Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-12-17

city parks. All industries OF the city
have promised to enter teams.
Mrs. n A. Colman wife of prom
inent Eagle River man, shot a bear
and deer while hunting in the Villas
county woods. Mrs. Colman was in
camp with her husband near Clare
lake and killed the animals without
assistance.
Announcement was made at Keno
sha by z. G. Simmons, president of
the Simmons company, that around
100000 would be dropped into the
Christmas stocking of the employees OF
the company Each employee of the
company is to receive a per cent
dividend" on the salary which he re-
ceived during the last year.
A six days chautauqua has been Sc
cured for MinocQua for the summer OF
1921. The Travers Newton company
will furnish the attraction which will
be held during the latter part of July
or first week in August Twenty
Minocqua business men have signed
guarantee list.
Brewery interests owning saloon To-
cations in Fond du Lac are evidencing
a spirit of cooperation with the au-
thorities in eliminating the sale of
moonshine liquor Twice within the
last several weeks proprietors of sa-
looms have been asked to vacate by the
owners of the buildings, who are brew
i ers. because it is claimed they sold
moonshine.
Three hauls of rough fish at Genoa,
I Vernon county which Melted 10000
pounds of carp and buffalo is the rec
ord catch on the upper Mississippi this
season Frank Gillette, Genoa, made
the hauls. The catch is estimated to
be worth $4,000, but Gillette will keep
the fish alive in his carp ponds and sell
+ them at advanced prices in February
and March, when rough fish bring from
! IL to Is cents in eastern markets.
Winning one-tenth of all the pre-
MUM money, Wisconsin farmers made
a great showing at the International
! Grain and Hay show at Chicago just
closed Cash prizes amounting to $10,-
1000 were offered-Wisconsin claimed
81 ,O10 when the judging closed Two
: hundred sixty-fve Wisconsin entries
took 81 premiums in competition with
2,100 entries. Last year Wisconsin
won $500 in prize money.
The La Crosse chamber of COM
merce adopted a novel method of rails
! ing money to finance the winter carni-
val, which will feature the state corn
and grain show in January. Buttons
advertising the show are being sold at
a dollar apiece. At supper attended
| by $50 members of the chamber of
commerce every man in the hall
| bought at least one button and some
purchased fifty.
The industrial commission is being
! flooded with requests for boiler in
spectiOns since the boiler explosion in
| the plant of the Stoughton Marketing
Co. on Nov. "a This explosion result
ed in five deaths and three other cases
, of serious injury. The corOner's jury
! held officials of the company could
not be held for manslaughter, but, of
course, did not relieve the company
| from civil liability.
| The Park Falls Lumber Co. has
again enlarged it's timber holdings in
northern Wisconsin by the purchase of
tract of 78,384.08 acres from F. E.
| Weyerhauser. The tract lies in Ash
land and Sawyer counties and its
acquisition means several years ex-
tension in the companys cut as much
of it is virgin forest. The considera-
ton is reported to be about 100000.
With the foundation laid more than
year ago. nothing more can be done
on building Janesville's new $4,000
high school until after February. Red
tape required before 100000 in bonds
for the project may be issued is hold
ing the project up. 1t was hoped that
the work could be started now so as
to provide jobs during the lull of man
ufacturing this winter.
Brownie of Linwood, 4 years old, a
:, Guernsey cow, owned by the Gorium
| farm, Fond du Lac county, has com
pleted years official test with rec
ord of producing 831.07 pounds of but
! ter fat, the equivalent of 1893 pounds
of butter This record is believed to
rank her first in Wisconsin among
Guernseys of her age and second in
| the United States.
The Oconto County Boys Potato
club, composed of Is boys between the
ages of II and II years, captured first
place in the state contest in which 200
| boys from other counties competed.
! The contest was started by the Ar
mour Fertilizer Works, Chicago, who
, furnished tho fertilizer which was
used on the test quarter of an acre.
One-quarter was used without fertil-
| iZer.
Higher education for farm boys was
! the plea of E. J. Delwiche, associate
professor of agriculture, University of
Wisconsin, in an address before the
Green Bay Rotary club. Prof. Del
wiche asserted the farms were losing
their best men because the younger
ruralites were going to the city to get
high school education and that they