Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-02-11

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| Will Underwood, a pioneer of Lin
coin county, but who has been a resi-
dent of Iowa for the past Is years, ex-
poets to take up his residence on his
farm west of Bloomington after March
/. He will bring along IS angora
goats
p. w. Forward, well known Outa-
gamie county farmey cut the price of
travelling by jaunting to Jacksonville,
Fla, for his winter vacation in his au
tomobile He used 100 gallons of
gasoline on his 1925 mile trip. 1t took
him about three weeks in easy stages.
Students and faculty members of
Ripon college pledged $500 to support
for one year Miss Ruth Van Kirk,
RipOn, an alumnus of the college, in
her missionary work in China. The
money was raised by voluntary sub
scription in campaign led by Miss
Dorothy Zufelt, Sheboygan and Miss
Lillian Picken, missionary from west
ern India. For the last three years
Ripon students have supported Miss
Van Kirk with the slogan, Little
Ripon in China
Ill luck has been following the fam
lily of Mrs. Forest Elsner of Green Bay
for months. First, daughter disap-
peared from her home. Then two chill
dren died of scarlet fever. The oldest
son lost hand in railroad accident.
Scalded when water pipe broke, the
father also was q victim. The latest
accident happened to the youngest of
the family, and the only one so far to
escape injury, while watching a
hockey game, he was struck in the eye
with hockey stick. AS a result the
lad will probably lose the sight of his
left eye.
No action will be taken in Green
Bay towards the adoption of a day
light savings ordinance due to the op-
position that has developed since the
plan was first launched Railroad
men were outwardly against the move
claiming that the differences between
railroad time, regular time, and day
light saving time would cause a great
hardship on them. There are about
1000 railroad men in that city.
Michael Rybicki Stevens Point, for
mer service man, announced his
candidacy for superintendent of Port
age county schools.
Mayor A. C. McHenry will continue
as mayor of Oshkosh as the result of
one of the most spectacular elections
ever held in that city, in which he
defeated his opponent, Walter A
Marden, by majority of 4,191 on
Tuesday, Feb. l. The total vote of
11,729 was the largest in the history
of Oshkosh, nearly half of that total
being registered by women Nc
Henry's total vote was 1860 and he
carried every ward of the thirteen ex-
cept two. Marden's vote was 3,769.
Efforts to recall the mayor were sup
ported by the Citizens Good Govern
ment league. The campaign for the
recall election was one of the hottest
ever conducted, with Mayor McHenry
advocating personal liberty and his
opponents coming out strongly for en-
Barron county citizens paid $46,859
during 1920 for motor license fees on
4,334 autos, and 144 trucks, So motor
cycles and As dealers licenses. The
population of the county on Jan. I,
1920, was 34,2S1, showing one automo-
bile for every eight persons in the
county.
Hot lunches are now being served
in a number of schools of Iron county,
as the results of efforts of county
school authorities. The hot lunch adds
to, but does not take the place of the
lunch brought from home. Itoamounts
to serving of one hot dish such as
cocoa or nutritious soup.
Many Green Bay people along the
bay shore are resortirg over the week
ends. Due to the mild weather, this
is getting to be quite a fad. ASIDE
from the chilly nights, climate condl-
lions are little different from late IN
the fall
Mrs. Harry Temple, Chicago, for
merly Miss Stacia Livingston, nrst
woman to hold the office OF superln-
tendent of Portage county rural
schools died in Chicago. She is
former resident of Stevens Point and
the town of Almond and was well
known in that locality.
The powder forces at the Barksdale
dynamite plant, together with their
families, held a jollifcatiOn gathering
at the Dupont Y M. c. A., the occa-
sion being the celebration of the COM
pletion of a full years work at the
plant without major injury occurring
to any one of the employees.
Frank Kulinski, Caledonia township,
was fined $500 and costs by Judge
Burgess on a charge of violating the
prohibition law What is said to have
been the largest still discovered in Ra-
cine county was found on Kulinskrs
farm by Sheriff James. Another, but
smaller, still was also found on the
premises.
c.. S. Ristow, Black River Falls. was
elected president of the Wisconsin
Experiment association, succeeding
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