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

son, was killed when a sand pit in
which he was playing caved in.
Changes in the method of disposing
of its sewage were ordered by the
state board of health before the
United States Sugar company can
open it's plant at Madison this fall.
Harry Bennett, 80 years old, fac
tory worker, of Eau Claire, was cap
tured by a posse of IL men, led by
Sheriff Carmen and G. Wolfe, cap
tain of police, at his home on the
Chippewa river, one mile from here
and is being held as a suspect in the
messenger robbery and shooting
which resulted in the death of Chief
of Police Sundby.
Ellis Harem." That's what Sheriff
Mic Ryan calls the county Jail at Green
Bay at present. There are twice as
many female prisoners as male. The
moral cleanup is being felt there and a
number of the young girls have been
sentenced in an attempt to straighten
them out. Others of the more unfor-
tunate type, caught in raids, have been
unable to pay their fines.
A strange freak of lightning was in
stanced recently at the home OF Ira
Granger, who lives on farm near
Clintonville While he was milking in
the barn bolt of lightning struck
the barn and killed the cow which
Mr.. Granger was milking as well as
two others in nearby stalls. Mr.
Granger was somewhat jolted but es-
capped without serious injury.
Judge Frank S. Symmonds, of Ke-
nosha, recently appointed district at
tOrney of Kenosha county by Gov
Blaine, issued statement in which he
declared that the law was going to be
enforced in Kenosha county if it were
necessary to call troops to enforce the
prohibition statutes. In his formal
statement, Mr. Symmonds declared
that the governor had promised to him
the full cooperation of the state to
aid in this cleanup of the county.
Two public markets will be opened
at Green Bay in few days, much to
the delight of housewives, who find
it cheaper to buy direct from the farm
ers and carry their purchases home
than to trade at the corner grocery
store. Both the markets will be under
city supervision. Farmers and truck
gardeners must file application to
leave their wagons in the market
space. Two hundred applications
have already been received for selling
rights.
Elmer Sundby, 4S, chief of police,
Eau Claire, died, as result OF gun
fight with a robber who escaped with
$1,O36 after holding up a messenger
of the innesota-Wisconsin Light and
Power Co. Chief Sundby was leading
a posse at the time he was shot. He
was appointed to the police force IN
1908 and in 1916 was made chief. The
robbery occurred at the car barns
when the highwayman forced Evan
Evans, a messenger, and two guards
into the barns as they were leaving
for the bank, and took the satchel
containing the money.
Immigrants continue to flock to up
per Wisconsin in numbers tar eX-
ceeding those going to surrounding
states, figures reported to the state
bureau of immigration by the 500
Railroad Co. show. A total Of As immi-
grant cars were scheduled for Wis
consin during June, with two going to
Minnesota and one to Michigan The
largest number of immigrants are
Scandinavians and Germans, with a
somewhat smaller number Of Slave
mans and Danes. Russians, Italians,
Irish and other nationalities are scat
tered among those who take land in
the northern part of the state.
Large increase in the number of
heifers is said by the crop reporting
service to be the outstanding feature
of the livestock situation in Wiscon-
sin. An extensive inquiry of individ-
ual farms indicated that there are IL
per cent more heiferS now than in
1920 No change is indicated in the
number of milk COWS, with a falling
off of 2 per cent in the number of
others. Bulls increased 4 per cent,
the report shows, with steers falling
off Is per cent. All other live stock
than cattle decreased in number dur
ing the year, swine dropping 4 per
cent, sheep s and horses 6.
Wisconsin has 1898 insane in state
and county institutions July of this
year, monthly report Of the state
board of control made public shows.
OF these 1881 were in the State hos
pital, 100 in the Hospital for the
Criminal Insane, 56S in the Milwau-
Ike hospital and $685. in county asyl-
ums. This is an increase of 1870 over
last year at this time, the report in
dicates. The number of feeble-minded
likewise increased from LILO in July,
1920, to 1,164 in July of this year.
The total number of all classes in in
situations on July 1 was 12,515, an in
crease of SOC over year ago.
j. N. Kavanaugh, county agent of
Brown county, has organized cow