Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-26

George j. Weigle in a report, which is
to be sent to the legislature, declares
that the value of dairy products in
Wisconsin for the last year totalled
$277,8S3, 053.25.
The Menomonie city hospital was
totally destroyed by fire with loss OF
$4,000. Fourteen patients were re-
moved to their homes or neighboring
houses. Firemen were handicapped
by low water pressure and an accident
to a truck.
The Italian language is being taught
this year to University of Wisconsin
students on the same basis as other
languages in the Romance language
department, for the first time in uni
versitys history. About SO are en-
rolled in the classes.
Recent moonsh1ne raids have Melted
the Fond du Lac police SO much moon
shine that now suggestions are being
asked as to what to do with the stuff.
Approximately fifty gallons are now at
the police headquarters in large jugs
and sealed with the seal of the police.
The Wood county board appropriate
ed $500 to provide and equip two pub
lie camping sites for tourists. One is
north of Pittsville, along the Yellow
river, on the main Marshfield-Neills-
vile highway. The other is Ebbe's
grove, famous picnic place.
Barron county certified seed pota-
toes are in big demand Prof. c. L.
Fitch of Iowa experiment station,
wants two carloads of Rural New
Workers, and S. T. Newton, director of
extension service of Winnipeg, Mani
tOba, wants one carload of Irish Cob
lers and one of Early Olive, all to be
certified stock.
The Underwood Veneer CO. has
started extensive logging operations,
1t has seven camps at which it eX-
poets to cut about 100000 feet OF
logs. The company will take the
product of five other camps which are
expected to cut about 100000. All
these logs will be brought to the
veneer mill of the company in Wau-
sau for manufacture.
The Washington county board has
approved the action of the joint COM
mittees appointed to prepare plans
and select a site for the proposed tri-
county sanatorium, to be built by the
counties of Fond du Lac, Dodge and
Washington. The cost of the site will
be apportioned between the three
counties as follows: Fond du Lac SO,
Dodge 43 and Washington 10 per cent.
The county board of supervisors has
accepted as a gift from the Marathon
County Agricultural society the fair
grounds property in Wausau. The
property comprises 80 acres and con-
sentative estimate places the value OF
100000. The county board has ap-
propriated 100000 for the erection OF
a concrete grandstand and a livestock
pavilion.
There are now 314 public service
nurses employed in Wisconsin, forty
four of whom are engaged in thirty
five counties of the state to look after
the health of school children, accord
ing to Mrs. Mary P. Morgan, director
of child welfare and public health
nursing A state law passed by the
1919 legislature makes it compulsory
for all counties to employ nurses be-
fore July 1, 1921.
Nv 1fVy =
| 502.31 for the season just closed on
| federal and county patrol maintenance.
Of this amount 60,696.71 was expend-
| ed upon the federal patrol system, pa
| trolmen receiving $24,754.86 and a
| patrol superintendent $658.50 Added
| to this was $35,283.36 paid out for
gang maintenance, repair and con
struction work which was essential to
| keep the highways in good condition.
The Wisconsin State Fair has voted
| to add 100000 to cash premiums be
| ginning with the 1921 State Fair, most
| Of the additional money going to the
| basic departments. Premiums for
agriculture and county exhibits will be
increased from $4,000 to $4,000, and
| competition in the County Exhibits de-
| partment will be by districts, the State
| being divided into three districts. A
total of $4,000, not including special
| premiums, will be offered for cattle.
A large collection of personal let
| tiers, papers and relics, as well as part
| of the library belonging to the late
| Gov. Jeremiah M. Rusk has recently
| been donated to the State Historical
| society by the governors daughter
| Miss Mary E. Rusk of Viroqua The
| letters, which number some fourteen
| volumes, include correspondence with
| many of the most prominent Wiscon
| sin and national statesmen during the
| period between 1882 and 1893, when
Mr.. Rusk was governor of Wisconsin
The Fountain City Dairy company
| has been organized at Fond du Lac
| with a capital stock of $4,000. The
newly organized company will i'm
| mediately begin work in a modern
two story reinforced concrete plant
| The concern will manufacture ice
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