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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07

Merton A. Sturges of Chicago, chief
of the Federal Bureau of Naturaliza
tion, was in Kenosha on Tuesday con-
ferring with Mrs. Mary D. Bradford,
superintendent Of the city schools and
superintendent Thompson of the con-
tinuation schools with view of max
ing better provisions for the education
of aliens In Kenosha for citizenship.
The visit of Examiner Sturges is in
keeping with a nationwide movement
which is being made to open the school
doors wider for the advancement of
citizenship among the aliens. At the
present time about dozen Kenosha
aliens are registered in the "citizen-
ship" classes in the continuation
schools. Mr.. Sturges has furnished to
the school officials full list OF all
aliens who have come to Kenosha dur
ing the past two years and it is planned
to have a get-together meeting among
these aliens some time early In the new
year. The chief Of the Chicago bureau
will come to Kenosha to be one Of
the speakers at tbs meeting. 1t is
planned to hold the meeting at the
high school building and the invita-
tions sent out viii include, not only
the aliens who might be subject to
naturalization, but also their wives
! and children. Prominent men of Ke-
nosha will be invited to speak at the
meeting and it is also planned to have
| prominent speakers from among the
ranks of the foreign born in an effort to
impress upon these people the necessity
of their becoming citizens
FFWe have not been able to get as
many of these people into the schools
as we would wish, = said Superinten-
dent Thompson this morning. "There
are lot of the aliens who must learn
to speak and write the language be-
fore they would be ready to go into
the classes for citizenship. Mr.. Sturges
believes that the best way to get these
people into the schools is to have this
great meeting and have a chance to
show them the benefits of education as
leading to citizenship. We are keep
ing in close touch with the aliens com
ing to Kenosha, but in many cases we
have not been able to get these men
and women to register in the schools.
Many of them seem to think that the
path to citizenship is little hard and
for this reason they hesitate to start
into the work. Many organizations
among the foreign born are ready
to help with this work and the plan
advanced by Mr.. Sturges will offer
them this opportunity. :"
! Mrs Bradford has taken a deep in
terest in the extension of the school
work among the foreign born people
of the city and she has given her as
surance that everything possible will
be done to make this work more at
tractive to these people.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07

The Chamber of Commerce had its
first chance to work for factory promo
ton in Kenosha on Tuesday when J.
Edward Firms, whose card says he is
the secretary and treasurer of the
Underwriters Trust Company of Chiea-
go, conferred with Secretary John Lind
of the Chamber of Commerce relative
to the location in Kenosha of factory
for the manufacture of hard rubber
tires for automobiles. Firms was not
overly communicative in regard to the
men who were connected with the pros
posed industry and he intimated that it
was still in it's infancy but stated that
it was established in Chicago and dos
ing considerable business under a ham
dicap Of very poor plant.
He stated that the company was not
looking for bonus of any kind but
that the men interested in it would be
pleased to have some of the local capi-
talists show interest enough in it to
take some of the stock. He declared
that Saginaw, hitch, had offered the
company plant and cash bonus Of
twenty-five thousand dollars, but that
the men interested in the company felt
that the plant must be located in the
immediate vicinity of Chicago and that
for this reason the Saginaw PROPOSE
tion had been turned down. Mr.. Firms
stated that Kenosha was favored by
his employers as a location. The bust
ness of the company consists in the
buying up of old rubber and converting
it into hard rubber for tires.
Secretary Lind put Mr.. Firms into
the hands of Mayor Charles Fl. Pfen-
mig, who is one Of the directors of the
Chamber of Commerce, and the mayor
is to take up the matter later.
Factory promotion is expected to be
one of the real duties Of the Chamber
of Commerce, but as yet the committee
to have charge of this work has not
been manner. 1t Isl expected that with
the appointment of this committee
there will be many chances for Kenosha
to dicker for new industries.
The Chamber of Commerce will have
no funds to give away in bonuses, but
it is expected that literature will be
prepared to show Kenosha as one of the
best industrial cities in the country.
The members of the Chamber of Com
merce see the chance for more indus
trial plants in Kenosha and they will be
willing to go after any real concern
which promises to advance Kenosha,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
FIRST TO PAY TAXES.
wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
has Settled With the City
Treasurer for This Year.

