Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-12-12

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the state historical museum. The col
lection includes large number OF pic
lures taken from airplanes, valuable
German. French and American mill
tary maps, a number of German war
posters, German newspapers, Anerl-
can official records of artillery tire,
French and German propaganda, and
sketches of various salients.
Green Bay-Commerce on the Fox
river increased 80 per cent over the
largest season in history, according to
A. N DER, government engineering
department, Appleton. Of the total
amount IS per cent was coal for val
ley manufacturers. One of the big
reasons for this increase was the Fox
River Navigation Co., which started
last spring Navigation closed for
mally at midnight Dec. 5.
ManitOWoc Because the city re
fused ID allow bill for special service
filed against them by the health Off
Ger, Dr. j. E. Meany, for attending pa.
tients at the isolation hospital, out
side the city, the health officer has
notified the sanitation committee that
there are two cases of smallpox in the
city and that it is up to them to see
that they are removed. Duties of the
Office will be investigated.
Stevens Point g. Emil d. Nordbye,
express agent, was sentenced to four
years hard labor in the state reforma-
tory and to pay back money he took
from his emploers. Sentence was sus-
pended however, for the full term
and Nordbye was placed on parole.
He is a young man with three chill
dren. He was charged with misap-
propriating $1,124.21.
Madison = Seventy-six inmates OF
state homes for feeble-minded were
operated on under the state steriliza-
ton law in the six months prior to
Aug. %, 1919, according to official fig
ures made public by the state board
of control Statistics show that after
successful operations 20 per cent OF
the patients have been paroled to rela-
tiVeS and friends.
La Crosse-Pearl Holmes Osgaard
told on the witness stand of the hatred
of her husband for their unborn child.
''As | sat on his knee, he played with a
gun and said if | did not get rid of
the child he would end it ALL" she
testified She was granted divorce
from Leslie Osgaard, former A. e. F.
soldier, and given custody of the
child.
Tomah-The county board created
the office of assistant highway com
missioner and appointed Wesley E.
Bolton, Tomah The duties are super
vision of the highway patrolmen OF
Monroe county. Compensation is $125
per month and necessary travelling eX-
penses for no more than nine months
of the year.
Watertown - Acquisition of Pabst
King Pontiac Lad 10, full blooded
Holstein bull born April "a, by Arthur
Weihert, is long stride by this local.
ity in Holstein breeding. The price
paid for the calf was 81, 500. The calf
is a direct descendant of high butter
fat yielding cows and thoroughbred
bulls.
-Discontinuance of service
of the Wisconsin Valley Electric com
pany in Merrill is being fought by the
city, which has petitioned the railroad
commission for an order to prevent
the stop. The company is now oper
ating under a franchise granted in
1889 which expires Dec. 81 of this
, year.
Madison-Until it is definitely de
cided what units will be assigned tc
the various branches of the service In
the Wisconsin National guard each
company as it is mustered into the
service will be given a number and
will be known by that number instead
of by letter and regiment.
Janesville = Judge Grimm, circuit
court, declared that the prosperous
condition of people of the state causes
an increase of lawsuits. He says that
unless some of the cases on the pres
ent calendar are settled out of court
it will be necessary to hold court two
weeks longer than usual.
Merrill-Two large schools will be
built here in the spring. The city
council appropriated to build Junior
high school at $4,000 and a new Sec
ond ward school at $4,000. The Junior
high school, which will be an addition
to the high school, will have a large
gymnasium.
La Crosse - His face broken out
with smallpox, Carl Johnson escaped
from hotel after learning that the
doctor had sent for a health officer to
have him taken to pest house. He
was not located in search of the city
ic hnIipUQd tn ho hiding fn thp