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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28
SENATE PASSES BILL
River and Harbor Bill With Appropri-
alton for Kenosha Soon to be a Law

River and Harbor Bill With Appropri-
alton for Kenosha Soon to be Law
The Senate on Wednesday passed
the River and Harbor bill, and it is
now in the hands of President Roose-
Welt for approval. The $4,000 appro-
priation for Kenosha seems to be safe
as not single item was taken out Of
the bill by the senate committee, and
the only change made was the addi-
ton Of $4,000 for the harbor at Al
gonna. This was made at the sugges-
ton and urgent request Of Senator
Spooner. There is no doubt but that
the bill will be signed by the presi-
dent, and the money for the Aenosha
harbor will be available early in July.
1t is not known when the work of
improving the Kenosha harbor will be
started, but people interested will
urge that the. woek be begun as early
as possible.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28
ARE WEIGHING MAIL
All Mails Going Out Of kenosha
Office to be Weighed for a
Long Period
SYSTEM WILL BE IMPROVED

The work of weighing all mails car
of arriving at basis of weights in
making mail-carrying contracts with
the roads, began today on all lines in
Wisconsin. Heretofore this weigh
ing has been conducted daily for
thirty days, when an average was
struck and the basis for payment was
based upon the result. At present,
however, bill is pending in congress
by which it is intended to weigh the
mails for term of six months form
ing the transportation basis from the
results obtained in that time. If this
bill should become law in the mean
time, it is stated by officials of the
roads that the work of weighing just
begun would probably be continued
for at least six months.
Under the present plan of weighing,
extra government employees travel in
all mail cars and weigh every sack Of
mail put on board, noting the stations
where the different sacks were re-
ceived. At the same time agents. of
the roads also weigh the same mail
before it is placed on board at the
various stations. The figures Of the
two agencies, one employed by the
roads and the other by the govern
ment, are compared for accuracy.
When discrepancies are found, the
differences are gone over again. Il
requires small army of special re-
representatives. to secure the final re-
suits.
It is said that move upon the part
of the government to reduce the
chances of destruction of mail matter
by fire in mail cars, by request from
the postoffice department. that rail-
road companies install electric lights
in all of their mail cars, meets with
decided opposition on the part of the
roads. The cause for objection on
the part of the roads, officials say, is
the recent large reduction by the
government of compensation to the
roads for carrying the mails, and the
necessary additional expense which
would be caused the roads in equip
ping mail cars, hauled on trains that
are not electric lighted, with dyna-
mos and other apparatus simply for
the mail cars. The request of the
postoffice department can readily be
met on all through or limited trains
which are already supplied with cleo
trio light plants; but as to equipping
mail cars on every small train, it is
out of the question, say the officials.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28
MORE PAY FOR CLERKS
Congress Passes Bill to Increase Sala'
ries Of Men in Post Office

Congress Passes Bill to Increase Sa1a-
ries Of Men in Post Office
The postoffice appropriation bill
passed the House Wednesday and all
the salaries of the postal employees
that were ruled out on points or order
Tuesday were restored by the COM
mittee on rules and the House has
adopted the same
By the terms of the amendments re-
ported from the committee on rules.
seven grades of clerks are esta blished
in first and second class offices, with
salaries ranging from 5000 to ST. 200.
City letters carriers are divided into
five grades, with salaries ranging
from 5000 to 81, 100, the 500 salaries
being omitted.
Railway mail clerks are divided in
to six grades below that of chief
clerk, salaries in each grade being in
creased 500 and ranging from $500 to
81, 700. The maximum salary of
rural carriers is fixed at $40.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28
CLEANLINESS AND HEALTH.

Cholera in beast and fowl is often
nothing but that which in the human
species is called typhoid fever. While
the disease crops out under conditions
where care and sanitary surroundings
would seem to render it impossible, it
is primarily a filth disease, and. could
epidemics be traced to their origin,
filth would in most cases be found to
constitute the provoking cause. Wheth-
er in the case of hogs or poultry, the
water supply is of the utmost impor-
lance, and this means not only the wa
ter itself, but the receptacles in which
it is placed for drinking purposes.
They should be kept sweet and clean,
and under no circumstances should an
finals be compelled to drink from dirty
puddles or stagnant pools.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

IT took the State Railway Commits
sion the better part of year and cost
III the neighborhood of $4,000 to de.
terrnine what in the opinion of the
Commission is just and equitable
railway rate for Wisconsin, but the
Commission now has facts and figures
to back up the position it has taken,
and there can be no charges that the
Commission has acted hastily and in
response to popular clamor. The de-
cision of the Commission should have
the effect of stopping all further
agitation for two cent rate in this
state at least until we have had a fair
trial of the rate set by the Commits
sion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28
Kenosha Chapter Of the Danish
Brotherhood to Erect Splen.
did lodge Home
FINEST LODGE HALL IN CITY
Plans For Building Costing $21 900
Have been Adopted by the Lodge
and Work Will Start as
Soon as Possible

