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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
MET IN KENosHA.
Federal Employees Have Interesting
Session Here on Saturday Evening.

One of the largest and most enthusi-
astic meetings of the federal civil serv-
Ice employees ever held in Kenosha was
held Saturday evening at K. of C. hall.
j. G Shattswell of Waukegan, called
Branch II of the National Association
of Civil Service Employees to order
There were representatives from Evans
ton, Waukegan and Kenosha present
while members of Badger Branch 131
of Racine were the guests of honor
After the regular routine of business
f. Coombs of Chicago, secretary of
Branch i, was introduced. Mr.. Coombs
gave very interesting talk on retire
ment and the right to be pensioned af-
ter having given all the best years of
one s life in the service of the govern
ment. He told of the organization
only made permanent last April, now
numbered 151 active branches, embrac-
ing every arm of the federal service.
He told how Branch of Chicago, now
having membership of 2,l00, expected
QOuU16 1US DOIuIG
R. Seiber of Chicago, representing the
."Civil service News" paper devot-
ed to the interest of civil service in
all its branches, spoke of publicity and
the powerful influence the press of the
country had on legislation, ETC., Mr..
P. Cords of Evanston, was then intro
duced and he gave very interesting
talk, including a short history of
Branch II, how it had grown from a
small handful of men who met and or
ganized, to membership of over 80 at
the present time After short talks by
President Graves and Secretary Wal
liams of Kenosha the meeting ADJOURN
ed to partake of a swell lunch, served
as only the Kenosha boys know how to
serve, after which at late hour the
members adjourned to their respective
homes to meet again at Evanston the
second Saturday in December
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
HAD MANY BLANK CHECKS.
w. Gillion, Arrested on Larceny Charge
Being Investigated by Police.

William Gillion, claiming Chicago as
his home, was arrested at the postofice
late Saturday afternoon by. Police Of.
fcer Fred Bradley and he is being held
at the city lookup on charges of lar
ceny The man, who refused to. make
any statement, is charged with having
stolen some tools from the work shop
Of Nicholas Ringelberg. AT the time
OF his arrest he had number Of blank
checks on the First National Bank and
he was busy making an effort to fix
out one of the checks. It is declared
that the checks were also taken fro2l
Ringelberg. Chief O'Hare this morn
ing notified the Chicago department of
the arrest of Gillion and he will not be
given hearing until something furth-
er is discovered in regard to his past
life.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
cRossIN JOINS RUTLEDGE CO.
Well-known Local Embalmers Announce
Formation of a New Company,

Announcement made today Of the
formation of new undertaking com
pany 1t will take {ovef the business
of the Rutledge Undertaking company
end the two members of, the. firm will
be Floyd H. Rutledge, associated with
the business for the past eight years
and James Crossin, formerly with the
Hansen Undertaking Company. Mr..
Crossin severed his connection with the
Hansen company on Saturday and the
announcement of the new firm was
made today. Mr. Crossin came here
from Philadelphia three years ago, and
has been very favorably known in the
business in Kenosha. He is a graduate
Of the Philadelphia School Of Embalm-
ing and has had long experience in this
line of work. The new company will
carry on all of the lines of business
which have been carried on by the for
mer company and Mr. Crossin will give
much of his time to the undertaking
department of the business.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
OWNER DOES NOT HEED NOTICE
Minnie Rategan is Named as Defend
ant in Warrant Issued by the Town
Board to Stop Dumping of Garbage
from City-1ealth Board to be Busy.

