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Putnam patriot., 1909-02-12
Officers Make Important Capture.


 Notwithstanding ene man k in the Brooklyn iail awaiting the next term of the Superior court charged with bureiafikng the George L. Bradley place at Ponffet. the breaks have gone steadily on. haffling the state and lo= cal officers Tor q number of weeks. By the taking into custody of Charles Miller ef Bay City, Michigan. by io- cal officers in this city on Wednesday morning 1t is thought the depreda tions will be brought to a close
 When A L. Rhodes manager of the Bradley estate. vert to the place soon aflef SIX clock Wednesday morning. he saw footprints in the suow leading from the house toward the railroad station. These he followed and upon coming to where some section men were at work he inquired if they had seen man. They replied that man with what appeared to be a dress suit case had jumpea freight Station agent Gilbert had also seen the man. and when told of NIT. Rhodes discov- e.y immediately telephoned to Sheriff Holbrook in this city. giving a de scription of the man In the mean. time some woman iuPomfret who had seen the man communicated withCap- tain Murray The result was that when the freight reached Putnam II was surrounded by officers and assist ants, and the man was found hiding i'll car He had in his possession a gun and clock, both in leather cases. which he had taken from the Bradley house that morning.
 He was taken to police hsadsluar- ters and al first refused to talk, but later told a story that surprised the officers and led to the arrest of three other men After giving his name as above. he said he had been hanging around Putnam since December 4tl spending his nights at the gas house i, which has long been headquarters for tramps, earning his lodging by wheel ing coal
 He had been into the Bradley house on four different occasions. January ,4 and se, February 1. and again that "Wednesday morning He had always gone i'll the dav time. When asked what he had done with the things he stole he said he had been promised S7s for an elks head by Fred H Wood. who runs saloon on Elm street. but when he delivered it Wood only gave hun dollar and some beer checks. He also delivered ,e Wood a pair ef aadiFens. bellows, statue. monument. tongs, and umbrella lie received sI for the bellows. and subsequently, Wood gave hisa another dollar.
 Asked II Wooi had told him ito ge, gei out ef town ar he'd get plnehed he sasd he hadn't told him that hnt he gave hun the dollar and told him to s.eeal II. He sasd when he went for the elkS head N aea furnished the team and a mAn io drIse il. Tue man staid oal ln the resa @igh Ghe.Eeam walle he went for the hess The mans name ~as bafFe and Re worked at line gas ! ssSe
 berFe was arrested shortly afSeF FhiS Information Wa, given. Word came sp to .fa 10 oasl bin, out. nus as Jus tsce oE the fsase l.aFnei. os rosnfssi. ~As atssent, sad la~ral o4gseSFs had 10 jurisdiction ia sae mailer. nap7e had ae ssss suskea an until this Thursday
Putnam patriot., 1909-02-12

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Putnam patriot., 1909-02-12
.JIST TIME TO BUY TROUSERS

It's about this date Trousers get houseprung shiney thread bare about tb time when the wear shows or when they're ragged around the bottom pair ot new Duchess Trousers will give almost suit effect iheyr the Biggest Values we ever saw. Graded Tn price from
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-22
BANKS IN GOOD CONDITION
Annual Report Of State Bank Commits
sioner Shows Big Increase


A gratifying condition of financial
affairs in Wisconsin is revealed in the
abstract Of the reports of the 400 state,
mutual and savings banks just com
pleted by Commissioner of Banking M.
G. Burgh. The reports were at the
close of business on June % and the
comparisons are made with the alb
stracts of the reports made April %, a
little less than two months prior.
While the abstract shows that the
amount due from other banks has fall
len off in the short time to the extent
of $1,273,24497 and deposits subject
to check have decreased to the extent
of 1921, 240.33, there has been an in
crease of $1,o11, 2o692 in the two
items of "time certificate deposits =
and savings deposits and yet still
larger increase, 81, $3.50, 032.99, in loans
and discounts. Loans and discounts
increased $1,636,o32, and total re-
sources $131 ,929o21.
Two additional banks are noted in
the report also.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-22
SIGNS OF PEACE
Kenosha Electric Railway Co. Remov-
ing Poles Complained of

