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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
A FINANCIAL TALK

Il. g. Quamme, president of the Fed
craI Farm Loan Bank, who invented
about - per cent of the system, gave
very instructive talk Saturday about
financial conditions of the United
States and the Federal Land Bank
He explained that people on new land
need credit and why they need it, and
said he was working on plan to adj
vance the settler $50 per acre for ev-
cry new acre Of good land he cleared
on his farm.
MI Quamme stated that the people
OF the United States had spent more
for luXuries in the last two years than
the war cost us i'll money, and between
The war and this extravaganza there
was not enough to take care OF the
present situation. There are five bill
lion dollars of farm mortgages now
floating in the t. S., and agriculture
is suffering from low prices. He stated
that these times would pass and good
times would come with the changing
administration of our government.
Reimbursement did not start soon at
I'll
times as much as they should and sold
inferior articles Prices are being re-
duced on all lines. Government eX-
travagance will stop when they stop
making war material, which will be
stopped March 4th, if not before. He
stated that the Federal Farm Loan
system was stopped by malice and
| named the guilty parties.
The system will be working again i'll
| the near future as it has proven its
worth to the farmers and has been a
success financially.
| Ten dollars per year on the princi-
pal kills the $1,000 mortgage without
any other payment, in 80 years time.
Big men of the nation helped organize
the Federal Farm Loan system and one
railroad president helped the bank to
loans of 100000 to get them started
| is they know the value of agriculture.
Agriculture is the most stabilizing
:hing of any nation and a nation dies
when the farmers quit.
| Mr. Quamme expressed himself as
cery favorably pleased with the pres
ent development and future prospects
of Rusk county At the smoker, Mr..
QUamme stated to a News-Budget re-
porter that he was III favor of raising
the limit of Federal loans to $4,000
| or better yet to remove the limit en-
tirely as he considered the limit entire
ly useless and unnecessary
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
BIG NECESSITY OF
FARMER COOPERATION

The wool growers of the west are
making arrangements to manufacture
their own wool into cloth and have the
arrangements nearly complete. They
claim they can make all wool cloth so
as to sell it at Il very low price, in fact
it will be much cheaper than the
shGddy and cottonwood cloth made by
the eastern manufacturers.
Farmers over the United States are
Icing forced to organize to protect
their business against privileged inter
cStS on the one hand and radical labor
on the other.
The farmers Of the United States and
Canada are good strong middle class
Of people. and their cooperation is
going to be big benefit to the balance
Of the middle class III North America
The Canadian farmers are now very
strongly organized and the movement
is growing fast in the L. s. y.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
MAKES BIG SHOWING
IN CLEARING LAND

Last spring when Christ GilbertsOn
moved onto The Big Seven Ranch, he
set stakes around 100 acres of land that
he wanted to clear for moving. He
now has 20 acres cleared. leveled and
seeded to clover with good stand, 20
acres more ready to level and seed, and
the balance of the hundred acres will
be completely brushed this week if the
weather. stays good. The piling Of
logs will be done as soon as possible
and the cradle knobs will be plOwed
and cross plOwed. when a seed bed will
be made with a spring tooth harrow
then seeded to grass. The StumpS that
are not burned out or pulled with Il
team will be blasted out later.
This 100 acres is III two square cor
nered fields, one of 20 acres the other
Of so acres The house on this farm,
1SX24, with an addition, 12X24, has
been finished outside and is being fin
ished inside, the rooms being divided
and lathed and plastered. a full base
ment, 24x3O, was put under the whole
house this fall making room for a lot
OF vegetables and wood. The 1SX24
shed has been extended forty feet. and
a pump engine. pump jack, and stock
watering tank have been installed this
season.
Besides the land clearing done by
Mr.. GilbertsOn and his two young sons,
they did most of the rough work on the
buildings and basement. Two extra
men have been clearing for thirty days.
They also have brushed five or six
acres along the road south of the
house. With this clearing and the big
fires of last spring and this fall, this
ranch is forging ahead rapidly.
Mr.. Gilbertson says he was running
a tote team to the lumber camps seven
teen years ago, and drove across this
ranch near where the house stands, and
at that time there was Il heavy growth
of timber all over that farm and sur
rounding territory.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
BLAST OF so STUMPS
SPECTACULAR SUCCESS

