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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-28
IN HONOR OF LoNeFELLow.
Pleasing Program Rendered by Sacred
Heart n, S. Seniors.

Pleasing Program Rendered by Sacred
Heart n. S. Seniors.
The senior class Of the Sacred Hear
high school rendered a very pleasing
program In honor of Henry w. Long
fellow Tuesday afternoon. The pro-
gram was as follows:
Address. William Monroe.
Song, Class.
Biographical sketch. Peter Kelly.
Instrumental solo, Crescence Schroe-
der.
Story of Evangeline, Elizabeth Ster-
benz.
Footsteps of Angels. Ella Crowley.
Vocal solo, Genevieve McGrath..
Story of Paul Revere's ride. Peter
Murphy.
Sentiments of Longfellow, Gertrude
Wolf.
Instrumental Duet, Agnes Peck and
Marie Sullivan.
Longfellow the Poet and the Man
Florence Jaerling.
Song, Glass.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-28

no opposition. He has proven HIM
self most capable official, and unani-
nous endorsement of him at the eau
Gus tomorrow evening is assured.
The registration OF voters will take
place Saturday. March o. and the cleo
ton Monday. March II.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-28
SIXTY CANDIDATES OUT.

Ann ArboI, Mich, Feb. 2S.-Coach
Hickey has over 60 men at his conf
mand in Waterman gymnasium in Sc
spohsc to the first general call FOR
baseball candidates this season. Out
OF the go men there are some % pitch
ers. 10 catchers, is inhelders. out
nelders and his 5 veterans. But two
men showed up for the garden.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-28
PAT DoUeHERTY QUITS.

CHI 90, H., Feb. 2S.--Pat Dough
err seven years left fielder for
IL hi-ago American league baseball
club. has retired from baseball. In a
letter to President Comiskey. received
today. Dougherty declares his reason
for retiring is that he has all the
money he needs and does not care to
play baseball any LONGER
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-28
:BOWlER BREAKS TWO
:. RECORDS AT TORONTO

: Toronto, Feb. 2S.-James
: Smith is the holder of two
: worlds bowling records today
: as result Of his performance
: here in the sixth annual tourna-
: ment of the Canadian Bowling
: association. lie made I'll In the
: singles, lettering the mark OF
: the former titlehoidcr, Tom
: Haley of Detroit, By Go points.
= lie knocked down Gal pins in
: the team match and CAS- In the
: doubles. His total for the nine
: games i'm which he completed
: was 1850. and average OF
: PCS So for each game. The
= former grand total record was
: held by Haley, who made l,9Gi.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-28
TO LET FANS DECIDE.

New York. Feb. 2S.-Tho question
Of starting the baseball games OF the
local National league club earlier than
the usual hour Of o'clock viii prob
ably be determined by vote OF the
spectators at the opening game of the
local National league season. Presi-
dent Brush is at present in san An
tonic. Tex, where he has the mat
ter Of starting games earlier In the al
tcrnoon under Amusement.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-28
Very Likely.

Cousin silas (reading)-"Tt says In
this here paper that a flea kin jump
1000 times its own length" Uncle
lIeck-"That's probably why We never
hear OF a flea getting run over by q
motor car.-Puck.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-02-28
CHANCE Is AFTER HARMON.
Cardinal Pitcher Wanted Badly BY
Chicago Nationals.

Chicago. Feb. 2S.-Cub recruits and
veterans have been ordered TO begin
training at home and to report 20
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-22
70 VISIT MILWAUKEE, CLUB.
Kenosha Auto Club to Have Its First
Run OF the Year on Thursday.

