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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
RUSK COUNTY HAS
MANY GOOD BULLS

The senior herd bull. Sir Ormsby
Korndyile Mcchthilde, No. 1892, many
times winner Of the highest prizes ever
given a Holstein sire, is featured in the
Country Gentleman Of last week as one
Of the greatest dairy herd bulls i'll
America. \ local farmer, John A
Schmidt. owns a son and has raised a
grandson. from this famous bull and
has them right here on his Rusll
county farm near Ladysmith. There
are d dozen bulls of the different dairy
breeds OH RuSk county farms that are
sons of the most famous bulls of the
United States These bulls will make
the county famous as Il pure-bred dairy
center i'll the years that are to come
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
DAyRYLAND EDITOR
VISITS RUSK COUNTY

w. II. Bacbock. of Oshkosh. editor
of Dairyland, magazine. published at
Superior was here Wednesday OF last
week getting information and cuts to
show Up RuSk county i'll his >nagdZlne
Mr.. Bahcock has been associate edl-
tor for Hoard's Dairyman for years
ana saw the possibilities OF northern
Wisconsin - years ago when he Wis
tied Clark c0unty'S lumber camps and
the whole country was Il vast forest
Mr.. Babcock is Il well-posted man
and he is putting out 10000 copies of
his magazine per month. The territory
he works in is northern Wisconsin
from ST. Paul due east across the
state. RuSk county is III the southern
section Of his territory. the south line
Of the county being about due east OF
st. Paul. The territory has about
1880. 0G0 acres of land and Mr.. Bah
cock figures that 13.000.00O acres OF it
could raise crops Only 2.000,000 acres
are now under cultivation. We believe
IL. QO0 900 acres would be high figure
for really good land and that figure
could he cut down to about 100000
acres if YOU count land as good as our
best soil IL RuSk county.
Good farm land is getting scarce and
there is but little strictly first-ciasS
agriculture or dairy land left that Is
not settled iii the United States.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
Devoted to the Interests Of Rusk and Adjoinin
CITY LAND ADVS.
ARE SPECULATIVE

Sharks in the city are selling land in
many states. They put signs in their
window reading: John Jones made
$1,000 in four months on farm he
purchased through us. We can show
YOU farm which will make you Il
rapid turnover and clean you up nice
profit
Almost all of these city advertise
ments are speculative and nothing
much is said about production or build
ing w a farm home for a man and his
family. On the other hand they init
mate that there is plenty of chance for
a speculator to grab Il farm and hold
it while when he will be able to force
the real farmer who finally buys it to
pay him Il handsome profit for the
privilege
Some day these city sharks will wake
up to the fact that farmers, not Specu-
lat0rs are the ones who should buy
the land.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
HAWKINS FARMER SALE
IS WE'LL ATTENDED

There was q gOOd-sized crowd at the
.IaWI1i,.s farmer sale Saturday, ana
n,,:p q lot of stock, household goods
and others things were offered Tor sale.
lhe sale was killed III the forenoon
when one man who had brought an old
wagon box, some Whlifletrees, can't
hooks. old axes. etc, was not game
enough to let them sell. He bid III the
wagon box at $40. canthOols at ~,
whifIietree outfits at S4.o0. ana
broken grub hoe at $1.50 The sale
might as we'll have been called OH
right there as the men who brought
stock all wanted Il little more than 1t
would have brought on the Chicago
market. or more than 1t was worm
under the hammer at home There
were. however. a few men who were
game and who put no bid on the things
hey brought there.
Mr. Simmons brought III some pure
bred Duroc Jersey pigs and said to
ell them at what they would bring. ana
thpy sold at fair prices. This Is the
only way to conduct an auction sale.
as when one begins to by bid or put on
reserve bids the sale might as we'll be
called off at once.
I. I. McCOmhS, Of KEENAN,. and the
farm editor of the NeWS-Budget were
fine auctioneers. and were ably assist
Il by I4iehhardt & Mullen, partners.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
RVTYTNG WILD LAND
Is A GOOD BET NOW

