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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-16
TO VOTE ON FLOWER
School Children of State To Con.
duct Their Own Election on
Afbor and Bird Day
WILL SELECT STATE FLOWER

Not all the spring elections are con
cal spring elections are held in that
month, but other elections deemed of
las great Importance by the children of
the schools of the state viii be held in
the month Of May. In that month Of
1898 the children of the state voted on
their choice for the state tree, the ma
pie, pine, oak, elm and many other
varieties being candidates for this posi-
ton of honor The result of that con-
test has just been announced in the
state manual which is issued by the
school department each year for the
Arbor Day exercises. The sturdy oak
was believed to be the favorite, but
when the ballots were counted it was
found that the maple was far in the
lead, securing the votes of nearly
10000 more children than did the oak.
The other contesting candidates were
left far in the rear. ~~t
This year the children Of the state
will be given an opportunity to state
their preference for a state flower,
Arbor Day comes on May s. and each Of
the teachers in the schools Of the state
will be presented with a copy of the
manual which, this year, is very beau
tiful publication. This manual gives the
teachers an outline of the work which
should be done on that day, recommend
ing the planting of trees and shrubs as
well as flowers in the school yards and
the parks wherever the latter are a.
hand. While the work treats of cere-
monies the great event this year,
however, will be the elections. They
will be conducted in every school
in the state, the ballots to be
sent into the state superintendent
Office at Madison where they are
to be counted and the general result
arrived at.
The parochial schools will be asked to
join with the public schools in the con-
test which promises to be spirited one.
The city uperintendents will count the
ballots in his department and return the
result to the state, but in rural and pa
rochial schools the ballots will be sent
to Madison. In this interesting contest
the state authorities have named eigh-
teen candidates for the honor of being
the favorite flower of the school child
rem Of the great state of Wisconsin.
These candidates are:
Trailing Arbutus.
2 Wild Aster.
Large Blue Flag Girls versicolor)
4 Wild Columbine.
Wild Crab Apple Blossom.
6 Golden Rod.
Lady's Slipper.
American Turks cap Lily.
9 Liverwort (Hepatica).
10 Marsh Marigold Cowslip.
IL Painted cup (Castilleia coccinea)
II Pasque Flower.
Is Wild Rose.
IA Shooting Star.
Is Violet.
16 Wild Sweet William, Prairie
Pink (Phlox).
II Wake Robin, Trillium.
Is White Water Lily.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-16

The division of the city jobs will show
something of the new line up among the
powers that be. The conversationali8t
is the strong man during the campaign,
but the real thing il politics is the man
that swipes the patronage.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-16

Complete registration lists are now
in the hands of the election clerks at
the different polling places. There is
not the slightest doubt but that the lists
are full and complete either.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-16

Every man imagines that fortunes
may be easily made in some other part
Of the world. Every field looks green
In the distance. It is not until he
reaches it that man sees that stumps
and bad places are as numerous IN
the new field as In the field he left
Atchison Globe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-16

On her wedding day the Danish
peasant girl wears a simple crown of
myrtle with her national costume
varying with the district, but always
charming-and pots of myrtle are care
fully cherished by girlish hands
through the long winters in anticipa-
ton of the great event.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-16
First call for real spring fever.
Is this the calm before the storm?

Politicians may come and go, but the
Humane Society keeps right on attend
ing strictly to business. That is one
organization in which politics plays no
part.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-16

