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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-07-03
.D|CkEY COUNTY AUDITOR
CHECKS UP With State.
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AUDITOR v. e. HASKINS OF e.
LENDALE WAS CAPITAL
CITY VISITOR.
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Seeking to Determine How County
Stands With the tSate Regarding
Back Taxes.


County Auditor V. f. Haskins of
Dickey county was among the capital
city visitors from Glendale last
week and spent the entire week at
the state auditors office checking up
the accounts of Dickey county with
State Auditor D. X. Brightbill. Mr..
Haskins was checking up the affairs
Of Ditckey county with the state so
far as the old tax account was con-
cerned.
There has been considerable diff
Guilty experienced by the state office
in checking up with the various
counties. All of the counties are
charged up with lot of back taxes.
In almost every instance the county
commissioners have abated a lot of
the taxes and there has been no no.
tice heceived by the state. There
fore the counties are still charged up
with the back taxes in these cases
when they should receive credit for
them. Mr.. Haskins took the trouble
to spend an entire week at the state
capitol to square up accounts with the
safe and to get settlement and find
out how the county stands with the
state regarding the old accounts. He
is the first of any of the county audi
tors of the entire state to do this, but |
it is expected that there may be 9TH
ers who will follow his example in
tie near future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-22

for breath and there is no question that
the city would be liable for the cost
of any changes ordered by its represen-
tatives. In common with many of the
people of the city we do not believe
that so much latitude should have been
given the engineer but that any
changes and their exact cost should
have been passed on by the council in
open meeting, but the provision is in
the contract and must be taken into
consideration in the selection of the
city engineer. Presumably the speci-
fcations are correct and few changes
in them should be necessary. They
were worked over for months and the
city paid large fee for the services of
an expert engineer, said to be one of
the best men On sewer building in the
country in making these plans. The
people of the city look to the council
TO have the sewer built in exact ac-
cordance with the specifications and
with no bills for any extras. They do
not want another McGovarn case on
their hands when settling time comes
and the best safeguard against any
trouble of this kind will be thorough
ly competent engineer with reputa-
tion to lose to oversee the job.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-22
LICENSE TRANSFER WRANGLE
Sewer Contractors Directed to Furnish
New Bond With Changed specifca-
lions as a Part-Other Business of
the Council.

The city council is going to make an
effort to get the best possible man for
the Office of city engineer of Kenosha
to succeed r. H. Moth and to this end
the mayor acting at the direction of
tie council has named special COM
mittee consisting of Aldermen George
R. Wade, chairman of the street asses
ment committee, Joseph G. Rhode and
Robert Burt, to examine into the quail
fications of the various applicants for
the position. This committee is to
make report at the next regular
meeting of the council and in the mean
time Assistant Engineer Brennan will
have charge of the work of the office.
The committee will not be in need
OF material to work on as eight appli-
cations for the position are now in the
hands of the committee and it is ex
pected that any number of other men
will seek the office just as soon as they
hear of the vacancy. The resignation
of Engineer Moth was formally accept
ed by the council and the council pass
cd vote Of thanks to Mr.. Moth for his
tender of aid pending the election Of
a new engineer. The list of formal
applications for the position included
John G. Williams and August Baltzer
Of Kenosha; Seymour A. jacobson, G..
M. Powell and J. I'll. Chubb all Of
Chicago; Roy w Miller of Des Moines,
Iowa; FL. J. Duane of Darbin, Miss !;
and G. j. Poetch of Milwaukee. The
latter was formerly city engineer of
Milwaukee, but was deposed with the
election of the Social Democratic ad-
ministration in that city He formerly
drew salary of $4,000 year but it is
said that his services could be secured
in Kanosha for a less sum.
The committee is. planning to make
personal Investigations of the different
men applying for the office and it is
expe' ted that each of the applicants
will be asked to appear before the com
mittee and show just what they are
made of. It is expected that the cleo
ton of the new official will take place
at the July meeting of the council.
The lack Of the services of an engi-
neer was shown by the arguments in
regard to the trunk sewer ut the meet
ing on Monday night The aldermen
who are taking an interest in the sewer
seemed to be greatly at variance as to
the material that is being r1sed for the
sewer and the street assessment com
morning and pending the election of
an engineer the committee will be fore
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-22

