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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30

and that huge chunks of taxes badly
needed at that. time had been Topped
off in order to make possible a better
showing for the administration. Most
people understood that this would
mean a record levy for this year but
it was hardly expected that all high
water marks for state taxation would
be passed.
The levy against Kenosha county
this year sets new record for state
taxes To the city the increase in the
state levy will mean an increase of at
least two mills on the tax levy. 1t is
impossible for the finance committee of
the city to meet this big advance in
the state tax IN any other way
1t may be little interesting to the
people of this county to know that
levies have advanced in about the same
ratio all over the state but the. fact
that other people are being forced to
open their purse strings will in no way
make it easier for the people Of Ke-
nosha county to let go Of their money.
The coming of the state levy was the
last straw to break the camel's back
with the city finance committee and all
hopes Of keeping the city levy at the
same figure as last year went glimmef-
ing. The state commission in an
nouncing the record for tax levies in
the state has gone into details and has
made many excuses for the increase.
However, nothing is said Of the fact
that the state tax was taken off last
year just before the general election.
The total amount Of the state tax is
$7,655,31S. This tax consists Of:
Interest on state certificates
of Indebtedness ......$ 157 $50
State and free high schools. 175,o0o
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30

Spoilsmen should be taught to keep
their hands off the diplomatic and con-
sular service. 1t is increasingly evil
dent that experience and training are
imperatively necessary for our agents
abroad, If we are to avoid xevatious
and hurtful friction and If our com
merce is to be given the assistance en-
joyed by your trade rivals. We have
made advance of late years toward es-
tablishing the merit system in this
field of government service, but the
pressure is now strong for jobs, and,
relying upon the traditional indiffer-
ence Of public opinion as to our
foreign relations, it will be directed at
the department of state. Business
men and their organizations should OPP
pose this pressure If republican par
tsanship has protected incompetents
they should removed--but not in favor
Of democratic incompetents. Tribune
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30
KEEp WATCH on sxpLosrvEs.

Following the disastrous fire which
resulted in eight deaths among the
members of the Milwaukee FIRE depart
ment, Chief Isermann is directing the
inspectors of the Kenosha fire depart
ment to take special notice of all ex-
plosives used in buildings in Kenosha.
Several factories in the city use
chemicals of an explosive nature and
it is the plan of the chief to have a
close knowledge of the manner in
which these chemicals are handled
The chief does not believe that there
IS danger of a fire such as occurred in
Milwaukee in Kenosha, but he is max.
ing assurance doubly sure by keeping
this close tab on all explosives stored
in the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30

The members of the council were
wen satisfied with the condition in
which they found the poor farm at the
recent annual inspection and with the
showing made by the manager for the
past year, but the members of the coun-
ell will endeavor to work out some plan
by which the labor Of the inmates can
be more proAtably employed in the
future. No figures were furnished as
to the exact cost per inmate per year,
but il is probably less than the cost
TO the city of caring for others of It's
dependents and more of them are like
~ to be sent there If accommodations
can be made for them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30
COMPLETE CRIMINAL CALENDAR
Court Officials Hope to Clear Criminal
Calendar in Circuit Court next week

The officials of the circuit court are
hopeful that they will be able to clear
up the criminal calendar for this term
during the first week of November
With the trial of the Spina attempted
murder case which was started this
morning there are but two cases left
for trial. One of these is an appeal
from the municipal court and it will
probably be disposed of in a short
time. The defendant is James johnson
and he is charged with violation of
the state weights and measures law.
The other case is that of the state
against George Kozcak, charged with
transporting dynamite to Kenosha for
the purpose of blowing up the home
OF J. w. DeCou. It is expected that
this case will be bitterly contested and
1T is certain that the trial of it viii
occupy the better part of week. Nor
man e. Balsr and Attorney Zimmers of
Milwaukee will appear for the defend
ant. There is a large number of civil
cases to be heard by the jury and for
this reason the court officials are anx-
ious to get the criminal cases out of the
way.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30
LEVY SETS A NEW RECORD
Kenosha County VIII be Forced to
Raise Nearly s134, 900, an Increase
Of More Than $4,000 over Amount
Levied by the State in 1919.

