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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
JOINT INSTITUTE
! Teachers of the City and County
to Meet in Annual Institute
Next Friday and Saturday
FAMOUS TEACHERS COMING

Arrang have been completed
for the annual Joint institute for the
teachers of Kenosha city and county,
which is to be held in the auditorium
of the Durkee school on next Friday
and Saturday. On account of the in
stitute there will be no school on
next Friday.
1t is expected that over hundred
teachers will attend the two days ses-
sion which is given under the direc-
ton of City Superintendent P. J.
Zimmers and County uperintendent
John J. Kerwin. The conductors will
be Prof. w. H. Cheever, Of the Mil
c. Shuts, of the Whitewater Normal.
They are among the best known con-
ductors in the employ of the state and
both have worked in Kenosha in other
years Reading, arithmetic, penman-
ship and the topics pertaining to the
work of teaching will be featured at
the institute and in addition there
will be a number Of lectures Of great
interest to the teachers and to the
patrons of the schools. On Friday
afternoon Prof. Cheever will give his
famous lecture on the subject 'Hered-
ity and Environment in the Develop
ment of the Child. = This lecture is
one of the most interesting ever de-
livered at an institute and should be
heard by every school patron. An
other interesting lecture will be by
Prof. Shuts on the subject, "The
Use of the Story in the School,
There will be the usual social events
in connection with the institute and
the teachers are planning for a very
enjoyable session.
Superintendent Zimmers and Ker-
win will personally direct all the
work, but neither will be in charge of
any classes during the present insti-
tute.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
MAKES POOR SHOW
Reports Of Tonnage Of kenosha
Harbor Shows That Marquette
Has Been a Life Saver
TWO BOATS FOR NEXT SEASON

George Hale, collector of the local
port, has prepared his report for the
last four months and it seems to indi-
cate that there has been only a small
increase in the business of the ke-
nosha harbor this year. An examin-
alton Of the tonnage reported for the
months of June, July, August and
September this year shows a slight
increase over last year, but much of
this tonnage is due to the fact that
the steamer City Of Marquette has
been clearing from Kenosha. With
the steamer on its usual trips tom
mage of over 5000 tons is furnished
every month to the credit of this har-
Dor, but in the year 1905 the City of
Marquette did not clear from the Ke-
nosha Harbor and if this amount of
tonnage be deducted from the report
that 1906 is far behind the previous
year. There has however been
noticeable increase in the lumber and
bark brought into Kenosha by boat
during the present year, while the re-
ceipts from coal have shown a falling
off. With the present tonnage it
would be hard matter for the peo-
pie of Kenosha to secure any further
appropriation for the Kenosha Harbor.
It is announced that with the open
ing of new season the Hill Steam
boat company is planning to put on
another boat and it is possible that
service will be established between
Waukegan, Kenosha, Racine and Mil
waukee. 1t is thought that such
line would be decidedly paying ven
ture. However, if the new steamer is
added to the holdings of the Hill com
pany, there is little reason to believe
that it will clear from Kenosha, but
both boats will clear from Racine and
this will take away from Kenosha
large amount of the tonnage reported
this year.
An effort is now being made to have
the government spend more money on
the harbor, but when the report of
the collector for the year goes in, it is
feared that it will result in the plan
of improving this harbor being turned
down.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
Report Of the Register Of Deeds
Shows Property in County
Brought Good Prices
ASSESSED VALUE ALSO LARGE
Town of Wheatland the Only One in the
County Where Real Estate was
not Moving and Paris Leads
Other Towns