We are glad to note the fact that
settlers are getting to the point where
they refuse to sell their land There
is plenty of just as good land mere Ill
the wild state which is offered at 81
TO $50 per acre according to location
and character Of the soil. The time TO
huv such land is now, when it increases
rapidly in value by clearing and bulld-
ing on it.
The fact that our improved farms
are selling all the way from 500 to
$3.50 per acre makes it very attract
i've business proposition for farmers 10
buy wild land and improve it.
One of our leading land firms has
sold about 5000 acres Of land this
spring. most of it being wild land. on
which they help the settler to a house
harm. stock. tools and clearing, mus
giving him many Of the advantages or
y cleared farm to start with
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
OUT AFTER LAND
CLEARIN G p K | L +

NJ Il. Heberly, who lives three miles
north and two miles west Of Ladysmith.
has given warming that he is out after
the high prize III his territory and feels
that he has a good chance to win the
grand prize offered by the National
Land C0loniZing Co. i'll the big RuSk
county land clearing contest. MI
Heberly has had no crops to tend and
has put in good time clearing. although
he had TO take time to put UP his build
ings which consist of a small house
and chicken house. Mr.. Heberly says
he would like to keep on clearing land
but as every contestant has something
to keep him from working all the time
ne has to go and work out awhile 10
keep going Mr.. Heberly bought his
land last fall and has been working on
it since January He has clearing so
bic that it surprises the natives.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
ANOTHER GOOD RUSK co. FARM

IsadOre Guns owns 191 acres of fine
land east Of Ladysmith couple OF
niles. on the south side of the Tony
road. This summer he has built a new
addition to his barn SO that the out
side measurements are now S4X1O0. l.
shape, the old part being 81 feet and
the new part 3S feet wide. He has one
Of the best houses in the county, 27X42,
with full basement and a big furnace.
1t has a pump in the kitchen so water
is handy for the house. Their yard
has about forty apple and ten plum
trees. besides the ornamental varieties.
There are 40 acres free from brush
and Is of these acres are stumped and
plOwed Twenty COWS are MIXED, and
four sows. eleven pigs and boar are
kept on this place.
Mr.. Guns and wife moved here fiji
teen years ago, and they, with the help
of the older children, have developed
one of the best farms in Rusk county.
A farm home like this should never be
sold.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
HAWKINS FARMER is
BUSY CLEARING LAND

W. Il. Harvey has lived on his farm,
three miles south of Hawkins. for four
teen years He had only seven acres
cleared up to the time the Rusk county
land clearing contest got to going this
spring. and since that time he has
cleared ten additional acres. We do
not knew whether Mr.. Harvey is i'll the
contest or not, but we do know that
more land. by twice over, will he
cleared i'll Rusk county this year as
was ever cleared i'll one year before.
Mr. Harvey has spent a lot OF time
working in the mills TO get money to
support his family. but now is spend
ing most of his time at home. He has
q house. 17X2S, and hay shed, 24X40.
He plans on putting a new addition
on the south end of the hay shed and
will keep all Of the COWS he can feed.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
FARMS STILL MOVING;
IOWA FARMS SELL HIGH

The farm editor is spending the week
in Iowa at the old stamping grounds
where he saw Iowa land advance from
the homestead stage 43 years ago to
prices ranging from 5000 to $1100 per
acre. There are a lot Of farm sales
listed in one leading paper this week
and prices are quoted at 5000 to S447.-
- per acre. The latter price was re-
Ieived at auction which proves the fact
that many people are Of the same mind
about the values of land here.
One thing the writer notices is that
the county seat papers in the counties
where the land sells at the highest
prices. are making a local news item Of
every sale they can hear of and the
higher the price the better they like
it. The buyers don't object to high
prices and if land is offered too cheap
they ask what is the matter with it,
The papers and land men make no eff
fort to keep the prices down or to make
local farmers think they are holding
their land too high They find out the
price of farm any farmer is foolish
enough to sell. and go out and sell it
for that price. We meet men every
Gay who are sorry they let the old
home 60 and are not content even with
their pockets full of money. Money
will never satisfy a farmers longing
for the old place. and he will never be
satisfied anywhere else. The ideal way
for farmer to retire is to build a
neat little house on the farm. rent the
land out to his children, and spend
the rest Of his days in peace. which is
much bct:or than moving to the city
where the high cost Of l0afing CON
fronts him at every turn.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
GROVE HAS FINE
START ON HIS FARM