The first club run for the members of
the Kenosha Automobile Club viii take
place on Thursday afternoon when the
Kenosha club members viii be the
guess Of the Milwaukee Automobile
Club at the club house in Milwaukee.
It will be Racine and Kenosha nigh,
at the club house and members of
both clubs have accepted the invitation
to take part in the festivities. 1t is
expected that forty members of the club
will go from Kenosha. Ten automo.
biles viii leave Kenosha at $3.50 and it
is expected that they viii reach Mil
Waukee about six clock. After din
ner is served the Milwaukee club mem
bers viii entertain at an informal dane
ing party and it is expected that the
entertainment will be one of the big
events of the Milwaukee club calendar.
This will be the first social event ar
ranged for members of the Kenosha
club and the members are taking
great interest in it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-22
LOTUS BEDS BLOOM
Grass Lake Again to be Nee.
ca for Lovers of Lotus
Flowers This Year.
FLOWERS EXPECTED SOON

Kenosha people are awaiting with
interest further information about the
famous lotus beds at Grass Lake. The
announcement coming from that re-
gion that in all probability the flowers
will bloom this year as usual, has
caused general satisfaction on the part
Of those who pay several visits yearly
to the famous beds.
AS a result Of the heavy rains this
spring and summer, causing the water
in the lakes to rise over three feet in
many instances, the statement was Civ
en- out that in all probability the lotus
flowers would be under water and
would not bloom this year. General
regret followed this statement.
This regret was felt not only in Ke-
nosha, but in the resort region in the
vicinity Of the lotus beds as it means
great falling off in the patronage, as
there are thousands of resorters from
Chicago and other cities IN the middle
west who spend their outings at or
near Grass Lake just to be near the
famous flowers.
It is declared now that there is every
reason to think that the blossoms will
make their appearance within a few
days and from appearances the beds
will be almost as extensive as they
have been in past years. The lowering
Of the water is said to have been what
saved the beds this year.
The lotus beds at Grass Lake are
probably the largest and best in the
world, rivaling the famous beds Of
Egypt. It will be possible to tell
definitely within q few days, just
what may be expected in the way of
blossoms this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-22

That investigation by the council
Of the charge Of crooked dealing in
connection with a contract FOR sewer
pipe may be followed by other trials
with grayer issues Once started the
Investigations are not likely to stop
with the one to Be made Of this com
paratively unimportant pipe contract
There are too many people in the city
who believe that there are other mat
tiers which need looking into but these
people believe that the investigating
should be done by a court and not By
the council.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-22

SHOWS NEED Of FILTRATION
examination Of Lake Water Made at
Waukegan Bears Out Contention Of
Save ~--.l~-3 sou .~~----, s4lo
Stale Survey Of Water Of Kenosha

Reports now being made of the
condition of the water in the lake
of Kenosha showing the impossibility
Of securing pure water fer Kenosha
by the extension of the intake are
supplemented by reports just made
public by the state health dep rtment
of Illinois which has made sn exam
motion Of the water off the city Of
Waukegan and the city of Zion City
and these reports bear out the con-
tention Of the Wisconsin officials
which indicate that there il no as
surance that pure water can be se-
cured by extending the intake farther
into the lake aud they indicate that
the only thing that can be done to Sc
cure absolutely pure water Is the in.
stallation of filtration plant The
survey made by the Illinois officials
practically covers the same ground as
that made off Kenosha and the re-
suits are almost identical Water at
5000, 10000 feet and three miles off
the shore was found to be polluted,
and this was very noticeable at times
whap northwest storms prevailed AS
a result Of the report the commissions
ers aJ Wal,kegan have abandoned the
plan for the extension OF the intake
and tbe plans there now ter abgst
a filtration plant. The city Of Evans
ton which has conditions similar to
those at Kenosha and Waukegan has
decided to build an intake at cost
Of nearly 100000. w. H. Wheeler
of Beloit, who was the engineer in
charge Of the building Of the Kenosha
water works, has been in the city on
several occasions during the past few
weeks discussing the problem Of the
installation of a filtration plant and it
is probable that he will make some
proposition to the water company
within a short time. There is no
doubt but that it will be necessary to
issue bonds to build filter in Keno
sha and if the work is to be done
many people believe that the city
council and the water board should
act at once and give the people of the
city chance to have the benefit of
pure water. The report of the special
committee of the KenosBa council IS
now being prepared and it is expect
cd that it will be sent to the council
some time in September. Just as soon
as this report is in the city will take
definite action. A proposition will be
made to submit to the electors of the
city the question of the proposed bond
issue and it is certain that it will
meet with almost unanimous support
in theeouncil. tits not improbable that
the people will have chance to vote
on this question before the end of the
present year and if the bond Issue is
voted the work of installing the FL
tration plaut win be started early
next year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-22
THREE TOWNS ARE EXEMPT
Property on Which Taxes are Left IN
paid is for the Most Part of Little
Value Property Owners Abandon
Property Rather Than Pay Tax.

