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

state penitentiary at Waupun, who was
working on the prison farm as a
trusty, escaped. He had four months
of three-year term to serve.
Approximately $4,000 fedora
money will be spent on the Ashland
Hurley-IronwoOd trail this summer
The six mile stretch of road between
Ashland and Odanah will be straight
ened, and shortened about mile. 1t
is on the Roosevelt highway system.
The Wood county Jail is empty for
the first time in two years, according
to Sheriff Mueller. Two years ago
when ex-Sheriff Bluett took office the
Jail was empty. Local authorities
state that they will not sell the Jail
as they feel it is handy place to have
around in case of emergenC7.
The Holstein Breeders association
of Cameron, Barron county, have or
ganized, with Karl Hazelberg, Mikana,
as president and Thomas GullicksOn
as secretary and treasurer. The assO-
citation announced it's opposition to
other substitutes for dairy products.
Tests for soil acidity have been
made in Barron county and in each
instance the reaction indicates the ex-
istence of an acid condition. This
proves that the supply of lime in the
soil is diminished below point that
gives the best conditions for plant
growth.
Inmates at the Wisconsin state re-
formatory, Green Bay, are going to
have a new brand of water to drink
before long. The prisoners are doing
the digging themselves and Warden
Cowles estimates that they will have
to go down about $50 feet before they
strike a flow.
The population of Green Bay has in
creased 1886 or 35 per cent, according
to latest figures The population taken
during January by the government
was 31,017. The survey is based on
comparative figures of the public
schools enrolment and domestic water
service for the close of 1919 and 1920.
Girls beat the boys in judging live
stock at the New Franken school near
Green Bay. Girl students made a clean
sweep of the high score, two of them
turning in 100 per cent records. Four
Holstein cows were judged and the
girls scored on every point. The papers
were graded by J. n. Kavanaugh, coun-
ty agricultural agent.
Residents of Franksville and Thomp.
sonville, northwest of Racine, and
farmers residing between Racine and
the two places, will petition The Mil
waukee Electric Railway and Light
Co. to extend the distributing system
to their territory in order that cleo
tricity may be obtained for light and
power.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 Of
money for Rock county farmers is now
tied up in the $4,000 pounds of wool
which was pooled last year and held
in storage in Chicago. There are about
$50 farmers having shares in the pool.
Wool is now quoted at from % to Is
cents pound, and the owners want
80 cents for the wool now held in Chi.
cago. For the sum of cents a pound
the wool was taken to Chicago, graded,
sorted insured and held in storage
until favorable bid is received.
August Wolf, 80, Sheboygan war
hero, died at hospital in Washington,
D. c., where he had undergone two
in, he
pendicitis and an adhesion. He was
one of the first Sheboygan boys to
volunteer for service and one of the
first to go into actual service in France
from this section. He was wounded,
July 20, 1918, in the Chateau-Thierry
sector, where he was operating a ma
chine gun. He lost an arm in one of
these engagements.
To give one an idea of the profit in
hides at this time the experience of
L. Doty, Brentwood man, is worth
relating. Mr.. Doty shipped a hide to
a Chicago commission house The hide
weighed % pounds and he was allowed
cents per pound, or 1892. His re-
turn showed the following charges
against the shipment: Commission, 7
cents freight, 68 cents; war tax, 2
cents; drayage, rs cents; storage, So
cents. AS a result of The transaction
Mr. Doty found himself SO cents in the
debt of the commission house. He
says he has retired from the hide BUSH
ness
Following it's own example of hold
ing the first land clearing school in
history, as it did in 1920, the Marinette
County Land Clearing association will
establish the first travelling land clear
ing school in history as the Feature
of it's 1921 campaign. The travelling
school will be mounted on a large mo-
tor truck, which will carry all the
latest land clearing equipment, and a.
corps of instructors, headed by Secre-
tary Larry F. Livingston. Arrange
ments have been made to hold one
and two-day schools in 20 community
centers of the county, so as to bring it
within reach of all the farmers.
Rock county ranks third in the num-
Der of pleasure automobiles owned in