Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-07-15
BADGER STATE
| HAPPENINGS

SACo
ing during the summer months. Be
ginning July II all motion picture thea
tiers but one will be closed for the sum
mer.
The charred body of John Brandt, Sc
a prominent farmer of Beaver, Mari
nette county. was found in the ruins
of his farm. 1t is believed that
Brandt's mind became unbalanced and
that he set fire to the building after
quarreling with his wife.
Herbert Possin, Is years old, OF
Horizon, was sentenced to one year in
the state reformatory at Green Bay by
Judge Martin Lueck in the Circuit
court of Dodge county on charge OF
stealing an auto from KuentZ & Ellis
of Beaver Dam.
Mrs. Mary c. Nimmer, "a year old
Syrian, who died at her home at James
vile recently, leaves seven children
sixty-f6ur grandchildren and twenty
nine great grandchildren. She was
born in Syria and came to GAINESVILLE
twenty-one years ago.
Excessive hot weather, with limited
rains, has caused heavy losses to
small grains III southern Wisconsin
which will meanAa decreased yield OF
at least $4,000 bushels in Rock. county
Most of the grains are either cut or are
ripening prematufely.
Seven boys under 81 have been
drowned in Superior in the last month
and nine since the opening of the
swimming season. Six considered ex-
cellent swimmers, have been caught
with cramps in the cold waters which
sometimes pour into Superior and ST.
Louis bays from Lake Superior.
Frank D. Candish, president of the
board of education, and DR.. S. A. Che
ney, school commissioner, Fond du
Lac, are targets of a recall petition
that has been circulated, and, accord
ing to city officials, signed by 1000
voters. The two board members
aroused the ire of the community
when they sought to raise the salary
of the city superintendent of schools
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Thousands of cases of Door county
cherries will reach the consumer by
parcel post. Postmaster H.9A. Wagon
er Of Sturgeon Bay has completed ar
rangements for handling these cher
ries. A special substation will be To-
Gated at the depot during the busy sea
son, and the cases will be weighed and
routed by special messengers and sent
to their destination in extra mail cars
Harry Hoffman, saloon keeper in the
town of Scott, near Merrill, asserted
in county court that bottletof moon
shine lie had Secreted from his friends
at his place of business was for rub
been given him as a present, he said
Judge M. C. Porter found him guilty OF
violating the Mulberger law and fined
him 5000 and costs, and imposed a
sixty-day jail sentence.
Eight hundred persons, who have
been fined an average of 800 each in
municipal court for alleged possession
of liquor, will sue the city of Superior
to recover the amount of their fines
approximately $4,000, according 10 At
torney John A. Cadigan. The proposed
suit against the city follows the ruling
Of Judge Solon L. Perrin in superior
court that the city ordinance forbid
ding possession of liquor is void.
Ten thousand people attending the
big Neenah homecoming and July 4
celebration, adopted resolution adj
dressed to President Harding and Sen
ator Smoot, asking congress to pass
the Sweet bill or some similar meas
ure, giving relief to disabled soldiers
mot in charity but in justice" "This
is Americas greatest debt" the me.
mortal says. The resolution was in
troduced by Judge A. H. Schmidt OF
Manitowoc, speaker of the day.
Representatives of the state agricul
tural colleges of Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Michigan met at Superior to dis
cuss distribution of the 100000
pounds of picric acid which the federal
government has allotted to them fO1
land-clearing purposes. Twelve million
pounds ofA.the picric acid has been
transferred by the war department tC
the department of agriculture to be dis
tributed for land-clearing purposes by
the agricultural colleges of the state
universities.
The con servat on commission
brought $308, 550.98 to the state in re
ceipts during the last year, figures
made public by the department al
Madison show. Cost Of operation was
considerably below receipts. Resident
hunters paid the largest amount into
the fund. They contributed $146, $50 &C
in payment for licenses. Nonresident
fishermen were second on the list with
$67,12510 as their share in building VI
the conservation fund. The sale OF
rough fish brought return of $23, 157
to the state, trapping licenses $14,
S9490, nonresident hunting licenses
$1r275, deer tags $6,94790, Great
Lakes fishing licenses $15,930.9O Re
ceipts from parks $4,443S4, with small
er fees bringing the total to $306,
5O008.
Harry Millar of GAINESVILLE narrowly
escaped death by being buried alive
While loading wagon at sand pit {