Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-07
BADGER STATE
| HAPPENINGS

ness on Jan. /.
| The Wisconsin Rapids board of
education has taken preliminary steps
| toward building a junior high school.
| 1t has authorized the appointment Of
| a committee to make a recommends
| ton.
Wisconsins fOrty-SiX county agents
spent 745 days in the field and 313 in
the office during November, according
to a report Of j. +. Wotja, state leader.
He reports they held 225 meetings at
tended by 20,604 people
The Jefferson County Holstein
Breeders association elected William
Everson of Lake Mills president;
Henry Antilles, vice president; William
| Leonard treasurer, and A. F. Gafke,
secretary The association was instru-
| mental in dispensing a large number
Of cattle in 1920, total sales being
| 500 1893. These cattle were shipped to
sixteen different states and to South
) America.
Lincoln county Agent A. II. Cole is
advising farmers TO buy pure-bred cat
tie now and says pure-breds may be
purchased at the same prices COM
manded year ago by grades. He also
is of the opinion that in February on
March the present prices will advance
because of the opening Of pastures i'll
March and April. PUre-breds can be
bought from 5000 to $3.50 per head at
this time.
Live stock judging teams are beng
selected in many parts OF the state
to enter the big statewide judging con-
test for boys and girls held at the
agricultural college, Madison, Feb.
and 5. A trip to the international
Livestock show next fall and silver
cup are offered to the All Champion
ship team in the state contest. The
Championship Dairy team wins trip
to the National Dairy show.
OF the 13 American universities
which have more than 5000 students
| in attendance this fall, the University
| of Wisconsin ranks eighth in size
| The enrolment of the 13 largest uni
versities are: Columbia, 1878; Cali
| fornia, 1879; New York, 1851; Hi
nois, 1921; Boston, 1866 Minnesota,
| 7,437; Ohio State, 7,156; Wisconsin,
1904; Northwestern, $3.50; Chicago,
| SIPS; Harvard, 5,597; Washington
State, 5191; and Cornell, STA.
Mrs. Julia Lynch and her husband,
Thomas Lynch, have begun suits
against the city of Marinette and the
| Marinette Water company for dam
| ages aggrega<ing 100000 for an in
| Jury sustained by Mrs. Lynch when
| she fell on an icy sidewalk. 1t is
| claimed the ice formed because OF a
leaky pipe of the water company and
| the city is sued for not making the
walk safe The suit against the city
is for $4,000 and two suits against the
company are for $4,000.
Fred Plockelman, a farmer living
about four miles west of Dorchester,
| lost 40 head of cattle, barn and all it
contained by fire. When the fire was
| discovered early in the morning, it had
| gained such Roadway that nothing
could be saved The cause of the fire
is unknown. The chores had been fin
| ished before dark artificial light had
| not been used, and none of the family
uses tobacco. Only $1,000 insurance
| is carried
The question of a closed Sunday is
being threshed out in Richland Center.
Wolfson Bros, operating grocery
store. were brought to trial in Justice
| Curtis court The jury disagreed.
The district attorney asked retrial.
! Proponents declare conviction will
mean tight Sunday closing and Oppo-
nents of Sunday closing insist that in
such a case not even the sale OF a
| cigar or a gallon of gasoline will be
| permitted
The free baby carriage offer of. F.
r. Rosenow, furniture dealer, to every
babe born in Stevens Point on Christ
mas day, did not go unclaimed this
wear. The lucky babe is ManswOrth
Kiedrowski, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Kiedrowski, who gets a $40 buggy
free. Arthur Grimmer, Jr., missed
getting in on the free offer by 20 min
utes, the stork arriving with him at
! 11:4O on Christmas eve. Mr.. RosenoW
has offered a free carriage every year
| for six years and there has been a
baby to claim the prize every time ex-
cept in 1918.
Another bridge will span the Mis-
sissippi river if county boards of Yer
non and Crawford counties in W1scon'
sin and Allamakee county. in Iowa
have their way A structure, which
with approaches will cost 100000, IS
| planned to afford a crossing between
| De Soto, Wis, and Lansing, Ia. Res
olutions favoring the project have
been adopted by the county boards.
Automobile traffic between De Soto
and Lansing, eastern end of the I'M
perial trail, has become so heavy that
the single ferry capable of conveying
vehicles across the river is no longer
adequate.
John e. Truscott of Menasha, 80, un'
married, was instantly killed while
walking beside bobsled loaded with
coal. The runners caught on rail.
! road siding covered with snow, the