Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-01-03

Cor. Philip has appointed Attorney
John A. Metzler, Portage, formerly dis
trict attorney of Marquette county, az
county judge, succeeding Judge Frank
Dodge, who died a short time ago.
Louis Packard pleaded guilty in
| Forest county circuit court, at Rhine
lander, to numbering Louis Wine of
/ North Crandon last summer and was
| sentenced to two years at Green Bay
reformatory.
Representative of different canning
/ companies met at Wausau and dis
cussed next years crop and prospec-
| tive market conditions. The past seas
! son was announced to have been very
satisfactory.
0. J. Hardy, Oshkosh, executor of
| The will of Col. John Hicks, paid to
| County Treasurer c.. III. Larrabee the
estimated amount of the inheritance
tax due on the estates The estimated
tax was $14,6OO.92.
The Chippewa Power company, Eau
| Claire, capital stock 100000 has filed
articles Of incorporation. The object is
to acquire and develop undeveloped
water-power sites on the Chippewa
river and its tributaries.
Martin Pattison, Superior, extensive
owner of mining and timber proper
ties and one Of the best known resi-
dents of the northwest, died at his
home there at the age of rs years.
Death followed brief attack Of acute
indigestion.
Emil A. Kohlhepp, Eau Claire, gro
Ger, indicted by the grand jury at La
Crosse, on charges Of violating the es.
pionage act, was held for trial at the
next term of federal court at Madi-
SON. Bail of $4,000 was furnished by
his brothers.
One hundred and seventy-fiye dol
lars was received for the Red Cross
Bazaar held at the Washington school,,
Madison Most of the money was
taken in from the sale of crosses
which covered a large Christmas tree.
They sold for from l cent to SIS.
That the last year was the most
successful in the history of the Fox
River Guernsey Breeders association
was evidenced in the reports made at
a recent meeting at Appleton. Sales
of $55,679.50 for the year were re-
ported.
Following fourth stroke Of party
sis which occurred on Nov. 81 Miss Ag-
mes Weeks died at her home in She
boygan. In point Of service she was
one OF the eldest teachers in the city
After twenty-seven years OF teaching
she was compelled to resign in Sep
TENDER, 1914
Mrs. Kate S. RindIaub, wife OF M. P.
Rindlaub,l for many years editor of the
Grant County Witness, died at her
horne in Platteville. She served as
treasurer Of the Wisconsin Press as
ISOLATION for eight years, and was at
fectionately spoken Of as the mother
of the association.
Inspectors of the food and drug de-
partment of Michigan recently made
eight arrests and confiscated eleven
suitcases of whiskey on trains leaving
Marinette and entering Michigan at
MenCminee, just across the river.
Three Of the suitcaSeS were found
without owners, they having fled when
the raid started.
Levi e. Knapp, resident Of Osh-
kosn since 1850, recently celebrated
his ninety-second birthday. Mr.. Knapp
comes from long-lived family, his
father, the late d. B. Knapp lived to
the age OF nearly ninety-four. Two OF
his brothers, George Y. Knapp OF Osh'
kosh and Andrew 3. Knapp Of Beloit,
lived to the age of Lightweight
d. Fl. Otis, Madison, assistant dean,
college of agriculture, has received or
ders from the government to leave for