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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-13
moving his family here from the East

A contest case is being tried this
afternoon before r. H. Bartlett, regis
ter of the land office, in which John D.
Applewhite is the plaintiff and Ora
b lie Des Champs the defendant, on
the grounds of priority OF settlement.
The attorney for the plaintiff Is Eu-
gene o'Neil and for the defendant G.
w. Tannahill.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-13

James McGrane. proprietor of the
Bollinger hotel, yesterday consumma-
ted deal for the purchase of a half
interest in the Annex saloon, buying
the interest of Charles Fiheld. The
Annex will now be run in connection
with the hotel Mr.. Fifield has located
a business in Spokane.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-13

Itching piles provoke profanity. but
profanity wont cure them. Doans ONT
ment cures itching. bleeding or pro-
truding piles after years of suffering.
At any drug store.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-13

NJ. o. Auberlee. of Twin Harbors,
Mich, yesterday made purchase of
the N. Hansen orchard tract in Clarks-
ton through ]. w. willison, special
agent for f. H. Libby Mr.. Auberlee
viii make his home on the property,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26
LOCAL ITEMS

See John English for Barney &
Barry skates. d24
E. 0. Strauss, of Chicago, spent
Friday evening with Kenosha friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Vale, of Beloit,
are visiting friends and relatives in
Kenosha.
Clyde Button went to Wilmot Fri
day where he will spend the holidays
with his parents.
Mrs. M. F. Ellis and son, Clyde, are
spending few days with friends and
relatives in Milwaukee.
That new intake will be the present
of the Water Commissioners to it's
customers next Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Miller. of
South Milwaukee, are spending few
days with friends in Kenosha.
Mrs. Beardsley, of Grand Haven,
Mich. is the guest of her daughter,
Miss Alta Beardsley, at the Southern.
Thos. H. Rogers, who has been con-
fined to his home the past six weeks
with siege Of typhoid fever, is able
to be out again.
Now that the tax rolls ready City
Clerk Harrington is beginning to
make arrangements for the coming
primary election.
Albert Garrett, formerly stewart of
the Ravenswood Golf Club, has been
employed in the same capacity at the
new Elk club rooms.
Principal Edward F. Randall. of
the Balm school, left Friday evening
for Palmyra, Wis, where he will
spend the holidays.
Mrs. John Ozzane sustained a frac.
ture of her left arm at her home an
Rowland avenue Thursday. The in
jury was sustained IN fall down .
stairway.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26
TO SELL THE ASSETS
Referee in Bankruptcy TO Dispose
of Property of the Visible
Typewriter Company
TOOLS & DIES0F LITTLE VALUE

E. Q. Nye, referee in bankru ptcy.
has sent out notice that the tools,
dies, patterns, die beds and uncom-
pleted parts of the typewriters, for.
merly the property of the Visible
Typewriter as well as all of the Office
furniture of the concern, will be Of
Tered for sale at public auction at the
United States Court in Milwaukee on
Dec. 80. The tools, dies and working
models of the defunct company have
been appraised at $574 81, while the
value Of the Office fixtures has been
placed al $4,000.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
tools and dies of the company are
valued at less than 5000 by the APP
praisers, Kenosha people who have
watched the growth of the Visible
Typewriter company will remem Der
the vast amount of money spent in
experimenting at the plant and these
tools and dies and uncomp 1eted parts
are the sole remnant of this long
period of work. Two or three fortunes
were put into these tools and dies
which are to be offered for sale to
the highest bidder. When the original
schedule of the attorneys for the COM
pany was prepared it was thought
that these tools and dies would be
worth large sum of money, but in
the opinion of the appraisers and all
practical manufacturers they are very
nearly worthless
The falling off ia the value of these
assets of the concern may be an indi-
cation of the falling off that may be
expected in other assets of the COM
pany. If the other assets show a
similar depreciation the creditors of
the company will realize very little on
their claims. The expenses of the
settlement of the estate of the bank
rupt will undoubtedly be large, as
litigation is already being started
which may be carried to several states
before the point in question is de-
cided.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26
MAY GET PENSIONS
Mayor Becker, of Milwaukee,
Takes Up Cause of Life
Savers With Government
FORMER KEV0SHA MAN CAUSE

