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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

City Workers and the country Habit.
When fields ripe for the harvest are
calling for help the farmer is often adj
vised to unite with the social ecOno-
mists of the cities in efforts to trans
fer the city idler to a country job
Many who have tried it find that this
solution Of the work famine and the
labor famine is not so easy as it looks
Work is work always, and the city
laborer cannot loaf and hold his job
lie has hard lines and would be better
off in times like these, when prosper
ity smiles on the land, if he could
settle upon a steady thing in the coun-
try. But there's the rub A man and
all his family must be broken into
country life in order to succeed on a
farm.
Most all Of the unemployed Of the
cities are not over one generation re-
moved from country life. They or
their fathers were reared there. To
these memories Of country life is not
encouraging. They may be mistaken
in supposing that life on the farm Is
the same as it was twenty or thirty
years ago. Country life means to them
isolation. They haven't even kept in
touch with the fields and the woods.
Farmers might perhaps do better by
using the new conditions of country
life to keep the wage earners around
them from drifting to the cities. The
country habit has been born in them
What they need most is incentive to
stay on the land where they are Wanti
ed and avoid the crowded cities, where
they are not wanted, especially after
youth has been sapped in the tread
mill Of poorly paid toll.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

The prevalence of divorce is strik-
ing example of the extreme difficulty
of roofing out what every one admits
to be an evil. The divorce evil is so
fragrant, SO pernicious and demoraliz-
ing, it would seem that church and
state would unite to end it, and that
speedily. But both believe in the
adage of making haste slowly, and the
various Legislatures, national and state,
and the different denominations, the
Roman Catholic and the Protestant
Episcopal excepted, Lave hardly got
beyond the oratorical and deploring
stage in several years. They are pro-
crossing, however, and the scandal will
probably see some decided abatement
within the next Observation-Disclosures
Telegraph.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

In the matter of children's presence
in fathouses, prohibitory law, like
a mandatory one, is not going to change
human nature, and landlords are hui
man beings, no matter what doubts
may be entertained on this point by
the fathers of large families. If no
fathouse lease may stipulate against
one certain class of tenants which the
owner considers undesirable the land
lord will probably try to hold his
tenants more strictly accountable for
damages both to himself and among
themselves; he will protect himself and
his property as fully as possible through
city ordinances and he will also prob
ably raise rents to families whom for
one reason or another, he considers less
desirable.-New York Evening Sun.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Without referring in any way to any
cases now engaging public attention it
must be said that the crime of perjury is
becoming altogether too common in the
courts of this county and that, in the
opinion of every official engaged in the
administration of the law, the time has
come when the. practice of witnesses
deliberately giving false testimony
under oath must be stopped in our
courts unless the people of this com
munlty are content to see trials on
minor charges degenerate into farces.
In a large measure the contempt for
the saoredness of an oath which so
many witnesses are charged with show
ing arises from the leniency shown
many of the foreigners who have per
Jured themselves on the witness stand
IN defense of some of their country
men on trial without any appreciation
OF the seriousness of the offense they
were committing, but because these
poor foreigners have been allowed to
escape trial on charges of perjury it
does not follow that men who know
better have any right to expect that
the same immunity from punishment
will be extended to them if they yio-
late their oaths on the witness stand
It does not seem possible that the crime
of perjury is as common as many of
the court attaches assert it is, but if
half what they claim is true it is time
that the district attorney used every
power that the law gives him to put
Ian end to false swearing in court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

The people who had their water shut
off in the scorching heat of Saturday
nave no one to blame for that mis-
fortune but themselves. Ample notice
had been given all of the delinquents
that they must pay up or the service
would be discontinued and the water
company has been more lenient with
the people who failed to pay their bills
than any private corporation would
have BEEN The water company is still
being run on business basis, but just
because the city owns the plant lot
Of people seem to be unable to grasp
that fact and to take it for granted
that they can conduct their business
with the company to suit themselves
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

