Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-10-24

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company paid out to farmers for but,
terfats nearly $4,000.
The Civic and Commercial club has
started a movement to organize
building and loan association to
solve the home problem at Toma-
hawk.
Mrs Louis Eckrich, Menasha, Is,
can see for the first time in 10 years.
Her sight was restored in an opera
ton performed by specialists after
she had been totally blind.
Valuation of all property in Green
Bay increased $1,784,250 in one year
according to assessment rolls, COM
piled by the city clerk. Total value
of all property is $35,573,955.
While out at night hunting eoons.
Clyde Lafferty, Is, son of Ed. Lafferty,
lnear Maiden Rock, climbed tree and
fell 80 feet, breaking his back. He
is paralyzed from the injured place
down.
That 100000 Lutherans in Poland
may be saved from freezing to death.
Lutheran churches of La Crosse in
augurated a collection Of mems and
women's clothing, to be continued for
several weeks.
! o. j. Gilleson Jr. Post of the Amer
lean Legion is the name of Clinton
villes organization of soldiers and
service men. The post was named in
honor of the first Clintonville boy to
lose his life in the service.
The 1919 sale of Monroe county reg
istered Guernseys held at Sparta and
Norwalk, was a record breaker. In
dividual Guernseys brought as high as
$805. The lowest price paid was $3O4.
An effort is being made by stock men
throughout the county to specialize in
Guernseys, making Monroe the Guern-
sey county.
Almond village will welcome home
her soldiers of the world war, Nov. IL,
first anniversary of the signing OF the
armistice An honor roll tablet, on
which will be placed names of all who
were in the service from Almond and
vicinity, will be dedicated. M. III. Han
son, president of the village, is in
charge of the homecoming.
Emil Zimmerli, Taylor county, was
found hanging in his brothers barn.
He was unmarried and made his home
with his brother, Fred, since selling
is farm few years ago. Since the
death of his brother, Albert, in July,
he has been acting strangely He
worried over the settling of the es-
tate, of which he was administrator
The first of a series of auto me-
chanic schools open to vocational stu
dents below the status of high schooi
graduate will be opened at Stout In
stitute this month by the state board
of education Expert instructors will
be supplied by the board of education
under the soldier educational bonus
bill in any city where a SUFFICIENT
number of students apply for the
training.
So intense is the meat war in Ap-
pleton that one butcher advertises
"soup bones free OF charge" One
shop offers round. sirloin and porter
house for 10 cents a pound, another
charges 1914 cents for the same
Other prices are: Soup meat 5 cents,
beef stew 8 cents, beef roast cents,
| rumps 8 cents, round chunks Z cents.
Roast pork is IS to 20 cents, lamb
stews 1919 cents, loin 20 cents, leg
and chops 25 cents.
That the minimum wake law does
not apply to the state or any political
state division is the opinion OF AT.
torney General Blaine to E. E. White,
secretary of the Wisconsin Industrial
commission The opinion points out
that in framing the workmen's com.
| pensation law that the law specifically
stated that it should apply to the
state, counties and other subdivisions.
There is no such provision in the
minimum wage law
/ Woodsmen near Brentwood report
deer in great numbers, and are eager.
ly awaiting the open season. There
never has been a scarcity OF deei
there, some of the oldest and toughest
of the race have been brought to bay
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prongs. Partridges are also 1ncreas-
ing in numbers, thanks to stringent
laws to protect them The hard crust
on the snow early last winter caused
the death of thousands.
The Medici Ledgers, some OF the
oldest account books in existence, are
I, now owned by H. Gordon Selfridge,
former manager of Marshall Field &
Co, and resident of Lake Geneva.
The original ledgers and account
books are in Mr.. Selfridge's strong
room, and are contained in three large
boxes. The books are of various
sizes and mostly bound in skin. The
books record entries between about
the years 1920 and 1881, A. d.
The sheep men of La Crosse county
have called meeting for the purpose
of forming an organization to protect
their fiocks from wolves. They pro.
pose to tax each member small sum
per sheep to create fund from