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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
D. A. z. ENTERTAINS
Local Charter Entertains at a
ColoniaI Party at the Guild
Hall Thursday Evening
MANY ATTEND IN COSTUME

One of the most enjoyable enter.
tainments of the social season in Ke.
nosha was the Colonial party given
by the Daughters of the American
Revolution at the Guild hall Thurs.
day evening. The occasion was the
celebration of the birthday anniver.
sary of the father of his country, and
the ha11s was beautifully and appro
priate1y decorated in honor of the
day.
John M. gKehlor and Mrs. w. w
Strong as George and Martha Wash
| ington received the guests, and p. G,
Thierssin the uniform Of Continen.
tai soldier introduced the diherent
characters. A number of the mem
bers of the Sons and Daughters Of the
Revolution attended the ball in Col.
onial costume, and many of the guests
appeared in the dress of the time Oh
Washington.
During the evening Mrs. Ruth Hurd
Head sand the Misses Hale, Richie
and Simmons and Messrs. Dick Cava-
nagh, Pring1e, Hansen and Gil1en,
dressed' in beautiful colonial cos.
tunes, danced the minuet. The
dance was SO pleasing to the audience
that theEdancers we're obliged to re
spond to an encore.
Miss Camilla Reynolds recited
Paul Revere's Ride" which was
followed by a Virginia reel in which
most of those present took part.
At midnight supper was served in
the dining room which had been
pretti1y decorated by the ladies Of the
society. The party was so successful
from every standpoint that similar
function willsbe made an annual event
and it is expected that every guest
will appear in costume next year.
The proceeds of the ball will be
contributed to the building fund for
the erection Of the Continental hall
which is being built by the Daughters
.of the American Revolution. The
party was the most successful enter
tainment ever given by the local chap
ter of the Daughters in Kenosha and
reflects great credit on those ladies
who had charge of the arrangements.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
WESTERN CANADA
The Worlds Greatest Wheat Fields at
Low Prices

Low Prices
The opening of the vast wheat belt
in Western Canada has demonstrated
the fact that the American farmer
knows good thing and that good
farm lands are always in demand.
Thousands of farmers and settlers
from every state in the Union have
taken advantage of the low prices of
prairie wheat lands, either for in
vestment or actual settlement and are
already observation-disclosures profits.
The great ranscontinenta1 lines of
railroad now traverse the entire sec
ton and short lines bringing the
market within easy distance of the
producer are being built. School
houses dot the prairies and towns are
springing up in every locality
Golden opportunities for home seekers
and investors are open if taken at
once. Call on or address
THE KENOsHA LAND INvEsTMEN Co.,
Kenosha, Wis.
H. S. Pringle, sales agent First
National Bank. wifi
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ELECT NEW OFFICERS

Congregational Mems League Elect
Officers for the Ensuing Year
At the business neeting of the Con-
gregationa1 Mems League the follow
ing officers were unanimously e1ected:
President-Fred Perkins.
Vice President-R. E. Mailer.
Secretary-S. B. Terry, Jr.
Treasurer-F. B. Blackman.
Executive Committee-A. E. Buck
master, Chas. ski1ler, G. H. Lindow.
Social Committee r. ]. Austin, c.
N. HOLSTER, H. E. Remer, H. L. Bull
lahore, DR.. w. R. Cheever, Chas. H.
Pfennig, L. NJ. Theirs.
Reception Committee c. Theirs,
e. H. Hollister, G. H. Curtis, L. M.
Eichelman.
Finance Committee. T. Yu1e, R.
H. S1osson, c. H. Hurd.
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Lewis Morehouse is Terribly In
jured North Of the City on
Thursday Night
MAY NOT SURVIVE INJURIES
Had Been Walking Along the Tracks
When He Was Struck by a Work
Train-Injured Man Taken
to Racine for Treatment


