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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-24
SOMERS

Modern Woodmen Camp 828 will hold
their class adoption on Wednesday even
ing, Sept. %, instead of~Tuesday even
ing, as previously announced A good
attendance is requested.
Some twenty members Of Somers
Camp NJ. W. A.. S28 attended the county
adoption at Salem Saturday evening.
a grand time is reported, Salem Camp
doing everything in high order even to
the bountifh supper served.
Mrs. Mildred Myrick of Bristol, was
the guest Of Miss Evelyn Longmore
over Sunday.
William Bullamore is visiting with
friends and relatives at Honey Creek.
Rev. James McNary and L. j. Strong
attended the Presbytery held in Mil
waukee during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Pofahl of Bristol,
have taken up their residence in
Somers.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Bishop have
moved to Chicago where Mr.. Bishop
will teach in the University of Chicago
the ensuing year.
Elmer Pedley of Kenosha, spent Sun
day in Somers.
Among those from here who attended
the Elkhorn fair last week. were Mr..
and Mrs. John Haigh, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Dixon and Mrs. Marcia Bowers
Mrs. James G. Spencer visited with
friends at Union Grove the past week.
Mrs. Goodman Of Kenosha, visited
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. James H.
Bullamore during the past week.
Mrs. Spence has moved to Chicago to
make her future home.
Fred Pofahl Of Bristol, has accepted
the position of butter maker at the
creamery in this place.
Messrs. L. E. Ozanne, Henry Lytle
and John Haigh went to Kenosha Mon
day morning to serve as jurors in the
September term Of the Circuit Court
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BRISTOL

Horace Adams of Ingleside, Ill,
spent Sunday with his mother.
The Murdoch family held their annu,
al picnic at Paddock's Lake ON Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Byers visited
friends in Union Grove Sunday,sgai
Mrs. Rowe of Richmond, III, Is visit
ing friends here.
Clarence Curtis was Chicago visitor
on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs. Louise Hall of Chicago, is visit
ing at the home of Mrs G. B. Gaines.
Leslie Holbrook and wife of Kenosha,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Richtmyer.
Mrs. Darby and daughter of Wilmot,
spent Saturday with Mrs. H. L. Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Gaines attended
the Elkhorn fair on Thursday
Mrs. Irwin Moore and children of
Carey, ILL.,, are visiting at the home of
W. N. Turner.
Mrs. Isaac GriAfths and children of
Paris, spent Friday at the home of
Thos. Price.
Mrs, G. M. Bishop and Mrs. j. w.
Shotlift spent last Monday and Tues
day visiting friends in Richmond, I'll.
Curtis Lavey was Kenosha visitor
on Saturday,
Mrs, Chas. Benson and daughter left
on Saturday morning for two weeks
visit with her sister Mrs. Smith of
Galesburg, Ill.
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City Council Urged To Adopt Cart
System for Taking Care of
Paved Streets Here
SPECIAL DETECTIVE STILL ON
Mayor Scholey Gives General Report
But Does Not Give Names-Ja
German Reelected as Water
Commissioner

