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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11
FOR SUPERVISORS ONLY.
County Officials Are Not Asked to the
Annual Turkey Dinner at the
Racine Asylum.

Certain county officials and best
friends of officials who have been ac-
customed to lick their chops over a
sort Of a pre-Thanksgiving turkey dim
ner on the annual visit Of the Kenosha
county board to the insane asylum in
Racine are going to have a bitter dis
appointment this year. The invitation
for the annual inspection reached
County Clerk Jones on Tuesday after
ternoon and it was expressly stated
that the invitation was to the members
Of the county board and the clerk.
There are just eighteen of them all
together and it is probable that just
eighteen Kenosha county plates will be
laid at Racine Thursday. The members
of the county board voted unanimously
to accept the invitation of the Racine
board to inspect the asylum and the
clerk was notified to inform the usual
bunch that this was to be little more
select than in former years. On ac-
count of the trip to Racine it is not
expected that there will be any session
of the board on Thursday. The mem
bers of the local board will go to Ra-
cine early in the morning and not re-
turn until late in the afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11
DOUBT AS TO BOARD STAND
Several Members Say Convict Labor rs
Experiment. and Others Say Get
the Work just as Cheaply as Pos
sible for County Routine Work.

The county board is today settling
down to the routine work of the SEES
sion, hearing reports of officials, de-
mands for bridges and road work with
an occasional interesting break. in the
monotony of routine work.
The question Of employing convict
labor on the roads came up before the
board late Tuesday Afternoon but it
went over into the latter end Of the
session almost without discussion. The
members of the board seemed to be a
little shy to take up the matter. The
men from the city had nothing at all
to say in regard to it and those from
the rural districts were divided on the
question. We are going to take our
time to look into the NATTER said
Supervisor Epson Of Bristol ~ be-
lieve in getting as much for our dollar
as we can and if we can build cheaply
with convict labor and get just as good
roads / am in favor of it, Gs.It's a
lot of an experiment, said Supervisor
Fleming of Salem and other mem bers
of the board echoed his sentiment. 1t
was expected that there wouldsbe some
protest on the part of organized labor
against the proposition but nothing of
this kind came before the board and
there was no indication that there
would be such a protest. Few men
from the city have been employed on
the road work in the county and for
this reason the city men who control
Trades and Labor Councils have not
seen in the matter question for en-
phatic action. Chairman Spartz indi-
Gated that the matter would be. taken
up again later in the session The
same proposition is being made to every
county board in the state and it is an
open secret that some of the members
of the local board would just as leave
have some other county take the initia-
tive The members are not in any way
afraid of the question but they want
more light as to how it is going to
work out.
The board spent some time discuss
ing the question of landscape garden
ing out at Willow Brook Sanatorium
and Oscar Hoefer local landscape
artist appeared before the board The
county agent was directed to get
sketches and plans for the improve
ment of the grounds at the sanatorium
with the understanding that these plans
and estimates are to be submitted with
out charge. It is expected that several
landscape artists will bring In sketches.
The first report of the committee on
county schools came to the board and
it showed that the new committee had
held three meetings. The expenses of
the committee were shown to have
been less than sixty dollars. The re-
port was referred to the committee on
County Superintendent s accounts.
| The reports of the County Clerk and
the County Agent were submitted. The
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11
CAME HERE IN PIONEER DAYS
Was Owner Of Many Lake Vessels and
Piled Between Southport and Michi-
gan Ports-Later in Retail Bust
ness in Kenosha for Many Years.