The Wisconsin Gas and Electric
Company has the distinction Of being
the first taxpayer in Kenosha to pay
the 1916 taxes This morning the city
treasurer received from the state
treasurer warrant for $14, 1925
representing the amount that the city
of Kenosha is entitled to receive from
the big license check recently sent by
the company to the state treasurer.
The fact that business on the street
cars has not been good is shown again
this year as the amount of the license
paid by the company is smaller than
in the former year. Last year the COM
pany paid tax to the city Of
$14,303.03. Tt is declared that the re-
duction in the amount to be received
by the city is due almost entirely to
the falling off of the earnings of the
street railway portion Of the business.
Other portions of the business of the
company in Kenosha have shown
considerable increase. Within few
days it is expected that the city treas
urer will receive another state war
rant for the portion that the city is to
receive from the taxes Of the Wiscon-
sin Telephone Company. The money
goes into the general fund of the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
JUDGMENT FOR KIsTEN.
Judge Belden Makes Formal Order for
Dismissal of Suit Brought Against
Former Alderman.

In the Circuit court this morning
Judge Belden filed a formal order
for the dismissal with costs to the plain
tiff of the suit brought by Mrs. Anna
Hansen, of Racine, against Former AL
derman August Kisten of the fifth
ward. The order directs that the iudg-
ment be in keeping with the verdict
of the jury which found for the defend
ant. Mrs. Hansen had demanded heavy
damages from Kisten on account of in
jurles which she received in an auto
mobile collision on the road between
Racine and Kenosha more than year
ago. She had made serious charges in
her complaint but they were not sup
ported by the evidence in the case
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
MAsoNs HOLD ELECTION,

At an unusually largely attended
meeting, held in Masonic Temple
Tuesday night, the following officers
were chosen, most of them practically
unanimously: High priest, R. F. Me
Candies king, A. j. Tanck; scribe,
C. D. Theleen; treasurer, Thomas S.
Scott; secretary, Benjamin Lambrecht;
trustee FOR three years, Clarence Haw-
ley. The members Of the organization
feel that they have a particularly
strong set of officers and that much Of
value will develop in the coming year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07

Captain Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian
explorer who discovered the south pole,
arrived in New York on the Scandinavian
American liner Frederik VIII. from Co
penhagen to purchase an aeroplane to as
sist him in his next trip to the arctic re-
gions m July, 1918 The explorer wished
it to be clearly understood. that he did not
intend to rnakeeasl the triD IN azi airfhip,
as had been IL ted esrc eouSly y s4n7s
publications. The asToplane would be
| taken on the ship to make the last hum
dred miles to the pole.
Captain Amundsens hair is white, and
his face Is bronzed and weather beaten
from many years Of exposure to wind, sun
and sea, but his blue eyes seemed as
steady and bright as they were years ago,
and he walked down the pier at Hoboken
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07

