Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-07-25
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State.

rived at his home in Neenah He was
member of the Eighty-sixth Division
Articles of incorporation of the
Burnside Paper Company, a new prof
ect at Neenah, have been filed. The
company is incorporated at $4,000
and will conduct wholesale paper
Jobbing business there.
Frederick w. Coon, So, editor of the
Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter, died al
Edgerton after long illness. Mr.
Coon was graduate of the University
OF Wisconsin and spent practically his
whole life in newspaper work in this
state.
A large amount of pork, half spoiled,
shipped into La Crosse by packing
firms, was condemned by DR.. w. w
Armstrong, city health commissioner
The meat was found in La Crosse
shops. Kerosene was poured over it,
and it was burned.
A party of officials of the Wisconsin
Telephone Company visited Manito-
voc on tour of inspection of plants
III the state and it is reported that
while there gave assurance that some
thing would be done In regard to a
new exchange building for that city.
More than score of valuable sheep
have been killed during the last week
in the town of Greenfield, La Crosse
county, farmers report. A large tim
Der wolf has been seen in the town
and he is believed to be the slayer.
The farmers have set traps for the
wolf and hope to bag him before he
commits many more depredations.
The Rock county board of supervis-
ors through special committee, has
bought ITO acres of The Hemmingway
farm just south of the county poor
farm on which to built Rock county
tuberculosis sanatorium. The county
will pay $500 an acre for the farm or a
total of about $4,000. Final posses
sion and deed will be given the
county April /, 1920
Cyrus c. Yawkey of Wausau has re-
ceived commission from Gov. E. l..
Philip as colonel of infantry of the
Wisconsin state guard, Col. Yawkey
was first commissioned as captain of
Company C in August 1917, and pro-
NOTED to major of the First Battalion,
Tenth Infantry, in May, 1918. Col.
YaWkey is one of Wausau's most in
huential business men.
Rhinehart Meyers, well known
Rhinelander lumberman, was arrested
by Stephen J. Gwide, conservation
warden ON the charges of using a net
in the Some River. In court Meyers
entered plea of guilty to the charge
and was fined $50 and costs. Arrests
for violations of the state fish laws
have been frequent in Oneida County
ems are kept busy.
Drivers of ice wagons at Beloit are
on strike because of publicity given
weights and charges by w. M. Won
Lone, food inspector, that short
weights were common and a boycott
was threatened against those who
complained. The drivers say the allie
cations are unjust. The ice companies
are supplying hospitals and service to
houses where there is illness, but the
city is greatly inconvenienced.
w. G. Maxey of Oshkosh has closed
a deal for the sale of the City Gas
company's plant and extensions to c.
0. Somdahl of Fort Wayne, Ind. Mr..
do hi hno olr 1xr toll
and plans important improvements.
After closing this deal Mr.. Maxey still
owns two water plants and one gas
plant. At one time he controlled four
teen utilities, including the Amigo
water works, now municipality owned.
The Eau Claire Airplane corpora
ton, G. r. Wood and l.. S. Mcdonald,
incorpOrators, booked engagements for
exhibition flights by it's aviators at d
number of Wisconsin fairs this fall,
and the aviation school which the cor
poration plans to conduct will be
opened within six weeks. The Joyce
farm, eighty acres of level ground
used by Ensign Grace as a flying
field, has been leased by the corpora
ton for it's school.
Kenosha, South Milwaukee and Cud-
ally suffered as result of the strike
of 100 men at the plants of the Wis
consin Gas and Electric company, Ra-
cine, many of the manufacturing
plants as we'll as several homes de-
pending upon the gas furnished by
that concern. The gas in reserve
tanks has been exhausted with the re-
suit that the mains were shut off.
Homes with gas ranges, and relying
upon these for home cooking were
hard hit when the supply was shut off.
Results of a hatch of ninety eggs,
set under six hens of Mrs. Daniel
Kunkel, Oshkosh, it is believed have
made "a record which others can aim
at for years. Every one of the eggs
produced a baby chick and all are in
a healthy condition
The sanatarium to be built on the
Pennoyer site will be memorial to
The Kenosha men who fought and died
during the war. 1t is to be known as
St. GATHERINGS Memorial Hospital
and will contain $50 beds for soldiers
a~5 eoilorS who wpra wounded and