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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-14

500 feet on the Rlueford Take farm
in section %, same township.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-14

Southeast OF Tulsa-G r. Braden
has made a location on the Mary
Perryman farm in section S-l9-13.
The United Fuel supply Co. made a
location on the Ina Morris farm in
the northwest of the northeast Of see
tion 21-19-13.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-14

At Brstow-The Billings oil Co,
drilling in section S-15-9, got no oil,
hut got the Bartlesville sand at 2.635
feet and drilled SS feet into the sand
before getting water. The, Kanawah
OIL co. is casing at 700 feet the test
in section 2-l5-S
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-14

North Of Bald Iill--The Wolverine
oil CO. is drilling at 1875 feet on the
Taylor Green farm in section 27-16-
IA. The Caney River Gas co. is still
fishing on the cutie Harrison farm in
section 26-16-1i
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-14

East of the Glenn Pool--Drilling for
gas is active here as elsewhere. The
Oil Co.. has made a location
on the Annie Buck Squires farm in
section 27-17-13 and Charles u. Rod
gers has made location on the VII
liam Bunger farm in section 27-17-13
al so and is now rigging up.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-14

Northwest Of Tulsa-Drlling for
gas is particularly active Just now
since the Ross and Cries well In sec
ton 2S-20-1S was completed the other
day, and which. by the way. broke
away and made a lively time for the
owners. when shutting it in again. The
Fort Pitt OIL Co. is drilling at about
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-14

At Mounds-Kemp and Hayden
have completed a 75-barrel well, No.
2, on the Cassie Vowel farm in Sec
tion 6-t6-t2. The Prairie oil and Gas
CO.. have a 90-barrel well on the
Barnett farm in section 1s-l6-l2.
since thl shot.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-14

At Red Rock-The Howard and
Jones test is drilling at 1.sOO feet and
going along nicely.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-14

The writer Is under obligations to
ira Gibbons for the fifth annual re.
port of the department Of mines. oil
and gas II is for the year ending
June 80. 1912. and is very comprehen-
sive. giving the records Of the wells
plugged during that time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
DON'T WANT RE-AssEssMENT.
Joseph e. Dalton Declares Kenosha is
Not Ready to Get in Bad.

The move for Te-assessment Of the
property of Kenosha was given a hard
blow this morning when Joseph e. Dal-
ton, former supervisor of assessments,
had a talk with some of the members
of the council and he insisted that the
re-assessment of the property of the
city at this time would not only be un-
satisfactory but an expensive luxury
for the city. Mr.. Dalton has Just COM
peted his work as one of the men
who re-valued the property at James
Vile. 1.-THE work cost GAINESVILLE
more than $1,000" said Mr.. Dalton,
and it caused all sorts of hard feel
ing among the property owners of the
city. When the work was completed
no one was satisfied and I feel that
Kenosha would have the same expert
ence.
Mr.. Dalton declares that Kenosha
city and county were pretty well as
sessed at the present time and his sug-
gestion to better conditions was that
the council provide for the employment
of the assessors for the full year and
insist that they give their entire time
to the work Of making a personal in
spection OF all property to be taxed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
INVESTIGATION uNcoMpLErED.
Peter Lievens May Have Died From
an External Injury.

The inquest over the remains of
Peter fLievens, the man who died from
lorkiaw in Chicago hospital GA
Thursday morning, is TO be resumed
on Saturday morning as after the evi-
denee was taken or Thursday after
noon the coroner was still DESTROYS of
a further Investigation. One of the
physicians signing the death certificate
declared that the tetanus from which
the nan died may have developed
from an external injury. County
Agent Jones was the only witness from
this county and he stated clearly all
the facts known to the Kenosha of
Gcials. He was summoned to return
for the hearing on Saturday. LieveDs
was native CT Belgium and the peo-
pie of this nationality in Chicago
seem to have taken up the case.
While there is absolutely nothing on
which TO base the suggestion that the
old man may have been murdered it is
declared by the agent of the beet
company, which formerly employed
the man, that he had more than a
hundred dollars when he went to Som
ers a couple of weeks ago and when
he was found he had but $L12. The
local officials are making an effort to
discover what became of this money.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
TO ORGANIZE STATE
Kenosha Manufacturers In
vited to Join in Statewide
Movement Today.
TO INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS

| Secretary Conrad Shearer, Of the
Kenosha Manufacturers Association
has received letter from the secretary
of the Racine Manufacturers associa-
tion asking that the local organization
join in an effort now being made for a
Estate conference to be held at Madi-
son on Feb. 16. The conference is called
for the purpose of discussing business
conditions and it is the aim Of the Ra-
cine association to have representatives
from every trade organization in the
state. 1t has been suggested that four
representatives be sent from each dis
trict, including one farmer, one banker,
one merchant and one manufacturer.
1t is declared that the alleged I'M
satisfactory business conditions in
Wisconsin are due to legislation tend
ing to limit the rights of invested CAPT.
tai. In Racine alone it is claimed that
there are 1900 unemployed men due
to business conditions which have ex.
listed for several months.
The following is copy of the letter
sent out by Frank A. Bolles, secretary
of the Manufacturers association of
Racine.
You are also probably more or less
agreed that the unsettled condition of
business today is due, at least in part,
to legislation which tends to limit the
rights of invested capital as well as
constantly adding burdens, in one form
or another, that make the successful
conduct Of any business serious prob
lem.
!'This letter is sent to you with the
suggestion that you appoint from
your community four delegates to
this meeting-one manufacturer, one
banker or financial man, one farmer
and one merchant.
1t would be well for these four
gentlemen to have conference be-
fore this meeting and settle, in a gem
erai way, in their minds what they
believe to be necessary to promote the
welfare of the country at large.
'Sueh an organization as is pro-
lposed should be absolutely on-parti-
san, so that its influence may be used
with all parties in the field. It should.
therefore, be borne in mind that reso.
buttons presented should be broad in
scope, yet specific in character.
"This meeting will be-held in Madi-
son, Friday, Feb. TO-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
NOT TO BUILD THIS YEAR,
Kenosha County Will Not be Able tc
Send Patients to Racine.


Kenosha county may not be able to
find refuge for patients in the adj
vanced stages Of consumption this year
as the officials Of Racine city and
county will probably defer the build
ing of the proposed sanitarium in that
county for another season. Tie bud
get of the city had been made up
when the appropriation of $4,000
was voted by the common council and
the county funds are not thought to
be in condition to make it possible
for the county to advance the same
sum for the hospital. A meeting was
held on Friday evening TO discuss ways
and means for securing funds and at
the close of the meeting it was de-
clared that there was little doubt that
the matter would be laid over, until
1913. This action comes as a blow to
the Kenosha officials as they had hop
ed that they would be able to house
eousumptives from this county i'll the
Racine institution until such a time as
the county could build hospital of
its own.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
BUSINESS FALLS OFF.
Report of Interstate Commerce Com
mission Shows Decrease in, Business

Report Of Interstate Commerce Com
mission Shows Decrease in Business.
| Tables prepared by the Bureau of
Railway Economics from the reports
made by the railways for that month
to the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, show that the business done BY
the railways of the United States Sin
the month of November was somewhat
less than the business done in Novem-
Der, 1910, when measured by the .av.
erage per mile, the only basis onfwhich
comparison can properly be made.
The total operating revenues of rail-
ways include their receipts for freight
and passenger transportation, for mail
and express service, and for all other
traffic service rendered The AVERAGE
receipts in November, 1911, for a lit.
tie more than 90 per cent, of the total
mileage of the country, were SI.054 a.
mile, a decline of SIS mile from the
receipts in November, 1910 There was
decrease in average receipts in both
freight and passenger service. The de-
cline was unevenly distributed. The
!, lines of the eastern part of the country
show only slight decrease. for No
vember, 1911, in comparison with No.
vember, 1910 while the lines in the
/ coutborn coo+io,, chow n rI;cL4 =
and the lines in the western section
falling off. In the total operating reve-
nue., the receipts for freight transpofta-
ton represent Ill per cent. and re.
ceipts for passenger transportation 20.8
per cent, the remainder coming from
mail, express and other sources.
Operating expenses also show low
er average per mile of line. These in
clude all costs of maintaining track
and equipment, the cost of operating
trains, of securing traffic and of adj
m1nistra ion, but do not include new
constructions. Expenditure for mainte-
nance of tracks and buildings was re-
duced by an average Of $2.40 a mile
as compared with expenditure in No
vember, 1910. For the maintenance of
equipment there was an increase av-
eraging 10 cents a mile; and the cost
of conducting transportation, an item
representing about one-half the total
operating expense, was reduced by an
average Of cents mile. By the re-
duction in expenditure for maintenance
of track and building the roads were
enabled to make a slight Offset to the
shrinkage in operating revenues.
The net revenues, that is, the differ
ence between the total operating reve-
nues and the total operati4 g expenses,
averaged $40 less per mile of line in
November, 1911, than in November,
1910, which is a decrease Of 4.3 per
cent. This so-called net revenue is, in
fact, gross profits out Of which must
come taxes, amounting in November to
$9,676,976 or an average of $43 mile,
rentals, interest on bonds, dividends and
appropriations for improvements. The
falling off of 1.6 per cent. in operating
revenues contrasts with an increase of
1871 per cent. ia taxes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
RAIL TAX LARGER.
State Tax Commission Announces Val
uation Of Railway Property.


