Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-07-04

| Darlington-The town of Wiota, La
fayette county, 29,880 acres, the larg
| est township within the county, has
| cheese factories every two or three
miles, Swiss and limburger predomi
| mating. The underlying foundation Is
| limestone rock and the water from
| the springs and wells Is as clear as
crystalline secret of producing such
| excellent cheese. The Lycan factory
| in the northwestern corner OF the
township, recently sold its output o.
April Swiss cheese for SIS cents pei
pound, the record breaking sale of the
year. There are 1892 COWS in the
| township.
La Crosse Smooth King, Poland
| China pig weighing nearly 1,l0t
pounds and owned by J. D. Mcdonald
| West Salem farmer, sold for $4,000
highest price ever commanded by q
| hog in Wisconsin The purchaser is
| Charles Gummert, Renville, Mimi
Smooth King is regarded as sure
thing for the Poland China grand
championship this year Experts de
clare his points are well-nigh perfect
| The animal is 3 years old. Mr.. NC
| Donald says the hog will collar more
than $500 At shows this year.
Sturgeon Baylor the first time in
| the history Of the fruit industry OF
| Door county strawberries are being
canned extensively. The canning is
being carried on at the large plant OF
the Fruit Growers union. A large
| force Of men and women will be EN-
ployed in tho cannery during the
| cherry season. which follows closely
| after the strawberries. It is expected
| that. picking Of cherries will start ipi
nediately after the fourth of July
The cannery will also start the same
time,
| Eau Claire - George Fl. Clausen
| P;easantville farmer, convicted in the
| United States district court last
March for violating the espionage act
| b. seditious utter?nces against the
| president, is in jail, having been ar
rested by a federal agent on his fail
ure to pay the fine of $500 assessed
against him by Judge Sanborn. He
was given three months in which tC
pay. He will now serve six months
| in the house OF correction,
| Racine - A carload of matted milh
was shipped alst week to the relief
agencies in Armenia and Syria, the
| donation of William J. Horlick to the
| cause OF the sufferers in those lands
It will go by way of the Mediterranean
| and Constantinople. The donation
was made through the Patriots Fund
committee which raised Racine's quote
| of $4,000 in the national drive fol
| $50. 100000 for Armenians and Syrians
| Wausau-The first prosecution un
| Ger the new state law relative to un
! fair competition in Wisconsin closed
| in Marathon county circuit court when
3 Jury found Fred w. Meen, Rhine
lander, guilty On four counts. He was
charged with discriminating between
different communities by buying
| cream and butter fat in one place al
| prices higher than he paid in another
! place.
Sheboygan-Th Ave troops Of She
| boygan Boy Scouts will spend a month
| T oil ho
20. The purpose Of the camp is to in
! still in the boys love for the outdoors
| and to promote and develop good
| traits of character There will be q
daily progf am from :55 q. m. TO 9:3C
| 0. III. Scout1naster A. Hukle will be
| in charge Of the camp.
Tomah - The Boy Scouts, under
| gcoutmaster George II. Willet, turned
out enn2asse to complete the job OF
cleaning the old log pond. Water was
turned in and the first swimming in
Tomah's community pool was done
Further improvements will be made
on the property, including q baseball
| ground.
| Darlington - Brig. Gen. F. G. Mar
| shall, former Darlington boy, who has
been in command Of the Second In
fantry brigade, First division, United
States army in France, has assumed
command of the Eighth Infantry brig
ade of the army of occupation. Gen
Marshalls mother is q resident of this
! city.
Appleton - The $180,000 highway
! bond issue authorized by the county
board has been sold to the Citizens
National bank, which bid $7,506 pre-
MUM for the bonds. The sum O
| S1S0,000 together with bond issue o
| S2T2 900 authorized last fall, will b,
expended this season on the highway
Of Outagamie county
Madison-A round table discussion
and course on the problems Of Amer
icanization will be conducted at thu
summer session at the University o