The totals Of the Social Democratic
vote rose also, but not enough to affect
the result had they all gone to either
of the leading candidates.
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The county of " lAebago right, on
the Wisconsin line in which is situated
the city of Rockford which has fully
as large percentage of foreign born
residents among it's 10000 population
as Kenosha, went heavily dry. No one
can successfully dispute the assertion
that Kenosha is now absolutely in the
grasp of the saloon men, but unless
they are drunk with power they will
not push their advantage too far. The
general trend of public sentiment is too
plain. The worm may turn. The hand
writing on the wall may be for them
as we'll as their brethren in Illinois.
This is time to keep quiet and to re-
duce the evils attendant upon the opera
ton of the saloon to a minimum; to run
clean places in strict accordance with
reasonable regulations not to operate
dives in open defiance of all laws human
and divine. The writer is not yet pre-
pared to believe that prohibition would
be good thing for Kenosha because
he is not convinced that it could be en-
forced, but he can see that the decent
saloon keepers are the last people in
the world who can afford to tolerate the
existence of the dives and to make
common cause with the keepers of
these resorts where the young of both
sexes are lured to vice. There are too
many men in this state who believe in
the largest measure of personal liberty,
but who will not tolerate to licentious-
ness. They are men who can t be fool
ed either, who know just what is going
on all the time, and while they are
absolutely with the saloons now they
may turn in an instant if the saloon men
begin to carry things with too high a
hand. 1t is evident that many Of the
saloon men are convinced that nothing
of the kind could ever happen in Keno
sha, but it might be well for the wiser
ones in the business to point out to
them that their brethren in Illinois
just over the line who today are bewail-
ing the loss of their business thought
so too once.
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The men who voted to nominate Scho-
lev because "he would be easier to beat
than German" are just beginning to
come to-
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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-17

In this way, by doing as much
work as possible and thus giving
employment to idle men, and by
equipping all plants with labor.
saving machinery, the industries
of the country may be made ready
for an even more acute labor con.
dition than they had in 1906 and
the early part of 1907. The
laboring man will rightly demand
high wages, for the cost of liv-
ing will require it and there will
be work for every man who wants
it.
The railroads should put every
locomotive and car in good shape
and be prepared to the best of
their ability for the next rush of
business, which will swamp the
transportation facilities of the
country to a greater extent even
than 1906-07.
The wise man will get. ready
now so as to be prepared for the
activity which the fundamental
conditions of the country, and
especially the prosperity of the
agricultural interests, make Ger.
tain.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-17

cleaned on the White Eagle mill
this week. The rough is very
rich, and it is believed II will run
about ten per cent concentrates.
LATE Griffith has started up
the Omaha mill and is going to
get 1t back into the producing
class. There has never been any
good reason advanced why the
Omaha should have shut down
in the first place.
The Common Law mine will
resume operations just as soon as
Tom Timothy returns from a trip
to Quincy, III. Mr.. Timothy
has been in Quincy for the past
three weeks, and he told the
writer before he wenn away that
he would begin the production OF
ore as soon as he returned.
We understand that DR.. Ladd,
formerly of the Rolla School OF
Mines at Rolla, Mo-, has taken
charge of the Hannibal & st. Joe
mine, and will resume the work
of producing ore. A big six-inch
Worthington pump has recently
been installed in this mine, and
the water will not bother any
more.
The Good Luck mine sold &c.
900 pounds of high grade zinc
ore last week. Creech & Co.,
who are operating the Joanna
mine, sold a Car of lead and car
of silicate. Hudson & Oils, OPP
Grating the Mason mine, now
known as the Success" sold a
car of high grade zinc ore and
the Eastman company sold two
car loads of zinc ore. Sweeney
g. Sons, at the McAllister mine,
have a couple of car loads of ore
on hand. The camp is in a very
prosperous condition at present.
and more properties are resum-
| ing operations.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-17
news FROM
The MINES.

The Old Abe is running full
time again, and making very
high grade ore.
The Luther, up in the north
camp, is running again. A mill
is to be built on this property
this winter.
Capt. Parker reports two very
good drill strikes on the Hawk
eye land. He expects to put the
mill in operation before long.
The Eastman has about two
car loads of ore in its bins, and is
adding to the supply each hour
the mill runs. The dirt is get
ting richer.
Tom Goodwin is sinking a
shaft on the ground just west OF
the Heap & O'Brien lease. He
expects to make a good strike
there. 49,
The Lincolnville mine is pro-
ducing a great deal of nice clean
ore every day. This ore is found
in a conglomerate, and being
easily handled is cleaned on hand
jigs.
The Good Luck is making ore
at the rate of five tons every four
hours. The dirt is rich as can
be, and the mill has to run slow
in order to avoid wasting the ore
Barnes G. Chapman, who have
been operating in the Miami
camp, have taken lease on shaft
No. 4 Of the Sunburst. and will
put it into the producing class
right away.
Wagons loaded with ore from
the camp have been coming
through this city, en- route to the
Frisco's loading switches for the
past ten days A great deal OF
ore is being loaded out Of the
camp these days, but it seems to
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-17

