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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-04-24
Martins FERRY

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al 10 burd News Agency. South
Fourth street. or call Martins Ferry
80 J.
Albert W. Otto. Local Correspondent
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-04-24

BLY,. VAL -S-A.MNGs STAMPS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-04-24

NEW YORK. April @2.--Thc death of
R'Eir"ld Schroeder managing editor uf
Hr N'w Yurk S'aniS I"i'unE. with
which Ea WIS connected for FORTY years
Wa announced hero Tonight. lie died
Yesterday NJ his HON" IN Stapl"tuu.
Staten Island Death was duo :" a
complication Of diseases. He WAS sixty
N,nr+ Nd.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20
ORGANIZE PURE
BRED BULL CLUE

\ number of prominent farmers who
live about two miles northeast Of la
dysmith met in this city Wednesday
and formed Il Pure Bred Bull Club.
The men who are members are q.
n. McElravy, Joseph Haasl, il, Matt
Haasl. r. H. Burns, Frank Convey and
4. \. MADDEN. These men will buy the
best Guernsey bull they can get for a
price around 5000. The bull must be
from a strain of COWS that have high
production records to their credit and
must carry Il perfect tUberculin test.
Fifty COWS will be kept in this ring to
start with. G. n McElravy, who is
centrally located, will keep the bull.
and will receive 500 for feed and care
of him for each year. The bull will be
kept two years. and then sold or eX-
changed for another bull. The heifer
calves will be worth twice as much, or
more. than if sired by scrub. This
Pure Bred Bull Club idea could be
worked out all over the county and
would he a big factor in helping to elm
mate the scrub bulls from Rusk cOun-
ty in 1920.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20
SCRUB BULLS

While the tOWnSmen of Rusk county
are putting up Il large amount Of mon
CIV in financing the RuSk County Mil
lion Dollar Land Clearing Contest.
let's make 1920 go down in history in
another way that will be of equal ben
cit to the county. Let's replace all of
the scrub bulls now in the county with
pure bred bulls. which have COWS be-
hind them that are high producers.
Let's not be satisfied with ordinary
pure bred bulls but let's demand pro-
ductiOn records that are above the av-
crage.
County Agent II. N. Jones informs
us that the lettering of the live stock
of the county will be one of the strong
features of his work during 1920 and
we know the banks of the county will
do their share in promoting the move
ment. If possible. every man who buys
Il pure-hred bull should buy a young
pure bred COW or hefer In this way
you will soon get a start in pure bredS
and in five or ten years you need have
nothing else on your farm if you have
reasonable success and raise all of
your heifcrS Let's make this cOunty's
slogan: Nothing but pure bred sires
used in Rusk county,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20
AUCTION SALES

Starting next Thursday there will
be a sale each day for three consecutive
days.
On Thursday, Feb. 2G. at one o'clock,
\. e. Houts will sell at his residence
on East Lake-av. Il lot of household
goods, garden tools. laying hens. etc.
On Friday, Feb. u, at one O'Clock, H.
A. Helvig. who has sold his farm II
miles north Of this city. will sell at the
farm six head of cattle. six head Of
hogs. farm machinery and household
goods.
On Saturday. Feb. %. at 10 o'clock
sharp. !. Il. SchneiderS will sell n
head Of cattle. including Il full-blOod
Ayrshire. and Il full-blOOd Guernsey
bull three head Of horses 36 chickens,
crops, and big line of farm machin-
cry.
Attend these sales ife you need any
thing in the farm line. EoOk up their
in this paper.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20
HOW ONE FARMER
BECAME INDEPENDENT
Hard Work and Stick-To.,It -iveness
Brought Success Eventually To
John VanderIOOp

