Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-12-10
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS

Mr.. NOyeS was a member of the LuCiuS
post, G. A. r.
The tax rate for Racine as an
nounced by the city clerk shows an in
crease of $2.66 over last years rate.
The rate per thousand for 1920 is
given as $28.33, while that for 1919
was S25.67.
Mrs. Ruben Haase, Racine, 35 died
as j result of injuries received when
she fell from rocking chair upon
which she was standing, to wind a
clock. A prong of the rocker pene-
trated her back.
The Commercial National bank of
Fond du Lac has purchased the site at
the corner of First and Main Streets,
where the directors plan to build Fond
du Laos talIest building, a six story
structure at a cost of 100000 The
the remainder will be devoted to office
suites. Work will begin next spring.
A record of twenty-six successful
deer hunting trips to northern Wiscon-
Charles l.. ShOrtell, Stevens Point,
who has returned home without his
usual allotment of venison. Mr..
ShortelI caught sight of eight deer
during his stay in the woods, but all
We're without antlers, and therefore
protected by law.
The saw mill and planning mill of the
Flambeau River Lumber company, the
largest numbering concern of Lady
smith, has been closed down The
company has been operating eight log
giug camps in the woods north of
Ladysmith, and four of these have re-
Gently been closed. A cut in the price
of labor in logging camps has been
made.
Z. C. POmmerening of Winnebago
county was elected president of the
Wisconsin branch of the Society of
Equity at the annual meeting in Mil
waukee, succeeding J. n. Tittemore.
Only one formal ballot was taken and
the result showed that POmmerening
secured more than double the number
of votes polled by his closest opponent,
d. o. MahOney of Viroqua.
The Wisconsin legislature at it's
coming session will be asked to apprO-
pirate $4,000 annually for the inspec-
ton of bees. 1t will also be asked to
appropriate $4,000 annually for the
promotion of the bee industry. These
requests were decided upon at meet
ing of the Wisconsin Beekeepers' as
sociation at Madison.
In the last ten days of November
100000 pounds of herring was caught
in Green Bay and sold to the fish
houses for freezing storage. The run
of herring was extra heavy this fall.
The fishermen got late start because
of the warm weather holding out so
late. But when they started some rec
ord catches were made
Preliminary steps were taken at
meeting of 100 farmers held in Osh-
kOsh for organizing a Winnebago coun-
Il farm bureau. There was not a dis
pOrary organization was effected by
the selection of Louis Sorenson, Win
chester, as president, and the appoint
ment of a committee on organiZa ton
and membership.
State disbursements during Novem-
Der exceeded the receipts, according to
a statement by Henry Johnson, state
treasurer. Receipts of all funds for
the month amounted to $2,199, 470.83,
while the disbursements were $3,162,-
1880. The balance for all funds Nov.
was $8,709, 049.19, while the balance
for Dec. / was $7,745, 1924. The gen
eral fund on Dec. 1 had a balance of
$4,867, 48287.
The price of coal in GAINESVILLE is
to be investigated following a petition
to the city council from the Central
Labor council. Anthracite is selling
at $40 ton while in Milwaukee it is
SIT, and at Beloit SIS. The petition
was referred to Aid. w. w. Menzies,
a coal dealer, who declared he well
comes an investigation in the belief
that it will clear unfavorable com
ment.
Four Wisconsin men were killed in
hunting accidents during the deer sea
son, Nov. 20 to Dec. 1. Ten others
were killed between Oct. and the
opening of the deer season, the ma
jority of these losing their lives while
duck hunting. Walter Broom, Water
to@n; Charles Stever Oshkosh; John
Smeester, Amberg, and Harry Dean,
Draper, were mistaken for deer and
shot dead.
Four claims for damages aggregat-
ing 5,660.85, arising out of automobile
collisions with the concrete silent
policeman" at a prominent street cor
ner have been brought against Osh-
kosh. Two suits are based on the in
juries recently sustained by Fred
Bangs and the wrecking of his auto,
when the machine hit the heavy post.
S. J. Reign and A. H. Davis seek small
sums for damages to autos that hit the
post.
With applications pending for salary
increases in several departments of
the La Crosse city government, Mayor
Bentley appointed a committee of al
dermen to investigate the high cost