The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-23
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

as administrative of the estate of her
husband, the late c. G. Schulze.
Mayor M. J. Scholey has been ap-
pointed delegate to the National Sc
eurity League which will convene in
Washington on January goth.
Miss Elga Shearer, a teacher in the
State Normal school at Superior, is
home to spend the holidays with rela-
tives and friends in Kenosha.
Calendars for 1916 are being distri-
buted by many Kenosha merchants and
manufacturers. Several of them have
issued very attractive calendars this
year.
Lake county is also busted and the
supervisors there have authorized a
loan to pay current expenses until af-
ter the collection of the taxes in
March.
William L. Farmer formerly of Ke-
nosha but now of Waukegan is report
ed seriously i'll at Denver, Col. Rela-
tives of Mr.. Farmer have been called
to his bed side.
Work ON the new home for the fee
ble-minded at Union Grove is progress
lsing regardless of the winter weather.
1t is expected to be ready for use the
first part of 1917.
The park board has not as yet taken
any steps to open ice Kinks in the city
for the winter but the Kinks will be
made just as soon as the weather gets
cold and stays cold long enough.
0. L. Miller of Paris, was slightly
injured on Wednesday night when his
horse ran away and threw him into the
ditch along the Burlington road two
miles west of the city. His injuries
are not considered serious
A number Of Kenosha people have
made application to the state civil SER
vice officials for facts in regard to ex-
aminations for the Office of oil .nspec-
tor in this county. This is the first in
dication that change was to be made
in the Office.
The formal order for the sale of the
Chicago and Milwaukee road is out
It provides that the Wisconsin property
of the company be sold at Racine and
the Illinois property at Waukegan.
Both sales are set for April LIST.
Miss Mary Beachel, we'll known in
this town to the many friends of her
parents, occupied a prominent place in
the Chicago Herald of December IA,
where she was pictured as a danseuse,
poised gracefully on one toe.
The board of trustees of Willow
Brook sanatorium are now open to re-
ceive applications for the position of
superintendent of the new institution.
It is expected that a selection will be
made about the first of January.
William George Bruce, secretary of
the Manufacturers association Of Mil
waukee and widely known in Kenosha,
has refused to accept a call to be a
candidate for the Office of mayor of
Milwaukee. Many prominent men
urged his nomination.
Entries for the state bowling tourna-
ment are coming in rapidly and the
officers of the state association believe
that the tourney in Kenosha will be
no holI ho c4a4o
waukee has promised to- send at least
seventy teams.
City Clerk Harrington is dusting off
the old primary election blanks and
getting them ready for the first of the
year. Candidates for mayor can put
their petitions in circulation after the
second week in January. A number
of candidates have already been snoop-
ing about looking for the papers.
District Attorney W. W. Storms of
Racine county, has entered the fight
to force the Chicago and Milwaukee
Electric to put in crossing projections,
He promises to bring an action in court
TO force the company TO dcG SO Tar as
crossings in Racine county are CON
cerned.
The town boards of the county are
| planning to use crushed hard heads on
lot of roads during the coming sea
son. The county board has granted to
the town board the privilege of using
| the county crusher. The town of Paris
vii probably be the first to put it into
operation.
| The state board Of control will send
one of its members to Kenosha county
during the January meeting of the
county board to urge the employment
of convict labor for road work next
year. It is not expected that the
members of the board will reopen the
question.
Kenosha Elks are going to do the
honors right at the bowling tournament
at Oshkosh starting January 9th. Ke-
nosha is out after the tourney for next
year and at least fifty of the Kenosha