The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-19


The blow has TALENT
The Chicago Motor Club is threaten
ing to wipe Kenosha off the map. Just
like tornado would do it if it went
through the city and left only few
little shacks standing. The Chicago
Motor club is peeved at Kenosha. 1t
is also peeved at Racine and Milwau-
kee and these cities which have had
some real standing in Wisconsin are
being threatened with the same fate.
This is going to be a real boycott and
it is probable that when the Chicago
Motor club gets through, Main street
In Kenosha and Racine and Wisconsin
street in Milwaukee will be turned into
peaceful grazing places for the bovines
that have made Wisconsin famous.
Chicago motor car drivers are good
fellows but if there is one thing that
these men detest it is to be forced to
give up real money. Of course the
business life of the Wisconsin cities has
for years been kept in operation by
the vast sums Of money spent by these
begoggled drivers of Chicago motor
ears and all Of this support is to be
withdrawn unless Kenosha and exc Ra-
cine and Milwaukee repent in sack
cloth and ashes and--well, to put it in
plain terms, "pull off the motor cops
and let Chicago automobiles fly through
the cities and counties at such speed
hs the drivers may see fit.
The Chicago club men have reduced
this threat to writing. If Kenosha, Ra-
cine and Milwaukee do not toe the
mark and toe it quick then the names
of these cities are to be washed right
bff the sign boards of the Chicago club
end Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee
wiz be forced to shift for themselves.
The members of the club are kicking
Ind kicking hard against the arrest Of
their members for speeding and on this
account they are threatening to out
line road which will 60 way out Of
the way of all the cities and get into
some of the back roads counties where
motor cop could not live on account
bf the size of the mosquitoes and the
distance to the nearest saloon.
Southport got along without Fort
Dearborn, once, - was the comment of
bne of the members of the county board
this morning, "and Kenosha can still
struggle along someway without Chica-
pa We are going to make our roads
safe even if they must be used only
for the transportation of peaceful farm
ers who have nothing more speedy than
spawned horse. We don t care a
cent whether Chicago automobile
driver ever hits the road again and if
Z the name Kenosha is taken off the
signs we don It care whoop. These fell
lows swell themselves all up over the
hnount they are spending in the smaller
eities. The most of them have been
accustomed to go through Kenosha so
fast that the only thing that they left
In Kenosha was dust carried in from
illinois.
The policy of Kenosha county to
make its roads safe is to be carried
fight along regardless of the walls of
men who care nothing for the safety of
themselves and other people. 1t would
really help Kenosha if the Chicago
club would put on boycott for then
people who like to enjoy life and let
others enjoy it would feel that the road
to Kenosha and through Kenosha was
much safer road to travel The roads
that have been built here are business
bringers all right but they were never
expected to bring any great amount OF
business from Chicago The majority
Of men who get peeved when they are
arrested for endangering the lives Of
others are pikers pure and simple and
their ire at Kenosha is not worth this
much consideration.
1t might be added that both Racine
and Kenosha are taking the same atti
tude to the threats of the Chicago
Motor club and the response to the let
Ter is, Gentlemen go as far as YOU
ike and go quickly, but don t go faster
han twenty miles an hour when
gou 90 through the southern counties
Of Wisconsin to reach your destina
ton"