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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04
Big Crowd in Kenosha To Attend
the Exercises in Connection
With Commencement
LITTLE COMMENCEMENT DAY
Annual Commencement of the Music
School is Held This After
noon With Many Present
From Other Cities
(From Tuesdays Daily

Perfect weather and little commence
ment drew a great crowd of visitors to
Kemper Hall today ana the third day
of the annual commencement week prov
ed a record breaker in point of attend
ance. AS the twenty-ffth anniversary
of the Sister Superior is being celebrat-
ed in connection with the annual com
mencement exercises, the crowds in at
tendance at the exercises are larger
than in former years and it is evident
that the commencement week will be
the most successful in the history of the
hall. Ida
The annual commencement of the
" forms" today had many interesting
features and it is the most interesting
event Of commencement for Kenosha
people on account Of the fact that many
Kenosha children are entered in the
preparatory department. at the hail. The
exercises were held at the gymnasium
this morning and the following program
was rendered.
1 My Shadow ......... Whelpley
A Disappointment -. Helen Hood
The Preparatory Department -.
2 Our Way ....... Elizabeth Lewis
3 Song Of the Kitchen Clock, Gaynor
I, II, III and " forms
4 How We Do 1t ...........
.......... Mary Mapes Dodge
Dorothy Wicket, Rhoda Moore and
Elizabeth Brooke
Sonatlne ............... Merkel
June DeLang
6 Hoop Drill ..........:....
The Preparatory Department
Z The White Ship. ...... Rossetti
Norma Hauser
8 Haiden Roslein ......... Shubert
En- Ayant .........,..... Arnold
The Preparatory Department
9 Madrigal Lack
Beatrice Evans
10 Mr.. Moon-A Song of Little
People .......... Bliss Carmen
4 and 6 forms
IL LIE Petit Rien. ...J. B. Cramer
Norma Hauser
IL Dark Nights ..........
The Rain ..........W helpley
Fair Weather ........
The Preparatory Department
ID Der Zauberlehrling j. W. Goethe
Thea Ottesen
IA The Looking Glass People.
80, ................. Wanieck
(Erom Little Mr., Thimblefnger)
The Preparatory Department
Is Chant d'Avril. Lack
Crete Skinner
10 Rond1no ............... Schultz
Sylvia Gates and Marjorie Mclean
II Farewell Song 49,. Eleanor Smith
The Preparatory Department
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04
TO AID HIGHWAYS
State Will Be Asked To Give
Money To Assist in the Build
ing of Good Roads
MEETING HELD IN MILWAUKEE,

A mass meeting Of 1000 farmers of
Wisconsin for the purpose Of acting on
the constitutional amendment provid-
ing for state aid in building public
highways, which will be submitted by
the legislature to the people in Novem-
Der, is proposed by the executive com
mittee Of the Wisconsin Good Roads
Association. The committee met in the
Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee, yesterday,
ostensibly to discuss the amendment
1t was agreed at the close of the meet
ing to call the mass meeting during
state Fair week, providing there is moth
ing impractical about it in the mean
time.
Sentiment of members of the com
mittee and officers of the association
indicates that the farmers are heartily
in accord with the amendment.
They are growing more so every
day. said an officer of the associa-
ton yesterday. Farmers believe that
they carnot afford to build first class
roads at the expense of local commune
ties and it is only fair that they should
be given financial assistance from the
cities benefited, through the medium Of
the state. And the same would apply
Ito business corporations benefited by
better roads. The farmers also real
lze that the state is in position to
make reasonable appropriation for
better roads annually without levying
any taxes, because of the large reve-
nues derived from license fees
Officers of the association who at
tended the meeting yesterday were
former Gov. W. D. Hoard, Fort At
kinson, president of the association:
Otto Dorner, Milwaukee, Senator E.
B. Browne, Waupaca, vice presidents;
Richard Wagner, Milwaukee, treasurer:
W. O. Hotchkiss, Madison, secretary.
Another meeting of the committee will
be called in June when final arrange
ments for the farmers meeting will be
made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04

All of the Grand avenue and Mark
street property owners who are in any
way interested should by all means
make it point to attend the council
meeting this evening to discuss the sit
uation with Mr.. Frost and the alder
men. They can protect their own in
terests better than any one else can do
it for them and as all the old plans are
sup in the air. so to speak, because
of the inability of Mr. Frost to 90
ahead with his Improvements at this
time the property owners should have
something to say in regard to any
further arrangements that it is propos-
ed to make in regard to their streets.
They have a right to expect that the
Council will pay particular attention
to their wishes, too, for any agreement
to pave that the majority Of them may
have entered into was made with the
distinct understanding that Mr.. Frost
was to pay for twenty feet of the pave
ment. We do not suppose that all Of
the property owners on these two
streets can agree on any course of ac-
ton, but the Council should make every
effort to ascertain and as far as posi-
BILE defer to the wishes of the majority
of these property owners in this mat
ter. Mr.. Frost can escape all liability
for more than seven feet of paving
by simply FORGETTING his rights under
the extension ordinance, but the prop
erty owners should not be made to paw
great deal more than they ever ex-
pected to pay or agreed to pay Just be-
cause he can get out from under and
they cannot.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04
KEEP WATER PURE
NO Sediment to Be Dumped Within One
Mile of Intake by Dredge Operators