There are signs Of peace IN the war
between the Kenosha Gas and Electric
Company and the Kenosha Electric
Railway Company as following the is
sue of an injunction on Wednesday
the crew of workmen of the Electric
Railway Company went out this morn
ing and began to make changes at all
places where there was danger. Poles
were set back and the wires changed
in order to make the setting of the
lines entirely safe. The work done
by the new company was entirely
satisfactory to the officials of the old
company and they declared that no
effort would be made to interfere
further if the new company set their
lines in such way as to eliminate
the danger from accidents. The work
of changing the poles will require sew
eral days, but it is certain that every
possible step will be taken to make
the lines of the competing companies
far enough apart for safety.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-22
Trustees of the Swedish Baptist
Church Decide To Erect New
Church During Year
PLANS FOR BUILDING READY
Bids Will be Received Early Next
Week and Splendid New Structure
Will be Built at the Corner of
Crate and Elizabeth SITS.

Kenosha will have another church
before the opening of the new year
as the trustees of the Swedish Baptist
congregation have accepted the plans
and specifications for their church
drawn by Architect Howard II. Hahn
and bids for the contract for the work
will be received early next week
The church will be located at the
corner of Eliza beth and Crate streets
and will be one of the most beautiful
of the, smaller church edifces in the
city. 1t will be erected at a cost of
from $4,000 to $4,000 and it is ex-
pected that it will be ready for dedica-
ton by the middle of December
Plans are already being made for the
laying of the corner stone of the church
which is to take place late in the
present summer.
The congregation is one of the small
est in the city, but is one of the most
enthusiastic and it is thought that the
devotion of the members to their
church will make it possible for them
to raise large amount Of the money
needed for the building before the
coming of the winter months.
The church is to be a handsome
brick and stone structure sixty-two
feet square and it will be model IN
every way. In addition to the church
building the plans provide for the
erection Of a parsonage for the pas
tor the Rev. Axtel Wall. Inc pas
tors home will adJoin the church and
will be Of similar construction. The
main building will contain an audi
forum for church purposes and Sun
day school room for the use of the
children in addition to a number of
class rooms and parlors, The audi
forum is planned SO that gallery
may be added to it later and it will
when completed have seating capa-
city of $50 people. The Sunday school
room will have a seating capacity of
a hundred and the plans provide that
the two rooms may be thrown together
at any time a larger auditorium is
demanded. The church will be fitted
with every modern convenience and it
will be built of the best possible ma
terials,
The members of the congregation
have been planning on the erection
of the church for some time and the
site on which it is to be located is
central to many Of the members Of
the congregation. It will be within 2
short distance Of the new Columbus
school now in course of erection.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-22
CAN GET FEES
State Treasurer Pays Back Fees Due
to Doctors and Others

Doctors, midRtves, ministers, town
clerks and other people in the county
having claims against. the state for
the fling of vital statistics may now
secure all fees due them during the
year 1908. County Treasurer F. A.
Marx has received from the state
treasurer a state warrant in the
amount of a little over $500 to pay
these fees. The fees vary from 25
cents due to some of the ministers
to $44.50 due to some of the midwives
of the city The largest item is the
bill of Health Officer Dr. Spalding
which amounts to $20460. This is
paid to the health officer by the state
and is in ADDITION to the salary paid
to him as health officer None of the
fees were held up this year as all of
the claimants for fees are properly
registered under the laws of the state
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-22
WOULD BUILD ROADS.
Auto Owners Of Kenosha To Be
Asked TO Contribute to Fund
for Road Building
MANY CITES INTERESTED

