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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-22
Chicnro Rntter and Cheese nInrl,et

CHleA = 60 Nay 2l-B 3ss STEADY; cream
~ mark cases included. Doc: frsts, 20i2c;
prime frsts. PKG. Cheese steady: Daisies
49, 0l3isc: twins. l3dl3Ac; Young Americas
lSs. Nl4c; long horns. l3s, di4c.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-22

California Limited through to Chicago
leaves at 1000 p. m.
OFFICES:
673 Market Street and Market Street
Ferry Depot, San Francisco
1112 Broadway. Oakland
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-22

too, Sacramento River Steamers. tIt-3O
Union Transfer Company agents collect baRpegs an
shscks on trains Of Southern Pacific and deliver
residences They are authorised to check baggage dres
rom residences.
! a for Morning. for Afternoon
fSunday excepted tSunday onlys
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
Observation-Disclosures
This County Contributed Large
Sum for Relief of Veterans
in Past Twenty Years
MORE DEMANDS EACH YEAR

County Clerk Russell HI. Jones has
just prepared a. very interesting little
history of the Soldiers Relief Commits
sion in Kenosha county which shows
that the people Of Kenosha have con-
tributed not little for the support
of the old soldier in the last twenty
years. The total amount contributed
to the aid and relief of the old soldier
since the passage of the law in 1887 is
nearly $4,000. The report also shows
that the demand for funds for the re-
lief of the soldiers is steadily growing
larger and the appropriation made this
year for the support of the commission
is the largest made in the history of
the county. This year the appropria-
ton is $1,710.11. The first appropria-
ton for the relief of soldiers and their
widows was made in 1889 when the
county raised a tax to the amount of
$538.96. This was the lowest amount
ever raised for the fund. The fund is
placed in the hands of commission
at present headed by A. j. Burg and it
is held to meet the immediate demands
Of the soldiers and their widows The
commission has many calls during the
year and while the amount of each indi-
vidual call is a decidedly small part
of the appropriation Of $1,651.41 made
last year the commission has on hand
at this time but $350.81 Nearly all of
the old soldiers in the county are draw
ing pensions from the government, but
in most of the cases the pensions are
small and many veterans weighed down
by old age are unable to work and it
has been necessary for them to ask the
commission for aiG. In addition to this
the commission is called upon to pro
vide a decent burial for the old soldiers
of the county who die leaving no estate
to provide for their burial
The commission holds regular meet
ings to consider the requests made for
aid and no aid is given unless the re-
quest has the sanction Of majority of
the members of the commission
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

The recommendation made by the
State Railroad Commission to Governor
Davidson to amend the law so as to
prevent wholesale raising of rates by
the railroads without hearing before
the Commission, should be one of the
first matters dealt with by the legis
lature. AS the law stands now all the
roads have to do to raise rates is to file
the new schedule with the Commission
while before any rates can be lowered
on complaint Of the shipper hearing
must be had before the Commission at
which the roads can appear and defend
their schedules. 1t is poor rule that
won t work both ways and the shippers
are surely in common justice as much
entitled to hearing before they are
made to pay more as the roads are be-
fore they are made to accept less. There
will undoubtedly be great opposition to
the proposed amendment from the roads,
Tut the recommendation of the Commits
sion should have great weight with the
legislature.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

That new building ordinance does not
seem to be making very rapid progress
and now that the gas contract is out
of the way for sixty days the Council
might call for report from the com
mittee which has the matter in charge
and wrestle with it a while. 1t is
hardly likely that any ordinance that
may be presented will go through with
out some opposition and there is not
very much more time than will be
needed to reach an agreement in the
Council before the new building season
opens 1t is the plain duty of the
Council to act in this matter and to
act within a reasonable time. The
workingmen of the city for whose pro-
lection this ordinance is primarily in
tended should use what influence they
have to get satisfactory ordinance
through the Council and they should at
least take enough interest in the mat
ter to place the blame for any failure
to give them protection exactly where
it belongs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
TO DEFEAT BILLS
The Wisconsin Federation of Wo.
mems Clubs Is Opposed to
the AinSWoTth Bill
TO GO BEFORE LEGISLATURE

