Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-20
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS

council asking. them to call a special
election to vote on the question of a
city manager
At the February meeting of the gov
erning body of the Wisconsin Vete-
rams home, Waupaca, the command
ant, Col Watrous, was made governor
of the home
Rev. H. Mack, pastor of st. Mar
tins Lutheran church, Clintonville.
for eight years has accepted call to
st. Louis, Mo. He will remove to that
city in the very near future.
Because of the expense there will
be no registra ton at Jansville preced-
ing the spring election this year
Councilmen decided the registration
of electors was not necessary. Other
cities have disposed with it in the
spring elections, according to City
Atty. Roger Cunningham.
Arthur Blow, collector for Keno
sha milk company, is reported to have
disappeared from the city, leaving a
shortage of between $500 and $1,000
behind. A young woman on the West
side of the city, who is reported to
have been close friend of Blows is
also said to be missing.
Mr.. and Mrs M H. Duncan, superin-
tendent and matron of the Marathon
county asylum and home and hospital,
have presented their resignation to
take effect March /, to take similar pc
oft OF
and farms They had held those posi-
tons for the past ten years.
The organization of a branch of the
State Humane society is we'll under
way in Dodge county under the guild
ance of Dr. Benson of Hartford, About
100 members have already been Sc
cured, and incorporation papers will
soon be petitioned for The first meet
ing of the new association will be held
in Horizon on March 20.
Fred Flanz, one of the special po-
licemen sworn in to aid in handling
the Influenza situation at Marinette,
pleaded guilty to a charge of violation
of influenza rules and was fined 500
and costs. He was charged with al
lowing a crowd to congregate around
a pool hall.
Portage county again finds itself
without the services of an agricultural
agent. Dan p Hughes, principal of
the Dunn county training school at
MenOminie, Wis, elected to the posi-
ton at salary of $4,000 year and
Portage county agricultural commit
tee will meet to choose another agent.
Out of the 388 cows tested during
the month of December by the Hori-
con Cowtesting association, SO pro-
duced over 40 pounds of butterfat and
over 1000 pounds of milk Theodore
Luck holds the highest record, having
u COWS with an average of 1,4S5
pounds of milk and 4S4 pounds of but
terfat.
All previous enrolment records at
the La Crosse high school were broken
when 1850 students registered on the
opening of the second semester.
Farmers near Marinette on the
Lake road have organized the Lake
Road Cooperative Dairy company, for
the purpose of manufacturing cheese.
Machinery has been ordered, and
new cheese factory will be in opera
ton within few months.
1t is reported that thousands of fish
are dying in Lake Emily, Dodge cOun-
ty, for want of air They are rushing
up into the spring holes on the north
end of the lake, almost pushing each
other out of the water in their quest
for air. The fish are principally
perch, carp, some pickerel and bass.
The ice is reported to be exceptionally
thick this year.
Cyrus Anderson, foreman of a Wis
consin Traction, Light, Heat and
Power company crew, and former mo-
torcycle policeman, was instantly
killed while engaged in stringing
wires at Hemple's Corners, in the
town of Greenville, near Neenah. An
derson came in contact with live
wire carrying current of thirteen
thousand volts.
Outagamie county soldiers and sail
ors in need of assistance will be given
more than $500 remaining in the
treasury of Outagamie county war
chest committee. A committee which
will investigate applications and dis
burse the fund has been appointed.
The war chest committees report
showed that $100,431.65 of the $780,
461O1 pledged by 1921 persons had
been collected.
The city of ManitowOc will cele-
brate its golden jubilee March IL. 1t
was on March II, 1870, that the in
corporation of Manitowoc as city
was filed at Madison by Peter John
son, first mayor of the city. N. Mel
son was village clerk ManitowOc be-
came a city by the vote of 1872 cleo
tors who represented the voting
strength of the municipality half
century ago.
Seventy-five teachers of the Keno
sha schools appeared before the school
board and demanded an increase of