If the plans of various wideawake
automobile owners materialize, Racine
Milwaukee and Kenosha counties will
shortly have some of the best automo
bile highways in tie country. The
plan, which seems to meet with much
favor, is to assess each automobile
owner a sum Of $40 month to go into
a general fund for keeping the roads
in good condition. From this fund, 3
man will be appointed in each town
ship to go over the principal high
ways at regular intervals with a scrap
er and roller, if necessary, removing all
stones and other %obstructions, which
have always been a menace to automo-
bilists. The work Of each man will be
under the supervision of the Town
Board to whom he will report
regularly,
A meeting of all autoists interested
in the good roads movement will be
held in the near future, at which some
definite action will be taken. Later.
on, meeting of committees from all
the cities in this vicinity that are in
terested will be held and the pro rata
expense figured out.
This plan has been adopted in sew
eral sections throughout the east, and
it has been found that it is possible
for one man in a township to keep
all the main highways in excellent
condition. No attention will be paid
to the cross roads, unless they are of
importance to autoists, the object be-
ing to benefit automobile owners par
ticularly, although it can be readily
seen that much good to the general
travelling public will be accomplished
Automobile owners who nave been
approached on the subject claim that
the cost to each individual owner will
easily be counteracted by the differ
ence in expenses in operating their
cars, as the majority of punctures
and breakdowns happen outside the
city limits due to the bad condition Of
! the highways.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-22

About the first thing that the COM
mittee in charge of the public play
ground will have to do will be to
make it understood that the play
ground is for the use of the children
of the city exclusively and that child
rem of a larger growth are not invited
or expected to use the playground as a
summer garden or public park at night.
Unless they succeed in doing this at
once the equipment is not going to
last any time at all. All of the child
rem of the city, no matter in what
section they live, are invited and well
coined to the playground at the regu-
lar hours it is being maintained for
their benefit, but it certainly was not
the intention of those who raised the
money to equip the grounds to provide
an amusement resort for the young
men and women of the city to use
after dark. They will have to find
another place to play for the equip
ment will not stand hard usage such
as it has been getting lately and when
that now in place is destroyed it will
be hard matter to persuade any one
to go to work and raise money to buy
more to be used up in the same way
by those who have no right to use
MI
public playground will be a great sue
cess from every standpoint if it is not
interfered with for more and more of
the children are using it every day,
but unless the city authorities come
to the rescue of the committee in
charge and keep the grounds clear at
night the children will soon be de-
prived of it's benefits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-22


risen 3A inches, Lakes Michigan and
Huron have risen 2A inches, Lake
Erie inches, and Lake Ontario ~
inches
During July, Lake Superior is like
ly to rise pa inches, Lakes Michigan
and Huron 2 inches, Lake Erie y
inch, and Lake Ontario y inch.
Lake Superior is inches lower than
the average June stage of the past
ten years and about III inches lower
than last year. It is inches higher
than in June, 1891, but 1874 inches
lower than in 1896 and II inches low
er than in 1903.
Lakes Michigan and Huron show
stage n inch higher than the average
June stage of the past ten years and
'6h inches lower than last year, but
IA inches higher than in 1896 In
June, 1886, the water was 30A inches
higher
Lake Erie is 5A inches above the
mean June stage of the past ten years
and 80 inches lower than in June last
year, but 1914 inches higher than in
1895. It Is 1874 inches lower than in
June, 1876, and 1917 inches lower
than in June, 1887.
Lake Ontario is ~ inches higher
than the average June stage of the
past ten years and 1914 inches lower
than in June last year. In 1870 it
was 16 inches higher, and IN 1886 1871
inches higher than in 1909 In June,
1897, it was 2014 inches lower than
this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-22
POKE FUN AT kENOSHA TO PROTECT CLIENTS
Lawyers Admitted to Practice 10
Wisconsin Must Subscribe
to Binding Obligation
NEW LAW OF GREAT INTEREST