Perhaps the largest single blast of
stumps ever made in this county or the
surrounding counties was made last
Saturday morning on the Peter Barton
farm south of Ladysmith. This blast
was made as the opening feature OF the
celebration CT '7160 more cleared acres
in 1920 in RuSk county. Fifty white
pine and hardwood stumps were com
pletely removed from their resting
place with 20 per cent Red Cross extra
dynamite furnished for the event by
the Dupont Powder Company.
This is the first blast of its kind ever
attempted in the western part of the
state and it was a complete success
\. ]. McAdams, field representative of
of the State Land Clearing Depart
ment, had charge of the work. Much
credit is due these men for their CO.
operation and promptness in which the
DlaSt was made. No doubt next year
more blasts of this kind will be made
under different stumping conditions.
Although The field was not a field of
hard stamping, it was the only field
within a close radius of Ladysmith
where shot of this kind was posi-
BE. No doubt a harder field could
have Eeen found at a greater distance
from Ladysmith. but the contest COM
mittee selected this field because it was
within walking distance of Ladysmith
and possessed ideal Spectatorial fea-
lures.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
PROSPEROUS FARMER
IMPROVES HIS FARM

j. NJ. Rathsack, who lives two miles
south of Glen Flora, has lived ON his
farm for Is years, coming here from
Manitowoc, and started on a wild
forty that is now his home.
Mr.. Rathsack has worked hard and
kept clearing land until he now has
about 70 acres under the pillow. He
uses Titan tractor and has a three
pillow gang and a big breaking pillow.
One of his sons runs this tractor and
helps with the farm work. His last
purchase of forty acres makes him
1G0 acres, as he bought eighty acres
more land some time ago.
His house built three years ago is
2OX3O with an J., 16X20, two stories
with full basement and running wa
ter. He has barn, 34x56, we'll
equipped with cement floors, stanch-
ions and drinking cups. Another barn,
2SX5S, is used for hay. There is also
a good granary, tool house and a milk
house
The crops this year were good.
Mr. RathSack has Il herd Of high
grade HOlstein cattle and a pure bred
bull. He has three big horses to aid
the tractor in the farm work.
Recently Mr. and Mrs. Rathsack
took visit back to their old home at
Manitowoc and returned feeling better
satisfied with their home here than
ever before Mr. Rathsack always has
been booster for RuSk county.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
WHO ARE THE BOOSTERS?

Why is Rusk county filling up with
new settlers? One could say Real
Estate Agents and hit the right an
swer. Real estate agents are adver-
Using our land over the United States
through circulars and newspapers.
Next to the real estate agents, the
bankers. business men and newspapers
play an important part. The farmers
are not the least to be credited with
the increase Of settlement. They i'm
prove their farms by clearing and
buildings and bring many settlers here
by writing to friends back home.
Really. everyone can do their share
in this movement and by our united
effort we are going to have wonder
full county in the near future.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
REAL ESTATE DEALERS
IMPROVING BIG FARM

The +. NJ Doyle Company of this
city owns ii good easily cleared piece
of wild land consisting of 800 acres
four miles south Of Glen Flora, joining
the ellis farm on the west. They
have cleared nearly 40 acres Of the
open land this fall and started Monday
to break it up for oats and clover in
the spring.
Marty Ward and Amos Finch have
men for the job. The breaking will be
done by one of Joe Rathsacks sons
with their tractor.
Mr. Doyle says he got stirred up
OYER the Rusk County Million Dollar
Land Clearing Contest and wanted to
do his share Then again he figures
it to be good business investment to
clear land and improve farms so that
the new settler can go right on the
land, put in some crops and prosper
from the start. They will have the
figures on the costs of clearing land.
and will use it in demonstrating the
process of building up new home in
MUSK county. IHeie IL DcduLlIu1 NH
on the east end of this land, and this
company will build a neat set of small
buildings there in the spring.
Mr.. Doyle says his company is CON
sidering clearing land and putting up
buildings Oh all their wild land. and
improving and painting the buildings
on their partially improved farms.
This is a big help in the right direc-
ton. and is plan many of our leading
land men have recently adopted.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
RUSK COUNTY HOLDS
CENTER OF THE STAGE
'I4adysmith is the Buckle ON the Glover
Belt" as all immigration Rec
OrdS Show

