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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
Abolition of Present State
Board of Health Proposed
to the Legislature.
TO UNITE FIVE DEPARTMENTS

The abolition Of the present state
board of health and the creation of a
state health department. with an ad-
visory public health council is propos-
ed in bill introduced by Assembly
man H. I'll. Peavey Of Washburn. The
health officer is to be appointed by the
governor for term of six years at a
salary of $4,000 a year. The present
secretary Of the state board of health
receives $500. The measure provides
that the state health officer shall de-
ivote his entire time to the business of
the office; that he shall be practicing
| physician and that he shall serve until
his successor has been appointed and
qualified. The offices of the health of
| ficer shall be in the capitol and he
shall have the assistance Of engineers
and clerks.
The work of the state health depart
ment is divided into five classes: divi-
sions of vital statistics; sanitary in
spection; tuberculosis; public hygiene
and education. The public health
council to advise the state health de-
partment shall be composed of the dean
of the medical school, the superinten-
cent Of the sanitarium at Wales, a
member Of the state medical society
and two members to be appointed by
the governor who shall serve for a
term of four years. This council shall
meet bi-monthly to consider public
health matters.
Aside from these officers the state
shall be divided into five districts and
over each there shall be a deputy who
shall not receive in excess of $4,000
annually. It shall be their duty to CO.
operate with the local health officers in
the cities and towns. They are given
the right of entry into any public
building and shall devote their time
to public health matters,
This law abolishes the present state
board Of health which is composed Of
DR.. Charles Sutherland, GAINESVILLE;
DR.. Z. ?. Meyer, Hudson; DR.. E. S.
Hayes, Eau Claire; DR.. H. A. Meilke,
clintonville; DR.. W. F. Whyte, Water
town; DR.. c. A. Harper, secretary,
Madison; and DR.. L. E. Spencer, Wau-
sau. These men receive practically
no pay, except travelling expenses.
The bill will be referred to the com
mittee on public welfare. It is said
that there is strong opposition to the
measure.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01

made any provision for suffragette
to interpret the law. But Mrs. Norris
was insistent. She declared that she
would not promise to obey and that if
Wisconsin insisted on this unfairness
to women that she would take her af-
famed husband and go to some other
state where better facilities were
offered. Judge Taylor finally found
decision relating co marriages which
seemed to give the court wide discre-
ton in waving any part of the cere-
mony save the joining of hands. With
this decision of the court he proceeded
to perform the ceremony. When he
reached the ominous word "obey the
judge simply changed it to cherish
Gay went for the whole ceremony and
he answered all The questions demand
ed by the statute.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gay left FOR Augusta
Maine on Monday night where they
will make their home. The bride was
radiant and decidedly pleased that she
had made the representatives of the
great state of Wisconsin conform to
the demands of at least one militaDs
suffragette.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
BRISTOL.

Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Bishop and son
of Kenosha, spent Sunday at the home
of Q. M. Bishop.
Wells Curtis was Kenosha visitor
on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Knapp entertain
ed the Larkin Club last Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Ed. Pike an ddaughter Hazel,
visited friends in Chicago the last Of
the week.
Harry Lavey has been having the
mumps.
Mrs. Keller of Racine, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. J. a. Rowbottom.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Foster, Jr., spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Bon
son of Kenosha.
Mrs. w. G. Bryant and Mrs. Frank
Fox, were Kenosha visitors Tuesday
Don't forget the horse sale on Sat.
urday, May 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Gaines were
Antioch visitors Saturday afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
MUST WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER
Board Listens to Arguments in Favor
of Institution But Tables Whole Mat
ter Without Debate-No Action
Against Powder Mills.

