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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
MAY CUT SALARIES
New Law in Relation to Fees
is Watched with Interest
by the Local Officials.
FEES MUST Be TURNED OVER

7 Fully three thousand public officers
in the state will have their salaries
| adjusted and many Of them will have
their wages reduced, if the substitute
bill of Assemblyman Michael O'Con-
[nor on the fee question is enacted in
| to law. The bill provides that all
county, village and town officers shall
/ be paid stated salary and that all
fees collected shall be turned into the
local treasury. The bill was inspired
Eby the disclosure that county clerks
| in some counties made several humid
red dollars annually from part of
i the hunting license fees. The bill has
been recommended for passage by the
committee on state affairs.
The county board is empowered at
/ its annual meeting to fix the salary of
every county Office, including the
county judge and excluding the coro-
| ner and county surveyor who is elect
| ed in the county during the ensuing
+ year. The bill says that the salary
| shall not be increased or diminished
during his term of Office by the al
ner. The only exception made to
this rule is that undersheriffs and
deputy sheriffs, general and special,
may in the discretion Of the board, be
allowed to collect and retain the fees
allowed by law as compensation for
their services. Salaries and fees per-
mitted at the present time will be con
| tinued for the present officials until
1915, when every provision of the bill
| is to be made effective. All fees, per
diem and other emoluments allowed by
law for an official service shall be
collected by the officer performing the
service and turned into the local
treasury. Circuit court reporters are
much exercised over the appearance
of this bill.
The fees for many of the statements
required by justices of the peace and
county court commissioners are re-
duced in the bill. The county judge
shall receive no fees. Many sections
of the present law are repealed and
the whole bill has been worked out
with the idea that a fixed salary shall
be paid where possible. It is claimed
that some sheriffs in Wisconsin under
the present system of allowing fees
receive a higher salary for their
services than the governor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
Commission Gives Peter Jacobs $3.50 for
Land Taken for Railway Barns.

Commission Gives Peter Jacobs $3.50 for
Land Taken for Railway Barns.
The commission recently named by
the circuit court to award damages and
benefits to property owners in connec-
ton with the condemnation of a small
piece of land on Ashland avenue to be
used by the Milwaukee Electric Rail
way and Light company as site for a
car barn fled It's report with the clerk
Of the court today. The report awards
Peter Jacobs damages to the amount
of $3.50. 1t provides further that there
are no benefits to be assessed to any of
the surrounding property. The commits
sion was composed of Chas. A. Tarbell,
James Pennefeather and Henry F. Jor-
dan. 1t is not thought that the prop
erty owner viii appeal from the deei-
sion of the commission and there will
be no further delay in starting the work
on the proposed station.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
sat AFTER PUNCH BoARDs.
Complaints Made to Police Against
Gambling Devices in Stores.

The police received a number Of
complaints against punch boards i
now being used in many of the stores
of Kenosha and it is alleged that these
boards are doing thriving business
with the school children. The, police
in the past have shown willingness
to overlook this mild form of gamb-
ling, but the officers will be sent out
to make an investigation on next Mon
day and it is possible that number
of the stores maintaining the boards
will be ordered to discontinue them.
For the most part the boasds are used
to boost the sale of candies and cigars,
but some of them are said to be
operating for money prizes. 1t is GER
tain that this class of boards are
operated in violation of the laws.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15

There is a bill now before the legis-
lature which proposes to put all Of the
public offices in the state, some three
thousand in number, ON a straight
salary basis and which demands that
practically all fees collected by all of
ficials shall be turned in to the treas
uries. The bill provides for the whole
state about the same plan of REIN
bursting all county officials as was put
into practice in this county two years
or more ago and if the men behind the
measure are in need of any arguments
in support of the proposed changes
they can get them by applying to any
supervisor of this county. Since the
plan of paying all officials fixed sal
airy and requiring that all fees col
lectable under any law shall be turn
ed in to the county treasury, the
county offices, with the exception OF
those of the coroner and sheriff, have
been practically self supporting and
with the natural increase to be ex-
pected in the business to be transacted
they will be entirely so in very short
time. Should this bill become law
and as close watch be kept on the
collection of all fees all around the
state as is kept in this county, the
total for the year will astonish the
lawmakers at Madison.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
DANDELIoN SEASON HERE.
Many People Making Efforts to Rid
Lawns of Early Spring Flowers.

