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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26

THE Tax Commission made wise
provision in the railroad tax bill,
which was introduced on Friday to
protect the State against temporary
loss of income in case of litigation
should the bill become a law. The
provision is that the license fee now
paid by the railroads shall be paid dur
ing the next two years while the ad
valorem system is being adjusted. If,
under the new system, it is found that
the companies have not paid as, much
as they should, they will be called up
on to pay the difference between the
license fee paid and the amount found
to be due. Of course this would work
in the railroads favor, if it should be
found that the amount paid under the
license fee exceeded the amount found
to be due under the ad va1orem sys.
2em.-Madison Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26

IT seems that the United States has
out the cart before the horse, SO to
speak, and gone on building ships
without having officers to command
them. If every ship now in the navy
were placed in commission they'would
lack SIT officers, and when the ships
now building are completed the navy
will be 1860 officers short. The House
committee on naval affairs has Endorsed
the recommendation of the Navy De-
partment to aod 500 cadets to the NUM-
Der now at the academy and if this is
done the shortage will be relieved in a
few years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
r,,p hi, Of Senator Johnson to es-

The bill of Senator Johnson to es-
tablish state sanitarium for tubercu-
1osis patients is upon the lines that
have been foreshadowed by late nedi-
cal evidence and by modern progress.
The bill calls for an appropriation of
100000 with monthly expense of
ST. goo The principal sum is for the
purchase of buildings and the purchase
of a site and such expenditures as will
naturally be necessitated. The day
will come when states will care for all
patients suffering from contagious dis
eases of every nature. 1t may be slow
at first, but with the first successful
sanitarium conducted under state au-
spices, the example will be followed by
others.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
A VALUABLE CLUB.
Village Improvement Society Build
ing Up Geneva, Ill.

Village Improvement Society Build
ing Up Geneva, Ill.
The Improvement club of Geneva,
ILL.,, is an organization much to be con-
graduated upon it's civic accomplish
ments since it's inception twelve years
ago.
At first the object Of the association
was to clear from the streets the I'M
slightly litter Of old tin cans and rub
bish which had accumulated for long
time, to cut down some dead trees and
to plant new ones.
One after another accomplishment
followed upon opportunity, says the
Brooklyn Citizen, and the results have
been library started, new station
house built, an unkempt cemetery put
in order, the schoolhouse repaired and
a woman member elected to the school
board.
Several men joined in the movement
inaugurated by Mrs. Julia Platt Har-
vey, but while they furnished part Of
the necessary funds and applauded the
efforts they were satisfied that the wo-
men could proftably take the lead.
The money for the care of the streets
is raised by the usual methods OF lawn
fetes and other entertainments.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Opinion in Dashes.

A very young reporter was sent to
Riverdale to interview Mark Twain
on the coal situation. He began with:
''Mr Clemens, have been instruct
ed to interview you on the humors OF
the coal situation"
The humorist sat back in his chair
and gasped, and then replied:
young man, you go back to your
editor and tell him that if he emptied
all the short and long dashes in his
composing rooms into the forms he
would then only be able to set up a
prelude to my opinion on the coal stu
alton. New York Times.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
NEW JURY LIST.
Judge Belden Orders New List of Jurors
for Circuit Court in This County.

Judge Belden Orders New List of Jurors
for Circuit Court in This County.
Judge Be1den of the Circuit Court
has filed with the Clerk of the Court an
order demanding that a new list of
jurors be secured for the use of the
Circuit Court in this county, and with
in few days the various Court Com
missioners will be expected to furnish
to the Clerk the names of men qualified
for jury duty. These names will be
placed in the box at once, end when
the Commissioners again draw jurors
these men will be allowed chance to
hear cases.
The law provides that the box from
which the jurors are drawn shall al
ways contain $50 names and it may
contain as many as 500. The Kenosha
county box had not been replenished in
some time and when the jurors were
last drawn there were but 161 names in
the box.
This arrangement for the drawing
of jurors is most important as several
times in the history of the state the
Supreme court has reversed cases in
which it was shown that the jury box
did not contain the requisite number
of names. The men to be used as
jurors are selected by the commits
sioners from the voters of the city and
county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26

The Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin
characterizes the primary election bill
as ''the greatest of the session" In
this opinion the Post cannot agree
with its contemporary. While not
denying that it exists, we have always
believed that the sentiment in favor Of
the enactment of law of this kind is
mainly manufactured. On the other
hand, the sentiment in favor of the
passage of Legislative acts making the
assessments and taxation of all prop
critics uniform, whereby it is believed
that the public service corporations
will have to pay greater proportion
of taxes than they have so far paid, is
spontaneous, genuine and overwhelm-
ing. Such measure is of the first
concern to government and every
property owner and is certainly of
much greater importance than a
statute providing methods for the NOM
ination of candidates for public Office.
We agree with the Wisconsin, however,
that opposition to, and especially the
defeat of, the primary election bill by
Republican memoirs of the Legisla-
ture will prove disastrous to them
Appleton Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26

TIE movement inaugurated by the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Company to give as many of its EN-.
ployes as possible at least part of Sun
day at home is attracting great deal
of attention in railway circles, and the
effect of this radical departure in rail-
way management is being closely
watched by the managers of other
roads throughout the country. Sun
day has heretofore been the busiest
day of the week on the roads and the
day has been given over to general
cleaning up of the weeks accumula-
ton of delayed freight. Every avail
able engine and employe has been
pressed into service whenever possible
to clear the yards for the new weeks
business. On the North Western sys-
tenn this is all to be changed and no
freight will be moved on Sunday ex-
cept live stock and perishab1e goods.
1t is expected by the managers of the
North Western that the day of rest
will benefit the men and raise the
standard of efficiency in this branch of
the service. If the results of the trial
of this plan on the North Western are
good other roads will undoubtedly take
it M
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26

THE news that during the recent
cold snap some of the rooms of the
public schools had to be closed and the
scholars sent home because they could
not be kept warm has caused consider
able discussion among taxpayers of
the city and the school board has been
rather severely criticised. That the
parents of the children who have had
to stay out of school are not pleased
goes without saying. But the man in
the street.-the man whose money paid
for the new and supposedly modern
and we'll equipped school buildings
which have been built by the city in
the last few years-is also taking con-
siderable interest in the matter. The
present state of affairs shows that
either the janitors of the schools are
lazy or incompetent or that the
heating systems installed at such
great expense are defective. The
News does not say that the
Janitors are lazy or incompetent, but
if they are it is UP to the Board to dis
charge them without delay, without
regard to any political pull they
may have and install competent men
in their places. If it is found that the
fault lies with the Janitors the Board
can not be blamed especially, either
They hired the best man they could
get, or thought they did. AS matter
of fact we are very much afraid that
the fault lies, not with the Janitors,
but with the heating systems. There
have been rumors before that the heat
ing systems in some of the schools
were not working well''. They ought
to work well. They certainly cost
enough. The School Boards have
never been scrimped for money. They
had only to dame the amount wanted
and the city was obliged to furnish it.
And very little investigation will
convince any taxpayer that the school
board has never been backward to
come forward when money was wanted.
The new buildings cost enough ia
I make them modern and up-to-date in
every way. The taxpayers have paid
for the best, and if the heating ar
raugcments are defective there is
something radically wrong some
where. 1t is up to the board to fnt
out what the matter is and straighter
out the trouble.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
frances Peace Bonds.

