Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-09-23
BADGER STATE
| HAPPENINGS

!ington, was accidentally killed at the
institution. He attempted to move a
block of granite with pry which
slipped, striking him on the head. He
died twenty minutes later.
Production of small grains in Wis
consin suffered a further decline OF
nearly 100000 bushels during Aug
ust bringing the total estimated yield
down to 81 ,121 900 bushels, compared
to S6,084,000 estimated Aug. l, and a
five-year average of 129718,000 bush
els, Joseph A. Becker, Madison, crop
reporter, states in his monthly state
ment
Upwards of $3,6OO,0O0 will be paid
to State Treasurer Henry Johnson in
the closing days of September. This
is the last of the semi-annual pay
ment of taxes made by the railroads
operating in the state. The only other
incoming funds for this year will be
two quarterly payments of inheritance
taxes, running upwards of 100000
each, and the states share of the
street railway taxes
Lawrence Lesperance and Chalmers
Yeager, charged with robbery OF the
Wabeno state bank, were bound over
for trial in the municipal court at
Crandon They were held on $4,000
bail EACH which they were unable to
furnish. Willis Lesperance, charged
with the same Offense, will be tried
at the same time. Frenchy Yeager,
charged with being an accessory after
the fact, is at liberty on $4,000 bond.
First steps toward the dissolution
of the La Crosse housing corporation,
organized two years ago to supply a
demand for homes in that city, were
taken at a meeting of stockholders
at the Chamber Of Commerce. The
corporation built 90 residences, ma
jority of which were sold, and did
a business aggregating over 100000
in two years. Liquidation was at
fected by stockholders taking over
property remaining unsold.
The state supreme court has direct
ed the circuit court of Kenosha cOun-
ty to return to it before Sept. 20 the
order of the circuit court indicting
George Fischer, jr., on a charge of
violating the prohibition laws. 1t will
be determined by the supreme court
whether the Kenosha circuit court
has Jurisdiction in liquor cases under
a law of 1909 creating a municipal
court Petition of Fischer to the high
court alleges that the sole jurisdiction
of liquor cases in that county is vest
ed solely in the municipal court.
The 28-mile program of concrete
highway construction in Brown cOun-
ty is nearing completion and will be
finished in another month, at the pres
ent rate of progress. Several Orna'
mental concrete bridges ranging from
a cost of $4,000 TO $4,000 have been
built One of the biggest single pieces
of work joining Green Bay and De
pere on the west side of the Fox river
is now in use. This makes the sec
0nd all concrete road joining the two
cities.
The plant of the Wausau Canning
company is now in full operation with
a force of more than 40 persons en-
gagged at canning beets. The beet
crop in that locality has been better
than average this year and the com
pany will pack about 10000 cases, two
dozen cans to case. About fOuy
weeks will comprise the season. Most
of the beets being canned at the plant
come from the drainage area near
Stevens Point, where the soil is black
muck, very suitable to the crop. This
year the company packed $4,000 cases
of peas.
The completion of the present
school census will disclose $4,000
children of school age in Wisconsin
in the opinion of State Supt. John
Callahan. The census showed a
growth in the number from 810,556
in 1918-1919 to 81S,885 for last year
and it is now believed that this figure
will be brought up over the $4,000
marx Tor tnlS year. VI the LOtal num-
Der of school children the last census
showed that All ,867 were classed as
living in the rural communities, while
only 347,018 were inhabitants of cities
Of the state
The state is meeting promptly all
payments to former service men, I'M
der the soldier bonus statute allow
ing $40 for each month of service,
Col John G.. Salesman, Madison,
states. Provision of the legislature Of
sufficient funds to meet all obliga3
tions has done away with any pros
pect Of shortage, he said. A deci4
sion of the state supreme court, hold
ing that soldiers who, although en-
listing in states other than Wisconsin,
were still considered as residents of
this state, should receive the bonus,
added approximately 100000 to the
obligations
Race horse men who bring their
horses to the Dodge county fair at
Beaver Dam, from Sept. rs to 80, will
hardly recognize the grounds. A new