Captain Charles Chauncy Miller,
aged 80 years and one of the best
known of the pioneers of Southport
and early Kenosha died at the home of
his son Frank Miller at Kalispell, Mon
tana on Tuesday following long i'll
ness from complication of diseases.
The passing of Captain Miller will
awaken memories of early Southport
and Kenosha among the older residents
of the city as he was one Of the earl
lest captains of lake vessels plying out
of Kenosha. For many years he sailed
the "Ostrich and the "Two Sisters -
plying between the harbor of Kenosha
and points on the Michigan coast. He
was one of the most prominent of the
early lake traders on Lake Michigan
and he followed the lake until little
over twenty years ago. After retiring
from the lake Captain Miller was in
the retail meat business in Kenosha for
number of years until forced to give
up his work on account of failing
health.
Captain Miller was one of the early
down East Yankees who came to
Kenosha in the days of old Southport.
For nearly fifty years he was active in
the business and social life of Kenosha.
He was one Of the life membefs of the
Kenosha lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons and had always taken a great
interest in the work of this organiza-
ton. He was also active in the early
history of the Kenosha Lodge of Odd
Fellows and for many years he served
as an officer Of the lodge.
In his declining years he had made
his home with his daughters in Keno
sha and Wilmette but last month he
went to Montana to spend the winter
with his son. He was taken i'll shortly
after he reached the ranch of his son
and for the past two weeks his condi-
ton had been critical.
Captain Miller is survived by one
son Frank Miller of Kalispell, Mont.
and two daughters Mrs Frederick Par
ker of Kenosha and Mrs. L. A. Lower
of Wilmette. The body will be brought
back to the old home for interment and
the funeral will be under the auspices
Of the Masonic lodge. Announcement
of the time of the funeral viii be made
later.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11
DIED IN LOS ANGELES.
Letters Announce the Death of Mrs.
George G.. Balloon Which Oc-
Cured on Last Thursday.

Word was received in Kenosha today
of the death of Mrs. Mary Balloon,
widow of George G. Balloon and a for
mer resident of Kenosha which occurred
last Thursday at Los Angeles, Cal. The
deceased was resident of Kenosha
for many years and she was at the
time one of the most active members
Of Park Avenue Methodist church. Mrs.
Balcom's husband died about fifteen
years ago. She is survived by one
son, @. X. Balloon, of Kansas City, and
one daughter, Mrs. G. Waller of Los
Angeles. The remains were buried at
Los Angeles. Mrs. Balloon had many
friends in Kenosha and the announce
ment of her death will come as a per
Sonal sorrow to them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

Members Of the Durkee School Par
EMIT eachers' association made their
formal demand to the board of educa-
ton on Tuesday night for cleaner
school rooms in the Durkee school and
after long discussion of the matter
the school board ordered an investiga-
ton of all schools in the city with a
view of finding some way to meet the
demands of the parents. Mrs. r. H.
Welles was named as chairman of a
special committee to have charge Of
this work and other members of the
committee will be named later. The
plea of the women for cleaner school
rooms was presented by Mrs. Chester
d. Barnes and it was the feature of the
meeting of the board Mrs. Barnes in
presenting the resolutions recently
adopted by the Durkee School Parent
Teacher association made a strong
plea for cleaner school rooms. The
matter was generally discussed by the
members of the board. Superintendent
of Janitors Scholey held that the CON
ditions could not be improved with the
present force of help and insisted that
1T the school rooms were to be scrubbed
more frequently it would be necessary
to provide more help for the janitors.
The board decided that the investiga-
ton should not be limited to the Dur
kee school but that the investigation
should cover all of the school build
ings in the city. 1t is expected that
some plan will be worked out by which
better service can be given to the
schools. Mrs. Welles who is chairman
of the special committee has been in
close touch with the movement to Sc
cure cleaner schools.
The board took up for discussion the
question of the purchase Of "Bonny
Hame'' and the matter was left in
the hands of the president and secre-
tary of the board who were given the
power to take two years option on
the property if the common council
would not come to the aid of the board
and open a way for the purchase of
the property at this time. The plan
t. be worked out includes an appeal to
I'll council for authority to borrow
money for the purchase of the land
and if this plan fails the board will
seek to secure appropriations in two
succeeding years which will make poss-
BILE the payment for the land
The board decided to purchase lot
just south of the new Lincoln school
and the house now on the school site
will be moved to this lot. 1t is expect
ed that it will be rented to the school
ready for occupancy.
The question Of a hall for the use
of the high school basket ball team
caused considerable of discussion.
Some people had suggested the leasing
70 Germania hall on Milwaukee avenue
for this purpose and it was announced
that such a lease had been practically
closed. This report brought d storm
of protest to the members of the board
on account of the fact that there was
saloon connected with the hall. Aft
err considerable argument the members
of the board decided to lease the Col
iseum as basketball field under the
same terms that it was leased in former
years.
The board had an unu s1ally large
amount of routine business to take care
of and the session was an extended one
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