Replying to our request for farmers
experiences. John VanderlOOp has
given us the following story of his
struggle for home in Rusk county
starting sixteen years ago and lasting
up to the present time. The settler
who started then had a hard time in
deed compared with what they have
today, when Ladysmith and the other
RuSk county towns have good strong
banks that are willing and able to help
the farmers who prove themselves wor-
thy of credit. The story is as follows
John NanderlOOp came to Rusk cOun-
~ Ii years ago and bought the S0-acre
piece of lands he still owns for $1,000
There was Il house on the land and the
land was beautifully located and each
40 laid like Il saucer bOttOm-Side up
with fine spring creek running be
tween them.
Prior To coming to RuSk county, Mr.
NandGrlOOp had worked in Brown
county for % cents per day. saving
wood. One spring he worked for Il
farmer for $3.50 per week. His day
started ut i o'clock in the morning and
lasted until after dark All this time
he was studying the American language
at night Later in the season owing to
the inability of his employer to pay
him longer. he went to South Dakota
and hired out to a farmer. where he
worked 16 hours per day and kept up
his studies at night. He saved $50,
hut was crippled while working in the
woods. and had to go on crutches.
When he was able TO lay aside his
crutcheS. he married the lady of his
choice. and his father-in-laW bought
him farm in Brown county. WiscOn-
sin. He sold out after farming there
for five years and had $500 in cash.
and $500 worth of personal property.
Then he came to Rusk county and
bought the land that is his present
home. paying $500 down. giving mort
gage for the same amount. When the
mortgage came due he had to renew
il and with interest added the new
mortgage was for an even $1,000. Two
years later he lost one of his horses.
and being unable to buy another. he
farmed with one horse for l u years
Then he borrowed 500 and bought an
old horse, which gave him the use of
full team for short time when the
other horse died. IIe got along for
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20

Away back in 1877, wise men pro-
claimed northern Wisconsin TO be the
poor mans paradise" 1t has held its
reputation ever since. The railroads
of Wisconsin were required to sell their
land grant lands to actual settlers.
The land in northern Minnesota was
sold largely to spectators. Northern
Minnesota lands had to be drained and
the land was bonded for that purpose.
PAYMENT of these bonds has frozen
many settlers out and these reasons
account to certain extent. for the
fact that northern Wisconsin is get
ting twice the number of settlers as
Minnesota.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20
HAWKINS MAN HAS
PROGRESSIVE IDEAS

W. A. Liebhardt. Of Hawkins, who
owns 1900 acres of land three miles
south of that place. will open that land
up on colonization basis this spring.
He received Il carload of machinery
last week that he will use in his OPP
erations. He plans to give his settlers
enough help 50 they will make good
in Il short time.
MI Liebhardt also owns several
hundred acres of land north of Hawk
ms that he will develop into a grazing
proposition. Rusk county needs lot
OF mon like Mr.. Jiebhardt
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20

State of Wisconsin, County Court,
RnSk County:
In re Estate Of Clara Lepley. Deceased.
IN PROBATE
1t appearing by the verified petition
of Milan Lepley. of Ladysmith, Wis
consin. among other things that Clara
Lepley. of Ladysmith. in said county,
died February twenty-seventh. 1918,
and an instrument purporting to be the
will of said decedent having been pre-
scented to this court. and probate
thereof prayed;
Therefore it is Appointed and Or
dered, That said petition and matters
therein be heard at the special term of
said court appointed to be held at the
court house in said county, in the city
Of Ladysmith. on the ninth day of
March, 1920, at the opening of court on
that day. or as soon thereafter as said
matter can be heard.
And it is Further Ordered, That no.
tice hereof be given to all persons in
terested, by publication hereof for
smith News-Budget. newspaper pub
lished in said county. the first publica-
ton to be made within fifteen days
from the date hereof.
Dated February 18th, 1920.
BY the Court.
D. W. MALONEY. Judge.
(First publication Feb. Is. 1920. 44-46)
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20

