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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

Messrs. J. Henry Cooke and E. R.
Bathrick, erstwhile Democratic Con-
gressmen from Ohio, blew into Wash
ington recently and foretold the carry
ing Of the Buckeye State for President
Wilson in 1916 as "foregone con-
clusion.'' Some foretellers, these
boys! Their power of prophecy is al
most uncanny Each of them foretold
his own reelection on the Democratic
ticket to the neSt Congress, by a
"rousing majority" but if you will
scan the list of congressman who are
going to spend the next year patching
up the job-lot of legislation enacted
by the Democracy since 1913, you will
find Hon. j. E. Russell, Republican,
will restore dignity to the seat lately
occupied by Mr.. Cooke, while Hon. J.
G. Cooper, also Republican, will return
Mr.. Bathrick's Congressional district
to its pristine vigor The more such
political repudiatees predict Wilsonian
victory the more confidence is inspired
in the breasts of the Republicans.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

The school board believes it has
found the ideal school flooring for use
in its new school building. It is a
composition which when down looks
something like thing and is pleasing
to the eye, but is less hard to stand
and walk on than thing would be. 1t
gives the sensation of fexibility to the
foot and in this more closely resembles
cork carpet or ineoleum than it does
the thing which it looks like.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11
HOARD MOST DISTINGUISHED
BADGER.

Former Gov. w. D. Hoard Of
OF Ft. Atkinson, prominent in
dairying, politics and journalism,
has been selected as Wiscon-
sins most distinguished citizen.
He will be honored by the
Panama-Pacif exposition. The
committee sent its report to
Gov. Philip Thursday. The
letter says
Your committee to name the
most distinguished citizen of
Wisconsin has just concluded its
conference and elected w. D.
Hoard as Wisconsin IS most dis
tinguished citizen. The vote was
made unanimous.
Mr.. Hoard is publisher of
Hoard's Dairyman. He was one
of the organizers of the Jeffer-
son County Dairymen s associa-
tion which was established in
1871. He also helped organize the
Wisconsin Dairymen s associa-
tion, and was secretary for three
years. The Northwestern Dairy
mems association, of which he
has been president since 1878,
also was formed with his assist
ance. He is president of the
Farmer 8 National congress and
the National Dairy union. He
frequently lectures at farmers
Institutes.
In 1889 Mr.. Hoard was elected
governor, and served one term.
He was president Of the Wiscon-
sin board Of managers Of the
world s fair in St. Louis. From
1907 to 1911 he was president Of
the board Of regents of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Hoard has been for a long
time one of the most prominent
Republicans in the state and has
held many Offices. He was a
deputy United States marshal in
1870, justice of the peace in 1871
and sergeant-at-arms Of the
state senate in 1872.
The birthplace of Mr.. Hoard
is Stockbridge, N. Y, and he
was born on October 10, 1886.
He received a common school
education. In 1857 he came to
Wisconsin, and engaged in farm
ing. On February 9, 1860, he
married Agnes Elizabeth Bragg
Of Lake Mills. He served
through the civil war as a pri-
vate in the Fourth Wisconsin
infantry and the First New
York artillery.
After the war he engaged in
the nursery business in Colum-
bus, Wis. In 1870 he became
publisher of the Jefferson County
Union, issued at Lake Mills. In
1873 he moved his paper to Fort
Atkinson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11
FOR LONGER VACATIONS.
Men in the Postal Service May Have
Vacations Extended to Thirty
Days Under New Ruling.

Postmasters recently received bu1le-
tin advising them that several changes
had been made in the laws regulating
vacations of postal employees. In adj
dition to the fifteen days granted with
pay each year to mail service employees,
it is possible to secure thirty days more
without pay. This law includes post
Office clerks, rural and city mail car
riers.
Should clerk, rural or city mail car
rier acquire sickness or disability while
carrying out his work a vacation of
$50 days without pay will be granted
upon written request to the First As
sistant Postmaster General.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11
CALUMET COUNTY IS FIRST
Kenosha County Known AS One of the
Big Sugar Beet Counties Is Shown to
Be Far Down on the List - See
Advance for Industry Next Year.

