Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-10-29

G.. T. Robinson, prominent Superior
Elk, has been appointed district deputy
for western Wisconsin, according to q
telegram from w. M. Abbott, San
Francisco, grand exalted ruler of the
Elks. Mr.. Robinson has been prom
inent in Superior Elk circles for four
teen years.
Evelyn Fowler of Saxon, who with
her husband was charged with pos
session of moonshine in their soft
drink parlor, was fined 5000 and costs
by Judge Griff Thomas in municipal
court in Hurley after being held in
Jail "a hours for failure to furnish bail
of $500.
The Wisconsin railroad commission
has refused to authorize the Rhine
lander Light and Power company to
place in force a charge of $225 for
connecting a meter. The commission
in the same order authorized charge
of ST. in case a meter is moved from
one building to another at the owners
request
Forty years ago [ went through the
senate chamber in the capitol and
stole from a senator there, So worth OF
stamps. Enclosed find $48 which is
the principal, interest, and compound
interest This is one of the letters
that Henry Johnson, state treasurer,
received in the returning of "con-
science" fund.
Henry r. Burns, Fond du Lac in
ventor, has applied for letters of pat
ent covering a new process of making
sugar out of barley. Mr.. Burns dis
covered the formula which the United
States department of agriculture has
pronounced feasible. He uses the
juice of green barley heads along with
barley malt and by the process OF
evaporation brings the liquid to the
point Of capitalization.
The saWmill of the Eagle River
Lumber company has just completed
the largest cut of lumber in its his
tory. Sl1idding of logs cut during the
summer on the company's tract at
Boot lake is now underway and Will
continue until hauling time. This will
be the third wihter of logging on that
tract and it will require another year
to cut all the timber.
Prof. E. r. Jones, head of the Wis
consin College of Agriculture, has ad-
vised the Marinette County Land
Clearing association Of plan to ex-
tend land clearing activities in upper
Wisconsin next year. He proposes to
have the college spend dollar for dol
lar with the money expended by the
counties and urges each county to set
aside money for the purpose, 1nclud-
! ing the service of land clearing en-
| gineer.
The new post of the American Lee
gion known as "The University of
wisconsin Post No. 246," which has
lust been organized at the Badger
state university, is launching an active
CAN "a en- for membership of at least
1000 amon5 t1'a soldiers, marines and
sailors in the faculty and stsdont body
of the university. Former S. A. t. c..
men are also eligible for membership.
The products of Wisconsin cheese
land butter makers exhibited at the
national dairy show in Chicago during
the week of Oct. 7-16, ranked among
the best from the entire United States,
according to H. G.. Larson, secretary
Sof the Wisconsin Buttermakers' asso-
citation. A number of gold and silver
medals were awarded Wisconsin pro-
,ducers, gold medals indicating ma
itional championships.
A building 60x300 feet is soon to be
Eerected in Wausau to provide barn
facilities for farmers coming into the
city. site for the purpose has been
| purchased, the Chamber of Commerce
and business men financing the propO-
| .sition. A rest room for women will
| be constructed on the main floor of
| the building, the remainder of which
| will be used for vehicle parking. The
barn will be in the basement.
The new Emmanuel Evangelical
| Lutheran Church in Corning was dedi-
| Gated Sunday, Oct. H. 1t is built of
| cement blocks, and located seven miles
| west of Merrill on the Rib Lake road.
| The congregation was founded in 1915
and consists of Is voting members.
! The services were regularly held in
the Leafy Grove schoolhouse, but
this gathering place was frequently
! found too small The church is val
ued at about $4,000 and the Rev. II,
Blanke is pastor.
A. T.. Sanborn, 20, federal judge of
the Wisconsin district since 1905, one
of the states widely known lawyers,
died at his home in Madison follow
ing six weeks illness. Judge San
born gained prominence as counsel in
several land litigation cases that were
! taken to the supreme court of the
united States for decision, in the SUI
| ,perior tax delinquent collections in
volving several million dollars, and for
a revision of the state statutes in 1898
His place in politics and the affairs
of the state was the result of twnety'
five years residence in Madison
where he appeared at each session OF
the legislature as counsel for many
large interests. Mr. Sanborn gradual
ed from the University of Wisconsin
| i'm 1891