Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-10-29
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Important News CT the Badger State
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route will be established in the town
of Minocqua in Oneida county. The
route will accommodate about one
hundred farmers.
Uniform text books for the schools
of Manitowoc county. were assured
when the convention of county schoo
boards voted, IS to %, to adopt the
plan. The new system will go into
effect soon.
Enrolment in the Green Bay pub
lie schools show a big increase. The
total registration is 1854 students. A
feature of the registration is the fact
that 81 per cent of the scholars are
boys.
Nov. II, Armistice day, is to be OBJ
served in Fond du Lac with a bis
parade, followed by a dance in the
evening. Members of the American
Legion have sent kilograms to the
state commander and to Gov. Philip
asking that Nov II be declared hOli
day. Plans for the dance include
popularity contest to select the most
popular young lady in the county, who
will lead the grand march.
The assessed valuation of Fond dU
Lac for 1920 shows an increase of e
per cent over last year. The increase
is $4,852,845, with valuation at $25,
887,550. The present tax rate is .270
The report will go to the city com
mission, which body will fix the ta2
rate for this year. Fond du Lac has
1,704 automobiles, an increase Of 45(
over a year ago. The assessed valua
ton Of the autos is $1,163, 520. A yeal
ago the valuation was $704,165.
The power line extension, being
constructed from Green Bay to Stur
geon Bay, will not be completed until
next spring. 1t had been planned to
have it completed Nov. l. Due to de
lay in shipments of material and sup
plies the work has been held up. The
entire so miles of poles are now set,
Besides Sturgeon Bay, AlbOma, Ke
waunee, Luxembourg, Casco, Rio Greek.
New Franken, FOrestville, Maple
wood and other smaller cities will re,
ceive power from the extension.
Adjt Gen Orlando Holway, Mad
ison, is still making every possible eff
fort to secure the military record OF
every resident of Wisconsin during the
recent World war, and for two reasons.
First it is hoped to complete the rec
ord of the entire state at once instead
of waiting, as was done after the Civil
war, for years, and then it was next
to impossible to get a complete record.
Second, to add to the great record
made by the state during the World
war.
Mrs. John Bodin, aged As, was acct
dentally strangled m death at her
..1z1IT6 al S...criOr when the belt Oh n64.
dress became fastened about her neck
when she fell from the porch. Mrs
BOdin had left the house to go to the
back yard. 1t is believed that she
Tipped as she was about to step off
he porch and that her dress had be-
ONE caught in the porch railing. The
eight of her body brought the belt
p around her neck and she was
rangled before help arrived.
The division of markets strongly
vOrs cooperative associations among
mers to aid in the solution of the
ny serious problems which now
front the farmer, and is doing all
can to promote and encourage or
riZatiOn. After a careful study of
situation in this state the division
reached the conclusion that the
mt move to unite the Equity So
with the federal farm bureau in
state gives promise of bringing
best results in cooperative work
ny effort yet made along these
spite of the fact that there IS no
season for partridge hunting this
and that there is a heavy penal
killing them it is reported that
has been a greater slaughter of
irds in Price and other northern
,nsin counties the last few weeks
ayer before. The birds have be-
so plentiful and are so tame that
Id require just as much skill
lrnish fully as much sport to
a barnyard and shoot down
of chickens Some hunters
bags of so and 60 cartridges
lay.
tate is gradually clearing itself
lie tuberculosis from which it
lted that 25 per cent of tuber-
lmong children comes through
N infected COWS. During the
September the state depart
agriculture tested 179 herds
4,201 cattle. Ninety-three
lots passed a negative or
This made a net gain of
federal-state accredited herd
federal government is CO.
with the state in the at
lamp out the disease. The
ar of state herds absolutely
tuberculosis, is 361, accord
]. S. Healy. During the
lerds passed one negative
are now under supervi-
department. 1,611 herds.
starting a community
ings Park, by the Pro
Consumers Cooperative
Douglas county, were