Friends of the plan to build tub
erculosis hospital in Kenosha are dis
appointed today for the new county
board organized on Wednesday failed
to show any extended interest in the
hospital and after the matter had been
presented to them with great care the
members without division and without
discussion among themselves laid the
matter over until the November session.
The friends OF the institution had
hoped that the board would at least
name a committee to make further in
vestigations during the summer months
but the old fight over the location of
a site still seems to be on and the
members of the board claim that the
division ON the site proposition is so
marked as to preclude any possibility
Of an agreement.
At the meeting Of the board on We'd
nesday the discussion Of the proposed
hospital was the only matter of inter-
est to be taken up. Miss E. M. Tate
of Milwaukee, field agent for the Wis
consin committee, appeared before the
board and discussed the situation in
the county at length. She declared
that the question of the selection of
a site was not so serious as the mem
bers of the board seemed to consider
it and she stated that in case the
board could not agree on a site the
state board of control would send it's
representatives to Kenosha county to
make the selection and this would
take this burden off the shoulders Of
the board. She urged in support Of
the hospital the fact that the amount
of state aid would be increased from
$3 to S. for each patient at the pres
ent session of the legislature and she
insisted that the institution would be
valuable for the treatment not only
Of patients in the last stages, but also
of patients in the earlier stages of the
disease. Miss Tate made very strong
presentation Of the hospital idea, but
it never phased the members of the
board. DR.. J. McShane, commissioner
of health of the city, also spoke, tell
ing of the need Of the institution at
this time.
The appropriation for the building
of the hospital was made at the last
session of the board, but this money
has been turned into the general fund
and it is not thought that the mem
bers of the present board will be will
ing to take up the matter again.
It had been expected that some ac-
tion would be taken by the board to
provide for the fight against the man
ufacture of powder in the county, but
Chairman Yule failed to bring up this
matter. The board adjourned late
Wednesday afternoon and the next SEES
sion will be held on the second Tues
day in November.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01

On Monday while blowing Fred
Stephens got mixed up in some way
with the horses and was quite badly
hurt about the head
p. Z. Burgess is having his house
painted. Mr.. Sherman is doing the
work.
The Ladies Aid Society will maet
on Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Vary Gaines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fox spent
Sunday with relatives in Pikevi'Ia.
Mrs. Ward Rowbottom and son of
Racine, spent last week with her
parents here.
The G. E. Society of the Plank Road
Church will have "seven social at
the home of Julius Remus on Plank
Road on Friday evening, May 9th.
Admission 7c and every 18th one may
go in free. Refreshments &c and every
18th one free.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
OUR RIRTHDAY.

With this issue the Telegraph
Courier begins its seventy-ffth year of
continuous publication, making it one
Of the Oldest papers of continuous pub
LEGATION in the country. 1.-THE old T.
q" $ now and always has been es-
sentially home paper and while it
has always attempted to epitomize the
principal features of the worlds news
for its readers from week to week, the
better part of its space has been de-
voted to local news and its columns
are complete chronological record Of
events in old Southport and Kenosha
county. The history Of this section of
Wisconsin is written in its files. The
paper is mailed weekly to the third
and fourth generation of descendants
of the pioneers who were its first sub
scribers and in many instances the
paper is the only link that connects
these people with the old home It
goes into every state in the union and
TO most foreign countries and the de-
mands that come to the Office for dup
licate copies Of any issue that goes
astrav IN the mails is proof positive Of
Che value of the paper to these exiles.
Ut s lists of local subscribers is increas-
ing rapidly and there is no apparen
reason why the Telegraph Courier
should not enjoy another seventy five
years Of usefulness and service.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01

There is wide difference of opinion
as to whether or not the method which
seems to have been accepted as the
only one for handling the disorderly
house problem in this city is the prop
.er one or not, but there can be nc ar
gument on the proposition that all
should receive the same treatment from
the authorities. The charge that a
regular tax is levied on some while
Others are immune from prosecution
calls for rigid investigation. The
explanation that the authorities are
not aware of the existence of some of
these places will not be accepted as an
excuse for not bringing them into
court either. Any such bunk as that is
an insult to ordinary intelligence.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
THE PRISONER OF zENDA.
Special Review by New York Critic of
Film Coming Friday and Saturday.