Chas H. Curtiss, agent for the Royal
Tailors has on display in his north
windows the largest pair of mems trous-
ers ever ordered in Kenosha. These
trousers were ordered by David Nc
Guire of Silver Lake. Mr.. Mcclure
has a waist measurement of SO inches
and weighs $50 pounds. It takes as
much cloth to make this pair of trous-
ers as it does full suit of clothes for
the ordinary man..
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

William Springer, Henry Schiller and
Otto Jahnigan, all factory employees of
Kenosha were brought into the NUM-
cipal court on Tuesday charged with
shooting "mud hens in the open wat
er. They entered pleas of not guilty
and the hearings were adjourned until
Nov. 18th. Each of the defendants
furnished bonds in the amount of $50.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

Evidently the movements to make
Wisconsin better and safer state to
live in are beginning to bear fruit.
The last report of the state board of
health showed the lowest death rate in
the history of the state. Some time
Wisconsin will become such good
state to live in that people viii just
naturally refuse to die.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

By all means let Old Glory wave
from place in the circuit court room.
If there is any place where flag of
a nation is appropriate it is the place
where men and women come to declare
their allegiance to a new nation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

A wagon belonging to A. Burhoyitz
was badly damaged late Tuesday after
noon when it was run into by an auto
mobile owned by R. B. Hansen. No
one was injured in the accident
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11
sHoRT NEWS BULLETINS.

London, Nov. 10-Dispatche:
state that one hundred shells
were fred into the Steamer An
coma before it was torpedoed by
submarine flying the Austrian
flag.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

Speak it gently: The Moosers say
they are ready to come back-if the
Republicans will nominate Roosevelt.
Let him get out like the rest of them
and get the delegates. This silver plat
ter stuff is bark back to the dark
ages Of politics.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

The graduates of the Columbus
school will hold regular meeting
Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. This
is to be business meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

latter report brought the first show of
trouble in the session. The Agent
showed the need of an appropriation
of $4,000 for equipment for the Sana-
forum and some of the members of the
board indicated that they would not
vote for such an appropriation holding
that the equipment should come out of
the former appropriations made by the
board. This would be impossible as
practically every cent now appropri-
ated must be used in the completion
of the building The County Agent
was directed at the last meeting Of the
board to proceed to make contracts for
the equipment and he has done this
work. Now it is up to the board to
provide way for the payment Of these
contracts and the only way in sight
is to make a new appropriation. This
matter is to be taken up later on a re-
port from the committee on County
Agent IS accounts.
Reflect Jones County Agent.
At the morning session OF the board
Russell I'll. Jones was reelected County.
Agent The members Of the board show
ed a real appreciation af the work that
has been done b5s naming him by unani-
nous vote for the new term Members
of the board evidently appreciate that
Mr.. Jones has saved the county thou
sands Of dollars by careful handling Of
this work and no other candidate for the
office was even suggested
At the session of the board this
morning the annual levy Of the school
tax was made as follows.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11

1Olal 49,. . po1, QUO
This afternoon the members of the
board went out to make an inspection
Of the Willow Brook Sanatorium
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11
Chairman Gundlach c a lis
First Meeting of Finance
Committee for Thursday
Afternoon at City Hall.
.FAvORS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS

Chairman Will Seek to Keep the Levy
Within the Amount Which Has Been
Set in Former Years But Admits
That the Task Is a Hard One.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11
School Board Names Special
Committee to Make An In
vestigation of all the
Public Schools.
KEEP OPTION ON BONNY HAME

Board Hopeful That Council Will Pave
Way to Purchase Land at Once But
Will Arrange for Holding Option
for Two Years to Raise Money.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1915-11-13

|GEEak9 PRfls4IeaaFV sIyPpOR |:
FlIs POIiIC S5ROR PAR
q Y NOMINATION.

