Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-01-10
WISCONS SIN
HAPPENINGS
Observation-Disclosures
News of the Badger State Arranged
....... in Condensed Form
Observation-Disclosures

able property in Milwaukee for the
year 1913 is $57O,O2O,559 as against
$3.50, 457.12 for 1917. This shows an
increase Of s34,563, 439, the largest
annual increase in the annals of the
city.
/ August NJ. Gavin, Milwaukee, col
lector of customs, has appointed Tim
othy A. Egan, as deputy collector Of
customs in charge at the port Of Stur-
Geon Bay to succeed Chester A. Fritz,
deceased. lie has also appointed
William w. Sterling, as deputy collec-
tor and Inspector at Oshkosh, to act
during the absence of Deputy Charles
r. Fiss on military duty.
! A Wisconsin war savings report
sent out by Washington shows q total
OF sales for November of $2,423,73o.84,
making this the fourth state in point
of figures Total sales for the cam
paign from Jan. / to Dec. / shows
Wisconsin in fifth place, with $685..
4 747o94.26. Wisconsin shows per
capital of $11.34 for the campaign, be.
ing fifteenth.
Pierce county has begun writing it's
war history. Prof. w. B. Davidson,
River Falls Normal school, heads the
committee. Other members are H. B.
Austerud, county superintendent, and
Pros. L. w Fulton, Ellsworth; Charles
Lowater, Spring Valley; Beverly
White, Maiden Rock; Robert Moser,
Elmwood, andS Miss Lovita Moser,
River Falls.
Romone Balderones, Beloit, "a
years old, was shot twice in the arm
and groin by man alleged to be Ma
critic Coviterous. Balderones condi-
ton is serious. Both men are Mexi-
can labOrers. 1t is said that Covlierous
laid in wait for his victim at the
The man who did the shooting es-
capped.
Tie Commercial Fishermen and
Clammers of the Mississippi valley
passed resolution, asking federal
control of the fishing industry to re.
place state regulation on the Missis-
sippi. These officers We're elected
President, J. P. Broatch, Pepin, Wis;
vice-president, J. w. Luth, Lansing,
Ia: secretary, F. e. Gunther, La
Crosse, Wis.
| Leslie Kruger, Owen, Clark coun-
ty, draft evader who fought a posse
at his farm house, when examined by
the La Crosse registration board to
determine IL he was willful deserter
from the army, declared he asked God
whether he should go to war, and the
Almighty appeared in a vision and
told him not to join the army. He in
sisted that neither his brothers nor
his mother advised him to evade the
draft and that he made up his mind
what to do after talking with God
Andrew Mari, 65 years old, who for
many years lived the life of hermit
in shack at Grand Rapids, is dead.
Mari, who had mania for collecting
old tin cans and rubbish, was under
suspicion several years ago. When
his shack was searched by the sheriff
for stolen property, it was discovered
that he had several thousand dollars
hidden in grain sacks and tobacco
pouches, and sewed in clothing Many
articles for which he could have no
possible use were also unearthed
The appeal from the decision of the
railroad commission Of Wisconsin in
creasing the gas rate in La Crosse
from $1.10 to $3.50 per 1000 feet will
be heard in the Circuit court Of Dane
county on Jan. s. This is the sec
ond appeal taken from ruling of the
railroad commission by the city of La
Crosse. In the first case, Judge Stew
ems at Madison sent an electric SEIZED
ule back to the railroad commission
for the taking of additional evidence.
i With the ban on private contracts
lowered, shipbuilding at Superior has
started off with a rush and the ship
bailders regard prospects of the best
for the banner year The Whitney
Bros Co. are enlarging their ship,
yards and are building two more
ways, whiah will accommodate six
vessels. Reports from other ship
yards bordering on Lake Superior,
telling of private contracts piling up,
strengthen the shipbuilders' belief
that they have started another big
4 year.
. The state budget of expenses for
the coming biennium as it will be pre-
scented to the legislature includes re-
quests exceeding s20000,0O0 for the
first year and over $21, 100000 for the
second year. The estimated income of
the state for the first year is but $780,
100000 and for the second year $780,
100000. The budget includes running
expenses, improvements and mainte-
nance Of every state institution.
Boards, commissions and state de-
partments are grouped together in one
expense account Charitable and
penal institutions come under another
heading. Educational activities are
separated from normal school and uni
yersity expense accounts.
The 1919 Wisconsin legislature, con-
vening for its reconstruction session
on Jan. s, will face q volume of pro-
posed legislation that threatens to