County Clerk r. H. Jones has issued
the annual delinquent tax sale, notice
and ttais shows that the county of Ke-
nosha is made up Of tax payers who
value their property and are not will
ing to allow it to be sold for taxes.
The total number of pieces of prop
erty in the whole county which are to
be sold for taxes is but twenty eight
and they are pretty widely scattered
throughout the county. In Bristol,
Paris and Brighton all of the taxes
have been taken care Of and in those
towns there is no property against
which a tax deed may be issued next
May. In the town Of Pleasant Prairie
there are six pieces of property to be
sold for taxes. All Of CHS property
is vacant LOT property situated near
the limits Of the city and for the most
part its value is small. The amount
to be paid to secure possession of
these lots, however, is also small and
they will make good investment for
the purchasers Of the tax titles. The
town of Randall has three pieces Of
property to be sold and they are also
town lot property. The town of Salem
has total Of thirty-six acres Of land
on which the taxes have not been
paid and this will be sold. somers
has one vacant lot returned and
Wheatland has an even fifty acres Of
land which is to go as a result Of IN
paid taxes.
There are fourteen pieces of prop
erty in the city on which tax deeds
may be issued. Much Of this prop
erty is vacant property, but there are
one or two pieces of property of
value. It is expected that the tax on
these pieces will be paid before the
sale taxes place the first of next May.
Utmost cases in the city where the as
.sessments remain unpaid the refusal
to pay the tax is due to controversies
between the owners and the city in
regard to the collection of special
assessments and should the property
be sold it will be sold subject to a
fight in court for possession. In for
mer years the delinquent list has been
much larger than at the present time
and it is noticeable fact that most
OF the property returned is in the sub
urban districts. In several cases the
owners of the property have not been
located and they are supposed to have
abandoned the property rather than
to make the annual tax payments. In
two cases it is known that the for
Imer owner of the lands returned has
left the country and since he left his
property has largely increased in
value. He is supposed to be ignorant
of this fact and with the idea that
the property would never be of any
value has declined to pay the taxes on
it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-22
WIFE NOTIFIED OF RETURN
Chief o'Hare is Assured That Money
Recently Sent to Pensacola Reached
Christensen and Did Not Get into
the Hands of Sharper.
, 4

Mart Christensen, the night 1esk ser.
gealIt of the Keuasha police departs
nlent, is expected to end his long vaca-
ton before the end of the week and the
CHIEF of the department is eno longer
anxious as to the money which was for
warded to Pensacola, Florida. AZ
though Christensen has not returned to
Kenosha the chief had ,advices that he
is OIL his way and he viii probably
reach here in his own good time. Ona
thing is certain and that is that no
smooth confidence man imposed on the
local department in regard to the
money sent to Pensacola. On Tuesday
afternoon Chief o Hare took the mat.
ter up with the chief Of police at Pens
saeola and Tuesday evening Chief ]. G.
Flanders notified Chief O'Hare that
Christensen had been in Pensacola for
some time, but thai he had left there
on Sunday for his home. Christensen
should have reached KenesSa on Tues
day but it is probable that he is rest
ing little along the way and Chief
O'Hare is convinced that the officer
viii be back in the city before the end
of the week Mrs. Christensen, the
wife of the missing man, has also re-
ceived her first letter from him and in
this Christensen declared that he was
corning home at once aid would be
able to make a complete explanation
of his strange absence Chief Flanders
stated in his telegram that Christensen
had not been i'll in that city and it is
thought that the only explanation that
the returning officer will make is that
he followed strange desire to wander
and that it led far from home.
The action of Christensen if he ar
rives on schedule time will not inter
fere in any way with his place in the
police department and he viii ge back
to his desk without any serious preju-
dice against him. Chief O'Hare still
holds in allegiance the notice to the
police and fire commission telling of the
disappearance of Christensen and it
will not be sent to the board should the
officer return to his work before the end
of the week
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-22
NO PROVISION IN ORDINANCE
Railroad Commission Fails to Set Date
for Hearing Of Complaint Of the City
and Milwaukee Avenue Complaint
May be Threshed Out in Court

