Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-01-20
BADGER STATE
| HAPPENINGS

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on statements made by boys who said
they had bought moonshine from him
The Kenosha county board Of super
visors signed contract with officials
of the Milwaukee county house Of cor.
rection for the housing of prisoners
from Kenosha. Kenosha officials Were
assured by house of correction Off
Gals there was no congestion at the
institution
Dynamite caps, which accidentally
got mixed in the fuel supply at the
home of Mrs. Louis Vetter of Gard
ner, near Sturgeon Bay, almost caused
Mrs. Vetter's death The caps explod-
ed when Mrs. Vetter put coal on the
fire in the kitchen stove, causing more
than 20 severe flesh wounds. The
fact that she wore glasses saved her
eyesight.
At meeting Of the senior class
Of the state normal school at Eau
Claire, all members of the f. E. x,
a secret fraternity which exists in
the school, were barred from all privi-
1eges as members in any class meet
ings or class doings. 1t was charged
that heretofore F. E. x. members had
controlled elections and obtained and
held control of all elective offices in
the various classes.
Child labor in Wisconsin has greatly
decreased during the past year as in
dicated by the falling off in number
of permits issued by the Industrial
commission. A total of 17,409 chill
dren were granted permission to enter
industry during the year, representing
a reduction of 5000 over 1920, the
commission report shows. Slightly
over half of the permits were issued
in Milwaukee.
Charles E. Reed, Thorpe, who is
recognized as one of the states most
noted dairymen, was reelected presi-
dent at the annual meeting of the
Wisconsin Cheese Makers association
at Milwaukee. All other officers
whose terms expired were unanimous
ly held over for 1922. They are H. A.
Rindt, Clintonville, vice president; J.
L. Sammis, Madison, secretary; A. w.
Zehn, Plymouth, and A r. Bruhn,
Madison, directors.
Fifty years of dairy progress in Wis
consin will be celebrated in Madison
during Home-makers' and Farmers,
week at the college of agriculture
from Jan. 20 to Feb 4, the department
of agriculture, extension division, an
nounces. ''All stock breeders asso-
Citations, state departments of mar
kets, agriculture, dairy and food and
Z the college of agriculture will join in
I the celebration with the Dairyman's
association in planning another fifty
years of dairy success" said K. L..
Hatch, chairman of the department,
The highways of Wisconsin were
classified into A and B for truck reg
ulation purposes by the highway COM
mission. No trucks over IL tons
weight with load will be permitted
hereafter on Glass A roads and none
over seven tons on Glass B roads as
a result of legislative enactment Of
the last session. The highways which
permit traffic of heavy trucks lie in
the eastern section of the state and
along the lake shore for the most part,
excluding in each instance roads with
in the city limits which are not affect
ed by the law.
The trial of Peter Fisher Jr., for
fc+, at att IF Konncho
county, on charge of embezzlement
in connection with building loan de-
posts alleged to have been received
from Mrs. Mary WEIGH, came to a
sudden close at Kenosha when, after
the jury had been chosen but before
any witnesses had been called, Fisher
asked the privilege to change his plea
of not guilty to guilty. The plea was
accepted, but sentence was deferred
Announcement was also made by the
attorneys for the defense that com
plete restitution of the funds would
be made by the defendant.
Manufacturing has surpassed agri
culture in the number of persons EN-
ployed in Wisconsin, the industrial
commission reports from federal cen
sus bureau figures. In 1920 the report
shows 339,573 persons in the state
were employed in manufacturing ant
3O8,03S in agriculture. While agricui
ture showed only slight increase
from 1910 to 1920, the commission re
ports an increase of 21.5 per cent from
1910 to 1920 in the total number en-
gagged in manufacturing. The humble
of persons employed in clerical occu
pations rose SAT per cent and in pro
LESSONS 235 per cent. A falling OF
in mining, quarrying and domestic
service was noted. The percentage o
women working is practically tn
same in 1920 as in 1910. OF the tota
number employed 1873 per cent wer
women and girls.
That Brentwood is gradually becom
inc a potato center is shown by tn
fact that so carloads of potatoes wer