The Kenoshas Cha pier of the Danish
Brotherhood has accepted plans for
the erection of splendid home for
the Brotherhood in Kenosha, and the
work Of building will be started just
IS soon as the frost as out of the
ground, and rushed to completion as
soon as possible.
The new building will be located on
the property owned by the Brother
hood located on Pearl street, Just east
Of Main street, and it is claimed that
the building erected will make the
local Danish Brotherhood the owners
Of the finest home owned by any of
the order ia Wisconsin.
The new building will be of brick,
and in dimensions of 64x132. AT the
present two stories will be erected,
but it will be built so that it will be
possible to add third story at any
time that the needs of the order may
demand it. The design for the build
ing is a decidedly ornamental one,
and the building will add much to
Pearl street.
The first floor of the building will
be divided so as to contain library,
general Offices. for the use of the
Brotherhood, meeting room and a
store room. It is possible that the
basement will be fitted up so that at
least two bowling alleys can be in
stalled, and it is possible that billiard
and pool rooms will also be provided
for in the basement rooms.
The second floor of the building will
be used for one big hall planned for
dance and other entertainment pur-
poses. The hall will be the largest in
Kenosha by all measures. 1t will be
sixty by hundred and thirty and will
have balcony running about the
entire hall. AS an assemblage room
the hall would provide seating capac-
ity for from FIVE hundred to thous-
and people.
The Danes are much given to social
functions, and the large hall will be
kept in use most of the time.
The committee in charge Of the
work of building the new lodge home
IS composed Of Thomas Olesen, M.
Iverson, O. Rasmussen, Jens Larsen,
and Olaf Jorgensen.
The contracts for the new building
will be let within the next two weeks,
and it is expected that the work will
be started by the first Of April. The
members Of the Brotherhood are plan
ming to dedicate the new building
about the first of December.
The Danish Brotherhood is one of
the strongest fraternal organizations
in the city. It has membership of
more than a hundred and seventy-fve
Of the leading Danish men Of the city.
Nearly all of the money needed for
the completion of the new building
has been provided for.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28
STARTING ALFALFA.

Where one cannot get start with
alfalfa from a late summer planting,
more exactly the middle of August, an
experience the writer has had owing to
a pest OF grasshoppers, the seed may
be sowed about the middle of April,
with or without a nurse crop, at the
rate of about eighteen pounds to the
acre. Owing to the rapid growth of
weeds the field should be moved fire.
Quently after the alfalfa gets a good
start, as this not only kills the weeds,
but tends to thicken up che legume.
Before planting it the ground should
be thoroughly fortified and the soil
put in the best Of filling. Cut at the
right time and properly cured, alfalfa
makes the best and most nutritious OF
hay, while it provides an ideal pasture
for hogs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28
DYNAMITE BY THE TON
Much VIII Be Used ON the Canal
Cargo Of 0OO, 900 Pounds TO Last
Only q Year.

Washington, Feb. %. - Some idea
Of the enormity Of the task which con-
fronts the government In the matter
Of taking out dirt, rock and other ma.
terial in the construction Of the Pana-
ma canal may be gathered from the
fact that during the next twelve
months there will be consumed 9OO,-
GOO pounds of dynamite.
The contract for this vast quantity
Of explosive will be let shortly, and
when 1t is put aboard vessel and sent
to Colon 1t will form the largest
shipment OF that kind which ever left
Z United States port
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

If Keuosha is to vote on the ques-
ton of building municipal lighting
plant at the coming election, the adj
vocates of municipal ownership should
enter on campaign of education at
once. Many voters, who are inclined
to favor the idea of municipal owner
ship of lighting plant, are not pre-
pared to 60 it. blind and vote for
proposition that may possibly let the
city in for whole lot of money, with
out knowing anything about it. In
the irst place, they want chance to
examine and verify the statistics of
other plants in other cities, which
have convinced the municipal owner
ship aldermen that plant in this city
would pay; to have estimates made of
the approximate cost of the proposed
plant at the time it is to be built, the
amount of light to be supplied by it,
etc., and to be given all information
that is in the possession of any alder
man that will throw any light on the
subject in any way. In the second
place, those voters who arc on the
fence, so to speak, would like to know
how the city proposes to pay for the
plant and who is to have control Of it
and operate it after it is built. If the
municipal ownership men have worked
out the plan for the plant far enough
so that they are prepared TO give sat
isfactory answers to these questions,
we are inclined to think that they
would win out on a referendum vote.
The fact that Kenosha already has
one municipal plant in successful OPP
Grafton would doubtless have great in
fuence with the voters, but the tax
payers will have to be shown some
thing more convincing than glittering
generalities before they can be ex-
pected to commit themselves to this
project.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

