Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-09-10


I've Berry, an old resident of Plain
field has resigned as rural mail carrier
for the United States government.
Mr.. Berry is 70 years Of age. He had
one old horse which he recently dis
posed of which he has driven $4,000
miles on the rural mail route.
The Oconto Falls school board by
unanimous vote decided to bond the
city for $4,000 to build new Jeffer
son school to replace the one de-
stroyed by fire. The plan is for an
eight-room school. Only four rooms
and basement will be built next year
in order to accommodate the demands
of the district. The building will be
modern.
The largest enrolment in the his
tory of Lawrence college, Appleton,
which opens it's school year Sept. Is,
is indicated in the advance enrolment.
Freshmen have taken every room in
the dormitorieS for men and women
and several hundred upper classes
have engaged rooms in private homes.
Every fraternity and sorority house is
filled. The most acute room shortage
in the history of the city is anticipated
when the school year opens.
A. small saw mill of Comp Brothers
on the Peshtigo river, six miles from
Marinette, was stolen. The thieves
used an auto truck, backed it up to the
mill and then tore out most OF the
saws, pulleys and machines. The mill
is complete wreck, causing loss Of
several thousands dollars. The mill
has not been in operation for some
time
Charred bones of a man were dis
covered in the ruins of barn on the
farm of William c. Kopelman, six
miles southeast of GAINESVILLE. There
has been no identification and the
bones are thought to be those of a
farm hand who had been roaming
around the neighborhoOd. The barn
was recently destroyed by fire.
A consolidated school district will
be organized at Turtle Lake, to be
composed of joint district No. 8, Tur
tie Lake, and Almena, and district No.
of Beaver township This will add
TO the joint district a property valua-
ton of about 100000, as well as 60
additional pupils. The consolidation
will mean better school facilities and
equipment.
Albert Sense of the town of Scott,
Lincoln county, purchased the Emil
Schulz farm, consisting of 80 acres
with buildings, for $11 400. Two and
one-half years ago he refused to pay
$4,000 for the same farm with the
same buildings, completely stocked
and with machinery. The purchase,
however, was considered a good buy
compared with other trasfers made
this year.
The fine new cheese factory at Do
bic, Barron county, owned by Badert-
scher Bros, was burned to the
ground. 1t is thought that the fire
was set. One of the workmen, Gott-
fried Sehlatter, who came to this
country last fall from Switzerland, was
quite badly burned in attempting to go
back after some of his belongings.
There was about $4,000 worth of
cheese ready for shipment, and the
building and equipment were worth
$4,000 There was $4,000 insurance.
James Dollard, engineer, Fond du
Lac, was scalded to death under his
engine, and Paul Jake, brakeman, of
Fond du Lac, was seriously injured at
Smells station, near Oshkosh when the
GEJT iol
and Milwaukee to Duluth passenger
train on the 500 line left the rails.
Heavy rains had Softened the roadbed
and the engine, five sleepers, two bag
gage cars and one buffet left the rails.
The lamp in the baggage car started
fire which spread to three sleepers
but none of the passengers was in
jured seriously.
The census bureau has announced
the following population figures for
Washburn county in the 1920 census:
Washburn county, 1877; Barronette,
653; Bashaw, 718; Bass Lake, 252;
Beaver Brook, 455; Brentwood, 643;
Brooklyn, 267; Casey, 147; Chicago.
1874; Crystal, 400; Evergreen, 23O;
Frog Creek, 25S; Gull Lake, 1874; Long
Lake, 1862; Madge, 229; Minong vii
lage, 3O9; town of Minong, 23O; Saro-
ma, 534; Shell Lake village, 900;
Spooner, city, 1928; Spooner, town,
243; Spring Brook, $40; Stinnett, 243;
Stone Lake, 343; Trego, $40.
Wisconsin's apportionment of fed
eral funds for road building during the
fiscal year beginning July i, 1920, and
ending June go, 1921, is S2,544,945.35,s
according to an announcement by
Thomas S. Mcdonald, chief of the bu-
reau of public roads of the depart
ment of agriculture. This means to-
: toll expenditure of at least $5,O89, 5000
on Wisconsin roads during the current
fiscal year as one of the stipulations
on which federal aid is granted is that
every dollar of the governments
money shall be matched with another
dollar by the state or community to be
benefited. AS a general thing that
state or locality does more than its
share and pudging by precedent the al
| lotment made by the federal govern