The town of Pleasant Prairie started
its formal court fight against the dump
ing of garbage collected in the city
within the limits of that town, this
morning when on the complaint of
John j. Mahoney, side supervisor of
the town, Judge G. f. Randall issued a
warrant for the arrest of Minnie Rate
gan of Kenosha, charged with having
decayed vegetables and other garbage
on property owned by her in the town
of Pleasant Prairie. Mrs. Rategan was
not formally arrested, but she was in
structed to appear in theR municipal
court late this afternoon at which time
the matter will be taken up.
The warrant is brought under the
state law and under the statute the de-
PENDANT may be forced to pay a penalty
for each day she refuses to recognize
the order of the board of health of the
town. The complaint alleges that
formal order was served upon the de-
PENDANT on November 3rd, directing
her to clean up the premises. This or
der declared that the dumping of the
garbage on the land was menace to
the health of the town Of Pleasant
Prairie. The defendant declared that
there was no more garbage being dump
ed on the property.
The board Of health of Pleasant
Prairie is a new institution and it is
understood that it will be the first duty
of the board to stop the dumping of
garbage collected IN the city on any
land within the town. The city gar
bage men who are especially interest
ell in the matter, declare that there is
no cause for complaint. They assert
that they have secured leases from the
owners of the land and that the gar
bage is being covered in such a way
that it cannot be menace to the
health of the people of the outlying
town. The garbage men insist that the
action of the city in closing up the
public dump forced them to seek dump
ing places outside the city and that
sentiment against Cne use Oh tnese
places has been stirred up in Pleasant
Prairie
The city health officials are hopeful
that the organization of the board of
health in Pleasant Prairie will bring
a good working agreement between the
officials Of that town and the city and
that the new organization will not only
clean up the garbage dumps, but that
it will work in harmony with the city
health department in clearing up the
contagious diseases in the town. Dur
ing the past few weeks there have been
number of cases of diphtheria in the
town and it is thought that with a
board of health in good working order
that better quarantine will be main
| tanned in the future. DR.. McShane has
kept a close watch on the cases and he
has had active cooperation from the
officials of the town, but with a reg
ularly organized board Of health it is
| thought that even better results can
be secured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
State University Experts
Declare Wisconsin Soil Is
Good for Wheat Now.
TO BECOME STAPLE CROP SOON

Not only experiments but experience
proves that there are extensive tracts
OF clay and clay loan lands in Wiscon-
sin which are well adapted to wheat
raising and upon which, under proper
systems of fertilization and rotation,
this important cereal can be success
fully and proftably grown.
This is the conclusion of E. J. Del
wiche and b. D. Leith Of the College Of
Agriculture of the University of Wis
lconsin, who, with other experimenters
and practical growers have for six sue
cessive seasons carried on experiments
in different sections Of the state to de-
termine, if possible, how increased
yields of superior wheat might be pro-
duced. The results of their findings
are given in bulletin entitled Wheat
Grown in Wisconsin, which residents
of the state, who are interested IL
wheat raising, may secure.
In spite of the adaptability of its
soil and climate to the profitable pro-
duction of wheat of superior quality,
Wisconsin has steadily declined as a
wheat producing state. Whereas fifty
years ago it stood second among the
wheat producing states, it ranks but
twenty-sixth today.
Faulty systems of farming, the rapid
expansion of the dairy industry, ad-
vance in the cost Of land and falling
off in the prices paid for wheat, are
among the main causes given for Wis
consin s loss of prestige in wheat pro-
duction. On account of the fact that
the production of wheat is not keeping
pace with the increase Of population
throughout the world, more areas
adapted to the growth of this staple
cereal must be utilized. While it is
doubtful if Wisconsin will ever reach
her former rank as a wheat producing
state, conditions seem favorable for
this great cereal to become, like bar
ley, a staple crop in this state. Wis
eonsin has a climate favorable for the
growth of wheat of excellent quality;
wheat pests are well under control; and
more farmers know how to farm with
out robbing the soil of its fertility.
Among the best wheat regions of
Wisconsin are portions of the Lake
Superior country, clay sections near
Lakes Winnebago and Michigan, and
clay districts in northwestern, cen
trail and southern Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
JOHN JAMES EVANS DEAD.
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Evans
Died in Chicago on Wednesday.

