The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-12-17
Agent for Kenosha Humane SO.
ciety Carries Out Work on
Appropriation Of ST
PUBLIC OFFICE NOT A PROFIT
Karnes Not Cutter and His Report
For the Year is One Of the Best
for Wisconsin Cities-Honor for
Bayard Tourtelotte

The old proposition that public Of
fee is a private graft has been com
pletely refuted by the annual report
of James II. Karnes, agent of the Ke-
nosha branch of the Wisconsin Hu-
name Society which has just been fled
with the state organization. This re-
port shows that Karnes has set a new
record for economy as public Office
holder as he has handled one of the
really busy departments of the county
for full term Of eighteen months on
the splendid appropriation of one dol
lar. This single cartwheel has paid
for the investigation Of $50 cases. Of
course Agent Karnes has had the per-
quistes Of the Office. He happens to
have team and he has been given
the work Of carting away any number
Of dead horses and N addition to this
he has made lot of little side trips
to Sparta to find homes for dependent
children and has given great amounts
of time from his private business to
look after the prosecution Of eases in
the local courts. But j. II. Karnes is
not gutter. IF lie had been the Ike
nosha Humane Society would have
long since been written among be Or
CARNATIONS that used to be- Karnes
is still on the job and he has had the
single dollar which was contributed
for the work framed and is keeping
is as a souvenir of the great interest
of Kenosha people in the work Of
humanity.
Bayard Tourtelotte of the town of
Pleasant Prairie had the honor Of fur
nlsmng funds for the maintenance of
the work Of the society during the
year and a half. After Agent Karnes
had run along for a little over a year
in an effort to investigate all the cases
reported to him he met Tourtelotte on
the street. He was not out soliciting
aid and when Tourtelotte passed him
over the dollar with a good word for
the work Karnes was little taken
back. 1t is true that he wanted to
take Tourtelotte by the hand and say,
| & God Bless You Babe, You we Saved
the Society from Utter Ruin, y but he
didn t. With the real dignity due from
the secretary of this society he
simply said: '|Tbe society Mr.. Tour
tellotte will greatly appreciate your
kindness for it is just such gifts as
yours that have saved the treasury of
the society from being completely
bankrupted " A little while AGO the
County Board came to the rescue and
appropriated $50 for the work and the
society is now in the best of financial
condition in comparison with the con
dition of the treasury for the past
eighteen months.
/ Karnes has not had a square deal.
He is entitled to earn fees as a deputy
under his appointment from the gov
ernor, but when Karnes hunts up cases
the fees in them are always turned
over to some other official and the re-
ports of the County Board are CON
spicuous for the fact that Karnes
name is not mentioned among those
drawing fees All of this is of no
moment to Karnes. He is determined
to continue the work.
The work Of Mr.. Karnes is highly
praised by Zacha1iah Clayton Of Mil
waukee, the superintendent of the
state society who declares that his
work compares favorably with that
done by any branch of the society in
the state and in keeping with the Gus
tom of the organization the superin-
tendent has offered the aid Of the
Estate organization in any effort that
Imay be made to put some new life in
to the society in Kenosha county. The
report of the agent follows;
Kenosha Wis, Nov. 1, 1908.
Report of the Kenosha County
Branch Of the Wisconsin Humane So
ciety, from Nov. |, 1907, to Nov. 1,
1905
Number Of cases reported and look
ed after:
Children abused .............. 80
Old people abused by their children 5
Boys placed in state institutions. 2
Girls placed in state Institutions. 1
Parents requested me to place their
children in homes ......... 4
Man abusing his wife ........... 1
Horses abused ............... 40
Horses killed ................... 6
Turkey shoots MISUNDERSTANDING. 3
Cruelty to dogs ................. II
Cruelty to- calves .........,.. IL
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