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Cañon City record., 1910-12-22
Tuesday

Tuesday
Mr. Harry Bowen resumed his du-
ties Monday after few days vacation
owing to sickness.
Mr.. C. A. ]. Begbie, of Trinidad, who
is cashier at the d. & r. g. freight Of
fee during the absence of Mr.. W. w.
Sells. went to Denver Christmas day
to spend the day with friends.
Mr.. william Dozier, Jr., son of Mr..
W. H. Dozier of the First National
Bank. who is employed in the Morey
Mercantile house in Denver. spent the
Christmas holidays with his folks.
Sunday morning a few flakes of
snow almost deceived us into believ-
ing that we were to have white
Christmas" but somehow or other the
white" part of the Christmas did not
materialize.
Mr.. James Sykes. of Arkansas, who
has lived in Canon City for some time,
has been quite III with severe cold
the last few days. His condition is
much better at present
Professor W. S Glass. OF the Cripple
Greek schools. who for many years
taught science in the schools here,
spent Christmas day and Monday with
friends in this city
Mr. and Mrs. l. W. Felter and
daughter. Miss Media. went 10 Denver
Monday morning for the purpose OF
finding a suitable residence which
they might occupy On their removal
to the capital city which is to ocur
about the last OF January The Fell
.ers will be one a week
C. II. Rau. OF the Rau-Emmerson
Furniture company. left Saturday
morning on combined pleasure and
business visit To Keokuk and Burling-
ton. Iowa. and points in central and
northern Illinois He will stop for a
day or so On the return trip.
We were pleased to entertain two
Trinidad newspaper men during brief
calls on Monday Editor Stewart Todd
OF the Trinidad Advertiser found time
To say halloa 10 us while here VISITING
Reverend and Mrs. Harris. Editor
shoup. OF the Trinidad Chronicle
News. spent some fifteen minutes or
more. with us while in the city. the
guest OF friends.
l.. W Felter Saturday afternoon re-
ceived from the American colony in
Jerusalem. Syria. a post card con-
tanning Christmas greetings. For a
number OF years the manager In
charge OF the little store in the Amer
lean colony there. which is situated
near Joppa gate to the city. has sent
Mr. Felter a holiday message OF some
kind and one that is highly appreciat-
cd by him on account OF the associa-
tlons which they recall.
Mr. Charles Wright arrived home
Saturday afternoon to spend the re-
mainder OF the Christmas vacation
with his parents who live at 42s
Greenwood avenue. Charlie was with
the Colorado College Glee Club on its
tour Of the southern part OF the state.
Cañon City record., 1910-12-22

wan,ed-Clean cotton rags at the
Record Office
For the carpet or for any old
place-old papers-IOc a bundle. Rec
ord ONCE i05tf
Cañon City record., 1910-12-22
A New Year. sunny Thought.

The New Years bells are nnging.
they echo through the night \ thou
sand hopes are winging. TO distant
hQseE their flight And heart TO heart
Hmeeting. while 10 each friend most
ydcar. we send the earnest greeting
BE thine glad New Year"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-06
HOORAYING Us. HARD WORK

One of the easiest things to do is
to get the average resident in small
town to talk of the exceptional ad-
yantages of his particular town for
the location of industries, and one OF
the hardest things is to get the same
citizen to do any real work to develop
the resources or to spend any of his
time trying to interest outside capt.
tai in the development. The series
of "booster" meetings which are be-
ing held at various towns in Jeffer-
son, Clearfield and Elk counties are
excellent in their aim, but unless fol-
lowed up by the patient and persist
ent work of officers of well organ
lied business mems association, the
movement will prove abortive. Rey-
noldsville has had experience in many
varieties of town boosting" cam
paigns, from the wildly excited town
meeting to the quiet and persistent
WOlh vi q low pdgiho NNhS'ohb "''Sii
tion to opportunities that develop.
She has learned to her sorrow that
too much enthusiasm and eagerness
to land Industries may lead to lack
of sane judgment and later disaster
in the projects carried out. There
are times when the rejection of a
proposition made for establishing
factory may be of better service to
town than its acceptance under the
terms proposed. 1t is for this reason
that every town should maintain
board of trade and entrust the work
of town boosting" to its deliberate
judgment rather than to the hap
hazard decision of a public meeting
where desire to appear public spirited
usually takes the place of sane con-
sideration.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-06