A report has been submitted to the
state board of agriculture, showing
that sugar beets worth $370,943.60
were grown by farmers in twenty
eight counties in Wisconsin. The re-
port was made by j. A. Brooks, sugar
beet expert of the Domestic Sugar
Producers, who has just completed a
survey of the industry in Wisconsin.
There were 2,077 beet growers in
Wisconsin last year and they harvest
ed 66,8o9 tons of sugar beets, the re-
port states. This year the number of
growers has increased to 3,135 with
1874 acres compared with 6,095
acres, last year.
According to the report only one
factory operated in Wisconsin last
year, this being located at Menomonee
Falls. The factories at GAINESVILLE,
Madison and Chippewa Falls were
closed.
The marked increase in acreage this
year is explained by the report as
being due to the European war cut
ting off the foreign supply and the
two factories at Madison and Chippe-
wa Falls opening again.
Calumet county ranks first this year
in sugar beet production, having
2,271 acres under cultivation by 272
growers. Racine county is second
with 1869 acres and 23S growers.
Others follow:
Brown, 376 growers and 1,160 acres;
| Oconto, ESQ growers and 1888 acres;
Milwaukee, 253 growers and 935 acres;
Wausau, 205 growers and 735 acres;
Marinette, 234 growers and 440 acres;
Fond du Lac, 149 growers and 818
acres; Outagamie, 129 growers and
542 acres; Kenosha, 118 growers and
1925 acres; Washington, 105 growers
and 81 acres; Winnebago, 104 grow
ers and 100 acres; Rock, 81 growers
and $50 acres; Dane, 95 growers and
662 acres; Chippewa, IS growers and
235 acres; st. Croix, So growers and
113 acres.
Door, So growers and 264 acres;
Manitowoc, A growers and 313 acres;
Waupaca, rs growers and 225 acres;
Ozaukee, 40 growers and liza acres;
Shawano, IS growers and lis acres;
Sheboygan, 26 growers and lat acres;
Jefferson, "a growers and 40 acres;
Dodge, 16 growers and 153 acres;
Sank, 20 growers and 90 acres; Bar
ron, SO growers and 134 acres; Polk,
Is growers and 70 acres; Juneau, "a
| growers and 10 acres; Kewaunee, II
growers and 81 acres; Columbia, IL
growers and Al acres; Taylor, z grow
ers and 10 acres; Pepin, growers and
26 acres; Pierce, growers and 20
acres; Price, 5 growers and acres;
Walworth, 9 growers and 33 acres;
Dunn, 4 growers and 3 acres; Wash
burn, 2 growers and acres; Clarke,
2 growers and II acres; Jackson, 2
growers and 8 acres; Florence, l
growef and Is acres; Eau Claire,
grower and % acres; Wood, / grower
and 4 acres; Rusk, ] grower and 5
acres; Marathon, grower and acres.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11
THEY SWIM AT HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr.. Fogwell is Pleased at Provision
For aquatic Activities in New
Milwaukee Building.

David R. Fogwell returned yesterday
from Milwaukee enthusiastic over the
physical development equipment of the
new Riverside high school of that city.
He said it was one of the most COM
pletely fitted up of any high school
with which he is familiar. The equip
ment includes swimming pool where
the children may swim winter or sum-
mer, shower baths and many devices
for physical culture.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11
8 TOWNS ADVANCE FUNDS
Commissioner Herzog Puts So Much Pep
Into the Road Building Work That
the Question Is "'What Are We Co
ing to Do Next Year.