be almost impossible to ascertain
who is selling. There is no sys-
tenn to the reports being made,
and in a great many cases no re-
ports are made of the ore sales.
Starchman & Caulkins, who
have lately taken hold of the
L. & L. lease and shaft, north Of
the Joanna, are preparing to
make some extensive develop
ments. In fact they have already
began operations.
The Eastern Mining Company,
operating on the Buck land,
southwest of the Sweeney mine,
is down so feet with its develop
ment shaft. The shaft is being
sunk on a very rich drill hole, and
the members of the company are
feverishly Fastening the sinking
of the shaft.
No. 3. shaft on the Big Jack
property, recently purchased from
Haskell G. Norton, is very nearly
into the ore body. This will
make the third shaft in the ore
on the Big Jack holdings, and
we understand a modern concen-
trating plant is to be built this
winter.
The deep we'll at the Chicago
Quapaw mine was down 615 feet
last Saturday. evening. This
well is being put down after ar
tesian water for the mill. A big
run of ore was penetrated from
81 to IS feet, but nothing below
the 85.foot level has been found.
John Rice is doing the drilling.
Creech & Co, operating the
Joanna, have made another big
lead strike, this time in the north
ground. They have opened up
big deposits oflead in all direc-
tions from the shaft, and are
making a big output of lead and
silicate each week.
. As soon as r. R. Heap returns
from Michigan, which will be
some time the fore part of jan
nary, work will begin on a big
modern mill for the Heap &
O'Brien mine. The Ground has
been thoroughly developed, and
the development work shows
that a mill is fully justified.
One hundred tons of rough
stuff from Sunburst No. 3 is to be
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-17
OPTIMISTIC VIEW.
The Meaning TO Manufac'
furers and Others of
Our Agricultural
Prosperity.

The following very optimistic
article is from the pen of Richard
H. Edmonds, editor of the Man
ufacturers Record:
To Manufacture and Business
q, Men Generally:
Conference.-The corn crop for
the year is estimated at over
?, 7O7, 900, 900 bushels, against p
592, 900, 900 bushels in 1907. Here
is a gain of lis, 1000, 900 bushels.
But corn is selling at more than
20 cents a bushel above the same
time last year. AT this rate the
crop would be worth S5S5, 900, 600
more than last year, or about ST.
92O, 900, 900, against 81, 1886, 0O0.-
900 in 1907.
The wheat crop is estimated at
67S, 900, 900 bushels, or a gain of
a, 900, 900 bushels over last year.
Wheat is much higher than at
the same time in 1907, the diff
ference at present being about 10
cents a bushel. On this basis
wheat would bring over $780,
600, 900 in excess of last years
total value. These two crops,
should the parity of prices over
1907 continue as great as at pres
ent, would thus bring to the far
mers about S675, 5000 to $780,
100000 more than last year.
Even should prices largely decline
there would still be room for a
great gain over 1907.
In view of these facts and of
the general increase throughout
the country in nearly all leading
crops we believe 1t safe to esti.
mate that the total value of the
farm products of 1908 will ap-
proximate So, 200, 900, 900 as COM
pared with 81, 400, 600, 600 in 1907.
If present conditions hold out
and this tentive estimate is real
lied, the farmers will receive
about $500, 600, 900 more for their
crops than they did last year.
These facts spell Prosperity in
big letters for the agricultural
interests of the county. They
show a steady gain in the value
of farm products of such tre-
mendeus import as to indicate
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-17
$z8,82I,ooo,ooo