Under the auspices Of st. Matthew's
Men s Club, Owen Lovejoy, probably
one Of the best known lobbyists and
speakers in this country, Is to talk in
Kenosha on Friday night, and the
strange and unexpected thing about it
is that no admission will be charged
for Mr.. Lovejoy's lecture which will
be given in the Guild hall.
Mr.. Lovejoy's personal acquaintance
with Mrs. Gerald Mcdowell led him to
give his services to Kenosha. Mrs.
Mcdowell met him when she was doing
suffrage work in Iowa last year and
MIR. Lovejoy was working in the inter-
ests of the nationwide anti-child labor
movement. He promised her at that
time that he would come to Kenosha
some time. His usual fee for addresses
is one hundred dollars per night. Each
year he makes four addresses free of
charge for the furtherance Of the cause
of the children. At Mrs. Mcdowell IS
suggestion one of the four to be given
in 1916 was reserved for Kenosha and
this is the one
Kenosha people are especially inter
ested in Mr. Lovejoy because Of their
efforts in his behalf last winter Just
before the time for the Heating, Owen
child labor bill to come out of COM
mittee and before the house in con-
gress, at the instance Of Mr.. Loveioy,
who is national chairman for the fed
eral committee on child labor, mass
meetings were held throughout the
United States to arouse sentiment in
favor of the bill and to inspire people
to write their congressman Such a
meeting was held here in the Guild
hall and attended by the best known
OF the townspeople, resulting in many
postals being sent to the representa-
tives of this district. Mr. Loveioy
was one Of those who worked hard
est and most successfully to further
the passage Of the bill.
The Rev. Fred Ingley received a let
ter recently in which occurs the fol
lowing regarding the bill:
The Heating Owen bill passed by
congress last summer, marks the great
est step yet taken in child labor reform.
That law, when in force after Septem-
Der 1917, will remedy the worst condi-
tions persisting in manufacture and
will reach 10000 boys and girls.
No collection will be taken and no
subscription will be asked at the meet
Ing Friday night when Mr.. Lovejoy
speaks.
Men like Mr.. Lovejoy immensely"
said Mrs. Mcdowell in speaking of him.
81 found in attending his addresses in
DeslMoines last year that the men were
particularly pleased with him. He is
an entertaining speaker beside being
a man of great sincerity and directness
He has decidedly pleasing personality
and one that inspires confidence in
in him and his work.
60 He has devoted his life to the pro-
lection of children who work and the
betterment of the terribly hard condi-
tions under which many of them are
| employed.
81 am sure that no one has done
more to better conditions among the
child workers than has Mr.. Loveioy in
his long service.
81 doubt if Kenosha has had a
speaker Of greater or wider or better
reputation than Mr.. Lovejoy and
trust that many will hear him and de-
eide for themselves just how big a man
he is. 1t is certain they will be enter
tanned and instructed
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
BULLETIN.

Thompson Falls, Mont, Dec. g.
Miss Edith Colby, newspaper re-
porter, was found guilty of murder
in the second degree here today.
She was charged with shooting and
killing a. G. Thomas, a prominent
politician. The penalty is from
ten to twelve years in the state
prison.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
Will COMPLETE DITCH SOON
Ditch Which Is Six Miles in Length Will
Drain Thousands of Acres in Kenosha
County and in Northern illinois,
Cost in This County is 1892.

The Clutch Gap", long the dream
of farmers in the towns of Pleasant
Prairie and Bristol, became reality
today when the work of the contractors
was accepted and the drainage ditch
was opened and waters from Kenosha
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
West Side Boosters Appoint
a Committee to Secure the
Erection of New POST
Office Building There.
LAY PLANS FOR CLUB HOUSE

Decorative lights for West Side Bust
ness District Are Also on Program
and Community Christmas Tree TO
Blaze for West Side Riddles.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07

Brown makes the best photos at
most reasonable prices. Studio, 30
South street. advtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
Head of Federal Bureau in
Chicago C onfers With
Local Educators on So
luton of Big Problem.
Big MASS Meeting PLANNED

Efforts Win Be Made to Have All Alien
Citizens Attend a Meeting at the High
School at Which Time School Work
Will Be Urged by Prominent Men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
Lobbyist for the Cause of
the Children to Be Heard
at the Guild Hall Here
on Friday Night.
FIGHTS CHILD LABOR LAW

National Batter for Rights of Children
Picks Kenosha as Place for One Of
His Four Addresses for the Year
Will Discuss Legislation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
Chicago Man Appeals to the
Chamber of Commerce for
Aid In Locating Big
Rubber Plant Here.
TURNS down SAGINAW, MICH.

Company Refuses to Accept Factory
Building Bonus Because It Wants to
Be Located Nearer Chicago District
Mayor Pfennig TO Investigate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-14

but IL is much nor comfortable and
far less firing to write upon a %sloping
surface. We give a sketch here OF
a handy little desk hat can be easily
made from a small drawing board or
even the well-made lid OF a wooden
box.
On either side OF the board under.
meath. pieces OF wood of the shape
shown in diagram c are fastened: this
can be done either with nails or
screws ran through the board and into
the upper edges OF the wood. Then
for fitting il up as a writing desk. cor
ners' made OF kid can be glued on
where indicated and pieces of blotting
paper cut TO tit slipped in underneath
them. Diagram 4 shows the shape OF
the pieces OF kid required, and they
are folded at the points marked with
the dotted lines with the result shown
in diagram b.
To complete the desk. a small eircu-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-14
PRETTY WORK EASILY DONE
Embroidered Silk Stockings Within
the Reach Of All Who Are
Clever With the Needle.

