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Cheyenne record., 1915-03-18
PROSPECT HILL

A very readable summing up
of the great achievements Of the
sixty-third Congress by Speaker
Champ Clark, made column ar
ticle in Walter L. Bales Excel
sior Springs Standard last week.
It is commecdable in the local
press to call attention in emphat-,
ic ways about what the last Con-
gress did for the country. In
this way the general public will
be led to laud instead of lampoon
that long parliament" or vica
versa if aught but fair play has
been meted out, they should re-
cord a protest.
The rural press Of Mo. are
most unanimous in urging the
Mo. legislators to pass the pend
ing election bill by purifying
elections in larger cities in that
state. When the county news
paper champions a cause the peo-
pie are generally behind it. Leg
islators should sit up and take
notice when the people speak.
2 The Farmers Institute on Mon
day was indifferently attended.
This was primarily due to the
muddy roads, & condition Of trav-
ell our people are prejudiced
against. Those who persevered
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Warrant Call.
Cheyenne Wells, Colo.

Cheyenne Wells, Colo.
March II, 1915.
The following County and School
Warrants are due and payable at the
Office of the County treasurer, and will
cease TO bear interest thirty days from
above date on county warrants and
twenty days on school warrants.
School DISTRICT No,
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ILLINOIS TOWNSHIP

Mrs. John Shepard. has been
on the sick list.
w. H. Potts called at sl,e Walt.
man place Monday. =,
Charles Angel put up ice Fri.
day and Saturday.
H. Bacon called at the Walt
man place Monday. -,
Mr.. Denison of Kiowa. CO Went
to Arapahoe last week.
Riley Hillard expects - begin
work on his fort soon.
Grace Petty left last Saturday
to visit friends in Kansas.
Messrs Rhae and Petty went
to Arapaho last Saturday.
Charls Angel and wife visisoss
at the Waltman place "Wednesday
H Bacon and w. H. Potts TOOK
dinner att A. DeakiDs on Ncs-
day.
Mrs. James Finch and lh.ee
children were quite sick tae pass
week.
Mrs. Chas. Ange! had tae mis-
fortune to lose valuable m 'lca
COW last week.
w. II. Potts expects t. make 4
trip cast to look at land in tac
near iIture>
Clarl Waltman has bought ins
fence On the Scarlo;t place an't
will finish fencing her homestead,
The snow is about adj gone and
the grass looks good after wading
around through about :syo lot u
SnCW.
We arc sorry To hear Lhat NJ,
Norton and family are going 20
leave, but what is our loss will be
some bodys gain.
Lyman Waltraan and wife
spent Friday of last week at tha
Finch ranch, helping butcher,
Riley Hillard has bought Mr
Faridays wheat drill.
Last Friday evening. Mr.. and
Mrs. Waltman left the Finch
ranch about dark and got lost
after passing Chas. Angels place
but by taking the track they
made it back to Angels, and fidn-
ing the track made in the morn
ing they got home all right after
driving five hours. Thsy sa,
stay where you are at when it ,s.
dark and snoH, on the 6 ouna as,l
Cheyenne record., 1915-03-18
Washington Letter,
Bv Edward keating,
Congreasmau-a,-Lmge
Frora Coiora 10.