From recent official publications It
appears that the French are giving
their British rivals a close race for
the firstsplace among the worlds credi-
tor nations. The thrifty Gauls have
investments in foreign securities to the
amount of $6,000000,0O0 which is $160
for every man, woman and child in
France. There is not country on the
face Of the globe in which more or less
French capital has not been invested;
no disturbance of the peace could Oc-
cur anywhere without directly and in
juriously affecting a greater or small
er number Of Frenchmen. The state
of affairs disclosed by the publications
referred to explains the latter-day con-
servatism of French foreign policy. A
nation which has given bonds to keep
the peace to such an amount as the
French have done cannot afford to in
dulge in chaUyinism to any great ex-
Notwithstanding Record.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Sweden's Distress.
otask

The people of Sweden are learning,
in this their time of sore famine and
distress, the value of good name. All
the world knows the Swede as the per-
sonifcation of industry, thrift, saving
and good domestic habits. It knows
that not to any lack of foresight,
prudence, economy or intelligence is
the present unfortunate situation at
tributable, but simply to miscar-
rage of the usual benevolent purposes
of Nature. in the failure of the GUS
tomary rewards of labor. So the heart
of America leaps out in ready SYM
pathy, and pours from the abundance
of its supplies current which it is re-
solved shall flow until the wolf shall
be driven from the door of the last
suffering Swedish household. America
has done much for Russia, though
Russia outside of Finland is type of
humanity who gets but an imperfect
grip on American appreciation. For
Sweden she will do much nore.-St.
Paul Pioneer-Press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26

A BILL has been introduced in the
Assembly repeating the law which re-
quires candidates for Office to file ex-
pense accounts, and if it is passed one
more law that has always been dead
letter will be removed from the statute
books. The law has never been en-
forced and some candidates have ig-
nored it entirely without being taken
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Singular Statue.

There Is only one statue in Great
Britain with an umbrella. This is to be
seen at Reading and represents Mr.. G.
Palmer of biscuit fame standing bare
headed with a silk hat and umbrella
In hand.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26


It will be remembered that the infa-
nous Jukes family, typical group Of
degenerates, had their being in rural
settlement not a hundred miles from
New York, and communities of much
the same order exist today within the
same radius Of the metropolis, whole
groups of families where none of the
members is able to read or write and
whose morals are at the lowest ebb.
Here is a field white to the harvest
for missionaries, social reforu1ers and
settlement workers. and the call to serv-
ice is loud and imperative, says Les
lies Weekly. What can be done at
once to relieve the monotony of village
life and to give the community good
heave upward on the path of intellec-
tual progress? Much in many ways. If
only the half dozen active persons to
be found in every village will join
hands in the effort. Take community
numbering from 500 to 800 souls. In
such a village there are certain to be
three or more churches, the pastors OF
which. after the fullest discharge Of
clerical duties, have some time on their
hands Suppose they add to their
numbers the schoolmaster, the leading
merchant and the justice Of the peace.
A good working committee of six may
thus be had for social Improvement.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Beauty In New Holland.

In New Holland the women cut
themselves with shells, and keeping the
wounds open long time form scars in
the flesh, which they deem highly orna-
mental. Another mark of beauty con-
sists in having finger nails so long that
castings Of bamboo are necessary to
protect them from injury.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Munchausen.

Few people know that Baron Mum
chausen, the hero of so many extraor-
binary adventures, was a real person,
a member of an ancient Hanoverian
family. He served in the Russo-Turk-
ish wars of the latter half of the eight
eenth century.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Rennirad an Audience.

Nate Salisbury and ''Bill'' Nye were
great friends. When the humorist first
engaged in newspaper work, and took
house on Staten Island, the Snowman
went to dinner with him. Nye ex-
ploded some new stories, and SAILS
bury said to his hosts little girl:
every clever papa you've got"
eyes," responded the demure little
miss, when there's company. st
Louis Star.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Food and Paper.

Articles of food that are damp or
juicy should never be left in paper. Pa
per is simply compound of rags, glue,
lime and similar substances, with acids
and chemicals mixed, and when damp
is unfit to touch things that are to be
eaten.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
When Snake Poison Is Harmless

Nature seems to have provided that
no poison which acts externally shall
have any effect internally, and vice
versa. Thus the most deadly snake
venom can be swallowed with impuni-
ty, the juice of the stomach presuma-
bly, decomposing it and rendering it
harmless.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Gypsies.

