Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-02-04

dren drink milk at recess twice
week.
Overalls are no bar to cupid, says
Ed Wigam, Menasha, telephone en-
ploye, who while making repairs at
the city hall was drafted to serve as
best man at civil marriage ceremony,
Wigam didn't mind the overalls, for
the groom was similarly attired.
Joe Schneider, New Frankan farm
er, Brown county, has been awarded a
prize bull for winning the annual state
corn growing contest With the use
Of scientific methods of cultivation he
succeeded in growing 12O bushels OF
No ~ Golden Glow corn to the acre.
Four years ago he was bartender IL
a Green Bay saloon.
Tobacco growers to the number OF
70 met in GAINESVILLE and agreed upon
a preliminary plan for pooling the crop
of Rock county, making arrangements
for marketing the leftover crop OF
1920 and taking steps to sell the crop
of 1921. Little movement in tobacco
is being made and the crop of several
farmers in warehouses has not yet
been sold.
Winnebago Indians near Tomah are
taking an unprecedented interest in
the weaving of reed baskets and MINI
ole fingers are rapidly constructing
these burden bearers in considerable
quantities. The older ones have had
BE art for GONE years, but the younger
ones are now acquiring the knack and
many beautiful as we'll as useful bas-
kets are being turned out.
Building operations in ManitowOc
for the ten-month period from March
l to Dec. 81, 1920, totaled nearly $700,-
000, according to figures submitted in
the annual report of Building Inspector
John Peppard to the council. The re-
port does not cover full year be
cause the office of building Inspector
had not been created previous TO
March /.
The Catholic field between Rice
Lake and Park Falls has been divided
up now and there VIII be two priests
in charge instead Of one as before.
The Rev. John B. Balcer will have
charge of the church at COuderay,
Brentwood, and Radisson, and Rev.
Joseph Gleisner will have charge of ST.
Peters at Winter, st. Josephs at
Belle Falls, south of Radisson, and
st. Rose at Exeland.
During 1920 the eleven free employ
ment offices conducted in the state by
the industrial commission made $3.50
placements, as compared with 80, sos
in 1919. Of these 76,015 were men and
1850 women. No person is counted
as placed, unless the employer, to
whom he was referred reports that he
has been hired. Approximately 40 per
cent of the total placements were in
Milwaukee and so per cent in the 10
offices in the smaller cities.
The shipping figures of 1920 com
pared with the figures of 1919 as com
piled by DR.. T. A. Egan, Sturgeon Bay,
deputy collector Of customs, show a
decline of 10 per cent. Arrivals al
that port during the last year num-
bered 1913, with tonnage of 944,855.
Departures numbered 1,071, with a
total tonnage of 944162. The biggest
outgoing item was stone, which aggre
gated 1883 tons, and was shipped to
points all along the lake for construc-
ton and pier building purposes.
Twenty carloads of western cattle,
representing total valuation Of more
than $4,000, have been shipped to
Green Bay, where they will be unload
ed for winter feeding. The western
cattle will be housed in the barns of
the Green Bay stockyard concern and
put out in pasture as soon as the
weather permits. This is what is
called the "fattening. up process" and,
after the animals have been pumped
out they will be sent to the Chicago
stOckyards.
Dennis OShea was awarded a yer
dict of $4,000 in the suit against his
sOn-in-law, Fred La VOy, by q jury in
Circuit court at Marinette. The suit
arose over injuries sustained in an
automobile accident last summer,
when Mr. O'Shea was on trip in the
La Voy car, which turned turtle, pin
ming him beneath the machine and
causing injuries of a permanent ma
ture. The case will be appealed TO
the supreme court.
At the annual meeting Of the Oak
Grove Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
company, Barron, Frank ROemhiId OF
Prairie Farm was reelected president
The company is the largest farmers
insurance company in the world and
makes the third worlds record honor
held by Barron county. The county
possesses the largest creamery on
earth, the largest farmers insurance
company and was the first county in
the world to complete its tuberculosis
test among cattle.
An Anti-Horse Thief organization or
ganized in GAINESVILLE years ago to COM
bat bands that swOOped down and stole
their horses has been revived and re-
organized, not for the old purpose. but
to put down the operation of bands
that steal chickens, swine, grain, to-
haccO and other farm nrOductS Tho