The time will soon be here when the
federal government will be compelled
to listen to the many applications for
pensions by life savers who have been
in the service for many years and
who have lost their health or been
crippled through their efforts to save
the lives of unfortunate mariners who
have been caught out in the storms.
All along the coasts of the United
States and on the shores of the great
lakes are located stations which are
manned by able-bodied men. All of
these men are of the rugged class and
have passed the strictest medical ex-
animation before entering the service.
Each year they are compelled to pass
the same medical examination and if
it is found that their health has been
impaired in any way since the pre-
vious examination they are thrown
out and allowed to drift about the
country, taking their chances with
men who have not been incapa citated
for work by such duties as they have
been called upon to perform.
One case that is attracting atten-
ton at the present time is that of
Charles A. sMeyland of Milwaukee.
He is badly'crippled with rheumat
and unablesto leave his home on Win
nebago street. He asserts that the
disease hassbeen brought about by his
long yearsssof Iservice as a life saver.
For fourteenssyears he has been
member ,of theaa life saving branch of
the governmentsservice, having been
stationed at both Kenosha and Mil
waukee at different times. For some
weeks heIwas confined to a health re-
sort, but she was compelled to leave
that place and return to Milwaukee
on account of lack of funds. Now
he is again at Milwaukee where he is
penniless and unable to care for him.
self.
Like many other old life savers he
is compelled toaseek charity and he
has written long letter to Mayor
Becker of thatgcity, .reciting his con-
dition and other facts connected
with his term of service. He says
that he has helped save hundreds of
persons in danger of being drowned
and in his appeal says:
Greater love hath no man than
this, that man may lay down his life
for his FRIEND says the letter. "The
love has been too one-sided, however.
The government has failed to provide
pensionsEfor those men who lose their
lives or health in an effort to save
another mans life, and today after
spending all | had for doctors and
hospitals trying to regain my health,
| find myself homeless, helpless and
penniless, an object of charity.
II do notswish to die yet. I am only
IS years old. Iswould not care to give
my life. as have lost my health for
humanity's sake, but as long as there
is hope will make stand"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26
VAST ARMY COMES
Annual Report Shows No De-
crease in the Number of
immigrants This Year
ALL SEEKING FORTUNES

Despite the fact that emigration out
of the country IS proceeding at a
stupendous rate this season, the an
nual report at the immigration Office
al Washington for the current immi-
grafton year shows that more for
eigners are coming into the United
States than ever before. From Aus
tria- Hungary during this year GOV.
cred by the snew report, we secured
338, 452 new inhabitants, an increase
over the previous year of 70, 314. The
next largest source of supply was the
Russiansempire and Finland, which
contributed 258, 1884, an increase over
the previous year of 43,278. Our
neigbboring British North America
sent IN an increase of 14,855. Italy
proved sproli6c source, including
Sicily andsSardinia, giving us 285, 731
immigrants,sssa fan increase of 1861.
Little Greece made record, sending
nearly 100 per cent. Turkey made a
similar showing, sending 20,767 i'm
migrants, an increase of 11,257, or
more than 100 per cent. The same
percentage applies to Japan, which
sent 1925, an increase of 1891.
Bulgaria, Servia and Montenegro are
in thessame class of progression, fur
nishing 1850 immigrants, an in
crease of 6,6e3. Offsetting these
figures stand the Immigration records
from the Caucasia a countries of minor
kinship. France, for example, gave
us but 9,731 immigrants, an increase
of buts345. The German empire sent
but 37,807, an increase of but 243.
Ireland sent but "a, $50, a decrease of
465. England furnished So, 637, an
increase of 7,146. Scotland sent 49,
74O, an increase of 1874. China on
the other hand sent COL, decrease of
583.
Out of these scheduled above over
100000 had less than $50 each IN
table to show amounts in excess of
that sum was trivial.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26
IS GIVEN BIG BOOST
State Board of Assessors In.
creases Valuation of Frost
Line to $950,0OO
RAIL WAY VALUATIONS HIGHER

