Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-09-10
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

shift.
Record breaking yields of tobacco
are reported from La Crosse county
and high prices are being paid. On a
6-acre tract owned by the La Crosse
Housing corporation, 10000 pounds OF
leaf were cut. The leaf sold for 10
cents a pound or $4,000, yielding $3.50
per acre.
With her throat severely cut by the
windshield of an automobile when the
machine cOlided with a team OF
horses, Miss Marie Olson, Porcupine,
near Maiden Rock, was taken to a
hospital, where her condition is crl-
teal Physicians say that while Miss
Olson may recover, she will never be
able to speak again due to her vocal
cords being cut.
Miss Winifred Ryan, principal,
Combined Locks, Outagamie county
high school, was the first woman in
the United States to cast her vote I'M
der the federal suffrage amendment.
Miss Ryan voted for officers of the re-
Gently incorporated village of Com
bined Locks, Aug. 81, the first set OF
village officers, so far as known, to
be elected under provisions of the
equal suffrage amendment.
The Catholic parish at Peshtigo is
again to have parochial school,
after being many years without one.
Recently the parish purchased large
residence near ST. Mary's church and
it has been converted into school
and residence place for the four Do
miniean sisters of Grand Rapids,
Mich, who will have charge. The en-
rollment so far is about 100 and it IS
expected that 80 more, will be added
Francis H Sheneker, New London,
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for congress in the Eighth dis
trict as a Nonpartisan league repre-
sentative, was the first candidate to
file his campaign expenditures state
ment. His statement showed receipts
of S288.40, and expenditures of $649.
Congressman James A. Frear's eX-
pense account also was filed showing
expenditures of $219.25.
Indications point toward the biggest
fair in history at Rhinelander, Sept.
IA to IS. This has been a bumper
agricultural year. and since the cOun-
ty was not represented at the state fair
in Milwaukee, additional effort will be
made to gather the best products for
OF RIa foir
will be made from the potato exhibits
for the county exhibit at the state po-
tato show next December in Milwau
kee.
Eva Petersen, Yorkville township,
Racine county, won first prize in the
state spelling, arithmetic and writing
contest at the State fair at Milwau-
kee She had an average of SO, and
was presented with a gold medal. In
1914 Miss Petersen's. sister, Florence,
won the first price. Second honor
went to Ina Starks, Forest county,
who had an average of 80 and third to
Gertrude Kramer, Winnebago county,
with an average of so.
Two birds from Sheboygan will be
entered in the United States derby
this month. Five thousand birds are
to participate in this race of homing
pigeons. st. Louis, Mo. is the goal
The birds are to be released in pairs
from $500 cities and towns within a
500-mile radius of the Missouri
metropolis, each bird to carry mes
sage from the mayor or other city
officials of the starting place to the
Missouri governor. Prizes will be
awarded to the "homers" making the
best time.
Threshing is in progress in Mari
nette county, a large number of crews
being at work. The oats crop is show
ing a particularly heavy grain, some
of it running three bushels by weight
to q two bushel sack. Crops giving
rs bushels to the acre are reported
Wheat, not a leading crop of the
county, is running light. All indica-
lions point to one Of the best potato
years in the county's history. Good
sales of seed potatoes for future de-
livery are recorded. w. d. Juday,
former county agent OF Oneida cOun-
ty, recent visitor, is quoted as say
ing the Marinette county corn crop is
exceptional.
The division of markets, Madison,
says of the potato situation: "Prac-
tically no Wisconsin stock has moved
to central markets, but there has been
considerable stock marketing locally.
No Wisconsin stock is being quoted
on the Chicago market at present, but
Minnesota Early Ohios, which reports
state have been of rather poor quality
have sold for s275-$2.90 a hundred
weight Prices paid for small lots at
some Wisconsin loading points have
ranged from $2-$2.25 hundredweight,
which prices are slightly higher than
those received a year ago. September
and October crop reports will no
doubt prove big factor in estimating
what future prices are to be-"
Two pairs of wooden shoes which
have come all the way from old Hol-
land, and a collection of miniature
tools representing those used at the
crucifxion of Christ, carved and in
geniOusly enclosed in an empty whisky