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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

do greatly enlarged business with
the same overhead cost. The name
Badger Brass Company win be per
petuated and a new company with a
nominal capital will be organized with
the officials of the c. NJ Hall Lamp
Company as the directors of the new
company. This will make possible the
protection of valuable trade names and
other assets of the company. We hope
that the business of the consolidated
company can be increased to the two
million dollar mark this year"
"I have been attracted to Kenosha
by the splendid labor conditions here
| said President Hartz. "FThe Badger
Brass Manufacturing Company have
an excellent plant and with the plant
of the G. M. Hall Lamp Company
consolidated with it we will be in
position to take care of greater
business than ever before"
Richard H. Welles, L. J. Keck and
George A. Yule, the retiring directors
of the company, will continue to re-
side in Kenosha for the present. Mr..
Yule will give his entire time to the
business of the Balm Wagon Company
of which he is the president Mr..
Welles declares that he has no plans
for the immediate future further than
he plans to take a long ocean cruise
and decide on what he is going to do
later. Mr.. Keck will go to the old
home in Herkimer county, New York.
The Badger Brass Manufacturing
Company was organized in 1896 and in
its twenty years it has been rated as
very successful business organization.
! It has made the Solar lamp a standard
in all parts of the world. The Badger
Brass Company had capital stock Of
100000, practically all of which was
owned by the retiring directors.
New Company Leader in Business.
The G.. M. Hall Company, which has
taken over the assets of the Kenosha
concern, is widely known to the auto
mobile and bicycle trade. 1t has
capital stock of $780, 900 and previous
to the purchase of the Kenosha plant
| it controlled a large trade in the Unit
ed States and other countries. 1t was
organized eight years ago. The men
who are connected with its board of
directors are among the most prominent
manufacturers of Detroit The list of
officers include:
President. T. Hartz.
Vice President-F. T. Buchanan.
Treasurer. Il. Mcdonald.
Secretary and General Manager
William F. Anklan, and Theodore z.
A. Barthel, general manager of the
King Automobile Company.
Mr.. Anklan, who returns to Kenosha
as general manager of the company,
began his business experiences in the
Office of the Badger Brass Company
many years ago, but for years he has
been prominently associated with the
manufacturing interests at Detroit.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
Patched Shoes
Sho,U Good judgement

It's no longer in bad taste to wear
old shoes. In fact, a pair of half soled
shoes or shoes with patches on them is
an indication Of good Judgment and
thrift. This condition has been
brought about as result of the
high price of shoes, unprecedented
in the history of the city.
Kenosha men who purchased pair
of shoes here for FIVE dollars a few
months ago are now asked to pay seven
to eight dollars for the same shoe.
Other grades of shoes have been in
creased in price accordingly.
"The end is not in sight, y one deal
er asserted today .There is no as
surance that the prices of shoes will
not go even higher. We order shoes
from the factories at certain price but
we have no assurance that they will
not come billed at a higher price.
Some of the factories which contracted
to fill orders at certain price will be
obliged to go out of business through
the losses they are sure to suffer. =
Shoemakers assert that their business
has been exceedingly good during the
last few months. They say that their
business in half-soling shoes has in
creased fully fifty per cent as many
people have taken discarded shoes out
of clothes closets and attics and are
having them put into shape SO they
can be worn.
This would not be such bad idea if
people were able to get repair work
done at the old prices, but this IS not
possible because the advance in the
price Of leather has caused cobblers
to increase the price of repair work.
Tt now costs from $1.25 to $50 to have
half soles and heels put on shoes.
A further indication of the high
price Of shoes is seen in the fact that
the city has been visited by several
men who make business of buying mp
old shoes. They pay from fifty cents
to one dollar pair for shoes where
the uppers are whole. 1t does not
make any difference how badly the
solas are worn. They have these shoes
half-soled and retail them at a profit.
Such q practice would not be possible
if it were not for the fact that
the price Of shoes had advanced to
such an extent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
GETS OVER FIRST HURDLE.
Public Building Bill With $4,000 For
Kenosha Passed by Lower House
of Congress.

