Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-07-30

given under the auspices of the state
experimental farm.
Owing to the scarcity of cement and
sand the Jackson-st road, main artery
of traffic between Neenah and ~Osh-
kosh, will probably be closed until well
into next year. Part of the road has
been torn up for paving.
The city commission of Rice Lake
has decided that the city ought to &C
Quire the water power and other prop
erty of the Wisconsin Minnesota Light
and Power Co. and has called special
election on the question.
twenty-five acres of the pea crop
planted by the Wisconsin Pea Gamers
association near Sheboygan is consid-
cred a loss, through the activities of
the pea louise, a pest which is threat
ening the entire crop of peas. The
crops at Manitowoc and Green Bay
have suffered similar damage.
Prof. Oscar H. Bauer has been re-
tanned as principal of the Juneau high
school at salary of $4,000, which is
a 100 per cent increase over the sal
airy of last year. Three assistant prin-
cipals will each receive $1,000 for the
school year, and the minimum monthly
pay of grade teachers will be 500.
Richard Smart of Kendall was ar
rested on a charge of assault commit
ted after public dance in Tomah.
Charges against Smart include besides
assault, speeding his automobile over
Is miles an hour. His victim, young
lady, whose name has been withheld,
jumped from the car, suffering injuries
which may be very serious.
Frank Thomas, II years old, Racine,
was killed when run down by an auto
mobile truck, owned by the Lockwood
Oil Co, in charge of'Arthur Finch, but
driven by James Larson. Thomas was
riding bicycle, and, it is claimed, that
he drove directly into the truck and
was hurled to the pavement, run over
and his neck broken. Authorities are
Investigating.
Through the kindness and generOs-
ity of numerous families In Sturgeon
Day duu OIltcl pdICS VI bOOI COuuIy
80 Milwaukee orphans will have two
weeks outing in the county. The chill
dren are sent by the Big Brothers and
Big Sisters of Milwaukee, The Won
ans club of Sturgeon Bay was instru-
mental in finding this number of
homes open for the Milwaukee chill
dren.
The Episcopal church at the Oneida
| Indian reservation near De Pere was
destroyed by fire when struck by light
ming, causing loss of $4,000 This
church was one of the most noted
| Indian places Of worship in the coun-
| try having been founded by Eleazear
| Williams, "the lost dauphin of France"
who came west with the Oneida
| Indians in 1928. In 1885 the original
structure was replaced by the building
| just burned.
Victor Pasquinelle, driver for the
Jewell Tea company, and ]. L. McCar-
vile Of Oshkosh, district manager, had
a miraculous escape from death while
| driving from Peshtigo in motor
1 Il.
crossing at Marinette about the same
| time as passenger train. Pasquinello
swerved the auto, which was struck
| by the fender of the locomotive and
hurled into the ditch twenty feet away.
| Neither man was badly hurt.
Ralph w. Thompson of Oconto coun-
| ty has just been notified that he is
| one of 80 high school graduates at
| tending state institutions in Wiscon-
| sin to receive a scholarship of 500
which IS awarded through the educa-
| ton committee of the state Y. M. G. A.
| and given to former service men to
secure further education The schol-
arship is based on industry and gener-
al standing in school life and activi-
ties. Ralph will enter Marquette uni
| versity in the fall.
Isaac T. Bishop, former state sen
ator and a leader of the Republican
| party in Kenosha county, died at his
home in the town of Somers at the
age of 76 years. Death followed a
long illness due to a complication OF
diseases caused by his advancing
years. Senator Bishop had won dis
tinction as farmer, as soldier In
the civil war and as member of the
legislature In 1906 he was sent tc
the state senate and served with dis
tinction for two terms. He was al
that time the author of many bills tc
aid the agricultural interests in the
state and held many important com
mittee assignments.
Teachers wages are mounting to I'm
heard of heights. The maximum has
been reached when Mabel Keister
Darlington, teacher of the Wlota
school for the past ten years, will re
ceive $3.50 per month for the coming
school year of nine and one-hal
months
A novel method of city planning has
been taken at Green Bay under Johr
Nolen, expert city planner of Cam
bridge, Mass G. w. Hayler, Nolen's
assistant, spent an hour over the city
: in an airplane, drawing maps and plans
and taking photographs OF the city tt
use in the work.