Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-12-31

The fish Creek high school, in
northern Door county, now entering its
third year, has been placed on the ac-
credited high school list. 1t is the only
high school in Door county outside of
Sturgeon Bay
| DR.. w. T. O'Brien, prominent Ash
land physician and surgeon, died from
cancer of the stomach. He was a MEM
Der of Catholic societies and has been
prominent in Ashland for many years.
He formerly lived in independence,
Iowa.
! Considerable activity in the building
line is anticipated in Ladysmith next
spring. Several business blocks will
be erected which will add much to the
appearance of the business section of
the city In addition a number of
people are contemplating the building
of homes.
The Oneida Farmers Telephone
company has petitioned the railroad
commission for authority to raise its
rates The date for the hearing has
been set for Jan. II in the office of the
commission in Madison. The company
operates in Oneida county, with Rhine
lander as headquarters.
Wisconsin's department of education
is conducting campaign to serve
warm noon lunches in all rural schools.
Marinette county started out to report
100 per cent in this classification. But
it was disappointed, because three
schools are so situated that all the
children go home to lunch at noon.
Eight Of the IA banks in Eau Claire
county, with the city and county su-
perintendents of schools, plan thrift
campaign in the schools of the county.
Lessons in thrift will be furnished to
each of the societies in every school
urging saving OF 10 per cent and wise
investment.
| Mrs. d. i. Goss, whose husband was
killed while stringing wires for the
Oslo Power & Light company, near
| ManitowOc, has been awarded $4,000
by the industrial commission. An ap-
peal was taken to the Dane county
court and Judge Stevens upheld the
award. The defendant company will
appeal to the supreme court.
Fond du Laos tax rate for next year
will be $50 for each $1,000 valuation.
| The city's estimated expense for the
coming year is 1912 ,S6144. At the tax
rate the city will raise 773,122.80.
From other sources there will be a
| = ont
rate is based on a total valuation Of
25,770,760, as compared with 2.70
per cent rate on $21 ,034 ,205 valuation
i'm 1920.
| At the Guernsey sale, staged by the
Pierce County Guernsey Breeders as
ISOLATION, at the Pierce county sales
pavilion at Ellsworth, $13, $50 worth of
animals were sold, an average of $42O
for the SO head. A 4-year-old COW,
bought by Albert Kline topped the
sale, bringing $1,000, This is the
largest price ever paid for q COW in
Pierce county, All the animals were
sold to Pierce county farmers.
Twenty-eight members of the bust
ness mems group have banded to-
gether to act as polite squad" in an
effort to make automobile tourists feel
at home in Fond du Lac. The idea
will be carried into effect to develop
the camp site at Lakeside park to the
point OF maximum service. Members
| of the squad will be expected to stop
tourists and inquire if there is any
thing that can be done to make their
| stay in the city more enjoyable.
According to complete reports re-
ceived by the conservation commits
sion from all its wardens, only SO does
and fawns were killed by the deer
hunters of the state during the recent
open season for deer under the one
buck law, and the greater part OF them
were killed accidentally. That is,
were mistaken for bucks in the woods.
Only a few were deliberately shot by
the hunters with the knowledge that
they were not bucks. The commission
estimates that not over $500 deer were
killed in Wisconsin this year.
DeKol Netherland Belle. Holstein-
| Friesan cow, completed a 365-day
semi-official test at the Purity Dairy
farm, east of Platteville, in which she
| is credited with 1880 pounds OF milk
and $50 pounds of butter. The herd
is owned by James r. Tracy & Sons.
Violet Arts DeKol is running on II
months semi-official test, ending Jan.
%, in which the owners predict rec
ord of better than 10000 pounds OF
milk and 900 pounds of butter. Dam
and grand-dam of Laura Esther, MAX
ing 2,6929 pounds of milk and 1863
pounds of butter in 31-day test, is
now on a 10 months test.
| Report on the soldier bonus law
made public in Madison shows that
S811,580 was paid former service men
under the educational bonus law dur
ing the first year of its administration.
-Four thousand eight hundred and nine
ty-three students were assigned under
this law for the full-time educational
opportunity in the state and 1888 stu
dents were assigned to correspond
ence. Former service men have been
assigned to 157 educational institu-
tions in Wisconsin for the all-day edu-
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