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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
Keep Town TreaSurerS, Abolish Other
Officers, Fears Revolution
Editor NcWS-Budget

|
Dear Sir Since your issue of Jam
! II brought to light taxation III Il light
| form | will. if allowed. pass ii few re-
marks on the subject. As for banks
and county treaSurerS to collect tax,
do not see the saving. 1t is only
taking it from the taxpayer and giving
it to another to reap the benefit as we
all know when the office is vacant.
What we want to even up matters is
| to keep down the valuation of our cOun-
| ty. thereby not giving our county board
the right to keep ON bonding the coun-
| ty continually. Take for instance if |
or any other farmer were to raise our
farms in excess of what it is worth III
order to borrow more money. what
would the outcome be? | should judge
the poor house. and this is the way our
county board is conducting affairs at
t he present time.
Not only this but take our county
nurse, for instance. riding around the
county visiting our schools, taking up
our valuable time. while our high
priced teachers stand by and look on.
| should Judge it is time enough for
her to come when something goes
wrong with the pupils. As it is. they
pay no attention to demonstrations of
any kind. therefore our time and money
is wasted. her salary So. 1860 and
what time taken up would fetch her
salary to an enormous sum. not Tor
getting the county agent. the super
wishing teacher and urging all kinds OF
helpers which under the present strain
of taxation could. / judge. be conduct
ed at far less expense.
Next comes our present highway sys-
! tenn. Look at the extravaganza me
| officers riding back and forth in their
ears where it could be taken care of
at far less expense.
Nor is this all. Our patrolmen in
summer time dragging i'll six or seven
inches Of dust and doing no good what
ever. instead Of putting gravel on
where there is plenty close by. and
would do some good when once on the
roads.
| Last. but not least. comes our poor
farm. Why run Il business that is not
be-Such Il large farm and
buying grain for feeding purposes
Should any farmer exert himself III
that way, how long would he last? In
nv opinion. scarcely over six months
again talk poor farm. We certainly
must have them all over Rusk county
as I see by the county report OF bills
/ paid in all corners of The county for
poor.
Let us in this glorious Rusk county
join in by those letters and try for once
to reduce taxation. | am sure it can
he done if taken in the right way. 1t
cannot be done by bonding and lining
the pockets of the other man.
FRED STOKER
Glen Flora. Wis Jan. II. 1921.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
WHO CHASED III AWAY?

Keep Payroll Dollar at Home" is
the glaring headline over an article III
a far-weStern Democratic paper urging
local people to buy goods manufactured
at home That paper clrcuates large
IL in territory that produces wheat
and wool and cattle. yet during the
Congressional session of 1913 when the
tariff bill was under discussion the
editor of that periodical supported the
free trade efforts of the Wilson admin
iStratiOn. The same paper has been
4 consistent defender of the Wilson
Underwood tariff law. whose prOvis-
ions permitted enormous impOrtatl0nS
Of Canadian wheat. Australian and
ARGENTINE wool Mexican. Canadian
and Argentine cattle. and various aSrl-
cultural commodities from those and
other countries. Think of the hypOc-
riSy of urging Keep the payroll dol
lar at home" after supporting Il tariff
law that aids foreigners i'll sending
their goods here and taking away our
dollars.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
THE HOT LUNCH
QUESTION IN SCHOOLS