another year with one horse. Then he
bought another horse and got along
that way for seven or eight years, but
owing TO lack of working capital he
made little progress. He worked on
the roads in the summer, and logged
| in the winter. Up to this time lie had
no cattle. but finally got two cows
which he had to sell before winter
came as he had no hay and the price
of $40 per ton was prOhibitive. He
had but little land cleared as yet. as
all the good days were needed to make
! a living and expenses.
In 1913 he had six acres under the
pillow and got $5S7 for the crops on five
acres. which were mostly potatoes.
and $1,000 for one acre of peas. He
then became Il potato grower and
planted Q acres in 1914 and 10 acres
in 1915 and received $160 for the two
crops. Again his debt was bigger. than
ever, as he had bought machinery, and
had spent considerable of his time III
clearing land and tending crops.
At about this time he began to get
SOflic bltlIllllS uldtCIIdl toSetIltI "
build barn, but couldn't pay for the
necessary labor to get it built. so he
waited until 1918. when he finally sue
ceeded in getting the barn built. This
barn has stone basement and the size
of it is 40X70. He paid for the labor
that year. but owed for what lumber
he had to get at the lumber yard, or
about 800. Then he got all the live
stock he could and increased fast.
Now he has n head of cattle, a good
team. necessary machinery and per-
sonal property TO the value of between
$4,000 and $1,000. and $4,000 is the
amount of his present debt.
The home farm is easily worth S12,-
600
There is little use for us to try to
add anything to this story. We are
pleased to hand it along to our readers
as it shows such Il contrast to the easy
time Il farmer who is willing to work
has today. John Vanderloop and his
good wife won out by putting their
shoulders to the wheel and sticking to
the farm with an everlasting determine
ton to succeed. Had they thrown up
the farm and went to the city to work.
they could have made Il better living
perhaps. but they would not be indie
pendent for the balance of their lives
as they are today on the farm.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20
CLEAR LAND TO ADD
S10,000,000 WEALTH

TWENTY-FIVE upper Wisconsin cdun
ties are going to add $10.000,000 to the
wealth of the state between now and
next fall. This is a conservative esti
mate made by John Swenehart. il
charge of the land clearing operations
for the College Of Agriculture in an
nouncing the summer campaign tC
clear more land
Dynamite now costs less in terms
of labor or farm products than ever be-
FORE he says. Five days wages will
buy 100 pounds of explosive this year
when days work was required in
former years. Spend five days wages
for explosives, is the idea upon which
the drive expects TO succeed" declares
Mr. Swenehart
In order to increase values $4,000
GOO a quota has been set for the -
counties where there remain large
acreages yet to be cleared The pounds
of explosive which can be purchased by
) days wages if the settlers of the
county fix these quotas: Ashland, 105.-
wv lDbUlltS DAY lltltl, .tNbV DOttiItlS ,
Barron. 427, 400 pounds; Burnett. 1885,
800 pounds; Chippewa, 242.300 pounds T.;
Clark. 477100 pounds; Douglas 143.
700 pounds; Florence, $4,000 pounds
Forest. $4,000 pounds; Iron, $4,000
pounds; Langlade, 17G,S00 pounds
Lincoln, 173,600 pounds Marathon,
$4,000 pounds Marinette, $4,000
pounds Oconto, 29S,0O0 pounds; One
ida. 81, 100 pounds: Polk, 397 400
pounds; Price, 1S5,100 pounds; Rusk,
ShawanO. 391. 100 pounds Taylor. 80
900 pounds; Villas, 3SS,000. pounds !;
Washbuln. 133,7OO pounds and Wood,
27S,G00 pounds.
wisconsin is now the largest user
Of explosives for agricultural pur-
pOSeS," declares Mr.. Swenehart. Last
year Wisconsin used as much as any
other three states This is due in a
large measure to the stimulative effect
of the land clearing trains and demon
STATIONS operated by the College Of
I'm 1919 we used in Wisconsin for
land clearing, about 100000 pounds
of explosive including INT. This
to about 40 pounds farm
and represented an outlay Of not more
than 215 days wages. | believe that
at least 80 farms out of a hundred
could have easily afforded money to
buy at least 100 pounds Of dynamite
At least one county two years ago used
more than 100 pounds farm. 1t is
not impossible in any of the % upper
counties.
by buying in carload lots, every
community in upper Wisconsin can
save money. 1t takes only 100 orders
of 200 pounds each to make a minimum
carload and get the carload prices
Great savings are possible through
buying wholesale in large quantities
and there are few communities in up
per Wisconsin where this quantity Of
explosive can not be afforded. We
urge the community to get the coop
Grafton of it's road officials. If the
town and county road committees will
order their supply of explosive with
the community. it will make it that
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20
TO WHOM IN MAY CONCERN