The holdings of the Chicago and
Milwaukee Electric Railway company
in Wisconsin, according to the report
of the State Board of Assessment,
issued at Madison late Friday even
ing, are reasonable valued at $3.50, 900
while year ago the property of the
company was valued at but 5000, 900.
In the year that has passed since the
last valuation the company has prac-
tically built a line from Racine to
Milwaukee, but it was not thought
that the completion of the line .would
make such a vast difference in the
value of the property of the company.
When the valuation was made a
year ago the company was running
cars into Racine and since that time
the portion of the line operation has
not been extended. They will pay to
the state in taxes for next year nearly
$4,000 or more than five times the
amount paid last year.
The valuation Of nearly every roa d
in the state shows an increase this
year, but the Northwestern company
is heavier hit than any of the others.
The increase for the Northwestern
is nearly $4,000, 900 while the Chicago,
Milwaukeelaud ST. Paul gets boost
of more than $4,000, 900. The total
valuation of all the roads in the state
is $18, Ill, 500 more than it was for the
year just closing.
The rate of taxation on this valua.
ton is nearly eleven dollars per
thousand. 1t is expected that the
valuations as made by the Board of
Assessment will be the cause of long
litigation2between the railroads and
the state and the railway companies
will have until the last day of jan
uary to file protests against the
assessments. It is thought that many
of the larger roads will unite to fight
the assessment On the ground that it
is entirely unreasonable and too high.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26
ARNOLD FILES ANSWER
Former Owner of Kenosha Street Rail-
way Answers Haynes & CIausen

Former Owner of Kenosha Street Rail-
way Answers Haynes & CIausen
Bion J. Arnold, named as one of the
defendants IN the suit brought by
Haynes and C1ausen to collect the
$50, 900 alleged due them for services
in obtaining the original railway fran
chise filed an answer to the suit in
the Circuit Court this morning. There
is nothing of a sensational nature in
the answer Mr.. Arnold admits that
he made an agreement to give the
promoters bonds to the amount of
$50, 900 for valid franchise, but de-
clares that the franchise which was
turned over to him was declared null
and void by the state Supreme Court.
Ae admits that the railway company
was organized but stated that the
rails laid were laid by the Arnold
Construction company, which was not
named as a defendant in the action.
1t is expected that the trial Of the
case against Arnold will be taken up
within the next few days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26

A GOOD MANY Kenosha people have
probably been guilty Of an unwilling
violation of the postal laws in mailing
tobacco tags without the proper post
age but the fault lies more with the
company that advertised the
premiums than with the innocent
victims. When the fines are assessed
for the violations of the law they
should be assessed against the COM
pany for not warming its customers
of the trouble they were certain to
get into if they violated the law in
making their returns of tags in
response to the advertisements.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26

WHEN the city gets to doing bust
ness on a business basis there
will be ne man who will do all
the + lg for every department
and who will audit all the bills
against the city as they are pre-
scented, and the Council would do we'll
to follow the suggestion of School
Commissioner Cavanagh and appoint
such an official as soon as possible.
Such action by the Council would
take away some of the privileges of
Office, but the city would be a big
gamer by the change in the system.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26
SUPERINTENDENT IS MISSING
Man Who Sought TO Employ Men for
Auto Factory is Missing

Auto Factory IS MISSING
Thomas Duncan, d man who came
to kenosha several days ago repre-
senting himself to be the superinten-
dent of an automobile factory in a
small town near Chicago, is missing
and he has not been seen since Friday
morning. His grip aud personal be-
longings are at Hotel Kenosha. The
disappearance of the man followed an
investigation started by the police.
Duncan had come here to employ
nifty men to work in the alleged fac
tory and the police were not satisfied
by the reports of some of the men
whom he had employed. They took
Duncan to the police office Friday
morning, but he was not arrested.
Duncan referred the officers to people
IN Chicago, but these people protested
to know nothing of the man. When
the police went to look for him the
second time he had disappeared and
he has not been seen since. Duncan
did not collect any money from any of
the thirty men who had accepted en-
ployment with him during his few
hours stay in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26
ARREST KALIS AGAIN