pyess of the United STAGES.
Suppose that a month ago some
one ad told you hat full-fedged
rural-credit system-a plan on
which Uncle Sam was to lend
millions to the farmers OF the
nation and take as security first
MORTGAGES on t1tir land-could
be put through the United States
Senate without debate>and with
out a dissenting vote. what would
YOU think Of such a fairy-tale ar q
the teller?
Yet, that is exactly what hap
uened in the closing hours OF 'Ee
t;3d Congress. And thereby
hangs a most interesting tale.
We have heard a good deal
about rural:credit legislation dur
ing the last two or three years
Everybody seemed to favor the
idea but not more than half a
dozen members of Congress could
agree OH any one bill.
Out of the Babel Of discussion,
two well defined schools OF tho't
finally took fern. One favored
government aid and the other did
not. the latter commanded the
support of the cons ,rvatives and
was regarded as the "banker's
crowd" The former was de-
noanced as ''populistic' and un-
sound" and even more uncom-
plimentary epithets were some
times applied.
The government aiders' ar
yued that the government had
never hesitated to lend money to
the national banks and that Un
Gle Sam could afford to be as gen.
erous to the farmer as to the
banker, especially in view OF the
fact that the farmers security
was quite as good if not better
than the bankers.
The opponents of this idea con-
tended that the government
should authorize the formation
of LAND banks" in farming COM
munities and supervise the oper-
ations of and approve the securi-
ties issued by these institutions.
Such securities, it was urged,
would command a ready sale at
a low rate of interest. Thus the
farmer would get cheap money
without involving :he credit OF
the nation.
McCUMBERs'S AMENDMENT
AS neither side would yield,
President Wilson suggested that
the subject go over to the next
Congress.
That was the situation When
the Aricultural Appropriation bill
came before the Senate. The de
bate dragged and tired Senator'S
snoozed in cloak rooms or
worked in their Offices. An af.
ternoon had been devoted to a
discussion of the best way to de-
stroy the coyotes which were
preying or cattle on some OF the
forest reserve and not more than
half a dozen Senators were at
their desks, when Senator Nc
Cumber, of South Dakota, arose
and calmly offered an amend
ment.
It was a copy of his pit rural
credit bill-a ctean-cut govern
,nent, aid" proposition.
It was clearly out of order, and
Hollis, of New Hampshire,
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sprang to his feet to make the
objection. Gore. the blind Sena-
tor from Oklahoma. restrained
him. There was a whispered
conference. and then
The question is on the adoption
of the amendment offered by the
Senator from South Dakota,
said the Vice President, and he
declared it carried on viva voce
vote.
Thus the august Senate DIS
posed of what many thoughtful
men regard as the most import
ant legislation pending in Con-
gress.
WHAT DID GORE SAY?
When the news of the acton of
the upper house spread through
the Capitol Senators and Repre-
sentatives alike refused to be-
lieve it. Many and varied were
the stories told of that whispered
conference between Gore and
Hollis.
The generally accepted version
was thar Gore urged Hollis to
permit the McCumber amend
ment to go into the bill in order
that Hollis bills, which did not
provide for government aid,
might be substituted by the con-
ference committee which wou d
seek to adjust the differences be-
tween the House and Senate.
If that was the plan it failed
signally. When the appropria-
ton bill was returned to the
the House, some of the Govern
ment-aiders sought to h:ve the
McCumber amendment accepted
without change. They realized
that it was not perfect but they
believed it provided the skeleton
for genuine sure credit system
and they contended that needed
additions could be supplied by
the next Congress.
They knew that if they permit
ed the subject to go to confer
ence committee all reference to
government aid would be elm
mated and that they would be
compelled to accept the Hollis
bill or no rural credit legislation.
1t was a pretty fight but the
government aiders" were out
generated. TIL y succeeded in
voting down the Hollis bill but
they could not prevent the amen
ding Of the McCum5er amend
ment.
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COMPROMISE ON A
COMMISSION

In this way the entire subject
of rural credit legislation was
eventually thrown into the hands
of a conference committee made
up in large part of men hostile
to government aid. They did not
dare attempt to force the Hollis
bill through the House, however.
Instead they suggested the ap'
pointment of a joint commission,
composed of Senators and Rep
resentatives, to study the rural
credit systems Of other countries
and report bill to the 64th Con-
gress next Decen Der.
In sporting pariAnca, it was a
Dog fall "-neither side had
triumphed-but the rural credits
issue has received such publicity
that It can no longer Be pigeon
holed.
The next Congress will be
Compelled to face the music and
the result will be legislation which
will permently emancipate the
farmers of this country from the
shackles of the money-lenders.
l. Subscribe for the RECORD one
dollar year.
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ITO SEEK MONEY LATER IN YEAR
Plan for Relieving Vast Territory West
of the City Gets Approval of Council
and Twelve Sewers May be Built
During the Coming Summer.

