Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-08-26

have brought about farm to table
service at Appleton and have made
Outagamie county farmers direct
competitors of Appleton produce deal
ers and grOcers. Hundreds of persons
who purchased automobiles solely fol
/ pleasure purposes are using them tC
take advantage Of bargains offered by
! farmers to those who will deliver their
own purchases.
Monroe county's cranberry crop Will
be poor one this season. Two rea.
sons for the shortage of harvestable
berries are seen by grOcers. A tip
blight and later berry worm at
During the months of June and July
the excessively hot weather so deple
ted the reservoirs and other water
supply to marshes that the develop,
ment Of the berries was retarded
Bumber crops were grown during the
past two seasons.
The four children of Mr.. and Mrs
Ollivatti, ranging in age from months
to 10 years, narrowly escaped being
burned to death when their home at
Schulz spur, near Merrill, was burned
to the ground. The fire started in the
morning, while the children were still
asleep on the second floor, and their
parents wer doing their chores about
the barn. The fire had gained consid-
cradle Roadway before the parents
were attracted by the smoke. The
children were finally rescued, but the
house was burned to the ground. The
cause of the fire was not determined.
Iron ore shipments for August con-
tinue to be as light as the previous
months of the present season. 70
date less ore has been shipped this
season from the docks at Ashland than
was shipped during the entire month
in July, 1920. Practically all of the
iron ore mines on the Gogebic range
are closed down or are operating at
less than 40 per cent of capacity. I'm
less the large tonnage of ore which is
now in stock at the mines is shipped
before the lake season closes, there
will be little activity in the mining
field in the Lake Superior district this
coming winter.
DR.. c. w. Wilkowske, Chippewa
Falls, was elected president of the
Methodist Mems League of the Eau
Claire district at the organization
meeting held at Eau Claire. The
league grew out of the Methodist
Mems meeting which was attended by
1000 men of the Eau Claire district.
Other officers elected are: Vice-Presi-
dent, H. Getchell, Marshfeld; secre-
tary, R. H. Vokes, Eau Claire; trea-
surer, W. H. Biles, Durand. Tele
grams were sent to Senator LenrOOt
and Congressman Frear, asking their
cooperation in the passage of the anti
beer bill
Petitions calling upon the city coun-
Gil of Eau Claire and the board of
supervisors of Eau Claire county to
put idle men of the city to work on
highway construction or other public
Improvement have been signed by
citizens of the city. 1t is pointed out
that providing work for the unem-
ployed will be cheaper to the city and
county than taking care Of the men
and their families later by charity.
The council and board are reminded
that the city and county highways are
in poor condition in many places, and
that they can be repaired more cheaply
now when labor is plentiful. At the
same time idle men with families will
be given work who might otherwise
become charity charges.
Completion of concrete highway
construction work now in progress in
in Outagamie county was assured
when the finance committee of the
county board authorized the transfer
of $70,500 from the county's general
fund to the highway fund. Atty. Gen.
w. J. Morgan recently advised the
board that it would be unlawful to
transfer money from the general fund
to the highway fund and repay it from
an increased tax levy next year but it
would be permissible to take surplus
money from the general fund if a sur
plus existed. The finance committee
declared the county has $70,500 more
than it needs and the money will be
used to complete road work now in
progress,
A tabulation Of reports received by
the Industrial commission under the
provisions Of the minimum wage law
from SIG employers of women and
minors shows that of 1859 women
and minor employees only 81 per cent
received less than % cents an hour
last May and 1S.5 per cent less than
rs cents an hour. Of the employees
paid less than % cents an hour the
largest number were in small towns.
Of the women and minor employees In
factories in towns with population of
5000 and over, only 1863 per cent
earned less than Is cents an hour,
while in factories in smaller towns 1876
per cent of the women and minor en-
ployes were in this group. In stores
SIS per cent of women and minor en-
ployes received less than rs cents an
hour in the larger cities.
Thomas Burns, superintendent OF
Chicago public highways, declared that