William Ka1is, we'll known to the
police, who was recently sentenced to
Green Bay for a years term and re-
fused admittance to the state institu-
ton there on technicality, was ar
rested just before noon Saturday by
Police Officer Bradley on a charge of
stealing fur cap from the Henry
Brothers barn.
kalis was released from jail less
than a week ago with a lecture from
Judge Belden, in which he was in
formed that if he was brought before
the court again be would be sent to
Waupun. The accused man denied
having anything to do with the TAX
ing of the cap.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26

ALL the preliminary problems
should be worked out and everything
made ready to begin the work of
building the new intake for the water
company at the earliest possible mo-
ment next summer. Delays are said
to be always dangerous and never
more so than in this instance for if
the city gets through the winter with
out having the water supply prac-
ticaliy cut off by slush ice or an
epidemic caused by polluted water we
shall be exceedingly lucky. The new
intake is expected to do away with
both of these dangers and the sooner
It is put IL the better. AS matter of
fact the new intake should have been
put in this summer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26
run

THERE is something wrong some
where. The Council was told by a
more or less polished gentleman who
was sent here for that purpose just
exactly what it would be expected to
do with an application for saloon
license in Rice Park and then the
aldermen turned round and did Just
the opposite. There must be screw
loose somewhere. Can it be that the
wishes of protesting property owners
are hereafter going to be taken into
consideration in such an important
matter as the granting of saloon
license?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26
COLLEGE OF COMMERCE NOTES
Racine College Boys and Girls Attend
Meeting of Literary Society


Meeting of Literary Society
Forty members of the student body
Of the Racine College of Commerce
headed by Prof. and Mrs. F. M. Davis
attended the meeting of the College
of Commerce Literary Society on FRI
day afternoon. Will O'Donnell, the
president of the society, made an ad-
dress of welcome to the visitors and
Prof. Davis gave the response. Later
new officers of the Eenosha society
were installed, as follows:
President-Harvey Cornie.
Observation-Disclosures Cough1in.
Secretary-Vera Birchaxd.
Treasurer-HarveyB Balm.
Sergeant al. arms = Alfred Gros-
venors
During the meeting a clock was
presented by Will O'Donne1l on behalf
of the school.
Miss Grace Peck, assistant in the
shorthand department, has resigned
her position to accept one with the
Thomas B, Jeffrey company. Her
place will not be filled but a strong
man will be employed for the com
mercia1 department now requiring
two teachers. Total enrolment since
Sept. l, us. Winter term to open.
Jan. 6, with many new ones.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26

ALTHOUGH considerable work in that
line has already been done there yet
remains much low land IN this sec
ton of the state that can be reclaimed
and made productive by scientific
drainage, and it will not be many
years before the bitches are built.
At first glance drainage ditch looks
like an expensive proposition and
there is always a long wrangle over
the assessment of benefits and dam
ages, but there have been very few
of the bitches that failed to pay big
returns on the investment IN the long
run
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26

No ONE can watch the work of the
Circuit Court without becoming con-
vinced that Kenosha needs a Munich
pal Court and that such court would
be money saver for the county.
Half of the cases that take up the
time of the Circuit Court could just as
we'll be disposed of in short order in a
Municipal Court and at a great saw
ing in expense.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26

THE calls upon all of the organiza-
tons which supply the wants of the
poor and needy at Christmas time are
more numerous and urgent this year
than for several years past and these
organizations will need al the help
they can get to carry on the work
properly. Those who are accustomed
to help in this work should send in
their contributions without delay.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26
Fire Dept. May Appeal to Insur-
ance Commission to Collect
Taxes on Premiums
AFTER FOREIGN COMPANIES
Not Having Agencies in
This City OR State are Doing a
Great Business With the
Industrial Concerns

