Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-23

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in their possession and were fined $50
each and costs.
During the present year H. 900 acres
of land were cleared in Bayfield, coun-
campaign. Fourteen carloads of ex-
| plosives were used in blasting There
are 1880 farms in the county and the
amount cleared averaged 61a acres
per farm
After having been entirely deaf for
many years, Mrs. j. c. George of Rice
Lake has had her hearing restored.
| While sitting alone in her home she
! thought She heard a noise. She
| placed record on the photograph
| and was nearly overcome on hearing
| the record perfectly.
Adjustment of justice and munich
pal courts in Sheboygan county and
| establishment OF a county municipal
court in their stead is asked of the
| state legislature by the Sheboygan
| county board in memorial. The res
| olutiOn stated that justice and muni-
cipal courts not having final jurisdic-
ton in many matters are too expen-
| Slve to maintain
George Hoffman, 81, and his son
Andrew, Z, were killed when struck
by an automobile on the Mormon
county road near the La Crosse city
limits. The automobile driver sped
off toward the country with lights
| turned out. Police and sheriffs of
several counties are looking for an
auto said to have been the machine
which ran over father and son.
The cut OF logs being produced
and about Oconto is estimated at APP
proximately so per cent normal, &C.
cording to a survey just completed
among the several lumber companies
This means that slightly less than so
per cent of the usual number OF
woodsmen employed are actually at
work at the present time.
A conference of district attorneys
of Wisconsin has been called by Atty.
Gen. William ]. Morgan for Dec. %
and 20 at Madison. Questions of law
enforcement will be considered and
a program for cooperative action de-
veloped, according to plans. District
attorneys of so counties have express
sed their intention of attending, while
only two unfavorable replies to the
attorney generals invitation have
been received.
Max La Fave and Anton Gastoldi,
two Hurley policemen, were dropped
from the police force by the city coun-
Gil, when cuts were made in practi-
cally all city officers salaries The
release of the two policemen was
voted as measure of economy. The
street commissioners salary was cut
from $1,000 to $500 year. The city
clerk was cut $780, city marshal $3.50,
city policemen $3.50 and city ply
stefan 500.
Edward Ontke was sentenced to
pay a fine of $500 and costs or serve
three months in Jail on charge of
writing threatening letters to DR.. A.
S. Pfeiffer of Racine, by whom he was
employed as chauffeur He was
unable to pay the fine. Two months
ago DR.. Pfeiffer received letters de-
manding $4,000 and threatening
death if he failed to leave the money
in a designated spot
The little 3-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Waldhart of Stetsonville,
Taylor county, was so badly burned
that he died a few hours later. The
mother had left the two youngest
children, aged 5 and years alone in
the house for few minutes while she
went to the barn. During her alb
sence it is presumed that the children
played with the fire in the stove, as
the child was III flames when the
mother reached him.
Gov Blaine has removed Hans
Rodd, sheriff of Oneida county, from
office for disobeying an executive par
don order issued Oct. rs, for release
from jail of Peter Christ, Rhinelander
strike leader, serving a four months
sentence for contempt of court. The
governor found from facts gathered
by him and from those brought out
Nov 20, at a hearing on complaint
against the sheriff, that he "wilfully
disobeyed the pardon warrant issued
to him. and in so doing mot only
did not act in good faith. but on the
other hand, defied the executive di-
rections and pardon warrant, in ut
terly bad faith, and without honest
convictions
Appleton's noted might rider" trial
has ended in a deadlock. After de-
liberating for As hours whether Mrs.
John Black was entitled to $4,000 be-
cause of midnight raid at her home
during the fourth Liberty loan cam
paign, the jury reported its inability
to agree and it was dismissed. 1t
was the fourth trial growing out of
the celebrated night raids and none
of them have been victories for the
plaintiffs. Prominent Appleton men