Black silk stockings embroidered In
gold and silver threads are expensive
things unless one is able TO do the
work in odd moments instead OF a
less practical form of fancy work.
Long. slender leaves. grasses and
sprays of wheat are all among the
decorative possibilities OF this style OF
embroidery.
Another advantage In embroidering
ones WI hosiery is that IL is a mat
ter of choice whether the effort Is ex.
pended on a pair OF such fineness as
TO prove an extravaganza or on
hosiery with silk mesh inset only from
the instep 10 the calf. and of astonish-
ing durability. IL would be impos-
sible to find these boot-top silk stock.
ings among the hand-embroidered
type. and yet they prove the most sat
isfying for the girl who does her own
ornamentation.
BY studying the designs OF embroid-
cry used in the most expensive silk
hosiery displayed at the best shops.
the girl with more time than money
can get many ideas on this subject
which she can adopt TO her own uses,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-14
CURTAINS THAT COST LITTLE
inexpensive Material for Windows
May Be Made Attractive If a Lit
tie Care Is Exercised.

There are many inexpensive mate
rails which have been utilized for
window curtains with surprising sue
cess. One woman hung curtains of
cheesecloth, trimmed with narrow cot
ton fringe. Another is using cream-
colored seersucker, also finished with
this narrow cotton fringe. The adj
vantages of the latter material from
the laundress' point of view are many,
since the curtains will never need to
be ironed.
Unbleached muslin has many posi-
bilities. One made-over farmhouse
has in the room on the ground floor
sash curtains of this muslin, on which
squares of Persian figured calico or
print have been stitched at intervals,
just suiting the old-fashioned small
PANIED windows. For a blue dining
room or one with quaint Dutch doors
and windows, unbleached muslin
would be charming with the mixed red
and blue cotton fringe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-14
KEEP LITTLE PIGS GROWING
Eastern Breeder Describes Plan Of
Weaving Toungsters-First Give
Oats and Milk.

To keep pigs growing properly they
should have as little setback at wean-
ing as possible. This is the way that
an eastern breeder describes his sys-
tenn:
Before my pigs are weaned | teach
them to eat and they are ready and
eager for their meals when they are
weaned. / first give them oats and
milk, putting the oats in a trough,
pouring the milk over them so they
cannot get too much milk at one time.
If l am short on milk, l put oil meal
and middlings in milk and pour it on
the oats. This plan starts the pigs
eating while they are still sucking
their mother and it is the best feed l
have used for this purpose. AS they
get older 1 feed oats separately and
make slop of oil meal one quart, mid
dlings three gallons, milk and water
20 gallons. Then put 20 pounds of dry
bran in the troughs and pour on the
slop and turn them in. Give them
only enough so they will clean it up
well as if they wanted a little more.
This keeps their appetite just sharp
enough. A little corn is fed also and
at eight months old these pigs will
make as good as you will find"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-14
FEEDING FOR WINTER EGGS
II Is Never Advisable TO Feed Heavily
During Early Hours of Day
Keep the Hens Scratching.

In feeding poultry, it Is never advis-
able to feed heavily during the early
hours OF the day. A hen gorged with
food early in the morning, will have
no incentive to exercise-will lay
around the roosting quarters and take
on fat. In feeding for winter eggs
the appetites of the hens should never
be fully satisfied until just before
they go to roost at night.
During the winter months / always
feed the first food Of the day in deep
litter. says a writer in an exchange.
The scratch grain is composed of equal
parts whole wheat and cracked corn.
A mash food is never fed early in the
morning, for the reason that it fully
satisfies the appetites of the hens and
they will not work diligently in the
litter. The wet mash is fed at noon or
shortly thereafter. The mash is COM
posed of two parts bran, one part each
OF middlings, cOrnmeal, cut clover,
beefscrap and ground oats, with the
hulls sifted out. The hens are given
all they will eat of this mash. If any
is left after the hens are through feed
ing, it is removed and given to the
hogs. About an hour before dark the
hens are given all they will eat Of
whole corn and wheat and sent to bed
with full crops. Grit, charcoal and
oyster-shell are kept before them all
the time.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-14
BEST TOP LAYER OF S!LAGE
Heavy Green Stalks From Which Ears
Have Been Removed Form Heavy
Cover-Packs Well.