New York, February Special to
The Billboard The first showing of
the prisoner of Zenda. the second
feature film production to be handled
by the Famous Players Film company,
in which James K HacEett plays the
leading roles, was made at the Lyceum
theater yesterday afternoon to an APP
preciative audience.
The film is in four parts and little
over 1900 feet. 1t is a masterpiece in
careful and pictorial production and
possesses all the qualities which go to
make up a real feature film production,
Unfortunately, the subject is trifie
long and the film necessarily so, but the
four reels are so crammed full of beau
tiful scenery and stately and careful
acting that the hardness of the plot
in coming to a close is overlooked, as
the audience studies each scene.
Without a doubt the scenery and
property used in this production sur
pass that used in any feature film pro-
duction yet produced. The scenery is
marvellous. 1t is easily the product Of
the ample and spacious studio which
the Famous Players Company uses for
its productions. Added to the beauti-
full sets is expert photography and thus
the full effect of the former is to be
seen on the screen when the picture is
This picture will be shown
at the Rhode Friday and Saturday aft
ernoons and nights. All seats are
10c. advdw
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
WOoDWoRTH.

Supt. J. J. Kerwin visited school in
District No. 5, last Wednesday.
Mrs. H. s. Vreeland, who has been
visiting relatives in Indianapolis, Ind,
for several weeks, returned home Fri
day evening.
Miss Jennie McKenna, who has not
been well for some months, has gone to
st. Mary's hospital, Racine, for
treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Stanley of Ke-
nosha, visited Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Up
son last Sunday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
ANOTHER GOOD WORD
For Blindness of Virtue Which Comes
to the Rhode Next Monday Night.

to the Rhode Next Monday Night.
The Joliet Evening Herald in review
ing fThe Blindness of Virtue,'' which
comes to the Rhode theatre next Mon
day night, says:
ga play well written, well construct
ed and finely characterized, with the
comedy in the piece finely woven, and
teaching a great moral lesson-such is
'sThe Blindness of Virtue' which was
presented at the Joliet theatre yester-
day.
1T. G. Gleason certainly picked an
excellent company with which to pre-
sent the play. The scenic production,
which was identical with that of the
original, was entirely new, very pretty
and very English.
q THE Blindness of Virtue quiet,
reticent, is crusade in itself. 1t is a
play for serious theatregoers, and con-
yeys message that should be needed
by everyone. Two good sized audiences
turned out yesterday in spite Of the in
clement weather, and We're satisfied
with the piece.
s9The cast of the piece was excellent,
even surprising that of the original
English company that played in Chi
cago.
Seats are now On sale. Phone So for
reservations. advdw
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
WOULD PAY IN TNsTALLMENTs.
Delinquent Tax Payer Offers to Pay
Treasurer at Rate of So a Week.


Treasurer at Rate of So a Week.
City Treasurer Steinmetz had new
proposition to consider on Tuesday
when a delinquent tax payer in an eff
fort to put off as far as possible
visit to his place with the patrol wag-
on as a feature declared to the treas
urer that he would pay the city in in
stallments. The delinquent tax is lit
tie over twenty dollars and the man
asked to be allowed to meet it at the
rate of So weekly. The treasurer de-
clared that he had no right to accept
taxes in this manner. The man de-
clared that he would take the matter
up with the finance committee of the
city. Installment taxes may be all
right, but if the city started to collect
all of its taxes at the rate of So
month the city would have a hard time
getting revenue for running expenses.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
DECLINES ADVICE TO HEDGE
Marriage of Mrs. Adelaide Norris and
George e. Gay Brought Real Defiance
to Established Customs in wisconsin
But Woman Wins Her Fight.

