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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-06-08

1t is estimated that the tariff bill, now
before the senate, will be worth 800.
600, 900 u year to the sugar trust if il
becomes law, which it will be sure to
do, and $50. 900, 900 to the steel trust.
These trusts can well afford to buy
enough votes in the senate to pass the
bill, if it is necessary. Monroe County
Appeal.
The school garden idea has been re-
markably developed in San Antonio,
Tex, which is said to have more
gardens attached to it's schools than any
other place of its size in the world.
There. are 949 of these cultivated plats
attached to the 90 schools, the gardens
varying from one-tenth to one-quarter
of an acre.
An exchange says: "One-third of the
fools in the country think that they can
beat lawyer in expounding the law.
One-half think they can beat the doctor
in healing the sick. Two-thirds of them
think they can put the minister in a
hole in preaching the Gospel; and all of
them think they can beat the editor in
running the newspaper"
= Judge Langan has issued a bench
warrant for the arrest of Merrill A.
league and fixed his bail at $4,000.
league was cited to appear before
Judge Langan to answer the charge of
contempt for publishing an article
rejecting on the judge for upholding
Frank Wildes, receiver of the Hickey
banks. league is now in New York.
Plans for building six feet eleven
inches wide have been filed with the
bureau of buildings at Manhattan. The
building is to be erected at Delaney
and Chrystie streets and is to be two
stories high and one hundred feet long
1t is to be built upon u site made mar
row by the creation of the Williams
burg bridge plans. The six-foot wide
structure is designed to have ground
floor stores. and is to cost $4,000.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-06-08
Home Bakery
JOHN HUNTER, Prop.
PIES, CAKES, BREAD,
ETC., Etc.
A Fine Line Of California;
Candies, Fruits, Nuts,
ETC., Etc.
Bad Temper a Serious Defect.

1t is said that bad-tempered wom-
an can cause more actual unpleasant
ness for the rest Of humanity than all
the other disagreeable features one
finds in life, and the unlucky posses
or Of an uncontrolled temper should
remedy the fault as soon as possible.
The woman who can control herself
under the most trying circumstances
Is the woman who holds the strongest
power over her FELLOW lectures. No
matter how beautiful &3A clever and
fascinating the bad-tempe"ed woman
may be, her power is infinitesimal
compared with that OF her amiable sis.
ten And amiability is not only power,
It Is mental progression and health
and happiness and long life to ones
self and to ones friends and family
Exchange
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-06-08
Dead Letter Exhibit

In the pOstOffice exhibit of the United
States government. at the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition are dozen or so
cases devoted to the dead letter office,
and here are to be seen the most curious
objects in all the thousands that have
been misaddressed, insufficiently stamp
ed, or, as in many cases, not directed at
all.
Here are several hundred revolvers,
derringers, pump guns, duelling pistols
and all caliber small arms. Knives,
stilletoes, machetes and dirks are piled
i'll heaps. Several Internal machines
are now on show. Knicknaclzs, photos,
curios and hundreds of such articles
are displayed. A petrifed plum pud-
ding and loaf of bread some 40 years
old are in ironical proximity to dozen
or more false teeth, while slung;shots
repose suggestively close to unclaimed
watches and jewelry.
A watch in battered sections explains
its condition by placard informing the
curious that train ran over the time
piece. A scalp feminine hair suggests
the wild west in it's days of savagery
A mail bag, inscribed in Egyptian and
bearing the date of 1880. tells the story
Of how a valuable relic of an early
postal service was carelessly lost in the
twentieth century and the postage due
stamps to $1.2O-that were
on a package, which when opened, con-
tanned the body of dead infant, give
clue to police mystery that was never
solved
Hundreds of like objects, all of in.
terest are on show.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-06-08
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There Is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inhamed condition OF the mucous
lining Of tile Eustnchian Tube.
When this tube is inflameA SOU have
IL rumblTng sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can lie taken out and
this tube restored to it's normal con
dition, hearing will he destroyed for
ever. nine cases ont Of ten are caused
by Catarrh, which is nothing but an
lnhamed condition of the mucous
surfaces,
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir.
culars, free.
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family pills for con
stlpation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-06-08
Keen Scent Of Anlmais.

