Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-03
BADGER STATE
| HAPPENINGS

Prof. E. A. Gilmore OF the Univer
sfty of Wisconsin law school may be
come governor general Of the Philip
pine islands within a few months, is
the report that has come to the state
university. He was on Dec % ap
pointed to the post of vice governor
serving under Gen. Leonard Wood
the present governor general.
Tobacco growers of Rock county
who have found no ready market for
their crops the last two years are go
ing to grow alfalfa or some other crop
next year, Judging from the sentiment
expressed by member of the Rock
County Tobacco Growers association
at the annual meeting in GAINESVILLE.
Many farmers are being forced to sell
at 5 cents a pound because they must
raise funds to pay their taxes.
The Industrial commission announc-
ed that revised orders establishing
new requirements for sanitation in
places of employment where dust,
smoke, gas, or industrial poisons are
present, have been published and put
into effect. These require that en-
ployers provide Ventilating or exhaust
systems in all places of employment
where air conditions might cause in
jury.
A return to the aldermanic form Of
city government is sought in petit
OF al hNr n ic-
satisfied with the present form of
commission government. Rice Lake
has been operating under the COM
mission form of government for a
number of years, and while in the
main it appears this has been salts
factory, the elections always have
been spirited and there is a great
deal of political rivalry.
The jury in the $4,000 SANDER suit
Of the Rev. N. F. Kile against Carl
and Anton Anderson and Marcus Han
son, members of the New Hope Luth-
eran congregation at Stevens Point,
returned verdict of $500 against the
Anderson brothers and discharged
Hanson. The suit grew out of charges
of immortality alleged to have been
made by the defendants against the
minister. These accusations were de-
clared by the Rev. Mr.. Kile to have
led to his dismissal from the church.
Gasoline will provide funds for
building Wisconsin roads in addition
TO running its automobiles, should the
1923 legislature enact into law the
proposal submitted to T. J. Cunning
ham, supervisor of oil inspectors, by
q committee of his deputies. This
proposal, in the form of bill for in
PRODUCTION into the legislature, calls
for l cent tax ON each of the 1885,
100000 gallons Of gasoline sold in the
state annually. Revenue of $780,
900 would result, to go into the gen
eral fund for use in highway construc-
zion and maintenance.
An increased demand for woman
labor at the same time that the de-
mand for men workers was rapidly
declining is noted by the industrial
commission in its report on activities
Of the II public employment agencies
during 1921. A total of 63,093 per-
sons were placed in employment dur
ing the year, 42,473 of them men and
20,620 women. This represents a de-
cline of more than 40 per cent in the
number of men placed, compared to
1920 when 76,016 were put to work.
The number of women placed at work
by the commission showed an increase
OF % per cent, rising from 1850 in
1920 to 20,620 last year.
More than $4,000 automobile license
plates have been distributed by the
secretary of state since Jan. /. result
ing in an addition of 100000 to the
states general fund. The first rush
for licenses has subsidized, to revive
when Wisconsin starts to emerge
from winter quarters, Elmer S. Hail.
secretary of state, said. Automobile
owners outside of cities, he explained
are holding their $40 until spring
opens the roads to travel 1t is es.
timated that 10000 additional plates
will be distributed before Apr. /. The
total number will exceed $4,000 &C
cording to Mr.. Hail. producing $780,.
900 for use in maintaining the roads
of the state.
The proposed federation of Wiscon
sin farmers into a single organiza
ton for marketing the $150,000 00C OF
dairy products annually produced in
the state is to be Abandoned by the
Equity society, which promoted the
project, Edward Nordman, commits
sioner of markets, has announced
This decision of the society was
reached after extened conferences
with the state department of markets
Together with the college of agricul
ture of the university the department
opposed the dairymen's federation, tC
be organized along the same lines as
the New York Dairymen's associa
ton, as impractical and detrimental
TO the interest of the dairy industry
in Wisconsin.
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