Please take notice, that at special
meeting OF the T.adysmith implement
company, Wisconsin corporation,
held pursuant to Law, ON the oath day
of January, 1920. the articles of or
ganization Of said corporation were
amended and the name Of said corpora
tiOn thereby changed TO Helm Imple-
ment Company. 43-45
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20
MORE DIRTY TACTICS

Several Of our real estate dealers arc
back from Indiana. where they have
spent money in honest efforts to induce
actual settlers to locate here. to take
advantage Of Rusk county's fertile
soils and build permanent homes for
themselves. These men have sold lots
of land in the past and have succeeded
in their business because they have
spent their money advertising and
travelling to bring man and land to-
gpthe The good these active huStling
real estate dealers have done north
em Wisconsin cannot be estimated.
Now comes the disagreeable part of
anything unpleasant. unless we be-
lievc we can do some good for the com
mmity thereby. These real estate
men run across letters in the hands of
men in Indiana who have bought land
of them that read as follows: Dear
Sir: We see by the court house rec
Ords that you have bought land in
Rusk county for $500 per acre that
the writer thinks he could duplicate
at $50 per acre and if the man writ
ten to would send his friends to him he
would give them Il commission on any
sales made.
One Of the worst of these WOuld-bo
dealers lives outside of the county and
does not see our court records at all
and as the land is often sold on con-
fra cts that are not registered their
line Of talk is pure bunk" Another
of the worst offenders lives in a town
near LadySmith. These tactics do not
sell land. What they do is to make the
| man who has bought a. farm feel that
he is St'n@. which is not the case. as
| he luckily ESCAPED dealing with the
man who was writing the letters
These letters are signed hy-but we
will refrain from publishing the names
in hopes that they will cut out this
| kind of undetermined work.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20
ANOTHER PURE
BRED BULL CLUB

!. c. VOtruba and his neighb0r, Ole
Anderson. have joined hands i'll the
ownership of pure bred Brown Swiss
bull. purchased from L. G. Crandall.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20
CALL ON THE NEW SETTLER

Have you Il new neighbOr III your
vicinity? Have you called on them
and given them Il genuine Rusk county
welcome? If not. it's time to get busy.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20

Have YOU been overStOcked this Win
ter. and has your hay run short? Join
our clearing contest and brush off all
the acres YOU can. seed it down and
you will soon have hay enough and to
spare.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20

| have 10 head of good horses for
sale. all mares. See Nate Hand.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20

For Sale-GOod base burner i'm first
class condition.-F. NJ. Doyle Co.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20

If we all pull together this year, we
will put Rusk county so far ahead
that it will never stop.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20

Get your automobile washed at the
Ryall Garage. Steam heated wash
room.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20

much easier for car lot order to he
made up.
1T has been our experience that Il
community can easily arrange with Il
good live dealer to handle the whole
proposition. It is necessary that
somebody look after this and he is the
proper person to do this. 1t is certain
iy fair for him to charge reasonable
profit The user of explosives can well
afford to pay the dealer. or any other
person who acts as dealer, one cent a
pound for the risk and trouble of hand
ling This. of course. is based on de-
livery at the railroad car and payment
for the explosive III cash
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-15

nv unanimous vote the faculty Of
tho University ri Maine took the fol-
lowing eetlont Hazing at the Univer-
sity OF Maine IL neitheLeandoned nor
in any way defended Now as here
tofore, II is severely codemned by the
faculty, Recent occurrences make
drastic. action necessary. Hereafter
participation in hazing shall subject
the offender to indefinite suspension,
For f second ofense the board of
trustees will be asked TO expel the
offender from. the institution.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-15
WHY THIS ANTT-SAIOON
LEAGUE MAKES APPEAL