These stupendous figures are,
however, due to higher prices to
a greater extent than to an in
crease in quantity. They mean,
therefore, a much higher cost of
living for the consumers of farm
products, and this must naturally
mean high wages for mechanics.
This prosperity will inevitably,
in the working out of economic
laws, draw back to the country
thousands who have heretofore
sought employment in other in
dustries. With the next revival
of industrial and railroad activity
we shall see a great scarcity of
labor-much greater than we had
in 1906 and 1907, with a higher
range of wages and salaries.
Under these conditions it be-
hooves every manufacturer to get
ready to meet that inevitable
situation BY now putting in every
possible labor-saving improve.
ment, and every business man
to do now, as far as possible,
whatever construction work he
has planned for the future.
Scrap-heap everything out of
date.
Put in as soon as you can every
labor.saving device, for with a
return of general prosperity you
will find a greater scarcity of
labor than the industries of the
country had to face during the
last great boom.
Now, while there is an ample
supply of labor needing employs
ment, it is time to get in shape
to have machinery do everything
possible to lessen manual labor
in the future.
The demand for labor will then
certainly exceed the supply, and
the farseeing man, knowing this,
will take advantage of the pres
ent situation. s
If you expect to build a new
house or factory or to enlarge an
old one, do so now.
If your plant needs overhaul
ing, don't delay in making it.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-17
sIo REWARD

For evidence which will convict the
party or parties who have been
damaging the property of the Bax'
ter Telephone Company, by break
ing glass insulators or otherwise.
&. w. Dow. Manager.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-17
Mrs. 7. J. Morrow Hurt.

Last Thursday morning when
coming down stairs at her home
on East River street, Mrs. T. J.
Morrow tripped ana fell from the
first landing to the foot of the
stairs. Mr.. Morrow, who WIS
upstairs, rushed down and picked
her up, and summoned a bhysi.
clan, who, upon Investigation,
found that one rib had been torn
from its fastening, and two or
three other ribs badly injured.
Mrs. Morrow is recovering from
the effects of her fall, but 1t will
no doubt be some time before she
gets entirely over the soreness.
P. C. Duff, living seven miles
northwest of this city, suffered =
stroke Of paralysis last week, and
it is thought he can not recover.
A big school house is being
built at Lincolnville. The house
will have four big rooms and the
necessary closets for each room.
1t was badly needed.
L. L. Winters went to Tulsa,
Okla, Monday evening In re-
Spouse to a message announcing
the serious illness of his son,
Fred, who is q court reporter
down there.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-17

that we have not yet seen the
cumulative effects of this advance.
Take the value for the last four
years and we have the following:
Years. Value of Farm Products.
1905 ..........H........ $6.4I5.ooo. 600
1905. ................... 67o4, 900. 600
1907. ............. ..... 7.4Ia. 900. ooo
1908 (estim ated) ........ 5000. ooo. 600
Tot,i fcr four vaare 9o0 0or nm nm
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-08
in FAINT
BREAKS HIS LEG
ROBERTS VICTIM OF Pc
@s ri
cULIAR ACCIDENT.

From Sundays Daily. ia
George Roberts, an old time resident
of Billings and a member of the local
Grand Army post, broke his leg below
the knee yesterday morning as he fell
in a faint to the floor ii the First Ma
tional bank block. He was resting
easier last night, but will not recover
from the accident for some time.
The fact that his own weight broke
one of his legs as It doubled under him
is explained by the fact that Mr.. Rob
erts is we'll along in years. The ply
.sicians called are unable to account
for the fainting spell, since Mr.. Rob
erts has been in excellent health of
late.
The break is " bad one and the in
jured man was removed to the home
of Alderman Soule on North Thirtieth
street soon after the physicians ar
rived. The fracture vas reduced and
steps taken to alleviate the pain.
aM &E8 aL @hL HS EA1
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-08
Desperate II DUEL
BETWEEN MINERS
MAN SHOOTS DESPERATE 70
SAVE His FAMILY.