Lewis Morehouse, one of the old
pioneer residents of the city, was
struck by train and terribly if not
fatally injured late Thursday after
noon. The accident occurred just
after O'Clock on the tracks of the
North Western road near the Trues-
dell crossing, a mile and a half north
of the city. The injured man was
removed to St.ssMary's hospital in Ra-
cine, where he is now being cared for.
1t is feared that his injuries will prove
fatal.
Mr.. Morehouse lives just north Of
the city in the suburb known as
Feathertown. He had been down
town during the afternoon, aud just
after 5,o'c1ock he had started for his
home. He had planned to leave the
car atsss.the crossing near the old ice
house, but the conductor failed to
stop, and The was carried on to the
next road. He got off the car and
started to walk back along the tracks.
Mr.. Morehouse is more than sixty-five
years of sage, and is very feeble. 1t
seems that he heard the train coming
but thought that he had plenty Of
time to get out of the way of it, and
he walked on little recognizing his
danger. The engineer in charge Of
the trainssaw Morehouse approaching
in the gathering darkness and re-
versed Sthe brakes. The train was
running at very low rate of speed
| when the old man was struck and
thrown from the tracks into the ditch.
He had almost cleared the track when
the engine came down on him, and
this fact made it possible for him to
escape with his life.
! The trainmen we're not acquainted
with the victim of the accident and
supposing that he was Racine mar
/ who had started ito walk to Kenosha,
the injured manswas picked up and
taken to1Racine and an ambulance
took him to St. Mary's hospital. The
relatives OF Morehouse in Kenosha
wereIat once notified of the acciden
and they hurried to Racine to thu
hospital. Morehouse remained TN
conscious until after O'Clock whei
he regained consciousness. The ex
animation of the physicians revealed
the fact that two ribs had been brokei
and the skull had been fractured
However, it was stated that th'
fracture of the skull was not );
dangerous one and that it was possible
for Morehouse to survive his injuries
| Members of the family remained a
the hospital during the night anc
this morning it was reported that thu
old man had shown an improvement
and the chances for his recovery wer,
brighter.
The accident is said to have beer
the direct result of the men on thu
electric car failing to answer thu
signal ofeMorehouse to let him off a
the ice house crossing. Morehoust
could then have cleared the tracks ii
safety and reached his home withou
accident.
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on the politics of Southern Wisconsin.
He was ever considered a leader and
at one time he was prominently spoken
of as candidate for the nomination
for governor. In the past few years
he had been connected with the stall
Wart movement, although his BUSH
ness cares and his illness left him lit
tie time to devote to politics.
Mr.. Petit was member Of the
Masonic Order and had held nearly all
OF the Offices of the local lodges. He
had received his thirty-second degree
years ago, was member of the Ra-
cine Commandery and of the Wiscon-
sin Consistory. He was also mem
Der IN high standing of the Benevo-
lent and Protective Order of Elks.
Hold Memorial Services
The Kenosha Lodge of Elks held a
lodge of sorrow Friday night, at
which public announcement was made
Of the death of Ossian M. Petit, for
mer mayor of the city, who had been
one Of the leading members of the or
der. The ritualistic work attending
the announcement of the death of a
member was carried out by the Off
GERS Of the lodge, after which several
of the leading members delivered
eu1ogies to the memory of the de-
ceased.
z. G. Simmons, Jr., was the first
L. - 80 T. y r+
Q. NJ. Petit had done for the city of
Kenosha. Mr.. Simmons declared that
Kenosha owed more to @. M. Petit
than to any other one man. 1T took
a great deal of nerve, !" said Mr.. Sim
mons, flor Mayor Petit to propose
the building of "a sewer system IN ke-
noshs, and he was criticised for this
work, but time has shown that his &C
tons were most wise. Mr.. Petit was
forcefu1 man and it is public ca
1amity that he has been stricken IN
the very prime of his manhood"
Col. William w. Strong spoke of
Mr.. Petit as an old friend. Col.
Strong and the deceased had been
friends ever since their boyhood, and
Col. Strong told of the great heart OF
Mr.. Petit and the ways he had of
treating his friends. He spoke of the
pleasant smile and the happy dis
position of the deceased and told of
his loyalty to his friends.
Prof. Otis l.. Trenary spoke Of the
life of Mr.. Petit as an Elk. AS a
member of the order Mr.. Petit had
been one of the warmest supporters OF
the Kenosha lodge, and to ahim much
of the success of the work of'the lodge
in Kenosha was due. While mem.
Der of many socities, Mr.. Petit had
taken an especial interest insa the Elks
lodge, and this interest had been felt
| by all Of the members of the order.
Mr.. Trenary declared that the death
of 0. M. Petit had left vacant
chair which could not be filed.
District Deputy Grand Exalted
Ruler Myron D. Feathers of Madison
made his annual visit to the lodge
Friday night, and in speaking of the
death of Mr.. Petit he stated that i
was heavy blow to the entire ordel
of E1ks.
The little service closed with the
singing of s'The Vacant Chair
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
WANTED SON ARRESTED
John sniterski Asks for the Arrest of
Son Who Ran Away From Home