H A. Grove has lived on his S0-acre
farm two and three-fOurthS miles west
of Hawkins, for three years. He has
a neat one-story house, a hay shed full
of hay, and some shed barns. On his
back forty he has ten acres Of good
oats and an acre Of potatoes. He has
nine acres more cleared ready to pillow.
This winter he expects to get out lum-
Der enough to build Il new barn, 34X00.
He has seven COWS. four heifers, and
keeps a pure-bred ShOrth0rn bull, of
milking strain. This year he rents the
Alexander farm. west of his farm. Mr..
Grove is getting good start on his
farm
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
TRAVEL ON GRAVEL;
BUILD NEW ROADS

The low spots of the Big Falls ROAD
that were erayeled as soon as the road
was huilt are in fine shape after three
wears of hard service. Gravel should
always be graded and the coarser lot
should he used for fills and the fine
gravel used OF top.
Gravelcd roads are Rusk county $
LEST bet. We would like to see more
roads built to accommodate settlers
and less money spent on the mann
pixies.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
THIS SHOWS THAT
A DVS. ARE RE A ID

\ Wesley, Iowa, dealer advertised a
tractor for $4,000, and the typist
made is read $500 Before the paper
lad been in the homes half hour this
lealer got dozen telephone calls from
}eople who wanted to buy Il tractor at
$500 Of course they knew it was IL
mistake but it shows plainly that farm
ArS that are i'll the market for tractors
II anything else read the advertise
nentS of the merchants who run them.
Thus the man who adertiSes his wares
consistently has a big lead over his
sleepy neighbor who thinks he is say
:ng money by keeping his light under a
buShel basket.
If you have goods to sell let people
know about it through your local news
paper.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
LADYSMITH BEST KNOWN
CITY IN NORTHERN WIS

Z. II. Fraser, of RoscmOnt. Mimi.
returned to his home the first of the
week. after visit with his parents at
Prentice.
Mr.. Fraser says that wherever You
90 everyone knows about Ladysmith
ara RuSk county. through their general
popularity. progressive citizens, and
the Rusk County Million Dollar Land
Clearing Contest.
That's what we get for having a
good country and by advertising the
fact.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
BOUNTY ON RABBITS

Rabbits are becoming so numerous
as to be a positive pest, vet a Hawkins
butcher tells us he was heavily fined
for buying a bunch of rabbits from
the boys around his town. Rabbits in
the brush here need no protection Of
any kind.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
TAYLOR COUNTY CONTEST

County Agent Kolb, the citizens, and
farmers of the west end of Taylor
county. are having a land clearing con-
test this summer. The farmers are
showing a great deal of interest in it
and many Of them are out after the
prizes offered. Down there they all
think the clearing contest is a good
thing to push the work of clearing.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13

@. Soil lives one and one-fourth miles
north of Hawkins He has n house,
16x24, barn 24X24, and hay shed
24x40. He is getting quite a start
with his brushing and clearing His
son. Jurgen, helps him summers and
works in the lumber yards in the win
ter
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13

T. Baribeau, who is starting a new
farm ON the Tony road, short dis
lance west of the corner south of Tony,
is digging the cellar and has the stone
and lumber on the grounds to build
his house. This farm will he big i'm
provement for that part of the country.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13

j. ID. Chupp and wife, Of EXeland,
were down to Ladysmith last week and
Mr. Chupp said NJ. Yoder, of Reno
county, Kansas, had been at his farm
for a visit Mr.. Yoder said that the
weather was very, dry in Kansas this
summer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
KILL THE OUACK NOW

The few patches Of quack that can
he ploWed now should be turned over
at once. and then be kept from throw
ing out leaves This will soon choke
it to death There is no need of having
quack in cleared fields, and a good
farmer will turn quack into fertilizer
by the above system
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13

