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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-23

The family of NJ. Meade, Of
Dundee, is being visited by Mrs.
T. E. Meade, of BarabOO, WiscOn-
sin. Mr.. Meade will also be here
soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Shady visited
in Larned Sunday.
Everett Massie has gone east
on business.
Joe Degen, W. H. Rice, Sam
Beckett, and John Ragan were in
the city last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. P. D. Lamereux visited in
st. John this week.
Mrs. NJ. Kimler was called to
TOnganoxie this week by the SER
ious illness of a relative.
Uncle Dick Williams and wife
visited with the LOwrey'S up at
Speareville this week.
Miss Eva LebOld, of Cincinnati
ii, is here for a visit with rela-
tives, the Brinkman'S..
Mr.. Toleff TOleffsen, accOmpan
led by his wife and daughter, OF
West Salem, Wis, stopped OIL
here the first of the week for a
visit with his nephew, F. Hemker
and others.
A. H. johnson was up from
Hutchinson Thursday renewing
old acquaintance and trying tt
oct over a case of inconsistencies
He is anxious to get back to tn
Bend to live, but won't admit 1t.
Mrs. Amos johnson visited FL
linwood friends his week.
Remember the opening Of Mad
am GOuld's north side mlllmer!
this week. She has one Of tn
finest lines ever brought to thu
city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-23
Dawson.

Mrs. Ben l. Dawson, for many
years a resident of this county,
and who moved with her husband
and family to Canon City a num-
Der of years ago, died September
9th at the family home from sew
ere burns received a few days pre-
viously. She was carrying pail
of Scalding water when she stun
bled and fell, throwing the water
over her person. The many old
time friends of the family here
extend their sympathy in this
bereavement which has come to
the sOrrOwing husband and chill
dren.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-23
Jacob Rsdigsr and Wife Home
Their Illinois Visit.

Jacob Rediger aud wife Return
ed Friday from Illinois where tie
went a couple OF weeks ago to
attend the 18th annual reurlpn IT
the members of the 18th Illinois
at Peoria. The regiment served
three years during the Civil war,
and was mustered in at Peoria.
There were Seventy-nine members
of the old regiment there and 4
of them belonged to Mr.. Redlger s
company, Co. F., Mr.. Rediger and
a man from Wichita were the on
ly Kansas men present. The reun
ion lasted two days and the old
boys had a big time about their
camp fires. Since the reunion OF
last year thirteen of the members
of the regiment have died. The
oldest men present were "a, and
there were two of that age, and
the yOungeS member was "a.
While there Mr.. Rediger visited
with three sisters who live in that
vicinity, and Mrs. Rediger visit
ed with her relatives. They also
stopped in Warrensburg, Mo-, for
visit with relatives on their way
home. They had fine time and
expect to attend the reunion next
year.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-23

Clarence Brumbaugh and FAM
lily were in from Albert Saturday
of last week.
Mrs. Charles Belt was down
from Pawnee Rock last Saturday.
Charles MausOlf, formerly of tn
west side, but now located at Al.
bay, Oregon, is back in these
parts visiting with friends and rel
ativeS.
William Hipp, one of the lead
ing farmers of Cheyenne town
ship. was a county scat visitor on
Thursday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-23

Ii you want to see one Of the
most elegant lines of millinery ev-
.er brought to this city, call on
Madam Gould. She certainly has
it.
Miss Minta Jones was over from
HOisingtOn last week visiting with
friends.
Sheriff Daley took the man,
Bundy, to Topeka to the state
hospital, today.
Miss Ada Brinkman, of Lar
ned, was visiting in the city the
past week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-23

Mrs. C. s. Allison left Friday
evening Of last week for Chicago,
called there by the illness Of her
father.
August ROthgarn, who has been
at the hospital for some time has
sufficiently recovered TO be tax.
en- to his home.
The walk on the west side Of
the court house was partiallytak-
en- up this week, and will be re-
laid without that step-Off in it
where it connects with the Main
street walk.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-23