Register of Deeds p. C. Torrey this
morning forwarded to the secretary of
state at Madison, his annual report of
the property sold ia Kenosha county
during the year ending with the first
day of September. This report covers
all property IN which the considera-
ton is directly expressed in the deed
and while it represents less than half
the real estate deals made IN the
county during the year, it gives line
as to the value of the property in the
county. The report is used by the
state tax commission in determining
the truth or falsity of the assessments
of the property as shown in the deeds
on file with the official are compared
with the assessed value of the prop
erty for the proceeding year.
The report shows that during the
year property valued by deed at $116,-
Ola was sold in the county and this
property was valued by the assessors
at 800, 800. The report from the town
of Wheatland is an unusual one, in
that it shows that not an acre of land
changed hands during the year. It is
possible that sales were made in the
town, but if such was the case they
were for a private consideration not
expressed in the deed.
Real estate was most active in the
town of Paris, where $40 acres were
sold at an average price of nearly
sixty dollars an acre. Somers was
second with total sales of 1874 acres,
while Brighton was third with sales
of 353 acres. The average price per
acre was. higher in Somers than in
any town IN the county save Randall,
where only forty acres is reported to
have been sold and it brought an
average of S64 an acre. In the city
one hundred and twenty-seven trans
fers have been taken into considera-
ton and the value of the land sold was
$94,095, while it's assessed value is
placed at $77, 995
The town of Brighton is shown by
the report to be assessed pretty high
as the land IN that town sold during
the year brought SO, 400, while it was
assessed at$l7,100
The full list of property sold in the
towns with the assessed and sale
values is as follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
SURPRISE FOR TORREY

Friends of Register of Deeds Give Party
in Honorof his Birthday Wednesday
?. c. Torrey, the popular register
of deeds of the county was down and
out for half an hour Wednesday night
when twenty-five of his friends made
an assault on him at his Congress
street home. It was the sixty-fourth
anniversary of the birth of Mr.. Torrey
and while he had almost forgotten
the fact it did not slip the minds Of
his friends. Mr.. Torrey had retired
early and just before nine o'clock
when the company arrived he was.
sleeping soundly. He heard the
pounding at the door and got up to
see what was wrong. When he found
that crowd waiting for him he fled in
dismay, but Mrs. Torrey was ready
for the guests and prepared to enter
tain them.
The evening was pleasantly spent
playing whist after which supper
was served.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
WORK rs STARTED
Ell. Tewes. of Waukegan, Begins Erec-
tion of Ice House on Paddocks Lake

Ill. TeWes, of Waukegan, Begins Erec-
tion of Ice House on Paddocks Lake
At last the sacred precincts of Pad
docks Lake have been invaded, and
workmen in the employ of H. Tewes,
of Waukegan, have begun the work
of making excavations for the cree
ton of big ice house there. The
house is to be located on land recently
purchased by the Waukegan man
from Salem people.
For many years the people interest
ed in the OLD Settlers grounds have
been able to Keep the ice houses off
the lake, but ltf is alleged that an at
torney forgot to put in clause pre-
venting the use of the land for ice
house purposes and the ice men have
now secured footing.
1t is stated that the house is to be
an independent house for the supply
of Waukegan, but it is probable that
in short time il will join the other
houses and be controlled by the
Knick erbocker company.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11

II is time for a general disarma-
merit. Too many of our people are
carrying deadly weapons, and it will
not be a great while before this habit
of going armed will transform what
nnder ordinary circumstances would
be nothing but an ordinary bar-room
scrap into a murder. The police
should pay more attention to the
numerous violations of the law
against carrying concealed weapons.
A few fines would swell the treasury
and might protect some of the men
who go armed from possibly terrible
consequences of their own folly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11

HE government ought not to con-
dnct the business of the country, but
it ought to regulate it so that it shall
be conducted il the interests of the
public. To exercise a constantly
increasing and constantly more eff
cient supervision and control over the
great common carriers of the country
prevents all necessity for Seriously
considering such project IS the gov
ernment ownership Of railroads.
policy which would be evil ia its re-
suits from every Standpoint. -Presi-
dent Roosevelt
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
FOUND IN KENOsHA
Eleven Year Old Boy Who Had Run
Away From His Home is Found