A fox can scent man half n mile
away IL the wind be blowing I'm the
animals direction. A mouse can smell
cheese so feet away. A deer may be
sound asleep, and yet he will catch
the scent OF person passing 200 feet
OF.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-06-08
SALMAGUNDI
our business'locals elsewhere.

Mrs. E. F. Smiley, of Deeth is visiting
relatives in Elko.
Mrs. M. J. Woodward left on No. 3 to
attend the state meeting of the Pythian
Sisters at Carson City.
Miss Emma Regli, who has been visit.
ing friends in Elko, left this afternoon
for her home in Eureka,
Mrs. J. w. Thompson and Mrs
Andrae, who have been visiting at
Deeth returned yesterday.
Frank A. Lucy, prominent mining
engineer, fell down shaft at Gold
field yesterday and was instantly Killed
He leaves a widow
The X-ray was used on Gordon
Griswold last night, but the physicians
were unable to locate the bullet. He
is,resting pretty well.today. -.
1t is estimated that the people in
Chicago spend 5000, 600 year in keep
ing their shoes polished. Of this
J mount the profits are said to he
100000.
A black purse with the cut of foreign
coins on the clasp has been found and
left at this Office. The owner can get
SINE by proving property and paying
for this notice,
DR.. West is way up in the clouds
today. The cause of it all is the arrival
of very young lady at his house this
morning. The mother and child are
getting along nicely.
A Western Pacific employee ut Palisade
had one of his feet badly injured yester-
day. He was brought to Elko and
taken to the Redwood hospital where
DR.. West attended his injuries.
By the birth of daughter to Mrs.
DR.. West this morning, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lou Henderson become grandpa and
grandma. May their little grand.
daughter grow up to be comfort to
them in their old age. ....
Rheumatism nearly put the writer
out IN. commission today. He was
bare9 able to get to the Office this
morning and was not able to rustic up
&ews items during the day. He hopes;
be all right tomorrow.
Deputy Superintendent Anderson has
made his report to Superintendent Ring
of school children in this county as
shown by the reports of the school
census marshals, These reports foot up
total of 1918, loss of 90 from last
year. This decreas is rather surprising.
The commissioners this forenoon
wrestled with bills against the county
and this afternoon they switched to the
town bills. They cannot do anything
with the courthouse at this meeting on
account Of not having the plans. w.
H. Weeks of Salinas, California, is the
architect.
The committee that is soliciting funds
for the 4th of July celebration report
that they now lack only 5000 of having
enough to meet all the demands of the
committee on arrangements. That de-
Hclency Will soon De covered and we
can now feel safe in writing and invit-
ing our friends to come and make merry
with us.
Deputy Superintendent Anderson has
approved the plans for the new school
buildings and they have been sent to
NSan Francisco to the architects for the
specifications. When the specifications
are received, the trustees will advertise
for bids. There seems to be nothing
in the way now for the buildings to be
completed by the time for the opening
of school.
In yesterdays issue we stated that
the(6flay in the eastbound trains was
dues wreck in the mountains. This in.
formation was given us by an employe
g II. n n
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
STATE BANKERS SEEK CHANGE
Want Bank Taxation Similar to That in
Illinois and New York

James K. I1sley of the Marshall &
Ilsley bank, Milwaukee, chairman Of the
committee Of the Wisconsin Bankers
Association on Taxation; F. W. Hump
hrey, Shawano, and j. r. Wheeler, Co.
lumbus, members Of the committee, ap-
peared before the tax commission to
urge a change in the manner Of taxing
banks.
They wish a uniform system for the
state adopted, something similar to the
law in New York and Illinois, where
all banks are taxed l per cent Of their
capital, surplus and undivided profits.
In this state different communities tax
on different plans and uniformity is en-
tirely lacking.
In Milwaukee, for instance, banks
are taxed per cent and in Madison
and a fraction. The committee is en-
deavo1ing to secure the recommendation
Of the tax commission for it's plan and
will then appear before the joint com
mittee Of the legislature on taxation and
assessment
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
MANY ESCAPE TAX
State Tax Commission Takes Rap
at Personal Property Levy
in Its Annual Report
LESSTHAN ONE HALF OF VALUE