Relief is in sight for a lot of prop
erty owners living on the fats in the
extreme west portions of the city, for
at the meeting Of the common council
on Monday evening the plans of City
Engineer B. G. Brennan for the con-
struction of twelve new sewers were
adopted and the street assessment COM
mittee was instructed to advertise for
bids for the work with view of hav-
ing part or all of the sewers COM
pleted during the coming summer
months. These twelve sewers are to
cost the city in the neighborhood of
100000 and the property owners along
the various streets will pay in assess
ments for them $4S, 097, leaving total
Of 1883 to be paid out of the general
funds Of the city. In the same motion
by which the street assessment COM
mittee was instructed to advertise for
bids for these sewers the finance com
mittee was directed to confer with the
city attorney AMI make some recon-
mendation as to the method to be fol
lowed by the council in raising funds
to meet the big expenditure. The ac-
ton of the council in accepting the
plans and ordering the bids was unan-
imous. Tt was a little informal and
before the work can be started the mat
ter will have to go through the street
assessment committee in legal form and
this will take a little time, but it is
thought that it will all be cleaned up
before the present council goes out OF
existence with the election of the new
aldermen.
Two big trunk lines Of sewer are COW
cred on the plan. One is the extension
of the trunk sewer on Selleck avenue
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from Charles street to Balm avenue.
This will demand 1920 feet of eighty
four inch sewer and the estimated cost
of it is 32,675. and the city will col
lect in assessments 1850. On Balm
and Harry avenues from Salem avenue
to Elizabeth street the plan provides
for 200 feet of sixty-inch sewer at an
estimated cost of $4,000 and the as
sessments on this sewer will be $500
The other ten pieces of sewer are of
smaller size. The location of these sew
ers are on Norman avenue from Eliza
beth to Prairie. on Prairie avenue from
Norman to Kenilworth, on Kenilworth
avenue from Prairie avenue to Grand
avenue, on Prairie avenue from Nor
man to Marion avenue, on Marion ave-
nue. from Prairie avenue north, on Ma
rion venue from Selleck avenue to the
tracks of the Chicago and Northwest
ern railway company, on Harry avenue
from Selleck avenue to Salem avenue,
and on lsermann avenue from Selleck
avenue to Salem avenue.
In addition to this scheme of sewers
the City Engineer presented an auxil-
larry plan of sewers to take care of a
wider territory. This proposed the build
ing of some twenty sewers the cost of
which would be $4,000 and the assess
ments would more than take care of the
construction of all these sewers. The
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it would be necessary 20 build lateral
sewers from the main sewers to streets
which would be opened and he gave it
as his opinion that the assessments on
these sewers would ultimately take care
of the entire cost of building the trunk
lines.
The committee on sewers has recon
mended that this work be done at the
present time and that it be made a
feature of the contract that the con
tractor is to give preference to heads of
Kenosha families in employing men for
the work. Bonds may be issued to pro.
vide a fund for the building of these
sewers by the common council without
the submission of the question to the
people. As it would be impossible to
submit the question at the coming city
election it is thought pretty certain
that the council will act without sub
hitting the question to the people. For
years the people in large territory
within the old city limits have been de.
handing sewers large enough to carry
OF the water and it is thought that the
plan proposed and adopted by the coun-
Gil is the only way to give these people
the relief that they are entitled to.
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and Electric Company.

and Electric Company.
A communication was received from
the Kenosha fire insurance agents ask.
ing that the council pass an ordinance
regulating electric wiring in the city
and providing for an electrical ins2ec-
tor The matter was referred to the
committee on FIRE department. and it
will be taken mp later,
Continued opposition was shown to
any breaking Of the regulations for a
residence district on Middle street and
tbs committee in charge of residence
districts was instructed to set aside a
night for the hearing Of property own
ers in regard to the erection OF store
building in the district.
The automobile club sent com
munication to the council offering to
pay one-half the cost of oiling Salem
avenue from the end of the paving to
the city limits and this matter will be
taken up later by the street commit
tee. It is probable that the offer will
be accepted.
The petitions for street lights in the
newly annexed territory were again
turned down by the committee on. gas
and light and the report of the com
nittee was approved by the council
without division
There was the usual amount Of
routine business and it was after ten
clock before the council reached an
adjournment.
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$4,000 is To.al Amount Bid
for Personal Property of
Refrigerator Company.
NO BID FOR The REAL ESTATE