A new system for the cleaning of
the paved streets was discussed at the
meeting of the Common Council on
Monday evening and it is possible that
within the next few months the Keno
sha City Council will adopt the cart
system which is said to have brought
excellent results in many of the larger
cities of the country. Street Superin-
tendent Steinbach submitted a plan
for the installation of such a system
to the City Council on Monday evening
and the matter was referred to the
street committee for inv estigation The
system provided for daily cleaning of
every paved street in the city with a
man and cart in charge of each stretch
of street. It would demand the use
Of 10 carts to take care of all the
paved streets and the superintendent de-
clares that the work can be done at a
cost of $136.50 a week.
The street superintendent recommend
ed the plan very highly and declared
that he had visited several cities where
the plan was in use and found that it
worked in highly satisfactory man
ner.
The City Council took a hard swat at
the Kenosha Home Telephone Company.
At the meeting bills were presented
from the company for the various tele-
phones in use in the city. The Council
declined to pay the bills and the city
attorney was ordered to take up the
matter and see just what can be done.
The facts in the Kenosha case will
probably be laid before the State Rail
road Commission and in the meantime
the Council declared for a course of
retaliation against the company which
it expects will bring the company to
time. The company is to be given
thirty days to move certain poles on
some of the streets Of the city and if
the company declines Alderman Pirsch
has agreed to personally handle the ak.
1t is just possible that the Council is
biting off a pretty big chunk Of trouble
but at any rate there is going to be
something doing in the telephone line.
It was claimed by some of the mem
bers of the Council that other cities
have found a way to continue free
phones and if this is a fact there is
little doubt but that the same way will
be found in Kenosha.
There was some talk in the Coun-
Gil of reducing expenses and Mayor
Scholey declared in words more forcible
than elegant, that he would render a
report to the Council at the next meet
ing. It is expected that this report
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Mrs. A. u. Gaines of Sheboygan, is
visiting her parents.
Frank Barter and wife of Harvard.
spent Friday with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Barter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Court Garner visited at
Mrs. Yates during the week
Louis Jackman spent Sunday with
friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. g. H. Hockney and Mr..
and Mrs. J. H. Reading and children of
Antioch, visited at =. D. Barter S Sun
day.
Miss Edna Yates and friend Miss
Nichols, spent few days in Milwaukee
the latter part Of the week.
Miss Florence Drew and Miss Della
Pedley spent Sunday visiting Harding
Grove and family.
Tom Hansen took in the Walworth
County Fair at Ell1horn on Thursday
last.
Harry Halle Of Antioch, visited his
uncle Arthur Halle, during the week.
Arthur Barter and family spent Sun
day at Bristol visiting E. Shotlif and
family.
Archer Hunt of Chicago, spent Sun
day with his cousins Clark and Belle
Hunt.
The farmers are busy this week fill
ing their siIos,
A ten pound daughter was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Heide last week.
VIII Barter treated his friends this
week to a forty-seven pound watermelon
Of his own raising.
Miss Tannis Nichols and Miss Edna
Yates were visiting in Chicago the first
of the week
The Ladies Aid Society will have a
special meeting this week Thursday in
the church parlors. All come.
Rudolph New Year has bad case Of
blood poisoning in his hand.
John T. Pinkham is entertaining his
sister Mrs. Mary Rost Of st. Louis for a
few weeks.
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Mr.. and Mrs. M. Boyle spent Thurs
day and Friday at the Elkhorn Fair.
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DEACON BRIGGS DEAD
Pioneer Temperance Worker and Aboli-
ZIONIST Of Kenosha Dies in Iowa