"What are we going to do next
years' This is the question that IS
being asked by town officers in three
towns of the county who are interest
ed in building county roads and build
ing them right. The necessity of such
a question has come ON account of the
fact that County Highway Commits
sioner John Herzog has put so muct0
pep into the road building work this
year that in several of the towns near
ly all of the appropriation for roac
building for 1916 has been expended
The town men like to see the pep ii
the road commissioner and he has builf
some wonderfully fine roads but thu
question is what is going to be don't
next year.
In the town of Somers the concrete
work on both the Burlington road anC
the Somers road has been completed
On these two roads nearly ten Thousand
dollars of what would be next year.,
appropriation has been expended this
year. The commissioner did not ex
coed his duties in any way and the
money was all spent with the consen
and approval of the town officials ant
much to the delight of the people whC
are paying the taxes. Some money
appropriated by the town of Somer'
for the Improvement of the Lake Shore
road in 1915 has also been expended
Out in Paris the road work is now be
ing done with funds borrowed from
next years appropriation and nearly
mile of improved road will be built
in Paris this year, which on the books
must be considered part of next
years work. Nor was the pep of the
commissioner satisfied with this. Even
over in Pleasant Prairie he is spend
ing next years money. The concret-
ing of the Geneva road to the west line
of the county is being completed.
eff we can get another week of this
weather We ought to be able to get
this work pretty we'll out of the way
said Commissioner Herzog this morn
ing. "We still have some three thous-
and feet to put in, but we are hopeful
that the weather man will give us just
little more chance"
When reference was made to the ex-
penditnre of futures in building the
roads, Commissioner Herzog said:
"That isn't worrying us Bit With
the 1916 work out of the way we will
start in on the work of 1917 and just
as long as the people want the roads
we are going to try to build them for
them. I am going to finish up a mile
Of the hard head road on the Burling-
ton road in Paris before winter sets
in and this will give US an excellent
chance to test out this kind of road.
am certain that it is going to make
good road. Our work is closed up
in good shape this year and we have
big start on next years work.
There will be lots of work to do next
year as nearly all of the towns are
making preparation to provide funds
to keep the road work going"
There is not going to be anything for
the county board to decide in regard
TO the roads this year except the
sanction of advancing work for the
future. There is no doubt but this
will be sanctioned by the unanimous
vote of the board.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

The Wisconsin Gas and Electric
company still persists in operating the
Kenosha street railway from Offices in
New York. Then they blame the loss
of business on to the fact that people
prefer jitney buses. May be if some
of those stock holders would come here
and look over the conditions they
would get new idea. That idea
might result in come back for the
conductors
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

Just two people would be hard hit
by that "all Kenosha labor" ordin-
ance one would be the city and the
other the contractor. The contractor
would be kept busy figuring and the
city busy paying extra amounts for
the figuring necessary for the contrac-
utt0za
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

That bond bill of the city is pretty
big one but if the water board can
save half a per ce1t in interest dur
ing the next ten years the city bond
is the kind to issue. It all comes out
of the same pockets anyway.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

Francis McMullen, formerly OF Ke-
nosha, but now Of Usage, Iowa, is
spending a few days in Kenosba. Mr..
McMullen is now member of the
commission in charge Of the govern
ment Of the Iowa city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

There is one thing favorable to Wis
consin presidential convention dele
gates and that is that they viii nc
have to waste year. salary in &c
ting to the convention. The Republ
can committee has announced that tt
convention is going to be in Chicag
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

Even the little city of Waukesha h
passed resolution providing for t
printing of It's charter and ordinanc
in some readable form.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

Don't kick on your water bill until
after you read the meter. Maybe you
have really used all the water charged
to you.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

Blame it on Governor Philippine
state tax to be paid by Kenosha
county has been decreased by some
twenty-five thousand dollars this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

Violets and chrysanthemums at L.
Turner & Sons. Florists. d-wadvn15
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-24
THE CHRISTMAS DINING ROOM.
How to Decorate 1t So That the Family
and Guests Alike Are Pleased.

anu GdestS HtlKS ARE FledScos
1t goes without saying that holly and
mistletoe must enter into your scheme
of Christmas decorations. A pretty
idea is to hang the chandelier of the
dining room with green's and holly and
from that carry loosely long ropes of
ground pine to each corner of the room,
thus making a canopy for the table. A
bit of m~istletoe skillfully introduced
where all will have to pass under it in
leaving the room may add to the fun.
In the center of the table lay a refiec-
tor or FURNISHED copper tray and on
this a glass or copper bowl of holly,
frosted, as though it had just come in
from the wintry fields.
For the favors to be laid down by
the place cards there are tiny earthen
pots with miniature decorated Christ
mas trees or cute little snow boys, like
the one in the illustration, that may be
bought very reasonably. If candles
are to light the table use red shades
with a bit of holly gummed on each.
Trim your plum pudding with holly,
putting a sprig in the center. Just be-
fore bringing into the room pour a lit
tie brandy around the pudding and
light at the moment of entering. Have
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-24
ItnGAMwmQ
A Boy Poet