Get ready to dig. The playful little
state tax commission at Madison on
Monday night made announcement of
the state tax for the coming year and
the county of Kenosha will be expected
to pungle across with 1888, 93l.s5 when
the taxes are collected in January.
There might be a slight increase over
last year, in fact the increase is little
over $50 per cent. The tax assessed
for all state purposes last year was
$51 ,499.11, but it was understood at
the time that this was political levy
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30
Committee of State Bowling
Association Announces
Coming State Meeting
ROLL ON ALLEYS ON SUNDAY

President Joe Mitchell of Madison,
Ed. Straub of Cedarburg, Max Lau Of
Racine, F. Ollie Of Sheboygan and Ed.
Schmidt of Juneau settled the routine
business of the Wisconsin Bowling AS
ISOLATION at meeting held last week
and then went into session with the
presidents of the leagues that are
members of the Milwaukee Bowling
Association, with the end in view of
satisfying and convincing the Milwau-
kee bowlers that Madison is going to
stage the greatest state bowling tour
nament ever held
January 18th was set for the date to
close the entries and January 23rd was
set for the opening date Of the tourna.
ment. Arthur Reinke of Milwaukee,
was elected vice president in place of
A. III. speers, resigned, and Ernie
Rutherford of Cedarburg was elected
ON the executive committee in place
of Ed. Straub, resigned.
General conditions were discussed
and it was decided to set aside four
alleys for the five men and have teams
draw for alleys themselves when they
arrive on the field.
The same conditions will prevail for
doubles and singles. New sets of reg
ulation A. B. G. pins will be used for
every five man team and every team
that bowls in The tournament will be
obliged to join the congress through
their home city association. The tour
nament will be sanctioned by the CON
gress, so that all record scores will
count for high score medals offered
annually by the American bowling
congress.
The rumor that Sunday bowling
would not be allowed in Madison was
set aside by Mr.. Mitchell, who prom
ised Sunday dates to all bowlers and
teams that desire same.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30

1t may be due to series of acci-
dents but it looks more as if some one
had deliberately sown some of the
paved streets of the city with broken
glass and what the automobilists and
motorcyclists have to say Of the effect
on tires is unfit for publication.
Whether done by design or accidentally,
leaving this glass on the streets is an
olfense under the city ordinances and
the people who have to pay for tires
would appreciate an effort on the part
Of the police to stop it. There have
been one or two fines assessed for this
form of malicious mischief, but the
fines evidently have not been heavy
enough or numerous enough to have
the desired effect.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30


State aid for graded schools. 100000
State aid for the University
of Wisconsin, ........ I.I24.0O0I
State aid for normal schools 499 .637
State aid for common schools 1898 31I
State aid for highways. ..... 1885, 900
For new state capitol. 1890. 100000
For general purposes. 100000
+ This tax is based on valuation Of
state property in the state OF $685.
1S7,T05, and the rate on the dollar of
valuation is slightly more than 2l.2
mills.
All of the above amounts saws
the secretary of state in statement
which accompanies the levy, that is be-
ing sent to all county clerks, are for
education and highways, with the ex-
eeption of the new capitol and general
purposes amounts, and are returned to
the people either directly or indirectly
with additional moneys. The levy of
l $l,500,00O for general purposes is IN
usual and it is, therefore, quite natural
that the taxpayers of the state should
make special inquiry respecting it.
This levy seemed necessary after
careful consideration of a detailed
statement of the general fund receipts
|dnd disbursements prepared in conform
ity with the statutes, which showed
there would be an estimated balance on
hand in July 1, 1914, of $710,slS, with.
out the levy of special tax. This
amount clearly would be inadequate to
meet the demands on the state treasury
prior to substantial collection of rev.
enues.
1t is estimated there should be a
working balance of $1,500,000 in the
general fund on July l, 1914, exclusive
of the amount required to meet ex-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30

is principle operating here, and that
the right decision takes into considera-
tion that greatest good of the greatest
numbers and the general welfare Of
the children who are affected by this
decision.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30

Three Kenosha boys are reported to
gave had a narrow escape from death
on Sunday afternoon at Powers Lake
when sail boat in which they had
tempted a choppy lake capsized. All
of them were rescued by men about the
lake and cold bath was the mes.
serious of their injuries.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30

1t is not safe to bet on having much
more of Indian summer. There are
number Of jobs about the city that
should be rushed these pleasant days,
They certainly cannot be left in their
present shape until spring and the
work ought not to be done in freezing
weather either.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30
APPLES coo A BusHEL

Just received a car load Of Gaynor
spples. soc a bushel Telephone
1874. *advo29
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Atkins of Milwau-
kee, spent Monday afternoon with
friends in Kenosha
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 80, 1918.