Away From His Home is Found
Ingvo1d Sorrensen, an II year old
boy, who had run away from his home
in Waukegan, was picked up here
on Wednesday and has been restored
to his parents. The boy came to Ke-
nosha on Monday and on Wednesday
afternoon he was seen hanging about
the station of the Chicago and Mil
waukee road. One of the members Of
the steamer "Grace W. happened to
go to the station and discover the
boy Talking with him he became
convinced that the lad had run away
from home SO he took him down to the
boat.
Later the lad was taken to the
police station and admitted he was a
runaway. AS the steamer was going
to Waukegan he was turned over to
the captain and by him delivered to
his parents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11


WHEN a candidate, who has been
bumming around town for six weeks
before election treating his loyal ad-
mirers to drinks and cigars without
limit, files an expense account under
twenty dollars and gets away with
the bluff, you begin to realize that
the expense account clause of the law
is another beautiful theory gone
wrong in practice. Ninety out
of hundred of those expense ac~
counts filed by candidates are fraud
nlent on their face, and if they are
not correct what is the use of having
them at all.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11

THERE is always chance that the
necessity of settling the question of
inst how much authority the health
officer has to enforce his orders may
be brought home to the people of Ke-
nosha in forcible manner and in a
way they won't like. We do not be-
heve that there is the slightest danger
Of such calamity at the present
time, but just suppose the city was
threatened with an epidemic of
typhoid or smallpox. How far could
the health officer go in enforcing the
necessary sanitary regulations and
how far would the present ordinance
back him up? If anything happens
we may wish that we had given this
matter the attention its Importance
demands
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11

THE Northwestern railway has no
right to back cars down over a street
anywhere without stationing man
to give waning and it shows a utter
disregard for human life that the com
pany persists in doing it at the Eliza
beth street switch. There have been
numerous escapes which should have
been warning enough but it will
probably take a serious accident to
make the railroad more careful.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11

THE project to extend the Sheridan
road north to Milwaukee is meeting
with considerable encouragement.
With anything like an equitable di-
vision of the cost of the improvement
there would be very little opposition
in Kenosha county. A good many Of
the farmers along the route of the
drive have become converts Of the
good roads movement in the past few
years and they are now willing to pay
their fair share of the cost of the
drive
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
Prince Hates Toadyism.

It is said that the prince of Wales
hates toadyism. A few years ago he
was taking part in a shoot. Early IN
the day a man came up to him and
said: 1--we been picking up your roy al
hghness' BIRDS That's all right, !"
answered the prince, chow many have
yon?" Thirteen. sir,'' answered the
man. THAT'S funny" was the reply.
considering that I've shot only
eight. It'd Bits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
Any one interested in country life

Any one interested in country life
will find new book at Gilbert NJ.
Simmons Library entitled "The
country town by Wi1bert L. Ander-
son. The purpose of this book is to
excite interest in the problem of the
necessary social reconstruction, and
the improved environment of the
country town.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11

The superintendent Of schools has
accomplished the seemingly inn
possible feat of finding a place for
every child entering the schools. Itis
a pretty tight fit to get them all in
just now but there will be less crowd
ing as soon as the addition to the
Central school is completed
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11

II is like carrying Goals to New
castle for outside firms to advertise
for men in Kenosha. Our own fac
tories are continually advertising for
help and it is a mighty poor workman
who can not get employment right
here at home at as high wages as are
paid anywhere.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11

ri expected that the city authori-
ties will enforce the dog license or
dinance to the letter this year, so if
faithful Fido is worth dollar to you,
bpy him tag.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
arrive Racine II Minutes Later
! SOUTH BOUND

r., ua,os1,a 6:18 6:48 7:1S 7:48 8:1S S:t8 9:1S
~ iAo' 9:48 1918 1913 1913 1913 AN.
1918 12:4S 1918 1:4S 2:1S 2:4S 3:1S
3:4S Ais 4:48 5:1S 5:48 6:IS Gas
7:lS 7:4S S:lS S:4S 9:IS 9:48 IO:4S PM.
Arrive Evanston Hour and IS Minutes Later
Last train connecting for Libertyvil1e and
Rockefeller 9:4S p. M.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11