Pioneer Temperance Worker and Aboli-
ZIONIST of Kenosha Dies in Iowa
Letters have been received in Keno
sha announcing the death of Cyrus
51ggs, one of the pioneer merchants
OF Kenosha which occurred within the
past few days at Sioux City, Iowa. The
deceased was nearly 81 years of age at
the time Of his death. In the early
days OF Kenosha, Mr.. Briggs was wide
" known as deacon Briggs and
while he was engaged in the clothing
business for many years in this city,
he was one of the most active workers
in the Congregational church and was
prominent as an abolitionist just before
the war of the rebellion.
An interesting feature Of the life Of
Deacon Briggs was the fact that he
made the plan of moving the Congrega-
tional church from it's first location on
Grand avenue and Union street to the
corner Of Park and Ashland avenue.
The church was moved in the winter
and taken across the river on the ice
At the time the moving of the church
was considered great feat. Mr..
Briggs came to Kenosha in 1914 and
remained in this city until late in the
sixties when he removed to Illinois and
later went to Sioux City where his
death occurred. The deceased is sur
vived by two sons, I'll. B. Briggs of
Chicago, widely known in Kenosha and
w. 2. Briggs, an attorney at Sheldon,
Iowa. His widow also survives. The
remains were inferred in the Floyd
Cemetery at Sioux City.
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will be very interesting and it is typed
that it will not fall as fat as the rausrt
made by the mayor on the work az fhs
special detective who has been GA Tor
the past six months and a half. In
this regard the mayor was hnaIIy
smoked out by the Council and while
he did not reveal the "great sseret's
as to whom the special officer wzG BE
told of how he had been wezk6nx
thirteen hours a day and how ns had
given the police many tips whiea had
resulted in arrests, but the records Of
the city fail to show any Of these
things. The arrests have been s little
more numerous than before, but nearly
all of them have been on charges cf
petty violations. A motion was made
to dispense with the services CT thTa
" boil" on the general body Of the
police force, but the mayor anE his
friends were there with an amendment
to have the man continued az WORK.
undl the end of the month ana the
amendment was rushed through Hv 6
vote of 9 to 6.
1t was suggested by Alderman g7mms
that the memoirs of the police fares
travelling on night beats be put In ulafE.
clothes and this matter was left wfEb
the mayor and the chief of police for q
decision. 1t is probable that this pIzm
will be adopted
There were some pointed remarks
made in regard to the mayor at exc
cutive of the city taking upon himself
the duties of the Common Council Euf
they fell like water on a duck q hack
and it is probable that the mavar
failed to even appreciate the EEaffGe
in the remarks Alderman Tmams
made an effort to ascertain whg tne
mayor had declined to carry onf @5yn--
mediately" the orders of the Gmae1
in regard to stopping work on Girs
Epstein building, but he got little aafis-
faction as Alderman Thommasgex, fhs
head of the committee on fire e1a7zartr
ment, who incidentally rents this near
end of the building for saloon, Gur-
ried to the aid of his chief aE2 ak
planned that the fire COMMITTEES &aG
been satisfied that the fire limits gzdi~
nance was being lived up to-. Na4Aane
more was said in regard to the natter
The Council declined to take any zlegs
for the resurfacing of Chicago street.
holding that the city could not afford IS
bo 4
city attorney reported that the plat q
South Exchange street had been eaxs-
fully examined by him and thaf fbe
plat showed no break in the line Is She
end Of the street. He, howeveE, adj
mitted that it was possible thaf ire
plat was wrong and the city engineer
was directed to make a survey CT q
portion of the property.
There was one little surprise zf the.
close of the meeting when something
was slipped over on the administrators
members Of the Council in the election
Of water commissioner to succeed
James German. Frank Grasser saemea
to be the choice of the men wedhed &c
the administration, but when the vote
was taken the Republicans pooled their
votes with few of the Democrats
and Mr.. German was reelected nv 8
vote of 10 to 5.
An ordinance amending the fire
limits ordinance and providing that no
building should be reconstructed or
built within the fire limits withouf a,
permit from the city was given It's fzxf
reading and it will probably be passed
at the next meeting Of the Council
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FORM TEMPERANCE LEAGUE

Floyd Starr of Michigan, who ad-
dressed a large audience at a union
meeting in the Park avenue M. E.
church Sunday p. NJ, organized a
Loyal Temperance Legion of fifty mem
bers in the Y. M C. A.
Saturday afternoon Mrs. Magill and
Mrs Hallett were appointed superin-
tendents and the following girls and
boys were elected as officers:
President-Mabell Hallett.
Vice-President-M icheal DeBose.
Secretary Francis Butler.
Gorres-Secy- Margarate Carney.
Treasurer Irving Leonard.
The Legion will meet in the audi
forum Of the 7. NJ. G. A. next Saturday
at 3 p. m.
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SETTLERS CLUB

The stockholders of the Kenosha
County Old Settlers Club will meet on
Saturday, Sept. 26 at l P. m. at the
court house in Kenosha to transact any
and all business that may come be
fore them at that time. A full at
tendance is requested. G. M. Bishop
Secy. "a
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MARRIED SATURDAY EVENING

There was a quiet little wedding at
the manse Of the First Congregational
church at s O'Clock Saturday evening
when the Rev. E. I. Farrill joined in
marriage Miss Edna Printz, daughter
of Mr., and Mrs. John Printz and
George Fox, Both the bride and groom
are well. known among the young peo-
pie of the city. They are now spend
ing a short honeymoon in Chicago and
other cities and will make their home
in Kenosha The best wishes of many
friends will be extended to them.
1t is even worth a trip down town in
the worst kind Of weather to see the
Bread Maker demonstration at our
stores j. j. English. DIV
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Program

Glass exercise in primary reading
,................ Miss Alice Button
Reading, pages Y to " inclusive,
course Of study. MISS Rosa Button
Language, pages 80 to IS inclusive,
course Of study. Miss Kathryn Nett
Discussion led by Miss Addie Taylor
Mathematical geography. r.. L. Cundy
Physiology and hygiene, pages % to
240, course of study. ............
............... Miss Sadie Boulder
Arithmetic by years, page III to IA,
course of study, -. J. Kerwin
Every teacher in the western section
is expected to attend this meeti g.
A teachers attitude toward educa-
tional meetings shows her interest il
school work. Bring manuals.
Visitors are cordially invited.
J. J. Kerwin, Co. Supt. Of Schools.
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School in District 10, Pleasant Prai-
RE, opened school Monday with the
former teacher Miss Florence Boyle.
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TEACHERS MEETING

A teachers meeting will be held at
Silver Lake, Saturday October 3, 1908
Work will begin promptly at nine
0 clock.
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Shot Up the Court Room.

