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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17

A VERY simple method of keeping
dirt roads in repair, described in the
Municipal Journal and Engineer, con-
sists in dragging them after every
rain, with a drag made of a split
log, say a foot in diameter and nine
feet long. The two pieces are set on
edge, with the fiat sides both facing
the same way, about thirty inches
apart and pinned together. The lower
edge of the front piece is protected
with iron-say an old wagon tire. A
team is hitched so that the drag will
move the dirt toward the center of the
road. Dragging every time, after a
rain "not only makes it smooth for
travel, but distributes the travel all
over the road, packing it evenly, and
thus increasing its ability to shed
water" Practical tests of this method
are said to show marvellous results.
The Journal article is worthy Of study
by our roadmasters.-St Paul Pioneer
Press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

Rear Admiral O'Neill. chief of ordi-
nance, will ask for $1S,OOO,OOO for
ordinance in the United States navy
for the next fiscal year
Postmaster General Payne has left
Washington for Virginia Hot Springs
for a weeks vacation.
An attempt to save his hat cost
William l.. Hurley, a Chicago man, his
life while returning from work on a
train.
Sir Thomas Upton is at Chicago laid
up with indigestion.
The Washington weather bureau
says that frost has done some damage
to corn in northern Kansas.
y Pay dust has been struck in Albert
street, Dawson, Alaska.
Postnsast ter General Payne has desig-
mated Inspector Letherman to repro
sent hiIi at tho hearing of Beavers at
New York.
A M rger Of prominent grocery
houses in OIio and Illinois is in con-
temptation.
Rev. Robert Benson. son Of the late
archbishop Of Canterbury, has been
received into the Roman Catholic
church.
It is reported at Constantinople that
d mob Of Mohammedans has sacked
a Russian monastery at Jerusalem and
murdered the monks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17

carroll d. WRIGHT, who has been
the umpire in some of the disputes be-
tween the anthracite coal miners and
the owners of the properties, in SUM
ming up in the case OF miner who
alleged that he had been unjustly dis
Scharged puts some of the old familiar
truths in plain language. Discussing
the employees right to quit and the en-
ployers right to discharge he says:
''There can be no doubt that man
has right to quit the service of his
employer wheneverShe sees fit, with or
without giving any cause, provided he
gives proper notice, and that the en-
ployer has perfect right to employ
and discharge men in accordance with
the conditions of his industry; that he
is not obliged to give any cause for
discharge, but that he should, as in the
reverse case, give proper notice.
"This right to discharge must be
sustained. Any other view of the case
would result in compelling men to
work for an employer when they did
not wish to, and thus enslave them,
when on the other hand, it would com
they had work for them or not, and
whether the men we're competent OF
not, and would thus stagnate business
and work to the in jury OF all other EN-.
Movers
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
HOLD THE LAW VALID
Justice Sturges Renders an Import
ant Verdict in Bristol Thresh-
ing Machine Case.
CASE MAY GO TO HIGHER COURTS
Justice Holds That Owners of Thresbine
Machines and Engines Must Plank
Bridges Before Crossing Them.

If the decision of Justice B. q.
Sturges is sustained the owners of
threshing machines and engines in
kenosha county must pay for damages
done to bridges by these heavy ma.
chimes passing over them. The state
law provides that the owners of ma
chimes using the bridges shall plank
them before passing over and this law
has been ruthlessly violated in the
county. Many bridges have been
broken down and left to be repaired at
the expense of the town.
For years this has been going on
and the expense accounts of the county
have been increased, but recently the
chairman of the town board of Bristol
decided to make test of the law and
when threshing machine owner bv
the name of Henry Firchow broke
through one of the bridges in the town
the chairman of the town at once
started suit against Firchow de-
handing that he pay for the repair of
the bridge. Firchow at once sum.
moned to his aid the machine dealers.
and companies in Minneapolis aud St.
Paul sent their representatives here to
fight the case, recognizing in it a test
case. The case has been in court for
several weeks and the court this
morning decided that Firchow should
pay for the repair of the bridge and
the costs of the action of the court. It
is said that the town of Bristol spent
more than hundred and fifty dollars
in repairs to bridges and culverts so
far this season.
The compa MES who manufacture the
machines have gone into the case with
will and are prepared to fight to the
finish. Their representatives have
declared that the law forcing the
owners of the machines to plank the
bridges is class legisla ton and they
will undoubtedly carry the case into
the higher courts and make an effort
to have the law declared an unconsti-
tutional one. No limit of expense will
be placed in the fight of the case and
it is probable that the town will be
equally anxious to have a decision In
the matter in order to prevent the re-
occurrence of similar damages in fu-
ture years.
The case will prove an important
test case as it will interest the farm.
ing communities in all parts of the
state. The opinions of lawyers in the
city seem to be entirely with the JUS
tice but they hold that there is a good
chance for the companies to make
strong fight.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17