church building often is considered
as useful for only one thing, the ac-
tual church service. This ought not
to be. 1t ought to be kept open all
the time and useful and helpful in
stitutions maintained there for the
benefit of the wayfarer and the in
habitants of the town. People ought
to unite in religious matters as they
do in everything else. The church is
not accomplishing half what it was
intended for when it is kept closed
siX-sevenths of the time. What is
the use of having half dozen poor
struggling churches in the small
towns when one or two would be able
to accommodate the people? And
the work that could be done with the
extra funds would be simply wonder
full. Why do people invest their
money in big building and let 1t lie
idle almost all the time? Instead of
having desolate and deserted build
ings around a town, why not make
these church buildings into places of
permanent and perpetual useful
ness?"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-06
THE CHURCH THAT IS CLOSED

To those who read the review of
Rev. P. p. Womer's new book in last
weeks issue of The Star, appealing
for new deal" in religious matters,
the following from the lips of ex-
Governor Edward w. Hoch, of Kan
sas, will be of exceptional interest:
go anywhere and you will pass
through dozens of small towns were
the people are struggling to keep up
from three to half dozen small
churches. The buildings are usually
in need of paint and repairs, but that
is immaterial. Most of them are
closed six days in the week, and when
they are opened on Sunday they are
cold and cheerless. The people feel
that they must go to church once or
twice on Sunday, but they are glad
when they are able to leave the
church and get back into the cheer
fulness of their own home. What
ought to be done is to build union
churches, or a church where minis
ters of different denominations could
be asked to preach There ought
not to be more than one or two
churches in any town Of 400 to 900
or 700 population, These churches
could be kept in good repair all the
time. They could be kept open every
day in the week. The funds would
be sufficient for the organization own
ing the building to provide a clerk,
who would have charge of a library
which kept good books, where re-
1igious papers and books Of all de-
nominations could be found and read.
There should be reading room, an
information bureau, sort of free en-
ployment bureau and nursery. A
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-06

The Brookville Republican ironi-
cally suggests that the fusion forces
of the state name the minority COM
missioner of Jefferson county for Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania in place of
Grim or Berry. Well, why not? Nc
Cav would stand about as much
chance of election as either of the
gentlemen named and it is just pos
sible that if it came to test of ability
he would have the esteemed gentle
man from Chester beaten a mile.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-06

There is a minister in Reynolds
vile who is very plainspoken in his
opinion that "the town is going
straight to the devil" being moved
to make that extraordinary statement
by the unusually good patronage
which the playhouses are receiving.
But there are others who see in the
reviving gayety of the town an indi-
cation that the gloom of panic years
is disappearing and that money is
again circulating freely.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-10-06

There will be a pretty fight at the
next County Institute between PUNK
sutawney and Reynoldsville for the
place for the next meeting of that as
sociation, with the chances in favor
Of Punxsutawney So it looks, from
our point Of yiew.---Big Run Tribune.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-04
MYSTERY FOR POLICE
Wisconsin Blacky'' Found
Dead at Benton Harbor-
May Be From Kenosha
TELEGRAM PROVES A PUZZLE.

