Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-06
WISCON SIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

The Eau Claire Paper Manufacture
ing company, with a capital stock of
| 100000 has been organized at Eau
Claire to manufacture filter paper
Unless the people of Rhinelander
show more interest in cooperating
with the Rhinelander Wood club, the
organization which has attempted to
supply the shortage of $4,000 cords of
wood there will be disbanded
Miss Mable Lee. for eight years head
of the women's physical education de-
partment of Coe college, Iowa, has
been obtained to direct the same de-
partment at Beloit college. She sue
ceeds Miss Elsie Spahr. Miss Lee is
a Wellesley graduate.
The Lincoln county highway COM
mission is erecting building, 50X100
feet, for storage Of automobile trucks,
highway machinery and motor equip
ment. One-half of the building will be
used as workshop and will be
equipped with gasoline pumps and
other appliances.
The Manitowoc city council is TAX
ing no chances on having the new
bridge, in course of construction at
feminist, damaged by passing craft, as
was the old bridge. At special meet
ing the aldermen recommended the
sinking of additional cribs as a strong
hold for the structure, at a cost of
$4,000.
A baby deer was born during the
street parade of circus which visited
Stevens Point. Discovery was made
by the animal man after he opened
the cage at the close of the parade.
1t is believed that this is the only
specimen of the South American spot
ted and silver tipped deer ever born
in this country.
John Loderbauer, II, pioneer resi-
dent of Kaukauna, died at st. Eliza
beth's hospital, Appleton, from injuries
received when passenger train No. 131
struck him while he was walking on
the track east of Kaukauna. Mr.. Lo-
derbauer was deaf and did not hear
the whistle. He is survived by three
sons and five daughters.
Corn eleven feet high is fourishing
on a small piece of land owned by T..
S. Horn in GAINESVILLE. Although the
ears are not matured, they give prom
Use Of an abundant crop. Mr.. Horn
says he planted the corn in April, and
has given it no cultivation, except one
hoeing 1t is of the Yellow Dent va
riety and will be used as chicken feed.
Dat harvests are in full sway in La
Fayette county, and yield of from
forty to fifty bushels per acre is gen
orally promised. The spring wheat
crop is a partial failure, the hot and
moist weather of June struck it when
heading out. The grain was badly
rusted, shrivelling the kernels, now
what is to be threshed IS only fit for
poultry feed
Frank Carrots face was almost blown
off by an explosion of a barrel of
syrup in the Hagemeister Products
plant at Green Bay. He was taken
to st. Vincent's hospital with both lips
anu TIE u6Su OI HIS Culu uduSluS NY
a thread Surgeons performed a diff
cult operation, and succeeded in sew
ing the flesh back on. He probably
will be badly disfgured, but will live.
What was probably one Of the most
argely attended picnics ever held in
he Chippewa valley was staged at
Holcombe, Rusk county. The most
spectacular feature of the day was the
.eat by Charles Roberts, an old time
liver man, who rode a log over the
rapids of the Chippewa river at that
place AS this is the first time the
eat has been undertaken for many
years, the mere announcement of it
brought lumberjacks and river men to
Holcombe for miles about to see Rob
srts ride the rapids"
Philip Printz of the town of Irving,
aorth of La Crosse, says that swarms
| Of sparrows have practically ruined
| MS wheat crop. He has tried shoot
| ng them, but says the birds do not
scare like crows or blackbirds and as
result his wheat crop has been great
| y damaged.