Hopes of the creditors Of the United
Refrigerator Company getting any ex-
tensive amount of their claims went
glimmering late Monday night when
an auctioneer after struggling for more
than eight hours to sell the assets of
the plant at something like a fair val
uation gave up in disgust. The total
of the stuff sold amounted to only a
little over $4,000 and this stacked up
against the claims of more than half
million dollars is the question that was
to be worked out in determining Just
what the creditors would receive.
However, there was one ray of hope.
When the sale had closed the trustee
in bankruptcy still had the real estate
and the buildings. He had them be-
cause there was no one in the crowd
that would even make bid on the real
estate. The $4,000 represented the
amount that had been offered for the
436 parcels of personal property that
had been sold during the eight hours
of frenzied bidding. 1t was frenzied
only to the men connected with the
plant and the creditors. Nearly every
thing was bid in at decidedly low
price and after the sale of the personal
property was over attorneys who had
watched the sale declared that the
referee in bankruptcy would never con
firm such sale as the amount realized
was considerably less than 1871
of the appraised value of the property
sold. It was dark before the auctioneel
had knocked off to the highest bidder
the last lot of personal property. Their
he offered the personal property in {
lump, then he offered the real estate
but failed to get bidder on either
He made up every conceivable combin
| alton of real estate and personal prop
erty and offered to throw in the gooo
will and patents of the company, but
still no bidder appeared The presi
| dent of the Baker Ice Machine Com
pany Of Omaha, who had been credited
with having intentions for taking over
| the plant for manufacturing purposes
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was on the spot, but he made no bid
and appeared not to be interested at
ter a report had been made of the
amount that had been offered for the
personal property at the auction.
The sale was not devoid of comedy.
lust before dark when the crowd was
beginning to thin out a little there was
a hush IN the proceedings and the aue-
tioneer. with a great deal of good talk,
offered for sale the good name of
the company and with it all unopened
correspondence which did not contain
money, a list of all customers of the
company and list Of prospective pur-
chasers "sThis good name has cost
some one more than 100000, shouted
the auetioneer. That S right, said
a Racine man standing near by. 81
know it for [ put up some of the
100000" The bidding on the good
name started in at $4,000 and it got
mp as high as $725,00 but the bidder
welched when he found out that this
did not include the patterns and blue
prints iOf tNS ice uld1Hiu6S.
"Do we get the right to take the
name with u.s." said one of the bid
ders. Arm t you going to leave us
anything Numbered back the auction
eer and then Attorney Cuttings of Ra-
cine, representing the receivers chin
med in Yes, let them have the name
too if they want it. :" This settled the
matter and the man who had originally
| bid for he good will withdrew his bid.
| Then the patterns and blue prints were
sold for $4,000 and then the good will
and patterns were put up together and
Wolf, Sayre and Heller, a Chicago
company, bought the whole thing for
! $4,000. 1t was declared that the pat
terms and blue prints alone had cost the
company more than $4,000. The auc-
tioneer seemed to think that he was
getting good prices for the personal
property, but this view was not shared
| by men who had been connected with
the plant They declared that the
stock and finished products of the
company had been slaughtered I'M
mercifully.
After the sale was closed the trustee
prepared a report to refer the matter
to the referee in bankruptcy which
showed that there had been no bids for
the property making up the plant and
attorneys expressed the belief that the
United States court would order re-
sale. The trustee since he took hold
of the property had sold more than
$4,000 worth of personal property at
private sale.
A number of Kenosha men who are
close to men of big capital were at the
sale and after the days fasco there
was talk of organizing a company to
purchase the plant with view of
wrecking it. It was declared that a
considerable money could be made on
it with this aim in view at the prices
offered at the sale on Monday.
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SHY Ar BIG HOSPITAL PLAN
Members of Council Decide to Drop
Plan to Muster Out Volunteer Fire
Department and Ordinance is Thrown
Into the Discard Monday Night