The annual dandelion campaign is
being waged in Kenosha. The warm
sunshine and the rains of the last few
days have brought the yellow heads of
this weed into full bloom and park
ings and lawns all over the city dis
play streaks Of yellow as a result.
This is an excellent time to get rid of
dandelions, for the ground is soft, and
they are easily exterminated. Care
should be exercised to get them out
by the roots. The dandelion probably
is the hardest and most persistent of
tweed pests. Once it gets a start
on a lawn or parking it is constant
fight for years to exterminate 1t. If
unmolested it will drive out the grass
in an increditably brief time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15

Unexpected opposition has developed
at Madison to the bill which will per-
NIT decorative lights to be installed in
the downtown district and unless the
merchants and business men interested
in securing the lights make their in
huence felt at Madison the bill will be
reported for indefinite postponement
from The senate committee 70 wAigh at
was referred. The objections to the
bin are largely of technical nature
and they may disappear if the commit
tee is convinced that the business in
terests of Kenosha are very much in
earnest in their demand for the pas
sage of the bill AT the request of
Assemblyman Pfennig final action on
the bill has been deferred to give the
Kenosha merchants a chance to present
their views and the fate of the bill de-
ponds on the showing made at the open
hearing The Retailers Association has
been working for months on the plans
forthese lights and it is not probable
that the members of the association
will permit all Of their arrangements to
be upset through the failure Of the leg
islature to pass the bill without strug-
gle. The committee may kill the bill
but if it does so it will act with the
sure knowledge that it is in opposition
to the wishes of the business men most
directly interested.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
NAMES G. E. WILLIAMS.
Bristol Man Named to Succeed Him.
self on the Jury Commission.

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self on the Jury Commission.
G. E. Williams has been named to
succeed himself as a member of the
jury commission of Kenosha county,
the formal appointment having been
filed by Judge Belden with the clerk
of the circuit court. Commissioner
Williams is from the town of Bristol
and he has been member of the com
mission since the law providing for it
went into operation years ago. Judge
Belden has in past years shown his de-
sire to retain the present jury com
missioners in service and this move
has made possible the best possible
jury panels in the county The pres
ent commissioners are w. w. Strong,
A. II. Kruckman and c. E. Williams
and all of them take a real interest
in the work of selecting jurors for tbs
two courts in the county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
CO. MUST SHOW UP FACTS
Must Show Loss of Time in Schedule
in Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee if
Stops Demanded are not Ordered by
Railroad Commission.

The Wisconsin Railroad Commission
has broken its long silence i'll regard
to the stopping Of interurban cars IN
Racine, Milwaukee and Kenoshas and
following a hearing on Friday that
lasted less than half an hour the COM
mission decided that the railway COM
pany would have to get Milwaukee,
Racine and Kenosha together and show
the commission that a reduction of
time was possible by the elimination
of stops. Such a reduction has not
been shown by the facts as before
the commission.
The hearing was on the complaint
of the city of Racine, but the commits
sion decided that the three cities must
be considered together and that the
Milwaukee company had no right to
grant concessions in Milwaukee with
out granting similar concessions in
Racine and Kenosha. Comm 5ioner
Romer insisted that all cities must be
placed on the same basis. The infer
ence from the statement of the COM.
missioner is that if the railway com
pany can not show that time is saw
ed by stopping cars at only certain
street intersections that the cars will
have to be stopped at all crossings
when passengers signal a desire to
take passage on the ears.
The commissioner held that the rail
way officials should consult the officials
Of the city as to the best points at
which to make stops.
The possibility Of the three cities
on a plan for stops is not
remote as the same grievance has been
sent to the commission from all of the
cities. Milwaukee and Racine both
have frequent stops from the electric
interurban ears and in this they differ.
from Kenosha. At present the COM
pany is not making any scheduled
stops in Kenosha save at the north
limits and at the Public Service
Building.
From the statements made by the
commissioner it is pretty certain that
stops will eventually be ordered in all
of the cities, but the commissioners are
hopeful that a friendly arrangement
may be made between the company
and the cities affected without forcing
the railroad commission to hand down
formal order. It is probable that
the officials Of the railway company
will take the initiative in seeking to
secure an agreement of the officials of
the three cities as proposed by the
commission. The Kenosha officials
will be ready to cooperate IN any
movement Of this nature with the I'M
Outstanding that this city will receive
the same consideration as Racine and
Milwaukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15

