Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-07

Poor children of La Crosse will not
want for shoes this winter. AS re-
suit OF one newspaper appeal, Supt.
Dewey of the Rescue mission found
his quarters swamped with children's
shoes
The number of employees in factories
in Wisconsin decreased sc per cent in
November as compared with October,
according to the monthly labor market
report of the industrial commission.
Theodore H. Mann, rs years old,
o. j. Bentley, Wausaukee, Marinette
county, claims the state potato cham
pionship. He raised LOO bushels of
Rural New Workers on two acres of
land this year The land had been in
pasture for several years. Last year
it was planted TO peas
Dist. Atty Foglo of Rusk county an
nounces that Immediately after Jan. l
he VIII begin prosecution OF all those
in the county who have failed to COM
ply with the new state dog tax law.
This will mean several hundred prose
cutions.
A new Madison bank formed by the
merging OF the First National, the
Central Wisconsin Trust company and
the Merchants and Savings bank, is
to have resources Of 100000 A
corporation has been formed to man
age the building of new banking
house on the capitol square.
George Stivers. Maiden Rock, 60, ac-
cidentally shot himself while hunting
and died without regaining conscious
ness. Snow had plugged the barrel
Of the gun and Mr.. Stivers was blow
ing into the barrel to remove it when
the gun was discharged, the bullet
entering the brain.
Over 5000 empl5ses Of the five
plants Of the Aluminium Goods Manu-
F., featuring company, ManitOwOc, at TWO
| Rivers, St. Louis and Newark, received
! holiday gifts of cash, aggregating sew
eral thousand dollars. Every employee
of the company, in whatever capacity
shares in the distribution.
Florence Martin was granted a di-
vOrce from J.. f. Martin of Kenosha.
! She alleged that he induced her to
marry him, not because he loved her,
! but because he thought it would help
him escape from a breach of promise
suit by another woman. She is still
! to have hearing on her claim to q
division of $4,000 of property.
An American Legion meeting of
statewide Importance will be held in
Marshfield during January The Will
liam j. Lesselyoung post, No. 81, will
act as host to delegates from all the
posts in Wisconsin, with National
| Commander Galbraith, Glaudius G..
Pendill, state commander, and prob
ably Mai. Gen Wood, as guests of
| honor.
The Oshkosh lodge of Elks made
| $50 boys and girls happy Christmas
! by having a big tree at the lodge room
and giving all gifts Of good things to
eat and useful articles. Santa Claus
did the distributing. Elks present
raised SGT for widow and seven chill
dren. The Commercial Travellers and
Salvation Army distributed large num-
| bers of Christmas baskets to needy
families
Roy Reul, Jefferson, manager of the
/ Jefferson Auto company, was all fixed
up to play Santa Claus, except that
| he had loaded his stock of gifts into
q coupe instead of having them hauled
by team of reindeer. The presents
were worth 500. Just as he was to
start out, he discovered that the coupe
and gifts had been stolen. The auto
was found abandoned west of Fort At
kinson but the presents were gone
The Sank County Democrat of Bara-
boo will suspend publication at the
close of the year, according to r. j.
Osborne, manager of the Sank County
Publishing Co.. which has conducted
the paper for the last six years. The
company will continue it's general
printing business, and is expanding its
plant. The Democrat expires on its
| forty second birthday. 1t has been the
only Democratic newspaper in Sank
county.
! Following a quarrel over a card
game in which it is said Christmas
festivity and home brew largely fig
ured. Ernest Stalder was shot at the
Oak Grove cheese factory, near Darl-
ington. Two bullets penetrated Stall
| der's heart, killing him instantly.
| Herman Blauser was arrested and
! brought to Darlington for preliminary
hearing. He stated that he would
plead self-defense.
When Ed. Stranger Lewis, well
known in Wood county as Bob Freder-
| icks, came back to Wisconsin Rapids
from New York after his wrestling
match with Stecher, and went on down
TO his home in Nekoosa, where he Wis
| tied his parents, Wood county well
coined home their second worlds
champion wrestler. A few years ago
: f. BeeH. Marshfield, came home wear
ing the crown which he had wreSted
| from Frank Gotch. A few years pass
and Bob comes home, victor over Ed.
Stecher, who has thrown practically
every. serious contender for the wrest-
ling title The victory over Stecher