The Kenosha police have mystery
contained in telegram received from
the chief of police of Benton Harbor
this morning. The telegram intimates
that some Kenosha man was found
dead there but it does not give suf-
ficient facts for the police to identify
the man. The telegram follows:
Wisconsin Blacky, probably Austin,
found dead. l am told has sister,
Maggie Martin in Kenosha. What shall
we do with the body?"
The police know no one by the name
of Austin who is missing from the city
nor have they been able to find "Mag-
gle Martini The name Of the sister
of the dead man does not appear in the
city directory and a search made fails
to reveal any trace of her or any news
in regard to the dead man.
The fact that the man was known as
Wisconsin Blackyo has led the po-
lice to believe that the dead man is a
negro and the telegram has been turn
ed over to several negroes in the city
for investigation. 1t is thought pos
sible that the dead man may be Rich
ard Hackley, brother of Charles
Hackley, who is employed at the Bad
ger Brass Company but there seems to
be nothing to base this solution of the
mystery on save the fact that Hackley
has been away from Kenosha for some
time and the further fact that his
relatives do not seem to know Just
where he is at the present time. 1t is
evident that the Benton Harbor police
have good reason to believe that the
man is Kenosha man as they are de-
handing that the police of this city
take steps to dispose of the BODY.
Relatives of Richard Hackley sent
special delivery letter to the Aichi-
gan official this morning asking that
they be sent better description Of the
dead man. It is just possible that the
man is a white man and that he took
the name Wisconsin Blacky' while
travelling about the country and that
he may be, connected with some well
known family in Kenosha. The police
have asked for further information in
regard to the dead man but it had not
been received up to late hour this
afternoon.
The telegram gives no details as to
the manner in which the man came to
his death. Hackley was supposed to be
working on a lake boat and for this
reason it was thought possible that he
might be at Benton Harbor. The moth
er Of Hackley lives in Columbus, Ohio,
but he has several relatives in Ken
osha,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-04
TO PROCURE DATA
Figures Show That Immense Quantities
Of Lumber Are Used.

An investigation into the wood-using
industries of Wisconsin reveals the fact
that more than $50 million board feet
OF lumber valued at approximately
$20,000,000 is utilized annually in the
numerous lines of manufacture carried
on. This is but part of the lumber in
dustry of the state, the figures not in
Guiding the vast volume of material
turned out by the sawmills, as we'll as
other forest products which are not
considered as raw material for further
manufacture.
Data showing the number, character
and variety of the products of the
wood-using concerns located within the
state, have for the first time been
gathered and are now made public bv
the state board of forestry, which CO.
operated with the federal forest serv-
ice in collecting the data.
The Importance of Wisconsin as a
lumber producing ana consuming state
has long been apparent, as evidenced
by the industrial data gathered for the
entire country, though less information
concerning the consumption of forest
products in the state has been gathered
than in the matter of the production.
For several years the commonwealth.
through the agency of the state board
of forestry, has been urging protection
of its forest lands as we'll as refores
tration for the purpose of prolonging
the life of the lumber business and in
creasing the number of industries
wherein wood in its various forms en-
tiers exclusively or partially into the
manufactures. Data of this has now
been collected.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-04
Board Of Directors of Saw
ings Bank System Ready to
Make a Complete Test
IN SMALL OFFICES

The postal savings bank system Great,
ed at the recent session of congress will
be in operation by October l if the
board of directors succeeds in carrying
out it's present plans.
The department so far has received
applications for the establishment of
postal banks from 800 towns and cities,
while 644 national and state banks
have asked for deposits Of the postal
bank funds.
Postoffice officials expect to start the
system in one or two towns in each
state In this limited field the machin-
ery of the institution will be tested
thoroughly. It is the view of the di-
rectors that any mistakes that are
made would not be far reaching in
small communities and that it would
be the part Of wisdom to postpone the
inauguration in large cities until the
system is perfected by actual expert
ence.
One of the first banks opened, how
ever, will be in Washington, D. c., for
the reason that there the system can
be developed under the eyes of the post
master general, the secretary of the
treasury, and the attorney general,
whom congress holds responsible for its
operation.
1t is expected that within few
months after the opening of the first
banks it will be possible to extend the
system to New York, Chicago and other
large cities.
The board of trustees will hold an
other meeting early in August, after the
return Of Postmaster General Hitch
cock from abroad, when the recon-
mendations of the committee will be in
dorsed. 1t will be strongly urged that
the banks be not established at this
time in Offices of the first class. The
committee deems it desirable that so
far as possible each of the forty-seven
states be given an experimental bank.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-04