So far as we know it has never been
claimed for the chlorination process of
purifying the water supply, which is to
be installed here, that it is one hundred
per cent efficient in removing all bac-
terra from the water but it has been
proved that it's use does greatly de-
crease the dangers of using the lake
water. Waukegan has noted a great
decrease in the number of cases of dis
ease resulting from the use of impure
water since the chlorination process
was installed in that city and there is
no reason why equally as satisfactory
results from it's use should not be OBJ
tanned in this city. An increase in the
number of typhoid fever cases and in
testinal diseases bred by impure water
has been noted Id the past two months
and while we do not believe that all
of this increase is due to the city
water some OF it undoubtedly is With
the health report before them the
water commissioners would be remiss
in their duty if they neglected to take
every precaution in their power to i'm
prove the quality of the water supply
and the chlorination process seems. to
offer the best and quickest solution Of
the problem before them. Even if the
people of the city were ready to as
sumo the burden of installing fltra-
tion plant of the size needed for this
city which is by no means certain, it
would be months before such plant
fould be built. The chlorination plant
will undoubtedly greatly improve the
quality of the water, its cost is merely
nominal, both as to installation and
operation, aud it can be put in service
immediately. Under present eondi-
tions the water commissioners are. GER
tainly justified in giving it a trial in
Kenosha on the showing made in
other cities.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
oowELL CLAIMS PERSECUTION.
Former Kenosha Attorney Claims Suit
Against Him has no Merit in Fact.

W. NJ. Cowell, former Senosha at
torney in Kenosha today declared that
the suit brought in the circuit cours
here by W. H. Phelps of Chicago in
which he is named as one of the de-
PENDANTS in claim for damages e.l
ceeding SO, 900, is persecution. Cow
ell asserts that all the facts in connec-
tion with the case were threshed out
in the Office of the states attorney of
Cook county and that this official re-
fused to act in regard to the matter,
giving him clean bill so far as the
transaction is concerned. Cowen as
serts that he is now the defendant in
forty-one suits in the courts of the
city of Chicago and that thirteen
suits have been decided in his favor
within the past few months. He
claims that there is no compromise of
fered in this case and that it viii be
contested to the bitter end.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
HOLD OPEN MEETING.
Woman's Club of Kenosha Holds
Meeting Wednesday Afternoon.

More than two hundred of the wom-
en- of the city attended the annual
open meeting of the Woman's Club Of
Kenosha held at the parlors of Park
Avenue NJ E. Church on Wednesday
afternoon The program was one of
the most interesting ever arranged for
the club women of Kenosha. Miss
Aileen Shepherd gave two very charm
ing readings after which Miss Powell
of the Cumnock School of Oratory re-
cited ''The Passing of the Third Floor
Back. The afternoon closed with an
informal tea.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
MINK PLEADS GUILTY.
Street Car Motorman Charged With
Violating City Ordinance Pays Fine.

Arthur Mink, employed as a motor
man by the Kenosha Electric Railway
Company, appeared in court this morn
ing and paid fine of FIVE dollars and
the costs after entering a plea of
guilty" to violating the new city
ordinance against operating cars at
rate of speed exceeding fifteen miles
an hour Mink when originally ar
raigned pleaded 'Fnot guilty" He
was arrested by Police Officer Clausen
on April Goth and in the complaint the
officer claimed that he was running
car on West Market street at rate
of twenty-five miles IN hour
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
TENT COLONY FOR UNIVERSITY.
Summer Students Will be Permitted to
Camp Out on Shores of Lake Mendoza.