One sutfragette successfully defed
the laws of Wisconsin in Kenosha or
Monday and got away with it without
any necessity of starvation strike or
any other sort of a privation. The suf-
fragette was Mrs. Adelaide Norris of
Champlain, Mimi, when she came into
Kenosha, but when she went away she
had the new name of Adelaide Norris
Gay. The defnance of the law of the
state was pulled off in the Office of
Judge George W. Taylor, for Mrs. Gay
forced the judged to withdraw the
word "obey" time honored in the mar
rage ceremony of Wisconsin and in
place of it was substituted the rather
mild sounding word of "cherish. {"
Mrs. Norris and her afianced hus-
band dropped into Kenosha just before
noon Monday and they went at once to
the Office of the county clerk and
sought license to marry. Mrs. Nor
ris was sixty and she stated that it
was her third venture on the sea of
matrimony. Gay pleaded youthful
sixty-six summers and as many winters
and he admitted that he had been mar
ried on one previous occasion. Mrs.
Norris secured the license after it had
been properly signed by the clerk and
armed with it she proceeded directly
to the Office of Judge Taylor. With
her eyes shining she burst into the
office of the judge with all the vigor
of bride of sixteen.
care you the judge of the county
court" was her salutation and Judge
Taylor admitted with some misgivings
that he had the honor to preside in the
court. "Well, am sufragette and
I want to get married., !" continued
Mrs. Norris, and by this time her hus-
band-to-be, had slipped quietly into the
office Of the judge. 81 want it dis
tinctly understood that as suffragette
[ will not consent to the use of any
ceremony that provides for the word
obey continued Mrs. Norris. The
judge decided to use little diplomacy
and save the majesty of the law if
possible and he fenced for time. "Well
my good woman" said the court, "you
see that it has long been considered
the right of the woman to hedge on
this provision to obey, but the word is
clearly written in the statutes of the
state.'' Hedging did not appeal to
Mrs. Norris and she insisted that the
court find some other way out of it.
Gay admitted that he was willing to
have any old ceremony that appealed
as proper to his suffragette bride-to-be
so the court pulled down most of the
volumes of the statutes and went all
the way through the chapter On domes-
tic relations from the provisions for
marriage licenses to that for divorces.
He found nothing that gave him the
power to eliminate the provision for
wife to obey and found nothing that
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
State Legislature passes new
Law of Great interest to
Property Owners Here.
MAY DEMAND A new SURVEY

The state legislature has made posi-
BILE way for the people OF kenosha
who own property in districts in which
there is a dispute over existing proper
ty lines to secure final settlement OF
these Lines and it is probable that the
passage of new act by the legisla-
ture will furnish lot of business for
the county surveyor and his aids dur
ing the coming year. There are some
hundred pieces of property in Kenosha
over which there is contention on
PROPERTY lines. The city engineer and
surveyors have been appealed to to
give some final settlement Of these con-
troyersies, but survey after survey
made has only resulted in the bringing
OF new contests as to the lines estab-
lished and in most of the cases at issue
there is just as much contest over the
lines today as there was when the err
rors were first discovered.
County Clerk Jones received from
Madison this morning copies of a new
state law which makes possible the set
Element Of these troubles. Under this
law the county surveyor of any county
in the state is directed to locate or
perpetuate any sectional or other corn
er of any section of land within the
confines of the state. This work must
be done on the application of ma
jority Of the property owners in the
section or portion of the section in
which the error in lines has been dis
covered.
The cost of making these surveys
shall be taxed against all the property
in the distinct affected by the survey.
The county surveyor is directed to
make these surveys within reason
able time after the filing of the petit
ton by the property owners and before
the actual work of surveying is start
ed he is caused to give formal notice to
all property owners of the day and
hour in which the work is to be done
that all property owners may be pres
ent in person or be represented by an
attorney. The law provides that all
lines SO outlined shall be permanently
marked by the burial Of a stone at
each corner and this stone must be
made matter of record. When such
records are made the property lines
are to follow this survey and there is
to be nc appeal from the final record
of these lines.
The law makes full provisions for
the marking of the lines by trees or
other natural landmarks, but these
landmarks must be supplemented by
the formal mark on which the name
Of the county will be stamped.
1t is probable that the lines of a
half dozen subdivisions in the city will
be outlined under the provisions Of this
new law.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
FARMERS ATTENTION.

Guaranteed Danish grown Holland
cabbage seed at $500 per ID. Seed
corn, seed oats, timothy, clover seed,
etc., also Northern Wisconsin seed
potatoes, Red River Valley Early
Ohios. All seeds guaranteed 80 per
cent termination. The Dunnebacke
Co., Market and West Main streets.
Telephone sol and 500. advwtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
CARVER GRADE TRoTTER.

