Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-08-12
BADGER STATE
| HAPPENINGS

held in this city. The present lncum-
bent, Ernest Bartels, was appointed to
fill the unexpired term OF office OF
Mark Severson, resigned.
Within three weeks the six and one
half mile stretch of new concrete road
between Beaver Dam and Horizon will
be opened to public travel, according
to county road officials. Over 10000
bags of cement were used in laying
this stretch of road, which is is feet
wide. with 4-foot shoulder on either
side of the concrete.
The department of markets through
M. Michels, in charge of dairy market
ing, is sending an invitation to all
cheesemakers and dealers to attend a
public hearing on the subject of estab-
fishing cheese grades in Wisconsin.
The hearing is to be held Aug. IL in
the office of the department of markets
at the capitol
Leo Tilkens, 4, youngest son of Mike
Tilkens, farmer of Preble, near Green
Bay, died from burns, and his brother
Joseph, was nearly suffOcated as re-
kerosene can in the cellar of the fam
lily home. The youngsters were alone
in the house while other members of
the household were working in the
harvest fields.
Wife heaters in Green Bay are fined
at the rate of 81 pound, it was indi-
Gated by Judge Monahan in municipal
court when he heard evidence in the
case of Mrs. Patrick Collins against
her husband, whom she charged came
home at p. N. and beat her up. The
judge took one look at the frail little
woman and her strapping husband.
lone hundred dollars fine and 80 days
in the workhouse," was the sentence.
It was the maximum permitted by law.
Cashing checks on a dead mans
name is the charge against man Civ
ing his name as Frank Kelly, who
came TO Kenosha and forged 10 checks,
each for $34, on James Cape" Ra-
cine contractor, who has been dead for
more than a decade. The Cape Con-
struction Co. is paving here and the
the men employed on the crew to get
his checks cashed.
Threshing from both the shock and
the stack has commenced at Birch
wood. Oats constituted the chief grain
crop grown through this section, this
year, Threshing is about three weeks
earlier there this season than other
years. The oat crop is not up to nor
NAL this year and in some parts of the
county the yield is about half normal
crop. The hay crop also was very
light. Other crops are in excellent
condition in northern Wisconsin.
Three fresh graves in the little
cemetery at Duck Greek, near Green
Bay, mark the resting place of three
brothers whose bodies have been laid
to rest in the space of two weeks. Two
weeks ago Joseph Lewis died as a re-
suit of heat prostratiOn. A younger
brother, Arthur, had been killed in ac-
tion in France, while serving with the
United States army. His body was re
turned from France and buried beside
his brother. Two days later, Edward,
an older brother, died as the result of
an accident due to a small hurricane
tearing barn door from it's hinges
and striking him, causing internal in
juries.
T survey Of the administration of the
mothers pension law during the seven
year period that it has been in opera
ton shows that the number of families
aided has risen from 1877 in 1913 to g.
769 in 1920, while expenditures have
increased from 1882 to $23,427 dur
ing the same period. There has been
an increase in the number of children
aided from 667 in 1913 to $3.50 in 1920,
! which shows conclusively, the board of
| control says, that the law has met with
popular approval. Change in the pen
sion law by the legislature provides
that the mother shall receive not more
than SIS a month for the first child
and $40 month additional for each
additional child without restriction.
The previous limit had been $40.
The general property tax is shown
to be the backbone of the Wisconsin
revenue raising system in bulletin of
| the state tax commission. The total
revenue derived from the property
levy was $70,198,976 for the last year,
providing all of the school taxes
amounting to $20,916,518, $14,855580
| of the SIG, 549.037 in county taxes, $27,-
POI, 1O3 of the $32,665,664 local taxes
and $7,125,856 of the $19,580,559 state
| taxes. Of the state revenue, 1882, 425
Twas returned to counties and school
districts as state aid. The income tax
[ is primarily a local tax when finally
distributed, although the state collects
the larger part of it through assess
ment of corporations. This tax raised
$780, 30, but the state retained only
I 10 per cent or 1851 ,O23. Railroad taxes
and inheritance taxes, the two princi-
pal state levies, brought $6,095, 464
l from railroads and $1,206,101 from in
heritances.
John Con, an Austrian, was arrested
as an alleged draft evader and ar
kraigned before the United States court
commissioner at Madison. He pleaded
not guilty and was Jailed when unable