hold fever, &c; diphtheria, IS; scar
let fever, 81; measles As; whooping
cough, 80; pneumonia, 1907; diarrhea
and enteritis under two years, 137;
meningitis, 162; influenza, 81; puer-
peral septicemia, 80; cancer, 5S7; vio-
lenee, 259; and still births, $50.
Comparing the number of deaths
from certain causes for the first quart
er of 1911 with similar report of
1910, we find that there was an in
crease in the number of deaths report
ed as follows: Pulmonary tuberculosis,
80; other tuberculosis, 27; diphtheria,
Is; measles, 80; whooping cough, 81;
pneumonia, 351; diarrhea and enteritis,
12; meningitis, 81; influenza, 4;
puerperal septicemia, IA; cancer, 9;
and violence, 81. There was a de-
crease in the number of deaths from
certain other diseases as follows: Typ
hold fever, So; scarlet fever, 26.
LilS uOItuGIIl SGCblOu VI Inc StdJ0 ndU
a death rate for this period of 1913
per thousand, while the rate for the
central section was 1873 and the rate
for the southern section was 14.2.
Considering the deaths from vios
lence, we find that 81 resulted from
suicide, So from railroad accidents !;
26 from accidental drowning; 90 from
accidental gun shot wounds; 20 from
burns and scalds; 6 from accidents
with machinery; Is from falls; from
freezing and exposures from accident
al poisoning; 8 from homicides; from
street car accidents, and from auto
mobiles. There were il deaths from
syphilis, 5 from anterior polio myelitis;
l from smallpox; l from tetanus; 1
from hydrophobia, and from trichino-
sis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-22

All of the work being done for a
sane Fourth in Kenosha should not be
allowed to go to waste after the cele-
bration this year, but the sentiment
which is so plainly evident now and
which is increasing every day should
be used to secure the passage of an
ordinance drawn along the lines of the
one now in force in Cleveland which
will make certain that all future cele-
brations will be safe and sane.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-22

1t is unfortunate that the resigna.
zion of the city engineer comes at
time when the city is right in the mid
die of the biggest public Improvement
1T has ever undertaken, but there is
nothing for the council to do but make
the best of the situation. Many of the
aldermen would have been glad to take
Llncoln's advice and not F'swap
horses while crossing a stream" but
the resignation of the engineer leaves
them no choice in the matter. The Sc
lection of new engineer just at this
time Is, in way, fully as important
as the letting of the contract for the
sewer and a mistake in the selection
OF The man to fill this difficult position
might lead to endless complications in
the future and cost the city any amount
OF money. The professional training
and standing and previous business
connections of every applicant should
be investigated carefully by the coun-
Gil and when the aldermen make up
their minds that they have found the
right man for the place they should
not let few hundred dollars in salary
stand in the way of securing his serv-
ices. The city would pay dearly for
any false economy in connection with
this sewer job and it might be money
in the pockets of the taxpayers for the
council to hire an expert in the con-
crete sewer construction line to super
intendent it, man whose reputation is
Already made in that line. There is a
clause in the sewer contract which per
mits the engineer representing the city
considerable leeway in changing the
specifications of the sewer on his own
responsibility should any unforeseen
complications making changes neces.
sary arise as the construction work
progresses and it is this clause that
makes the choice of an engineer at this
time so important. An incompetent
engineer in charge Of this work might
let the city in for bill for Tfextras :
that would make the taxpayers gasp
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-22
MANY CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Report Shows that Death Rate in Ke-
nosha County is Slightly Larger
than in Former Quarter--Death
Rate in the State.

The Wisconsin State Board of
Health has issued the quarterly report
for the months of January, February
and March and the report contains as
well the list of contagious diseases for
the same period. For the first time in
some months Kenosha county has "a
real report in the bulletin and contagi-
Gus diseases in the county for the three
months have been properly reported.
The number of deaths in the county
was 127 of which 26 were of children
under l year, 10 were of children from
l to 4 years, 80 of people over 65
years.
There were eight deaths from pull
monary consumption and four from
other forms of tuberculosis, two deaths
from TYPHOID fever, one from scarlet
fever, three from whooping cough,
eleven from pneumonia, 2 from cancer
and three from meningitis. There were
fifteen deaths from violence in the
county in three months.
The report on infectious and contagi-
GUS diseases shows that in the quarter
there were three cases of diphtheria,
two of typhoid fever, two whooping
cough, sixteen scarlet fever, thirteen
measles.
In commenting ON the deaths in the
state the report says:
During the months of January,
February and March, 1911, 8,046 deaths
were reported to the state bureau of
vital statistics. This is exclusive of
1856 still births and corresponds to an
annual death rate of 1877 per thousand
population, according to the 1910 cen
sus. Comparing this rate with the rate
Of 1872 per thousand for the months
of January, February and March,
1910, we find that there is an increase
in the number of deaths for 1911 Of
|1h per cent, per thousand population.
During the months of January, Feb
ruary and March, 1910, 1908 deaths
exclusive Of still-births, were reported.
This gives an excess of deaths for
1911 of 753 This large increase is
due largely to the unusual prevalence
Of pneumonia, an increase of 351 in
the number Of deaths reported, as COM
pared with the report of 1910. There
was an increase Of 1875 in the number
Of deaths of children under one year
Of age.
Important causes of death with the
number Of deaths from each disease
are as follows: Pulmonary tuberculo-
sis, ST.; other tuberculosis, 131; typ
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-22
GET ANNUAL REPORT
Chief O'Hare Shows Big In
crease in Business Done
by the Police Force
ARRESTS REACH HIGH MARK