The influence of the Wisconsin FEEDER
alton Of Women IS clubs will be felt in
the present legislature.
A legislative committee appointed
asst October consists of Mrs. w. T. Cush-
ing, Milwaukee, chairman; Mrs. H. M.
Youmans, Waukesha, and Mrs. J. ].
Blaine, Boscobel.
The committee was instructed to work
to secure the defeat of the Ainsworth
bill, amendment raising the school age
from 4 to 6 years; to work for bill
providing an appropriation for state
park III the region of Devil s Lake and
another in the Dells of the Wisconsin
river; to get passed bill calling for a
halfmill tax which can be used for i'm
proving schools and providing play
grounds and recreation centers, and to
work for an adequate appropriation to
be used for the Northern Hospital for
the Insane IN Oshkosh.
cit probably will be necessary to me
to go to Madison and keep in personal
touch with the different measures before
the legislature" Mrs. Cushing said.
1t will be the policy of our committee
to support bills which will be intro
duced by other interests, providing for
about what we want, rather than to
have bills especially prepared and in
troduced.
Many of the bills pertaining to
subjects in which the women of the
state are interested can be amended to
make them cover what is needed, thus
avoiding a multiplicity of bills intro
duced We hope to get through much
legislation that will be Of advantage
to the interests of the children of the
state. -
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
SHOWS BIG GROWTH
New Directory of the Kenosha Home
Phone Co. Shows 1912 Subscribers

The new directory of the Kenosha
Home Telephone company which is now
being distributed to subscribers shows
that the company has had a great
growth in business during the year just
closed. The total number Of names in
the new directory is 1712 and the in
crease for the twelve months was 2O9.
Tt is claimed that the Kenosha exchange
has shown larger growth than any
exchange in the state of Wisconsin.
Many private exchanges have been es-
tablished in the city during the past
year and number Of new long distance
stations have been established. The
company now has twelve pay stations
in the city opened to the public.
The directory is very similar to the
former directories and is unusually free
of mistakes so common in such books
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
ALLEGES PREJUDICE
Attorneys for John Mensforth Apply
for Change of Venue

Attorney Calvin Stewart and Wal
lace Ingalls, filed with the clerk Of the
Circuit Court this morning an affidavit
of prejudice and demand for change
of venue in the suit of John Mensforth
against the Chicago Brass company. In
the affidavit Mensforth alleges that he
does not believe that he could secure
a fair trial with Judge Belden on the
bench on account of the fact that the
court is prejudiced. The suit of Mems
forth is demand for $4,000 and the
evidence is almost identical with the
evidence presented in the case of AL
bert johnson VS.. The Chicago Brass
company which was tried in the Circuit
Court in December and in which the
court recently handed down a verdict
giving a judgment for the defendant
company. Under the affidavit the court
will be forced to call in some judge
from another circuit to hear the case.
Tt is not thought that the case will be
tried until after the johnson case has
had it's hearing in the Supreme Court of
the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
MEMORIAL DAY ANNUAL OUT
Selections Suitable for Lincoln Centen-
airy are Included in the Publication

The 'sMemorial Day Annual " has
just been issued by the Office of the
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton. The publication is sent out two
months earlier this year because Febru-
airy II is the Tooth anniversary of Lin
coin S birth. Selections suitable to
this occasion have been included in the
volume. Material is also included for
Washington S birthday, Memorial day,
May 80, Flag day, June IA, and Peace
day, May IS.
The volume has been prepared by
O. S. Rice, state library clerk. Among
Wisconsin authors that have selec-
tions in the compilation are the late
Col. William F. Villas, "Our First
Commander; J. A. Matrous, "From
Whence Came They?' Maud Barnett
Kronshage, "The Decoration of the
School Room for Memorial Day" H.
W. Rood, "Story Of Our Flag
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