| 1t seems as though the hot lunch in
schools has come to stay. If it is a
good thing to serve hot lunches for the
| children from the country with their
dinner meal. and this lunch is served
| from money raised from taxes. why
| should it not apply to all the children
BIN the district?
] have attended the country schools
in my time and had to sit down to Il
| be cOntented while IL hot one would
| have been much preferred. but in the
good old days when the only tranSpOr-
tatiOn we had was to walk if you
wanted an education. and if YOU did
not want to walk YOU could stay home,
and do the next best thing. Those days.
/ slice Of cold bread With little but
:cr spread over il. and sealed up with
a little mol;lsseS or possibly syrup. was
considered the necessary bill of fare
ii child needed.
! ! don't want the reader to think |
am of that opinion today. | believe
| N transportation. Capitalization Of
Inner for the children. But not in
| the way we are having it ut the pres
mt time If Il hot bowl of cocoa or
soup is good. Il hot meal served would
| Nc Il whole lot better: not only for the
.hildrcn but for the mother as well.
As we have it in different places
| now, we are serving at least one hot
| fish for the country children on cold
laws: but how about the children liv-
ne in the village? They 60 home 10
heir meal. That may seem good TO the
children that go home but that mother
mas TO have her meals on time i'll order
hat they get back to school III time.
md also has to pay her proportionatc
share of the taxes for the money
spent in the hot dishes prepared at the
school. which is Of no benefit to her.
! How about the mother in the country!
She has 10 prepare a meal just the
anne as She did when there were no
hot lunches. for her children. and YOU
all know the work She has to get the
children ready in the morning. saying
nothing about getting lunch ready for
hem.
How much nicer wouldn't it be. if we
made provisions to serve complete
Inner at the school for every child
here. hy hiring Il cook to supervise
md cook the food. with the assistance
# the domestic science girls. SO as to
pare the mothers the extra work of
cooking dinner for the school children
md doing away with the dinner pail?
| think it would he blessing to ev-
ny mother in the rural district. and
benefit to every child if such az
engagements could be made, and i'll that
way. the expense would be equally
distributed among all the taxpayers.
md the benefits would come to all
hose who had children
What is Your suggestion?
b. A. GRTNSETH.
Ingram. Wis.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
PRICELESS RECORDS DESTROYED

The Census Bureau is located in
what was built to be an absolutely
lireproof building. but a carpenter shop
WAS located in the basement, Shavings
were permitted to accumulate, en-
ployeS were permitted to smoke cigar
cites. a. fire resulted and S2,ooo"oo
worth of damage was done. Now il is
urged that Il "Fcdcr;H Archives Build
ing" be erected. But what's the Use.
if a carpenter shop is to hc located in
the basement S!avingS accumulated.
and cigarettes smoked therein?
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
NOW THE CHINESE

RuSk county is Just completing Il
drive" to raise money to keep the poor
people of southeastern Europe and Ar
mcna from starving Now comes the
fGrchoding information that millions
estimated at from twenty to forty-of
Chinese will starvc before another har-
vest in their country. unless America
comes to the rescue.
Just last week we read of a great
shipment of eggs from China to this
country. 1t appears as though Chinese
SPECTATORS care more for private pEot-
its than they do for the welfare OF their
starving countrynef. Those eggs
should he eaten by Chinese. if they are
fit to eat ut all. Americans would
rather pay little more for domestic
eggs than have to contribute money to
save the Chinese.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
ON HIGH TAXES

editor NewS-Budget
Taxes everywhere. ! thought
according to Il couple Of articles i'll
your farm department that only III
North Dakota farmers have high taxes.
ma now a. Y. Dicderich. farmer i'll
Dewey town. according 10 your article
II the farm department. is kicking on
high taxes here and tries to put the
,lamc on your department.
do not think this department has
my Influence on our taxes. like tC
"cad the NcwsBudgct. especially the
farm Department. hut / wish. when YOU
ire at it, YOU would give us the whole
tory of the farmers business not only
me Sdc-the fine sidc-and nothing
lbout the other side.
The reason why \. Y. Diedcrich and
uany other farmers are kicking is this
The tax of \. Y. Dicdcrich i'll 1919
vas SG5.17: in 1919 was S1O.11: ano
II 1920 is S1OS.70 on land and stock.
My tax on forty acres Is years age
started with $500; in 1920 | pay SIG
50. land. personal and dog tax includ
ed. and this is the way with every
farmer in our town.
Yes. it is time for the farmers t
wake up and find ont who the men arc
with this tax monkpyWrench and tel
them this 50 they cannot screw taxes
highcr-or leave the wrench there an(
change the hands.
Yours truly.
JOHN MIKIS SKA.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
TWO NEGROES ARE LYNCHED
Mob Draes Men From Jail and Shoots
Them to Death