M1SSOCLA. Feb. 21.-One OF the
most desperate criminals in the his
tory of Missoula county is thought to
have been captured by Deputy Sheriff
Pat Callahan at Taft. He had his
preliminary hearing yesterday orn
ing before Justice of the Peace B. H.
Deunison at that town on the charge
of assault in the frst degree, and
during the progress of the hearing he
shot at the deputy sheriff three times.
All Of the bullets vent wild, although
some of the men in the court room
had narrow escapes. He was put in
irons aud brought to this city yester.
day afternoon by Sheriff Campbell.
The man gave his name as John
Coleman, and is said to have an ugly
criminal record. One of the detec.
tives working 10 this district said yes.
terday that Coleman had served
prison terms on four different occa
sions in Washington state prison q,
Walla Walla.
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Money Belongs To General Fund

HELENA, Feb. 20.-An opinion rem
dered yesterday by Attorney General
G allen for the guidance Of the state
board of land commissioners brings
back into prominence the bill passed
by the legislature in 1898 providing
for the purchase of a site and the es.
Establishment of an eastern state prison.
This prison was never completed and
the legislature decreed that the land
should be used for an agricultural al
experiment station.
This project met with no more sue.
cess than the prison idea, and finally
the state land board was authorized
to dispose of the site which had beer
purchased by the state.
The question put by the land board
to the attorney general is: "lntc
what fund shall the receipts from sales
and leases from the 20-acre tract
iow?"
The attorney general answers that.
as the funds to purchase the land
came from the general fund of the
state, the money derived from it should
60 back into the same fund.
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Montana Merchants In Session.

HELENA, Feb. "a The State Merch.
ants ascot alton is holding its annual
meeting here today, with about forty
members from different parts Of the
state present. The Helena merchants
r closed fer the day. An informal
session vas held this afternoons dis.
cussion on the parcels post question
is going On.
The principal business to be tran.
sacted at this meeting will be the pre-.
paration OF certain laws regulating
retail trade which will be submitted
and discussed at the next annual meet
ing OF the association, and later sub
mit.ed to the state Legislature for en-.
actment into law. The customary
reading of papers was dispensed with,
and the association was not long in
getting down to business.
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Big Profits Of Mining Company.

BUTTE. Feb. %, Operating its
mines to the full capacity of its smell.
ter at Great Falls, the Boston Il
Montana company, subsidiary to the
Amalgamated, is o producing cop
per at the rate of about 90, 0OO, 600
pounds q year, the mines being work.
ed only six days a week. The cost OF
production, including mining and
smelling, is between 10 and l04 cents
q pound.
Based on q IA cent market, the com.
pany's profits are running at the rate
of approximately 50, $50, 900 a year, or
about $3.50, 900 in excess of the dividend
requirements of the Amalg am ated
stock, based on ? per CEN a year per
share.
Improvements and additions are
under way at Great Falls smelter
by which the capacity for ore reduc-
tion will be increased by about GOO
tons a day, or an increase of one
sixth. The output OF the mines
readily can be increased.
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From Farm To Consumer.

A move experiment Is being con-
Quoted by a number Of Fergus county
farmers, who propose to exercise con-
troll over their wheat product from the
planting of the seed to the sale Of the
flour to consumers. They have leased
q Touring mill at Lewistown, and the
-four from that institution is now
on the market. A member OF the
farmers cooperative society makes
this statement regarding the result of
the experiment:
For one hundred pounds Of first
class wheat the owners receives IS
pounds of first grade -four, 20 pounds
of second grade -four and "a pounds
of shorts At q milling charge Of 32c.
The -four is selling as fast as
ground At 1925 per cwt. for first
grade, $500 per cwt. for second grade
and shorts at S1.O0 per cwt. A
moments calculation demonstrates
that these figures bring better than
Sl.12 per bushel for good wheat.
The plan is proving ar immense
success in every way. The -four has
been satisfactory to customers from
the start, its value for bread being
equal to the imported article which
sold in December for $500 per cwt.
There is no reason why the flour
supply of Fergus county for a year
ahead should not be ground during
the next four months In the Fergus
county mill, with Fergus county
wheat growers running the job and
Fergus county merchants selling the
flour,
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Assessment Values For 1908.