THE city needs lot more arc street
tights than it has in service, and it is
surprising that the demands for
lights from certain sections Of the
city are not more strenuous than they
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11

THERE is a big lot OF work yet to be
done for the city under contract, and
the contractors will have to hustle to
get it done before freezing weather
comes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
KENosHA 8 ROCKFORD LINE.
Chicago & milwaukee electric RI
TIME TABLE
NORTH BOUND

~ xnost,a (6:38 6:58 7:28 1853 1913 8:58 9:28
- A'ono91i@ 9:58 1923 1858 11:28 11:58 AN.
1928 12:5s 1928 1853 2:2s 2:5S 1928
1858 4:2S 4:5S 5:2S 5:5S 6:2S 6:5S
1928 1853 S:2S 9:O6 1905 11:O6 P. NJ.
1906 A. NJ.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
DO YOU KNOW

That you will be entertained in the
right way if you attend the NJ. w. A.
Forester's dance at Germania hall
Monday, October s? Come and dance
the Serpentine waltz, Moonlight
walz and enjoy many other novelties
to be introduced on this occasion
Bar closed. Refreshments served IN
dining hall. Krah's orchestra Of six
pieces will furnish the music Ad-
mission SOC per couple; ladies Csc. o8
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
OF
KEAOSHA COUNTY. WIS.
1906.
CoUNTY oFFIcERs

Russell II. Slosson ............ County Judoe
" M, =. Grosby .......... County Clerk
henry Fanitless. '............. ..,. Treasurer.
Frank Waldo. -. ............ Clerk
of the Circuit Court and Probate Register
z. G. Torrey. ..,.. Register of Deeds
Robert Y erne Baker .......... District Attoruey
Herbert a. Robinson. ...<............. Coroner
Alvin w Blood ......... ............ Surveyor
John ]. Kerwin. $500. Co. Supt. of Schools
Michael Hensgen $500. ......... County Agent
VIM. I'll. Harrison, Supervisor of Assessments
CITY OF KENosHA.
James German .... ................-... Mayor
SEQ. ". Harrington. ..,,............C City Clerk
Martin Steinmetz... .................T Treasurer
Henry w. Bienemann. Assessor
Nicholas j. Buchmann. ,............. Assessor
John ]. Langit. ........... Assessor
9.orss Nscarron Justices of the Peace
Fred Reinold ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Chief of Police
Henry Isermann -. Chief of Fire Department
ALDERMEN.
First ward ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Peter Pirsch, 0S
...,...... ......... James O'Brien, '07
Second ward .......... Charles 7. Jeffery, i0S
$3.50. $500, Albert J. karnell, ,0l
Third ward ....,..... Frank ii. Truax, '0S
............ e. .Knud 2. Knudseu, '07
Fourth ward ............ Edward c. Alleman, '0S
................. Julius L. Pabst, 'O7
Fifth ward .,............ George r. Wade. '0S
8 ............ John A Thommessen, '07
Sixth ward 49,. Matthias, Greenwald, '09
.:.'''''..... Z. Fred Stemn1, '07
Seventh ward ............,,Jo John III. WillerdS, '08
.....,Jo Joseph Il. Schultz, '07
eighth ward ....,.......... john w. Stevens, '08
.......... Frederick W. Mayer, '07
SUPERVISORS.
Ado1ph J. Burg. -. ..... First ward
James H. Charles. .............S Second
henry f. Jordan. ....................Th Third
Courtland A. Dewey .....,.........F Fourth
John Zewen. ....................Fifth
Jacob Saftig .............,.... Sixth g
Hubert B. Schwan. ..............S Seventh
michael Hensgen. ................. Eighth
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
Low RATES TO NEW ORLEANS

Via the Northwestern line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold October II to
IA, inclusive, with favorable return
limits, on account of K P. Supreme
Lodge. Apply 10 agents Chicago &
Northwestern R'y WIS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Station
SOUTH BOUND.