No one wants the volunteer fire COM
panies to disband if they have any
sentiment about the matter, but what
is objected to is that so many Of them
take pay from the premiums collected
from the insurance companies when
they no longer do any work. The indi-
vidual amounts are not large, but the
principle is the same and the money
that is paid to the volunteers for no
service would provide a number of
valuable call men for the regular de-
partment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
Council Is Asked To Join With
Those Of Other Cities in Sc.
curing Changes in Laws
NO CHARGE FOR METERS
City of Manitowoc Asks Kenosha Of
fcials to Aid in Securing Better
Service for People Without
Extra Charges

City officials of Manitowoc have ask
ed the aid of city officials Of Kenosha
and officials Of all cities in the state
in the passage of a bill by the present
legislature which will prevent corpora
tions producing, delivering or furnish
ing light, heat or water from making
service charge for the use Of meters.
! The state rate commission had deter
mined that such service charge can be
made by some corporations, especially
the lighting company at ManitoWoc.
Copies Of the proposed bill have been
sent to every municipality in the state
urging the officers to work with their
representatives in the legislature to sup
port the bill, which is as follows:
An act relating to rates for light,
heat or water.
E'Section /. It is hereby declared to
be unlawful for any person, firm, asso-
citation or corporation engaged in the
operation, management or control of
any plant or equipment or any part of
Ia plant or equipment within the state
for the production, delivery or furnish
ing Of heat, light or water to charge
or demand from any person, patron or
consumer any service charge or any
charge not based upon the quantity Of
heat, light or water actually used or con
sumed except that reasonable mimi
mum charge per month, quarter or year
may be established and demanded.
"Seetion 2. The amount of any
service charge now in force shall until
changed as provided by law be and
stand as the minimum monthly, quarter
ly or yearly charge as hereinbefore pro
vided.
"Section 8. This act shall not pre-
vent the use or establishment of a
monthly, quarterly or annual fat rate
for any such light, heat or water
where no meter is needed
The state rate commission rendered
Ia decision which hits the patrons of the
Manitowoc Gas Light company. The
|company's representatives appeared be-
fore the commission and asked that the
COIlpdHy NC pcIIuILGcu 10 CHdiS6 dill COu-
sumers 25 cents month or So per year
as a service or ready to serve charge in.
stead of rs cents a month to such pat
rons as did not use a certain amount of
gas. The company charges 81 per 1000
feet for fuel gas and $1.25 per 1000
for Illuminating gas with So per year
as a minimum charge for the service if
Ia certain amount of gas was not con-
|sumed. The commission granted the re-
quest of the company and now all con
sumers can be charged for service.
It is claimed that because of this de-
cision Of the commission the ManitoWoc
company will each year receive about
SIS, 900, which amount is declared to be
an arbitrary charge The city of
Manitowoc granted twenty five year
franchise to the company a few years
|ago and rates for gas were agreed upon,
but the action of the commission has
caused a storm of protest to be raised,
as it is claimed that if the Manitowoc
company is permitted to have service
or ready to serve charge every light,
heat or water company in the state can
also make such charge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

This is the session of congress which
deals with the appropriation bills, but
unless the majority is prepared to meet
charges of extravaganza expenditures
will be kept within reasonable limits.
There is deficit in sight already,
tariff revision will cut down the
revenues to certain extent, and no
one knows what effect the widespread
temperance movement in the south will
have on the internal revenue receipts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
FARMERS REAP BENEFITS
Commissioners of Mount Pleasant, Som
ers Canal Preparing Final Reports