Personal property is assessed at
less than one-half of it's true value. y
is one of the striking statements in the
report of the State Tax Commission,
submitted to the legislature Thursday.
1.-The laws relating to assessments have
not been changed in any material re-
spect since the act Of 1903, resulting
in the exemption Of mortgages, but
assessments of personal property show
falling off from 56.2 per cent to 1875
per cent of the true value during that
period.
''This constantly increasing omission
from the assessments rolls of personal
property, or the differentiation of such
as find their way to the rolls seems to
have the tacit approval of the local
taxpayers; very rarely criticism of the
assessors comes from them. It is quite
apparent that we are fast drifting
away from the assessment of personal
property and toward. tax on land
only
The report further declares that
while the state assessment more than
doubles the value of the personal
property Of the state as assessed local
ly, the root of the evil is not reached
as long as no additional property is
placed on the local rolls.
"The larger the amount of property
omitted by the local assessor, the
heavier is the burden on the proper
ty, which he places on the rolls says
the report. "The nearer he comes to
placing all taxable property upon the
rolls at full value, the lower the rate
and the greater the relief to those
persons who under careless assess
ment find their property on the rolls.
Referring to monies and credits, the
report shows that most assessors seem
to have abandoned all effort to assess
them. This is true as rule through
out the state. There are, of course
"some assessors who diligently per
form their duties, both to quantity and
value of property
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
REV. w. w. STEVENS ILL
Pastor of Park Ave. Church Given Three
Months Vacation to Recuperate

The Rev. w. W. Stevens, pastor of
Park avenue M. E. church, is seriously
i'll at the Kenosha Hospital and his
condition was such on Saturday night
and Sunday that DIR. Roswell Of Chlca-
go was called in consultation with DR..
A. Van Westreinen. Mr.. Stevens is
suffering from an acute obstruction of
the bowels following a chronic illness.
He wa staken to the hospital on Satur-
day and while he passed a comfortable
night his physicians state that his con
dition is serious. After the regular
services at the church ON Sunday even
ing the otnclal board Of the congrega-
tion held meeting and granted to Mr.,
Stevens a three months leave of alb
sence in order that he may have a
chance to recuperate his health. No
steps have yet oeen taken to provide
for filing the pulpit during his absence,
but some arrangements along this line
will be made during the present week.
Mr.. Stevens has worked very hard for
the success of the church work in Keno
sha and his condition is largely due to
the great efforts that he has put forth
for the advancement of the work Of his
church
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
AFTER PIKE RIVER ICE
DR.. Spaldtng is Having Waters From
Greek Analysed in Chicago

Claiming that the waters of Pike
Creek are SO polluted as to make even
the ice taken from them unfit for use,
DR.. j. B. Spalding, city health officer,
IS making a complete as possible test
of the waters of the creek and he is
planning to have all the ice taken
from the creek condemned. To this
end he has sent samples Of the water
to DR.. Evans Of the Chicago Board Of
Health and another sample to the Co.
lumbus Laboratories in Chicago. One
return has been received and this
shows that the water of the creek is
polluted with sewage and it would be
unfit to use as drinking water. For
years ice has been cut from Pike
Creek by private individuals, but this
year it is claimed that the ice is being
cut by one of the local ice companies
and that it will be offered to customers
during the coming summer months.
DR.. Spaldlng holds that the examina-
tions that he has made would show that
the ice is entirely unfit for use save
for cooling purposes. The matter mas
not been taken before the State Board
of Health and DR.. Spalding declares
that the State Board is so slow in act
ing on matters that it is preferable to
handle the matter in Kenosha. The
local Board of Health would not have
the right to condemn the ice taken
from the river, but the secretary Of the
Board could issue public statement
which would make the sale of the ice
if it were impure, decidedly unpopu-
lar proposition for the ice men, The
people who have cut the ice on the
tions are being made and that the ice
will probably be condemned.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
"NEEDS OF THE HOUR
G.. D. Alden Gives Interesting Lecture
at Park Avenue Church