IN considering the reports of the
millions and millions Of damage done
to the crops it is just as well to allow
a considerable margin for later re-
turns. While the continual rains and
the severe storms have undoubtedly
cut down the yield in some sections of
the country, we guess-and that is all
anybody can do now; guess at it-that
when the figures are all in and the
harvest completed it will be found that
the crop for the country as whole is
not much below a ten year average
after all. Anyway any figures on the
crops so far submitted are subject to
revision without notice.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17

The taxpayers in the towns of
Wheatland and Brighton are just ex-
actly right in their determination to
resist the payment of taxes levied for
the joint school districts unless the as
sessments are equa1ized. They should
not be made to suffer because of the
neglect of duty on the part Of the Ra-
cine county assessorssand if the little
scheme to get the jor portion of the
taxes for the support of the schools in
the joint districts out of Keuosha
county taxpayers is allowed to go
through this time there is no telling
where the thing will end. The law re-
at its actual value for the purposes of
taxation has been carried out to the
letter in this county. Theaassessors
have done their work thoroughly and
honestly and if any property is on the
rolls at an differentiation the asses
sors and the supervisor of assassin ents
do not know it. The rolls are as near
ly correct as it is possible to get them
but because of this it now looks as if
the taxpayers of the two towns would
be forced to go into the courts to pro-
tect themselves or else have to submit
to plain hold-up game. If the law
requiring assessment at actual value is
strictly complied with in all the coun-
ties there can be no doubt but that it
will prove to be great advance over
the old method of assessing property.
But if there is no way to equa1ize
values in joint districts where one
county is assessed at full valuation
and the other at fifty per cent Of full
value it is time either the law or the
assessment rolls of this county were
revised. There is little doubt, how
ever, that if the matter is ever taken
into the courts that the differences
will be adjusted in short order.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
First publication, September II. 1900

GTATE OF WISCONSIN--County Court for
y Kenosha County--In PROBATE
Notice is hereby given that at a special term
OF the County Court to be held in and for said
County, at the County Court Room, in the City
of Kenosha In said County, on the Second
Tuesday, being the 18th day OF October, A. D.
1903, at 10 O'Clock A. M, the following matters
will be heard and considered:
In the matter of the estate OF Matthias Her.
mann, deceased
The application OF Bernard Hermann, for
the examination and allowance of his final &C
count as administrator of the estate of Matthias
Hermana, late of the City OF Kenosha in said
county deceased, and for the assignment and
distribution OF the residue OF the estate of
said deceased.
By the Court.
RUSSELL h. SLOSSON.
WIZ County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
GRAND JURY AIMS HIGH
That at Washington After an Ex-Assistant
Attorney General in the
Postal Case.