1t is announced by Assessor Henry
Cries bach that the valuation to be
placed upon the different classes of
taxable property in Chouteau county
this year. will be similar to the values
that applied in 1907. The only mater.
ial change is IA re classification of
lands, with a slight change in the
valuations of tina, class of property.
Hay lands and guilty ated lands Of
the first class will be valued at IS 100
per acre, and second class lands of
that character at $500 per acre. Graz.
ing lands will be assessed a, 800 per
acre. the same as last year. All land
upon which tnat proof has been made
must be assessed.
Mixed herds of stock cattle are
assessed at Sl6.OO per head, and not
classified. Straight lunches Of steers
are assessed at S25. 90 and upwards
per head, and milch cows at S25.O 0
per head. Thoroughbred bulls ac-
cording to their value.
Stock sheep are assessed at 81. %
per head. and rams AT t5.UO per head
and upwards. Straight punches of
lambs only are assessed at 1925 per
head.
Range horses are assessed at not
less than $1,000 per head. Stations
and other horses are assessed ia pro.
portion to their value.
Hogs are assessed at 5 800 per head.
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Big Fleet To Carry Boosters.

A novel plan for the inspection OF
the Missouri river, bv the river and
harbors committee of congress, is out.
lined by the Sioux City Daily News.
which says Secretary Geo. c. Call,
of the Missouri River Navigation
congress, has written to the president
Of the association, Congressman Ellis,
of Kansas City, with a view to ascer-
tanning the la,ter'= views regarding
the proposition.
1t is suggested by MI. Call that the
committee from congress begin it's
tour of inspection a. the head OF nav
igation, and that the waterways
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enthusiasts of each Missouri river
town charter a boat to carry the
"boosters' from that town on down
the river, accompanying the com.
mittee.
BY the time the boats reached
Kansas City there would be a fleet of
vessels that would resemble q naval
parade or demonstration, and would
have much influence and effect in dis
closing to the COMMITTEES from the
United States congress that the bust.
ness interests Of the cities along the
Missouri are alive to the project.
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Opera House Project Endorsed.

The committee appointed to in.
vestigate the opera house proposition
made its report at a meeting held at the
council room Saturday evening which
was attended by a large number of
citizens. The report gave an outline
of plans for fitting up the Baker build
ing for opera house purposes, and re.
commended the incorporation of a
company, with a capital stock of
about $4,000, to finance the under
taking. The report OF the committee
was adopted.
On motion Of Jno. G.. Sullivan, it
was decided that the shares of the pro-
posed company shall be of the par
value of S.. 90 each. 1t was moved by
l.. D. Sharp, and carried, that the
meeting name a committee to solicit
promises of subscription to the
stock of the company, and a COM
mittee consisting of Messrs John
Harris, Jno. G. Sullivan, Geo. D.
1 dtVefsou, II. -. SudIp duo "a. l..
McLeish was appointed by the meet.
ing
After authorizing the chairman and
secretary of the meeting to take tenn
porary charge Of the matter until a
company is organized, the meeting
was adjourned until such time as the
soliciting committee is ready to re.
port, when a call will be made by the
chairman.
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FRY & HAGEN

If you are going to put up a build
ing, construct a pumping or current
wheel irrigating plant, put in a steam
or gasoline engine, steam or hot water
heating plants, or build a bridge,
SEE US FIRST,
And let US Figure with you.
If your gasoline engine needs repairs
or attention of any kind, see us. We
furnish all kinds of supplies.
Cor. Main and St. John FORT BENTON
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SEE US FIRST,

Cor. Main and St. John FORT BENTON
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BUTTE, Feb. 24.-The populist con-
vention held here Saturday vas more
or less in the nature Of a frost, there
being few delegates present, Judge
Clancy and Peter Breen being the
most prominent. 1t was the intention
to elect eight delegates to the national
convention to be held in St. Louis,
bl. this failed. as there were not
enough populists presen. to fill the
list.