George D. Alden, the well known
New York lawyer, addressed a good
sized crowd at the Park avenue M. E..
church on Thursday evening speaking
on the subject "The Needs of the
Hour Mr.. Alden brought to his aid
a. ready wit and wonderful stock Of
interesting stories which illustrated his
points during the lecture. He stated
that the greatest needs of the hour in
the United States today were honesty
in commercialism with Christianity as
the basic principle of life. The lecture
by Mr.. Alden was one of the best of the
course given under the auspices of the
Park avenue church.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
ARE ACTIVE
kenosha Gun Club CircuIates
Petitions To Secure Spring
Shooting in Wisconsin
OPEN SEASON FOR DUCKS

The Kenosha Gun Club has taken up
the fight to secure spring shooting in
Wisconsin and working with similar
organizations in all parts Of the state
the Kenosha sportsmen are planning to
storm the legislature with hundreds OF
petitions asking that the game laws be
amended so that the shooting of ducks
for a short season in the spring will be
permitted. The following petition is
being circulated among the sportsmen
Of the city and county.
To the Honorable members of the
Senate and Assembly:
We the undersigned members of the
KenoSha Gun Club and licensed hunt
ters of the City of Kenosha, do hereby
petition your Honorable body to amend
the fish and game laws of the State of
Wisconsin so as to allow the citizens
of the State of Wisconsin in open sea-
son for duck hunting in the spring of
the year from about April 10th and
April 25th.
Trusting your Honorable body will
grant the prayer OF your petitioners for
this request and thus your petitioners
will ever pray.
While the petitions have been in cir
culation but a short time already more
than three hundred sportsmen of the
city and the surrounding territory have
signed them and the members of the
Gun Club hope to have them signed by
every licensed hunter in the county.
There seems to be a general support for
the movement in all parts of the State
and it is pretty certain that the move
ment among the hunters will result in
the proposed changes in the game laws
being made.
It is expected that the petitions will
be forwarded to- Asemblyman Curtiss
for presentation in the assembly within
the next few days
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04

Another act Of the farce comedy bat
tie between the Council and the mayor
over that office furniture is to be played
at the next meeting of the Council.
The mayor has all along taken the
ground that the Council had no business
to interfere with his serene highness
and so far it looks as if he has had the
best of the argument. He may make
the Council reverse itself yet and sad
die the city with another perfectly use
less expense as for some reason few
Of the aldermen are disposed to handle
this matter very gingerly. They act as
if they were afraid to go on record.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
FRANCIS SCHLATTER
The Healer

Through the urgent request of some
of his pauents, the healer has decided
to remain in Kenosha for some time
longer. Many have been healed and
benefited since he has been in the city.
If you are afflicted with any chronic
disease don It fail to call upon the heal
er and become a. recipient of the heal
er IS wonderful gift
Office at 319 Wisconsin street corner
Of Ashland avenue. Hours to II a.
m, to s p. m. sf6
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
FOls LONGER TERM
To Uurge Congress to Change Law in
Regard to Life Savers


Owners Of fishing tugs in Kenosha
nave been asked to send petition to
Congress asking that the laws regulat
ing the opening and closing of the
Government Life Saving Station on
ashington Island be changed so that
the station may be kept open during
the entire year Under the law now
in operation the Kenosha station as
we'll as all other stations on the lakes
is opened on the first day of April and
closed on the last day Of November.
This plan was made years ago and was
in keeping with the provisions of the
various companies writing marine in
surance. Now the tug boats which are
used in the great fishing industry pay
about as much attention to the coming
of the winter months as they do to a
slight blow from the north in mid-sum-
mer. Most of these boats are out to
LIT nets every day in the year and
these men insist that the life saving
station should be kept in service dur
ing the entire year. This plan has met
with the support Of fishermen in Mil
waukee and other larger cities and it
is thought that the law may be chang
ed. The leaders of the life saving serv-
ice are not favorable to the change
claiming that at the present time ar
rangements are made for the protec-
ton of all ports in winter and that
the payment Of the men for the added
months would greatly increase the ex-
pense Of maintaining the service.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
SMOKED HAMS BURNED
Small Blaze Takes Place at the Butcher
Shop of Alderman John Wade