John Bradford Main is a husky six
~teen-year-old boy who lives on Bowen
avenue, Chicago. Johns achievements
run in the literary line. When twelve
years of age John wrote a poem en-
titled
THE VOICE OF THE CITY.
The voice of the city is never stilled;
The air with the voice of the city is filled.
The changing of bells and the toots of the
Are heard in the city each evening and
morn.
The voice Of the city is noisy and bold;
The voice of the city never grows old.
The clang and the ~clatter, the rush and
the roar
In the voice of the city are heard ever-
more.
At nighttime you hear, if you lie awake,
The foghorn coming from the boats on
the lake,
And when in the morning you arise
The clatter of wagons rises up to the
skies.
The voice of the city is, oh, so wild,
But on it the voice of business has smiled.
1t is never young, and it is never old;
To the voice of the city the world will
grow colo.
The following poem, entitled "Mem-
cries of an Old Trapper." was written
at the age of thirteen:
Once as I padded through a wild western
creek
I heard a cry so faint and so weak
That I thought it a cry from a birds tiny
beak,
But it came again, this time loude still,
Coming DER valley and river and hill;
1t was the whoop of the Indian, shrilli
1 leaped to the bank in one long jump:
In another moment l was back of a stump.
My rifle was ready, my powder dry,
And again there arose that awful cry.
Then came six Injuns. with watchful eye:
But, heaven, thank heaven, they passed
me by!
Then away I ran, DER forest and plain,
Till at last to the fort in the clearing /
came.
Up 1 rushed to the blockhouse; the large
horn I grasped,
And, awakening the echoes, I blew a loud
blast.
In from the clearing came the men on the
run
When the Indians came they were met
gun for gun.
On Mothers day, 1915, John wrote
the following:
TO MY MOTHER.
There is a lady fair to see
My mother!
n she does watch and care for me-
My mother!
Whenever I am very Ill
She'll sit up nights with me, she will,
And when I'm bad she loves me still
My mother!
Sometimes I'm awful mean to her
I am!
I'm mean to my WI mother
Yes, 1 ami
And afterward 1 feel so bad
To think I made my mother sad
1 do my best to make more glad
My darling mother!
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-24
Two Kinds of Girls
Who Do Things

IN Salt Lake City there lives a
twelve-year-old girl named Aline
Griffin. Now, Aline belonged to
a group of girls who conducted a
mail box system of writing notes. She
thought that a paper would be far bet
ter. so Grifin's Telegram was started.
Aline is the owner, publisher, editor,
office boy, printer and, in fact, the
whole thing. The daily paper consists
Of about two sheets of daily and four
of Sunday printed matter, including
comics.
Every page is not written, but print
ed out most carefully. The comics are
in water colors. The name at the top
of each sheet is in large black letters.
It takes Aline just one hour daily to
get out her paper. The gathering of
news gives her the time for her real
fun. She has much news fairly thrown
at her by other girls and even boys.
It is a great thing to get your name
in Grifin's Telegram.
Grifin's Telegram not only prints
the local n~eighborhood news, but som
general news as well. In the news
items brevity is the main thing. One
item illustrates:
81. P. Morgan shot. Assailant is
caught"
That is the whole story as told in
this sheet. Then there is the notice:
'The Fourth of July will be cele-
brated on the 9Th of July because the
Fourth is Sunday"
Under notice w find:
"Miss Thelma Sanford has gone on
a fishing trip with one of her new
friends"
"John Bates and Frank Peters had
a fight. John licked"
The paper has fiction also. One sto-
ry, written by the editor and proprie-
tor, is of page length and entitled
"Saved by an Umbrella"
Hats off to Miss Aline Griffin OF
Grifin's Daily Telegram!
Another girl who belongs to the
achievement ranks if for nothing
more than her interesting and very
modest report of her accomplishments
is Miss Dorothy Towne, aged fousteen,
of Edgerton, Wis, who writes:
"When 1 was ten years old my first
story was published in a monthly
teachers magazine. l had written the
story merely as a school lesson, but
my teacher sent it to that magazine.
l wrote no more for. publication until
l was fourteen, and since then, within
a year, 1 have had fourteen stories and
occasional poems printed. Six months
ago, as president of a club of ten girls,
/ edited a small fourteen page maya
zine, printed by hand and illustrated.
"Also, six months ago, l conducted
a story hour in our local Carnegie Ii
brary to an audience of about 100 little
children, to whom l told stories every
Saturday afternoon.
"My little cooking stunt for the past
year and a half has been preparing
meals for an ill person.
81 have painted and sold placards
since l was thirteen, and, although L
copied some designs, many were origi-
nal. My speciality, however, is the
Japanese flower card.
"When twelve l learned to ski, and
during the winter holidays nearly all
of my time was passed on a steep hill
where, after much practice, 1 finally
could make the high jump as easily as
the boys.
every summer since l was eleven
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-24
ST. NIcK,s HIDING PLACE.

and place snowlike asbestos on the top.
Within the chimney stack the gifts and
have some one costumed to represent
Jolly old st. Nick distribute them.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-24
Cream of Lettuce Soup.