Have you noticed the apportionment
of the state tax9 Looks like record.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-30

traordinary requirements for highways
and bridges.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-11-28

a relief, and not as a punishment
Before the grand jury and the court
are through with him the sun Of
sprlngtime will be again shining,
and life will have no terrors for the
man who lives as the beast during
the following few months. To rid
communities Of the hobo. and to
make the life less attractive to the
eonstitutlonalIy weary, there must be
different forms Of "punishment"
meted out than warm beds and
three square meals a day. The rock
pile as a curative OF the tramp evil
has not been improved upon. Com
munitles that make the hobo earn
his fare are less troubled by him
and his kind, for they at least give
such communities a wide berth. The
revival Of the rock pile here would
have an immediate and a beneficial
effect, Tramps would not then COM
NIT petty crimes within our jurls-
dlctloh expecting to reap penalty"
in the way Of bed and board till
spring, and II they could not observe
the laws they would go elsewhere
to break them The tramp nuisance
Is one that each community must
solve for itself.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-11-28

as the city manager is not to
be necessarily a resident OF the city
at the time OF his appointment.
while giving a single-headed ad-
ministration, il abolishes the one
man power seen in the old mayor
and-council plan. The city need not
suffer from the personal whims or
prejudices Of the manager, since he
is subject to instant correction, or
even discharge by the commission.
Likewise, in the commission each
members individual whims or pre-
judices are safely submerged and
averaged in the combined judgment
Of the whole commission, since no
member exerts any authority In the
municipal government save as one
voting member Of the commission.
1T abandons all attempts to
choose administrators by popular
election.
1T provides basis for better dis
clpllne and harmony, inasmuch as
he city manager cannot safely be at
odds with the commission.
1T is better adapted for large
cities than the Des Moines plan. In
very small cities, by providing the
services of one well-paid manager
instead of five or three paid COM
mlssioners, it makes possible econ
omy in salaries and overhead ex-
penses.
1T creates positions membership
in the commisslon) which should be
attractive to frst-class citizens"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-11-28

ent registration law is uneonstitu-
Iional and invalid for two reasons.
First, il is declared that il is in
violation OF section p, OF article l.,
OF the state constitution, which pro-
vides that no law shall be passed
the taking effect OF which shall be
made to depend upon any authority,
save as provided in the constitution.
Second, it is held unconstitutional
because Of the provision requiring
that when an eleetor has lost his GER
tifcate he must produce before the
registrar an affidavit, subscribed by
two witnesses, that such is the fact,
it being held this is in violation OF
section 2, Of article 2. prescribing
qualifications of voters. The court
was compelled to hold the measure
unconstitutional as a whole, as, had
1t not done so. the repeating sections
would have remained, and the state
been without a registration law.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-11-28
THE CITY MANAGER PLAN.

Two years ago a committee of
Grants Pass citizens drafted a char
ter providing for the commission
form of government in the muni-
cipality This charter was presented
to the council, and there it still
rests. The charter as drafted at
that time provided for salaried
mayor, who was to act in the cap
acity of city manager at adequate
salary.
Since the formation of that pros
pectiye charter the commission form
of municipal government has gone
forward with rapidity, and at the
present time 800 American cities
and towns, with aggregate popula-
tion of 100000 people, have adopt
ed it. The latest phase of this new
mode of city government provides for
the employment Of a city manager,
upon whom the business direction of
the municipality devolves This man
ager has the employment and direc-
tion of all other city employees, and
directs the business of the COM
munlty as does the manager Of a
mercantile establishment direct the
business Of his institution. For
cities the size OF Grants Pass this
system is said to approach the ideal,
and at the recent meeting of the
National Municipal League held at
Toronto the city manager plan was
heartily endorsed, and among the
advantages noted where the follow
ing:
1t creates a single-handed ad-
ministrative establishment instead of
the five separate administrative es-
adjustments seen in the Des Molnes
plan This administrative unity
makes for harmony between munl-
clpal departments, since all are sub
feet to a common head.
THE city manager Plan permits
expertness In administration at the
point where It is most valuable.
namely, at the head. It permits COM
parative permanence in the Office OF
the chief executive.
at permits the chief executive 10
migrate from city to city, inasmuch
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-11-28
STATE COOPERATION IN
FORESTRY