The fire department. was called out
just before eight O'Clock Wednesday
evening on account of fire in the
smoke house connected with the meat
market of Alderman John B. Wade.
The fire started. from an overheated
stove and before it was extinguished
considerable damage was done to a
large quantity of hams which were
smoking in the house. The loss is
placed at about $50 and it is partially
covered by insurance. The building in
which the smoke house was located was
not damaged by the fire and the greater
amount of the loss was from the burn
ing of the meats.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
pauper Agent TO Seek Arrest Of
Men Who Leave Families To Be
Supported by Tax Payers
TOO MANY WIFE DESERTERS.
Large Per Cent of the Women and.
Children Supported by the City
Seek Aid on Account of Deser-
ton of Their Husbands

Alderman William Swift who, In his
position as head of the Pauper Commit
tee of the City Council, serves the city
as poormaster, is determined to put an
end to wife desertion in Kenosha if
such an action is possible and to that
end he has adopted the policy of seek
ing the arrest of every man who fees
from the city leaving a family to be
cared for by the pauper committee
He appealed to the police Wednesday
for the arrest of Leonard Darszas, who
is alleged to be in Chicago and whose
wife and four children have appealed
to the city for aid. Darszas left Ke-
nosha Tuesday evening and his wife
seems to be of the opinion that he is in
tending to desert his family. Every
possible effort is being made to locate
the man and if he can be found he will
be brought back and forced to support
his family or go to prison on charges
of desertion.
In the past four or five years ma
jority of the people who have applied
to the city for aid have been forced to
seek this aid on account Of the deser-
ton of husbands. The growth in this
crime has been decidedly noticeable and
while many of the deserted women and
children bear their sorrow without a
murmur many of them at once apply
to the city for aid. The demands on
the paper committee have grown alarm
ingly on this account. These woman
and children are for the most part
women who have been members of good
families in the city, but their relatives
are unable to support them and while
the women are willing to work they are
usually left with from three to seven
small children and the care of the child
rem makes it impossible for them to earn
money enough to support themselves
and the children.
In past years the police Of the city
have made efforts to put an end to this
wife desertion crime, but the efforts
have not been very effectual and at the
present time there are more deserted
wives and children demanding aid from
the city than in any former years. In
some cases it has been discovered that
the men who abandoned their wives and
families in Kenosha have gone to other
states and married and these men could
be sent to the penitentiary for long
terms.
1t is usually the case that the woman
while she is aware Of the perfidy of her
husband for the sake Of the children
hides the facts and instead of insisting
on his being prosecuted she declares to
her friends that she believes the man
is dead. 1t is thought by the pauper
committee that a. few prosecutions of
these fellows with few prison sent
ences will result in this crime being
reduced to minimum in Kenosha. Sim
liar movements are being started all
over the state and the pauper officials in
the various cities are planning to CO.
operate to aid in stamping out this
crime in Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-04
GIRL HAS DISAPPEARED
Waukegan, Kenosha and Zion City Pc
lice Search for Zion City Girl

Miss Josephine Hale of Edna boule-
ward, Zion City, has disappeared, and
the police of Waukegan, Kenosha and
Zion City are engaged in search
for her.
The girl, who is fifteen, is mother
less, and makes her home with her
father She left Zion City some time
Thursday afternoon for no reason that
can be determined and not trace of
her has been found since.
Her uncle, Agent Paxton of the
American Express company at Zion
city, is in active charge of the search.
He believes that the girl may have
come to Kenosha.