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Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
SUFFocATED IN A MINE.

John Valentino was suffocated in
the Lamartine mine at Freeland, in
Clear Creek county ,yesterday,by pow
der smoke. Undertaken George Ham
llik went over to Freeland this morn
ing and brought the body to Central.
The funeral will be held Sunday from
the Catholic church. Deceased was
single. He leaves two cousins, resi-
dents of this county. He vas 80
years of age and member of the
Foresters lodge in Russell.
Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
SUBSTITUTE AT WORK
MRS. ROSE LILA BOUNCE ON TO
THE JOB.
OF Course She Had Her Own Ideas
a. to Washing Clothes, but They'd
Come Out Whittier Than the
"Drlviin' Snow"

"Mis Johnsing cayan' come dis morn.
In" announced big. strapping col.
ored woman. as Mrs. Younglove open
ed the front door OF her apartment in
response to long steady peal of the
electric bell, "her baby might down
sick an she got to stay home an min
it. SO she done SEN me as a substifuge
reckon All cayn do yo' wash mos
well as she cayn. 'W'ot de matter wifi
de baby?' All dunno 'zackly, but it
pears 70 be on de verge OBJ de rackets.
so de doctah say-anyway. w'otever
tbs dat ails de chile. 1t mighty low.
Nom. Ah ain had no b'ekfus'. Two
aigs an some sa'sage?' Yaas, reck-
on dat1l do me-jes' to keep me a-goin'
till you has de lunch ready. No, All
nevah takes coffee. It dom gree wifi
me an some folks say 1t turn de COM
plex-'um dark. Oh. yaas, All cayn
drink tea-or choclit eff yo' has it..
Well. tearl do ef yo' ain got no choclit.
Ah ain SO awful partic'lar.
"Yo' cert'ny is a mighty good
cook" admitted the "substifuge," as
she rose from the kitchen table after
a somewhat protracted consumption Of
the food provided by Mrs. Younglove.
Now, bout de clos? How yo' wan
'em washed? Eve'body has dere own
way. an lakes to obligate de folks
w'uks TO- by doin' 'zackly de way dey's
decustom to have 'em done. Abs allus
comadatin'.
'Dis heyah yaller soap? Dat w'ot
yo' use? 1t don't wash de clos clean.
Well. of co'se eff yo' wan me to use 1t.
an yo' ain got no oder. AhM do NAH
bes'-but it de wus kin TO- de clos.
"Yo' vans de clos billed! Does yo'
bile you clos? No, m-a-'a-m. All neyah
biles clos. Bilin' jesIdiscumalates de
dirt t'ro de garminks, SO yo' cayn' git
1t out no how. Some ladies dey dom
lake bilin' TO not'in-dey say 1t make
de 'partment SMALL; but mebbe you.
don min dat specially now de weder
is cool an de winders is close"
"Aain' yo got no oder starch dan dis.
honey? Tain de kim All luikes. All
know it's call de bes', but All nevah
use dat kin down Souf. o, yaas. Ah1l
use it eff yo' vans me to. but Ah won
make no p'edilictions Of how de clos
gwine to look. Yaas, Ah seen de
wringer ovah by de tubs. but All dom
nevah use none. Usin' wringers is jes'
fiyin' in de face OBJ Providence. How
does All wiring de clo's?" Wy, wifi nah
hans of co'se. Oats de rail proper
way. De Lo'd nevah mean dat wiring
ers should be used. specially on desc
heyah fine pieces. All knows lady
use to go out washin'. she mo- kill
herself usin' a wringer. She dismo-
Gated de spine OBJ her back an it nevah
got we'll no mo-. SO one OBJ her shoul-
ders is higher'n de other evan sence.
So yo'll jes' have to 's-c-u-s-e me.
honey, ef All wrings wifi nah two
hans. Say. honey. yo' Just leave dis
heyah wash to me. Ahrl do de clos
nah own way dis time. Dey'll come
out w'iter'n de drivlin' snow. yo' see
eff dey don.
"W'ot nah name? wy nah name
Mis- Bounce-but yo' cayn call me
Rose Lila. dat nah fus' name. Tain
all de ladies ] wuks TO- dat tells 'em
nah fas' name. but All lakes you,
honey. ain All dom wan no fomentali-
ties bout nah name."-New York
Press.
Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
DEATH OF HOMER LYMAN.