The public building appropriation
bill with an appropriation of $4,000
for the extension of the postal Service
in Kenosha hurdled the first handicap
on Friday afternoon when it was
passed by the lower house of congress
by an overwhelming vote. When the
bill came up for a vote, no effort was
made to strike out the appropriation
for the Kenosha building. It is de-
clared that hard fight will be made
on the bill in the senate and it will be
led by Senator Kenyon of Iowa. 1t is
certain that the senate will pass some
sort of bill, but many of the approp-
riations provided in the house bill may
be eliminated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
Plan Home Exposition

Ever alert to their interests and
the welfare of the public as well,
the Retail Merchants Association,
which is one of the most aggras-
sive and progressive commercial
organizations in the state, has
planned and will hold home ex-
position and 1917 style show in
the Coliseum here, commencing
February 18th and continuing for
one week.
The home exposition will be
something new and novel in the
way of commercial shows, mas
much as it combines ali the feat
ures commonly known with show
features which will prove revela-
tion to those visiting the Coli
scum during that week.
The exhibits and displays will
be more elaborate an extensive
than anything of their kind ever
attempted before and viii COM
prise a display of at least one of
each and every representative
stock in Kenosha. Several com
mittee meetings have brought out
a large and enthusiastic represen-
tation of the local merchants and
everybody seems more than will
ing to put their shoulder to the
wheel and endeavor to make this
an event, profitable to all con-
cerned and one that will long
be remembered.
One of the most prominent of
the new features is the 1917 style
show, which will display gowns
and garments of advanced styles
for the coming season and a coterie
of beautiful and experienced
models will be present to display
the merchandise to the best adj
vantage. Wearing apparel for
both sexes will be on display and
according to all present indica-
tions, Kenosha is to witness a
style show that will be second to
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

It's all aboard for the water wagon
and dry Kenosha in 1917, is the ex-
pressed demand Of the opponents Of
the saloon in Kenosha who on Friday
afternoon took out petitions demand
ing that the question of license or no
license be submitted to the people for
a referendum at the city election to be
held on the third of next April
Ten petitions are in circulation de-
handing that the Common Council put
the question of "Wet" or "Dry" on
the ballot at the spring election.
The petitions put in their appearance
early Friday afternoon and no one
seemed to be able to state where they
had come from or who was behind the
movement to put Kenosha in the dry
column. The petitions were prepared
in strict compliance with the law and
it is declared that scores Of people
have already signed them and that it
is expected by the middle of next week
that enough signatures will have been
secured to insure the question being
placed on the ballot.
The men who are circulating the pc
titions, insist that there is an organ
lied committee behind the movement
and that this committee has girded up
its loins for a real battle with the sa-
loon and that after careful considbra
ton the leaders of the movement have
arrived at the decision that now is the
time to strike
1t is expected that the petitions de-
manding the referendum will be pre-.
scented to the Common Council at the
meeting to be held on the first Monday
in February and this will give ample
time to give all the notices required by
law.
The appearance of the petitions was
complete surprise. No public meet
ings have been held for the considera-
ton OF the matter and not the slight
est hint of the submission of the cues,
ton had been heard among the saloon
men of the city.
1t has been six years since the cues
tion of license or no license had Been
submitted in Kenosha. When the pro
hibitionists made the last tryout of the
people of the city, the vote was more
than two to one in favor of license.
Please do not quote any one lust
yet, was the answer of one Of the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

