Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-09-30
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
| Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form


free chest clinic conducted by the
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis associa-
ton. Thirtyfour per cent of the per-
sons examined the first day were
found to have tuberculosis.
Mr.. and Mrs B. j. Johnson cele-
brated their sixtieth wedding anniver-
sary with friends at Darien. They
we're married at Woodstock, ILL.,, in
1861. Mr.. Johnson is a civil war vet
eran. They have lived in Darien since
1876.
Farmers in Lincoln county are sat
isfed this fall with a price of $1.25
to $3.50 a hundredweight for pOta-
toes, believing that this is fully the
equivalent of $3.50 a hundredweight
next winter or next spring. Disposal
Of potatoes from the field this fall will
Obviate the necessity of putting them
in q pit or cellar besides which there
IS a large loss in weight and quality
More than $5OO,0O0 has been COL
lected this year in dog licenses for
some $4,000 dogs in the state. I'm
der the new law passed by the last
legislature the dog tax is 81 for male
dogs and 81 for females. That prac-
tically all of the money collected viii
go back to the counties to be returned
to the villages, towns, and cities, in
proportion to payment, was the state
ment of c. N. Norgord, commissioner
of agriculture.
The production of Wisconsin honey
up to Sept. / amounted to Ala, Joe
pounds, according to the monthly re-
port Of Joseph A. Becker, Madison,
crop reporter. This compares with
1921 600 pounds produced in 1920 and
5,424,000 in 1919 The average yield
CT honey is estimated at 81 pounds
for each colony, in comparison to 65.2
pounds in 1920, and 53.7 pounds in
1919. Condition of the colonies July
! W2s 81 per cent of normal, COM
pared to IS per cent last year and
a fve-year average of 95 per cent.
Although it has been predicted for
several months that logging opera
tons in the forests of northern Wis
cOnsin would be extremely light the
coming winter, indications now point
10 greater activities than was believe
possible a month ago. 1t is known,
however that the logging will be
short the coming winter compared
10 past seasons, but there will not
be & complete tieup of numbering in
dustry as was announced by some
lumber companies several weeks ago
The eighth annual Taylor county
blowing match will be held Sept 81
1t will be held in the town of Maple
hurst, near the Clark county line. In
stead Of giving one bull calf as usual,
to fEC winner, Mere will be two do
mated one for the highest score man
IN Clark county and the other for the
Liah man in Taylor county. There
ill bc tractor demonstration in
the morning, and a short program
GuG The match in the afternoon. More
than coo persons were in attendance
last year.
Brown county's road building pro-
Of ccncro,e highways if the recon-
plcrGatiOnS Of the finance, road and
bliGo committees are carried out by
the lOGrd Of supervisors at the fall
meeting. 1t is estimated that the cost
CT road improvement work will run
clo1c 10 100000, but plans have
been made 10 finance the expense by
T. tCnd issue. The highway commits
ricr.r and county engineer have map
,gCG out q chart for presentation to
The county board showing the pro-
roaci improvements.
Lore than 200 alleged Superior vic
I'M, ~ Ct federal, state and city pro-
Ll-I..on laws and ordinances were
.ulH.lOnId LcfOre Assessor of Incomes
Cc5rHc Dubar at the court house to
G. plain Why they should not pay in
cCn4e taxes On money derived from
the sale Of liquor. Preliminary as
sc1aIlcnt ranging from $4,000 to $10.-
GO depending upon the assessors es-
tl.a.tc If the Individuals earning from
Heal lduCr sales, have been levied
MESS they can prove that their
c.214inGa we've l>ss than estimated they
lHn lGyc TO pay the tax and also
tho ruaalty for not making a true
ict,rl
IN enormous increase in third and
fourth class mail at the Green Bay
]CstoHice is Ecld by Postmaster W.
T. Evans 10 be an indication of re-
turnin" activity in industrial circles.
1,cceipt5 at Il @ postoffice from third
ard fourth class matter in August
Ecrc lcarly double that of a year
Ggo. Receipts this year were $12,-
64&49, IS compared with $7,167.26 in
August, 1920. The report shows a
rWcA greater movement of merchan-
disc than at any time in recent
MOI thc. Mr. Evans says. A satisfac-
tory Increase in receipts from sale of
star1pa also is reported by the post
mas,cr.
Winford Abrams, vice mayor of
Green Pay, died in St. Vincent's hos
pital. after an illness of many weeks
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