If you want to see a thing of
beauty, look at the $35, $40 and
$50 hats Madam Gould has in her
establishment. They are fine and
will delight the most fastidiOus.
c. F. Hays and family were
down from Albert Saturday, max
ing the trip in their auto.
William BOlinger has recovered
sufficiently to be removed from
the hospital to the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. Chas. Lundblade.
Some desirable business lots at
a bargain. WhitcOmb & Werhahn,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-23

In about another week the can.
didates viii be getting busy in
earnest, and ten look out for
something doing in politics. Is
is always the case, the Democrat
ic ticket is a very strong one and
the encouragement the boys have
already received, without any
work on their part, is certainly il
indicative of he fact that then
election is already a fOregOne con
clusiOn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-23

Hon. c. F. Foley, Democratic
nominee for District Judge, was
IT the city few hours Thursday
rorning. Mr.. Foley is preparing
/ make an active campaign. He
is one of the cleanest and brain.
tst men in Kansas, and a man
who would be On adOrnment to
Il e bench in every way.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
PORK PRICES JUMP
Chicago Packers Pay High
est Price Ever Known
for Hogs on Foot
EASTERN BUYERS ARE BLAMED

Hog prices yesterday reached the
highest point in the Chicago markets
known since the civil war. Hogs sold
up to 1910 yesterday-fve cents high
er than in 1882. The average cost
was 1924 as against $911 on Wednes-
day when packers said they paid high
er for supplies than at any time since
1865.
February II, 1909, hogs sold in the
Chicago market for $6.45 per 100
pounds and on the same day in 1908
the price was 1929. Pork roasts, loins,
and in fact every part of the hog, ex-
cept the squeal are bringing great
prices and pork is now considered a
luxury.
Buyers for New York and Boston,
holding orders for 5000 hogs, were
principally responsible for the big
gain in prices, and while packers did
everything in their power to check the
upward trend of values, the eastern
shippers paid the prices with such
abandon that veteran hog buyers were
led to predict $40 hogs before the
end of February.
The trade most of the day in the
Chicago yards was excited and prices
gained so rapidly that statesmen did
not know when it was best to let 90
of their holdings The market open
ed at an advance OF 10 cents, but was
scarcely settled before all buyers
were offering Is and 20 cents more
for all kinds of hogs than on We'd
nesday and there were many sales
made at even higher prices
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
NO TRACE OF scHAEFER
Letters From Panama Declare Missing
Kenosha Sailor Has Not Been Found

Members of the family of Tony
Schaefer, the missing Kenosha sailor
who disappeared from the battleship
DesMoines some time last November,
have received letters from Frederick
Miller, a friend of Schaefer on the ship
and in these letters he declares that
while a most strenuous search is be-
ing made for the missing man moth
ing has as yet been found of him
Miller declares that the men on the
ship do not believe that Schaefer is
dead, but they believe that he will be
found in some port along the canal
zone. These men still insist that he
was impressed into service on some
foreign ship and that possibly he has
been dropped and has as yet been I'M
able to make his way back to the Des-
Moines. AS yet the friends of the
missing man have received no further
word from the navy department.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
WANT BUILDING DEDICATED
People Who Have Taken Part in Get
ting Postoffice Want Dedication

Many people in Kenosha who have
watched for years for the completion
of a government building in Kenosha
are anxious to have some steps taken
to have some ceremonies attending the
opening of the new postofice. Inspec-
tor Boyd who has been in charge of
the work will leave for Oklahoma City
next week but he has notified Post
master Maloney that the government
will join heartily in any plans which
may be made for the dedication of the
building. The Kenosha Lodge of Elks
has been urged by the people interest
ed to take up the plan of conducting
a ceremony in connection with the dedi-
cation and it is not improbable that
some plan along this line may be car
ried out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
Solicitors for Great White
Way" Will Begin Work
Early Next Week
RACINE PUT UP LARGE sum