Political interest In the Seventh
Ward centered during the week up
on the annoincement Of Mr.. Gerard
FaIguy that he Intends to enter the
Progressive Primary for the position
of Ralice juror on that Ward. Mr..
FanguyR cand dfdacy was tboomed" !"
some weeks sAgo ct q mass meeting
held n the lower section of the Par
ish. lt up W the present week he
had rot authorized his name to go
before the voters iii any manner
that ight bG termed Official
"Wednesday he requested the Cou-
rier t0 publish the fact that he had
finalIy decided To make the race.
M. Fapgfy II the oldest son of Mr..
SlydeA Fahguy. He was born Jul,
10th 4 asa 0n Lower Little Caillou.
At pfefent he holds the position of
boo Keeper AZ The Terrebonne sug-
ar GDmpany, at Montegut. He au-
thori9gs3 the following statement to
he puh1 he'd
want the Houma Courier to
ANNOUNCE vi the voters Of the Sew
e1itil Ward that am an avowed
candidat4s tor the position Of Police
Juror from the said Ward. subject
70 the atti0n Of the Progressive
9rima aky Aud that IL am elected
] VIII eEye the people of my Ward
iconscisHs3Dusly and with whatever
ability possess. 4
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1915-11-13
y .@H- 1900
"Paulsen's Model was purchas

Paulsen's Model was purchased
by Mr.. Shaffer about four months
ago, from G. P. Paulsen, the fam
GUS Hampshire breeder, of Nora,
Nebraska. upon recomnendatia of
NE. =. G. Stone, of Peoria, III ses,
FsstHfs 6f the laaf Swine Brs5d-
ers association, who declared it to
be the finest pure bred Hampshli.
In America 1T weighs $50 pounds.
There were LOS Hampshires on ex-
Ihibit. s
Terrebonne carried off other
|prizes as follows: ,
First prizes. Arthur Chauvin, 1
lib. Seeding pecans; Jules BreauX,
II quart syrup; Octave Leblanc, 1-2
dozen sweet oranges; Joe Walthers,
Gibson, quart kunquats and dis
play citrus fruits.
Second prizes. A. P. Cantrelle, .
stalks cane, any variety; A. P. San
1trelle, display sugar cane, any va
riety; Bayou Black Stock Farm, IL
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1915-11-13

One Of the best principals the
Terrebonne High School has had, is
Its present Principal, Mr.. o. H.
[Briedenbach, whose work has placed
the Terrebonne High School on the
list of Accredited High Schools OF
the State, being one of four last
year and one of seven this year,
which honor enables graduates Of
the Terrebonne High School to-. en-
ter any college in the South with
out examination. Yet even so good
Ia principal as Mr.. Breiden bach has
proven himself to be, has his trou.
bles, and needs the cooperation of
the parents of the pupils, as Is
shown in the following appeal:
To the Patrons of the Houma
Schools:
/ submit for your instruction the
following statement of conditions in
the Houma Schools, and my explain
alton of the situation, based on over
q years study Of the conditions,
consider the situation deplorable, to
say the least. Please read this
carefully, and my comments upon
the facts
Aided by the teachers Of the Hou-
ma Schools, l have compiled the fol-
lowing information concerning re-
tarded pupils. By retarded pupil is
meant pupil who is older than he
should be when in certain grade
The results are surprising.
About Is 1-2 per cent of all the
pupils are over age or are retard-
ed; "a IL per cent are normal; no.
a single pupil is younger than he
should be for his grade.
Order and per cent of Normal Pu-
pills in each grade:
"a. Eleventh Grade. '579 per
cent are normal; (2). Ninth Grade,
|52.63 per cent are normal; (3)
First Grade, 4O.79 per cent are nor
NAL; (4) Tenth Grade, 2693 per
cent are normal; t5) Second Grade,
1871 per cent arc normal; CO.. Sew
|enth Grade, 1875 per cent are nor
NAL; Eighth Grade, 1875 per cent
ARE normal; ca Third Grade, 49,
|54 per cent. are normal; 90 Fifth
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1915-11-13
STEAME R DIXIE
MAKES MAIDEN
TRIP TO \. 0.
FIRST CARGO OF ONE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY BARRELS
ASHLAND SUGAR