Norlina, n. C.-Alfred Williams and
Plummer Bullock, two Negroes, were
taken from the Warren county Jail
at Warrenton by a masked mob and
shot to death.
Bullock was said to be the init
gntor and Williams one of the leaders
of the Negroes in the clash. About $50
men We're in the mob that entered the
Jail The two Negroes were taken
into the woods about mile outside
Of town and their bodies riddled with
bullets
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
ANOTHER BIG OUT

The annual legislative appropriation
bill. providing salaries for most of the
federal employees in Washington. has
been reported to the House carrying Il
to1al Of SIP 72S.43S That figure is
So. III 1876 less than the estimates of
the Democratic administrations and
means the discharge from the Federal
service Of 121S3 clerks at the end of
the present fiscal year June 30. 1921.
The NcwS-Budgct believes that that
number Of clerks could he spared.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28

farmer. and let us go farther and re-
Il farmer clears an acre. exempt him
from faxes on it-dont raise the as
;,Ssed valuation until he can at least
get Il crop from it-then there will be
some induccmcnt for Il new settler to
do his best.
Farmers. wake up. Let yourselves
be theard in Il new way that our law
makers will take notice.
A. II. PLANT.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
POTATO GROWING PLANS

The low price received for the 1920
crop Of potatoes is not going to stop
potato production i'll this part of the
country. Jim Mitchell says that he is
going to plant forty acres to potatoes
the coming season. on his South Fork
farm. Indications are that seed will
be cheap, except certified seed. which
will be Il factor in potato acreage plans.
Certified seed has been selling this
winter ut $50 per hundred.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28

We notice that Madam Dora IS at
Barron. prepared to read the palms of
I'LL who desire to know their future.
etc. Her twin sister. Madam Flora. :
settled comfortably in Ladysmith Il few
weeks ago. prepared to do the same,
but The city council and the city attor-
lcy mfcclmgly prepared and adopted
an ordinance that decided her to seek
2rccncr fields.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
MAY AGAIN LEGALlZE BREWING
Revenue Department Told Gastritis
Epidemic Due to Homemade Beer.

Milwaukee-A communication sent
to Washington by Nelson A. White,
Federal prohibition Inspector for Wis
consin, may be the cause of the report
ed plan of the Internal Revenue de-
partment to permit the manufacture
of beer for medicinal purposes, it was
said in medical circles.
Scores of physicians have written
that an epidemic of gastritis was caus-
ed by homemade beer which is not
properly fermented. The physicians
urged that the breweries be permitted
to make beer
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
PIT BRIEFLY

Don't swear ut or about your tax
bill. advises the Bruce NewS-L etter.
Analyzr it and see what YOU arc pay
ing for that YOU don't really necd-or
need less than YOU need to have your
farm cleared up and improved.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28

God bless our farm editor. He has
experienced Il change of heart. by adj
vancing principles put forth by the nom
partisan league. socialists, and pro
grcSsive republicans. inaSmuch as he
says. Let us pay taxes to our county
treasurer
SO say we. cut out thlrty-SlX olncefS
and reduce taxes: also county super
viSorS. Shoot your biggest gun. brother
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
4 THRIFT WEEK IDEA

There is nothing wrong about Il silk
shirt Il ScalSkin coat. IL maid or Il but
Ter if YOU can afford them.-Bruce
Newsletter.
Not if there were no such thing as
envy in the world
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28

\ Iadysmilh restaurant proprietor
said that potatoes aren't worth much.
anyway They are composed of so per
cent water some starch. and Il little
other composition. Why. | would
rather have pound Of rice. for my own
ll~r. than Il buShcl Of potatoes. They
are taStclcSS things. However, his
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

\ friend Of the NcWS-Budget gives
il as his opinion that if town meeting
time came at taX-paying time, less
money would he voted to make taxes
high.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
USE DISCRIMINATION

Next time stranger approaches
YOU with request to contribute. just
ASK him if his plea has the endorsement
Of me Chamber Of Commerce. Other
wise. better investigate for yourself.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28

Florence. Alphabetically the en-
tire town of Killeen, nine miles from
here, was destroyed by fire, five stores,
the postoffice and three lodge halls be.
ing consumed.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28

\ fashion note says that the cX-
tremely decollette evening gown has
disappeared. Maybe it slipped under
a hook and eye or something.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
CAN YOU BEAT 1T?