LITTLE has been heard of the Gene
terry Association of late, but the lot
owners in the cemeteries need have no
fear that the plans Of the Association
have been dropped. The affairs Of
the Association are in the hands of
men who are not in the habit of be-
coming discouraged at the first re-
verse they meet with, and they. will
yet work out practical plan of car
ing for the cemeteries with or without
any assistance that the city may be
willing to give.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28
FEW ADVERSE REPORTS
Holiday Influence on Trade Is Felt.
Industrial Returns Encouraging.

Holiday influence on Trade Is Felt
Industrial Returns Encouraging.
New York, Feb. Or. G. Dun s.
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
Weather conditions have been favora-
bic fortradeand transportation in most
sections, but a few adverse reports are
still received and total transactions
again felt the curtailing influence Of a
holiday. At the large cities there is
a good attendance of interior mer-
chant or their representatives, produce
ing much activity in jobbing circles,
notably those dealing In dry goods, mil
linery and other distinctiyely spring
lines. Mercantile collections are inl-
proving, but some complaints are heard
regarding extensions especially from
points that experien ced greatest inter-
rnption to traffic from the recent
storms.
Industrial returns are uniformly enc
couraging. mills and factories having
90 much business in sight that no ma
chinery is idle. except In cases where
fuel deliveries are unsatisfactory, or
the labor supply inadequate. Farm
staples are fairly steady In price, lib
eral foreign purchases precluding any
possibility OF excessive stocks to be
carried over from last years large
crops, and preparations for the new
season promise another bic acreage in
grain and cotton. New contracts for
steel products are constantly pending.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

THE city will probably lose money in
not enforcing the collection of ped
dlers license money long before this,
but now that the city has finally
walked up to the fact that it has money
coming, there should be no further
delay in collecting it. AS it is there
has been an injustice done the ped
dlers who paid promptly in forcing
them to compete with the men who
paid no license, and hereafter the
city should collect from all at the
same time and treat all alike.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

THE day will come when it will be
conceded that the city made mistake
in spending so much money repairing
the old Central engine house. A good
start could have been made in new
building for what these repairs cost.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

IT is never safe to congratulate our,
selves too early, but the city has
certainly been very lucky SO far this
winter in not having had any trouble
with ice at the intake pipe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

The opening Of the little door leading
to the space just beneath the oven in
the kitchen stove when it is desired to
keep the fire at low ebb will result in
a big saving of fuel in the course of
the year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

Gilt edged butter and cheese prod
ucts, the kind that carry off the prizes
at the big state and national dairy ex-
hibitions, are made under conditions
where contamination from filth and
dirt is reduced to a minimum.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY %

THE winter is nearly over and no
damage suits pending on account of
falls on defective sidewalks. Rather
an unusual state of things for Keno
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

If you are planning to set out an or
chard, arrange to get your stock from
your nearest reliable nurseryman, to
whom you can make an effective roar
in case the stock delivered is not as
represented. Under no circumstances
buy of the fruit tree agent, who, as a
rule, is a great deal more interested in
getting hold of a good wad of your
money than he is in furnishing you
with trees that are hardy, desirable
and true to name.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

The Missouri mule is a historical
character, played an important part in
the Boer war and promises to render
an equally important service in the
construction of the Panama canal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

State legislatures the country over
could do no better job this winter than
to pass bill requiring definite label
on all stock foods and an unequivocal
certificate of purity for all grass seeds
offered for sale. Such legislation would
render service to the agricultural in
terests of the country that it would
be difficult to estimate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

An Indiana horse raiser bought a
pure bred Percheron mare for $500 at a
neighbor's sale, raised three colts from
her, for which he received $1,25O, and
now has fourth colt, eight months
old, for which he has refused $500.
And yet you now and then run across
a fellow who will tell you there is no
money in pure breds.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

The growing Of clover under a sys-
tenn Of proper crop rotation will not
only do away with the necessity Of us
ing commercial fertilizers, but also the
purchasing of high priced commercial
foods.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

Hickory, rock and water elm plank
all make excellent material for the
stall floor, being tough as well as dura-
bic and. serving as an excellent SUBJ
stitute for oak, which Is becoming a
very scarce article.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

Some hired men are expensive prop
ositions at SIC per month and board
and others cheap at $50 with the same
perquisites thrown in. The difference
in value between the two types is due
usually to intellectual and moral rath-
er than physical endowments.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