Students in the summer session at
the University of Wisconsin this year
will be permitted to live in tents on
the shore of Lake Mendoza, if they
are accompanied by their parents.
The tents may be set up on university
property, and well, pier etc, will
be provided for the tenting colony.
The regular launch service on the lake
will furnish tgansportat ton to and
from classes, and will enable the camp
ers to receive mail and groceries.
This is the first year that opportunity
to combine outing life with summer
study has been offered at the state
university and many are expected to
take advantage of it, at the same
time reducing their expenses below the
cost Of rooming and boarding in the
city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
THURSDAY, MAY Is, 1918.

There has been a slight Improvement
in the street lights in the past few
days but there is plenty Of room for
more. The surest way to make this
Improvement permanent is to keep on
reporting defective lights to the police.
The easiest way to secure better service
IS to make sure that the city pays for
no more lights than it gets by keeping
close track of the outage.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
GOES TO CLAIM INHERITANCE.
Mrs. August Baltzer One of Two Heirs
to Estate of 10000 Crowns.

Mrs. August Batzer, wife of the
former Kenosha city engineer, left
Kenosha on Wednesday evening for
New York and she will said on Satur-
day for Denmark, Mrs. Baltzer goes
to Denmark to claim her share Of an
estate Of 10000 crowns $4,000 re-
Gently left by her mother. There are
two heirs to the estate. Mrs. Baltzer
expects to remain in Copenhagen and
other places in Denmark for the bet
ter part of the summer returning to
Kenosha in the early part Of
September.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15

The Roya-Neh Club entertained at
a charming dancing party at Grosve-
no. Hall on Friday evening, more
than sixty couples making up the mer-
ny party. Music was furnished by the
Becker's orchestra and the evening
proved to be very enjoyable one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
MRS. SARAH H. MITTEN DEAD.
Widow of DR.. Allen P. Mitten, Former
ly of Seattle, Died at the Pennoyer.

Mrs. Sarah Hoskinson Mitten, aged
As years, widow of the late DR.. Allen
P. Mitten of Seattle, Wash, and an
aunt of Mrs. Carson Rogers Of this
city, died at the Pennoyer Sanitarium
at an early hour this morning. Mrs.
Mitten had been an invalid for num-
Der Of years and she had been at the
sanitarium for the past three weeks.
She is survived by two children,
Robert, who is student at Racine
College, and Marian, who is living
with relatives at ManitoWoc. The re-
mains will be taken to the old home
at Grand Rapids, Wis, for interment
and the funeral will be held there
probably on Sunday afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15

Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Barry of Denver,
Colo, who have been visiting in Keno
sha for the past ten days, left for their
home on Friday evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
SEND FIRST LETTER
Committee in Charge of BIZ
enniai Reunion at High
School Announce Dates
MANY RESPONSES PROMISED