Answer-To make permanent
what has already been accom-
pushed. The universal tactics OF
the liquor interests in combating
dry legislation has been to en-
courage and aid inevery way pos
sible violations Of the dry laws
aud make them a farce. 1t is
absolutely certain they VIII con-
tinue this mode of warfare in at
lacking the national IN law.
In fact they are already beating
the long-roII for such onslaught
There is not "A single indication
~anywchere that the liquor inter
ests intend to accept in good
faith the verdict of the Ameri-
a people on the question Of
prohibition. Per contra, they are
maintaining all their old oreaui-
cations and creating new mes.
These wet organizations arc being
supplied with funds with a gem
crosby heretofore unapproached.
Under such conditions America
must not falter.
Funds are needed to answer
the appeals for aid from sister
nations in their struggle With the
drink own With our blood and
treasure We responded To the ap-
peals Of the nations for assist
ance IN the world war. The in
stincts Of common humanity urge
America should again extend her
aid in the worlds greatest sctruC-
gle. Tho pcrmanenee and efec-
tiveness Of American prohibition
Is Ia a large degree contingent
upon effective prohibition in con-
tiguous countries
The Anti-Saloon League has
made ludicious and effective use
Of tho funds already committed
10 its trust. This fact is
aEement to the American people
to further trust the league and
stay up its hands with the funds
NEEDED in the leagues law en-
forcement and prohibition extern
sion program.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-15

..f,
VS. ID S1s''
sinson from Inc p5A -'1s '44FA
fer no reason, 81 .s -eH be learn
al excep, taa1 Nj wilkinson $
ssd srneat uraa question ualou.
uas pen6.nz before tha board fo4 de-
eazaoo vas s.rcrel1 from ma. OF the
roverno.. 10 aay Laal such action
VAS for the good # me institution or
us nuate ~ to cave d saalr1h upon
the c-baracter and ability ST MIR. VII
s.nson. who IS q RESPECTED business
raan and "a presumably acting CON
~isrtAot,slv In regard Il. a matter
which fha Law entrusted 10 has deCis-
,on ans not ta thai Of she governor
So argument Is needed to show
thar sIuch action. which
snrsarx 10 be uup-eredentcd. places
Mr. wilkinson in situation which
he does no, deserve 70 occupy n
unnh cannot hgt b. INJURIOUS to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-15
IS THE STRIKE A RED MOVE?

labor for an clement hostile to the
government of the nation.
When it is considered what splendid
opportunities the members of the
cabinet enjoy for asccrtaining the
facts about the connection Of ma
strike with the /. v. W asltators-
the attorney general and his inycs-
tigators; the secretary IT labor and
his agents. and othcrs-it must be
recognized that their conclusions are
worthy Of great respect Moreover.
they are not amateur observers. r'ncy
know something Of the movements
hat have been going forward for
some months to promote Bolshcvism
in America. The radical reds arc all
c~ard-indexed and c|ataiogued. Their
movements are known to the police.
Of many cities. who arc in touch with
the national government at various
points.
In ono sense. it will be a relief to
the country to know the influence
behind this strike There have been
a pulling features connected
with it. n @ susceptible Of being ex-
planned upon the theories usually APP
plicahlc to strikes. All Of these would
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-15
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-15
A PROHIBITION DRIv IN GREAT BRITAIN.

they are only d-isintercsted champions
Of personal liberty. Yet IT is almost
too much 70 hope thai these mid and
sanity members of the w. c. IT. L.
will scare tho charge that they are
trying TO f~nttrridate the members Of
parliament.
It may surprise Some people, who
have known q few former citizens Of
Ireland conspicuous for bfbufoss
qualities in this country, 10 know
that ireland is said 70 b. more IN
cllnod 10 prohibition than any other
portion ~ the british Empire. There
certainly is a very strong movement
in Ireland for The total ba~nishn,ent
Of inebriating drinks from tho Emer-
AID Isle Scotland Is considered next
in line lastly. Merrie England
herself.
There can h" M question that
much VIII depend upon the success of
prohibition In America. If II con
tinues 70 he successful here. MS All
she friends ~ p~rehfeition IN America
convinced II VIII he. there ran be
doubt that Great Britain wfn
suit nj an early date As one
British capitalist put It: Wet. Brit-
America"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-15

WILSON'S attitude shocks all
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-15
OIL HICKORY CHIPS.

New York women were caught Turks" say a headline. Isn't it a
To smuggie in whskev q shame 10 hurt the tender feelings Of
coaled in hollow dolls That should he gentle kindheared Turks?
a new meaning to 'au doucd NJ" -
.rrr = sns 10.