Central City lodge of Elks, died at
Lubbock, Tex, on April 2Sth, of pneu
monia. He was 80 years of age. I'm
Black Hawk, where a sister, Mrs.
VIM. Maughan, resides. The body was
shipped to Denver, at which place the
funeral was held this afternoon. The
remains were inferred in Fairmont
cemetery.
Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
Ct. Marks campanIIe.

The new Campanile OF st. Marks.
Venice. raised on the site of the old
tower. has been practically complete
for months. but It has been wanting
the great golden angel which crowns
the tower and dominates the city. The
angel has been placed in position and
the removal Of the scaffolding has
begun.
Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
FUNERAL OF S. MARIAcHER.

The funeral of Sebastian Mariar.
cher. who was found dead in bed at
his home on upper Eureka street
Thursday Of last week, was held
from the Catholic church Sunday. The
Woodmen, of which deceased was a
member, attended the funeral in a
body.
Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
BOULDER PARK

j.: F. Vaudccembse, of the Misha-
waka Rubber Co., was registered at
the Ohio house this week.
Mr.. Ward left Thursday a. m, on
horseback, for Denver.
Mr.. Newcombe was in Tolland last
week on business.
Mr.. Salingo, of Denver, was in Toll
land last Friday on business.
Mike Walsh was in town Saturday.
Ralph Stotts made a business trip
to Baltimore Friday of last week.
Mr.. Jerry Dolls, of Denver, who
was working at the Chutes for few
days, returned to Denver Saturday.
Chas. Gagliano returned Saturday
from ten days visit in Denver.
Rudolph Mosch has accepted a po-
sition at the pump house, and will
relieve Mr.. Mefert, who had been on
the job for a long time. ~
Henry Baer has been cleaning out
the shaft on the Comet mine in the
Black canyon. He has encountered a
fine streak of ore. The shaft is only
S5 feet in depth and as soon as the
snow permits. extensive development
work will be prosecuted on this prop
erty as the indications point to good
pay ore. If looks count for anything,
this mine will surely pay. No assays
have as yet been taken.
The Josephine mine, up Jenny Lind
gulch, is being worked by Denver
parties. Some good ore has been TAX
en- out of this property. A consider
able amount of money will be spent
this summer in developing the prop
erty.
Peter Ferrenbaugh. of Rollinsville,
Was Tolland visitor Sunday.
Mr.. Brody, of Central, manager of
the telephone company, was in the
park Saturday on business.
Jas. keenan,, of Denver. stopped in
town between trains Saturday, en-
route to Steamboat Springs.
Harry Lanager came over from
Eldora Sunday on business in con-
nection with the Jumbo mine.
Doc. Jones has moved to his sum-
mer home for the summer and to en-
joy the high altitude.
1t is about time the roads were
being cleared of the snow between
here and Rollinsville as well as to
Apex as travel has commenced. Let's
hear from the commissioners in re-
gard to this. There are men here to
do the work that need it.
The first Sunday tourist train on
the Moffat road for the summer, pass
ed through Tolland last Sunday.
The creek is opening up in fine
shape. Fishermen, get out your line
and tackle, it will soon be the time
for angling again.
There is a practical joker in town
thinks every day is Halloween
likes to hang things on trees. Have
you seen him? He works for the rail-
road.
Mrs. Evans and daughter, of Mosch
vile. are visiting their mother and
sister this week.
Mr.. Bishop, of Denver, is register
ed at the Ohio house.
Mr.. Fricke, of the Ohio house, was
a business visitor to Denver Mon
day.
Herb Johns was called to Eldora on
Monday on account of the death of
a friend.
Jake Kriley is visisting a few days
with VIM. Jackson.
Leonard Brown is having the ash
barrels taken from his alley, and we'll
he did.
Mayor Hatfield, Of Baltimore. has
just received a consignment of two
barrels of paint, and will paint the
town all over for the coming season.
Mr.. Joe McClennan. for some time
employed at the Jumbo mine, left
for Eldora this week. where he will
lease in the tungsten mines.
A special train load OF Shriners
passed over the Moffat road this
week on a sightseeing trip.
Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
The RsIor,no ssn..,ro,.

The ReIgnInp Sensation.
Anything exciting In the paper to
dayT
II should say SO! There's . com.
plete description Of Mrs. PufYersbulk's
rope Of pearls"
Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
Too Much oo.