Wisconsin railroads must pay over
$3.50, 900 more taxes in 1912 than in
1911 on an assessment that is greater
than the previous year by more than
$27 100000. The tax now due as cert
fled to State Treasurer Dahl by the
tax commission in its final assessment
made today is $3,604, 1858, compared
with $3,33O,S19.61 a year ago; the as
sessment is $325,085,000, as against
1927 1886, 900. The rate of taxation Ms
.011086S4064, while that for 1911 was a
trifle larger, .0111798554. The taxes
levied on this assessment are payable.
one-half now and one-half in August.
Two companies pay more than mil
lion dollars of tax:
Northwestern 49,. -. 81, 1854, 11S.27
milwaukee, -. :. -. -. 1909, 880.12
4 The greatest increase, compared with
1911 lis by the Northwestern, being
$102,048.14. The amount paid by that
road in 1911 was $1,062,O70.13.
The smallest tax assessed is that
against Chippewa River and Northern,
$55.4o on valuation of $4,000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
FINDS NEW SOLUTION
Illinois Official Tells Of Pos.
sible Ways to Get Purer
Water from Lake.
MUST GET RID OF ALL SEWAGE

Paul Hanson, engineer Of the ILL
nois Water Supply survey, after max
ing an investigation of water supplies
of cities along the north shore, has
made some suggestions for the treat
ment of water at Waukegan and it is
declared that the same suggestions
will be of value in Kenosha. The sug-
gestions of the Illinois official are as
follows:
1-Treat water with hydroch-
loride Of lime solution.
2-Install a filtration system.
3-Treat or divert the sewage of
the city. (
In response to query as to the cost
Of installing a lime system, Engineer
Hansen said: GA system of sufficient
size to take of Waukegan could be
erected for approximately $4,000. All
the city would be compelled to erect,
would be two large solution tanks.
These tanks should be about 10 feet in
diameter, and the same number of feet
in length. They should be made of
concrete. The fluid could be mixed in
these tanks and could be pumped into
the mains by means of a special feed
pump which could be installed at a
small cost. A half of one per cent Of
the hydrochloride of lime is the
strength generally used. Evanston is
treating its water supply with this
same solution. It would cost the city
about $500 day to supply sufficient
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
BRISTOL GETS HoNoRs.
School i'll Charge Of Miss Name Good.
win Wins First Seal Prize.

Both of the head prizes offered in
the sale Of the Red Cross seals in Wis
|consin this year came to Kenosha
county as following the announcement
that the city Of Kenosha won the head
prize comes the announcement that
the school at the village of Bristol in
charge of Miss Name Goodwin won
the vacuum cleaner offered for graded
schools of the second class in the
state. The Bristol school sold a total
of 5000 seals or an average of 1888
seals per pupil. AS yet the full re-
port of the sales has not been made
public, but it is expected that the re-
port will be issued within the next
few days. It is declared that Kenosha
county has won more than $4,000
of the awards offered by the state as
ISOLATION.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
NEW INCORPORATED COMPANY
Specially Brass Go. o. Pleasant Prairie
is Given State Charter Friday.