Mayor Scholey won a bloodless bat
tie with the dredge men employed by
the United States Government to dredge
the mouth of the Kenosha Harbor as
following protest from the mayor the
government engineers office in Milwau-
kee this morning telegraphed an order
to the contractors that they must carry
the sediment removed from the mouth
OF the harbor to point at least a mile
beyond the entrance of the intake. The
work was resumed this morning and
this order will be carried out. The
mayor and health officer will keep a
close watch on the work as it proceeds.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04

The Rev. Harry Thompson, for four
teen years rector of St. Matthews
Church in this city and more recently
curate at the Episcopal Church at Pasa-
dena, Cal, has accepted a call to the
pastorate of the Church of the Angels
at Garvanza, Cal, and will begin his
duties as rector of the church at once.
After leaving Kenosha Mr.. Thompson
spent some time on farm in Arizona.
but he went back into the work of the
church two years ago. The new church
to which he has been called as rector is
one of the growing churches in Califor-
MIA and it is thought thai Mr.. Thompson
will make a great success in his new
field Of labor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04
WON BY MISS LARSEN
Well Known High School Girl Gets
First Place in the Annual
DecIamatory Contest
GRACE ROBINSON is SECOND

Miss Emma Larsen, one of he most
popular students in the Keno ha High
School won first honors in the annual
ldeclamatory contest Of the school which
was held at the High School Auditorium.
on Friday evening and which was at
tended by crowd Of fully five hundred
people. The contest was one Of the best
ever given under the auspicies of the
Kenosha school and the ten young men
and women who took part all did well
and showed the high standard Of work
that is being done by the English De
Ipartment at the school t
| The contest brought great night for
the High School boys and girls and they
were there with banners wavipe and
the greatest enthusiasm was shown
throughout the contest. The Judges of
the contest were E. C. Theirs Prof Otis
L. Trenary and P. O. Torrey and their
markings showed that there was only
a few points difference between the
winning speaker and the fifth place.
By the decision Of the judges, Miss
Grace Robinson was given second place.
Miss Edith Holtz third place, Ben Buck
master fourth and Miss Caddie Hill was
given honorable mention.
elbow the Old Folks Won the Oaks,
was the title of the defamation given
| by Miss Larsen, and she certainly rem
dered it in manner that convinced the
audience that she was entitled to the
first place in the contest. The decision
of the judges was greeted with great
Applause.
| The following was the program of the
contest:
Tommy .,............ Grace Robinson
How the La Rue Stakes Were Lost
$4,000 ...-......... Edith Holt
The Dignity Of Labor. So. Leo .spoor
How the Old Folks Won the Oaks If
.....s.'.......... Emma Larsen
Lincoln s Gettysburg Speech.
................ Eugene Shuart
The American Flag ...... Gilbert Potts
The Soul of the Violin. Caddie Hill
The Madonna at Palos.. !. Loretta Eddy
In the Morning. .Erna Pabst
Speech of Mark Antony .......
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ben Buckmaster
1
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04
- OBITUARY

Catherine c. burlington was born in
Truxton Cortland County, New York,
April 80, 1922.
She lived there with her parents until
she was married to Samuel n. Fox,
November 20, 1913 They at once start
ed west, coming by canal and sailing
boats, landing iinI Southport or what is
now Kenosha, in. the spring Of 1914,
They then took up a government claim
just west Of Kenosha in the town of
Somers, where she has always lived.
Two children were born to them, Mary
Celestia, who married Hiram Rowley
and lives in Cortland, New York, Or
son 0. Fox, who lives in Pleasant
Prairie, Wis. Her husband preceded
her tosthe great beyond in 1868.
She has since made her home with
ne her Son at whose house she died.
Mrs, Fox was kind loving wife end
mother, always looking for the welfare
of others, of a quiet disposition, She
loxedysto do. those little deeds of love
which only a woman of her kindly
nature knows how to do.
She always looked on the bright side
Of everything, living a pure noble life,
here, with a hope eternal of the life
/ beyond.
She was beloved by large circle of
relatives and friends. e.
She died at her. home of her son,
Orson Q. Fox, May 26, 1908, aged Sc
years and 26 days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04

