Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-08-05

The cooperative market movement
was given new impetus in Barron
county during the past week when
nine of the cooperative livestock ship
. ping associations of the county be-
came members of the Federation of
Cooperative Livestock Shipping asso-
citation selling on the South st. Paul
market.
A $4,000 fire caused by spontaneous
combustion, destroyed the farm build
ings, tenant house, barn, granary, tool
shed, implement buildings, this years
crops of hay and newly threshed
grain, and all last years grain, on the
Ray Gile and George BOrst farms,
seven miles southeast of Clinton juno
ton.
A Red Arrow club, composed of all
members of the "Red Arrow" divi-
sion, Neenah, was formed there with
IS charter members The club is affil-
lated with the national organization.
Local men are planning to attend the
national reunion of the division at De
troit, Aug. % to 80.
Telephone rates at Waupun, Oconto
Falls, Greenville, Mellen and Wausau
were increased by order of the Wis
consin railroad commission. The COM
mission directed the Northwestern
Railroad company to acquire addition
al right of way in the town Of Fitch
burg, Dane county, in order to do away
with dangerous crossings. It also in
creased the electric rates at Weyer-
hauser
The bodies of two more Eau Claire
war heroes were buried with full mil
itary honors. They We're Sergeant
Charles Quigg and Matthias Kneer.
Quigg died in hospital in France on
Dec Q, 1918, after seeing service with
Battery G, One Hundred and Twent1-
eth artillery. Kneer, who was mem
Der of Company e, One Hundred and
Twenty Infantry, was killed in
the battle of Roncheres,
About SO priests and 100 Catholic
laymen from out of town attended the
Silver jubilee mass held at ST. Pat
rick's church. Neenah, Sunday, July
"a, in celebration of the twenty-ffth
anniversary of the ordination of the
Rev. George A. Clifford, pastor of the
Neenah-Menasha parish. Impressive
services marked the event, Father
Casey, Maple Grove. conducted the
mass. Father M. H. Clifford, Oshkosh,
brother of the celebrant, acted as dea-
con, and Father Fitzmaurice, Apple
ton, acted as subdeacon.
Creation of the town of Harding in
Lincoln county removes the Copper
school from the town of Scott and
leaves six school houses in the lat
ter town, one of which has heeA con
demned. Unless steps are taken the
present year 10 rectify matters, the
town will again be minus the seven
tenths mill tax comprising the larger
share of it's school aid from the state.
1t is possible that when settlement is
made with the new town, that the
town of Scott will build one state
graded school to serve all it's territory.
Buildings authorized at the uniyer-
sity and normal schools by the last
/ legislature for the coming biennium
total $713,6S3, exclusive of transfers
authorized for the university general
hospital. Gov. Blaine exercises q veto
power over expenditures of these
funds, 1t is believed that practically
all of the grants to the normal schools
! will be allowed and that construction
will be started shortly. Appropria-
tions at the university for lands and
buildings total $473,50 and and at the
normal schools $340,3S5. Of the nor
NAL school grant $250,000 is for new
east wing to the Whitewater institu
ton.
/ Arthur Lube, IS years old, farmer
six miles west of Colby, was shot and
instantly killed in the presence of his
l0-year old daughter, by George Hab
ecker, also a farmer. After killing
| Lube, Habecker took off his shoe
| placed the muzzle of a shotgun in his
mouth and pulled the trigger with his
toes. He was killed almost instantly
The shooting Is said by neighbors tt
have resulted from the fact that cat
tie belonging to Lube had strayed into
the Habecker pasture. Lube left his
home to drive the cattle back on tt
his own land and was met at the fence
by Habecker with shotgun. After {
few words. Habecker fired.