In effect on and after Jan. "a, 1906.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-11

The managers Of college athletics
are worryi0g for tear the public will
not pay its good money to see football
with the danger eliminated, but the
casualty list 50 far shows that the
game is not any too safe yet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22
-:- OUR DAILY SHORT STORY ::

carefully and my scarf and watch chain and even my handkerchief. She evidently wanted to know what man. ner of man I was. Apparently she was satisfied, for she held gently to my sleeve when she had finished her in- spection.
 After few minutes took her hand time she understood and answered This was the conversation, spelt out slowly. letter for letter:
 l. F-r-i-e-n-d.
 She. F-r-i-e-n-d.
 l. J-o-h-n Carter. F-r-i-e-n-d
 She. Yes F-r-i-e-n-d A-l-i-c-e. Thorn. what t-s It?
 LD-o-nt k-n-o-w.
 She. What s-h-a-1-l we do?
 l. Find y-u-u-r h-o-m-e.
 We were very hungry. and at last we met some policemen who. under stood our new language. One of them took us to an eating-house. I offered him money, but he refused. ..N-o-u-s.e." he tapped. End of w-o-r-l-d."
 We had good meal and lay down to sleep in an inner room.
 In the morning-if it were morning when we awoke we found a basket, filled it with food and bottles of water and started again.
 T am h-a-p-p-y now" Alice spell ed out. I began to spell out an answer, but the letters would not come quick ly- enough for her and suddenly she caught at me and wrote with her fin ger on my cheek. I could read the writing easily, and 1t was much quick CT than the taps. We were so pleased with our quicker conversation that we stood still writing on one another's faces as fast as our. fingers would move. eve always used this way af- terward. )
 We discussed at length the calamity which had come upon the world, and perhaps" I concluded, Tt is sort of fog over New York. Shall we try to reach the country"
 T will do whatever you tell me-" she wrote back.
 Tell me just what you are like" wrote. What is the color of your hair? How old are you?"
 T shall not tell you" she wrote, because if you like me now, per haps you would not then. If the sun never rises again I can look just as you like me to look, and be just as old as you wish. Now shall we go on?"
 We walked on for long time and at last we came to some railings% As we felt our way by them we met a woman coming along in the other uf- icCtlOh' "C 1Cit OHC duOlHeT WlIh Our hands and accepted acquaintance She was a very intelligent lady and under stood our writing.
 ''It is Union Square," she wrote: 'I am looking for my son. He went out for some provisions and has not come back. Have you met him?"
 'No," answered. Can we sleep anywhere?"
 My house. she offered, and took us there.
 We stayed with them for two days. Their name was Roberts, and they were a very pleasant family. Wc learned to know them all by touch, to find our way all over the house, and even to do work in the dark.
 But Alice wanted to get to her fam fly, and I offered to take her. So on the third day we took stock of pro- visions and started off together. We left the baby whom Alice had hap pened on by chance with Mrs. Roberts. (She afterward adopted him, as his parents were never found.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

the senator from Georgia is . loyal citizen of this Union. but he will ever live as Gordon of Stars and Bars!'
 Next the soft and yet triumphau, writing of Lees name by War. i4 tracing quick by Peace. And the end Ing rises in a ringing note of triumph that he shall wake to ride again!'
 T have written to General Gordon brilliant and beautiful danghter thai My verse is unworthy of the settina of tone diamonds and pearls Profes. sor Dunster has wrought for it. And to Mrs. Lee--in asking a fresher pic- ture of her dead sabreur---I repeated that the credit for those lines belong ed in Richmond. and not here
 Mir. De Leon said that he did not know definitely when the anthem would be printed-that rested with MT. Dunster; and he would not hasten the final polish by his co-worker, of such musical gems. The Item learns, however, that the composers first thought was to make "Immortals" a great original feature of the May Jubi- lee. It was written to be sung as eith- CT baritone or contralto solo. or a quartet of picked voices. accompanied by full orchestra. and bugfe obtigato. It Is said, by the few privileged to hear 1t so far. to be a high-class. ringing, descriptive composition. carrying the words along with the swirl of a cav airy charge, as MT. De Leon phrased it.