Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-03-24
PIONEER DAY
"REMINISCENCES
Incidents of Early Life Feature
Chamber of Commerce
Luncheon
ADDRESSES BY FRANK
MITNROE AND T.. e. McGILL
Harry BallOu Urges More Ethical
Cooperation Between Business
Men of City

Incidents Of pioneer life were the
keynote of the short session following
Wednesdays nOOn-day luncheon of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Harry Ballou spoke briefly ON bus
mess ethics and urged a closer cooper
alton among the business interests of
The city. Mr.. Ballou thought there
was also room for Improvement by de
reloping more harmony in working
with the city and county officials.
Coupled with compliment 10 the To-
cal newspapers was the suggestion that
interviews be printed weekly With citi-
2cns on various topics Of general inter
est and of local Importance.
This being Il year of numerous elec-
tions, Mr. Ballou asked for Il closer
scrutiny of candidates before voting
and urged his hearers not to vote AT
any election for the best fellow" but
for the one most competent to run
your business.
"Ladysmith 20 Years ago"
Frank T.. Munroe. county clerk OF
hllSk county lIfli luN tliil' II Nt''7 W
ganized up to the ifl-st Of the month,
and now Ladysmiths postmaster
talked cntertainingly, though too brief
ly. on "I.adysmith Of Fifteen to Twenty
Years Ago
fIe told of the incorporation OF the
village CWarner) tWenty-one years ago
and the election Of the first village
officers. This was wide open town
in every respect fn those strenuous
times when the lumberjackS crowded
The streets and factionaliSm was strong
and bitter,
He told Of the voting OF the first
brick school. (the present WeSt-side
building) and its completion in 1902
tHp court house being finished IN the
same year Mr.. Munroc said lSG votes
were east here in 1902 and 34J III l9o0
Ry The time the SchoolhOuse above
mentioned was completed, the town
had outgrown it. Mr.. Munroe declared
and that condition has been true mere
over since. until now With four large
schools and Il new addition just COM
ulnted thcy are still inadequate for
The needs of this city and surrounding
country.
Pioneer Lawyer Speaks
LIE. McCiu. pioneer among the law
ycrS of LadySmth. spoke III livery
and humorous vein of the early days,
There was neither teacher preacher
nor lock-up here. he declared, for two
~, thrcp years after he came to Lady
smith. When he came here, II was
through an almost mbroken wilderness
from Rhnelander.
The speaker gave some interesting
sidc-Hghts ON the first sessions OF the
neyy Gates county board here. only
two members H. w. True and Iene
Wilkinson are still in the county OF
the first county board of Gates county.
which was organized in 1901. the name
heing later changed to RuSk.
When lie came here, lie said. Inc
only sidewalk was the short slfFtch
from the small depot across the ROAD
to The Prentice House, now the Hotter
Nanlcy. He was introduced TO fhe
nostmostcr and merchant, Joe fritz'
who conducted Il small store where Eo
Rrnckbank s restaurant IL iitlN io'"''''
This was a typical country store, ne
said. with Il small stock of goods Il
LITTLE box of pigc0nholes for the post
office and a box Of sawduSt by the
stove.
Residcs the hotel and store Ed Wor'
don had a small store where the Boi
Ton is now located These with a few
Other small buildings, made up the bts
mess part of the village. The couri
house stands ON what was then Rober'
Corbett's hay field.
First County Board Meeting
che first meeting Of the county boaf'
was ON June Is, 1901, in the building
now occupied by the Rusk COUNTY
Rank O. T.. Peterson was elected ih'
first chairman of the county board TN
membership of which was made UP a
Follows; H. ". True, town OF Law
renee: q. r. Peterson, Fiambeau; y
NJ Arpin. Atlanta +. T. Stevens, III;
Bend: Tom Baker. Dewey Ienc WI
knson. member of the board from n
Town of Strickland was absent at tn
first meeting
When the village of Warner was OF
oonjzcd. CLYDE Gerard was elected
its first member ON the county board
ur. McGill declared The future prog
ress of I.adysnlith would eclipse II
remarkable development IN the past