The question of building new in
take keeps bobbing up every day or
two to bother the board of water com
missioners. If the members of the
board were absolutely sure that the
water is pure, none Of them would hest
tate minute in postponing the job Of
putting in a new intake for a year or
two until the extensions of the system
and the increase in the amount of water
to be pumped make it necessary to build
one in order to supply the demands Of
the plant. The trouble is that there
is a very general suspicion in the
minds of all water consumers that at
times the water is not fit for drinking
purposes and the members Of the board
very naturally hesitate to assume the re
sponsibility of definitely deciding on a
postponement that may affect the health
of the entire population of the city. A
daily test extending over a period of
thirty days would give the board some
data upon which to base a decision and
if this test was started at once there
would be still time to build this summer
if the water was found to be dangerous
ly contaminated. There might be some
difficulty in financing the improvement
at this time but a way would have to
be found if it is discovered that the
water is dangerous. The public health
is the first consideration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04

The police should cooperate with the
forces of the sheriff in breaking up the
camps of the hobos IN the vicinity of
the city and driving these buns from
this section of the state. They are get
ting altogether too impudent and insult,
ing in their demands upon unprotected
women and girls whom they happen to
find alone in house when they are out
on their begging tours and it would be
wise to chase them out now before
they commit some serious crime. Every
dollars worth Of support given to these
spongers who would not work if they
had a chance is just SO much taken
away from some honest workman who is
actually in need Of a little assistance
to tide him over these hard times and
who is willing and anxious to work and
pay his own way.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04
MUST BE DIGNIFIED
Mayor scholey Demands That Aldermen
Rise When They Address the Chair
(From Tuesdays Daily)

|
Mayor Scholey gave out some new
rules for the governing of the the Com
mon Council at the meeting of that
body last night and in the future the
Ialdermen will show due reverence to
the mayor In the future when any
member of the council desires to. make
any statement it will be necessary for
him to rise and address the chair. The
mayor will only recognize the aldermen
who rise. The ruling promises to put
IAN end to lots Of debate in the future
as there are some Of the big takers
OF the council who strenuously object to
the trouble Of getting up to make
known their views The mayor declared
last night that the law would be en-
forced to the letter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04

The cemetery association will never
let up untilit puts q stop to vandalism
in the cemetery and it is. to be hoped
that the reward offered by the associa-
ton for the arrest and conviction of
the thieves who have been stealing from
the graves viii bring some of them into
court. There is no meaner crime on
the calendar than stealing from the
dead and the guilty parties may ex-
pect no mercy when they are caught.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04

The city has been more lenient with
its delinquent water consumers than
any private company would think Of
being and the people whose water is
turned off by the inspectors have no one
to blame but themselves. Because the city
owns and operates the water company
is no sign that the bills do not have to
be paid. If the commissioners are to
be criticised they should more properly
be criticised for letting the bills run
80 long rather than for cutting off the
supply of the delinquents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04

The fremen are not superstitious, OF
course not, but they. always look for
three fires in ia row in this city just
the same and they are very seldom dis
appointed. just happens that way,
but it happens often enough to make
it quite the regular thing. 0a
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04

The managers Of the Allen tannery
state that as yet they have received no
report from their engineers in regard
to the plans for cleaning the river and
it is not thought that the Special Com
mittee Of the Council in charge of this
work will be able to make report to
the Council this evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04

The state inspectors have discovered
that Kenosha gas will. explode just like
any other gas, anyway but it is hardly
likely that they will announce that dis
covery in their report of conditions in
this city. 81
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04
EARLY MORNING ATTACHMENT
Officers Take Possession Of Household
Goods of Joe Rosenblot
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

VI
There was little excitement in Of
fetal circles of Kenosha early this
morning when an attachment was is
sued just after four o 'clocE by Justice
McCarron against the household goods
of Joe Rosenblot The officers hurried
to the home Of Rosenblot only to find
the household goods loaded on wagon
bound for the boat to be shipped to
Chicago Max Rosenbloom claims that
he has chattel mortgage on the prop
erty to secure loan of $85 and he
secured the attachment to prevent the
goods being shipped out of the CITY.
The goods are now in the hands Of the
court pending settlement Of the case.
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04

The congressman can now hurry back
and tell their admiring constituents how
it all happened. z...,s,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04

Albert Garrett spent Saturday and
Sunday at Ravenswood. y
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04

Want ad brings results.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-06-04

She died at her home of her son.
Orson Q. Fox, May 26, 1908, aged Sc
years and s26 days.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-10
Men'S Finest Suits

The variety is so vast and complete that if
you want black, you gel it; we don't ask you to look
at blue We have the stock. You get what we
promise here.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-19
BOBY REe0VtsEB
s'tI Of IshH TruWsr FsEna Szlgr-
tsI 80 Us. FnH BdsTs.