Under the personal supervision of
L. D. Lehman, president Of the Cfica-r
go and Milwaukee Road and Realty
Company, promoters of the "Great
White Way" solicitors will come to
Kenosha within the next few days to
make a canvass of all the leading men
of Kenosha with a view of having
the city Of Kenosha make some con
tribution to the fund for building the
great roadway. The solicitors are
completing the work in Racine today
and four hundred men of that city
have agreed to put ten dollars into the
company. It is expected that nearly
as great sum will be- raised in Ke.
nosha.
The plans for the disposing of stock
in the company are being worked with
Kigor at nearly every city between
Chicago and Milwaukee and it is said
that in every city the solicitors are
meeting with great deal of encour-
agement Kenosha will be one of the
last cities to be visited by the solicit
tors
According to Mr.. Lehman, the pre-
liminary work on the project has al
ready been started, inasmuch as the
engineers have commenced their sur
veys out of Milwaukee. The pro-
iect is meeting with unusual success.
especially among the farmers whose
land the great white way will cross,
many Of them donating as many as
100 acres to the scheme, which will
boost the values of their real estate.
This land is signed over conditionally,
however, with the provision that if
the road does not go through their
land it reverts back to the original
owners.
A noted road engineer from st. Louis
has guaranteed to complete it within
two years after the contract is award
ed, and the estimated cost is
$4,000, 900.
The road will not run through this
city, but will pass, a short distance
west of the cemetery.
Mr.. Lehman stated that the reason
they are forming the clubs in the
cities affected by the road is chiefly to
get the names of the influential bust
ness men of this section, as when the
project is finally brought before the
eastern capitalists, they viii form the
greatest kind Of a recommendation for
financial assistance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
All the Societies Working
Against White Plague in
State TO Pool Interests
AID FROM LIBRARY COMMISSION

BY union of the various interests
engaged in the common cause of fight
ing consumption, in one organization
the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis AS
sociation-the crusade is now being
pushed more vigorously and aggres-
sively than at any time since the in
ception of the movement in this state
All forces are working under one head,
in one direction, with consequent
saving of energy as well as money.
The University Extension Division
is cooperating through it's regular ed
vocational work and is one of the
strongest factors. The division is
generally recognized as the greatest
of its kind in the world, and it's CO.
operation is the best testimonial as to
the character of the association and
it's efforts. 1t affords invaluable as
sistance through the municipal refer
ence library, which is prepared to give
any city or village excellent informa-
tion and advice for the enactment of
sanitary laws, milk ordinances, anti
expectoration laws, etc, all great fac
tors in the prevention, cure and eradi-
cation of consumption.
The Wisconsin Free Library Com
mission, under the direction of M. S.
Dudgeon, has entered most heartily in
to the plan of pushing the circulation
of books concerning consumption It
has offered cooperation way beyond
the anticipation of the association.
The effect is already evident in the
travelling libraries and the commission
is doing it's utmost for other libraries
of the state in which it is interested.
Many applications are being receiv-
ed by executive secretary, H. E. Dear
holt, from farmer s Institutes and
others asking for cooperation in
furnishing lectures ard literature. In
terest never has been greater.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
Special Committee of Racine
County Board Make Inspec-
ton of Insane Asylum
THE SUPT., IS NOT INFORMED