Messrs. Bennett, Cox and Burgess,
commissioners of the Mt. Pleasant and
Somers canal, are holding sessions at
the Court House, in Racine, for the
purpose of getting reports ready to sub
NIT to Judge pelden of the Circuit
Court some time next week. These re
ports will show the cost of the canal;
assessments that have been paid in and
what is still due for the Improvement.
The canal or ditch was built by Chica
go parties, under the direction BirdsalI
and Galloway of Racine.
The ditch is seven miles long and
passes through farm lands in Mt Pleas
ant in Racine county, and Somers, Ken
osha county. There are III par
cells of land through which it, ooes.
These lands to great extent. are of
marsh and swamp. 1t was held that
most of them contained stagnant water.
detrimental to the health and welfare
of the community, and that the health
of the far.s..5-z 1-ould be improved by
the digging Ct lie ditch.
1t was completed last year and the
cost is estimated at $4,000. The total
distance of the oltch is 1880 feet; six
feet wide for 5000 feet and three feet
for a distance of 1880 feet, and twelve
feet wide from bank to bank. Humid
reds of acres of land have been re-
deemed and the farmers state it is the
most bnefcial Improvement ever made
in the two towns. The report is ex-
peeted to show that most of the farmers
have paid up the assessments made
against them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
HAD A GREAT TIME
Athletic Party at the High School
Proves a Big Success

Notwithstanding the stormy weather
of Friday evening the annual athletic
party held at the Kenosha High School
auditorium proved to be one Of the most
successful parties ever given at the
High School The big hall was charm
ingly decorated with class colors and
banners while the black and red was
everywhere in evidence. About the big
hall were a. lot Of pretty booths where
the most charming young women Of the
school provided refreshments. There
was candy and ice cream and almost
everything else to secure the nickles
from the pockets Of the guests. The
music for the dance was furnished by
Becker's orchestra and the merry dance
continued until midnight.
As result of the party a large fund
was raised which will be used~for the
support of the various athletic enter
prises of the school.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

The Board of Education started off
on new tack at it's meeting Tuesday
evening and practically decided to
build a twelve room school in the
Third ward instead of their fourteen
room building over the plans for which
such a wide difference of opinion de-
veloped among the members of the
Board. In asking for plans for the
new building the Board limited the
competition for the plans to two firms
of local architects and it is this action
of the Board that is causing more com
ment among citizens generally than the
row the Board got into over the plans
for the larger building The Board
must have received many valuable sug-
gestions and ideas from all the archi-
tects who entered the first competition
and in common fairness it looks as if
the Board should have given all of
them a. chance to put in plans on the
smaller building. The present arrange
ment does not look like a square deal
either to the outside architects or to
the taxpayers who are entitled to the
very best building they can get. for
their money. Other things being
equal home men are entitled to the job
but not unless they can show their
right to it against all corners.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

The big investors are showing the
way for the small buyers in the real
estate market. There is no safer in
vestment than Kenosha property. No
city ever made the rapid growth that
this has without real estate boom,
but Kenosha has SO far escaped that
calamity and there has been no raise
in values that has not been fully war
ranted by conditions. There has been
no attempt made to discount the future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

There can hardly be two opinions
about the folly of crippling the govern
ment in it's legitimate effort to enforce
the statutes, to recover Incorporated
property and to punish crimes inside as
well as outside the government service,
on the ground that the secret service
had been misused, or might be mis-
used, to investigate the records of a
few innocent members of Congress.
The usefulness Of the secret service has
been demonstrated again and again, and
it's employment by the present admins
tration has resulted in an enormous in
crease of respect for the federal stat
utes and great extension of the gov
eminent s powers Of protection.
On the record made in the last seven
years the bureau deserves to be en-
larged and recognized as an accredited
agency Of the Department of Justice.
The action of the House Of Representa-
tives last year in trying to restrict it's
activities to technical Treasury Depart
ment work-detecting counterfeits, etc.
was a step backward. No side issues
raised by a manifest misinterpretation
of the President Is protest should now
be allowed to interfere with prompt
recognition by the committee on ap-
preparations that it was in error and
prompt action to repair last years mis-
take.-New York Tribune.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