T. w Beard. who lives : miles south
OF Ingram, sold his fine farm of 100
acres. with crops, to |. l.. Borntrager,
OF Sturgis. Mich. last week Mr.. Born
TRACER will take possession about Sep
TENDER 10.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13

Robert Anderson has about twenty
acres cleared on his S0-acre farm two
and half miles west OF Hawkins. He
has been there three years and has a
good house and some shed barns.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
LAND LOANS WANTED

RuSk county will go to the front
much faster when men who loan money
on land realize that they have sure
security. and begin to place first mort
cages up to 20 per cent OF the actual
conservative value of the land, as they
did in the older settled states when
land was selling at less than its value.
There is little danger of a farm beng
appraised TOO high here. as the I'M
proved farms are valued lower than
other comparative places because land
has been selling cheaper here than
there. If you have a good farm III
R1sSk county by all means keep it.
Insure in The leading agency III Rusk
county. Losses paid promptly With
ont discount Michaelson & Hughes
Company.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13

Everything has increased except In
surance rates. Protect your property
in the leading agency in Rusk county.
+. M. Doyle company.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13

If you had a fire today how far
would your insurance money go toward
replacing the loss? Think It over and
zee or call up T. M. Doyle Company.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13

w. f. Harvey, fire warden for the
had to put out notices to prevent fires
here in the four years he has held that
office
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13
RUSK COUNTY FARM ITEMS
News That VIII Interest Our City
Readers as Well as the TillerS
of the Soil

Bert V. Hare is building fine cot
tage on his land at the corner south of
Tony.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-08-13

Money to loan-McGill K Williams
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-01-23
DENIAL MADE Of
SIMS STATEMENTS
SECRETARY DANIELS NEVER ToL1
HIM TO BE WARY OF THE
BRITISH.
PROBE MAY BE STARTED
Leaders Of Republican Faction In the
Senate viii Demand investigation,
and II So, Navy Department VIII
Ask It Be. complete.

Washington Daniels in q
letter forwarded TO Chairman Page OF
the Senate naval affairs committee, de-
clared that it was not he who had told
Admiral VIM. S. Sims before the adj
miral's departure in March, 1917, for
London, mot to let the British pull the
wool over your eyes," and that the
United Statse would as soon fight the
British as the Germans" Testifying
before a Senate naval subcommittee
investigating naval awards, Admiral
Sims said such admonition had been
given him "by a high official" before
he left the United States and quoted
from a letter recently written by Mr..
Daniels and entitled certain naval
lessons of the great war;" which ar
raigned in sharp terms many aspects
of the navy departments conduct of
the war.
Secretary Daniels in his letter to
Senator Page said that Admiral Sims
letter had been referred to the general
board OF the navy for action and that
"at the proper time and in the proper
way any fair-mindcd investigator viii
be convinced that the allegations re-
flecting upon the vigorous, effective
and successful prosecution of the war,
so far as the navy department and
the entire navy are concerned, are
based on opinions which are without
justification.
Republican leaders have decided to
insist upon a general inquiry into the
war operations of the navy.
Officials Of the navy department de-
clared that If the complete Senate ma
val affairs committee undertakes an
investigation of Admiral Sims charges
it will have to summon not only Secre-
tary Of the Navy Daniels but Admiral
Benson as well. Navy officials say
Admiral Sims assertion regarding the
instructions to be wary Of the British
resolves itself into question Of fact.
1t was also asserted that 1t was unfair
for Admiral Sims before Senate sub
committee to make a statement d that
nature without repeating the entire
conversation which took place at the
time so that ITS meaning could be
fully appreciated.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-01-23
SENATORS URGED
.s, =
TO RATIFY TREATY
REPRESENTATIVES OF 100000
AMERICANS CALL ON LODGE
AND HITCHCOCK.
WOULD BREAK DEADLOCK
Labor Unions, Churches, Agricultural
and Educational Bodies Exert Pres.
sure for Ratfcatlon-Con-
ferences Are Held.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that Dem
Ocratic and Republican senators were
united in endeavoring to undo the
treaty deadlock and to avoid carrying
the treaty issue into the coming pc
litical campaign were given by Sen.
ators Lodge, of Massachusetts,, and
Hitchcock, of Nebraska, Republican
and acting Democratic leaders, respec-
lively, to spokesman of rs organizations
claiming to represent 100000 people
DESTROYS of early qualification of the
treaty.
These organizations were repre-
scented:
American Rights League, American
Federation of Labor Association Of
College Alumnae, League to Enforce
Peace, Dairymen's League, National
Educational Association, Department
OF Superintendent, United Society Of
Christian Endeayor, Federal Council
of Churches of Christ in America,
Church Peace Union, World Alliance
of Churches for International Friend
ship Through the Churches, Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World,
Agricultural Press Of the United
States, National Board of Farm Or.
ganizations, American School Citi-
zenship League, General Federation of
Women's Clubs, National Council of
Women, National Women's Christian
Temperance Union, World Peace
Foundation, Order of Railroad Con-
ductors, Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen, Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union,
National Grange, National Conference
of Social Workers, Women's Nonpar-
tisan Committee for League of Ma,
tions and League of Free Nations AS.
ISOLATION.
A copy of the petition urging imme-
date approval of the treaty was taken
to the White House by Bishop VIII.
liam F. Mcdowell and Mrs. j. Bor-
den Hartman. 1t was handed to Sec.
rotary Tumulty for presentation to
the president.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-01-23
APPROVAL GIVEN
WATERWAY PLAN
$2o,ooo,ooo PROJECT OF ILLINOIS
HAS RECEIVED APPROVAL
OF GOVERNMENT.
FROM LAKES TO THE GULF
Effort Of Many Years Successful-Mi,
slssippl Valley Is to See Great
Commercial Expansion
Work Starts Soon.

