care of their crops
to avoid damaging depredations. Re-
Gently one farmer at Orion husked
IA shocks of corn, and as he COM
pleted his task late in the evening. he
of necessity, left the corn piles in the
field. In the morning he found that
some deer had either eaten or tramped
into the ground the entire crop from
those Ia shocks. The farmers are
waiting for the state conservation
commission to take some action.
Mrs. Charles Meyers. Seven Mile
Creek, Juneau county, discovered that
cation NAV be grown in central Wis