AS rule, the man is in greater need
of inoculating with the clover grow
Ing idea than his soil is of treatment
with nitrogen fixing bacteria.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

Corn and cob ground together consti-
tute better ration than corn alone in
that the former combination is not SO
heating as the latter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

Post timber should be cut during the
winter months and the posts allowed
to season thoroughly before they are
put in the ground
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

A thorough disking of the soil before
the corn is planted not only tends to
promote the health and rapid growth
of the plants, but tends greatly to de-
crease the damage from the corn root
louise, which in many sections Of the
corn belt is causing great damage
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

When farm of originally fertile soil
does not produce more than half or
two-thirds the crops it ought to the
blame should rightly be placed where
it belongs the oWner-and not
charged to neglect of duty on the part
Of the soil.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

The department of agriculture at
Washington, as well as tea merchants
of the country, is watching with much
interest the progress of a tea growing
experiment which is being conducted
at Wharton, Tex. The plants, which
were set out three years ago, seem to
be thriving, being now three and
half feet in height and full of leaf
and bloom. The outlook is promising,
and should tea growing be possible for
considerable portions of the south it
would reyolutionize the tea business
of the country.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

France is enthusiastically the ma
ton Of small farms. While they have
been worked for centuries, they are
increasing rather than decreasing in
point of fertility. AS a result Of this
long continued system of intensive
careful cultivation France is today one
of the wealthiest countries in the
world. 1t is worth while noting, too,
that along with her small farms she
has splendid highways and thorough
fares. Her people are contented and
prosperous, and few of them desire to
emigrate. They are satisfied to let
we'll enough alone.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

The largest buckwheat milling plant
in the world is located at Cohocton. N.
Y, and has a capacity Of turning OUT
LOCO barrels Of -four in twenty-four
hours. The buckwheat bulls furnish
more fuel than is needed for general
ing the power necessary to run the
plant.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

For very patent reasons the line
fence should be the strongest on the
farm.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

A becoming sense Of the eternal fit
ness of things should cause the deacon
who knowingly sells his widow neigh
Dor short cord of wood or the sister
who retails skim milk for new to main
tain discreet silence when it comes
to giving testimony Of the depth Of
their religious experience.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

1t would seem to be we'll within the
bounds of truth to state that 25 per
cent Of all money earned is squandered
in enterprises which fetch no financial
return, while a much larger per cent is
spent along lines that not only do not
fetch a financial return, but result In
positive injury and detriment to the
pOsSessOr.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

Those interested in the preservation
Of the forest areas Of the country will
be pleased to note the withdrawal Of
100000 acres Of Indian land in the
southwest from homestead entry and
the devotion of it to forestry purposes.
The withdrawal of such tracts fur
nishes all kinds Of grief for the land
grabber and speculator.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

The advance in the average yield of
corn for the state of Iowa from thirty
seven bushels per acre in 1905 to forty
one in 1906 is attributed quite largely
to the. preaching of the ''seed corn
gospel" by Professor Holden and his
assistants Of the state agricultural col
lege. While this increased yield does
not amount to a great deal for any
one farm, the aggregate is 100000
bushels for the 100000 acres of corn
land in the state. The seed corn doc
trine will be advocated with increased
yigor this year in the hope that still
better showing may be made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

AS showing that China is hermit
and, we might almost say, fossil nation
it is of interest to note that the meth
DDS of handling water, elevating and
transporting it, that were in vogue
1000 years ago are used at the present
day. Primitiyely carved stone cut pic
lures dating back to the time referred
to well illustrate the methods in vogue
today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

While some streams and ponds in the
United States are searched pretty thor
oughly for the swapping turtle, which
Is priced by eastern connoisseurS for
its edible qualities IN Japan there are
individuals who have turtle farms and
make a business of raising the snap
pers for market. The farm consists Of
a number of ponds Of from 1900 10
10000 square feet in size, in which the
turtles are bred. So far as is possible
turtles of the same Matching are kept
together until they attain good size
when they can hustle for themselves
with their older and larger fellows.
Their food consists chiefly Of fish. At
the age Of six the turtles will breed,
while they are considered best for food
from the age Of four to eight years.
Along in October they burrow in the
mud at the bottom of the ponds where
they remain dormant until April or
May.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-28

AS showing that poultrymen Of the
country have kept well abreast with
the raisers of other types of thorough
bred stock in the matter Of producing
fine types and getting fancy prices
therefor we note that $125 was recent
" refused for one of the prize hens at
the Boston poultry show. She had
won prize of 500, and her owner
considered she was worth more than
that to him.