Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-05-09


| The United States engineering head
/ quarters, in control of the Fox and
Wolf rivers, were moved to Appleton
! from Oshkosh.
| l.. r. Klinger, principal at Besse
mer, Mich, has been selected princi-
pal of the Stevens Point high school,
at salary of $4,000.
! Within the last two weeks twenty
new families have located near Eagle
River, marking new era in the farm
settlement of Villas county.
Undeterred by the bugaboo of high
priced lumber, building and rebuilding
| is well under way at Tomah. Not in
several years has the year opened so
auspiciously for carpenters and build
ing trades.
Mrs. C. B. Wood, Ellsworth, was
awarded $2,100 by the state industrial
commission from the village of Ellis
worth for the death of her husband,
which occurred while he was at work
at the pumping station last June.
| La Crosse has invested $65 900 of it's
sinking fund in bonds of the Victory
Loan. The move is hailed as good
business as well as patriotism, since
the bonds will pay Az per cent, while
| the sinking fund has been drawing 8
per cent.
A pure brew sow, for which j. r.
| Means of Buena Vista, Portage coun-
| ty, paid $54.65 last year, has been sold,
| together with her offspring, for $412,
making him a net cash gain of 1857 ,35.
Mr.. Means is firmly convinced that
high class stock pays.
Lieut.. Clarence Primm, Manitowoc,
with the American forces at Archan-
gel, recently awarded decoration by
| the French, has also been awarded a
decoration by the Russians. Lieut..
Primm was formerly head of the Man
itowoc Chamber of Commerce.
| |. E. Green, well known farmer near
Onalaska started suit in fereral court
to recover $17,987.50 which he invest
ed in Texas lands. A. w. Cunning
ham, attorney and real estate broker,
| Harrington, Texas, is defendant. The
|
Oscar Hanson, South Gilman. Pierce
county, had his right hand cut off
While saving wood On power saw.
He was on the last stick of the job
when the accident happened, and
pushed it against the saw in such a
manner that it turned, letting the
hard against the saw
| after being used continuously for
saloon purposes since 1860, a store
building on Eau Claire main thorough
fare, adjoining the Grand Opera house,
and known for years as the Between
Acts Saloon, ceased functioning as a
thirst parlor and began to undergo
| Gel tain alterations to enter into the
more prosaIc occupation of housing
bakery.
Claire that the 1919 West Wisconsin
| Episcopal conference will be held in
Eau Claire, probably the last week in
| August, and that it will be one of the
most important sessions in the history
| OF til. conference in view of the cen
tenary drive which is being staged
More than 400 ministers are expected
| to attend.
| A petition asking the state leg
| islature TO grant cash bonus to
discharged Wisconsin soldiers, sail
ors and marines, has been circulated
by the Appleton War Mothers and has
been sent to Madison, bearing over
| 1900 signatures. The Appleton
branch of War Mothers, although re-
Gently organized has become very &C.
| tive in welfare work
There has been great activity in
real estate transfers in Racine and
county. during the past two months
| During March and April 1873 deeds
and mortgages were filed for record,
as against 1,072 in the same two
months last year, an increase of COZ
| There is an unusual demand for resi-
almost double the amount for
which they are assessed Business
property, especially in the downtown
district, is most active and large sales
are reported daily.
Wisconsin is largely state of Amer
ican-born people. Seventy eight per
cent are native sons and daughters.
OF this proportion per cent were
born in Wisconsin. The states for
| eign born have declined the last three
decades. During that time 100000
| American-born have been added More
| than quarter of a million have come
to us as natives of sister states
Illinois has contributed the largest
number. twenty-five per cent of our
| population were born in other lands.
Of them, SO per cent came to us from
| the countries of northern Europe. Fig
ures obtained by the immigration di-
vision of the Wisconsin department OF
agriculture show that within eight
years the government has refused
175,470 aliens the privileges to land
and take up homes in the United
States. They were compelled to about
| face because of disease, mental OF
physical defects or other disqualified