For the top layer of the silo n good
practice is to use heavy green stalks
from which the ears have been re-
moved. This forms a heavy layer
hat packs well and at the same time
contains a smaller amount of food ma
terials so hat the minimum loss is
sustained IL it spoils.
Various methods and materials have
been used for covering the top of the
silage TO prevent it's spelling. None
have given complete satisfaction, but
the one mentioned above has given
as good results as any, especially when
the top layer was thoroughly wet
down and packed firmly by tramping.
The best practice Is TO commence
feeding as soon as the silo is filled, in
which case there will be no loss of
silage through decay.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-14
SPRAYING PAID IN MISSOURI
On One Orchard Net Profit Was Found
TO Be $161.f2 Per Acre-Insects
Are High livers.

Insects are high livers. On an acre
OF apple trees they may destroy n hun
dred dollars worth of fruit. The av-
eragc value of the fruit OF an acre of
u%nsprayed apple trees in the state of
Missouri has been found to be $1S.05.
-Four careful %sprayings made this
value jump to an average of $1S7.19
al acre. On one orchard in 1913 the
net profit duo TO spraying was found
TO DO S161.12 an acre. The average
cost per tree for the first spraying was
&C cents. - cents for the second. 90
cents for the third. and s cents for the
fourth-a total OF 37.1 cents a tree.
or an average of $22.26 an acre.
American Farming.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-14
PRACTICAL GATES Fer FARM
One Recently Invented by California
Man-Device Is Mounted in Space
Between Two Posts.

Practical farm gates are always
worth a second thought. Here is one
recently patented by a California man.
There is a keeper post and a pair of
spaced ~diagonally Offset posts, the gate
being mounted in the space between
the posts. Brackets connecting the
posts are disposed at the ends and
center of the lengths of the posts, a
stirrup being pivoted to the central
bracket between the ends of this and
straddling IN OF the gate rails and
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-14
PROUD BEAUTY IN DISTRESS
Incident Reads Something Like Scene
From Modern Novel in It's ORA
matte Intensity.
She was a proud beauty.

She was a proud beauty.
Sir" she cried with flashing eyes,
release my hand!"
He saw her flashing eyes; he knew
she was a proud beauty. He retained
possession Of her hand and stared at
1t fxedly.
"Mr. Dottles!" she exclaimed, will
you release my hand?"
Her very nose seemed to flash.
There were few beauties prouder
than she.
In a moment" he promised.
"Now!" she screamed. Release my
hand instantly or | shall stop playing.
Even if you r my partner I'm not
going to have you give the impression
that l haven't sense enough to play my
hand"
So, with a sigh, he gave her back
her hand, though he knew she would
bur gle it, and they were playing for
real money that day, too.
She was a proud beauty.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-14

stirring frequently during this period.
Cool cream to churning temperature
as soon as ripe.
Let the cream stand eight hours or
more (overnight) at the churning tenn
perature.
The temperature of churning should
be such as to make the butter come
in from 50 to 40 minutes, usually SO to
90 degrees =.
IL it is desired to use artificial col
orlng. K should be added to the cream
just before churning.
Stop churning when the granules
are about the size of peas, varying to
wheat, and draw off the buttermilk.
Wash the butter once with pure wa
ter at the churning temperature, agi-
tating three or four times, and drain.
Wash a second time with water
about four degrees above churning
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-14
SPREADING STRAW ON FIELDS
Helps Prevent Soil Blowing and Az
fords Protection for Crops-Ad6s
Needed Humus.

Where straw is present In such
quantities hat it cannot be worked
over by live stock it can be spread di-
rectly on the fields.
II helps 10 prevent soil blowing and
serves as a winter protection for the
crop. AS it gradually decays it be-
comes n part of the soil in the form
of humus or %decaying organic mate
rial.
The scattering OF the old straw
stacks found on the big wheat farms
Will pay well for the labor expended.
Now that special straw s%preaders have
been constructed il is not such a big
task 10 spread the straw produced.