Wash and thoroughly cleanse the
outer green leaves of the lettuce and
simmer in sailed water until tender
Fuse just a hint of baking soda in the
water. Press through a sieve and
add to the puree hot new milk thick
ened with a little -four and butter, rub
bed together.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-24

Upon the table he is always in the
way, and there is no room nor COM
fort for the carver. He, if he-so please,
can exhibit his skill from a side table,
and the guests can be served by a serv-
ing maid. who will carry the plates
around.
Every Christmas dinner must have
its touch of holly.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-24
YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT
DEPARTMENT
Edited by
JUDGE WILLIS BROWN.
Chairman National Youth Achieve
ment Committee

1 have been in swimming, and l can
do all the standard swimming strokes
and dive, including swimming under
water and floating.
Il took up folk dancing four years
ago and delight in it, and for enter
tainments l enjoy giving oriental
dances the most.
81 realize that my achievements are
not wonderful, but l have simply emu
merated my pastimes and pleasures,
which some people are pleased to call
my achievements"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-24
TO DISTRIBUTE GIFTS.

Place This Chimney on the Dinner
Table.
An effective way to distribute gifts is
to form a large chimney by joining
pieces of red cardboard. With white
paint line the exterior to initiate bricks
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
DIES BEFORE REACHING CITY
Special Train Brought injured Man to
Kenosha But He Expired Just Before
Train Reached Kenosha and With
out Regaining Consciousness.

Augusta Censori, aged 35 years, an
Italian employed as coaler at the
Balm yards of the Chicago and North
western Railway company met fatal
injuries In an unusual manner at the
coal chutes at Balm just before four
o CLOCK Sunday morning when he fell
from one of the chutes and struck on
an engine. He was rushed to Kenosha
on a special train but he died before
the train reached the station. He had
a slight fracture of the skull and had
suffered from conclusion of the brain.
Censori was an experienced man and
he had been employed by the company
for some time at the Balm station. At
the time he met fatal injuries he was
at work coaling an engine. Just what
happened will probably never be known
as it was so dark and so stormy that
the other men about the chute did not
see the accident. Censori had taken
hold of a rope used for tripping the
coal carriers and he lost his balance
and fell. The men in charge Of the
engine saw his plunge and saw him
strike the engine. When they reached
him he was unconscious. He had not
been badly cut or bruised and it was
thought possible that his injuries were
not of a fatal nature. AS soon as pos
sible arrangements were made to bring
him to Kenosha and a telephone mes
sage was sent ahead to have an am
bulance in waiting to take him to the
hospital Before the train reached Ke-
nosha Censori died without regaining
consciousness. Coroner Millager was
notified and he directed the trainmen
to take the remains to the Hansen
morgue where an inquest is to be held
late this afternoon.
Censori had been in this country for
some time. He had wife and six
children in Italy and he had for some
time been making plans to have them
join him in this country. He has a
brother who resides in Racine and he
will have. charge Of the plans for the
funeral. No announcement has been
made of the date of the funeral.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
RICH CHICAGO Boy AT WORK.
Rudolph Borchart Who Ran Away
From Home Last Tuesday Found
in Factory in Kenosha.

Rudolph Borchart, II years of age,
and said to be a son Of wealthy parents
in Chicago was picked up at a Kenosha
factory this morning and is being held
pending the arrival of his father.
Young Borchart who tired of being
the "pampered' son ran away from
home last Tuesday with companion
by the name of Wallis Hannerson. The
boys had been in Kenosha ever since
and both of them went to work this
morning. Borchart had sent letter
to q friend in. Chicago and had asked
him to come to Kenosha on Saturday
night. Instead of this friend the
father and mother Of the boy came and
waited for him for several hours. The
boy declared this morning that he
wanted to work for himself but the
police took him to the station where
he was held pending the arrival of his
father.