Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-06-03
BADGER STATE
| HAPPENINGS

From call boy for railroad at 10
years of age, to managing director of
the Green Bay Association of Com
merce is the record Of w. F. Kirwin,
who assumed the position left vacant
by the resignation of F. w. Luening
| of Milwaukee.
Henry Wise, 43 years old, of Fall
Creek, near Eau Claire, shot himself
| in the basement of the State Bank of
| Fall Creek, of which he was president.
| The body was discovered by Carl
Voeckting, cashier. The affairs of the
bank were in perfect condition.
The Sheboygan County Fish and
Game Protective Association is offer
ing three prizes for the largest fish
caught in the county streams and
lakes: For the largest bass, an anti
back lash; for the largest pike or pick
erel, casting rod; trout, $40 worth OF
fishing supplies.
The Glidden Telephone Company
has just announced a new schedule of
rates which has been granted by the
railroad commission. Rental of bust
ness phones has been increased from
$3.50 to $500 per month and residence
phones from $3.50 to $1.75.
The deadlock between the carpen-
terS' union and the master builders.
which has existed in ShebOygan since
May /, was broken when both sides
compromised on the matter of wage
l top a
work The original demands of the
association provided for cut from 80
to rs cents an hour. A deadlock re-
suited until compromise was reached
at 821A cents.
AS a result of a gathering of Wis
consin County Agricultural Represen-
tatives at Ashland, Washburn county
was selected as the next county in
which to hold the Northern Wisconsin
Mid-Winter Grain Show. The grain
show was conducted at Superior last
year. This year the show will be held
at Spooner. Although the dates have
not been officially stated, it is believed
that the show will be held on JAN Z,
s, and 9.
The Wisconsin civil service COM
mission announces that several posi-
tons are open in the state health serv-
ice. Opportunities are offered in the
positions of director and assistant dl-
rector of the bureau of communicable
diseases with the state board Of health,
pediatrist and supervising nurse with
| tho child uyN1faro huroa11 In the VET
Urinary field, the position of assistant
veterinary is open. Except in the case
of supervising nurse, no written eX-
animation is required.
Guernseys, Holsteins, Poland Chinas,
Percherons and Clydesdales are varie-
ties of horses, according to members
of a class in agricultural economics at
the Superior State Normal School.
Cabbages grow underground, wheat
should be grown head up, and farmers
make the mistake of keeping a bee,
according to members of this same
class. The questions were not in the
book Prof Van Patter tried the names
of automobiles passing the classroom
They all knew.
The new state law requiring the
double platoon system for fire depart
ments means that Manitowoc by next
January will be obliged to add IA men
to it's force of fire fighters at an addi-
tional expense of $18,260 year. At
present the personnel of the two fire
! stations numbers Il men, including the
chief. The number will now be in
creased to 35 Under present schedule
local fire department men receive
$1,329 the first year of service with an
increase of SIS a month the second and
third years.
In 1920, q Oneida county potato
growers passed the second state seed
inspection and were issued certificates
on 507 acres The varieties Inspected
were: Green Mountains, Rurals, Kings,
Cobblers, Triumphs and Early Ohlos.
Many Oneida county growers intend to
apply for field inspection this year
even though they do not intend to sell
their crop for seed. They feel that by
having inspection they are kept in.
formed as to the condition of their
seed and are thus aided in increasing
the quantity and quality of their pota'
toes.
Burnett county added $7,640,144 to
the value of it's farm lands and build.
ings in the last ten years, according
to a report of the department of COM
merce. This is an increase of 1877 per
cent. On January 1, 1910, farm lands
were valued at $4,176,734. Ten years
later the figure had swelled to- SILL
1858. The number of farms in
creased Il per cent, or from 1876 to
1872. The number Of owners in
creased 8 per cent, while tenant oper
ated farms jumped II per cent. The
total number of acres farmed in
creased 46 per cent in 10 years, that
is from 226,57O to 236,886 acres. I'M
proved acres increased 40 per cent, or
from 56,5O1 acres to 1851 acres. POI
tato production showed the most
marked gain, an increase of 2,4S5 acres
in 1909 to STA acres in 1919.
Applications for work far exceeded
+bo coils for work during the first