Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-04-28


their locations or lines" in the woods
The number of trappers was greatly
Increased during the year, largea.s due
to the lack Of other employment, and
as all have been successful to some
extent, the fur supply has been great
~ decreased. The slaughter Of beaver
has been SO great that game wardens.
and members of various conservation
organizations have started fight for
closed season. This has been the
first ''open season" for the trapping
bf beaver for many years.
Madison-"Honey farming" Is rapid
~ becoming an important business in
Wisconsin, according to H. f. Wilson
of the department of agriculture of
the University. Farmers in all parts
of the state are turning to bee culture
hs means of adding to their reve-
hues. The average annual output Of
the state is 100000 pounds. At the
annual crop nets the beekeepers of
the state better than 100000. There
hre about forty-two bee colonies in the
state at the present time. Each one
of these has an average output of
100000 pounds of honey.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Indians are on
the warpath against bill pending in
congress which would postpone citi-
zenship for red men to twenty-five
years after the allotment of land to
them. The fight against the proposed
measure is being led by the Rev.
Philip Gordon of Reserve. one of the
two Indian priests in the United
States. Gordon has just returned from
Washington, where he appealed to the
president against the proposed legis-
tation.
Madison After celebrating 80
hours, the jury in the case Of the
Travellers Insurance Co. against DR..
Frank Meyers, Edgerton, decided that
$4,000 would be a reasonable compen-
sation for injuries suffered by Henry
Biesman, Edgerton fireman, seriously
hurt when struck by an automobile
of DR.. Meyer last September. Circuit
Judge f. Ray Stevens will determine
who is to bear the liability and other
points of law involved.
Madison-Spring blowing and plant
ing in Wisconsin has been delayed
more than a week by cold and wet
weather, the state crop service re-
ports. 1t says that In some northern
counties the frost is just out of the
ground. With the floods in the east
| ern and southern part of the state,
some fields of winter wheat, rye and
grass are said to have suffered severe
damage. Seeding of oats and spring
wheat is reported as already one week
late.
Racine-Dragged more than a mile
by maddened cow that he was lead
ing to pasture, Roilo Miller, %, Ra
cine farmer, received injuries that
caused his death. Miller was leading
the cow from the barn when it be-
came frightened and bolted down the
road, dragging him along the ground
by a rope, which the farmer had tied
to his wrist. He was unconscious
when found and died in a few hours.
Appleton-River Falls high school
won the championship of Wisconsin
i'm the finals of triangle debates at
Appleton, River Falls and Brillion un-
der the auspices of Lawrence College
Interscholastic Debating league. APP
pleton won second place and Brillion
was given third. Eighty-one high
schools were entered in the league
last fall and all but three were elimi-
mated in preliminary contests. .
| Birchwood-The first golden we'd
ding to be celebrated in Brentwood
was that of Mr.. and Mrs. Gottlieb
Grassley, who observed their fiftieth
anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Grassley
have resided in Brentwood 20 years,
having come to that city the day pre-
vious to their thirtieth wedding ami
Wersary. They were married April IL,
1872
Beaver Dam-Increased activity in
the iron industry was forecast when
the Center ST. plant of the Western
Malleables Co., Beaver Dam, furnished
employment for 200 additional men.
With the opening of the Center st.
plant only one of the three big units
in Beaver Dam of this company re-
mains idle. When running full capac-
ity the Malleable Co.. has on it's pay
~oll over 1000 men.
Madison-Two carloads of brown
trout fingerlings were sent from the
BAYFIELD, hatchery by the state conser-
walton commission for planting in
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