The special committee of the Ra-
cine county board of supervisors Sc
lected to visit the county insane asy-
lum at different periods of the year,
such visits to be made without notify
ing the trustees, superintendent or
matron of the time Of the visit, made
the first inspection Friday and they
declared that they found everything
in excellent order and could find not
the slightest cause Tor complaint.
The committee which consists of
Supervisors Browne, Tucker, and La
vim went to Corliss, there remaining
for dinner and returning to Gatliffe
made careful inspection. Superin-
tendent Lewis was in Racine on bust
ness and knew nothing Of the visit of
the committee until he returned. The
mmitteemen visited every part of
the asylum and found each ward we'll
heated, despite the extreme cold wealth
er. They arrived just after the din
ner hour and when the tables were
being cleared and they at once realiz-
ed that the inmates were properly fed
as we'll as clothed. An inspection
was made Of the fltering system and
it was found that superintendent
Lewis had made changes in the sys-
TEN and despite the extreme cold
weather, it is working in excellent
manner.
The expense of these visits of the
committee is not paid by the county
nor are the committeeman allowed per
diem for their services. They accept
ed the work in the interests Of the
county and those in charge of the asy-
lum no doubt are ready for the inspec-
tion trips at any time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
HAD A CHILLY TIME
No One at Racine When Local Officials
Get There to Look Into Ordinances

Members Of the committee of the
common council who are considering
the proposition for putting wires under
ground had a chilly trip last night
when they went to Racine to meet
with the Racine officials and talk over
the ordinance now pending before the
Racine council. Evidently there was
some mistake in the date for when
the Kenosha aldermen and the CITY
attorney reached the city hall in Ra-
cine the place was dark and it was
discovered that City Attorney Burgess
who was to have given the local men
the pointers was out of the city and
no one seemed to know when he
would return. The only official of
Racine to greet the Kenosha aldermen
was blue coated policeman and he
did not know any more about under
ground wires than a dog knows about
April Fools Day. The members of
the committee returned to Kenosha
late in the evening thoroughly disgust
ed with the trip.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
MRS. HANRATH GETS DIVORCE
Woman Freed From Husband Who
Forced Her to do Manual Labor
(From Thursdays Daily.)

(From Thursdays Daily.)
In the circuit court this morning
Mrs. Adeline Hanrath was granted a
divorce from her husband, Frank Han
rath, on charges of cruel and inhuman
treatment. The defendant was in
court and he had answered the suit.
Mrs. Hanrath alleged that she was
forced to do manual labor on the farm
by her husband and that he had re-
peatedly used abusive language to her.
A stipulation was made by the attor-
neys in which the husband agreed to
pay Mrs. Hanrath 5000 in lieu Nof all
claims for alimony. The family will
be a thoroughly divided one as the
Judge gave the custody of the son to
the father and the daughter to the
mother. The parties are residents of
the town of Bristol and we'll known
in that part of the county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24

We hope that the protest of the Ra-
cine papers against the assessment
in thai county will be brought
to the attention of the state
board of equalization. The figures
submitted bear out what this paper
has eOntended all along that this coun-
ty is nearer a full value assessment
than any of its neighbors and prob
ably than any other county in the
state and that the state board of
equalization should take that fact in
to consideration when equalizing the
assessment for state taxes. 1t has
not been so far and as a result this
county is bearing more than its lust
proportion of the burden of state
taxation In other words this
county is being punished because
an honest effort has been made
here to obey the full value as
sessment law. That law is a good
law and would work wonders in equal
izing the burden of taxes if it were
properly enforced all over the state,
but is the experience this county has
had with it an incentive to- other
counties to get their assessment up9
Rather the reverse.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24

These are the days when the bicycle
riders who have the temerity to use
their wheels at all are grateful for the
concession which permits them to make
their way along the walks and it is
noticeable that the riders are very
careful not to give offense to pedes-
trians in any way so that there are
no complaints against them. No rea-
sonable man will object to the use of
the walks by riders to whom the wheel
is of great assistance in attending to
their business when the streets are i'm
passible, but it looked for a time this
fall as if the wheels would have to
be barred from the walks altogether
because Of the abuse of this privilege
by riders at times when there was no
possible excuse for their being on the
walks at all.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
WILL GET ANNUAL PASSES
Employees Who Have Worked for Co
Ten Years Will Get ANIMALS