1t may be difficult to shake Ameri-
can self satisfaction in our general
reputation for mechanical ability and
inyentiyeness, but we have vast deal
yet to learn in the direction of tho
roughness of methods and in the ap-
plication of advanced technology to
the daily operations Of mill and work
shop. This is work that cannot be
left wholly to the engineer and the
inventor; machines do wonderful things
it is true, but the "man behind the ma
chine" is just as important factor
in the industrial warfare as is the
"man behind the gun" in the fort or
on the battle ship A fatal error will
be made If the nation shall allow to
crystalline the present tendency to neg
lect the recruiting of the ranks of the
mechanic arts from the boys Of Ameri-
ca. The danger of depending upon the
skilled mechanics of other lands is not
by any means imaginary.-Philadelph
Ledger.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

A whole lot of property owners in
different sections of the city are
anxiously waiting for the noxious weed
commissioners to get busy in their
neighborhoods for if the work of clean
ing up vacant property is delayed much
longer it will be TOO late to have it
do any good. Should the weeds and
thistles be allowed to go to seed humid
reds of dollars of damage will be done
that could have been prevented by a
little attention to duty and the ex-
penditure Of very little money.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
TUscARoRA TO STAY
Revenue Cutter Will Not be Trans
ferred From This District

Revenue Cutter Will Not be Trans
ferred From This District
Senator Stephenson has been official
ly advised by the treasury department
that the United States revenue cutter
Tuscarora will not be transferred from
Milwaukee to Chicago. For upward of
thirty years the headquarters of the
revenue cutter service for the enforce
ment of navigation laws on Lakes
Michigan and Superior have been Mil
waukee. Several different cutters have
been stationed there during that time.
the most recent being Tuscarora, which
was assigned to Milwaukee five years
ago after long hard battle with Chi
cago to have its headquarters trans
ferred to that port.
Several weeks ago William II. Devos,
collector Of customs, learned Of move
ment on foot by the Chicago Yachs
club to attempt to induce the president
to transfer its headquarters to Chica-
go. In view of the fact that Secretary
of the Treasury MacVeagh was resi-,
dent of Chicago, it was feared the
movement might be successful unless
immediate steps We're taken to defend
the interests Of the Wisconsin metropo-
lis, Mr.. Devos communicated with
Senator Stephenson, who called on
Secretary MacVeagh and entered a
protest against the charge. Mr.. Mac
Veagh has now Informed the Wiscon-
sin senator that the department has no
present intention to make the tranfer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Any citizen who has any interest in
the trunk line sewer that it is planned
to build to drain the south and west
sides Of the city, should present him
self at the Council chamber this even
ing and MAKE his wishes in regard to
the Improvement known. 1t is the last
chance to be heard on this question
for unless something unforeseen comes
up the plans for the sewer will be ac-
|cepted at the meeting this evening and
after the plans are once accepted it
will be difficult matter to induce the
aldermen to reopen the whole matter
again by changing the plans.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
Apropos of some recent acrimonio,

Apropos of some recent acrimonious
debates in the Municipal Court it may
be remarked that no lawyer will make
any friends for his clients or help the
cause he has in charge by attacking
the district attorney for doing his
sworn duty. That is what he is there
for and the people expect him to do
just that, neither more nor less. 1t
should be remembered that he is only
concerned with the law as he finds it
on the statute books of the state and
his duty calls him to see to it that
the law as it stands is enforced to
the letter. For all we know he may
not be in entire sympathy with every
prosecution under the law brought
through his office, but his private
opinion has nothing whatever to do
with his official duty and no 'one
recognizes that fact more clearly than
the present incumbent of the district
attorneys Office. And there is no
question, but that the majority of the
people of the city are with him in the
administration of the duties of his
Office without fear or favor. When the
issue between the enforcement Of the
law and none enforcement is clearly
drawn this is law abiding community
and anyone who presumes te act on the
assumption that it is not will be badly
fooled in the long run. In the opinion
of great many fairly good citizens
there has been altogether too much
extraneous matter lugged into these
gambling cases started by the Civic
Federation. The Civic Federation is
not on trial in the court and the fact
that the officials of any organization
swore out the warrants does not make
them of any more Importance in the
eyes of the average citizen than if the
charges had been made by an individ-
lal, but it makes him stop and think
when he sees the officials of the county
attacked for doing their plain duty.
The cases in themselves are not of vast
Importance as they stand. Trials on
gambling charges seldom are. In most
cities they are of common occurrence
and are regarded by the gamblers them
selves as only what may be expected
IN their business. The manner in
which these cases started by the Fed
GRAFTON are being defended and the
bitterness shown against the officers of
the law make them of considerable i'm
portance to the men most interested
however, for whether it is intended OF
not it is giving the impression that
there is clique of men in this city
who believe themselves ABOVE the law
and immune from punishment for its
violation. And once let this impress,
sion become general and it will arouse
the antagonism of men who have never
before attached any Importance what,
ever to the trials 1t will pus them
squarely on the, side of law, enforce
ment when they feel that the ability
Of Kenosha county to enforce the laws
Las been challenged and it will put
public sentiment behind the Cisti0 Fed
GRAFTON as it has never been before
That is why these mere gambling cases
nay have results of far reaching effect
whether the men charged with gac.b
ling arc convicted OF acquitted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

