Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-09-09

Unable to jump to safety after their
automobile had stalled on the North
western tracks at Augusta, two men
we're killed when the car was struck
AMI hurled 800 feet by the Minneapolis
flyer
Alfred Pope, 1, was drowned in
water trough on the Jewett stock farm
east of New Richmond. The parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney S. Pope, and farm
hands were nearby, but the child made
40 cutlery. He had been dead half
hour when discovered.
Mrs. Earl Heath, prominent in civic
md club activities in Marinette, was
appointed jury commissioner for
Marinette county by Judge William b.
Quinlan of the twentieth judicial cir
cult. Mrs Heath is the first woman to
be named jury commissioner in Wis
eOnSin.
The Marinette branch of the Knights
Of Columbus expanded so rapidly that
the present clubhouse, recently pur-
chased, is too small A movement is
on foot to purchase the former Y. M.
c. A. block, twO-story brick ana
stone structure, for clubhouse pur-
poses.
Two suits for $4,000 each are the
outgrowth of an accident last year III
which Vernon Love, Ashland, ana
John Lucia, Hurley, were injured. Love
q
road, charging negligence. Love and
Lucia escaped serious injury, when
their automobile was smashed.
Twenty-Five members Of the Won
ans Relief Corps of Mayville attended
the naturalization proceedings IN
Judge Luecks court at Juneau. Inc
Americanization committee of the
corps presented each of about 40 sue
cessful candidates with silk flag and
patriotic badge.
Rusk county dairymen, representing
breeders of all types of cattle, toured
Barron county in an effort to learn the
methods of dairying employed by the
dairymen of Barron county. Ninety
dairymen of Rusk county were IN the
party and A O. Collentine, live stock
expert of the College Of Agriculture,
Madison, lectured and demonstrated
the best types of cattle and their care.
Fifty adult blind men coming from
Sc cities in Wisconsin and one from
Missouri, completed an eight weeks
course at the summer school of the
OF
Twenty-eight were given certificates
forprofciency in player piona repair
ing, weaving, basket making, canning
and hammock makig. The largest num-
Der from one city was from Milwaukee
with seven enrolled.
William Hottinger, rs, of La Crosse,
an inmate of the county insane asylum
at West Salem, murdered another IN
mate, James Kabalka, who had been
sent to the state asylum at Waupun
and later to West Salem, for murder
committed in Adams county. Hotting-
err beat Kabalka, who was about 70, to
death with floor polisher, stout club
with cloth wrapped around the end.
Col. Cyrus M. Butt, Viroqua, a pio-
neer citizen of Vernon county, died at
his farm home there. He was practl-
toner at law for 60 years, having been
admitted to the bar in Vernon county
in 1859. He was district attorney for
three terms, county judge IL years, as
semblyman one term, state senator
one term, mayor, alderman, school Of
official tenure more than 70 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Vieth and fam
lily, Marinette, went to Little Suamico,
Brown county, to join relatives in the
observance Of the eightieth birthday
anniversary of George A. Crosse, faith
er of Mrs. Vieth. A feature OF the
reunion was the playing OF an orches-
ira composed of members of the fam
lily, led by Mr.. Crosse, who in spite OF
his 80 years is active. Mr. Crosse is
a pioneer of Brown county.
A bitter fight has developed, it is
stated, over the proposed purchase by
the city of the power plant OF the
Oconto Servies+ company. Peshtlgo
The fight for the purchase is led by the
local newspaper, while the opposition
is aligned with a so-called publicity
committee on condemnation" The city
proposes to buy the plant on the
grounds that profits from the concern
will aid in reducing taxes. A special
election will be held on Sept to de
eide the matter.
w. Stanley Smith, prohibition COM
missioner, returned to Madison from
an inspection trip of the state which
occupied the greater part of last week
He reports that the Severson enforce
ment law is being generally complied
with wherever he investigated. Con-
ferences were held with district attor-
news of several counties to talk over
matters of enforcement All OF those
interviewed were Interested IN secur-
ing strict enforcement of the measure,
Mr.. Smith said.
A fire, believed to be the most serl-
Gus in the rural districts of ManitoWoc
hos