Chief of Police Owen o Hare has
fled with the city clerk his annual
report of the work of the police de-
partment of the city for the year end
ing May 31st and the report shows
that the year just closed was the bust
est in the history of the police depart
ment and emphasized the demand that
has been made on the council for adj
ditions to the force of patrolmen.
The report shows that during the
year there were a total of 1911 ar
rests made by the department. and of
this number convictions were secured
in more than 500 cases. During the
year the patrol wagon answered a total
of zoo calls. The list of arrests is led
as usual by the DRINKS and there were
sos arrests for intoxication, distur-
bance followed with III, assault and
battery 134, vagrancy 1913, petit lar
ceny As, abusive language Sc. The re-
port showed that the motorcycle squad
had already earned the cost Of the
motorcycle by making % arrests for
violations of the ordinance against
speeding automobiles. It showed as
we'll that the war against gambling is
still going On and that there were "a
arrests for gambling during the year.
The disposition of cases during the
year was in part as follows: Paid fines
and costs, 529, turned out, 204; com
mitted, 14S; sent to insane hospitals,
6; turned over to other cities, %; on
parole, 2; sent to industrial school at
Waukesha, 5; sent to state prison at
Waupun, 9; sent to the home of the
feeble minded, l; discharged on trial,
SO; bond forfeited, 2; paid fine in Jail,
81; deported, 1; taken home, 1; pend
ing, 6; bound over to higher courts, s;
sentence suspended, 3; continued, 2.
The report showed that the depart.
ment answered on an average of 80
telephone calls daily, recovered 50 lost
bicycles, recovered So lost children, re-
covered $725.SO worth of stolen prop
erty and failed to recover stolen prop
erty to the value of $478.20.
The total fines and costs collected
by the department and paid over to
the city treasurer during the year was
$2149.43. The chief urged the city
council to permit the addition to the
force Of three more patrolmen and to
make provision for the sale of the
present patrol wagon and the purchase
of an automobile patrol. He declared
that such change would prove paw
ing one for the city and that the new
equipment would pay for ITSELF within
a few years. The entire matter was
referred to the committee on finance
to make some report to the council
at an early session.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-22
NEW BOOKS.
Tile following Have Been Added to the
Gilbert M. Simmons Library.

Fiction.
Albee-The CLEAN.
Angell-Great Illusion.
Bean--On the Wool Track.
Camp-Fine Art of Fishing.
Chase-Yo Yosemite Trails.
Colby-Constrained Attitudes.
Conybeare-Highways and Byways in
Cambridge and Ely.
Country Life Commission Report.
Cynewulf-Poems.
Ellwood-Sociolog and Modern So
cial Problems.
Firth-House of Lords During Civil
War.
Garrison-Earth Cry.
Lewis--Poultry Laboratory Guide,
Lodge-Parent and Child.
McCabe- volution Of Mind.
McComb-Christ ianity and the Mind.
Mudge-Thaekeray Dictionary.
Ogden Rural Hygiene.
Oman-seven Roman Statesmen of
the Later Republic.
Pabst - Handwork Instruction for
Boys.
Perry-Waler Use of the School
Plant.
Ricci-Art in Northern Italy.
Roosevelt-New Nationalism.
st. John-Things Boy Should Know
About Wireless.
Shaw-Doctor s Dilemma.
Villari-Mediaeval Italy.
Vreeland = Anthology of French
Prose and Poetry
Fiction.
Buchan-Great Diamond Pipe.
Chalmers-Prince Of Romance.
Chalmers-Trail of a Tenderfoot.
ogazzaro-Politician
Observation-Disclosures
Gilman-What Diantha Did.
Harker--Master and Maid.
Harris-Eve' s Second Husband.
Kester-Prodigal Judge.
Pryor-Colonel's Story.
Observation-Disclosures Unknown.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-22
DEATH OF MRS. THOMAS BOND,
Pioneer Resident Passes Away at the
Old Prairie Avenue Home.

Mrs. Elvira Smith Bond, widow of the
late Thomas D. Bond, died this morn
ing at her home, 405 Prairie avenue.
Mrs. Bond was born in Chesterfield,
New Hampshire, November the 10Th,
1892, and consequently lacked but a
few months of being 90 years old.
Since her marriage, the 18th day of
September 1853, the picturesque home
on Prairie avenue has been her constant
abiding place. She was a sister of the
late A. B. Smith, pioneer fnancier
and public spirited citizen of Kenosha.
She is preceded to the grave by her
husband and by her son, the late Thorn
as D. Bond. The sole survivor is
daughter, Miss Lizzie Bond, who has
ministered to her mothers every want
for many years, and to the very last
moment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-22
For q Commission On trusts.