Son Who Ran Away From Home
John Sniderski, resident of the
north side, appealed to Justice
Sturges on Wednesday for the issue
of warrant for the arrest of his son,
an eighteen year old boy who he
claims refused to live under the
parental roof. 1t is alleged that the
boy has served term in an Illinois
penal institution and that he is now
on parole. The boy alleges that he
declined to live at home because his
father insisted on his turning over
nearly all Of his wages to the support
of his family and would allow him
only meager sum for private ex-
penses. The boy is employed in one
of the Kenosha factories and makes
good wages. The court refused to is
sue the warrant and referred the
father to the county judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
SEEK A HORSE THIEF
The Police of Kenosha Spend Several
Hours Looking for the Man

The Police of Kenosha Spend Several
Hours Looking for the Man
Just after 8 O'Clock Thursday night
Chief of Police Reinold received a
telephone message stating that bay
horse had been stolen in Milwaukee
and that the thief was headed for Ke-
nosha. The police we're sent out to
guard all roads to the. city, but they
found no trace of the much-wanted
man. A short time later the police
we're notified that daring robbery
had been committed in Racine, and
that the man had managed to get
away with small amount of money
taken from bar-room.
The man came to Kenosha on an
electric car, but the officers were not
able to locate him. The search for
the burglar is being continued today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
coLoNIsTs Low RATES

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Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Mis-
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Western Louisiana, Arkansas, ard
Indian Territory via the Northwestern
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March 9th and 10th. For tickets and
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
BECKER WILL FILED.
Will of the Late Wagon Maker Leaves
Fortune of $4,000

The last will and testament of the
late Frederick L. Becker, the well
known Market street wagon maker,
was flied for probate in the county
court on Thursday afternoon. The
will disposes of an estate valued at
$4,000, of which the real estate is
valued at $4,000 and the personal
property at $1,000. The widow is
given the use of the homestead and a
bequest of 81, 200, while the remainder
of the estate is to be divided among
the children of the deceased.
The heirs include Mrs. Hansche,
Fred, Edward, Frank and Charles
Becker. Charles HI. Becker is named
as executor Of the will without bond.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
ROYAL LEAGUERS DANCE
Local Chapter of Royal League Enter
tain Their Friends at Masquerade

Local Chapter OF Royal League Enter
tain Their Friends at Masquerade
One of the most enjoyable parties
of the season was the private
masquerade party given by the mem
bers of the Kenosha chapter of the
Royal League at Germania hall on
Thursday evening. In honor of the
event the hall was attractively
decorated with plants and flowers and
the colors of the order. Fully two
hundred couples attended the dance
and of the numbe half were masked.
Music for the dance was furnished by
the Stemm Brothers orchestra and
dancing continued until early morn
ing.
At midnight dainty luncheon was
served at the palm garden OF the hail.
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Mrs. Bessie Lewellen, grand
daughter Of Alexander Bailey, Of Sa-
lem, died in Denver, Col, Thursday
after long illness from consumption.
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8 RoOKFoRD LINE.

KENOsHA 81 ROOKFORD LINE.
EAST.
NO 406-ATi1k Passenger, arrive .....-.. $500 NJ
No 412-Wsy freight, arrive ............I2:40 N
WEST.
No 423-Freight, depart. ......... $50. 2:40 P M
No 411-Milk Passenger, depart ....... 4:10 p 10
w. r. JOHNSON, Agent.
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Daily except Sunday.
Sunday only.
Daily except Saturday and Sunday.
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w. r. JOHNSON, Agent.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28

Grangeville, claims his sons are
trying to secure his property
which they are afraid he will be-
queath to his wife if he marries,
while others state the old gentle
man is really irresponsible and
needs looking after. The matter
has created quite a little com
ment around the county and the
outcome Of the petition filed will
be watched with interest.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28

Pacific Railway company is legal
ly entitled to the vast timber
holdings it owns and if the case
should be decided in favor of
Miller the title to millions of
acres of valuable timber now
owned by the railroad company
and the Clearwater Timber COM
pany would be invalidated and
the land be open to filing by
private individuals.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28

