Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-05-28
Gustav Plat, Eau Claire carpenter,

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and touched a high voltage wire be
hind him.
Clarence Donahue, IA, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. J. Donahue of Kenosha
was drowned in Pike creek while try
| ing to catch minnOws preparatory tC
a fishing trip. The body was recov
cred by members of the local life
guard station.
Masons, bricklayers and plasterers
on strike at Green Bay for $1.25 an
| hour have refused a compromise Offer
of 81 an hour by the Brown County
| Contractors and Builders association
and new construction work now under
way will be held up indefinitely The
men were receiving a minimum OF
87N cents an hour.
John Liegler, an assessor at Racine
for twenty-eight years, resigned be-
cause the city pay roll gives him only
$125 month, while the same pay roll
gives the other assessor, Louis Peter
son, $3.50. The latter is new official,
but the county held that Mr.. Liegler
could not be raised until his present
term of office expired.
A war romance eliminated at Nee
nah in the marriage of Miss Agnes S.
Kennedy, superintendent of the Theda
Clark training school for nurses, and
Capt. Moody w. Bartlett of Kimberly,
Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett first met
in France, where the former was serv-
ing with the aviation section of the
A. E. F. and the latter as Red Cross
nurse.
Mrs. Laura Martin of Beaver Dam
is on her way to South Carolina, where
she joins the Swiss Yodlers for a
three months tour of the southern,
eastern and mid-wist states, she hav-
ing signed a contract with the Red
path bureau for the tour She is a
talented vocalist and has appeared as
a local entertainer, but this is her first
experience as a professional.
Bernard Stein, 10 years old, and T.
S. Jesup, % years old, were found dead
in their rooms in the home of the for
mers mother, Mrs. A. G.. Stein, at Mad
ison. They had been overcome by gas
from an open jet. Both the windows
and transOmS of the room were
closed Their bodies were discovered
their room to call them for breakfast.
From now on Patrick HaZen, a
settler near Bolton, will place any sur
plus funds which he may accumulate
in the bank. Mr.. Hazen had over 1915
in bills concealed in an old mattress
in his shack When he went to count
lis money he found that rats had mu
!ilated it beyond redemption. Rather
nigh priced feed for rats" remarked
HaZen, as he informed a neighbOr of
MS loss.
Thirty-two cavalry horses have ar
rived in Ladysmith, being the govern
ment allotment for Troop X, Wiscon-
sin National guard. The Ladysmith
troop was the first in the state to re-
.eive it's horses. The animals, which
are fine specimens, were shipped di-
rect from the annual stock show at
San Francisco, in charge of Corp. John
Inat, having been en- route twenty
eight days.
Scenic Door county has been select
ed as the summer institute for Red
Cross nurses, particularly those en-
gagged in public health work. The in
stitute will be held at the summer re-
Of ;co T,1Ixr
It is expected that about 100 nurses
engaged in public health work in ILL
lois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan,
iowa, Indiana, North and South Dako-
a will be present.
A price of $17,700 for a Guernsey
cow was paid by f. J. Rueping, owner
Of Corium farm near Fond du Lac, at
he national sale Of Guernsey cattle at
he farm of E. B. Haltby, Midlothian,
IL The COW was owned by w. w.
Marsh, Waterloo, Ia, and is described
rs being the greatest cow of any breed
n the United States. The COW goes
1nder the name of Imported Prospects
Rose des Houards, and won first prize
as a senior and grand champion at the
National Dairy show in Chicago in
1919
The recently incorporated Cherry
Harvesting association of Sturgeon
Bay is making plans for the establish
nent of camp to accommodate a
portion Of the cherry pickers who will
De in Door county in a couple of
months to help in the harvesting of
he crop. The camp will be estab-
ished on the fair grounds a mile from
Sturgeon Bay and every accommodate
ion will be provided for the pickers.
The association expects to have 1900
Y. M. c. A. boys from all parts of the
state at their camp.
Marinette and Sturgeon Bay will be
considered as Lake Michigan ports by
he Wisconsin Conservation commits
sion, according to a letter from w. e.
Barber, of the commission, to D. HI.
Smith of Marinette. Lake Michigan
fishermen enjoy more liberal laws
han those on Green Bay, SO Mari
lette fishermen have been working
out of Menominec, Mich, which is con-
sidered Lake Michigan port. With
he new ruling of the conservation