Jay B. Glerum, secretary of the
Kenosha High School Association, to-
day sent the first letter to the members
of the association calling attention to
the coming reunion to be held on June
2lst. Already many letters are pour
ing in from members of the assocla-
ton and it is thought that the attend
ance this year will be the greatest in
many years. The Chicago Kenosha
Club is already making arrangements
to come to the reunion and it is
thought that there will be crowd
from Chicago which will make posi-
Die the securing of special tain.
The committee in charge of the pro-
gram is under the direction of Mrs.
Hattie NJ. Mckenzie, one of the vice
presidents of the association, and it is
stated that the formal program will
be ready within the next two weeks.
Special attention will be paid to- the
members of the class of 1863 in MAX
ing up the program. 1t will be the
fiftieth anniversary of the graduation
Of this class and it is expected that
all the living members of the class
will be here. The first letter sent to
the members of the association follows:
Kenosha, May s, 1913.
Dear Schoolmate:-
The twelfth biennial reunion of the
Kenosha High School Association will
be held on Saturday, June 21st, next.
This date marks the twenty-second
anniversary of the founding of our
organization and the sixty-eighth Of
our Kenosha school system. We have
the distinction of being the first abso-
lutely free school in the United
States, outside of New England, and
we. are today known as one of the
leading progressive cities Of the state
in the perfection of our school system.
Will you not arrange to be on hand?
We want you. We expect to have the
best reunion in the history of our
schools. We will have all the regular
attractions besides many new and in
teresting features. The banquet-take
a tip-will be the best ever. Short
extemporaneous speeches will be a
feature.
Please remit now the biennial
dues of one dollar to the treasurer,
Miss Perdita I. Dewey, III Deming
street, Kenosha, Wis. This is neces-
sary in order that we may make the
proper arrangements for the banquet.
If you know of any schoolmate we
have missed tell him or her to put one
dollar in an envelope and send it to
the treasurer, giving name and
address
Also please send the names Of any
association members who have died
within the past two years to Mrs. Me-
dora Dodge Cannon, 1915 Lyman
avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, vino will have
charge of the paper GIN Memoriam
in order that we may have a complete
list of our schoolmates who have
gone before.
Hoping that you will be present in
Kenosha on June 21st and asking that
you boost, boost, boost for Kenosha
and Home Sweet Home, we are,
Fraternally and cordially yours,
Walter NJ. Burke,
President
Mrs. Hattie NJ. McF enzie,
Vice President
Jay B. Glerum,
Secretary.
Perdita I. Dewey,
Treasurer.
Elizabeth Lyman,
Conrad Shearer,
Margaret V. Pirsch,
Edward C. Theirs,
Fred S. Morse,
Beulah English,
Louis M. Theirs,
Mrs. Lottie H. Jordan,
Executive Committee
Please remit dues at once.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15

Julius FRANKIE has sold his place on
Grand avenue and has moved to 453l
West street
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15

G. H. Dixon of Union Grove spent
Friday evening with Kenosha friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
AWARD OF DAMAGES MADE.

Please remit dues at once.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-16
MOORE GATHERING
TAX INFORMAL
ASKS CLERKS TO NOTIFY HIM OF
ACTION OF GRAND JURIES
IN MATTER.

State Auditor c. Lee Moore is ad-
dressing letters to the clerks of the
courts Of the State. asking for in
action of the grand iuries of their re-
spective courts in regard to investi-
CATION of tax assessments and pay
ments.
Auditor Moore has received this In
formation from some OF the clerks
and has learned from the newspapers
Of action IN other communities, but
Is anxious for full particulars from
every Judge. His circular letter to
those judges who have not notified
HIM of grand jury reports is as fol-
lows.
Dear slr,--In October, 1912, ] for
warded the judges of the courts Of
the Commonwealth a statement show
ing the license taxes assessed upon
merchants; also. a statement show
ing the assessed value Of each Kind
or class of personal property, and of
incomes assessed in the district Of
each commissioner of the revenue in
the Commonwealth.
and issued for the purpose Of aiding
the grand juries. required by law to
examine assessments made by the
commissioners of tho revenue.
! have not yet received any report
from the grand jury of your court re-
spect!ng the Investigation and exam
nation made by it.
That the Commonwealth may re-
Ceive the additional revenue due her
as a result Of such examination and
Investigation, / write TO ask that you
VIII send me a copy Of the report Of
the grand jury, and, so far as you can
do so, advise me of the additional as
sessment of taxes made by direction
Of the grand jury; and if the addi-
uonal a 'sessment of taxes were not
made by the grand jury, advise me il
the grand jury directed the several
comniss .oners Of the revenue to make
said additional assessment of taxes
SO that I may communicate with
those officers and obtain those as
sessments.
Your prompt attention to this re-
quest will be appreciated. and will be
OF service tn the Commonwealth in
procuring the additional revenue due
her as result If the Investigations and
examinations made by the grand
jurics throughout the State.
Yours very truly,
c. LEE MOORE,
Auditor Public Accounts,