We read of Il 40-acre ranch i'll RuSk
county where they pastured 80 head
of cattle and cut $50 tons of hay and
the forty was not all cleared. either
If there is any other county can
beat it let us hear from it
A. II. PLANT.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
POTATOES

4 farmer declared. the other day.
that if the farmers Of the country had
sold their potatoes last fall. the price
Of potatoes would be higher now. Tn
dunhtcdly. Higher to the consumer.
but the farmer would not have received
The benefit.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28

In view of the long-Standing ami
mostly between the sheep and cattle
interests on the western ranges, isn't
it the most natural thing in the world
that wooden hose should scratch east
cIm calves.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28

y cream separator up and exploded
at Shows Corners. Mimi. the other
day. That separated it. all right
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28

Seyenty-tiye per cent of al the en-
ployes of telephone companies arc
women. The telephone is a talking
device.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28

When the mercury stood at 1 below
the other morning we turned over and
continued our SnOOZe to the dreamland
strains, as we thought of Godowsky's
Rustic of Spring" Becoming wide
awake. however. we found it to he only
Big Bcn'S rustic of spring.
Publishers Auxiliary.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
KEEP TRAVELLING

Bainbridge Colby will complete his
iunkot at government expense JUST III
time to retire from office.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28

low opinion of the humble Spud is not
shared by his Norwegian &AI Irish
patrons.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
PEOPLES FORUM

Articles submitted for this department
must be on topic of general interest,
as short as possible and to the point
All articles must be signed, but, if
desired. the name of the author will
not be published
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
LET'S SMILE A BIT

An instrument called the bolometer
registers Il millionth of a degree OF
heat Our landlord has one.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28

If the voter will only remember his
high taxes at town mcetin. next April,
all this tax talk may amount TO some
lining
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-28
CIRCULATION STATEMENT

Mark K. Bell. being first duly
sworn. on oath says that he is
the publisher of the LadySmith
News Budget. published at La
dysmith. Wisconsin; that the
circulation Of said newspaper to
subscribers Of record for the is
sue Of January 1t. 1921. was
1911 copies. This does NOT in
cludc sample copies. single copy
sales. nor amy hut bona iidc sub
subscribers.
Total circulation Jan. IA issue
over 1875 copies.
MARK Il. BELL.
Publisher
Subscribed and sworn to be-
fore me this 24th day of January.
1921.
w. 4. blackburn. Notary Public
Wis. My com. expires May Is.
1924
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-21
Beacon
Indian Blankets
$500

The beautiful Gift of Utility.
-Uso them for auto robes,
couch covers, bed blankets,
travelling robes.
The same blankets that have
been selling at S7.s5. 100 new
ones, just arrived. will sell at
$500.
In the most attractive color
combinations you have ever
seen.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-21
AWonderful
Christmas
Business

we are having IL. lNOtc tIldl VIC
do not say: "A wonderful busi-
ness considering present condi-
lions" or "A wonderful business
considering Pueblo's food" No.
we say: "A wonderful business.
In our Mail Order Department,
we have broken all records.
The store in crowded from 9 in
the morning until 5 in the evening.
One hears much these days
about unrest" prices = strike
the probable up or down Of the
market.
But at Crews-Besss the policy
of Better Value is so well establish
ed-the organization so keenly
alive to the policy that be seas
calm or troubled. Crews-Beggs
goes along with an even keel-and
the end is ever the same.
Best Values Because Of Big
Just now. more than ever be-
fore. the sameness of the policy is
evidencing itself in the daily con-
hdcnce with which people buy at
Crcws-Begss.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-21

-Briley's Sleepy Time Tales. each ....... 81
-Briley's Tuck Me In Tales, each ..5s
-Briley's Slumber Town Tales, each ...... 81
Bailey Slumber Town Tales, each .5s
-Qg Books-and there's new title this 70
The Royal Book Of o. ................$2.(
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-21
BOOKS FOR LITTLE FOLKS
BIG BARGAINS In BOOKS