One of the most interesting of the
new statutes passed by the recent
Legislature which will be officially pub
lished in Kenosha today is one relat-
ing to the admission of lawyers to
the bar. This new law provides that
the attorneys shall subscribe to an
oath before being admitted and the
oath is one that is interesting in the
light of some cases which have been
tried in Kenosha, The act in full
follows:
"Section l. There is hereby added
to the statutes a new section to read:
Section 25S6a. Each person admit
ted to practice as member of the
bar Of any court of this state shall
subscribe the roll of attorneys to be
kept by the clerk and shall in open
court take an oath or affirmation of
the tenor following, towlt:
~ do solemnly swear:
81 will support the constitution Of
the United States and the constitution
Of the state of Wisconsin;
ct will maintain the respect due to
courts of justice and judicial officers !;
81 will not consent or maintain any
suit or proceeding which shall appear
to me to be unjust, or any defense, ex-
cept such as [ believe to be honestly
debatable under the law of the land !;
81 will employ for the purpose of
maintaining the causes confded to me,
such means only as are consistent with
truth and honor, and will never seek
to mislead The judge or jury by any
artifce or false statement Of act OF
law.
81 will maintain the confidence and
preserve inviolate the secrets of my
client and will accept no compensation
in connection with his business except
from him or with his knowledge and
approval.
CT will abstain from all offensive
personality and advance no fact pre-
judicial to the honor or reputation Of
a party or witness, unless required by
the Justice Of the cause with which |
am charged.
81 will never reject, from any con
sideration personal to myself, the
cause of the defenseless or oppressed,
or delay any man s cause for lucre OF
malice. So help me God.
"Sectlon 2. This act shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after
it's passage and publication
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-22
First publication June "a, 1909
NOTICE. 10 CREDITORS

HENoSHA COUNTY CoURT-In probate
IN In the matter of the estate of John P
Steinbach, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and
demands Of ali persons against John p. Stein
bach, deceased, late of the city of Kenosha, in
said county of Kenosha, will be examined and
adjusted by the county court of Keuosha coun-
ty at the regular terms Of said court to be hold
en- at the county court room, in the city of Ke.
nosha in and for said county. the first Tues
day of September A. D. 1902 and on the first
Tuesday of February. A. d. 1910, at ten
O'Clock a. of those days; also that the time
until and including the first Tuesday of
January, A. D. 1910 is the time allowed and
limited for creditors of said John P. Steinbach,
deceased, to present their claims for examina :
ton and allowance
Dated at Kenosha, the 18th day of June, A.
D. 1909. II By tue Court,
RUSSELL II. SLoSsON,
WIZ County Judge.
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AGE

named plaintiff and sgainst the above named
detepdants, l, the undersigned, sheriff of the
CoHIty of Kenoska. in toe State of Wisconsin
snalt olter for sale aud sell at public vendue at
the front door of thee urt hou ,e in the city aud
county of Keuosha, III the state of Wisconsin,
on the Dist day of August, A D 1890. at two
o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the real
estate and mortgaged premises directed in said
Judgment to be sold, or SO much thereof as NAV
De Sufficient to cay the amount due TO the above
named plaintiff upon said Judgment for princi.
pal, interest and costs, together with the ex-
penses of such sale. which said premises are
described in said Judgment as follows:
All that part of the southwest quarter. of sec
ton tweuty-four "a, township che al north,
range twenty-five t22l east which lies east of the
right OF way of the Chicago Il Milwaukee EleC-
trio Railroad company, containing IL acres;
Also, all that part of the northeast quarter of
section one CD. township one ~ North, range
Twenty-Five 22( east, which lies north of Graves
subdivision. south of the right of way OF the
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
and west OF the right of way of the Chicago &
Milwaukee Electric Railroad company; also
the south Isl feet of that paIt of the uorJheast
quarter of section obe (ll. township one l north
range twenty-five (22l east, which lies north of
Elizabeth street, east of The right of way of The
Chicago 81 Milwaukee, Electric Railroad COM
pauy and west of Charles street;
Also, all that part of the northeast quarter of
the northeast quarter OF section twerity-four
(34l' township two n north, range twenty-five
t22) east, which lies west of the right of way
of the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Rail-
road company;
Also the south thirty-three (S5) feet of that
part of the southeast quarter of section thirteen
i1S), township two (2l north, range twenty-five
~ east, which lies west of the right of way of
the Chicago Sc Milwaukee Electric Railroad
company;
Also ali that part of the west 1922 chains of
the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter
of section twenty-five (25l, township two ~
north, of range twenty-five on east of the
fourth p. M, lying east of the right of way of
the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad
company, containing 5.5+ acres. All of the
above described parcels of land being situate in
the County of Keuosha and State of Wisconsin,
Dated: Sheriff's Office, Kenosha County,
Wisconsin, July 8, A. d. 1909.
VIM. II. GUNTER,
Sheriff Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
OTTO r. HANSEN,
Plaintiffs Attorney,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. w16
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-22
First publication July /, 1909.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