John James Evans, forty-one years
of age, a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Evans of Kenosha, and a brother of
Mrs. Warren French and Mrs. Lyman
Starr of Kenosha, died at his home in
Chicago on Wednesday after a short
illness from walking typhoid fever.
Mr.. Evans had lived in Chicago for
some time, but he was well known to
many people in Kenosha. He was born
in England, but had spent nearly all
of his life in this country He is sur
vived by widow and four daughters.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
RURAL TOWNS GIVEN BOOST
Report of Assessor Dalton Shows Ad-
vance of 100000 over the Return
Made by the Assessors Includes the
Railway Valuation in His Report.

The final report of the assessment Of
the property in the county for taxable
purposes was filed with the county
clerk this morning by Assessor Of In
comes Joseph E. Dalton and it is be-
ing put into print for. the consideration
OF the members of the county board at
the meeting starting on next Tuesday.
The assessor of incomes acts in the
capacity Of supervisor of assessments
and his report on valuation in the
county is the last word along this line.
Supervisor Dalton has made some
changes in the assessments returned by
the town and city assessors and in
most cases his assessment Of the prop
erty is slightly in advance of that re-
turned by the assessors. He has made
an increase in the total valuation of
the towns of the county in excess Of
two million dollars and his return for
the city is pretty close to the valua-
ton placed by the city assessors. Mr..
Dalton has placed on the roll in the
town of Somers and in the city of Ke-
nosha two big items. In somers he
has valued the property of the Mil
waukee Electric Railway and Light
Company at $91,354 and in the city
that Of the Kenosha Electric Railway
Company at $4,000. These two items
have been added in the final report Of
the supervisor of assessments. 1t has
been the practice of the assessment
committee of the county board to
strike an average between the valua-
tion as made by Mr.. Dalton and the
valuation as made by the regular as
SCISSORS and on this valuation the annu-
al county tax levy is made.
The report of Mr. Dalton is decided
ly acceptable to ali concerned in the
taxation problems Of the county as he
has shown by his figures Of true and as-
sessed value that the valuation as plac
ed by him is one quitable to the city
and to the towns of the county His
total valuation for the county is
$46,955.341 as compared with valua-
ton of 4,288,050 as made by the as
SCISSORS. In the city Mr.. Dalton has
made valuation OF $26, 1921, 13I while
the return from the city clerk was
$26,o32,659 The figures for the town
and the city as compared with the as
SCISSORS figures follow:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13

The instructions of the county board
last year to the county clerk to use
every legal means to collect the bills
for the care Of insane patients commit
ted to the various state and county
asylums from this county from those
who are legally or morally responsible
for the support of the unfortunates, are
bearing fruit Already the amount
collected on these bills is twenty five
per cent higher than last year and
neither the clerk nor the district attor-
ney have exhausted all of the measures
at their command to bring the delin-
quents to time and force them to set
tie. Some Of these bills have been
turned over to the district attorney
with the understanding that suit will
be commenced to test the right of the
county to collect such bills. The sup
ervisors are unable to see WHY the
county should stand the expense of
caring for insane patients whose rela-
tives are amply able to support them
and they are willing to spend some
money, if necessary, to see if the courts
will not sustain them in the position
they have taken. There are OF course,
many. inmates of asylums who are abb
solutely without friends or relatives
who can be held for their support and
who must continue to be supported by
the count until they die, but because
the county is forced to support many of
these unfortunates is no reason that
every one committed from Kenosha
county should be a charge on the tax
payers. 1t will be seen that they are
forced to assume their fair share of
the burden when it is noted that the
bills sent to the county for the care
of the insane in the different asylUms
total over $4,000 and that the amount
so far collected by the county clerk
on the bills rendered relatives for the
care of the insane is in the neighbor-
hood of only $1,000. It is hoped that
it will be possible to increase the
amount of these collections somewhat.
but under the most favorable circum-
stances the county will have two-thirds
of the bills to pay and that is enough
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
VIOLATED INN KEEPERS ACT.
C. B. Kimball, Representing Chicago
Papers, Arrested in Kenosha Sunday.

