Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-06-03


Mrs. Herman Wetzel of Clintohville,
has written to Chef of Police Louis
Osborn of Superior, to find her hus-
band, who left his home in search of
job four months ago She fears he
has met foul play, she writes. Her
children are starving, she says.
The entire collection of some 512
animals at the Villas park zoo, Mad
ison, were presented to the city by the
collector DR.. c. G. Dwight. DR.. Dwight,
in making the gift said that he thought
that the zoo had gone beyond a one
man affair and that he expected that
the city would make some provisions
to perpetuate and enlarge the ZOO that
he has built up in the last eight years.
Although run over by steam roller,
S. H. Ashton of Green Bay, an in
spectOr in the emplOye of the WlscO1-
sin Insurance Inspection company, es-
capped death and unless complications
set in will live. When the three ton
ner was stopped, both of Ashton's legs
were impressed into the soft asphalt.
No bones were broken.
The Wisconsin district of the Iowa
Lutheran synod in it's biennial session
in Emmanuel Lutheran church at
! Cedarburg, elected the following Off
GERS: The Rev. A. F. Augustin, Eau
Claire, president; the Rev. 0. Wilke,
Madison, vice-president; the Rev. f.
Schalkhauser, LOganville, secretary,
nd bn Dol,
treasurer.
Henry Town, warden of the Waupun
penitentiary for fifteen years, was
nominated a member of the state
board of control by Gov Blaine, to re-
place e. A. Everett of Eagle River,
whose resignation is to take effect on
July J.. The senate confirmed the
nomination without opposition. The
appointment is for the unexpired term
to February, 1925.
Damages, estimated to run into
thousands of dollars, was done at
Wausau when hail storm swept over
the city. The storm extended for
about three miles, with Wausau as the
center. The hailStOnes were as large
as golf balls. The storm lasted about
fifteen minutes and broke many win
dOws in down town buildings and in
homes. Two greenhouses were dam
aged to the extent of $4,000.
A new bulletin briefly outlining
methods of spraying fruit trees and
gardens has just been published by the
state department of agriculture, Mad
ison, and is being sent out. 1t gives
in condensed form the materials to
use for the spraying of apple, cherry
and plum trees and the time of appli-
cation, and in addition, the methods of
controlling garden insects and plant
diseases.
Frosts have ruined small fruits near
Black River Falls, so between forest
! fires and frost the BURBERRY crop in
/ eastern Jackson county, that has at
tracted thousands of pickers in past
years and has proved source of
revenue to many persons, will be a
failure this season. The annual blue
berry dance that has attracted Indians
from distant tribes and states will be
called off this year.
Lawrence college girls will be re-
warded for courtesy during the last
few weeks of the school year as re-
suit of plan put into effect by the
standard commission of the freshmen
class. Ten judges have been chosen
secretly to watch the girls. Those OBJ
ut ai %hn Eno raf nf
tesy in everyday life will be given pub
| lie recognition at commencement
time. The purpose of the courtesy
campaign is to stimulate greater re-
gard for the rights of others.
Planting tree for every Fond du
Lac county man who served in the
World war is the tribute to the service
men decided upon by the Fond du Lac
Kiwanis club. The trees will be plant
ed on highways to be selected by
committee and will be registered at
Washington. National and state Co
operation will be asked as to which
variety of tree is best to plant The
elm, maple, hickory and walnut have
been suggested.
+ Cold weather and frosts in northern
Wisconsin during the week of May 16
| have caused much damage to crops,
according to reports of the crop serv-
ice, Madison, The high temperature
and rain of the latter part of the week
stimulated growth. Farm work is re-
ported to be about up to average, with
winter grains making a good growth
and spring grains resuming their
growth Hay is recorded as having
suffered a further setback during the
week in the killing out of a large acre
age of 1920 seeding.
Publication of the long deferred
Stacker lists, which in some parts of
the country has already started, will
reveal the fact that Green Bay and
Brown county have established rec
ord for patriotism and efficiency. In
Brown county, outside of the city of
Green Bay, out of some $500 subject
to military duty only two men are un-
accounted for in the report of the
draft board, according to Henry G.
Smith, chairman In the city of Green