All conductors, engineers, fremen
and brakemen who have been in the
employ of the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railway Company for ten years. or
longer, are to receive annual passes,
according to a current report. Here
tofore the engineers were the only en-
ployes who were given annual passes.
The issuance of annual passes will save
considerable clerical work for the rail
road company as previous to this time
it was necessary for the railroaders
to secure trip passes whenever they de-
sired short holiday. The making
out of the application for the trip
passes and the amount of red tape gone
through often took several days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
NEW BOOKS Of TRAVEL

a half dozen new books of travel
have just been purchased for Gilbert
M. Simmons Library, which are sure
TO be Of great interest to many Ike
nosha readers. They are jeremiah
Curtin's "Journey in Southern ST.
bera," Sven Hedin's 'Trans Hima-
laya," Shackleton' s "Heart of the
Antarctic, -" Arctander's Apostle of
Alaska" Agnes Cameron s .sNew
North, !" and Winter IS Guatemala and
Her People Today"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
ANNOUNCE THEIR MARRIAGE
Miss Lulu Drapp and Charles Phalen
Married at Waukegan on Monday

1t seems to be quite fad among
Kenosha young people to steal marches
on their friends by going to other cities
to be married and announcement was
made today of the marriage of Miss
Lulu Drapp and Charles Phalen, both
well known young people of Kenosha
who were united in marriage at Wau-
kegan on last Monday morning, The
bride and groom slipped quietly out of
the city accompanied by Miss Marie
Regh and Hans johnson who were the
attendants at the wedding. They are
now making their home with the
mother of the groom On Exchange
street and are receiving hearty con
gratulations from their friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24

The managers of the local corpora
tions are busily at work making out
their reports of net earnings required
by the corporation tax law which must
be in the hands of the revenue collec-
tors by October / and it is believed
that all of them will file some kind
of a report. Conditions are such in
many corporations that it is practical
ly an impossibihty to file an accurate
report at this time and so many differ
ent constructions will be put on the
law in making out these reports that
there will be wide discrepancies in the
reports submitted by different corpora
tons in the same line of business but
all that the corporation managers can
do is to make out some kind of a re-
port and send it in in order to show
their good faith and avoid fine and
revise their figures later when special
rules are laid down as to the way GER
tain items are to be entered on the
reports.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24

With the national census coming in
April the makers Of the city directory
have declined to hazard a guess on
population figures except to express
the opinion that the city has made a
gain of one hundred per cent since
the last census was taken in 1900
That would give the city population
of approximately $4,000 and it is be-
lieved by real estate men who prob
ably have the best opportunity to
judge of the increases from year to
year by the demand for renting prop
erty that these figures are conserva-
tive and rather under than over the
actual number As matter of fact
the showing made will depend more
on the kind Of work done by the enum-
orators here than in any other city
in the state. 1t is going to take
careful, conscientious, and above all
persistent work to get all Of the large
foreign population Of this city listed
on the census reports for many Of them
speak no English at all and this class
always seeks to evade the enumerators.
Hurried and even sIipshod work can
be done in an English speaking dis
trict without missing very many peo-
pie, but it will take slow and careful
work 70 list the foreigners and if there
is any provision made to have inter
prefers accompany the enumerators
Kenosha should have some of them
assigned to the work here.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
A SPLENDID CONCERT
At the Congregational Church, Thurs
day Evening February "a

At the Congregational Church, Thurs
day Evening February "a
The concert to be given at the Con-
gregational church\ next Thursday
evening under the auspices of the
Mems Club will be first class in every
respect.
The program will be given by Harry
K. Gilman, violinist; George Middle
ton, organist; Harry 7. Morgan, bari
tone, and Mrs. Lulu Tyler Gates, read
er. Miss Daisy Waller will be the
accompanist.
Special mention should be made of
Mrs. Gates who is one of the most
notable entertainers on the lyceum
platform. She will give two numbers
of Thursday evenings program.