Gypsies are supposed to have orig
inally been inhabitants of India, and
their Romany language has a strong,
radical resemblance to the ancient San
skirt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26

Slosson, Clark Hollister and Rev.
Florence Buck took part.
During the afternoon a letter was
received from Mrs. Robert Buydette,
who is stopping at the Sanitarium,
stating that she could not attend the
meeting at this time. bit that she
would be pleased to visit the club as
soon as her health improved.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26

q Our street cars are not yet crowded
enough for any aspiring politician to
organize ''strap hangers" league a
la Harlan, of Chicago, but a few votes
might be caught with "corner wait
ers society"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
BOMBAY Streets.

The streets of Bombay are excellent,
as are generally the main roads
throughout India. They are thoroughly
macadamized or metaled and made
smooth by heavy rollers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Enlistment SIGNATURES.

Before a recruit can be said to have
Joined the British army his name must
be entered sixty-two times, and that OF
his superior officer twenty nine times,
in the documents required by the war
Office.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Arrow Heads.

Miniature arrow heads cut out Of
jasper and carnelian are found to this
day by Arabs in the desert sands and
strung in necklaces for charms.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
a Use For Greek.

The advantage of knowing Greek
was brilliantly demonstrated not long
ago by a physician who coined the
word "dacryocystos yringocatacleisis' in
order to express closure Of the tear
@cE
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26

NOT knocking anybody, isn't 1t
about time for the street railway COM
pany to make out regular schedule
and also make some attempt to adhere
to it?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 1908.

S750,OOO will have to be raised If the
Thomas orchestra is to be continued
What is Kenosha's proportion of the
amount?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Titled Landlords.

Fully one-third of the land in Great
Britain is owned by members of the
house of lords.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
NEW MAIN STREET STORE.
Robert Truax and L. A. Dennison to Open
Mems Furnishing Store.

1NOA AAAAAHAAAA1ks DUUAWs
of Chicago, are to go into business in
Kenosha, and under the firm name OF
Truax & Dennison they will open a
store for the sale of mems furnishings
about the first of next month. The
store will be in the Reed building op'
posite the postofice, and long term
lease has been taken on the building.
Both of the men are experienced in
the business and the store will be an
up-to.date one in every particular.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Tight Fitting Uniforms.

The tight fitting British uniform is
alleged to be the cause of much heart
disease among soldiers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Gali1ei,s First Telescope.

Galileis first telescope was made
from part of a lead water pipe, in each
end of which he cemented common
spectacle glasses.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26

The latest invention and i should
GLADDEN. the hearts of all sects, with
the possible exception of fire worship
ers-is the non-explosive celluloid col
lar. This Improvement CT the whit
less, soap-defying collar has been
brought about by substituting hydro
chlorate of turpentine for camphor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-26
Mulberry Trees.

Thousands of square miles of null
berry trees are planted in Italy. Trees
live from fifty to seventy years.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
suit for Damage: In the suit Of E.

Suit for Damage: In the suit of E.
]. Pierce VS.. R. H. Pierce. the Alamo
gordo merchant for $4,000 damages
for alleged false and malicious i'm
prisonment for the alleged embezzle.
ment Of $3.50. the jury was discharged
as a hung jury. They stood eight to
four in favor of the plaintiff.
Stock Shipped: The G o S outfit,
Chico Cattle company and the B X
p outfit shipped 700 heifers, ones and
twos, to southern Arizona from Dem
ing. Charles Nelson OF California, is
the purchaser, J. H. Bfagaw OF the
b X P company went to Deming to
superintend the shipment.
AS a stock shipping point Springer
has been a lively n for two weeks
now, and will continue for several
weeks yet.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16
Notice Of Publication.
To Whom It May Concern.

