Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-01-31

referred to the police and fire COM
mission for further investigation and
action. 1t was declared by aldermen
that public opinion demanded a thor
ough probe of all charges against the
police department, and that all infor-
nation would be placed in the hands
of the commission.
| Manitowoc-Of the S111,000 raised |
| In the war chest contribution here,
| $1,000 remains, and the committee has
to decide the best purpose to which
| this can be devoted. The proposal is
made to use it for building a memo
rial, but there is disagreement as to
the form the memorial shall take.
Some suggest a monument for soldiers
and one for sailors. Others, backed by
returning soldiers, favor club for
| the fighting men.
! Madison-In hospitals and camps of
France, soldiers are studying Wiscon
| sins methods of growing potatoes,
raising sheep and poultry, judging
dairy cows and managing orchards.
They are reading how the rural
church has become a social and eco
nomic force in this state. The Y. M.
| C. A. selected more agricultural pub
| LEGATIONS from the Wisconsin expert
ment station than from any other II
| the United States
.Racne-Two thousand women mem
bers of clubs and societies, active III
Red Cross and other patriotic work
during the war and whose work has
not ceased, have organized the Won
ems Civic league the object OF which
is to unite women Of the county for
the betterment of civic and public
welfare The league will continue to
work for the welfare of sailors and
soldiers until their return.
Poynette- Eugene HASTE, so years
| of age, was found burned to death at
his home, five miles from this village.
He had just returned from visit to
his daughter, and suffering from
heavy cold, had supposedly started a
roaring fire In some manner the
house had been set On fire, as part o.
the bed, together with the head and
shoulders of HASTE, had been badly
| scorched.
Oshkosh-Thirty grade heifers and
cows were purchased in Winne5ago
county recently by T. IL. Jeffords OF
| 0f the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway,
for shipment to farmers near Nevada,
Mo-. for building up dairy interests
. They cost about $4,000. This is the
seventh carload Mr. JefTords has
bought in the county since Nov l.
Appleton - Capt Stephen Peabody
son of Dr. and Mrs. Fl. E. Peabody,
will leave for Turkey as a member OF
| the commission to be sent to that
country to do reconstruction work. lie
received notice from the American
committee on Armenian Syrian relief
Capt Peabody received his discharge
from the army service in December
at Camp Macarthur.
Green ay-Manufacturers CT high
grade machine tools will be under
taken on large scale by new cQrpo-
ration, the Conradson Machine Tool
company, capitalized for 100000 in
Green Bay The company has aC.
quired a twelve acre site and viii
erect a modern machine shop, draft
ing department, experiment shop and
office
l. La Crosse - Thousands of dollars
worth of ice cutting apparatus will b,
lost as a result Of the breaking up o.
the ice IN the Mississippi here follow
ing two weeks of unseasonably milo
| weather. IN addition, over 100 fisher
mems houses on the ice will be lost.
The ice has started to move just soutL
of the city.
Grand Marsh = Miss Elizabeth Mae
Boynton, infant daughter Of DR.. anG
Mrs r. d. Boynton, Grand Marsh, is
said to be the youngest Red Cross
member in the state. She was one
hour old when her father took out he
membership.
Kenosha-Seven hundred Elks from
Wisconsin and southern Illinois camt
to Kenosha to witness the dedication
of the new $4,000 clubhouse Til
ceremonies of dedication were i.
charge of Grand Exalted Ruler Bruce
Campbell of East ST. Louis and hi
staff.
Antigo-Mike Stroebl, 2S, recently
discharged from the army, was killed
in a sawmill at HOLSTER, when he
was struck by a slab.
La Crosse-A genuine western bob
cat, first seen near La Crosse for over
forty years, was killed by Herman
Amann, Asbury Ridge.
Oshkosh-John Rudy, an Oshkosh
young man, has invented small gasQ-
| e.. far mo He ic a