A new wrinkle has been found in
connection with the contest between
the Milwaukee avenue property owners
and the Milwaukee Electric Railway
& Light company in regard to the OPP
Grafton Of cars on Milwaukee avenue
and the property oWnegs are now maxi
ing demand on the Mayor and other
officials of the city that notice be
served on the officials of the company
to stop the " storage" Of interurban
cars on Market Square. 1t is held that
the car on the interurban line is
forced to lay over inaKenosha for half
an hour every trip it makes on week
days and during this half hour this
car stands on the square. Mayor Head
has carefully taken mp the provisions
of the ordinance and he declares that
there is nothing in the ordinance which
gives the cars the right to stand on
the square. Just how far this fact can
be used as a whip over the railway
company is yet to be seen. The time
spent by the cars on the square is suffi-
cient to make it possible for stops to
be made at every street intersection on
Milwaukee avenue, both coming into
the city and going out. If the stops
were made it would be necessary to
make changes in the arriving and leay-
ing time Of the cars.
AS yet the city attorney has received
no word from the state railroad com
sission as to the date for the hearing
of the complaint filed by the city
against the method in which the com
pany is operating its cars and it is not
expected that the hearing will be
reached for several months. The sum-
mer season is a bad time to inaugurate
complaints with the commission and
the commission always has a large
number of cases pending, SO it is prob
able that it will be close to the holi-
days before the state board hands
down any decision in the Kenosha case.
The agents of the commission have
not been to Kenosha to make any in
vestigation for the commission and it
is not thought that the matter will be
taken m with d view of final settle
laent until after the agents Of the com
mission lave personally gone over the
grounds and determined just what the
conditions are. In the mean time the
Milwaukee avenue property owners are
planning to urge thattthe suit for in
junction come to trial at the Septem-
Der term of the court. While it is said
that the attorneys of the company
would prefer to have the matter thresh-
ed out before the commission first, it is
possible that they will be ready to pro
iced with the case in court when it is
called next month The answer of the
company has indicated that it will
seek to show I'll at it will be a hardship
to the general public to have the cars
stopped on Milwaukee avenue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-22
ASSESS COST TO PROPERTY
Figures Being Prepared and Cost of the
Proposed New Lights viii be Given
to the Council at its First Meeting
in September.
nasssaEssuaas.uss..s.-

In connection with the plans of the
common council to secure a. new sys-
tenn Of lighting Main street and other
portions Of the business district, the
council is being urged to adopt the
Racine plan for paying ! for the
installation and maintenance of these
lights. III Racine the entire down
town district is now lighted with the
cluster light and the cost Of the in
stallation and maintenance is being
paid part by the city and partly by
the owners 81, the property directly
benefited by the installation of the
new system. Under the Racine plan
thc council Of the city has passed an
OF finance outlining a lighting dis
trict' in which the cluster lights are
now in use and regular tax is i'm
posed on the property in this district
to pay the cost of installation and
maintenance Of these lights. Under
the plan tenants may change, but
there is no loss to the city in the pay
ment for the lights The owners of
property take the cost Of the lights
into consideration in the renting of
their buildings and the /cost of them
is assessed against the property the
same as taxes for street sprinkling.
The plan has proved an admirable one
and it is working out without any
trouble Plans to have the property
owner make private agreements for
the payment for the lights are not
proving successful in other cities, as
change Of tenants has brought
troubles galore to the companies in
charge of the lighting.
In Superior where the plan Of having
the merchants handle the matter pri-
vately was tried, the city was forced
to abandon number of the lights on
account of changes in the buildings.
The plans for the cluster lights in
Kenosha are now being worked out
by the Kenosha Gas and Electric COM
pany and efforts are being made to
have the city give the plan 8 ten year
trial. 1t is declared that with a long
time contract much better rates can
be furnished The cost Of installing
the seventy-tWo lights thought neces-
sary by the business men will be in
the neighborhood of $1,000, this will
provide for the most modern fixtures
Of this nature and it is planned to Sc
cure fixtures which will beautify the
streets as well as provide the best
possible light. These fixtures are FIVE
light fixtures the same that are now
in use in the city of Milwaukee.
The company is planning to install
q number Of these lights in front Of
the Public Service Building on Mar,
ket Square with a view of having the
people Of the city get chance to see
just what the lights are and what they
viii do. It is expected that these lights
will be installed by the first Of next
weak e
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-22
NO ACTION ON COAL BIDS.
Water Company Finds Coal has Increas.
ed Five Cents Since Last Season.