articles Of incorporation were fled
with the register of deeds this morn
ing for the incorporation of "The
Specially Brass Company corpora
ton which viii have It's head Office IL
the town Of Pleasant Prairie. The
company wiIl engage in the manufact-
ure and sale Of brass and other metal
goods. It has capital stock of
$4,000 and the incorporators are
Henry Anderson, Charles Anderson
and Lars C. Thompson. The men con-
nected with the company have been
engaged in the manufacturing bust
ness in the city for more than year
and it is understood that with the
coming of state charter the business
Of the company viii be 2argely extend
led with the possible erection Of q
large plant in the early SPRING.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01

Many of the walks in the most
travelled sections of the city and es-
pecially in library park should be
sprinl1led with fine sand or with salt.
The fine snow covering the icy patches
has made them very dangerous and
many people have had falls any one
of which might have resulted in a
damage suit against the city The city
tried the plan of sprinkling sand on
some of the walks down town some
time ago and it worked we'll The
sand does not add anything to the ap-
pearance Of the walks, but most Of the
people who use them win prefer hav-
ing It there to taking the chances of
broken limbs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
INSTALL NEW OFFICERS.
Ladies of the Grand Army Have In
teresting Ceremony on Thursday.

Chaplain McCabe Circle No. 25, La
dies of the Grand Army of the Re
public held their annual installation
Of officers on Thursday evening, Jan.
25, the following officers being in
stalled for the ensuing year:
President elizabeth A. Likes.
Senior Vice-Marie Sharp.
Junior Vice-Carrie Vollmer.
Secretary-Jennie Fairfield.
Treasurer-Lillian Phillips.
Chaplain-Florence Likes.
Conductor-Laura NJ. Carey.
Assist. Conductor-Emma Bohanan
Guard-Pauline Mccoy.
Color Bearer-Evaline Van VIE.
Organist-Odessa Mccoy.
Patriotic Instructor-Lois Northway.
Press. Cor.-Minnie CronmiIIer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01

fallen into line with a rousing organi-
zatlon and now the attention of tie
national department is turned to. Wfs-
consin. Milwaukee, the new state
headquarters, has young organiza-
ton, which is growing steadily. 1t is
TO other towns of the state to join
the crowd. The association expands
the business life of the merchant, and
Mr.. Jacobsen has in his possession
hundreds of certified letters from re-
tail merchants testifying to quick fe-
suits in association benefit.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
TRAIL SLICK F0RCER
Sheriff and Police Officers
Seek Man Who Forged
Check at Somers.
THINK MAN is EXPERT CROOK

The Kenosha police and the mem
bers OF the sheriff s force are scour-
| ing the county in an effort to get
some trace of an alleged forger who
formerly worked as a farm hand in
the town of Somers and who is alleged
to have got away from Corliss late
Friday afternoon. The man is charg-
ed with having forged the name of
| Martin Herzog, Somers farmer, to
a check for $12 and he secured the
money on the check. The name Of the
man is unknown but he came to Som
ers from Chicago only q few days ago
and for a few hours was employed on
the Herzog farm. He is wanted on a
second charge Of larceny as it is al
legged that he took from the Herzog
farm an overcoat belonging to Herzog
and a suit case belonging to one of
the men employed on the farm.
| Sheriff Stahl declared this morning
that while only one forged check had
been found that it was feared that
the man had cashed several Of these
checks before he left the county. At
the station at Corliss late Friday af-
ternoon the man who passed the check
bought ticket for Truesdel and it is
declared by men at the station that
the man was well supplied with money
and exhibited his "roll'' about the
station. The sheriff is of the opinion
that the fact of the man purchasing
a ticket for Truesdel was done with a
view Of preventing the officials get
ing on his trail and that he went di-
rect from Corliss to Chicago. A few
years ago a man very similar in APP
pearance to the man who worked on
the Herzog farm came to Somers and
that man managed to get a blank
check book and he flooded Racine and
Kenosha county with bad checks. The
man sought by the police and the
sheriff is alleged to be a man of fine
appearance and seems to be Of good
education. For this reason the sheriff
believes that he is clever crook who
came out into the "rural' districts
with view of getting little easy
money. At the Herzog farm the man
claimed to be foreigner unable to
speak English, but he had no trouble
handling the language when he passed
the alleged forged check.
During the last few weeks there has
been an epidemic of forgery in Keno
sha and the surrounding territory and
three men have been sent to the state
prison from the two counties for pass
ing forged checks. In addition to this
there have been several arrests for
passing worthless checks. The worth
| less check artist has fourisned par
! ticularly In Kenosha and it IS declar-
ed that some Of the complaints made
to the police are against men holding
positions of trust in the city. It is
declared that within a short time war
lrants will be issued for the arrest of
these men if the checks are not made
good.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
SPEAKS TO STUDENTS.
County Judge George Taylor Speaks
Before the College of Commerce.