In addition to the administration
OF its waste lands for forest pur-
poses, the individual state should
play part in cooperating with priv
ate timber land owners, commen-
surate with the interest which the
state has in maintaining its timber
supply.
This principle is enunciated by the
committee on state forestry at the
national conservation congress in
Washington. The committee further
recommends as general principles for
the practice of state forestry every
where that the governing board
should be removed from partisan
political control and that the state
forester should be fitted for his
work by professional training and
experience,
Civil service should govern in the
selection OF all forest officers, and
all industries directly dependent on
the forests should be represented on
the state forestry board. Further,
the committee says, the forest officers
should have ample discretionary
power, and should be delegated
enough authority to settle contro-
versles as they arise
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-11-28

When the judges are elected strict
ly because of their qualifications
for the honorable position, and not
because of political combinations or
jobs, the standard of the bench will
have been greatly elevated. Not all
judges elected upon partisan tickets
are bad judges, of course. But it
goes without saying that If legal
learning and judicial temperament
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-11-28
Numbering A GREAT INDUSTRY

ILUMBER1NG A GREAT INDUSTRY.
According to e. T. Allen OF Port
land numbering is the greatest Am
erican manufacturing industry and
is exceeded only by agriculture in
supplying the essentials of life. In
an address before the conservation
congress Mr.. Allen called attention
to the comparative lack of the pub
Hes knowledge Of the economies Of
subjects which touch each individual
SO closely as forestry and numbering.
Mr.. Allen is forester Of the West
ern Forestry and Conservation Asso-
ciation an organization Of lumber
men whose principal activity is the
protection of their holdings from
fire. A large part of the assocla-
tion's efforts are directed to making
the public realize the loss which
each individual suffers, directly and
indirectly, from forest destruction.
In this connection he pointed out
that forest preservation can not be
conducted wholly by business man
ayers or board of directors. 1T is
a mutual cooperative enterprise"
he said, requiring daily partlclpa-
tion by all concerned. The American
forest policy must exist not because
a few say It should, but because a
majority of citizens understand what
is needed, and why 1t is needed, and
put the policy into effect
"The only reason the average citi-
zen eoes not realize the Importance
OF forestry and does not give It the
same active and intelligent interest
that he gives his home town prob
lens is that he can not see 1t so
clearly, The very lmmenslty and
Importance OF the lumber industry
causes its several processes of grow
ing, manufacturing, and distributing
to be conducted separately, and this
confuses the public mind. Different
communities see different parts of
the whole process, but get no thor
ough grasp of forest economics"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-11-28
TINE REGISTRATION DECISION.

City election occurs next Monday,
and the decision OF the supreme
court OF the state OF Oregon holding
the registration law enacted by the
last legislature as invalid complicates
matters in this city The voters had
registered under this new law, and
with It's defeat comes tbe,necessity
for registration in order to qualify
tuem tor the ballot Monday The
court decision relnstates the old law,
requiring annual registration IN
stead OF permanent registration, as
che new law provided, and it Will
therefore be necessary for the voters
60 again register under the old law.
There is also the question now
raised locally to further complicate
the situation regarding the validity
OF elections held under the new reg
istration law Elections have been
held throughout the state durins
the tall. including the election upon
the referred measures. The Grants
Pass bonding election was also held
under the new law, and as ballots
were cast by virtue OF the new regis
tration, the legality Of this election
has been called to question.
The court holds that the perman-
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-11-28

II will cost next to nothing
II will do more to make Oregon
famous than any single thing.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-11-28
CURING THE TRAMP EVIL.

40 AA't
The problem of the hobo, the com
mon tramp, is one that disturbs the
economic and the social surface of
every community There is SYM
pathy ,hat reaches out to this wan
derer upon the face OF the earth.
for The fault that is within him is
not entirely his own. It's part Of
the girthrght of some, and pro-
duct OF the system" with OTHERS.
But iy follows, nevertheless, that the
problem Is with us aud must be met,
and In It's meeting drastic remedies
must sometimes be applied. Rene
dies that make It harder for the
tramp to exist are in the end the
most humane for the tramp himself.
But recently one OF this class OF
people committed petty thleyery in
Josephine county lie had previous
ly been sleeping in the brush wher-
ever night overlook him. eating such
food as came to him without ply
steal endeavor, and Jail during the
winter months 70 him will come as
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-11-28
Miles Mcintyre, Agt. 6O4 S. 9Th St.

counted for more and adherence to
party organization for less, we would
have fewer bad judges. And taking
the judiciary out of politics does
not mean that ambitious lawyers
would have to forego political actlv.
ity. Not at all. 1t simply means
that political faith and activity would
no longer be the test of the wearer
Of the ermine.