The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-10-31

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other counties. Always courteous, strict
| ly non-partisan in handling his Office and
always watehful of the interests of tn
| people of the city he has made an idea
county clerk. He has made the work OF
the county board of supervisors plea
! sure and has brought to the Office OF
| county clerk a business acumen which
! has meant dollars and cents for the
people Of Kenosha county. Through his
agency end under his direction new
systems of bookkeeping have been in
augurated in the county and the idea
| that the business of the public must
be conducted upon business lines has
been emphasized. He has shown his
interest in the people of the county
! by the manner in which without any
remuneration he has conducted a pub
lie employment agency and he has given
the greatest care to aiding the farmers
and city people as well in securing help.
He has taken personal interest in the
work of his office and his faithfulness
to the business of the county has won
for him the confidence of every man
who has any business dealings with tne
county government. His experience as
Clerk of the county makes him pre-emi-
nently fitted for reelection to the
Office. He is man in the right place
and his application of sound business
management to the duties of his i'm
portant Office means the saving Of thou
sands of dollars annually to the tax
payers of the county. Mr.. Jones is de-
servedly popular among the officials of
the county and deserves a reelection.
Perkins G: Torrey
Perkins G. Torrey, Republican candi-
date for the office of Register of Deeds
needs no introduction TO the people of
Kenosha county.
He has served the people in past
years and the character of the service
given makes him worthy of every con-
sideration on the part of the voters of
the county. Always careful and pains
taking he did much while in office to
keep the property records of the county
without error. The Office of Register
is one of the most important in the
| gift Of the people of the county for on
the faithfulness and care of this official
depends the preservation of property
titles. Mr.. Torrey is man of ideas
and during his terms in service for the
county he brought order out chaos in
the office. The conduct of the Office
on the part of Mr.. Torrey was most
satisfactory to the people Of the county.
His courteous treatment and his care
full advice to all patrons of the office
proved real asset to him and to the
county. Mr.. Torrey has spent nearly all
of his life in Kenosha county and few
men IN the county have been more
closely identified with the growth of
the county and the advancement of it IS
business interests. Mr.. Torrey is one
of the most active members of the Old
Settlers club of Kenosha and has served
the club in the capacity of President
for the past two years.
He is a man with bright ideas along
statistical lines and he is particularly
well fitted for the office of Register of
Deeds.
Frank Waldo
Kenosha never had better Clerk of
the, Circuit Court than Frank Waldo the
| Republican candidate for this office
this year. He has shown the people
| of the county that he can give the most
careful attention to the countless de-
tails of the work of this office. Few
men in the state have better knowledge
OF the demands of the Clerk of the
Court than Mr.. Waldo. He has served
as member of the legislative COM
mittee of the Wisconsin Association of
Court Clerks and from his own expert
ence suggested several bills which were
enacted into law at the last session of
of the legislature. The Office is one
OF the most important in the county.
Coupled with it is the Office of Regis
ter in Probate which has for it IS prin-
cipal duty the caring for records re-
lating to the settlement of estates. In
his official service for the county Mr..
Waldo has always been a courteous Off
cial and has given strict personal at
tention to every demand of his Office.
Alfred L. Drury
One of the greatest needs of the
county today is an energetic prose
cutor and the Republican party has
offered as it s candidate for District
Attorney, Alfred L. Drury, the best
known of the younger Attorneys in the
city. A graduate of the University of
Wisconsin and a student of the law at
all times, Mr.. Drury has won high
place for himself with the bar of Keno
sha during the five years that he has
been in active practice in the county.
He is real fighter and has shown him
self to be a successful criminal LAWYER
by the manner in which he has handled
a number of big criminal cases in the
Circuit Court during the past few years.
He is student of the criminal law and