Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-12-03
BADGER S.TATE:
| HAPPENINGS

DR.. G.. w. Henika, for seven years
with the state board of health as
deputy state health officer and later as
organizer and supervisor OF state
clinics, has submitted his resignation,
and on Jan. l will enter the life insur-
ance business in Madison.
Fox are unusually plentiful in
Oneida county. Hunters are bringing
in a number of them every day. One
hunting party chased one of the ami
mails into a burrow and dug down I'M
til they were able to secure the fox
alive.
De Pere hay buyers have been I'M
able to buy hay from the farmerg for
the last several weeks. They haze Of
ers refuse to SELL which leads the buy
ers to believe that the farmers are on
"hay strike"
A. H. Labisky has resigned as pur-
chasing agent at the University of
Wisconsin, His position has been tenn
porarily filled by f. x. Ritter, formerly
connected with the College OF Agricul-
ture. Examination for this position
will be held on Dec. l.
Because they refused to allow their
cattle to be tested for tuberculosis,
William and Albert Breitspresher,
brothers, who own a farm near Turtle
Lake, were arrested and brought to
Barron, where they were brought be-
fore Judge c.. A. Taylor, plead guilty
and were fined $25 and costs.
If a movement that is strongly IA
vored by the Winnebago county board
of supervisors is carried through, the
Winnebago county tuberculosis sana-
forum, known as SunnyvieW, will be
used and maintained jointly by Winnie
bago, Green Lake and Waushara coun-
ties.
D. L. Plumer, Wausau, president OF
the First National bank since it's or
ganization in 1882, died after years
illness. He was born in New Hahp-
shire in 1887, and came to Wausau
twenty years later beginning his ca
reer as civil engineer and later in the
numbering, iron mining and banking
business.
The Weekly Madisonian has an
nounced it's discontinuance. Increase
in the price OF paper and labor are
given as the cause 1t has been pub
lished by the Billed Printing Co., and
edited by M. J. Puetz. At the head of
it's editorial columns appeared a line
reading: Only English Democratic
Paper in Dane county.
Three persons were killed and four
others injured when their automobile
was hurled 100 yards into ditch by
| Omaha train No 63 at grade cross
| ing near Clear Lake, Polk county. The
automobile was smashed to bits, it is
| reported Persons familiar with the
crossing say that the train would be
visible for considerable distance in
either direction.
County registration of automobiles
| is provided for in bill to be submit
| ted to the legislature by Frank Fl.
| Smith, register of deeds of Brown
county The bill, says Mr.. Smith,
seeks to give the automobile owner
greater protection. Every automobile
in the county will be registered at the
county seat and the owners will carry
such certificates Of registration with
them, the bill says.
A crowd of many thousands includ-
ing members of the local post of the
American Legion, soldiers in uniform,
| former service men and hundreds OF
women and girls, hauled the captured
German siege gun recently presented
to Superior from it's storage place in
a city tool shed, to Fountain park, as
an answer to the action of the nine
Socialist members of the city council
| in refusing to place the cannon in a
public place.
| A committee has been appointed to
cooperate with committees from other
counties in using their influence with
the Wisconsin legislature to secure
! Legislation providing for the taxation
of automobile truck owners, the pro-
ceeds to be used in the maintenance
of state highways. 1t is held the
trucks cause more wear and tear on
highways than any other vehicles and
that their owners should stand a
higher percentage of taxes for keeping
the roads in shape.
/ Wisconsin, with the enrolment of
it's National guard brought to approx
imately six thousand by recent enlist
ments, leads the country in proportion
to population, according to Lieut.. Col
Byron Beveridge of the adjutant gen
erals office. Efforts are being made
to bring the enrolled strength of the
guard up to the required 10,400 before
it's three year period has expired. I'm
der the recent reorganization act for
state militia, 800 guardsmen are to be
in service for each senator and con-
gresham.
The American Legion post of Toma-
hawk has begun drive by which it
hopes to increase it's membership to
$50, Action was also taken toward a
permanent home for the local post,
which will include several features OF
benefit to the city at large. On Dec.
IL a banquet will be served the mem