January z, 1910, President Taft sent
a special message to congress IN which
he said, concerning the Sherman Anti
Trust act:
"The supreme court in several of its
decisions has declined to read into the
statute the word unreasonable before
restraint of trade ~
May Is, 1911, in the Standard Oil
decision, the court did read the word
unreasonable into the statute, and
Justice Harlan cogently objected that
this amounted to legislation on the
part of the court. But the court had
to legislate because congress persistent
ly refused to.
The oil trust was formally organized
in 1882, controlling about ninety per
cent Of the country's petroleum indus
try. In 1892 the supreme court of
Ohio solemnly pronounced it an illegal
combination in restraint of trade. The
trust promptly re-organized in New
Jersey and continued exactly as before.
Meanwhile, it had become evident that
the separate states could not possibly
exercise effective control over the great
industrial combinations that were
steadily increasing in number and pow
er, so in 1890 congress made a poor
bluff at discharging it's duty to control
them by passing the Sherman anti
trust act, which simply forbade them
to exist. Of course they continued to
exist and to multiply until large por-
tion of the country's Interstate indus
try was conducted by them. l
When the supreme court came to de-
eide the Standard Oil case it faced the
alternative Of literally interpreting the
statute, thereby disorganizing an i'm
portant part of the country's com
merco, or by bringing the law into some
sort of consonance with the facts. It
chose the latter course, and the net re-
suit is that with regard to this import
ant problem Of control over monopolistic
interstate industrial combinations the
country stands virtually where it stood
thirty years ago. A combination that
would then have been illegal under the
common law is now illegal under the
Sherman act as interpreted by the
court.
More than twenty years ago another
phase of this same problem namely,
the need of some sort of effectual con-
troll on behalf of the people over mono
polistic interstate business-came be-
fore congress. That phase Of the prob
lem concerned the railroads, and con-
gress created the interstate commerce
commission. For long while the com
mission was moribund; but of late years
it has been steadily building up an
effectual control over the railroads. It
has accumulated and studied mass of
facts in that relation, and congress has
added to its powers when experience
has shown additions to be necessary.
Win congress create, along the same
lines, an interstate trust commission:
Or will it, for another ten or twenty
years, relegate this growing trust prob
lem to nine estimable gentlemen-train-
ed in law but not in legislation or
economies, much burdened with other
duties and responsible only to them
selves-who constitute the supreme
court Saturday Evening Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-22
MARRIED ON MONDAY.

The marriage Of Miss Minnie Schu-
Ter, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Schu-
Ter and one of the well known young
ladies of Somers and Anton Nelson of
Racine, was celebrated at 10 o'clock
Monday morning at st. George parson-
age, the ceremony being performed by
the Rev. Father Elskamp. The bride
was charmingly attired in white and
carried brides roses. Miss Francis
LANCER was bridesmaid.
The attendant Of the groom was Matt
Schiller, brother of the bride.
After a reception at the home of
the bride IS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
son left for Racine where they will
make their home. A large number
of friends will be pleased to extend
congratulations to the happy pair.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-22
EXCURSION A SUCCESS.
Polar Start Attraction Draws Crowd of
1400 from Waukegan and Kenosha.


A fairly good crowd. on the finest
steamer on the Great Lakes, on the
finest day of the season, Sunday, took
the trip from this city to Milwaukee
under the patronage of the Polar Star
society of Waukegan
The steamer, the Theodore Roose-
welt which is acknowledged the largest
and finest passenger steamer on the
Great Lakes, stopped at Waukegan, be-
ing chartered by the local society.
About 1000 people from that city
started on the trip, and the boat, stop
ping at Kenosha, picked up about 400
more. The steamer arrived at Milwau-
kee at 2:30 and left that city at $50
arriving at Waukegan a little after
8 O'Clock.
After the arrival at Milwaukee.
about 800 of the passengers took cars.
twenty of which had been provided
by the committee, to White Fish Bav
where they took dinner.
The committee in charge of the ex-
cursion consisted of the following: A.
Schultz, Otto Wallin, Charles Lindberc.
A. Forsberg, Charles Carlson, A. Gus-
tafson, Chris Jensen, ]. E. johnson. S.
Chilstrom and G. Bern The commit
tee, wishes to thank the people Of Wau.
kegan for their patronage and also the
people of Kenosha, who 50 generously
aided the Polar Star society in this their
annual event. Especially does the com
mittee wish to extend thanks to Mr..
Bendt of Kenosha, who allowed the
steamer to land al his docks in Keno
sha on the return trip, thereby saving
about an hour to the people of both
Kenosha and Waukegan.