Formerly owned by Ed. G. Shepard
of Kenosha, now the property of A.
F. Mcneil of South Bristol Kenosha,
Co., Wis. Carver will make the sea-
son at the stables on the Barker Pic
kens farm in South Bristol. Registered
No. 1874. Terms: $40 to insure live
foal. adrwtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01

Seneca Stewart, record 2:24A, stand
ard and registered No. 4os49. Bred by
Uihlein Bros., Milwaukee. Foaled 1900.
VIII make the season at my barn in
the town of Bristol For particulars
address Geo. Adamson, Bristol, Wis,
R. F. D., or phone 236 Bristol. ad*w4
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
NEWS OF
KENOSHA COUNTY
soMERs.

Invitations are issued for a grand
May ball to be given by Somers Camp
Royal Neighbors of America or Friday
evening, May 2, at Woodmen Hall.
The committee in charge is sparing
no pains to make this social success.
Supper will be served in the dining
room and an excellent menu is being
prepared by the Royal ladies' Jaco-
by's band of Kenosha will furnish the
music
One of the most disastrous fires ever
known in this locality occurred on the
farm Of Christian Nelson short dis
stance south Of the village about three
clock Monday afternoon. Fire of I'M
known origin broke out at the straw
stack and spread by the terrific wind;
soon all the buildings including house,
barn and all others on the place were
in flames All the cattle and horses
were saved by the timely assistance of
the neighbors. The tenant, John Rel
denbach, was away from home at the
time. All the household furniture was
destroyed. The property was insured
in the Somers Mutual Fire Insurance
Company.
Miss Belle Booth of Chicago, accom-
panied by her friend from Oak Park,
are guests Of Misses Harriet and An
ME Spence this week.
Rev William Rollins, district super
intendent of the Milwaukee Confer
ence, gave an excellent service at the
Methodist Church on Sunday morning.
Mrs. Mary Ann Ozanne, who was re-
moved to the Kenosha Hospital, last
week, suffering from dislocated hip,
is improving as rapidly as can be ex-
pected,
The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres
byterian Church meets with Mrs. Frank
Bradley Wednesday afternoon, May 7.
John Maroony Of Walworth, spent a
few days of last week with Hiram
Bowers.
Miss Louise Stetler, who underwent
an operation for appendicitis at st.
Mays Hospital, Racine, last week, is
rapidly improving.
Mrs. Alfred CARAT and Mrs. John
Klinkhammer, spent Saturday after
noon with Mrs. Mary Ann Ozanne at
the Kenosha hospital.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Panl Railway Company have agreed to
improve their property at the village
from the cattle yards north to the pub
lie highway. Saturday General Supt.
Henderson of the Chicago division,
met with our town board and Senator
Bishop and completed their plans for
this much needed improvement. This
roadway is to be made of concrete
from the depot north to the highway
and the strip south from the depot to
the cattle yards to be macadamed.
Our town will macadamize the high
way west from the depot.
Mrs. George G. Hamilton is visiting
with friends in Racine.
George G. Hamilton spent Sunday
with Racine friends.
William Bullamore is spending a few
days with his daughter at Winthrop
Harbor.
Mrs. Yonk of Waukegan, is visiting
at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. John
Youk.
Mrs. August Bohm entertained the
Ladies Aid Society of the Presby-
terrain Church on Wednesday after
noon. A goodly number were present.
The next meeting will be at the home
Of Mrs. Frank Bradley Wednesday
May 18th.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01

Call on Lawrence and Jensen when
you want seed corn. Have just secur-
ed car load Of several different vari-
cites. Also fresh field and garden seeds
in stock. Lawrence and Jensen, 267
Church street. Phone T91. adv w54
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01

FOR SALE OR RENT ROOM HOUSE,
bath, etc, barn 18x40, hen house 15x50
corn crib 600 bushels and acres of land
in good condition. Black and red rasp-
berries currants, Strawberries, goose
berries, asparagus, rhubarb, etc. p
Stumps, Route 81, Box %, Racine ave-
nue., Kenosha, Wis. dw*m3
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01

There are lot of untagged logs in
Kenosha and with the coming of the
summer weather these dogs are liable
to get their owners into lot of
trouble
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01

Mrs. n. Rowe, who has been i'll at
the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, is
rapidly recovering and it is expected
that she will be able to return to her
home in Kenosha within short time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wallace of Ga
lena, III, are the guests of their
daughter, Mrs. w. J. Birmingham Of
Durkee avenue.