"F1itters seems to have an alert
mind"
80 alert, In fact, that II never lin,
gers long enough on any one subject
TO become master Of Il"
Gilpin observer., 1912-05-02
MEMBER COLORADO EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION

On sale at Hyndman's and Post Off,
ice Book Store, Central City; Post Off,
tee, Book Store. Black Hawk; kend-
r,ck's Book Store, 18th and Stout Sts.,
Denver. Single Copies Five Cents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

A contractor bidding on job of
public work may reasonably be pre-
sumed to know his own business, but
to many business men the difference
between the bids of different contrac-
tors submitted Oh some recent con-
tracts is greater than it should be and
they anticipate trouble when the time
comes for settlement on some Of these
new contracts such as the city is now
having with the contractors on the
trunk sewer. When the high bid sub
mitted on a contract is about twice
that of the low bid figured on the same
specifications there must be some very
fancy figuring on somebody's part. The
difference is too great to impress bust
ness men favorably. 1t is conceivable
that if the city was asking for bids on
a manufactured product that the SUI
.perior equipment of one plant over an
other in the way of modern machinery
might make a big difference in manu-
featuring costs and hence in the
amount of the bids rendered, but when
all concerns are approximately on the
same footing in the way of purchasing
materials, all have about the same
equipment of machinery, and all must
come into the same labor market, they
should not be so far apart on their
bids.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Commenting on three ttbad" acct
dents in two weeks on American rail-
ways, The Railway Age Gazette ana
lyzes each for "the cause of causes :"
and finds it in the tendency of en-
ployes chronically and persistently to
take risks and the tendency of rail-
way officers chronically and persistent
ly to tolerate the taking of risks, =
The rule against taking risks is seldom
enforced; employees who do not take
risks, when no harm results, are often
censured; unions resent distributing
of men for merely breaking rules. And
the public demands speed, which makes
both officers and employees willing to
take risks.
As a remedy this technical journal
proposes that safety be sought through
stricter application of the safety
first principle, even though the rail
ways must reduce speed at times, as in
foggy weather, Such change the
public should approve and support. 1t
should be willing to ride on slower
trains if that is necessary to safety
Recently the New York service com
mission, because of the accident in
which fast train between Chicago
and New York was thrown upon the
frozen Hudson River, recommended
that the speed of the fastest trains be
reduced. The eighteen hour flyers be-
tween these two cities will be made
twenty hour trains, at least in winter,
it is reported. Let US seek safety and
support the railroads that prefer it to
speedmaking under dangerous condi-
tions.-Record Herald.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
MUST INSTALL METERS.
Water Commissioners Decide sprink,
ling Systems Must Garry Meters.

At a meeting held at the city hall
this morning the board of water com
missioners ordered a letter sent to all
manufacturers in the city directing
them to install meters to take care of
their sprinkling systems. The water
company has no intention Of charging
the manufacturers for water used for
fire protection or for testing sprinkling
systems and it is SO seated in the let
ters 1t is declared that this step has
been made necessary by great losses of
water and that the effort to give the
lowest possible rate to consumers
makes necessary the placing of meters
on all sprinkling systems. 1t is declar
ed that the other cities are charging
concerns from $50 to 800 year fol
water used for such purposes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
ERROR A CLERICAL ONE ONLY
All Ordinances in Question Were Prop
erly Published and No Question was
Raised as to the suficiency of the
Manner of Their Passage

