Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-06-17

sin conservation commission.
The Rev. l. G. Gruenwald, 48 years
old, of ST. Boniface's church, Aniwa,
Langlade county, died at hospital in
Amigo as the result of injuries when
his automobile stopped Oh the railway
crossing at Whitcomb and was hit by
a train.
Capital stock of the State Bank OF
Florence has been increased from
$4,000 to $4,000, effective July i.
The stock consists of $50 shares at a
par value of 500 each. There are rs
new shareholders, all residing in Flor
ance county.
Eight of 13 prizes offered by the La
Crosse Conservation club for the best
essays written on conservation of fish
and game were won by pupils of the
Onalaska high school, where a regular
course in conservation was instituted
after the contest was started.
Borne to the grave by comrades who
were within few feet of him when
he was struck by shell and killed in
the Argonne, the remains of Corporal
Selmer G.. Simonson were inferred in
Oak Grove cemetery, La Crosse. He
was a member of Company G, One
Hundred and Twenty-first machine gun
battalion.
The largest convention of young peo-
! pie in the history of Menasha will be
held when the Wisconsin Endeavorers
meet June 20 to 26. The convention
! will mark the fortieth anniversary of
the founding of the Wisconsin En-
deavor society. Speakers of wide
! reputation are on the program.
After three years work as assistant
| pastor of st. Mary's Roman Catholic
church, GAINESVILLE, the Rev. Joseph c.
| Neumann has been appointed by Arch
J bishop Messmer, Milwaukee, as as
sistant pastor of the Holy Redeemer
church, Madison. The Rev Francis
| Finnegan of the Holy Rosary parish,
Milwaukee, will succeed him.
Agreement by which the strike at
the Northern Paper mills, Green Bay,
was called off and work resumed was
i reached after a conference between
| officials of the mill and committee
of strikers. In the compromise the
strikers agreed to accept the wage re-
duction of 1921 per cent, which caused
the walkout Mar 16, and the company
officials agreed to give every former
employee his job and abandon the in
! tended open shop policy.
! Probably the largest funeral ever
held in Kewaunee county was that of
Capt. Ralph Perry, who was killed in
France. Soldiers and sailors from
three counties accompanied the body
to the grave. Perry, who was %, was
one of the youngest captains from this
state in the service. He was shot Nov.
10, 1918, the day before hostilities
ceased, and lived IL days in French
| hospital. He was a son OF Melvin
Perry, former state senator, manu-
| facturer of Algoma.
Fond du Lac school children gained
/ 20 per cent in weight as result of
! milk being served each morning in the
public graded schools. A total Of 3d.,
900 half-pints have been served. The
serving of milk in the public schools
was begun three years ago by the AS
ISOLATED Charities. The milk is served
| to those children whose parents can
not afford to buy it for them. The eff
| fort by the Fond du Lac organization
met with such marked success that the
work has been continued. Each child
is given one of the half-pint bottles of
|
Peninsula state park in Door county,
one of the largest and most pic
| turesQue natural parks in the middle
west, is being acclaimed by motorists
as affording ideal camping sites. Its
1000 acres, bordering on the vast
waters of Green bay, offer sites along
| the main travelled highway of route II.
Of the 100000 tourists and motorists
who visited Door county last year up
ward of 80 per cent visited the state
park, according to the figures compiled
by the Door County Chamber of Com
merce.
A canvass of "lost articles" depart
ments of stores and offices indicates
that in Green Bay at least women are,
more forgetful than men. Nearly
every store was holding at least one
hat, owned by some women who had
rushed out without her millinery.
Street car company officials also
claimed that women were more for
getful Umbrellas are most often for
gotten but the list of articles awaiting
owners at the street car cOmpanys
office included everything from baby
shoes to overcoats and even one baby
carriage.
Washburn county's 10000 acre
schedule land clearing campaign will
add 100000 to the value of Wash
burn county farm land property ac-
cording to announcements of officials
of the county clearing committee.
More than 900 farmers have Joined the
clearing campaign and each has agreed
to clear at least ten acres of wild land
1t is expected that 1000 farmers of