Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-10-22
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

AS result of a large percentage OF
election clerks and inspectors threat
ening to refuse to. serve on elecuon
day in the polls at La Crosse, the COM
mon council raised their pay from ~
to $40 a day. Previous to primary
election this year the clerks received
SIS day. They claim woman Suffrage
has doubled their work and therefore
they are entitled to double pay.
The vocational school of Fond du
Lac has completed plans for a course
in commercial law. The purpose OF
the new course is to teach the fun
damental principles of law which are
of interest and help to business men
and all men who aspire to control or
manage any business entailing deal
ings with others.
Sugar beet shipments are now arrlV-
ing at the plant of the Green Bay SUI
gar Co., Green Bay. Due to delay in
construction, the refinery is not ready
to start operations, but, according to
Supt W. E. Corey, the plant will be
running before the last of the month
More than 5000 tons of beets are now
stored in the company's warehouse
here.
The Lincoln Canning company OF
Merrill has received one carload OF
Early Alaska seed peas and is await
ing a carload of Advancers. The two
carloads, containing a total of 1000
bushels Of seed peas, will be enough
to seed 500 acres Most of this has
been fall ploughed and will be har-
rowed and dragged next spring before
it is put into crop, in order to assure
as big a crop as possible for next year.
Federal agents in Marinette We're
disappointed when they searched the
schooner Edward Lee, which arrived
from Canada. They had waited for
the schooner's arrival three days and
nights on a report that man who
had collected considerable money for
the purchase and importation of Ii
quor had his cargo of booze aboard the
boat. The boat carried very dry
cargo of lumber.
Employing printers of the Fox river
valley, from Green Bay to Fond du
Lac, formed the Fox River Typothetae,
a branch of the United Typothetae of
America, at q meeting in Appleton.
Twenty printing plants were admitted
to membership. The organization Is
making arrangements for installation
of standardized cost accounting sys-
TENS in all member Offices.
The assessment returns for Wal
worth county place the valuation Of
property to be nearly $70.000.000. This
is an increase of nearly 100000 in
the last year. Automobiles number
five hundred and ninety-seven more
than in 1919. The assessed valuation
of Walworth county bank stock is
$1,059,523 with the city of White
water, 1926, 800, in the lead.
The STANCE private park with $780,
600 improvements, has been donated
to the city of Merrill The park con-
sists of seven acres of choicely kept
park surrounded by lagoons of the
Prairie river. Its many trees are ex-
cellently arranged, some in an avenue
and others scattered about. 1t has
long been a favOrite outing place for
church picnics and private parties to
which use it was generously loaned by
its former owner, A. III. STANCE. The
gift was unanimously accepted by the
council
The Wisconsin Certified Seed POta-
to association has orders for seven
carloads of certified potatoes, to be
shipped during October. They all go
to Galveston, Texas, and all are of the
Early Triumph variety. Five carloads
go from points in Barron county and
the other two from Marinette county.
The price is $2.65 per hundred pounds
Bishop Paul Rhode of the Green
Bay diocese confirmed class of 200
at st. Johns church, Amigo, and dedi-
Gated the new st. James church at
White Lake. The Rev Father J. S.
LanGowsky is pastor of the new
church.
State Treasurer Henry Johnson is
planning to pay 100000 of the state
Civil war debt. The 1915 session of
the legislature provided for the grad
ual payment of this debt and it is be-
ing reduced each year by about $780,
900. MI. Johnson said that applica-
ton of the state land Office called for
loans by the state school districts and
municipalities amounting to 100000
The annual meeting of the Wiscon-
sin State Grange will be held in Nee
nah on Dec. Z, s and 8. Civic bodies
are cooperating in arranging details
for the reception of the visiting
CHANGERS.
Twenty-three divorces were granted
in Langlade county during the year
ending Sept. 80, according to Clerk of
Court A. j. Nowotny.
The Madison-Kipp company plant,
Madison, has started on four day a
week basis because of the drop taking
place in the tractor industry. Rather
than lay off some $50 men, they have
adopted this schedule, which will af-
feet the entire force of 800.
Frank P. Russell, of Stevens Point
continuously employed as an engineer
on the 500 line for more than forty
five years, has been retired on pen
sion. For twenty-six years Mr.. Rus
sells run was on the Portage branch