There is nothing truer than the old
saying that familiarity breeds con-
Tempt and narrow escape from an
accident is needed just so often to re-
mind the public and the employees of
the railway companies that we have
some very dangerous crossings in this
city. The managers of the railway is
sue the most stringent instructions to
their men to slow up and sound their
danger signals on approaching all Of
these crossings but when there has been
no accident and no narrow escapes from
any for quite a while they get careless
and take a chance on "running the
crossing" now and then. The same
way with the public. For time after
an accident all drivers literally obey
the cid injunction which used to be
posted at every railroad crossing
Stop, Look, Listen but they soon
get careless too and many of them even
fail to slow up at all on approaching
one of these danger spots Then some
day there is an accident and everybody
becomes careful at once.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-04
RETURN OPEN VERDICT
Coroner's Jury Fails to Fix Blame for
Death of Italian Workman July 9.

The coroner's jury called to investi-
gate into the death of Sebastino Fer
ruggia, a Kenosha italian killed at the
Simmons switch on the afternoon of
July 9th when freight train caught
a. band of workmen who had crawled
under car to get away from a rain
storm, completed its work on Thursday
evening at the municipal court. The
jury returned an open verdict failing
to fix any blame for the accident. It
is not known what further steps will
be taken in the case No facts other
than those given out in the published
accounts of the accident were brought
out at the inquest. The section fore
man in charge of the gang of men who
narrowly escaped death was one of the
principal witnesses and he testified
that such heavy rain was falling that
the men did not hear the train coming.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-04
FILL VACANCIES SOON
Police and Fire Commission Examines
Four for Places on City Forces.

-Four for Places on City Forces.
Six new men will be added TO the poA
lice and fire department Of che city in
keeping with the orders of the com
mon council within short time as at
a meeting of the police and fire COM
mission held on Wednesday evening
four applicants were examined and
successful candidates will be certified
to the chiefs of the two departments
More men are seeking places on the po-
lice force than in the fire department
and three of the four examined last
night desired to go ON the police force
There are but three men on the wait
ing list at the present time and it is
pretty certain that all the men who
pass the. examination will get places.
The commission will hold another ex-
animation within the next few weeks
and at that time it is expected that
there will be large number of apple
ants. The salary that is now being
paid police officers and fremen offers
to the men a good living and it is ex-
pected that many Kenoshans will seek
places on the two forces The commits
sion is anxious to get long list Of
eligibles that the chief Of the depart
ment may have some one to select from
in case special officials are needed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-04
AN ENJOYABLE TIME.

Of the many social events which have
been enjoyed by the members of the
Adult Bible class of the Park Avenue
M E. church, the social held Thursday
night on DR.. Van Westrienen S lawn
was one Of the very best. The "July
members had charge, and merriment
was at high ebb from beginning to
end. The grounds were prettily de-
corated with, flags, Chinese lanterns
and electric lights, and made ideal sur
roundings for the old-fashioned games,
and contests that formed the major
part of the evenings entertainment.
During the evening dainty refresh
ments were served and brief program
rendered. Mrs. Frank McGill gave two
very humorous readings, Miss Emma
Everett a pleasing piano number, and
w. d. Richards two enjoyable vocal Sc
lections. About one hundred persons
were present and there was a unanim-
Gus verdict that DR.. and Mrs. Van
Westrienen, and the committee in
charge, know well the art of entertain
inU
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-04
WILL ADVERTISE STATE
State Board of Immigration Plans to
Exhibit the Products,

The Wisconsin state board of immi-
grafton will exhibit the products of the
state at several fairs and expositions
during the fall and early winter. The
exhibits will be separated so as to show
the products Of the we'll developed
southern portion and those coming from
the northern half of the state. where
there are large areas of cheap unsettled
lands
There are yet several millions of
acres of land In northern Wisconsin
wholly unimproved, much of which is
offered at SO to $15 per acre. The
region is traversed by many direct
lines of railway with towns every five
or six miles. 1t is close to these towns
that the land is for sale to settlers.
In order that homeseekers NAV have
authentic information regarding these
lands the Wisconsin legislature created
the state board OF immigration with in
structions to prepare and publish pamp-
hlets for distribution to homeseekers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-04
POURED GASOLINE ON CHILD
Little Carl Greening Badly Burned as a
Result of Prank of Child Friends.