G. B. Kimball, claiming to be Chi
cage man, was arrested in Kenosha on
Sunday by Chief of Police 0 Hare at
the request of Chief of Police Frost
of Waupun Kimball had been working
in Kenosha as an advertisement sollcl-
tor for Chicago trade paper. When
taken into custody he admitted that it
was just possible that he had left
Waupun without paying up a board
bill Chief Frost came to Kenosha- this
morning and after a long talk with
Kimball he gave him a chance to make
good. Kimball was busy on the tele-
phone during the day trying to reach
some of his relatives. 1t is expected
that he viii secure funds to payy all the
charges against him and if this is done
Chief Frost will return to Waupun
without him. In case the money is not
forthcoming Kimball will be taken to
Waupun to answer charges of violating
the inn keepers act
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
TO OPEN AT MIDNIGHT.
Kenosha Hunters Shivering in Northern
Woods Waiting to Get Their Deer.

The annual deer season will open at
midnight tonight and fifty local hunt
ers are shivering about the entrances to
the northern woods waiting for the
state to throw down the bars and give
them chance to get at the big game.
Large delegations left Kenosha today
to be on hand with the opening of the
season. Under the law each hunter has
the right to bring back a single deer
and it is expected that Kenosha will
be feasting on venisen the latter part
of the month. Reports from the woods
indicate that there is an unusual large
number Of deer this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13

All of the reports on the condition of
Lake Michigan water may vary some
what in their conclusions as to the
present condition of the water supply
of the different cities which draw their
supplies from the lake, but they are al
unanimous on one point. They all de-
clare that every city will eventually
have to install filtration system
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
PRISONER DRUNK ON A JOB
Court Officials Find it Difficult to Find
Places for the Employment of Pris-
oners and the Construction of Work
House Seems to be Real Remedy.

Judge G. Z. Randall and other of
'hcials of the county interested in the
enforcement of the law providing for
the working Of prisoners convicted in
the municipal court, are beginning to
lose faith in the law. For some time
the police officers of the city have been
opposed to the law in the present form
and the faith of the judge has been
shaken by the report that one man who
was sentenced to hard labor and sent
out with road gang was intoxicated
for whole day and in such condi-
tlon that he, was unable to work. The
law seems to offer too great a liberty
for the convicted prisoners.
The case of the man who lay in
drupken stupor when he was expected
to be working for the county, was one
of the extreme cases, but the court has
found that the employers of these men
are very much dissatisfied and it is
probable that the county will have
trouble finding employment for them
IN the future. So long as there is
road gang working under the direct
management of the county these men
may be kept at work, but contractors
have informed the sheriff and other
officials that they do not want the men
and that the men will not work so as
to make it possible for them to earn
days wages. They declare that the
presence OF the prisoners among the
gangs DISCREPANCIES the workmen and
that they become nuisance. Nearly
all of the factory foremen have declar-
ed that they will not employ men from
the county jail Prisoners sentenced
to hard labor during the winter months
will probably have an easy time in
this county, as it looks gov as if the
hardest work that can be found for
them will be cleaning the sidewalks
about the county buildings and washing
the floors Of the jail.
/" This law is not an unallo yed sue
cess, said Judge Randall. "There
are a lot ofadihiculties .connec Jed with
the employment of prisoners and it is
getting harder all the time to get
places for these men to work. The fac
tories do not want them and when the
men are allowed to get away from the
jail and go out. into the county they
get too many liberties. What we need
to enforce this law is real work
house under the direction of the
county. | am not certain that this
county has prisoners enough to provide
support for such workhouse, but the
question is one for the careful consid-
Grafton Of the county board The
present plan is far from satisfactory
to the sheriff and the officials connect
ed with the enforcement Of the new
law.
The suggestion of workhouse for
the county has been laid before the
county board in previous years, but it
has not met with favor 1t is just pos
sible that the men could be put to work
on the city streets, but the local street
commissioners have not shown any will
ingness to be bothered with the work
of being made custodians of such men,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13
GOES TO HOSPITAL.
Sheriff Achen Places Himself in Hands
of Doctors in Chicago Today.

