Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-27

/, The touring car taken from Peter
| verich near Woodruff last fall, when
he was caught transporting liquor from
Milwaukee to Hurley, will be offered
for sale at auction by government Off
Gals at the courthouse id Hurley, on
| May "a.
The remains of Sergeant Arvid Pet
erson, the first soldier of Company l.,
| One Hundred Twenty-seventh lnfan-
! try, to be killed in the war, will be sent
| to Beloit for burial Sergeant Peter
son was killed by patrol of his COM
panions when mistaken for an enemy.
Cherry, plum and apple orchards in
Door county suffered little from the
| recent killing frost which fell in that
| county, according to w. S. Bailey,
county agricultural agent. The tenn
perature in some places in DOR coun-
| ty went as low as "a degrees.
Farmers of eastern Monroe county
are uniting in a fight over a raise in
| rural telephone rates. Should the pro-
posed raise be made, many farmers
| now numbered as patrons of the To
NAH Telephone Co. will do without
phones.
Henry Shafer, %, charged with drag
ing horse in Pettibone park, La Crosse,
and attacking her with blackjack,
| pleaded not guilty and set up an in
sanity defense when arraigned in
court. His hearing will be held on
May 26
Damage estimated at thousands OF
! dollars was done to crops, gardens and
| orchards in Brown and adjacent coun-
| ties by the killing frosts of May IA and
Is. According to reports received by
the Green Bay weather bureau, the al
falfa crop was particularly hard hit by
| the drop in temperature
Charles Nash, president of the Nash
Motors company, in a signed state
ment, explained that the company is
operating on half time in KenOsha be-
| cause of inability to store finished
products He intimated that the com
| pany might close down entirely for a
short period.
AS an aftermath of the Schneider
case, the wOman's relief corps OF
Green Bay at a special meeting adopt
ed resolutions calling upon the civic
organizations of the city to merge into
a child welfare organization and fur
nish protection for the youth OF that
city.
Damage from fire estimated at $12,-
900 was caused when big drive belt
operating machinery at the Jorgenson
stone quarry near Menasha flew OFF
and knocked over can filled with
gasoline, scattering the contents over
| an engine The fire consumed the ma
chine house, elevator and damaged
| machinery.
Electors of school district No. ]
town and village of Prentice, Price
county, voted to raise an additional
5000 for the purpose of paying teach
ers and improvements to the school
building. With the extra appropria-
| ton the cost of conducting the school
this year will be approximately $14,-
| 900.
History of the Chippewa valley, from
| the days of Red Skin rule to the pres
ent time, will be shown In mighty
outdoor pageant to be held in Eau
Claire sometime in August. From
| 1900 to 1900 residents of Eau Claire,
Chippewa Falls, Menomonie and sur
rounding community will take part III
the production.
The thirty-fourth annual reunion OF
the Fourteenth Wisconsin regiment
will be held in Fond du Lac June IA
and IS There are between 80 and 100
members of the regiment still living
and about 80 are expected to attend
the reunion Richard Reed Rhine
lander, is president Of the regiment
and John d. Coon, of Fond du Lac, is
vice president.
Some use other than destruction has
been found by the whippet tanks used
by the tank corps company OF the Wis
consin National guard, stationed at
| JducSV1llC. "A plotOOA Vi tiiC IHeAh SOhA
pany took the tanks out to the wood
lands near GAINESVILLE and pulled
stumps. A cable was hitched to the
baby tanks and the biggest stumps in
tie field were yanked out with ease.
In april the verified placements
made by the II free employment Of
fees conducted in the state by the in
dustrial commission were 1885. This
is an increase of Is per cent over
March. During this month there was
an increase of % per cent in the calls
| for help and falling off of Is per cent
in the applications for work. This is
believed to be due to the opening up
of building construction and farm
work.
A potato farm of close to $4,000
acres is being formed in the sandy
"barrens" between Scion Springs and
Cordon in DO1lpIaS county, and Iron