II ENOSHA COUNTY COURT-In probate.
N In the matter of the last will of Or1a
M. Ca11xns, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
claims and demands Of all persons against
Orla M. Ca1kins, deceased, late of the city of
Kenosha, in said County of Kenosha. will be ex-
amined and adjusted by the County Court of
Kenosha County at the regular terms of said
Court to be holden at the County Court room, in
the City of KenoSha. in and for said County, on
the first Tuesday of September A. D. 1909, and
on the first Tuesday of February, A. D. 1910, at
ten o'clock A. M. of those days; also that the
time until.and including the first Tuesday of
January, A. d. 1910, is the time allowed and
limited for creditors of said Or1a M. Calkins,
deceased, to present their claims for
examination and allowance.
Dated at Kenosha, the 10Th day of June, A.
D. 1909. By the Court,
RUSSELL n. SLOSSON,
wis County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-22
Chicago, Kenosha & Milwaukee
Electric R'y Co. To Ask Fran
chise Through Waukegan
WOULD BUILD LINE NEXT YEAR
New Lease Of Life Has Been Given to
Plan by the Fact That New Men
Have Taken a Financial
Interest in Company

New life has been given to the plans
of the Chicago, Kenosha and Milwau-
kee Electric Railway Company by the
announcement that the company is
now seeking franchise to build their
lime through the city of Waukegan
and the members of the Council at
Waukegan have been notified that the
Grover Company will within few
days make formal application to that
body for a right of way through Wan,
kegan. 1t will be the first time that
the company has sought franchise
from the Council at Waukegan. In
making the announcement that fran
chise would be sought it was announc-
ed that new financial backing had been
secured for the line and that the men
now backing the company were ready
and willing to build the line with the
opening of a new year. 1t is said
that the company will offer a PROPOSE,
ton of very desirable nature to the
Waukegan officials. Waukegan has
been pretty well under the domination
Of the Chicago an. -4llwaukee during
the last few years, but it is said that
the new city administration in Wauke-
gan is favorable to competition in the
street railway business and that the
proposed franchise ordinance from the
Grover Company will be a popular
measure and will get every considera-
ton.
The Grover Company at one time ap-
pealed to the City Council Of Kenosha
for franchise, but the ordinance was
voted down by the Council and after
this action had been taken the com
pany declared that it would condemn
land for the right of way through the
city. This work was started, but it
was found that the cost Of the right
of way was going to be enormous and
it is now said that should franchise
be granted at Waukegan the company
will again take try before the Ke-
nosha Council.
The present plans of che company
provide only for the construction of a
line between Kenosha and Waukegan,
but it is highly necessary to the com
pany that it have terminals in both
of the cities. The line would be of
little or no value without these termi-
nails There is no doubt but that the
company is planning for a line to run
all the way between Milwaukee and
Chicago, but it may take years to car
ry out this plan. The getting of right
Of way north Of Kenosha, however,
seems to indicate that the company is
determined to parallel the lines of the
Frost company.
1t has been repeatedly suggested
that the new company has an under
standing with the so-called Beggs line
running between Milwaukee and Ke-
nosha, but this rumor has been denied
by the officials Of the new company
and they declare that the line is in
dependent of all existing systems of
electric railway between Chicago and
Kenosha.