O1GT11 ACilGll I1dCcS t11ulS01I Ill f1dllQS
of Doctors in Chicago Today.
Sheriff F. W. B. Achen, who has been
i'll presumably with appendicitis at his
home on Market street, for the past six
days, went to Chicago this afternoon
to enter the German American hospi-
tai where he will undergo an examina-
tion by specialists. If it is found that
he is suffering from appendicitis he
will remain at the hospital for an oper-
alton. Physicians who have been at
tending Achen are a little in doubt as
to his ailment and they have insisted
on a careful examination by specialists
before ordering an operation. The
sheriff was decidedly cheerful this
morning and he declared that he did
not anticipate that he would be away
from the Jail for any extended period.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13

Some Of the people who have suits
pending in the circuit court and who
are complaining of the laws delay, ;"
seem to forget that in some instances
their failure to get an immediate hear
ing Of their suits was due to the fact
that their own lawyers were not ready
to go to trial when the cases were call
ed on the calendar
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13

The Kenosha Home Telephone Com
pany is planning to file with the city
tomorrow sharts showing the full I'M
derground system planned for Kenosha.
These charts have been made after a
great deal of investigation and the sys-
tenn outlined is planned to be per-
manent one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13

With the coming of the first cold
weather of the season complaint is be-
ing made against the city heat at the
municipal court building. As this is
the end of the heating lead on Market
street it is feared that the county will
be forced to install some new system
Of heating the building
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13

Attorney NJ. J. 0 Donnell has filed a
motion for a new trial in the suit of
Achen vs., tbs E-nnnebacke Company re
GENTLY deciued in favor of the defen-
dant in the circuit court. The argu-
ment on the motion for new trial will
be held when Judge Belden returns to
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13

The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary
Gamble was held from the Park Ave.
NJ. e. church ON Sunday afternoon.
Interment was at the KenosLa City
cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13

The Gillen pile driver in service on
the Kemper Hall breakwater was slight
" damaged by the big seas on Sunday
afternoon
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13

The Andrew Tigers defeated the Ke.
nosha Consumers in easy style on SuA
day by a score of ~ to 0. The Tigers
play a great game.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13

A very pleasant surprise party was
given at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Adam David on Saturday evening.
Those present report very pleasant
time
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13

D. ". Hardie Of Oswego, n. y, is
spending a few days in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-11-13

Mr.. and Mr.. Alexander Ebert spent
Sunday with relatives in Chicago
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
Other Issues Add to Complexity.

There are other issues to add to
the complexity of the situation.
In Maryland, as elsewhere, there is
tremendous activity amorg the tenn
perance people and the advocates of
woman suffrage. Maryland has always
been a temperance State. While it
has no Statewide prohibition law,
many OF its counties are local option,
and i'll these counties the law is strict
ly enforced. Each candidate for Sem
atorial honors has been closely and
categorically questioned as to his atti-
tude upon the liquor question, and if
this issue is emphasized, as it is ex-
pected to be, in a State where the
voters are proverbially law-abiding
and soberly inclined, the effect will
undoubtedly be reflected in the election.
In less degree the question of votes for
women may be factor. There is no
widespread sentiment for woman suf-
frage in Maryland, for the State holds
to the Southern point of view, but if
the issue should be made prominent it
might effect enough votes to figure in
a close election.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

or the Legislature which elected had a
wide field from which to choose a Sen
ator, either reaching a satisfactory
compromise as the outcome of Bit
terly contested fight, as in the case OF
Senator Golf of West Virginia, or else
deliberately selecting de novo some one
who had not been mentioned as can
didate. As the case now stands, no
one can be voted for except the
self-constituted aspirant for Sena-
torial honors. The people must take
him or none. 1t will be the case i'll
Maryland, as in other States, that men
will seek the Office who will not be
acceptable to the people. Re-
sentiment against this frequently re-
curing imposition may be natural
explanation of the apathy at the polls,
both in primary and regular elections,
which is becoming a serious problem
in this country.