The board of water commissioners
win Ibe forced to pay more for coal
this year than they did year ago for
when the bids for the annual supply
were opened at the meeting Of the COM
mission on Tuesday afternoon it was
found that the price Of Harrisburg coal,
the kind that has been regularly pur-
chased, had gone up five cents ton.
The best bid for this kind of coal was
received from the O'Gara Coal Com
pany of Chicago, the price being 1910
f. %. 3. Kenosha. John O 'DonneH of
Kenosha bid 1915 for the Harrisburg
coal and offered Carteryille mine run
at 1857. The Taylor Coal Company
which had the contract for the coal
last year, did not bid on Harrisburg
coal. No action was taken on the bids
the members Of the commission decid-
ing to take more time to look into the
conditions of the coal market before
closing the contract.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-22
BOOSTS sANITARIUM PLAN.
Miss E. NJ Tate confers With County
and City Officials on tuesday.

Miss E. NJ. Tate Of Milwaukee, field
agent for the Wisconsin anti-tubercu-
losis committee, was in Kenosha on
Tuesday afternoon comforting with
the city and county officials to boost
the building Of a sanitarium in Ke-
nosha for the care of patients in the
advanced stages Of consumption. Miss
Tate stated that conditions in Keno
sha were very favorable to the build
ing of the institution and that the
state committee was very hopeful that
the county board at the coming SEES
sion would make provision for the in
stitution. She conferred with the
special committee and has given ad-
vice on plans to be used.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-22

JURORS ARE DRAWN.
Jury Commission Meets Today to Pro
vice fol September Term of Court. /.

vice fol September Term of Court.
Jury Commissioners w. w. Strong Of
Kenosh.s, Wis, G. E. Williams of Bris-
tol, Wis and A. II. Kruckman, Wilmot,
Wis.,, met at the Office Of Benz. NJ. De
Deimar, clerk of the circuit court, and
the following named jurors were select
ed for the September A. D. 1912 tern.
of the circuit court:
KenoshaH o. Whitbeck, Robert G.
Drake, Henry zens, ott6 Kohls, Elmer
johnson, j. @. Russell, Dan Cox, Nicho-
las Hermann, Fred Petersdorf, Peter
Klaas, N. ,. Werner, Carl Loetz, q. E.
Likes, John w. Stevens, G. W. Hawley,
John Heide, Ben Weth.
righton-John Fox, Nick Arnold,
Joseph Meyers, John. Eppers, Matt
Jackley, Frank Dixon.
Wheatland- Chas. schwant, Henry
Esling, Ben Elyerman. a
Pleasant Prairie Frank Rockwell,
Ed. Clausen, William Irwin.
Paris William Efb.
Randall Gus Rupert, Emil Peter
sol.
sOmeTs-M. i. Rasmussen, walter
Bohanon.
salen-Jake Drom, Ray Sheen.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-22
10 DISCUSS FINANCES.
School Board and City Officials to Take
Up Important Problem Thursday.

Up Important Problem Thursday.
The members of the board Of educa-
ton will meet in special session on
Thursday evening for the purpose Of
hearing reports of the inspection Of the
buildings of the city. Mayor Head and
members of the finance committee have
been invited to meet with the board
at that time to discuss school board
finances. The main question at issue is
the demand of the board for $4,000
for building purposes. No plans and
specifications have been made for a new
building and the finance committee of
the council is urging that this demand
Of the board be withdrawn. An effort
is also to be made to have the board of
industrial education reduce its demand
for money for next year and if posi-
BILE the school finances will be held down
to a six mill levy on the old valuation.