Washington, Sept. 16.-The grand
case of a former assistant attorney
general, who at one time was postmas-
ter general, and considerable evidence
had been submitted by postoftice in
spectors and others. This case is con-
nected with that Of a former law
clerk.
! Manager Bowman, Of the Southern
Mltual Investment association, and
other witnesses, testified before the
grand jury in these cases. 1t is ex-
pected that the grand jury will take
early action in both cases. There are
in the neighborhood Of a half dozen
other indictments expected.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
IRRIGATION MEN MEET
Twenty-Six States and Territories Repre-
scented. Including New York, Pennsyl-
Y2nia and XArmnnf.


vania and Vermont.
Ogden, Utah, Sept. 16.-Twenty-six
states a8A territories Of the Union are
represented at the eleventh National
Irrigation congress, which has begun
a four days session in the Ogden Tab
ernaclA. Delegates were present even
from New York, Pennsylvania and
Vermont. An international aspect was
lent to the proceedings by the presence
OF two representatives of foreign gov
ernments, Mexico and France, while
the government at Washington was
represented by Secretary of Agri-
culture Wilson.
The keynote Of the present congress,
as expressed both by Governor Wells,
Of Utah, in his speech of welcome, and
President w A. Clark in his response,
that 1.-The time has come to do things, !"
was heartily cheered. The day was
devoted to speeches and the introduc-
ton Of resolutions. A letter from
President Roosevelt was read, en-
phatically indorsing the purposes of
the convention.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
ALASKA BOUNDARY LINE
Canssda Begins the Argument Before the
Commission at London-French
Term In Controversy.


London, Sept 16.-The first day Of
the oral arguments in the Alaskan
boundary question was taken up by
Attorney General Finlay, who partly
presented the Canadian view Of this
important controversy. When the tri-
bunal adjourned for the day, the Cana
dams were gratiied at scoring what
they believed to be the first good point
The attorney general sought to estab-
ltsh the position of Portland channel
and fix the entrance thereto.
He interpreted the words "a la
hauteur de- in the Russo British cor
respondence leading to the signature Of
the treaty of 1926, not as showing that
the boundary lies ION the same pa
rallel" and the lower end of Prince Of
Wales island, as claimed by the Unit
ed States, but ''off Of" as asserted by
Canada. The effect of this would be
to fix the line at 81 degrees 45 min
utes, as claimed by Canada. Chief
Justice Alverstone agreed with Attor-
ney General Finlay.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17

THE recent death of Young Joachim
from an electric shock has served to
call attention to the fact that the pow
erful currents sent over the wires by
the lighting company and the street
railway may not always be under per-
feet control and it is time that experts
were called in to ascertain with some
degree of accuracy just how much of
the electric current is getting away
from the companies and where it is
going 20. Leaving out the menace to
human life which is the most serious
feature of the case it is clear that the
escape of any considerable quantity Of
the current would in very short time
do great damage to the mains of the
water and heating companies. Elect
rolysis resulting from the passage of
an electric current through the pipes
and it is surely following the pipes if
there is any amount of it escaping
will soon make necessary a thorough
Overhaullng or both systems. In other
cities where the pipes have been dam
aged by electrolysis whole sections Of
the mains have been dug up into which
it has been as easy to drive nail as
into pine log. Kenosha is not de-
sirous Of having any similar expert
ence with its mains and if enough of
the current is escaping to do any
damage to the pipes the time to find
out about it is right now so that it can
be stopped before the damage is done.
An Investigation by competent men
would not cost great deal and it
might save heavy repairs here in the
future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
THE cases of cruelty to animals tina

THE cases of cruelty to animals that
are occasionally brought to light in
this town make one doubt if he is liv-
ing in civilized community after all
and for every case that is brutal
enough to excite comment there are a
dozen that are never heard of by the
general public. There is enough work
in this line to keep an agent of the
humane society busy all the time right
here in Kenosha and it goes without
saying that one could do world of
good.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
MISTAKES OF FREE TRADE
As Balfour Sees Them and There Eject
on British Trade.

