Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-05-20
Green Bay claims the distinction Of


having one Of the youngest city treas
urers in the state. He is John V.
Tease, and he has just touched his
twenty milestone He has re-
Gently been named to succeed c. j!
O'Conner
Levi Bancroft, former attorney gen.
eral of Wisconsin, will deliver the fea-
ture address at the Memorial day serv-
ices in Green Bay which will be
staged under the auspices OF the e. A.
r., Woman's Relief corps, Spanish
War Veterans and American Legion
Since Villas county and state have
placed a bounty on cranes many or
the birds have been killed near Eagle
River, and the bounty OF one dollar
each collected within the last few
weeks. According to the report OF sew
eral hunters almost a thousand nave
been slaughtered this spring.
Rock county will build complete
concrete highway from GAINESVILLE TO
Edgerton, II miles, this year, the con-
struction work being started this week
by Highway Commissioner Charles r.
Moore This will give the county two
concrete trunk line roads from James
vile to Edgerton, all concrete.
Inez Arntz, fve-year-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Arntz of Babcock,
was accidentally shot by ten-year-
old playmate. The children were
playing with a 22-calibre rifle, which
suddenly discharged. The bullet
passed through the girls leg just
above the ankle.
Three-year-old Albridge Foskeet,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold FOskeet
of Fond du Lac, fell 80 feet, landing
on his head on a, cement walk and es~
capped with severe shake-up. The child
did not bear a mark of the fall. Be
fore he struck the ground he hit a
clothes line, which, it is believed,
broke his fall and prevented any serl-
Gus injury
John A. Mitchell, Burlington brake
man, was sentenced to five years in
Waupun prison by Judge E. G. Hlgbee
in circuit court at La Crosse for break
Thomas Dagnan, bartender, who re-
ceived part of the stolen property, was
sentenced to two years, while Charles
Brose, who got one pair of shoes paid
"A fine of s33.40.
Employing carpenters Of Green
Bay have declared for the open shop
and will employ carpenters hereafter
only on an open shop basis, according
to President Joseph CervOtte of the
Brown County Contractors assOcia
ton Decision to this effect was made
after representatives of the carpen
ters union had refused point blank to
accept a reduction in wages of IS to
rs cents an hour.
Many farmers near Clinton have
been forced to replant small grains as
a result of the torrent of rains in
southern Wisconsin recently. The
rains packed the earth with a surface
crust which prevented the sprouting
seeds coming through the surface.
Unless the soil was dragged the seeds
rotted for the reason that sprouts un-
ed to grow downwards.
The controversy between building
unions and contractors that has tied
up construction in Madison for a
month, is settled. Agreement has been
reached on lower wage scale for the
workers. with the closed shop to re
main Reduction in pay brings the
scale for bricklayers and plasterers
from $112 to 81, carpenters from 81
TO 80 cents; plumbers from 81 to 95
cents. About 600 men are affected
James Horlick, one of the founders
and owners Of the HOrick Matted
Milk CO., died in London, according to
a cablegram received in Racine by his
brother, William Horlick. Mr.. Horlick
was born in England in 1874 and came
to Racine about so years ago and or
ganiZed company TO manufacture
milk producers. He returned to Eng
land 80 years ago to start matted
milk plant He visited Racine every
two years. Ten years ago he was
knighted by King Edward of England.
The question of the ownership of
Spring lake in Bayfield, county is to be
determined in the United States courts ;
C. F. Wiehe maintains that the lake
belongs to him because he owns all
property adjoining the lake. Recently
the state decided that the lake was
not private property and that the state
was the rightful owner. Mr. Wiehe
had prohibited fishermen from using
the lake and the state declared that
any Wisconsin resident had the right
to fish in the lake. Mr.. Wiehe has
started legal battle to determine who
owns the lake.
Over 1000 new farms are being set
tied III Wisconsin every year, accord
ing to figures made public by the Wis
consin commissioner of agriculture in
his annual report. These farms are
being formed almost entirely in upper
Wisconsin, as the lower two-thirds of
the state shows an actual decrease in
the number of farms. Wisconsin main
tains it's leadership in siloS, the report
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