Carl Greening, the four year old son
of Henry Greening, the Prairie avenue
shoe merchant, was terribly burned late
Wednesday afternoon, as a result Of a
prank Of some of his little boy friends.
The children had started bonfire
near the Greening home and one of the
boys had secure a can of gasoline to
get the fire started. AS prank he
poured portion of the gasoline on one
of young Greetings bare legs. A min
ute later piece of burning paper blew
out of the fire and struck the leg of
the little boy igniting the gasoline.
The cries of the child brought the
people of the neighborhood and they
managed to extinguish the flames before
the clothing of the little boy was burn
ed off. DR.. Lansdowne was called and
Immediately dressed the wounds of the
boy and while it is not thought that
the burns will prove fatal the little
fellow will 5e laid up for some time as
a result of the prank.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-04

The committee in charge Of the con-
struction of the new city hall might
learn something from study of the
methods used in the erection Of the
new government building just across
the way. The bill of the contractor
has just been cut because some Of the
material used in the building is not up
to the standard set, although it was
passed by the government inspectors
at the time it was put in and it is not
claimed that it s use weakens the build
ing in any way. 1t is simply below
standard, that is all, and Uncle Sam
always intends to get just what his
specifications call for and nothing else
is accepted. Something else S'iust as
good or even better will not do at
all and while it is not expected that
the local committeeman will he as ar
bltrary as the government inspectors,
nevertheless a strict adherence to the
specifications will do no harm and will
relieve the committee from any respon-
sibility in permitting changes about
which there is often. decided differ
ence of opinion
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-08-04
LOOK FOR RECORD TAX LEVY
$350,oOO Will be Demanded to Pay the
Running Expenses of the City Dur
ing the Coming Year-May Mean Is
Mill Levy.

The financial condition of the city of
Kenosha was discussed from many
standpoints at meeting of the finance
committee of the common council at
the city hall on Tuesday night and the
committee made a rough estimate of the
funds that will be needed for the ex-
penses of the city for the coming year
which indicated that it will be neces-
sary to increase the taxes to at least
Is mills and there is grave doubt if
such an assessment would raise money
enough to meet the demands of the
city.
The study of the finances showed
that the city had on hand at the pres
ent time in the neighborhood Of $780,
900 above the amounts needed for the
payment Of bonds and fixed charges.
The funds for streets and alleys and
for the care of the paupers were found
to be over drawn. It was decided to
take seven thousand dollars from the
fund for harbor repairs and a thousand
dollars from the sewer and paving fund
to make for the failure of the library
board to make any rebate to the council
this year. The new tax levy will not be
available until some time in March
and it will be necessary for the city to
borrow money for running expenses be-
fore that time.
The committee in their rough esti-
mate of the expenditures for next year
figured that the amount to be raised
from all purposes would be in the
neighborhood of $349,O00. It is expect
ed that $4,000 of this will come from
licenses and the remaining 100000
must be raised by taxation. The COM
mittee figured that this could be raised
with a fifteen mill levy provided the
assessed valuation reached the $20,000,-
600 mark but this is very improbable.
In fact it is thought that the assess
ment will show a very large increase
if it reaches $19,000ooO.
A Is mill levy would be the largest
made in Kenosha in many years if not
In the history of the city and there is
little doubt but that it would cause a
lot of bitter criticism against the ad-
ministration. The demands for money
however, are so great that there is alb
solutely no chance of the levy falling
below the i3 mills set last year and if
such levy would be made it would be
with the understanding that all funds
would have to be cut to the very limit
and plans for many improvements now
sought would have to be abandoned
The members of the committee have
taken copies of the demands which
will be made for funds next year and
between now and the first Of Deem
Der they will seek to find a way out of
the financial troubles.