Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-10-24
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
| Arranged In Condensed Form

business NOV. i. j. n. Clll1eS is Hdu-
ager.
The large dairy farm of George Glib
son near Dudley, has been sold to I'LL
nois parties The deal includes one of
the finest herds of Holstein cattle in
the northwest.
Samuel Jones, farmer, living in
Giles coulee, near La Crosse, is eating
strawberries daily, which he picks in
his patch 1t is the latest crop of
berries to be picked around here.
The Stevens Point w. C. T. u. has
smoker. The organization has petit
toned the school board and teachers
of the city to assist in eradicating the
evil.
Oconto county's 1919 corn crop is
one of the greatest in the past 20
years, according to the country agri
cultural agent Absence of killing
frost during September is responsible
for excellence in quality The report
assures plenty of high grade seed corn
in the country for next year.
The Wisconsin Railway, Light and
Power company has been ordered by
the state railroad commission to build
line at La Crosse from West avenue
down Badger street to Fourth street
and over to the main line on Main
street, within six months after author
izatiOn by the common council. The
will hon
nue. six blocks long.
Twins were born to Mrs. George
Huelsbeck of Jacksonville, Fla, fol-
lowing Caesarean operation per-
formed at an Appleton hospital
Mother and children are well, the sur
are common, but surgeons say the
birth of twins following such an opera
ton is a rarity and the case is espe
cially unusual because there were no
fatalities
A squash weighing 118 pounds,
crowded it's way into the Citizens Ma
tional bank at Stevens Point at the
harvest week exhibition. The bulky
guest was placed on a pedestal in the
front window, where it shut Off the
light from the front office. The squash
was raised by Mrs. E. Kramer, Stevens
Point, and is six pounds heavier than
one shown in the local pumpkin show
year ago.
Armin Eimendorf, Madison, mem
Der of the University of Wisconsin
Iot1 @p,rx ,foff ho
invented a paper-testlng machine
which will record the resistance power
of every kind of paper This inven-
ton is one of the most valuable in
the papermaking industry, as it will
supply data concerning the strength of
paper such as has not been easy to
obtain heretofore.
Authorities started a nation wide
search for G. w. Brice, Graz fiapids,
missing commission merchant. Fol
lowing his disappearance checks
which now total more than $4,000,
came to bank in payment of produce
he had bought and later sold to Mil
waukee dealers. He registered in a
Milwaukee hotel from Oct. to 10, but
efforts to locate him have been futile.
He was in Grand Rapids in the COM
mission business about three weeks.
Although three of the bandits who
staged the spectacular raid on the
Palace gambling den, operated at
Kenosha, by Sam Jacobson, and re-
lieved the tables, roulette wheel, safe
and 140 gamblers of their cash, rings,
and securities, now rest in the Jail
there under complete confession, po-
lice Of Chicago. are searching the Hi
nois city for two remaining members
of the bandit gang, who succeeded In
making their escape, taking with them
the booty of the raid.
Eight thousand acres in the towns
of Mt. Pleasant, Caledonia and York
vile will be improved for agricultural
purposes by the building of drain
age canal to be known as Hoods
Creek Drainage district Plans for
the proposed work, to cost tens of
thousands of dollars, have been adopt
ed. The main canal will be five miles
long and there will be scores of miles
of laterals Work on the Improvement
will begin in the spring. all assess
ments for benefits and damages hav-
ing been adopted by the court.
Only half as many students are TAX
ink studies in the German language
at this semester at the university as
there were when the United States
entered the war ,inspite of the fact
that registration at the university this
fall breaks all attendance records.
Records at the university show that
755 were taking work in German in the
fall of 1917 In 1918 the number had
fallen to 275 and this fall it is 800.
In 1917 the department had II full or
part time professors and instructors
in German. The department now has
six on full time and one on half time.
The Wisconsin war history commits
sion created by the last legislature
met at the executive offices and or
ganized Gen. Charles King, Milwau-
kee, was elected chairman, and John
Gregory, Milwaukee, secretary Off
coc will ha ainnd in the caOita1