The Daigle Barge Lines brand
new steamboat, Dixie, made her
maiden trip Thursday, gliding
gracefully from the mooring BY the
side of the Daigle Barge Line ware
house sharply at eight o'clock, and
steaming along the Terrebonne,
passing through Houma on. her way
TO the Ashland Refining co. Is
wharf, to take on her first cargo of
:reight, consisting of three hum
lred and fifty barrels Of this years !
sugar, consigned to New Orleans.
The Dixie is in charge OF Captain.
Charley Rawles, Of New Orleans,
with Mr.. A. E. Barker. OF Lock
port, formerly employed by the
Bradford Transportation CO., al
clerk.
The Dixie is the largest steam
boat plying Terrebonne waters,
She measures 150 feet overall, 1SS3; |;
feet hull, and 23 1-2 feet beam. She
has a carrying capacity OF 9'7 Ia
tons register. sss
She was designed by Mr.. Reubin
Chauvfn, manager Of the Datgl,
Barge Line, is equipped with
powerful engines, and can be steared
with the utmost ease. S
1t is the intention of the Daigie
Barge Line Co., to operate the Dixie
for transporting sugar and Other
freight between Houma y and New
Orleans, and. up and down the La.
fourche. s5
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1915-11-13
F Fishermen Band Together To Pre-
vent Private Ownership Of States
Natural Resources

while, it will have membership Of
fifteen hundred.
With such an organization, they
believe that they will be strong
enough to combat further unjust
and oppressive class legislation, and
to protect themselves from the dep
relations of so called Conserva-
ton Commission, which, in reality
is doing no conservation work what
ever and is serving simply in the
capacity of tax collecting body, to
extort money from the poorer class,
who have not the pulp to get on
the good side" Of the Commission.
Ihese fishermen Justly feel that
the Commission is a useless and
worthless institution which is doing
absolutely no conservation work.,
though 1t receives from the fish,
game and oyster industry of Louis
lana, thousands Of dollars annual,
IN taxes. They feel, too, that its
membership is made up of men who
know practically nothing about the
fish and oyster business, and they
point to the fact that when the
trouble started on the coast several
weeks ago, the Commission sent to
the scene OF the trouble, Mi.
Holmes, new member of tho Com
mission, who halls from North
Louisiana, and who knows
nothing about the business,
/ to study the situation, as he said.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1915-11-13

list of officers to be nominated
snail be arranged as follows:
lst. Candidates for Mayor.
End. Candidates for Aldermen.
Srd. Candidates for Chief-of-Po-
lice.
4th. Candidates for City Marshal
for City Court.
9Th. Candidates for City Judge.
9Th. Candidates for Municipal
Democratic Executive Committee.
Be it further resolved, that each
and every person desiring to be-
come candidate for any of the Oh
Ifices above set forth, shall file his
written notification with the Chair
man of the Democratic Executive
Committee of the City Of Houma in
accordance with the provisions of
Act ~ of the General Assembly OF
| 1906 and the amendments thereto
up to and including November 13,
1915, not later than 6 o'clock p.
m, Of said date.
| Be it further resolved, that can
didates for the offices herein above
named, shall at the time Of filing
said notice, be required to deposit
y Will thC AAdAA 4AoA Vi lHC DCAO-
cratic Executive Committee Of the
City of Houma, the following
amounts to wit:
The sum Of twenty-five dollars to
be deposited for each candidate fol
Mayor.
The sum Of seven and (5O-10O)
dollars to be- deposited for each
candidate for Aldermen.
The sum of fifteen dollars to be
ideposited for each candidate for
lChiet-of- Police.
The sum of Fifteen dollars to be
tdeposited for each candidate for
City Marshal.
The sum Of Twenty Dollars to bs
deposited for each candidate fol
J City Judge.
!. Be it resolved that candidates fo:
Aldermen, shall state in their ap.
: plication the Municipal Ward ir
which they reside. and whether al
! large, or for the ward, and shall
possess such other qualifications a:
J lare required, and provided by Ac
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1915-11-13
Il. sC1s0CHET AND q. Gun.
NfKGHAM ENTER RACE.
s sEOR ALDERMEN

Tive more candidates for munich
5al offices have entered the field,
namely HI. 3. u. Crochet, who will
make fHe race on the Democratic
ticket f0F Alderman from the First
Ward and Mr. Cunningham, who
will beTas candidate for Alderman on
the Demberatic ticket from the
FCurtlE N ard The last named, Mr..
Cunning gliA1l, has served as Alder
men for the past four years, and
has nad era conscientious able Of
ficiaL Mr. Crochet Is operating the
William tvrieht Co blacksmith
shop. sss5
~ ssA ~ have al ]pIponent. MI
4 ~ i ss3 I1,IE 80
rogres'