The trustees of the Kenosha Volun.
teer Fire department, have met with
the old trouble in connection with the
tax on insurance premiums for the
year just closed and it is claimed that
the trustees are planning to take
stringent action, to either collect the
amount due to the department from
some companies, or force them to re-
tirefrom doing business in Wisconsin.
The attorneys for the fire department
declare that the action of the COM
panies in declining to pay the tax is a
direct breach of the Wisconsin Insur-
ance laws and if the companies can
not be brought to see the error of
their ways, an appeal will be made to
the StatesInsurance Commission. The
State Insurance Commissioner has
done some things in driving insurance
companies out of the state and it is
possible that he will be able to get
strong and drive out the com pa MES,
who have failed to contribute their
share, of the "Twenty Three" paid
annually to the members of the vo1un-
teer department. The great trouble
is that the companies under the ban
are the great mutual companies which
have been writing business in Ke-
nosha for several years and from
whom the effort has been repeatedly
naade to collect the two percent pre-
MUM tax. In other years the amount
OF the tax has been paid in part by
the manufacturers who had their
plants covered by these com panies,
but this was regarded more as a gift
to the members of the department
rather than the payment of the tax.
There are five of the com panies who
have declined to pay the tax and the
troublesome portion of it all is that
none of this insurance is written in
Wisconsin. The insurance for these
mutual lines is arranged in the East
and in Chicago, and the companies
themselves have no representation
among the insurance companies
of Kenosha. There is some doubt if
the state insurance commissioner
could prevent this business being
written in Wisconsin if he should
start out to follow up the Kenosha
complaint.
The amount of insurance written in
kenosha by these five companies is
decidedly large bpt it is a good thing
for the Fire Department that the
factories are not taking any more of
this kind of insurance than is found
necessary. The amount of the pre-
mlums paid to the Mutual companies
at this time is large but if the depart
ment could collect the tax on the
premiums it would be great addition
to the firemen's pension fund. AS
similar conditions exist in other
cities in the state it is thought that
the matter will be taken up by some
of the large Fire Departments in the
state and some action started to force
these companies to pay the tax as de-
manded by law. The expense of such
litigation would probably be large
and it would hardly be possible for
the kenosha Firemen's Pension Board
to stand such an expense but if the
expense was divided among the differ.
ent cities of the state the. amount
chargeable to each of them would not
be burdensome.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26

THE Ashland avenue extension of
the street railway is doing a good
business right from the start and as
the extension of the line will do much
to help the building up of the south
western section Of the city the com
pany can count on constantly in
creasing business.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26
MYSTERY SOLVED
Ma8nus Christensen, Murdered in KAN
sas, Was From Racine


The mystery surrounding the
identity Of Magnus Christensen, muir
dered at Saliua, Kansas, has been
solved, as. it has been discovered that
Christensen was never a resident of
Kenosha but was former resident of
Racine. It seems that the man came
to Racine from Denmark some two
years ago and later he went to live on
the ranch in Kansas. Christensen is
said to have been man of thirty
years and while he was in Racine he
bore a good reputation as a peaceable,
citizen. It is possible that some Of
Danish organizations in Racine will
take steps to see that his slayer is
properly punished for his crime.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26

GOVERNOR HUGHES is proving that
a man can best show his fitness for
promotion by attending strictly to the
business in hand. He has so far been
content to let his work as governor
speak for him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26

THE hard times will probably en-
able the ice companies to get much
higher grade Of la borers than usual to
harvest the ice crop, but the men will
bear watching just the same and all
the gangs should be carefully ex-
amined by the health officers before
they are permitted to enter the county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26

A GOOD many of the farmers who
are heavily interested in cabbage
growing are seriously considering
the advisability of putting part Of
their acreage into sugar beets. The
beets have paid big profits in other
counties and there is no danger of
any over production.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-12-26

THE merchants report that the
trade in toys and presents for Chill
dren is as large as ever which goes
to show that those who have had to
economic little are beginning at
the right end and cutting off their
own luxuries rather than shutting
down on the children.