Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-05-21

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A still was found hidden behind the
furnace of a house in Kenosha III a
raid by police and federal officers
Shebet Kostak, tenant of the house
was arrested
C. T. Dryz, Chicago, arrived to com
mence operations at Pioneer lake,
near Eagle River, where he intends to
start his fox farm. He will ship in
about 20 foxes for propagation and
sale.
The body of Mrs. Henry Min, who
| jumped from a bridge into the Fam
beau river at Ladyslnith on the night
of April %, was discovered floating
near the paper mill dam, half mile
down the stream.
Details have been completed for the
state convention Of Eagles, to be held
| in Oshkosh June Z, s, and 10. 1t is
expected that delegations of Eagles
and ladies will be present from prac-
| tically every aeTie in the state.
At a special election on the question
of abandoning the commission form OF
! government in MenomOnie, the result
was as follows: Yes, 1870; no, 489.
| The commission form has been in
| force in that city for eight years.
| Owing to the impossibility of MAX
| ing freight shipments because OF the
switchmen's strike, the Barron cream
| cry of Brentwood, is shipping butter
| by express. The first large shipments
were three tons of butter to New
| York
At meeting Of the Minocqua town
| board of supervisors it was voted to
pay bountieS on crows, owls, wood
| chucks and gOphers once each month.
| Claims for bounties will be acted on
at the regular meeting on the last
| Friday OF each month.
Eight wolf cubs, captured by uni
versity students, will have to be killed
| unless $64 is raised to save their lives
| The boys are anxious to get the bOun-
ty provided by the state. This means
| that the cubs will have to be killed
Madison citizens interested in the
cubs have suggested that they be
turned over to a zoo.
Consideration of requests for addi
tional appropriations which may be
transmitted for the legislature will be
given by the board Of public affairs
Just prior to the special session, it was
decided at the board meeting in the
office OF Gov Phillip at Madison. This
action will give more time for the
preparation Of the requests and the
data to accompany them.
The personnel of the general com
mittee 10 have charge Of the forest
products decennial celebration, July
Is and Is, has been announced by the
Madison Association Of Commerce
and the forest products laboratory.
This committee is representative of
the scores Of scientific professions and
wood-using industries interested in
and served by the laboratory.
Adlar S. Horn, publisher of the Ce
darburg News, was appointed post
master of Cedarburg. The appoint
ment was the result Of an examina-
ton conducted by the United States
civil service commission at which
there were six candidates. Mr. Horn
was assistant postmaster and at the
death Of his father, Postmaster Alex
w. Horn, last fall he was appointed
acting postmaster.
A wedding in which several Grand
Army people figured took place III
Marinette Thomas Powers, veteran
OF the Civil war and three times mar
ried previously, took as his fourth
wife, Mrs Louisa Cole, widow of
Civil war veteran. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Bill of Menominee,
also a G. A. r. man. The groom is
IA years old and pensioned employe
of the Northwestern railway.
Door county's cherry industry from
the time the land is cleared of stumps
through the period Of cultivation,
spraying time to harvesting and haul
| ing to market, will be shown through
out the United States and Canada and
| in foreign countries in motion pic
lures. At present the movie men are
| taking films of the tractor in cultiva-
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| turn and later when the fruit is ready
for picking.
William Howard Taft, former presi-
dent, gave an interesting talk in APP
pleton on the political topics Of the
day. Mr.. Taft attacked the general
primary law as one of the worst things
ever enforced on American people, de-
claring that any person with leg
muscle and a lot of money can be
nominated, regardless Of his Qualifica-
tons for the office he is seeking. The
| address was heard by over 1900 peo-
pie in Lawrence Memorial chapel
| Granting full demands of the work
men who went on strike month ago,
the Monitor Brewery at La Crosse, is
again in operation. Under the agree
ment negotiated with the Brewery
Workers. union, the Monitor company
awards the workers the $3.50 weekly
increase they asked at the time negC
tiations were broken off, and the
brewery accepts the closed shop prn-
ciple in force prior to the strike. The
Monitor firm was one of the members
| Al in