OA DAkUA1A AAdAcS
Balfour says the mistakes made by
the free traders half a century ago
have left Great Britain bearing all
the burdens and enjoying only half
the advantages which should attach to
the empire He devotes considerable
space to the effect of protection upon
combinations incountries in which pro-
lection exists This, the premier points
out is to the disadvantage Of the Brit
1sh manufacturer, who is unable to
compete with the manufacturer who is
able to sell abroad at a lower price
than he charges for the same article at
home. He gives an instance of Ger
man steel in this particular, saying
that it is selling cheaper in England
than the English manufacturer can
possibly produce it.
Balfour declares that the optimistS
who advocate a continuance of the
free trade policy in place of the in
jury worked by protection on Great
Britain's interests are foolish, and
their arguments little short of reck-
less. The only possible hope of
mitigation of the evil is through nego-
t1ation, which he says can only appeal
to self-intereSt in foreign protected
countries, and in the case of the col
onies to self interest coupled with sen
timent
Balfour concludes: Were proved
to be wrong my opinion on the funda-
mental question would remain I'M
changed. Where we fail others may
succeed. 1t cannot be right for a coun-
try with free trade ideals to enter into
competition with protectionist rivals
self-depRived of the only instrument
whereby their policy can concefvably
be modified. The most essential OBJ
ject Of our national efforts should be
to get rid Of the bonds in which we
have gratuitiously entang1ed ourselves.
The precise manner in which weehOuld
use our regained hbery is important,
yet, after all, only a secondary issue"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17

WITH the first touch of chilly
weather the knights Of the road begin
to work towards their winter quarters
in Chicago and from now on until
snow flies Keuosha may expect to be
more or less afflicted with the tramp
nuisance. The householders can as
sist the police to keep the city clear Of
this undesirable class of visitors by
reporting promptly to the police any
cases of petty theft or intimidation Of
women by these Migrants,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
Rifles and Cartridges Arrive.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE WABASH
Business Men in Indiana and Illinois Meet
to Secure q Permanent Boating NJ.
Stage In the River.

Terre Haute, Ind, Sept. 16.-Over
500 representative business men from
cities of the Wabash valley from
Mount Vernon to Lafayette, met for
the purpose Of organizing a permanent
association for improvement Of Wa
bash river. Among the delegates is
Representative Hemenway, of Evans
vile, chairman Of the house commit
tee on appropriations.
Seven other representatives, repre-
senting Indiana and Illinois districts,
are here and will make addresses. The
object of the convention is to procure
deep water channel from Lafayette
to the Ohio river. A preliminary APP
preparation of 100000 will probably
be asked for
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17

THE Department Of Commerce and
Labor has compiled statistics showing
that The American people consume
over $104,O00,00O worth of imported
sugar annually, and the ability to
supply themselves with foreign pro-
ducts is taken as one of the surest in
dications of the general prosperity of
the people as whole.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
Mississippi River Is Rising.

Lacrosse, Wis, Sept 16. - Heavy
rains north of here are responsible for
a rise of three feet in the Mississippi
river at this point during forty-eight
hours. The river is eight feet and
half above low-water mark, and is
rising an inch al hour. Farmers on
the lowands are preparing for the
third flood of the year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
salvationists IN the reud Reeion,

Jackson, KY, Sept. 16.-A corps Of
Salvation Army workers under COM
mand Of Colonel r. E. Holz, of Cleye-
land, has arrived here and begun it's
crusade among the feudists. They ap-
peared on the streets clad in their
khaki uniforms and the mountaineers
Of the feud town gathered about them
in open-mouthed wonderment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
FREE TRADE IN BRITAIN
Balfour Issues a Statement on
His Position on That Burn
ing Question.
GIVES JOHN BULL THE BAG TO HOLD
With Nothing to Pay for His Trouble,
According to the Premier's
View OF the Case.

London Sept 16.-Premier Balfour
has issued the advance sheets of a
pamphlet on the subject Of ''insular
free trade" in which he presents at
length arguments in favor Of a change
In Great Britain's fiscal policy. In in
Producing the pamphlet Balfour says
his purpose in issuing it is that it
would be impossible to put all the i'm
portant points Of this question within
the limits of single speech, and
therefore he says the pamphlet may
be fitting preliminary to the speech
which he will shortly make. This
undoubtedly refers to the speech Bal
four will make at Sheffield Oct 1.
Views the Subject as Free Trader.
Balfour says he approaches the sub
1ect from the standpoint of a free
trader as far as contemporary circum-
stance will permit. He continues: 81
am a free trader, but not of the pat
tern which holds that the doctrine of
free trade is so universal in it's appli-
cation and SO capable of an exact ex-
preston that every conclusion towhich
1t logically leads must be accepted
without hesitation and without re-
EnrVpv
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
storer Lunches with the President.