10 WnOm IL Muy SonCeru,
Take notice that the undersigned.
Charles d. Rodes. Joseph s. Rodes,
William II. Rodes and Geo L. Rodes,
having been heretofore and now
known by the foregoing names, do
now give public notice as required by
Section 29l0 and 29li Of the Compiled
Laws Of New Mexico, 1897. that VIC
are now residents Of San Miguel
county Territory OF New Mexico; that
We will make application TO Hon. VIII
lam J. Mills. chief justice of the su,
preme court of the Territory Of New
Mexico and judge Of the Fourth Judi
eial district court OF said territory, on
the 2srd day OF November. A. ID. 1908,
at the court house in Las Vegas. San
Miguel county. New Mexico. to have
our respective names changed q
Charles d. Rhodes. Joseph S. Rhodes
William II. Rhodes and George 4
Rhodes. and we will apply to said
court FOR an order Of court changinr
our names as required by law.
Dated this 2sth day Of October, A,
u. 1908. at Las Vegas, New Mexico.
CHARLES d. ROBES.
JOSEPH s. ROBES.
WILLIAM II. RODES.
lie. GEORGE L. RODEs.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16

Good Advice: Here Is something
for you, mail order fiends, to paste in
your hat: The writer saw advertised
a book holder, which would be de-
livered to anyone anywhere In she
United States for the remarkably low
price OF SIS. We cut out the picture,
added the dimensions and asked the
Bascom company, In this city. to make
one for us. We said nothing about
the price. When completed and de-
Ilivered, we found the material used
and the workmanship up to the stand
ard Of this firms work-the best. A
few days ago we received the bill.
It cost at home, made by our own peo-
pie. less than half Of the advertised
price Of the mailorder house. II you
will investigate, you will find that It
always pays to trade at home, with
responsible people--people who are
here TO make right anything that 1t
not right, people who are interested in
this community, who pay taxes to sup
port home institutions and who have
the first right to your patronage.
Trade at home and save money. and
at the same time get the best in the
market-Las Cruces Progress.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16

Do yna iape 4 faessHs u undue iuliitess
III the aqntach, beicnings or sour ~
bitter fik gs2 rhes afs Tut few at
The SYMPTOMS of tlle diseased s~totaaef
The writ tliing Waiich can be done
for tie s~t0faaeii in such case is 70 Take
some Tibet or powder which merely
gives temporary relief from discomfort
The bestifiing ID do Is 70 begin the ctre
Of the disease hy beginning the use Of
Or Pierre Golden Medical Discovery.
Ii ciires diseases Of the stomach and
other ofgtfls Of digestion ard nutrition
Ii makes tile 9weakp stomach strong,
and puts The body in q condition ct
vigorous health.
NJ was tianhlcd a long time with dyspepsia,
torpid LIVED and constipation writes Mrs Jnlia
ENIteal, a l14twalt igedeli Cos RGonla
| scarcely rat 81yS1ing ct ali would have attacks
| Of pats something like collie. mid sometimes Il
| seemed astlaaugh l could not liYe. ! wrote 70
Dr, HaYce, stating MY condition and IN A
few days received d kinfhiettee Of adviee, telling
NE 10 use Ilfs pierce Gaidep Medical DisepS
crv. / toA four Kettles. ard one vial Of Dr
| fiefcefs Feafais. and ifpw | can cat anything /
want and Il lut3t hut me-. | have mol been ~
bed d tiAy Aimee ! tssok ypHr Golden Medieat
DiScoreri bnd / have not since felt any Ssiip.
ta4ns oI dis1scs fiaye not taken any meiiclne
ii twelve ~Faettiise
Dr.. Pieces Pleasant Pellets cure con.
stipatlon.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-16

Pastor Moves: Rev. w. NJ Farley,
for more than three years pastor Of
The Southern Presbyterian church in
Carlsbad. has accepted a call to the
Westminster charge in the city Of El
Paso. one Of the strongest congrega.
tions in the west, and left Wednesday
evening TO assume his new duties,