Street grades in Kenosha are not to
be upset as a result of the discovery
that the ordinance fixing all street
grades in the older parts of the city
was not signed by the late 0. Nc. Pet
tit, as mayor Of the city. The failure
Of the former mayor to af1ix his sigma
ture applies to the book in which the
ordinances is copied and it is found
that files of the paper in which the or
dinances were published are available
in Kenosha and that it will be an easy
matter to establish the fact that the
ordinances in question were properly
signed and published and are properly
"a part of the code of laws Of the city
of Kenosha
The matter was referred to the city
attorney on Friday afternoon and he
at once began an investigation of the
facts in the case. The old records Of
the common council were searched and
it was found that all Of the ordinances
against which attack had been suggest
ed were properly passed by the council
and published. 'The signature Of the
mayor is not necessary to the validity
.of these ordinances, " said Attorney
Slater. Even if it could be shown
that the mayor had never signed the
ordinances either in their original form
or in the book in which the ordinances
are copied this matter is taken care of
in the city charter which provides that
if the mayor fails to veto an ordinance
within five days that it becomes a law
without his signature. Noue of these
ordinances were vetoed by the former
mayor and there is no record of an at
tempted veto in the records of the
council. Under any circumstances the
ordinances became part of the city
code through the regular form.
The ordinances were published in
the Kenosha Union and while that
paper ceased publication some time
ago the files of it are now owned by
Kenosha men and they are ready to al
low the city full access to them for the
purpose of showing publication. The
existence Of all the ordinances has
been repeatedly recognized by the city
and by many property owners and tax
payers and this would give added
strength to their validity. The point
raised by the Lake avenue property
owners is the first raised against the
ordinance establishing grades, Under
the ruling of the city attorney it is GER
tain that the city council will take no
steps to in any way validate the ordi-
nances which happen not to have been
signed when entered in the books con-
tanning the various ordinances Of the
city. It is probable, however, that the
situation will show the council the
need of careful arrangement of the
ordinances of the city and the publica-
tion of them in some form that will be
of value to people who are interested
in the laws Of the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Secretary of State Frear proposes to
test public sentiment on the PROPOSE
tion to limit the length of legislative
sessions in this state by constitutional
joint resolutions proposing a
referendum on this question drawn by
him having been turned down by the
last three Legislatures. He wants to
know if there is any good reason
why this question should not be put
up to the people of the state and he
will find that his curiosity is shared by
the small minority of citizens who
really take any intelligent interest in
public affairs. The vote on the prop
osition to increase the pay of the mem
bers Of the legislature showed that the
people believe that most of the mem
bers of the legislature are getting now
all that they are worth to the state
and possibly more and the suggestion
that they be paid by the day for every
day they are in attendance at the SEES
sions with limit on the number of
days pay they may draw at a session
will be approved by the people Of the
state. A legislative session That lasts
lS4 days and then passes lot of i'll
considered bills like the Blue Book bill
to which Secretary Frear takes patio
ular exception, is neither necessary or
desirable. It certainly adds nothing to
the welfare or prosperity of the state
And then think Of over 1000 bills and
resolutions in one session. If that
state is best governed which is gov
erned least Wisconsin is one of the
worst governed states in the union. 1t
is time the members Of the legislature
quit throwing bouquets at themselves
for being 50 advanced" and get
down to business basis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
Three Cases of Interest to be
Heard at September
Term of Circuit Court.
ITALIAN STILL WAITS TRIAL

The coming September term of the
circuit court for Kenosha county prom
Uses to be a decidedly interesting one
as there are two eases in which a
charge of attempted murder is made
and one in which the charge is man
slaughter in one of the minor degrees.
Interest will naturally center about
the trial of Ernest E. Alyea, who is
charged with attempting to murder
Chief of Police Owen O'Hare in July,
1909. Alyea, through his attorneys,
has announced that his defense will be
an alibi and it is understood that a
hard fight will be made to secure the
release of the defendant.
Another case will be that of the
state against Germano Cavallo. Caval-
10 is the Italian who some time ago
opened fire on Main street, and man
aged to make three holes in the win
dows Of the Bell clothing store after
he had given a lot of people a bad
fright. Cavallo was arraigned in the
municipal court a short time ago on a
charge Of malicious mischief in con-
nection with the breaking of the win
dows, and in addition to paying a fine
of $40 and costs he agreed to pay the
cost of restoring the windows. The
fine in this case has nothing to do with
the main charge against Cavallo in the
circuit court and he must yet stalld
trial on the charge of attempted muir
der. Attorney Hastings has a strong
case against the Italian and expects to
secure conviction. The other case Of
interest will be that of the state
against Charles Szlenski, who is charg-
ed with manslaughter in the fourth de-
gree. Szlenski is the man charged
with applying compressed air to the
body of a fellow laborer. This case
will 60 to trial at the opening of the
September term of the court
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Consideration of the fact that the
condition Of some parts Of Salem ave-
nue. is enough to make anybody fight
ing mad, may have been what induced
the judge of the municipal court to be
lenient with man who pleaded guilty
to making a disturbance over the
rigLt of way on that thoroughfare. A
few more or less heated remarks are in
order from everybody who goes over
the street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
soHM1Tz TELLS HIS POSITION,
Democratic Candidate for Governor
Declares Income Tax is Untried