All cities have their own troubles
with the tramp nuisance at this season
Of the year, but city situated like
Kenosha with no means of making the
buns work out their fines is in an ag
gravatingly helpless position. These
men must be kept from starvation and
freezing and there is no way of MAX
ing them give the slightest return for
board aud shelter and we'll they know
it. It is only an added burden on the
taxpayer to sentence them for vagrancy
and the only way is too keep them on
the move and that amounts to lodging
problem inste; d of meeting it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

So far as human watchfulness and
foresight on the part Of the Americans
in charge of the work in Italy can ac-
complish the result, every cent contri
buted will go for the benefit of genuine
and urgent need. There can be no di
version to unworthy channels, so far
as any impartial critic can predict.
The Red Cross has done a wonderful
work in the past, whenever great cal.
antilles have overwhelmed the world, in
this generation and it is only fair to
take the record achieved in the past,
under American supervision, as the
standard in this crisis.-Boston Adver-
tiser.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

The representatives of the new own
ers of the street railway company in
.spected the property for the first time
Friday since they came into possession
of the road and they made decidedly
favorable impression on those of our
citizens with whom they came into
contact They stated in unequivocal
terms that they were ready and able
to carry out every agreement made by
Mr.. Frost either with the city or it's
citizens and that there was no intention
on their part to ask the city or any one
else to release the road from any obi
cations assumed by the former owner.
Kenosha s previous experiences with
railway promoters and owners have not
been such as to inspire any great de-
gree of confidence, but the men now
in charge of the local line certainly
talked fairly enough to satisfy anybody
and if their performances square with
their promises the change in the owner
ship of the line may turn out to be a
good thing for Kenosha and until
there is some evidence to the contrary
it is only fair for the city to go ahead
on the assumption that every obliga-
ton Of the company will be fulfilled to
the letter. The new managers have
asked for nothing more than that the
people Of the city suspend judgment on
them until they have had chance to
show what their intentions are and the
city authorities now have great hopes
that all the unfinished contracts Of the
company will be completed at the earli-
est possible moment in the spring.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

Unfortunately explosions in "model !"
mines are just as deadly as those in the
other kind of workings. All that
scientific Investigations have been able
to discover so far Of the nature and
causes of these disasters and every pro-
lection in the way of the most rigid
inspections of mines that the state can
throw around the miners has accom-
plished little in making mining other
than an extra hazardous occupation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

It is possible DR.. Wiley has been
over-zealous and too technical in his
administration Of the law. But it is
noticeable that complaint comes only
from those who want to use aaulterants
which they claim to be harmless, but
which claim he does not accept, or from
those who do not want the labels on
their goods to speak as much of the
plain truth as he deems proper.-St.
Louis STAR
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN's BALL
Masquerade to be owen by Volunteer
Company No. on Jan. 22nd

The annual masquerade dance of
Volunteer Company No. 4 Of the Volun-
teer Fire Department viii be given at
I ermania Hall on the evening of Jan.
%. Tt is planned to make this the
greatest event of the mask ball season.
There will be $3.50 in cash prizes of
fered for the maskers and Krahs or
chestra will furnish the music for the
evening In addition to good music
and the best of order there will be
lot of new features arranged by the
fremen. Get your tickets of any of
the members of the company today. j22
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

It must have been rather surprise
to those who have not followed close
ly the drift of public sentiment in the
state to learn that the legislature was
organized by the administration =
Time was and not SO long ago either
when such a result of any political
contest would not have been believed
possible.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
INSTALL NEW OFFICERS
Equitable Fraternal Union Holds Inter.
esting Session on Thursday Night

esting Session on Thursday Night
The Kenosha Council of the Equit-
able Fra,ternal Union held it's annual
installation of officers on Thursday
evening. The following officers were
installed:
President-Charles III. Goodwin.
Vice President-Curtis HI. Gephart.
Secretary-Frank j. eraser.
Michael F. Gems.
Adviser-H. J. Weinheimer.
Warden-John A. Northway.
Trustees. G. Newman.
The members of the order are plan
ming for the initiation of large class
at an early meeting.