Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-11-12
WISCON s I II
ENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

ASSOCIATION into an active commercial
body with a paid secretary to devote
his entire time to local business and
industrial matters is proposed.
At the annual Villas county potato
show at Eagle River, there was an ex.
ira large display of potatoes in all
varieties and some excellent stock was
shown. The exhibit attracted growers
from all parts of Villas county.
Ten Wisconsin's fourth class post
offices were advanced to presidential
class and the salaries fixed as follows:
Arpin, 81 400; Coon Valley, $1,000; En-
deavor, $1,400; Exeland, 1,400; Lo-
mira, $780, Lyndon station, $1,000;
Minongsa, $1,400; Orfordville, 81 400;
Roberts, $1,000; Sullivan, $1,000
About thirty-six residents of Mus
coda, Grant county, were unable to
vote on Tuesday, Nov. 2, because of a
lack of sufficient ballots to supply all
voters, according to J. NJ. Kaiser, vii
lage clerk. The last vote was cast at
MuScOda at p. m. and voters who
came after that time were informed
that there were no more ballots. W.
T. Webb, county clerk of Grant coun-
ty, said the shortage of ballots was
result of a mistake in calculation
Women's wages in Wisconsin, al
though they have Increased more pro-
pOrtionately, still are below those of
men workers, the industrial commits
sion reports after tabulating the aver
age pay of 229 women who were in
jured and drew compensation in the
first half of 1920 Wages of the
women averaged $1469 a week COM
pared to $9.42 two years ago, while
men receive an average of $22.99 week
ly now.
Officials of the Anchor ship Build
ing company, of Washburn, announce
that contracts have been signed by
Eastern agents of the company with
New York parties for the building of
a large two-end ferry boat for use in
the New York harbor, and work will
be started at once. A large crew of
men are now dismantling the old saw
mill building of the Stearns Lumber
company, which is on the site of the
shipbuilding company.
The Dodge county tuberculosis sana-
forum is to be shared with Fond du
Lac and Washington counties. This
decision, which has been so long de-
layed, was announced by supervisors
of Dodge county, the selection of the
74-acre tract for the purpose near
Fond du Lac having been made by DR..
For nearly year the supervisors of
the three counties have been endeavOr-
ing to agree upon a location for the
erection of the sanatOrium which will
cost about 100000.
An odd accident occurred at the
western border of Monroe county
Beatrice, the youngest daugh-
ter, was instantly killed The fatality
happened in the following most unu-
sual manner: Two daughters, Venice
and Beatrice were husking corn in the
his wagon, backed it out of the barn
door. A projecting plank was caught |
in one of the wagon wheels and one |
end struck Miss Beatrice on the head |
as she sat at work in her chair. The |
force of the blow was so great that |
she was instantly killed.
Settlers buying land in upper Wis |
consin with less than $4,000 to start |
with, are facing a. serious risk, Prof |
Richard e. T. Ely, head of the eco |
nomics department of the University |
of Wisconsin, and B. H. Hubbard Of |
the agriculture economic department, |
point out in bulletin to be issued |
shortly by the agricultural experiment |
station. They declare that the aver
age settler in that section buys with |
not far from $500 capital. After get |
ting on the land, the development |
stage requires an available capital of |
at least $4,000, the bulletin says In |
this period comes the erection of per
manent buildings, the breeding OF a
good dairy herd and the accumulation
of farm machinery.
"The demand for state inspected |
the supply" says J. G. Milward of the
Experiment station. Ger
tain southern states, such as Texas,
Louisiana, and Arkansas,
have difficulty in raising. their own
seed potatoes and are dependent on
outside sources for their supply. Since
Wisconsin leads the United States in
certified seed work, Southern potato
growers naturally turn to Wisconsin.
farmers who have certified |
seed for sale had their fields inspected |
during the growing season. The sec
Ond state inspection, or bin inspection,
is going on at the present time. If
the potatoes meet the experiment sta
ton standard, a certificate is issued to
the grower.
The University Junior Prom, Wis
consin's great social event, is now be-
ing planned as a result Of the recent
student election at which Dale Mer
rick of Eldorado, Ia, was chosen prom
chairman The students expect to fol
low the lead of other years and hold
the formal affair in the state capitol
building