The BODY q John T. Trowsr.
Who was knocked from the new
steel bridge over the Narais des
Cygnes river. four miles north
.of this city, was found at lao
Saturday afternoon bv the
Wheelbarger searching party.
The body was found IN the bgt
tom Of the current about eoyards
below the bridge and was ID al
excellent state of preservat.on
The body had been In the water
for ten days.
The boys father was On the
bridge when he was drowned
and had aided in the search for
the body those long ten days. The
body was brought to the Wheel
barger Undertaking. rooms and
the corner nofihed The re
mains we're taken 10 ClerelaBd.
Ohio, Monday for burial
TrOwer was 70 have been mar
rick within a month. He was q
nephew Of the superintendent Of
the construction company for
which he was working and the
company had told SIR. Wheelbsr-
ger 90 spare no expense in ind
ing the remains.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-19
Swlpsa dis Paper

A subscriber came to this Of
fee Inst week and complained
that somebody was always run
ming away with his Tribune. We
ieel good 70 think that people
wadf 70 see cur paper, and would
suggest that they keep their con
science clear by depositing a
dollar and receive the paper for
one year, and not take another
mans paper, at least until be has
seen II himself
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-19

aIRrss his maine at the top o. a
pag ma book FOR something or
oihs and later discovers that q
not az been tightly folded over
the 5 of the sheet and he has
siguns bis name 70 the note OF
cQuf IN the meanwhile the
note has been discounted % the
benk and the CRATER has d sap.
peared.
We might 60 on and enumerate
hundreds Of such schemes 70 get
money out Of the people, and
which turns one against the
stranger, The majority Of
strangers tho are honest. or are
NOT grafters and thieves SO a
person should treat them as
gentlemen You may be travel
ing yourself sometime. But be
ware Of the other mans game
He is not hunting people up 10
give his money away.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-19
ClUt 10 BANK ROBGTRS
BOYS Find Place Where "Swag"
Was Divided

Several small boys were play.
ing around the fair grounds on
the east side Saturday morning
and found two bills torn 10 two
and thrown down They brought
them to town and reported g
the bank, and several citizens
with Chief of Police Benefited
went out TO investigate.
In the Secretary's Office the
party found bar Of soap, an
empty money sack, some rubber
bands and several straps" or
paper bands put around money
bags to indicate the amount Of
money in a sack and by whom
counted. These articles were
identified by authorities in the
r. a M. Bank. This find corr
roberates the story Of Mr..
Wright who heard the robbers
uoing east in the alley back Of
the bank. They undoubtedly
went down this alley and % the
fair grounds. where the money
was divided, and then they prob
ably came back 70 town and
mixed with the crowds, leaving
next day.
The mystery OF what became
Of the robbers after the explos-
ion is cleared up, although the
find does not assist IN locating
them unless some Sherlock
Holmes can end a thumb print
on the bar of soap telling who did
the work.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-19
Bridge Not Used.

The bridge over the drainage
ditch on the Rich Hill Butler road
has been finished some time but
cannot be used because the APP
proaches have not been built.
People who use this road are
complaining because Of the slow
ness in attending 70 this matter
as they have TO drive several
miles to get across the ditch.
This matter should be attended
to at once, as people living north
Of the ditch cannot drive TO Rich
Hill.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-19
lhIIWlIk,

Somebody cut the harness on
the horse Of Geo. Philbrick 10
pieces Sunday nighs while he
was attending church IN this
city. This is one Of the most
contemplate, cowairy tricks
that can be done anu II the
guilty parties are rpprchended
they should be punished severe
lv.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-19
Aa0ihsr Goat Crossed Railroad,

The Dredge boat az work
northwest OF this city, crossed
the Inter state railroad Thurs.
day. IL began az $50 O'Clock,
a. ~, and the bridge was com
plete az 1000 p N. The boat
was delayed because the water
in the ditch got 50 low il had ~
back W and ak deeper 70 ges
their house boat 8croSs lhe track.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-19
Postal Las.

The Postal law requiring pub
fishers TO put postage ON al pa.
pers sent TO deliquents goes into
effect April ist See that sea
are on the safe side as We shall
comply with the law IL you
have received statement please
attend 10 tie matter al once Ii
you haven't, you viii reeieye enc
10 a few days.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-19

We viii give our readers a
chance TO read the St. Louis Re
public, daily rural route edition,
and the TRIBUNE one year for
$3.50. II IS perhaps the best Of
fer we have made in this line.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-19
No CIuhDlug Rates

After March 20 this papor will
not club with any other paper
We are trying 90 print . paper
worth the money w.'sstisss say
premiums and think that the
readers of she TmRuNg wil
agree with when We say We do
noi want % give oar prodts q
lho natlonsl periodicals.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-03-19

Rev. A O. Keast left Monday
for Springfield where he viii at
tend the n e. Conference. He
was accompanied by his mother
who had been visiting in this
city.