Declares Income Tax is Untried.
II firmly and unhesitatingly de-
clare that it not only would be wrong
at this time to insist upoa the repeal
of this law, but a eowardly abandon
ment Of Democratic principle with
out any cause or reason being shown
therefor, said Adolph ], schmitz, one
Of the Democratic candidates for the
gubernatorial nomination, in defining
his position on the income tax ques
ton
- have not as yet had any OPP
nonent 81 the law point out an objee-
tionable feature therein that could not
be cured by amendment The truth is,
and it must be apparent 70 everyone,
that those who are dissatisfied with a
state income tax law want it repealed,
and not amended. The opponents Of
the law, N my Judgment are not OPP
posed to the same because such law
contains Objectionable features, but
are opposed to the principle of taxing
incomes, especially by state tax.
"No one viii dispute that if it was
right to advocate the enactment of the
state income tax law two, six and eight
years ago, as the Democrats of Wiseon-
sin did, that it is wrong at this time to
insist upon its repeal.
"These were some of the reasons
why the Democrats at their last state
convention, by an overwhelming ma
jority, declared against the repeal of
the income tax law, and promised, if
entrusted with the government OF state
affairs, to amend the law, remove
therefrom the then known objection
able features and further provide that
the question whether or not the people
favor the taxation of incomes over and
above reasonable exemptions, be sub
mitted TO popular referendum.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
some ARE TWENTY YEARS OLD
Notice is Sent to All Attorneys Urging
Them to Close Up These Matters With
the Least Possible L Records
viii be Cleared UP.

/ The work of making an investiga'
ton of the records of the county court
for a period covering twenty years,
has been completed and the report
shows that there are at the present
time 257 cases pending in the court.
More than 200 of these cases have been
Ipeading for period of ten years, and
notices are being sent to all attorneys
interested in the eases demanding that
t they take steps TO have them removed
from the record in some way at once.
The cases pending have all been care
fully catalogued The list includes
many matters pertaining to wills, es-
tates where administration was grant
ed and to guardianships. The latter
form of cases are much more numer-
Gus than either of the other two. Many
guardianship matters taken up in the
court years ago are still shown to be
Ipending and men who were named as
bondsmen for guardians are still held
by the court pending the fling of a
Judgment in these cases, These bonds
men can not be released from response
hility until the final judgments in the
cases are fled In some of the eases
all parties connected with the matters
are long since dead and in others at
torneys who handled the cases have
lfemoyed from the city and their pres
ent whereabouts is unknown. Of the
total number of cases about fifty are
pending on account of trusteeships ar
ranged by wills of deceased persons
and in some cases these trusteeships
will not be terminated for many years
In these cases, however, the report
shows that the trustees in question
have made their regular reports. There
are many estates in which administra-
| tion was granted or q will filed for
probate and no record of any further
action in the cases. 1t is not thought
that any Of the estates left in the rec
ords as not finally settled are of any
great value, but one of the estates is
that a man formerly of high standing
in Kenosha and the settlement of the
estate begun more than fifteen years
ago seems to have been entirely neg
lected and forgotten. The man left a
large personal estate, but no real es-
tate, and it is supposed that the per-
sonal property was divided among the
heirs and the county court never given
a chance to sanction the division of
the property.
Only small amount of actual money
is in the keeping Of the court as re-
suit of these estates being left unset
tied and for the most part the heirs
in such estates have been notified and
they are now taking active steps to
have the estates settled up and final
judgment fled.
Judge Taylor is hopeful that the no.
tees sent to the attorneys in these for
gotten or neglected cases will result in
a general cleaning up and that the
L old records will be closed up before
the end of the present calendar year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
q. - NU5HdHe,
Health Commissioner.

The boys had terrible warning of
the danger of Clipping" trains satur-
day, but the best efforts Of police and
trainmen are powerless to prevent
these distressing accidents. They will
happen SO long as the boys persist in
taking chances on stealing rides on
trains, but the penalties that the I'M
lucky ones pay occasionally are awful
enough to call for the most rigid en-
forcement Of the law against flip
ping on trains possible.