one hundred and twenty families
arrived here with their carloads
of immigrant goods. and settled
on Our farms to date this year This
is just about half of the number of
new settlers who have located on our
land this year. as there are as many
who come here without a carload Of
goods, and move out from our city and
other villages Of the county, as those
who come with carloads. Rusll county
is probably the leading county in the
United States at the present time in
the ratio Of increase in the number Of
new farms being started.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
BIG HAY CROP

Joe BOrntrager. who OWNS piece OF
land near Walrath, rented the Ben Az
mold farm near there this year and had
fine success with the clover crops
raised on the farm. He hulled 1872
bushels of alsike cover from I'VE or six
acres. sold 80 acres of hay to Ketter-
ing Bros, put 212 acres i'll his silo, and
put up over 40 tons of fine hay on the
remaining 20 acres. MI. Borntrager
thinks clover is one of the best things
to raise here.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
WHAT TO FEED HENS
TO MAKE THEM LAY

The hens are on strike in this
neighbOrhoOd. The reason they don't
lay is because they are poorly sheltered
and are not fed a balanced ration that
will produce eggs. Beef scraps and
green feed should be fed to encourage
g-laying in the winter.
An oats sprouter is big thing for
making the necessary grain and green
feed ration. These sprouters are boxes
filled with soaked oats and left long
enough to sprout good. A number of
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
WHY PATRONIZE FAKIRS?

The farmers of Rusk county will do
we'll indeed to pass up all get-rich-
quick schemes offered them by strang-
ers, and stick to the Equity and Farm
Bureau societies. II you get to where
YOU have more money than you need,
buy another forty adjoining your farm
for the son or daughter. or buy the
mortgage on your neighbours farm, thus
keeping your money at home working
for you.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
FIVE SHOT IN IRISH RIOTS
Resentment Fills Londonery and North
Belfast Following Riots.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. filled London
derry and North Belfast following
riots in which five policemen were shot
in Londonderry. Policemen and Sim
Feiners engaged in a pitched battle in
North Belfast. The unionists used
stones and the Sim Feiners pistols and
rifles. Hundreds joined in the battle.
Wild scenes were witnessed in Lon
donderry. Following the shooting of
five policemen two shops were burned
to ground and several others were
wrecked. All the attacked property be-
Ionged to Sim Feiners.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
BUILDS ADDITION TO BARN

The new addition to the big barn on
the J. A. Boyer farm six miles south
of this city is enclosed and the shingles
are on. With this new addition this
is one of the biggest barns in the coun-
ty. The barn will be completely mod
ern when finished and will be used to
icy cattle on the farm owned by Boyer
& Davis.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
FARMERS ATTENTION

We will pay you all the market will
stand for your cream.
We are not able to test and pay for
all of the cream when received but we
pay twice per month.
Save money by purchasing your
flour and feed from us.
IADYSMITH CO-OPERA-
TIVE CREAMERY co.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
Allen Victory Blow to Gompers.

Topeka, Kan.-"The victory in Kan
sas was the greatest blow the Gompers
leadership ever received" said Gov
ernor Henry J. Allen, in discussing the
election whereby he was reelected by
an apparently overwhelming plurality.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
Churches Condemn School Fights.