Chicago-Permit for construction OF
the Illinois waterway, which will open
to water-borne commerce 15,000 miles
OF inland rivers in the middle west and
connect Chicago with New Orleans,
was received by Gev. Lowden, Of ILL
nois, from the war department. The
project includes improvement Of the
Des PLANES and Illinois rivers between
Lockport and Utica.
Besides connecting Chicago with the
gulf, it will provide water route
from the Great Lakes to st. Paul,
Minneapolis and other northwest CEN
tiers, either by way Of the Illinois
river to st. Louis or by the Hennepin
Canal, as a short route from the Hi.
nois river to Rock Island and Daven.
port 1t will also give Chicago direct
water connection with Pittsburgh and
Ohio cities.
The cost of the waterway will be
about $2O,000,000. There will be re.
turn to Illinois from wateTpower Of
approximately $1,OOO,OOO year, and
this power will save half million tons
Of coal annually.
Actual construction will be started
soon, much preliminary engineering
work having already been done. /,
Construction of this waterway has
been agitated for many years, and it
is said that Father Marquette contem-
plated it. For the last 20 years state
administrations have sought in vain
TO secure government approval and
permit of construction. The opening
OF this water route will be of great
commercial importance to st. Louis,
Memphis, Kansas City and the south.
west.
The project will be in accord with
Improvement of the Mississippi, Ohio
and Missouri rivers by the govern
ment. Locks will be 500 feet long,
Ito feet wide, accommodating fleets
Of barge-type boats carrying $500 to
5000 tons of freight.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-01-23
SAYS WILL NOT SURRENDER
Democratic Leader Says VIII Not Give
In TO Those Who Would De-
stroy Treaty.

Washington. - Senator Gilbert NJ.
Hitchcock, leader In the Senate for the
administration forces in the fight for
the ratification of the German peace
treaty, denied with great emphasis the
charge made that he is delaying final
action on the pact.
Friends of the treaty are not pull.
ing back in the movement to effect a
compromise" said Senator Hitchcock.
I'VE have made all OF the advances to
date. | named conservative men on
the informal committee to consider
changes.
"But. I want to make plain this
fact: We are not going to surrender to
those who would destroy the treaty
submitted to the Senate"