On many of the streets Of the city
the shrubs that border the walks and
the shade trees over them will have to
be trimmed for after rain no one can
go along them without getting soaked,
but the work should be done by an
expert who will do his trimming very
tenderly. It is too easy to spoil the
whole appearance of a street by little
inexpert work in this line.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

The repairs on the brsakwater are
progressing at the usual rate which
means that nothing is being done In
figuring on the expenses of the city in
the near future do not fail to include
a large item for a new breakers to re-
place the one that is being allowed
to go to ruin for the lack of compare
lively inexpensive repairs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
WISCONSIN DELEGATION NATION
AL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Wisconsin teachers and their friends
are arranging for special party for
the National Convention at Denver,
leaving Saturday, July 3, 1909, via the
Chicago & Northwestern Ry. Low ex-
cursion rates from all points. Choice
of routes. Sleeping car space, timer
aries and full particulars of ticket
agents; or inquire Of W. N. Parker,
Wisconsin Journal of Education, Madi-
son, Wis. dw-jy1s15
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
THURSDAY, JULY Is, 1909.

The contractors on the federal build
ing are meeting with occasional delays,
but no more than are always met with
in the construction Of any building and
we still have hopes that all records will
be broken in this city by the compile
ton of government building on time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
Art of Throwing Kisses.

Young men Of this country do not
know how to throw kiss gracefully"
said a college professor. ut takes a
young Mexican to perform the act
gracefully.
He brings the, tips Of bis fingers
together, touches them gently. With his
lips and, spreading his hand out as
he makes the throw. watts five sweet
kisses to his ladylove by FIVE differ
snt routes.'- Chicago Tribune.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Perhaps molasses is better than vim
egar for vote catching, too, so the
slogan for the suffrage propaganda
would better be, ''Votes and hus-
bands" instead of, mo votes, no hus-
bands"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

TSae grinding poverty Of the grand
daughters of Dickens shows that the
law Of "three generations from over
ais to oyeralls" works with authors
Of ''best sellers as we'll as with the
average newly rich
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Since the sewer as it is being
planned at the present time is to take
care of property in both the north and
south sections of the city it is thought
that the opposition that has been shown
to 1t will be largely removed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

The police have apparently got down
to French meegods Of experimenting
criminals as a last resort in the chase
after TIE assailant of Chief O'Hare.
They are looking for the woman =
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Safe to hand Lincoln pennies to the
trolley conductor in punches Of five
until the novelty Of the new coin is
worn off.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

High tide at Beverly, the summer
capital, will probably be at the hour
when the president is having his dip
In the briny.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Significant that the moment woman
suffragists opened headquarters In
New York long standing quarrels be-
tween Tammany leaders came to an
end.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Pageantry is a conspicuous feature
Of the celebrations of the year, and 1t
is just the thing to fasten the history
Of the event conlmemorated upon the
preoccupied mind
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

In noiseless towns the dearth Of fire.
crackers, torpedoes and things gave
the crowds a chance to contemplate
Old Glory floating above the glorious
Fourth.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Summer hotel tariff rates have also
been revised, but the tourist invariably
finds that only accommodations at the
maximum scale are vacant when he
arrives.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

With few more Champlains in the
field 300 years ago this country would
have been French and skipped the rev.
olution against George III. Of Eng
land
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Wellman might locate the pole by
simply establishing a balloon achor-
age station and waiting for the joker
to come around to him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

