Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-09-01
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George Loomis, La Crosse, who Gre
river boat, was overpowered by five
deck hands, turned over to police and
fined 500 and costs on charge of
transporting liquor.
After striking a windmill and fol.
lowing water pipe to barn 120 feet
away, lightning set fire to the 40x100
foot barn on the farm of John Lauers-
dorf of Oak Grove, near Beaver Dam.
ALI contents, including seventy tons
of hay and 1000 bushels of oats, were
lost.
The new concrete highway between
Marinette and Peshtigo has been Off
cially opened. During Sunday 2,451
pleasure cars passed over 1t. There
were 1854 Wisconsin cars, SGT with
foreign license plates, 81 trucks, %
motorcycles, and II horse-drawn ve-
hicles.
A Jewish school, the first of it's kind
in Madison, will be built this year, it
Is announced by Rabbi l. J. Fink, for
mer principal Of the Philadelphia He
brew school, following conference with
prominent Jewish leaders and business
men in Madison. Until building can
be erected, classes will be conducted
in the Jewish church.
Skin grated from the legs of eight
anI1 ic nj cd 70 Tn
store use of the right arm of Mrs. lone
Truesdell, badly injured in an auto
mobile smash near Delavan a short
time ago. Mrs. Truesdell for many
years has been matron at the Phi
Kappa Psi fraternity house. All but
one of the youths are members of the
fraternity.
Otto Behling, Dodge county, has
started suit against the Rock County
Sugar company, GAINESVILLE, to recover
$4,000 on an alleged breach of con-
tract. The complaint, filed in the
Rock county circuit court, stated that
defendant corporation to raise 65
acres of beets. 1t is claimed that the
sugar company refused to accept de-
livery.
County, state and federal authorities
have awarded the contract for the
building of highway in the towns of
BiFnamwood and Aniwa to cost ap-
proximately $4,000. The project COW
ers a distance of seven miles, six of
which are through the town of Aniwa
About four miles is relocation of
highway 80, which was ordered some
time ago for the purpose of eIiminat-
ing four railroad crossings and eight
right-angle turns in the road.
Two hundred people were thrown
into a small size panic at the Mani
towoc county fair grounds when
terrific wind and rain storm wrecked
the big tent covering the automobile
and accessories displays. The water
soaked canvass, $50 by 100 feet, was
torn to shreds and uprooted poles flew
through the air, striking automobiles
and causing hundreds of dollars dam
age. No one was hurt but many mar
rowly missed being buried in the
ruins.
J. M. Varlie, arrested at GAINESVILLE
few days ago on suspicion of being
the slayer Of Chief of Police Elmer
Sundby, Eau Claire, July 25, 1921, who
was shot down by bandit who half
hour before had held up messenger
% the Wisconsin, Minnesota Light and
Power Co. and robbed him of more
than $1,000, has been released. What
appears to be definite proof that Varlie
was in GAINESVILLE ON the day the
murder was committed is in the hands
of the Eau Claire police.
Instead of being wildfire, the disease
damaging the tobacco crop in Rock
county and southern Wisconsin is de-
clared to be widespread crop malady
known as mosaic, according to
County Agent r. r. Glassco. In GER
tain sections the disease will cut down
the crop production as high as rs per
cent but in general where fields are
infected. the damage will not run more
than 10 to 15 per cent. The chief
symptom of the disease, according to
the county agent. Is the mottled color
Of the leaf. portions of which are of a
lighter green color. In time the spots
turn to dark brown and rot.
The Wisconsin filled milk law will
10 into effect at once. The law pro-
hibits the manufacture or sale Of milk
made from skinned milk and cocoa
nut oil within the state. Request for
rehearing on the decision of the Wis
consin supreme court upholding con.
stitutionality Of the law was with
drawn by attorneys for the Carnation
Milk Co., plaintiffs. The bill was
passed at the last session of the legis-
lature. The CGrnation Milk Co. imme-
diately appealed to the supreme court
to test the validity of the law. The
law was upheld by the supreme court
about a month ago. The Carnation
Milk Co. then ASKED for rehearing.