Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-10-08
Largest Printing Concern
in the World Will Here
after Operate Lead
ing Industry in
This City
WILL BE KNOWN AS
GREAT WESTERN PAPER co
MI FCrmer Stockholders Sell Hold
ings-Harry BallOu Retained
as Manager

Negotiations, pending for some time,
have been completed for the sale Of the
Menasha Paper Co.'S entire holdings
to the Western Newspaper Union, whose
head offices are at Omaha. Neb., eff
fective as of October 1.
No confirmation of the final compile
ti0n Of the deal has been received by
the local office IN to the time the News
Budget goes to press and the cOmpany'S
officials here will make no positive
statement, either in denial or aflir-
nation of the transfer.
The Menasha Paper Co. has for sev
cral years been a strictly Ladysmith
concern, since selling its interests at
MenaSha and Ashland. The concern
operates one of the largest paper mills
in the state, being one Of the few that
owns both its own grOund-pulp mills,
bleaching plant and sulphitc plant.
Very few mills in Wisconsin are as
well equipped and as well located. ev-
erything considered. There are only
four larger paper mills in Wisconsin.
Pulp mills at Port Arthur and Ballou
are connected with the plant at Lady
smith by the companyS own railroad.
The company has always been agresS-
i've in building up splendid business,
always enterprising and conducted
with Il public-spirted attitude toward
all civic Improvement. even though it
meant increased taxes.
/. In passing into the ownership Of
the Western Newspaper Union, how
ever, there need he no fear that Lady
smiths interests will suffer.
Covring the country with 3S branch
eS. scattered from coast to coast and
from the gulf to Canada, the Western
Newspaper Union is an immense con-
Germ that has supplied thousands of
weekly papers throughout the nation
with their ready-prints or patent in-
Sides Besides being the largest
rcady-print house in the world, the
Western Newspaper Union, through
fifteen Of its branches, is devoted to the
jobbing of all kinds of papers and also
operates the largest plate service in
the country, as we'll as furnishing news
papers with illustrations Of all kinds.
advertising services, and all kinds Of
machine type composition.
The News-B Budget has been a patron
Of the Western Newspaper Union for
many years, first for its ready-prints
and later when the paper became "ali
home print" for plate service, Christ
mas covers and various other features.
The serial story now starting in this
paper was purchased from the West
ern Newspaper Union and our telegra-
phic news plate comes from the same
source. During the war the w. n. u.
gave the News-Budget a telegraphic
news bulletin service, every Friday.
The mills acquired here will be OPP
Grated as the Great Western Paper
co. and it is the intention to run the
Ladysmith paper mill on grades such
as railroad manilas, poster and book
papers. although considerable print will
also be made.
Officers Of the new company are all
residents Of Omaha and are as follows:
President-H. Fl. Fish.
Vice President. Il. Jones.
Secretary-treasurer- l.. Farms
worth.
Harry Ballou has been retained as
general manager.
/ In a few weeks Mr.. ii. ii. Fish, Jr.,
now manager of their Buffalo, New
York, branch, will move to Ladysmith
as assistant to Harry Ballou.
One of the possibilities one might
forecast from this transfer is the loca-
ton in Ladysmith of an immense
printing plant, in fact, within few
years the "art preservative" might
easily become this city's most import
ant industry.
The News-Budget welcomes an old
friend to Ladysmith.