Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-10-06

ty boards are considering the advis-
ability of designating some of the
roads arterial highways and applying
special traffic regulations.
/ Lester Atkinson, 10, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Foss Atkinson, living near Shell
Lake, accidentally killed himself when
preparing to go hunting. He was
walking over cellar hole when he
slipped and the gun was discharged,
blowing off the side Of his face. He
died two hours later.
James Harvat, farmer near East
! man, Crawford county, has perfected
a new threshing machine which is re-
garded as superior to any of the ma
chimes now in use The machine OPP
crates noiselessly, with the precision
of an electric motor and does the work
of threshing thoroughly. AS a clover
huller the new Harvat machine is also
said to excel
The old home Of Eben E. Rexford,
author Of Silver Threads Among the
Gold" at Schiocton, near New Lon
don, is for sale. This home was once
one Of the beauty spots of Central
Wisconsin. Mr.. Rexford's death oc-
Cured few years ago and since then
the properly has received little at
tention. ~>
The congregation Of st. Johns Luz
theran church in Tigerton, recently
celebrated the fortieth anniversary of
the founding of the church. Several
hundred persons, including several
clergymen, attended The Rev. Dart,
present president of the Northern Dis
trict of Missouri Synod, was the first
pastor.
Mrs. Nancy Vienna Thayer, Eau
Claire, celebrated her one hundred
first birthday, Sept "a. She was born
In Cortland county, N. Y, and moved
to Kenosha with her husband, Horace
Thayer, in 1862. After her husbands
death she moved to Eau Claire with
her two daughters and they have lived
In that city for the last 81 years.
Supervising teachers may legally
provide their automobiles and charge
the counties for the use of them when
operated for official business, accord
ing to a ruling by the attorney gen.
erals department. reimbursement
may be given the teacher on the ac-
tual cost Of operation of the machine,
including oil, gas, repairs, tires and
depreciation, the opinion said.
Potatoes from Wisconsin are selling
at higher price than those shipped
from Minnesota, due to grading and
Standardization, the state department
Of markets says. = The department
quotes Minnesota statement, show.
Ing that the Badger product was sell
Ing for as much as 80 cents more than
that of Minnesota during the past
month.
Two shifts at the Eau Claire high
school make possible the seating of
700 students in building constructed
to accommodate some 800 Entering
freshmen, numbering 140, are housed
In ward school building. Classes at
the main building start at 8 a. m. for
nearly 200 pupils, who continue
through the noon hour and leave early,
others taking their places in the
crowded assembly rooms.
! Adjt Gen. Orlando Holway was ap-
pointed chairman of the war trophy
distribution board created by Gov
Blaine to take care of Wisconsin war
prizes. Other members of the board
named by the governor are Ryan
Duffy, Fond du Lac, state commander
of the American Legion; Col. George
F. O'Connell, Madison; Col Charles A.
Williams, Camp Douglas, and Col
Ralph M. Immell, private secretary to
the governor.
Wisconsin potato growers will rush
the season by killing the vines before
they naturally wither. if experiments
being carried out by college of agri-
culture investigators at Madison, Wau-
paca, Park Falls and Sturgeon Bay
give results expected. Investigators
are working on the theory that if the
vines are killed the tubers will harden
before being dug. They believe ap-
plications of certain chemicals will do
the work satisfactorily.
| The Door-Kewaunee Normal school,
Algoma, has the largest enrolment of
students in its history of the institu-
ton, with IS in attendance OF this
number Al are from Door county, 43
from Kewaunee county and one each
from Brown and Shawano counties
| There will be between 400 and 500
delegates In Oshkosh for four days,
j beginning Oct 8, to attend the Wiscon-
sin State Baptist convention. An elab-
crate program is being prepared. Sew
eral speakers of note will take part.
An ordinance for the licensing and
regulation of dance halls and public
dances has been passed by the Osh-
kosh city council. Among the features
of the ordinance are: No person un-
/ der 16 shall be permitted, unless &C.
companied by parent, to stay during