Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-02
BADGER STATE
| HAPPENINGS

John Wood, 70, dropped deau While
shoveling snow in front of the resi-
dence of his daughter, Mrs. Alex Eng
stron, Merrill The body was sent
TO Gillette, where Mr.. Wood lived "a
years.
The Rev. Alexander J. McGavlck,
auxiliary bishop of the Chicago Cath-
olic diocese since 1899 and pastor OF
the Holy Family church at chicago,
was promoted TO be bishop OF the do
cese of La Crosse Bishop McGaVlck
succeeds the late Bishop Schebach.
He was born at Fox Lake, Ill, in 1868
and was ordained a priest IN 1885,
after having graduated from st. wa
tors college.
The Sheboygan county board OF SUI
pervisors voted to appropriate S66,S33,
assessed by the state for common
schools in the county. The village or
Random Lake asked an appropriation
Of $1,000 for road work in that village
On Highway No. s. DR.. Anton Ielss,
aity and county school physician, re-
ported 81 cases of sickness IN the
county last year requiring county aid.
Only one pauper was reported for the
county.
The dead bodies OF Carl Foreman.
29 years old, and his brother, James,
~, Were found by their mOther III the
barn at their home near Kempster,
Langlade county. James had been
shot in the back OF the head, and
Carl. who lay near by, shot through
The temple, clutched a revolver in his
hand. The mother told officials that
Carl had acted queerly OF late, put
that there had been no trouble be-
tween the brothers.
George Webster, 25, Oneida Indian,
living on the outskirts of the reser
vation, was arrested on Warranr
sworn out in Wisconsin Rapids Oh
The charge of obtaining moneg under
false pretenses. Ii is alleged that
Webster issued a number Of small
checks without sufficient funds in the
bank. An epidemic of bad check pass
ing is prevalent among the redskins
at the reservation. Webster is the
seventh Indian in the last two months
10 be brought into court on the same
charge
During the last three years the state
tax commission through field and Of
nee audits have uncovered over $l4,-
100000 OF unrepOrted income, which
has netted the state an additional 81
100000 in tax, the commission re-
ports. This years audits which have
not yet been completed, show re-
turn Of $4,949,4 34 Of unreported in
come, which will bring return of
SAP .43945 in taxes. Gov Blaine in
asking for transfer Of $400 900 from
the educational bonus fund to the tax
commission to pay for additional in
vegtigators believes that many mil
lions Of dollars further in taxes will
be collected on back incomes.
Because the average total cost
mile of concrete highway in Green
county is $4,000, including cost Of
grading, relocation, bridges and sur
facing, the Green county board voted
TO change TO other than cement con
struction. Applause greeted the dec.
Laration by Supervisor John p. NOlty.
Spring Grove, that there's too much
Madison in this road business. and we
nave 10 pay the bills" Green county
voted 100000 worth of bonds fol
Ii evI1.x ell I'm.
passed a law empowering boards OF
supervisors in such cases to change
TO a cheaper kind of construction
The board made the change.
A justice of peace in any WiscOn
sin county may also serve as assessor
OF incomes without violating any state
law, f. e. Brossard, assistant attOr
ney general, advised a. f. Murphy,
district attorney of Marinette county.
in an opinion. County boards cannot
fix the salary of the sheriff at slip
ulated sum and then allow him addi
li0nal funds for expenses, Mr.. Bros.
sard held in a second opinion given
Mr. Murphy. THE salary when fixed
pE me county DOdFQ necessarily Ill
cludes the expenses for performance
Of the sheriff's duties, and they must
be borne by him, and are, in contem
plation Of the law, compensated for
by the salary" he said.
Too many blackbirds, always nui
sance and loss to Winnebago county
farmers caused some Of them to de
eide on actien to rid the region of the
pest A petition was signed by So
and presented to the county board, in
session at Oshkosh, asking that it
provide a bounty of cents for each
blackbird The petition declared the
action necessary because blackbirds
are increasing so fast and are SO de-
structive that they are practically
wiping out the crops along lakes and
rivers Chairman Mcdonald of the
county board, was at loss as to the
procedure on the petition, but finally
referred the matter to the finance
committee, which is to report soon
The Wisconsin onion crop this year,
the department of markets estimates,