Any book in our Popular Fiction Stock by Zane
Grey, Harold Bell Wright. Gene stratton Porter.
James Oliver Curwood and many other popular
wrtters ....... .............. ..SOS
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-09
NOTABLE INCREASE OF STRENGTH
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY In ELECTION
HELD IN MANY STATES TUESDAY
OHIO TOWN ELECTS MAYOR
ON A PECULIAR PLATFORM

Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. "a man
who has lived in Youngstown only
three months and whose platform pro-
Vided for discontinuance of street car
service, turning the streets over to
iitney buses and for jaIng any citi-
zen who paid taxes under a recent
reValuation,. yesterday was elected
mayor over candidates backed by the
major party organizations. He is
George L. OIes, who came in from the
country, established a residence in
hotel and carried on an eccentric ad-
Vertisine campaign without the sup
port of any particular element or or
ganization.
Other 'planks" in Oles' platform in
cluded permitting spoonine" in city
parks under police protection, dis
the entire police force if it
doesn't mend its ways" and a prom
Use to turn his salary over to charity.
The women's vote is believed to
have been responsible for oes' elec-
ton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-09
DEMOCRATS GAIN
MANY SEATS IN
N. Y. ASSEMBLY
Only Woman Candidate In State Is
Defeated By Democratic
Opponent

Albany. N. Y, Nov. 9.-Incomplete
returns today indicated that the Dem
ocrats had gained many seats in the
New York state assembly. They
gained five seats upstate and many
more in New York city
Returns from 1876 assembly dis
trictS show the election of SO Repub-
licans, 40 Democrats and at least two
Socialists. The present assembly is
composed of 119 Republicans, 2S Dem
ocrats and two socialists, one seat
baying been made vacant by the ex-
pulsion of Henry Jager, Socialist.
Miss Margurite l.. Smith, of New
York, Republican, the only woman
member of the 1921 legislature, was
defeated by Democrat. One Brook
lyn district represented in the pres
ent legislature by a Socialist, was
lost to the minor minority. In anoth-
er Brooklyn district, Louis P. Gold
berg, Socialist, was leading Joseph
Ricca, Republican, with Democratic
endorsement. This district has elect
ed Socialist for seven years. Au-
gust Claessens, Socialist, who was
twice expelled from the 1920 assem-
bly, on the grounds of seditious ac-
tivity was successful in a Manhattan
district and Louis Weitz, Socialist, de-
feated fusion candidate in Social
ist stronghold in the Bronx.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-09
UNKNOWN HERO
SALUTED BY q
GUNS ON ARRIVAL
Presidential Honors Accorded
Nameless Soldier Who Died
In France

Washington, Nov. 9.-Her progress
up the Potomac river marked by pc
riodic rendition of the salute usually
accorded the chief executive-21 guns
the cruiser Olympia brought to his
homeland today the unknown sol
dier-representative of thousands of
American soldier dead overseas.
The program, designed to represent
the nations honor to her dead. began
this morning when the Olympic
turned into the reaches of the Poto-
mac. The battleship North Dakota,
lying at anchor off the Pinky Point
entrance to the river, dipped her en-
sign in salute as her guns tolled well
come. AS the cruiser proceeded to-
ward her berth at the Washington
navy yard, Fort Washington and
Washington barracks signalled her
passage, each with the presidential
salute of 81 guns.
The Olympia was scheduled to dock
about o'clock this afternoon. The
casket bearing the remains of the
man who fell, unknown but undaunt
ed, will be given at the dock to the
hero which will accompany it to Arl
ington Friday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-09
THE WEATHER
WEATHER CONDITIONS

The low pressure area which was
over Oklahoma and northern Texas
Tuesday morning has advanced east
ward over the southern states, and
has caused precipitation generally
over the eastern half of the country.
Pressure continues high over the New
England coast, and freezing tempera-
lures occurred in the Lake region.
In the west. the center of high
pressure over the Plains states has
caused generally fair weather, with
lower temperatures over the Plains
states, the Rocky Mountain region,
the Plateau region and the Mississippi
valley. At Sheridan, Wyo., the min
imum temperature this morning was
s above zero, the lowest so far re-
ported this season.
Indications are for occasional
showers in the vicinity of Tampa this
afternoon and tonight, followed by
fair and cooler weather Thursday.
WALTER j. BENNETT.