Cihcago-Fights staged in Chicago
school under the direction Of the prin-
cipal to settle grudges between her
pupils, who represent % nationalities,
were condemned in a resolution adopt
ed by the Chicago Church Federation.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12

The teacher who had contracted to
teach the school on the Big Falls road
at the eight-mile corner failed to show
up Monday morning. The scholars ar
rived on time only to be disappointed
again and had to return TO their
homes Another teacher has been Sc
cured to start Monday.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12

Nov. II. 10 O'cl0ck-TOm ThOrsOn,
one mile west of Port Arthur. Horses,
cattle, hay, feed machinery, house
hold goods.
Nov. 19-Frank Burns, two miles
northeast of Tony. Cows, machinery,
millet seed. seed corn, hay and chick
ems
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
Plays With Matches; 2 Dead.

Kipling, Mich.-Randolph and FLAIR
gon Plozey, aged and 2, respectively,
were burned to death here while play
ing with matches 1t is believed they
set fire to bales of straw in a building
near their home
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
BRUSH AND SEED FIRST

Make the whole farm work. Get it
brushed, burned and seeded as soon as
possible. Then keep at it by blowing
the stumps and blowing the land.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12

j. f. Gottier who bought the j. r..
Myatt S0-acre farm south of this city
on the Gates road, is drilling a well
east of his buildings and plans on tear
ing the old buildings down, and erect
ing a complete set of new buildings
near where he is having the well
drilled. This is the second farm Mr..
Gottier has built up in Rusk county.
The other one was in. the Tony neigh
bOrhOOd
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12

Hubert KOlb. who burned out in
Montana for three straight years, has
lived on his 200-acre farm four miles
north of Ingram for the past year. He
has built new house and barn and
cleared up about ten acres of land.
About half of his land is open and easy
10 clear and the balance is hardwood
timber Mr. Kolh expresses himself as
Deing well pleased with his prospects
here, and likes our fertile soil, and
abundant rainfall.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12

boxes are necessary, so that one may
be emptied and retilled each day To,
keep the hens well fed.
ANY cellar where it does not freeze
is good place for the sprouter and
the containers are not expensive. Meat
scraps may be obtained from the local
butcher or the dried product can be
secured through your cooperative
creamery company who will get them
from the big meat packing concerns.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12

For the best insurance service in all
it's branches, see f. NJ. Doyle Company.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12

Many people use too much dynamite.
Just enough dynamite to break up the
stump so that it can be pulled easily
is the right amount. BY close observa-
ton a man can soon estimate the
amount needed very closely, and get
more acres cleared for less money than
if he is careless and uses too much
of it,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
RUSK COUNTY FARM ITEMS
News That Will Interest Our City
Readers as Well as the Tillers
of the Soil

Theo Bathke, who lives 215 miles
southeast of Tony, is building fine,
new barn on his farm The barn is
about 36XS0 feet and is now enclosed.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-01
Modern Comforts In
New Illinois Prison

Joliet. ILL.,, July Sunlight for
every cell and individual washbowls
with hot and cold water are convent
ences to be found within the new cy-
lindrical state prison at Statesville,
Illinois.
The prison house, the first IT it's
kind in the world, gives one the i'm
preston upon entrance, of being III an
aviary. Every cell has been provided
with 80 minutes of sunlight, coming
either direction through a skylght.
This universal distribution of sun
light accomplished by a slight curve
in the skylight was figured BY Forest
Ray Moulton, professor of astronomy
at the University of Chicago.
A safeteria system, another new
idea for prison life, has been installed.
Most Of the eatables ara supplied
from the 1900 acre honor farm upon
which the prison is located.
The 24S cells which are all alike are
built of concrete with cork insulation
in the walls. The doors of the cells
r doubley locked. They a be
automatically locked by a hydraulic
around and, locks each cell separately.
They can be opened individually.
In the center Of the prison is a
tower from where the guards can
watch the movements of all prison
ers. @
At night the outside Of the prison Is
lighted up with brilliant electric lights
by which the guard in the center of
the round prison house car see every
thing that is going on in front of
the windows.
The prison is surrounded with a
circular concrete wall 33 IL feet
high, IA inches thick at the top and
"a inches thick at the bottom. The
New York state building commission
has adopted this idea and expects to
enclose Sing Sing with q similar wall.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-01
D. u" Tinker BobIA3aAEl
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RED FOX THINKS HE'S Foxy.

