Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-03-05
Rusk COunty's Greatest Devel-
Opment Project Now Under
Way
NEARLY $4,000 PLEDGED
IN LESS THAN AN HOUR
Plan is 70 Have Acres or More
Cleared OH Every Farm i'm
Rusk County

If there was the least doubt III any
quarter of RuSk cOunty's ability, dis
position or determination to back the
Million Dollar Land Clearing Contest
proposition to the limit it was quickly
dispelled Wednesday evening when one
hundred of the leading farmers, bank
crS and other business and professional
men of the county. together with Il
number Of live wires living just out
side the cOunty's boundaries. but
whose hearts are with RuSk county in
this undertaking, met in the American
Legion hall in this city and. with one
of the biggest. best and most enthuSi-
aStic meetings ever held in upper Wis
c0nSin formally launched the project.
The purpose of the meeting was to
secure funds necessary to carry on the
project OYsclearing 5000 acres of Rusk
county cut-Over lands in 1920
Sharply at 6: 80 a sumptuous ban
qllet was served to the gathering by
the War Mothers. while LeNeille's or
cheStra diScOurSed excellent music and
some jazz At Z 80 the tables were
cleared and TOastmaster W. \. Black
b,Irn introduced County Agent II. NJ.
Jones. who outlined the plan. Mr..
Jones was followed by y. J. Edmin-
Stcr of HOlcOmbe John Swenehart. of
Madison. Bert NJ. Apker. of Chetek,
Director of Immigration B. &. Packer.
of Madison. and Asst. Land Commits
SiQner III. $. Funston. of the 500 Line.
all of whom boosted the project with
facts and figures to show what would
result from the work accomplished.
One of the big features of the land
clearing contest is that it will enable
RuSk county farmers to procure dyna-
mite in any quantity at carload lot
prices. An attempt will be also made
to procure Il large quantity of INT at
low cost
Big Help To Farmers
Every farmer in the county who is
figuring on clearing land during the
coming year will thereby save money
on his explosives by entering his name
in the contest. and in addition he will
he competing for one or more of the
many cash and other prizes to be
awarded to the different districts in
the county. An assistant county agent
will be employed who will devote all
his time to assisting the farmersseX
cluSivcly in land clearing and his work
will last until November LIST.
All this costs money and right here
is where the spirit of RuSk county'S
citizens asserted itself When the call
for subscriptions was made. the names
Of the contributors with the amounts
contributed were recorded on IL large
wall map and within thirty minutes
the total showed over $500 There
were no strings attached to any of the
contributions. The contributions range
in amounts of from so to $50 and
every man felt that he was supporting
the best project ever attempted for the
l.eneft of the county as Il whole.
Starting in from Hawkins and go
ing clear through to Weyerhaeuser,
likewise north and south. almost every
town was represented by some banker
or business man and those that could
not attend the banquet owing to fierce
weather conditions will undoubtedly
come across" to help the project
along.
Names of Contributors
Following is list of the SubScrip-
tiOnS Wednesday night toward Rusk
COunty'S Million Dollar Land Clear
ing Contest:
Ladysmith Grocer Co.,,---,-,.- $4,000
Rusk County Bank--,-----.-,----.----- 10000
l.. C. Streater. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5000
Glover Leaf Land Co. Hawkins 10000