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


Sank county in BarabOo, his former
home.
Chief of Police William Schubart Of
Menasha has resigned to take effect
on Jan. l. He will engage in private
business. He has been chief there for
thirteen years.
Fifteen picnic grounds on main trav-
eled roads in La Crosse county will
be equipped with benches, tables and
other cOnvenienceS for automObiltSts
and others, before the next outing sea
son starts.
| Oshkosh will retain the commission
form of government. 1t was SO decid-
ed when vote on the question, Shall
commission form of government be
Abandoned" resulted in majority OF
1910 in favor of retaining the commits
sion form.
| The Glidden Electric Light and Pow
er company was authorized by the
state railroad commission to increase
it's electric rates from II to Is cents
per kilOWatt hour and the street light
year. III
| The Men'S club OF st. Stephens
Evangelical church, Merrill, donated
| the new bell which was dedicated by
: the Rev. M. NJ Schmidt, who said that
nasmuch as the men donated the bell,
they too should heed its call. The
dedication of the bell was accompanied
by the dedication of the basement au-
ditorium of the new church editlce.
The sum of $1,253,OOO must be ex-
pended on school construction and
equipment in La Crosse within the
next five years, according to survey
completed by the board OF education,
and presented to the common council.
| This makes no allowance for growth
of the schools, but merely provides on
the basis of present population. Money
| has been provided for construction of
| the first three new schools at cost
| Of $500 900.
| One of the oldest BARRIERS in the
United States has laid the razor and
| scissors aside and quit the trade he
y
| is G.. Dennis, 81 years young, OF Ocono-
mowoc. He said he thought he had
| pushed the razor long enough and was
| going to retire to peace&and comfort.
| Mr.. Dennis shop has long been popu-
| lar place for the farmers OF the COM
munity whenever they came to Ocono-
| mOWoc.
Efforts will be made by Brown coun-
| IT, town and city officials to keep both
state and county highways open for
traffic during the winter months. The
main arteries of travel will be cleared
by road scrapers and the various town
| supervisors will cut roadwayS through
| the drifts. Four of the auto transport
companies in Green Bay plan to con-
| tinue their daily trips into the rurallte
| districts.
Chief of Police Louis Osborn OF SUI
perior has announced his intention to
keep young girls without escorts from
| city streets after 10 p. N. by reVlFaf
| of an old city ordinance. I'VE are
going to enforce the ordinance with
| the hope of preventing the downfall
| OF girls Chief Osborn declared. Mem
bers of the department have been IN
structed to enforce the ordinance.
Four silver black foxes, owned by
| the Wausau Silver Black Fox ranch,
won high honors at the first annual
| live silver fox exhibit given by the
national breeders association at Mus
! kegon. Mich One hundred and one
| foxes, representing 100000, came
| from ranches in many parts of the
| country. The Wausau exhibit took
| lwo first prizes, one sWeepstake ana
| one third prize, and silver cups, as well
| as four ribbons for special merits.
w. L. Morton Of Watertown owns
| the best egg production flock OF single
| comb white LeghOrn hens in Wlscon-
| sin. according to Prof. John B. Hayes
| of the University of Wisconsin. Nor
| toms flock has been in a statewide
| demonstration contest under the SUI
peryision of the state agricultural coll
| lege for the last twelve months, and
! Prof. Hayes records show that they
| led all the rest. They laid an average
of 1883 eggs for the year. Inc next
highest flock was owned by J. w. Deb
blink of Sheboygan, averaging 204 eggs
for the year. This flock was also OF
the Leghorn breed.
Five million lake trout eggs in ex-
change for 100000 silver trout eggs
| is the swap to be made by Wisconsin
with the fish commission OF the state
of Washington, according to Commits
| sioner James Nevin, in charge OF Bad
| ger fisheries. Silver trout from the
| Pacific coast are well adapted to GER
tain of the larger springfield Wisconsin
| rivers and deep inland lakes, he points
out. Lake Geneva, in Walworth coun-
| ty. Big Green lake in Green Lake
| county, and Trout lake in Villas county
| will get most of the eggs. The rest
| will be planted in streams feeding into
Lake Superior
Salaries in Green Bay run all the
way from $500 to $4,000 year. John
T. Colignon, assessor of incomes, is
authority for the statement. There are
four residents of that city earning from
At,Er