Before the College of Commerce.
Following the custom of having
representative men appear before the
students of the College Of Commerce,
Judge Taylor OF the county court was
secured for Friday afternoon, and
gave an exceedingly interesting and
profitable address, on the workings of
the court over which he presides. For
about three-quarters of an hour he
had the very closest attention of the
students, teachers and visitors, while
he told in an exact, yet concrete way,
about several matters that come before
the county judge. Judge Taylor is a
former graduate of the College of Com
merce, and the college is always glad
to have him appear before its body
of students.
Preceding the address, Miss Emma
Everett, q graduate of 1910, rendered
two very pleasing and commendable
selections Of music.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01
RACINE CONTRACTOR is LOW
Wide Range in Bids Shows Competition
Is Getting Better in Kenosha Paw
ing Contract to Go to White Construc-
ton Company of Milwaukee,

Spirited bidding marked the opening
of the proposals for the sewers on
Charles and Avery streets and Balm
avenue at the meeting of the street
assessment committee Of the common
council on Friday afternoon and the
contract for the big sewers on the
west side of the city went to Robert
Nelson of Racine, former junior part
ner in the firm of~Harding and Nell
son. The bid~of Nelson was $13,6S5,
being nearly thousand dollars below
Andrew Thompson Of Racine, the next
lowest bidder. Chris Johnson of Ke-
nosha was third in the bidding, his
bid being about $1,000 above that Of
the Racine man.
The job is one of the biggest sewer
jobs let by the city in some time and
it includes the building of 1000 feet
of SO inch sewer, 1900 feet of 30 inch
sewer, and 600 feet of "a inch sewer.
All of the bids were for vitrifed pipe
sewer. This sewer on the three streets
is planned as the first auxiliary Of the
trunk sewer and it is planned to use
it in taking care of great many
pieces of property in the western part
of the city. While the contract price
seems large less than $4,000 Of the
amount will be paid by the city as the
property owners will pay for the sew
er at the rate of $500 per foot There
were seven bids for the contract and
the totals of the bids follow:
Robert Nelson, Racine ...... ,$13 ,685,
Andrew Thompson, Racine 1880
Chris Johnson, Kenosha ......, $4,000
Michael Steinbach, Kenosha. :. 1915
Bernard and Iverson, Kenosha. 1926
n r. Reichert, Racine ....,.. 1850
,Iohn Green, Chicago ......... 1900
The contract for building the short
sewer on Indiana street from Durkee
avenue to Lake Michigan will go to
Chris Johnson, his bid of dollar q
foot being the lowest of the seven.
The bidding ON the work of paving
Of Schwan 8 Court was not spirited
the only bidders being the White Con-
struction Company of Milwaukee and
Christ Petersen of KenoSha The
White company was low on the job
both for brick and asphalt.
The company made bid of $1.67
for Brick pavement, 50 cents for curb
and 81 cents for excavation and a
bid of $1.76 for the asphalt.
Christ Petersen bid only on brick,
his bid being $1.75 for paving, So
cents for curb and 40 cents for exca-
walton.
1t is not probable that any of this
work will be started before the spring
seasons opens, but the contracts will
probably be closed up at the next
meeting of the council to be held early
in February.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-02-01

hydrochloride of lime The lime re-
tails at 2 cents pound.
.'The filtration system that I would
recommend for Waukegan would cost
about $4,000. The people of Wauke-
gan must take immediate steps to bet
ter its water. More cases of typhoid
fever were reported in Waukegan IN
1910 than in any other city of its STA
in the state Of Illinois. =