Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-10-14

Il William J. Mathews, &c. former
chairman of the Dunn county board
of supervisors is dead of irit!ries re-
ceiyed while threshing on his farm
near Colfax.
/ Pleading guilty to a charge of bur-
glarizing the Watertown Canning COM
pany, Theron Ebert, WATERFOWL, was
sentenced to eighteen months in state
prison at Waupun.
The state conservation commission
has sent out warning to all town
chairmen in Northern Wisconsin to
stop all fires in their infancy. October
and early November are regarded as
the critical period for forest fires.
The labor situation in and about
OcOnto, has suddenly shown an inn
provement Local lumber companies
have received large orders which in
sures work for most of the winter
and logging operations will soon start.
Petitions do not count with the city
council of Barron, which voted $4,000
for the purpose of employing city
nurse Two petitions were presented
to the council, one in favor OF nurse
with 287 names, and the other against
it with 406 names.
Identity of the man who killed him.
self after severely beating Sam Lee,
Chinese laundryman, of Green Bay,
was established by a coroner's jury
as Fred Hardnek. Identification was
made from army discharge papers
issued at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana.
His home is believed to be in NUM-
sing, Mich.
The highest salaried official of the
state of Wisconsin is now receiving
salary twice that paid to any con-
stitutional officer including Gov.
Blaine. At a recent meeting of the
state highway commission Highway
Engineer A. R. Hirst had his salary
increased from $625 month to $833.33
a month. This is equivalent to sal
airy of $4,000 year.
The first frost of the season arrived
just late enough to avoid damage to
the largest acreage and best crop of
| tobacco ever grown in Vernon county.
Harvest of the weed commenced in
early August and closed Oct. l. The
customary field contracting of tobacco
in past years was not attempted by
buyers, and not a single crop has
been taken over by local or foreign
dealers.
Chippewa Indians on the Couderay
Indian reservation in Sawyer county
have conferred with state officials re-
garding the rights of section 16 in
each township on the reservation.
This land was held out years ago,
and sold as school lands at white peo-
pie who have logged it and the title
has passed through a number of hands
since it's sale years ago, the receipts
for the lands sold going for school
purposes. The title involves several
thousand acres of good reservation
land
The record of Adj. Gen. Orlando,
HOlway, in administering the Wiscon-
sin National guard is praised by Gov.
Blaine today in letter advising the
general that it is the desire of the
general that he be retained at his
post despite the fact that he has
reached retirement age. The statute
provides that the governor may re-
appoint the adjustant general when
be becomes 81 years of age. Gen
Holway recently became eligible to
retirement, after eight years service
in his present position and more tina,
80 years as a member of the guard.
Wisconsin stands eighth among the
states in the number of manufacturing
establishments and tenth in the value
of goods manufactured, the census
board has announced. The number
of manufacturing plants in Wisconsin,
is 1884 employing 265,200 wage earn
ers. The output of products yearly
averages ,883,608,000. There are
526,188 dwellings, in Wisconsin to
house it's 2,632,O00 people or an aver
age of five persons to dwelling, the
census board announced on Monday in
order that each family might have a
separate house to live in there would
nave 10 ne OJ,lZO uOIuCS
in Wisconsin at once, the statement
showed there are 595,316 homes for
526,18S families.
A temporary injunction retraining
the Wisconsin Cooperative society
from selling it's profit sharing deben-
lures in Wisconsin under~their present
form has been issued by Judge e.
Ray Stevens of the Dane county cur
cult court. The judge in granting
application of the state for an injunc-
ton said that in his opinion the plan
of business was not cooperative, but
left open the question of any action
on the part of the court should the
form of contract of the society be
changed. r. M. Hoyt, deputy attorney
general, prosecuting the case, said
that if a change in the form of con-
tract is made without changing the
manner of doing business, the state