Oyster Bay, N. T., Sept. 16.-Bellamy
Storer, ambassador to Austria Hun
gary, and Mrs. Storer were guests Of
the president and Mrs. Roosevelt at
luncheon. Ambassador Storer came to
take leave of the president on the eve
of his return to Vienna.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
Devery Fails TO Get the Votes.

New York, Sept. 16.-The primaries,
both Republican and Democratic
passed off much more smoothly than
had been expected. In the Ninth dis
trict the hottest fight in the city was
waged unsuccessfully by William S.
Devery against Frank j. Goodwin,
who won by 404 votes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
couldn,t Bear Being Set Aside.

Decatur, ILL.,, Sept. 16.-Joseph s.
Hewes shot himself in the head at
the court house and died in few
minutes. He had been assistant city
marshal, deputy sheriff and tax collec-
tor and held other Offices but was
out Of Office and had become deSpond-
ONT
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
Died in a Hunting Tent.

Redfeld, S. d., Sept 16.-W. H.
Miller, of Sterling. Ill, a wealthy bank
er and owner of Chicago property, died
suddenlyof heart disease in his hunting
tent twenty miles south of here. He
had made it custom for several years
to visit this section to hunt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
Heroic Work by Nurses.

Salt Lake City, Sept. 16.-Heroic
work on the part of nurses and attend
ants prevented a serious loss of Life in
a fire that started from a defective f1ue
in the Keogh Wright hospital in this
city. The loss will not exceed $4,000.
Two patients, William Dalton and Geo.
Ilack, were SO badly shocked by the
excitement that their recovery isdolbt-
G1,I
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17

ACCORDING to the weather man the
first frost of the season is due to arrive
from the Dakotas Wednesday. If it is
not side tracked somewhere it will do
incalculable damage throughout the
county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
Failure at Chicago.

Chicago, Sept ia petition in
bankruptcy has been fled by the firm
of Reid, Henderson & Co., whole
sale tea and spice dealers. Liabilities
were given at $4,000 and assets at
$4,000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
Twenty Families Burned Out.

Punxsutawney, Pa, Sept Is. - A
fire which broke out in the Hamilton
building resulted in the loss of six
large business buildings, rendered
twenty families homeless and entailed
a property loss Of $4,000, on which
there is $4,000 insurance
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17

NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the
state bureau of statistics has figured
1t all out for him, Governor LaFo1lette
is going to have considerable difficulty
In convincing the farmers who have
had to tire hands the last few years
that wages have only increased 10 per
cent in Wisconsin since 1897.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17

THE fail term Of the circuit court
opens today, and under the new rules
there is everyl prospect that some of
the old standbys, which have orna
mented the calendar for years, will be
disuosed of.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
McYay Beats "Den YER Ed .,

Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. 16.-Sam
McVey, the big colored man from Ok
nard, Md, made short work of Den
yer Ed Martin. Martin was knocked
out in the first round.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
Salt Trust Property sold.

Ithaca, N. Y, Sept. 16.-Pursuant to
an order Of the supreme court the
properties of the National Salt COM
pany were sold at public auction. The
properties were sold to S. d. Halliday.
Of Ithaca, for 1897, 800. Halliday
would not say for whom he was buy,
ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
Grow Looking for More Boodlery.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Sept 16.-Attor-
ney General Grow has instituted am in
vestigation into the methods employed
by Colonel Richard G. Keren to secure
the Republican nomination last jan
uary for the office of United States
senator, and several members of the
legislature appeared before the grand
Jury in regard to the matter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-09-17
THURSDAY, SEPT. II, 1908.

THE Union veterans are dying at
the rate of 100000 year, and from now
on decrease in the pension lists may
be expected.