AM &4@E9H&& .E&& TX {S&3NgM G&aNG @W&FaY &8&SNS 4&S{E
wnnemucsa. Nev., sept. 6.--News
reached here late last night y :
tragedy .that occurred q willow
Point. near here, in which "a M 81 in
sic, q proispector, vas killed ~ g.
=. Hanson. Z farmer, whose TWO chill
dren were severely wounded during 9
rifle duel.
According to the information. 10
Knsfe rode up to the Hanson farm
and seeing Mrs. Hanson, the mother,
standing ~ the yard. opened IRE On
her but missed his aim.
The Oldest son rushed out TO order
.McKinsie away. but, was met with 9
fusilade Of shots. "
The father hearing the shooting,
procured his rifle and met McKlnsie.
when q fierce battle followed. After
the battle had lasted half an Aour
Hanson. laid the desperate low.
The trouble arose over 9 dispute
over a mining claim.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-08
GRuEsoME FIND MADE NEAR
PAINTED ROBE TUNNEL
IS NOTIFIED
Smith Leaves for Scene and Will In.
vestlsate-corpse Clad Only In In
observation-disclosures Of Ralnsnt
Lying Close BY.

44&eT .s3EGM}-E t-3|%AADN&&%s
Coroner Smith was notified yester.
day that the body Of ! man was found
In an old water hole at Benson Coules
near Painted Robe tunnel on the Bill
ings Z Northern railroad yesterday
morning.
Guthrie L Co. contractors On the
Billings e Northern railroad. notihed
the coroner Of TIC, finding u the body
In the following telegram sent from
Arlington:
Body OF man was found In water
hole at Benson Coulee near Painted
Robe tunnel on the Billings q North.
err. Nothing on him but underclothes:
Other clothes lying close BY. Please
instruct proper authonties.n
The coroner left last night for the
place where the body was found and
on account Of the distance does not
expect to return before Sunday night
or Monday morning. He stated thai
he did not believe the man was . vic
tim Of foul play, but would investigate
the circumstances surrounding his
death thoroughly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-08
FIGURES TELL
The III STORY

1R&2&&g YNR ME&@M LF-TsMNF rrE ID Er NaL L- .L A
IN his campaign in Indiana, Mr..
Bryan may be able to fool some Of
the voters when he tells about the
panaceas he has on tap for any or all
Of the complaints that safflict the body
polite, but he will have ome diff
Guilty in convincing and thinking
voters Of that state. in view Of a re-
cent compilation Of statistics, that the
success Of the Democratic party in
the nation is anything to be devoutly
prayed for or desirable to the wage
Garner.
Recently the chief of the bureau
Of statistics Of Indiana completed a
compilation Of the wage scale now
in effect In that state in all of the
trades. and also a comparison with
that in effect during the second
Cleveland administration. They are
SO instructive as to be worth repro
ducing and here they are:
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-09-08
OF FOOD
IN RAWhlDE NOW
Merry PEOPLE OF THE CAMP
DECLINE ASSISTANCE.

Rawhide, New, Sept. 5.-The stu
alton following yesterday s conflagra-
tion in this town is much improved
today. There is a plentiful supply OF
food for all those who lost their
homes yesterday and no suffering has
resulted as yet. Relief trains with
supplies have reached here from Reno
and Goldfeld. Already the work OF
rebuilding is being planned.
Howard w. Throckmorton, chair
man Of the relief committee, today
requested the Associated Press to
make public the following notice to
those who had been SO prompt in
their aid to the burned camp:
"Will you kindly notify through
your papers that Rawhide wishes to
thank all who have furnished assist
ance, for their prompt and generous
aid, and that no further supplies are
needed"
The losses will not be as heavy as
stated in the first account, and It is
believed that the total will not be
over $350,000 or 100000. There was
very little insurance carried, it is said,
because of the lack OF adequate water
supply and high insurance rates.