The proposed opposition to the build
ing of the new Grand avenue lire sta
tion melted like snow on Monday night
and after a short argument the council
by almost lInanmnous vote, gave the
contract for the building OF the new
station to julius Hoffman, his bid for
the completed buikling, without the
plumbing and heating, being $5,430.
1T is understood that the work will be
started in the very near future. The
station is to be an exact reproduction
OF the fire station on Elizabeth street
i'll the ninth ward and it is to house a
motor driven hose aud chemical wagon
to be presented to the city by the
Thomas B. Jeffery company. A lot OF
muttering against the proposed build
ing of the station had been heard at
former meetings Of the council, but
when the matter came to a vote there
were but two aldermen, Swift and Mar
tin, voting against the proposition.
The lot on which the new station is to
be built was presented to the city by
the Kenosha Lumber Co. a year and
half ago 1t is expected that the
station will be completed during the
summer months and opened for service
some time early in the fall. With this
station Kenosha will have one of the
best, if not the best, equipped fire de-
partments in the state.
Shy at Big Hospital.
The members Of the council did not
take any too favorable to the proposed
plan of building an isolation hospital
on the grounds near the Kenosha hos
pital, Alderman Tully of the commit
tee on public health and sanitation, an
nounced to the members Of the council
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LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE.
J. Langan has Erected Rod Looking
for ONCE of Postmaster in Kenosha.

~. Ld1ASctA AdS LslCCbcu d I0Uu LOOhA1lS
for Office of Postmaster in Kenosha.
It's getting along toward time for
thunder storms and it is hard to tell
just where the lightning which accom-
panies the thunder may strike. A light
ming rod is an excellent thing in stormy
weather and John F. Langan, recently
the democratic candidate for register
of deeds, has put up his rod hoping
that bolt from the white house will
hit it and that he will be named as
postmaster Of Kenosha. Mr.. Langan is
now in the very thickest Of the watch
full waiting list of candidates and he
is said to have been strongly endorsed
for the Office by several men who are
leaders in the democratic party in Ke-
nosha county. Mr.. Langan has also
been suggested as a possible appointee
for the Office of deputy United States
marshal. Senator Randolph of Mani
towoc, is slated for the job of marshal
and Kenosha democrats are hopeful
that the Office of deputy marshal, which
has been held for some time by G. B.
Reinardy, Kenosha man, will come to
this city and that Mr. Langan may
get this appointment should be not be
named by the president for the office
of postmaster
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that plan had been worked out for
the erection of a modern isolation hos
pital at cost of about 10000 and
that the matter would be taken up
and private subscriptions secured. He
suggested that the city of Kenosha
start the subscription with a substan-
tial gift of $4,000, $4,000 or SIS, 600.
The plan had the support of a number
of members of the council, but it was
evident that lot more members were
in doubt as to the position the city
should take in the mattr and after con-
siderable discussion the matter was re-
ferred back to the committee to bring
in more definite report showing just
what the city was to get for money in
vested and the matter is TO be taken up
at the next meeting of the council.
No Muster Out Of Firemen.
Alderman Shearer led a fight to
rescind the action of the council which
had for its aim the disbanding Of the
volunteer fire department. He spoke
at length on the question declaring his
belief that the volunteers in the fire
department were entitled to pensions
the same as the paid fremen and de-
claring that the payment of the pen
sions from the insurance premium tax
was the best possible way to take care
Of the matter Attorney Slater had
prepared an ordinance which would
have done away with the volunteers,
but it was thrown into the discard, the
only two aldermen voting against re-
scinding the action being Aldermen
Kisten and Thomey.
On the report Of the committee on
judiciary the city attorney was in
structed TO draft an ordinance bring
ing into the city school districts a
large territory directly south of the
present district and including all ter
ritory recently annexed to the city not
already in the school district. This ac-
ton is to become effective on the
fifteenth Of June so that it will not af-
feet school attendance during the pres
end school year
The bond Of the Wisconsin Gas and
Electric Company signed by Charles
F Pfster and Charles G.. Brown, was
presented to the council and referred
to the committee on bonds. The new
contract for city lighting will not go
into effect until after this bond has
been approved and the committee was
given power to act in order to lose no
time getting under the new contract
Approve Lighting Change.
On the recommendations of the com.
mittee ON lights the council by a
unanimous vote approved the plan for
placing ornamental lights on Main
street and an ordinance providing for
the lights was given its first reading
It will probably be passed at the next
meeting of the council and it is certain
that the lights will go in during the
coming summer months. The installa-
tion of the lights is provided for in the
new contract with the Wisconsin Gas
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Miss Gertrude Matthews left today
for Southern Pines, North Carolina,
for an extended visit with her grand
mother and other relatives.