Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-09-09
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS.

a. VI dAuOA SCptCuuDCA 40 W IL,
lusive. There promises to be an
tensive display of exhibits in all
)artments. A number of excellent
actions have been secured for the
ee dates. Preparations are being
lie to entertain large crowds.
he Ku Klux Khan was declared
be an enemy of the Catholic and
Jew, and was characterized as the
It despicable organization ever
ned by Mayor Thomas E. Welsh.
esville, speaking before the an
| state convention of the Ancient
er of Hibernians in that city.
ly establishment of Irish freedom
also predicted by the speaker.
he action brought by Mrs. Geor-
Salmon Jennings, Los Angeles, to
est the will of her cousin, Miss
a E. North, st. Croix county's
lthiest woman, found dead in bed
ler summer home near Hudson
%, has been dropped. The claims
Irs. Jennings and other relatives
were not mentioned in the will,
been settled. The estate is esti-
ed at close to $1,000,000.
rs. Lydia Hubert, resident of
village of Delton, about fourteen
as from Reedsburg, celebrated her
hundredth birthday on Aug. 26.
spite of her advanced age she par
)ated in all of the festivities. +
lber of friends and neighbors
part in the celebration. Mrs.
bert was born in New York state.
came to Wisconsin about fifty
rs ago. Her husband died in 1887.
leading guilty to the theft of
Crosse automobile and confessing
theft of II others in Wisconsin
Illinois, A. E. Warren and Her
Wyman, brothers, were sentenced
La Crosse to four years at Wau-
l. Maize De Vries, woman ac-
nplice, was sentenced to two years.
ey were arrested in Baraboo after
stolen La Crosse car had been
iced to that city.
owen OHare, former chief of po-
of Kenosha, already under in
ctment for embeZzlement and NAL
asance in office, was again indicted
z the special grand jury on a charge
larceny. 1t is alleged that he took
lree cases of champagne which had
zen taken in a robbery case by DO
&c officers. He was arrested and
I'VE bonds. Thirty men indicted in
le cleanup of Kenosha county have
loaded not guilty, and will fight the
harges.
A federal grand jury has been call
d for the opening of the federal court
4 Madison on Sept. q. Instructions
Tere received from Judge Claud z.
use at Superior for the calling of
ne grand jury. Investigation will be.
1s of an alleged liquor ring oper-.
.ng in southern Wisconsin, accord
az to court officials who said evil
ence has developed to show grounds.
OF a sweeping investigation of the
vhole liquor situation in that part
T the state.
Hemmorrahgic septicaemia, the ia
al cattle disease which has cause
considerable damage to cattle herds
4 Barron and Sawyer counties, has
cen discovered in Washburn county
nd in some instances as high as IA
ead out of IA died from the disease.
reterinarians have been engaged in
accinating cattle to prevent tho
pread of the malady. The disease
.ppears to be the most serious in the
-icinity of Shell Lake and reports in
licate that horses also are dying from
he effects of the epidemic.
The state department of markets is
to aid the thousands of
armers cooperative marketing enter
)rises in extending their scope and
,erfecting sound business organiza-
ion, according to announcement of
:. G.. Foster, Madison, assistant di-
'ectOr. Uniform accounting systems
ire to be devised and installed in the
ocal cooperative associations, whose
books are opened to inspection by the
of markets under the new
state law. Aid will also be given by
he department in building up effic-
ent business plans.
The state has no jurisdiction over
,oats operating at the Dells of the
Wisconsin river under existing safety
avs, Atty. Gen. Morgan advised Gov.
Blaine in an opinion. He says that
ais decision does not mean that the
legislature could not enact law re-
luiring boats there to carry larger
number of life preservers than they
10 at present. The attorney general
passes his decision on the ordinance
Of 1887 to the effect that navigable
waters leading into the Mississippi
and ST. Lawrence are common high
ways and forever free. The boats at
the Dells are said to be unsafe and
not to be complying with the state
law, which requires that there be a
life preserver for each person on
board.
Reports just made public show that
Green Bays consumption of electric