Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-04-23
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

The first funeral held at home of a
La Crosse soldier who died overseas
was that of Otto w. StrupN, member
of the Eighty-sixth division. He died
in England.
Four cars of potatoes shipped to
New York, netted Chris Michaelson
Oneida county farmer, $4,000 Mr.
Michaelson is one of the biggest pota-
toe growers in the county.
William Muskian of Baileys Harbor
is making arrangements to erect
summer hotel large enough to accom-
mOdate 100 guests and plans to have
everything ready by the opening OF
the tourist season.
The OcOnto County Reporter and
the Oconto County Enterprise have
merged under the ownership of W. M
Comstock. He said the scarcity CT
news print paper was the prime move
in bringing together the two papers.
Gov. E. L. Philip appointed Levi
Bancroft, Richland Center, to fill the
Judge George Clementson at Lancas
ter Judge Bancroft is one of the best
known lawyers in the state. He is a
former attorney general of Wisconsin
A University of Wisconsin student
is among the winners of fellowships
for the academic year 1920 awarded
by the Society of American fellow
ships in French universities, accord
ing to an announcement of awards just
made. He is Melvin |. BrOrby, Madl-
son, a senior in the college of letters
ana science.
John DeYOung of Randolph was
found guilty of the charge of selling
watered milk and paid a fine of $25
and costs before Magistrate G. L. De
rind at Portage. 1t was alleged the
defendant delivered milk containing
water to the Bever cheese factory on
Feb. II. Dairy Inspector w. A. Stew
art entered the complaint.
Announcement has just been made
that for the remainder of the school
year the children of the public school
at Randolph will have an opportunity
to secure milk to drink at the school.
The milk will be furnished from
herd of tuberculin tested HOlstein
and will be sold to the children at
cents a glass containing half pint Of
milk.
Motorists and garage men are re
ceiving circulars from the industrial
commission calling attention to the
new auto light orders which become
effective May l. After that date i
will be unlawful to operate a motor
vehicle unless it is equipped with Ger
tain devices which will reduce thu
glare of the lamps which illuminatA
the road
At a meeting of the Sturgeon Bay
city council, a committee of four mem,
bers was authorized to purchase the
apparatus for motorized fire depart
ment. They recommended an Oldsmo
bile truck for the purpose of carrying
a chemical outfit and 200 feet of hose
The purchase will be made at once
and will be a great improvement over
the old system
Buy your chicks from us in the
spring: fatten them in the summer:
and Wen buy them back in the fall
With that for a 81 gan operators at
Monroe. Green county, have made an
innovation in the poultry business that
has progressed so far that they can
not take care of the trade which is
coming to them from the farmers
Only pure breeds are handled.
Stevens Point is to have free clinic
where worthy people of central Wis
cOnsin, who could not otherwise OBJ
tain diagnosis and treatment, will be
cared for without cost DR.. A.
LOoZe, former captain in the medical
corps of the army and a physician in
leading hospitals of the country. is to
establish the clinic at Stevens Poin
Two half days a week will be devoted
to the work.
Henry Johnson, state treasurer has
received letter from c. L. I.@thrOp, q
farmer at WauZeka, presenting bill
of $500 for damages done by rabbits
to his blackberry bushes. Mr. Lath-
rOp in his letter states that if farm
er's animals did damage to a neigh
boris property he would be held for
damages, and that if a state animal
did damage to farmers property the
state should be held for damages. The
bill has been referred to the state
conservation commission.
Forty-seven years ago Ole Olson and
his sister left Sole, Norway. He went
to New Zealand. She came to the
United States, married Gust Voldsness
and settled in Chimney Rock, La
Crosse county Ole became a prosper
Gus farmer in New Zealand. Early
this year he decided to visit his sister
in America He left New Zealand late
in February and has just arrived at
Chimney Rock, after travelling 5000
miles. When brother and sister met
neither knew the other. He is now
Is and she is 10 He will make three
months visit.
Thomas Powers who for twenty-six