Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-11-03

put out while 700 students watched
Five moonshiners, operators of the
largest stills ever taken in Wisconsin
by state forces, drew fines totaling
$3.50 in the municipal court at Gran
don
The cornerstone of a new Jewish
synagogue in Fond du Lac was laid
last week. The stone was sold at
auction and the highest bidder, A.
Sadoff, was accorded the honor of
laying the stone.
John Rosch, 63, former mayor Of
Menasha, and serving in his second
term as a member of the Winnebago
county board of supervisors, died at
his home following a third paralytic
stroke.
Western feed manufacturers, in Chi
cago capitalized at 100000, have
selected Rice Lake as their distribut-
ing center for Minnesota, Wisconsin
and the Dakotas. They plan extensive
operations at, Rice Lake.
Fishermen operating along the Door
peninsula are now busily engaged in
obtaining trout spawn under strict
state supervision The spawn are be-
ing shipped to Sturgeon Bay and
placed in the state hatchery.
Hearing on the 100000 claim of
the Wisconsin Methodist association
against the estate of the late Justice
R. D. Marshall of Chippewa Falls and
Madison will be held Nov. in circuit
court before Judge James Wickham,
Eau Claire.
After remaining out more than 80
hours, jury in Judge Quinlan's cir
cult court, Marinette, decided that
widow cannot collect damages for the
death of her husband, if he was killed
in an unavoidable automobile accident
while riding with a friend
The Duluth Street Railway COM
pany operating at Superior applied
to the railroad commission for an in
crease in passenger rates. Present
charges of cents and six tickets for
IS cents are said to be inadequate,
unreasonable and insufficient to oper-
ate the system at cost, without profit.
William w. Gray, Brentwood, pio-
neer northern Wisconsin resident, is
dead following an illness of three
years. He served with Co. l, Fifty
fifth Illinois infantry, during the Civil
war, and was wounded at the battle
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throughout northern Wisconsin.
Death Turn, the scene Of many au-
tomobile accidents, on highway Sc.
two miles west of Manitowoc, will
soon be eliminated. The state high
way commission has approved the
re-routing Highways IS and IT will
be connected with straight road to
eliminate three curves.
A meeting of drainage experts ap-
pointed by the governor. with repre-
sentatives of the Association for the
Relief of High Water and with federal
government experts, to discuss meth
DDS for the relief of food conditions
in Lake Winnebago and the Fox River
will be held In Oshkosh Nov. Is, 1t
has been announced by Alan H. Trip.
president of the association.
Six years Of protection have brought
prairie chicken and partridge back to
Wisconsin in large numbers, conser-
walton wardens reported to w. E. Bar
Der, state conservation commissioner.
Replies to a questionable sent out by
Mr.. Barber show that these game
birds are again plentiful in the state,
and that the short open season this
year did not result in inroads being
made into their number.
Almost $50 tobacco warehouses for
the storage of the Northern Wisconsin
Tobacco Cooperative Pool have now
been rented or purchased for this sea-
sons crop, according to G. N. Pulley,
of the state department of markets.
Mr.. Pulley said that it would be nee
essary to build warehouses in only a
few locations The directors of the
pool are now considering the building
of warehouses at Madison, Westby,
independence. DeSoto and Chaseburg.
That state aid for the eighty-four
authorized county fairs this year has
cost the state $250,320.14 was the
statement issued by Secretary OF
State Elmer S. Hail. Besides this ex-
pense it now appears that the state
fair at Milwaukee has deficit OF
over 100000 which will mean that
the state spent $4,000 for fairs this
year and over 100000 during the
past three years. Only seven of the
eighty-four fairs received the maxi
mum state aid of $4,000.
After forced vacation Of more than
three months, navigation on the Fox
river, prevented by washouts of the
locks and dam at Little Rapids, has
been resumed. Repairs at Little
Rapids were completed last week.
Scores of boats, barges and tugs have