The dead letter Office scoops in 20, 900
postals day. Now you know why
the one you sent rsaking date was
'sidetracked.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

There are manipulators Of the dia-1
mond crop here as well as In South
Africa, but our kind seem in no hurry
to minimize the output.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Five balloon accidents reported in
one days sport indicates that bal
looming is bound to establish some sort
of record.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Uncle Sam is nearly a hundred mil
lion dolla.s short in his bank account
but then he can afford to be.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

poor road seems worse than ever
after some one has put the good roads
thought in your mind.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

There is good medical authority for
advising people to walk in the rain,
especially when they coyet your only
umbrella.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

! The policeman who hit himself and
missed the dog he aimed at ought to
give the dog one try with that pistol
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Remains to be disclosed whether
those tWenty-three grafters in Japan
got jailed for grating or for getting
caught at it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Mrs. E. 0. Taylor has returned to Ke-
nosha after visit with her slstez, Mrs.
r. B. Arnold at Lake Geneva and will
remain here for a short visit with her
brother M. T. Vinegar.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Of course that automobile which
scared highwaymen off their job was
good automobile.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Well to reflect between drinks of ice
water that summer has good reason
for firing of the job occasionally.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

On July the per capita circulation
was $3501. On the 9th the average
citizen felt rich if he had even that
/ cent about him..
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Suffragists who take the no marriage
pledge will Of course have the usual
right to change their minds.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

The bad trust can escape publicity
by handing over good stiff corpora
ton tax out of its tainted money chest
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Everybody goes daft over the rosy
checked affinities now parading IL
Georgia peach baskets.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

The professor who says women win
their way by deception and treachery
has evidently never noticed a sum-
mer girl win another ice cream
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Cities now Boosting that they pio-
neered the sane Fourth this year will
probably be substituting the small boy
to stay at home next Fourth.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Finland is country where tips are
said to be unknown. This is thought
to be due to the fact that very few
tourists visit the country.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

II store shoes get too high there's
the kind nature provides to fall back
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Mrs. Dillingham;, SLICED onions scat
tered about the room will absorb the
odor of fresh paint
Il reckon that's right rejoined Rif-
fingham likewise also broken
neck will relieve a man of catarrh."-
New York Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

As the city bread lines grow Shorter
the tramp lines grow longer
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Kipling's price is SIS a word, but
then he boils a 10000 word message
down to a thirty line poem.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

Urging young students to take 30
flirting is like telling young ducks 90
take to water.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-26
Two sUTTEs COMPANY.
Deypins $4,000 Acres of Land and
Building A Town.

janother section of the Register
thweek will be found a handsomely
Hlttrated write-up of the greatest
igatiom enterprise that has been
srted in southeastern Colorado for
y past half dozen years. The COM
tny ds now at work constructing an
hmense reservoir and irrigation
ystem which win reclaim $4,000
Lcres of government land under the
Carey Act. For full particulars you
lean read the article in this issue.
The enterprise has been under con-
temptation by several enterpisslg
business men for several years, and
has at last reached point where
1t is a certainty. 1t was started by
DIR. w. d. Purse, and taken up and
financed by Messrs. Bancroft and
Eberle of the Arkansas Valley Land
Headquarters.
The officers of the company are
Lincoln Bancroft. president; It. S.
Reid, vyce-president; H. H. Eberle.
treasurer; w. d. Purse, secretary;
~. w. btttCur ChhCi cue L.
Markham, engineer; CRANKY Hillyer,
attorney.
The company has plated ort the
town of Two Buttes in Baca county.
and the preparation already !5eing
made for business houses and resi-
dences there make it evident that II
will be by far the leading town of
the county.
Among those choosing land are
many owners of fine Irrigated farms
under the established bitches, and
their experience has proved to them
that there Is no surer road to fortune
than getting irrigated land while min
imum prices prevail.
1t is difficult to get in on the
ground floor on one Of these enter
prises at this late date. and no one
Wishing to establish a new home
should allow this great opportunity
to pass. The area of government
land that can be irrigated Is rapidly
decreasing, and it will soon be TAX
en- entirely. There will be few If
any propositions in the future where
one can obtain an irrigated farm at
such a low price and such easy terms