In spite of the busy season o1
the year quite a large crowd was
out last Friday evening to heal
Senator Dubois talk on the Nor.
mon question, and although
much has been said concerning
this question and statements
made that this issue wss one
raised by Dubois alone and was
OF no Importance to the state al
large we believe few who attand-
ed the meeting Friday evening
left with the idea that the Nor
mon church interference in Idaho
politics was a tbugabo" and not
worthy of consideration. Sena-
tor Dubois spoke for over two
hours and held the interest of
his audience until the end. He
told how he had been strongly
identified with the political life
of the state since the territorial
days and had fought the Nor
mon power then and had helped
to force the Mormon church out
of Idaho politics for ten years
before the issuance of the Man
ifesto." He spoke of leaving
the republican party at the same
time with w. E. Borah and was
roundly cheered when he said
that he had remained steadfast
to the democratic party and the
principles as laid down by VIM.
J. Bryan since that time while
Borah had since returned to the
party he left and was now in
league with the Mormon church
to secure his election as U. S.
Senator. Senator Dubois quoted
at length from the testimony in
the Reed Smoot case to prove
that polygamy still existed in
this state and defied anyone to
prove false any of his statements.
He said he had fought the Nor
mon power throughout his
political career in Idaho and
closed with an appeal to the
voters to not disregard this evil
and keep pure the homes of the
state.
After the senator had con-
cluded Prof. Greenough, R. F.
Fulton and E. M. Griffith each
spoke a few words regarding the
their candidacy and the meeting
closed with a short but well
chosen talk by Reese Hattabaugh,
democratic nominee for U. S.
representative.
The party went to Grangeville
Saturday where an enthusiastic
meeting was held that night.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28
w. E. 9orah
Makes Denial
In His Speech Here Wednesday
Said He did not Trade With
Mormons for Nomination-Mor-
monism not an Issues

| Hon. VIM. E. Bora republi-
can nominee for United States
senator to succeed Fred T. Du-
bois, addressed the citizens Of
Cottonwood and vicinity at the
Odd Fellow hall Wednesday
evening and talked to good
sized audience. Mr.. Borah has
long borne a reputation as being
one of the brainy men of the
state and one of the most gifted
orators of the west and he fully
lived up to his reputation here
Wednesday night. In fact, the
people of Cottonwood have not
listened to so eloquent a speaker
for a number of years. Mr..
Borah spoke for some time on
republican national politics and
then came down to state affairs.
He made a sweeping denial of
the charges made agaigst him
as being employed as Mormon
attorney and also said that he
won out at the Pocatello conven-
ton by the aid of the Gentle
delegates in caucuses to which
Mormon delegates were not ad-
mitted. He claimed that the
Mormon question was not an
issue in this campaign and that
no polygamy existed in south
eastern Idaho other than those
cases which existed at the time
of the Manifesto, and while he
did not deny the interference of
the Mormon church in politics
he intimated that it was an easy
matter for the Gentle population
OF the state to nominate and
elect any candidate without the
aid of the Mormon counties.
To all intents and purposes
Mr.. Borah knocked all of Senator
Dubois statements into a cooked
hat for the time being but it is
quite possible the democratic
speaker who follows him may
leave Mr.. Borah without a leg to
stand on after he gets through
with him. Then the voters can
sum up the matter for them
selves and by election day many
will perhaps be so muddled UP
that they may not know whether
Idaho is a part of Utah or if the
election is for the purpose of
seating a Mormon bishop or not.
Prior to Mr.. Borah taking the
floor short speeches were made
by Miss Sweet, Mr.. Hastings and
Senator Nugent. Ex-senator
]. L. Eckert acted as chairman
Of the meeting.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28
Winter Would Wed Fall.

Seth Jones, Sr., rs years of
age and one of the pioneers of
Idaho county, was arrested at
Westlake late last week by
Deputy Sheriff Blackburn and
taken back to Grangeville where
a charge of insanity was filed
against him. 1t seems that the
old gentleman, whose wife died
several months ago, had decided
to again enter matrimony and
his three sons, Robert, Seth and
Asa, then filed a petition in the
probate court asking that a
guardian be appointed to look
after his property. Late last
week the old gentleman took a
team and rig and started for
Lewiston where he intended
taking the train for Spokane to
make Mrs. Cooper, 81 years of
age, his bride. When their
fathers absence was discovered
the sons sent the deputy sheriff
after him and he was brought
back to Grangeville to answer to
a charge of insanity filed against
him. Mr.. Jones who owns, 1900
acres of fine farm land and z
acres Of land in the heart of
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28
Raise Timothy Seed for Market

Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh were
transacting business in the city
last Friday from Westlake. Mr..
Walsh is engaged in the growing
of timothy at his large farm 2
miles west of Westlake and rails
es it for the seed instead of cut
ting it for hay. He is now
threshing this years crop and
said it was turning out well.
Off of about 500 acres of land he
will secure nearly $4,000 pounds
of seed this year, which will net
him about SIS to the acre, where
as the same land if farmed for
the hay would not net over 81 an
acre. Mr.. Walsh says there is
an excellent demand for timothy
seed and he has no trouble of
disposing of what he raises in
carload lots. He expects to have
about 700 acres in timothy next
year and will eventually have his
entire farm of 900 acres sown to
the grass as it does we'll on the
mountain and pays much better
than any other crop that can be
grown there. He stated the
harvesting in that section was
well along and would be complet-
ed in a couple weeks more. The
crop this year is a very good one.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28

There was an old man in Nantuck-
ct,
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
His daughter, named Nan, ran
away with a man,
But as for the bucket-Nan tuck
ct!
He followed the pair to Pawtucket,
The girl, the man, and the bucket.
He2saia to the man, 41You're wei
abLsweome to Nan, 9binlf H. Iuqa.
fBlgb as fo51the 8bueket-t,Paw tuck
etl
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-09-28
News Around
The Stale
Items From Various Places Re-
produced for the Benefit of our
Readers-StOries Rehashed from
our Exchanges.

Culdesac expects to have al
electric light plant in operation
inside of thirty days.
Chris Weisgerber is preparing
to build a 81, 800 addition to his
large brewery at Lewiston.
A. V. McCarty purchased
1000 head of fine sheep from P.
E. Davis at Grangeville Monday
for Carsteen Bros, of Seattle.
One hundred members of the
Spokane chamber of commerce
have decided to visit Lewiston
and attend the opening of the
fair there on October 9Th.
Some bogus bill artists have
been operating at Moscow lately
and succeeded in getting rid of
about twenty pieces of the bad
money before discovered and
forced to move.
Because his squaw refused to
give him a dollar with which to
buy more liquor Tom Mox Mox,
a drunken Indian living near
Sites, beat his faithful wife
with his fists until she had to go
to a doctor for repairs. Mox
Mox is now in jail.
G. 0. Broxton, editor of the
Pocatello Advance for several
years, has been given charge of
the Capital News at Boise
Broxton made strong fight
against his party two years ago
because of the Mormon plank
adopted at the state convention.
Chris Thiessen, the big Lewis
ton sheep man, has disposed of
his entire band, over 18, 900 head
in all, to Pat Burns, of British
Columbia, and M. Berg, of North
Yakima. Mr.. Thiessen has been
in the sheep business for eight
cen years and says he is tired
and wants a rest.
The women of the restricted
district at Nezperce have been
arrested three times lately and
tried for conducting illegal
houses and each time have been
acquitted. They refused to pay
their fines and the city authori-
ties are at loss to know what
steps to take next.
Two masked men tried to hold
up Robert Baldwin near Sites
late last week while he was go
ing home after dark. Baldwin
drew knife and cut one of his
assailants severely and escaped.
The wounded man went to Sites
for repairs and later left town.
He was about 25 years old and
]. w. Sanford was found lying
dead at the Johnson farm near
Nezperce Monday with a sack of
oats across his breast. He was
troubled with heart failure and |
had evidently been overcome
while trying to lift the sack onto a
horse. He had a farm in Lawyer
canyon but had no relatives in
this country. He was about 40
years old.
A sheepherder employed by G.
E. Davis in herding the latter's
sheep in the mountains back of
Grangeville came to that place
this week and reported the loss
of 1900 head of sheep. The
herder also got lost in the woods
and wandered around q couple
days before finding his way out.
He was a new man at the bust
ness and is thought to have gone
to sleep and let the sheep wander
away. ,atesai''t., 1sss>fl'35s
IL s1It,. ,ans eaul9j3d bowl I
|. n, Smith, a prominent Lew.
iston attorney, has brought. suit.
for Richard Miller as a test case.
to learn whether the Northern