After Tinker Bob had Mother O..
Postum arranged safely in her new
home, he decided hat it raj high
time for him to go for DR.. Coon, for
it was possible hat DR.. Coon might
be out on another call. 1t was not far
from the place where the King a
given Mother o. Postum her home, to
to himself: I'll walk over there and
perhaps 1 can see some Of the Forest
Dwellers on my way"
He did not go far till he came to
where the Forest paths crossed. Look
ing down the path to the right, he
saw Red Fox coming, and not far in
front Of him he saw the young son of
Jack the Rabbit "Ill stand aside"
said the King, land see what will
happen" Tinker knew that Red
Fox was always on h lookout for a
young and tender Rabbit, but he was
not * sur that the young Rabbit was
able to take care Of himself.
Red Fox came trotting along un-
: concerned, but suddenly he stopped
and crouched on the ground. Then
he pointed his nose straight in the
air. The little Forest Breeze came
along and told him that there was a
young Rabbit near. He shifted the
air, then crept slowly toward the
This young fellow was not so slow,
for he also heard the story Of the
Forest Breeze and crouched in the
edge Of the briar patch. After wait
ing a moment, he thumped his hind
feet on the ground to see if perchance
this stranger might understand his
language. But there was no reply,
only that Of the breeze, which told
him that the stranger was coming
closer.
Red Fox spied this little fellow in
the edge of the briar patch first, but
he did not a to jump toward him
for he was afraid Of the briars. You
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-01
Missing Aviator Is
Found After Search

Cincinnati. O.. July missing for
days after his start from Greenville,
Miss, for a Cincinnati flyng field, Avi-
ator B. X. Leonard finally disclosed
his whereabouts at. Corydon Junction,
Ind.
His airplane was approaching Cory
don Junction. Leonard reported when
he noticed that his gasoline supply
was runnig low. He landed in a field.
on the farm Of John Hoehn and tele-
phoned to the junction for a supply of
fuel. After the tanks were filled
Leonard gave the oil man a ride.
During their absence a COW belonging
to Hoehn drank some of the gasoline
which had been left in an open YES
sci.
"Bossy'' did some fast travelling in a
circle without being cranked and died
within a few minutes. Hoehn went
before the nearest justice of peace and
had issued a writ of attachment for
the airplane which was served when
Leonard and his passenger landed.
Hoehn placed q v%alueation Of $S5 on
the COW and the machine was held
while Leonard made frantic efforts to
get into communication with the Of
ficials Of the aircraft company. He
finally succeeded and reimbursed the
farmer, and winged his way home.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-01
MANY CHICAGOANS
FROM OTHER STATES

Chicago, ILL.,, July Less than
half of the population of Chicago was
drawn from Illinois, census figures
show. Two-thirds of the remainder
came from foreign lands. The last
third was contributed freely by other
states of the union to make Chicago
the second largest city in the country.
OF Chicago's population of '2,701,-
212 those born outside the state num-
bered 1,443,598. OF these 944,1 100
were born abroad and 499,43S hailed
originally from some other common
wealth in the United States.
OF this last source Of Chicago's
population, New York state sen more
Of its sons and daughters to Chicago
than did any other state.
Ohio was next in contributing to
lChicago's population. It gave 50,223
Of the city's residents.
Wisconsin stands third with 49.025.
Indiana came fourth vita 45,979.
Other states and their citizens that
the census takers found in Chicago
are:
Michigan, ss,ss4: Pennsylvania,
! 34,002; Minnesota, 26,63s; Missouri,
23,615; Kentucky, 17,751: Massachu-
sets, 11.078; Kansas, 6,693;Nebraska,
4,773; South Dakota, 1890; North
Dakota $50; and Oklahomai355.