circulators of the petitions when he
was asked to tell something about the
movement behind the demand for the
referendum. "When the time comes
to make public this matter, the men
who are behind it will be out in the
open and ready to stand four ways to
the winds that blow, but until the cam
paign is organized we would rather
just let the matter rest with the circu-
lation Of the petitions. We can say,
however, that the people in Kenosha
who believe in ousting the saloon are
back of the movement to a man. "
Organization for test OF the senti-
ment in regard to saloons was started
more than year ago, but the men
who were active in the movement at
that time decided not to submit the
question at the 1916 election on ac-
count of the fact that it was a general
election and they feared that the issue
would be confused with other issues.
At that time there was a judicial fight
as we'll as the regular city election and
the promoters of the plan feared that
the license question would be relegated
to the rear. Church organizations
have been considering the matter for
q year and it is declared that strong
organization of the foes of the saloon
has been made
The fact that there may be a state
referendum on the liquor question will
not in any way affect the campaign in
Kenosha as the state law gives the
cities the right to decide as to whether
or not they shall have saloons. It is
probable that the opponents of the dry
movement will however strongly urge
the proposed fight for state prohibition
as reason why Kenosha should not
vote ON the problem until after the
state has decided it.
Some. of the saloon men today openly
declared themselves in favor Of pre-
pairing for the battle in April by regu-
lation and more regulation Of the sa-
looms and even the voluntary closing
of the saloons on Sunday has been sug-
gested.
Men who are leading in the dry
campaign declare that they have care
fully tested the public sentiment in
kenosha and that many people are OPP
posed to further license of saloons.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Announcement is made today of the
sale of the plant of the Badger Brass
Manufacturing Company of this city,
one of the largest automobile and
bicycle lamp manufacturing plants in
the country, to the G. NJ, Hall Lamp
Company of Detroit, Mich. The ne
gotiations for the sale of the plant
were closed up late Friday afternoon
and the formal transfer is being com
pleted today and the new owners Of
the plant will take possession at once.
While the consideration has not been
made public it is declared to have been
in the neigborhood of 100000.
The Detroit company, which was
one of the principal competitors of
the Kenosha concern, had been nego,
tiating for the purchase of the local
plant for. the past month. The deal
was closed by j. F. Hartz, president
of the purchasing company and Will
liam F. Anklan, former Kenosha man,
who is the secretary and general man
ager and the business of the local
plant will in the future be carried on
from the central offices located at
Detroit. The merging of the two
plants will make the G. M. Hall Com
pany the largest cohcern of the kind
in the world and it is expected that
the business Of the consolidated com
panies for the next year will be in ex-
cess of two million dollars. Mr.. Ank-
Ian will be the general manager Of the
two great plants and the local man
agement will be under the direction of
George A. Maher of Detroit, who
will come to Kenosha at once to
assume his duties.
No Change in Local Force.
The new owners of the plant have
announced that there will be no
changes in the Office or factory force
of the company in Kenosha and the
business will be continued almost with
out change. Men who have been
prominent in the management of the
Badger Brass Company during the. past
twenty years, including George A.
Yule, president, R. H. Welles, treasur-
er and general manager, and L. J..
Keck, the vice president, will retire
from the business, their connection
ending today.
"We are not planning any change
in either the Office or factory force in
Kenosha, +" said General Manager Ank-
Ian. cit is our intention to continue
the business of the Kenosha company
along the exact lines that it has been
conducted in the past. The general
office business of both plants will be
done from the central office in Detroit
and we will in the near future make
improvements in the plant, but there
will be no interruption. The company
is now employing some three hundred
and seventy men and we shall main
tain about the same force. In uniting
the two companies we will be able to
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
PRINCESS PAT" HERE.
Tuneful as to Score, it is Easy to See
Why Musical Comedy Was Popu-
lar in New York,

"The Princess Pat" played Friday
night to a fairly well filled house in
the Rhode.
As might be expected of music writ
ten by Henry Blossom and Victor Her
bert, the score was full of lifting airs
and catchy melodies. AS to the lines
one needs be rather more stinting of
praise.
The company had the merit of pos
sessing some young and good looking
chorus ladies, picked doubtless with
thought as to the brightness Of large
eyes and the comeliness Of pretty faces
and with careful avoidance of over
stepping the age limit, for there were
no wrinkled veterans of the chorus in
the group that carried the response
bilities of the refrains in this produc-
ton.
SO far as physical attributes were
concerned the company was well
picked, from the dainty Princess Pat,
to the weak kneed son of a millionaire
and his bourgeois father.
The next attraction at the Rhode
viii be 9 Katinka, January %.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
HAVE SLEIGH RIDE.
Twenty Patients and Nurses Of Will
lowbrook Sanatorium Go On
Ride Friday Night.

Willowbrook Sanatorium patients
and nurses went for a sleighride about
the city Friday night. After the ride
they Were the guests of Mrs. James
Pennefeather in her home on Market
street, where q supper was served for
them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
MARRIED ON WEDNESDAY.

Miss Julia Lippert, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Lippert of Somers, was
married Wednesday morning in st.
Georges church, to Frank Feest, also
of Somers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

L. Fl. Bill, formerly general plant
manager for the Thomas B. Jeffrey
Company, has re-appeared in the auto
mobile world as the president of the
Fageol Motors Company of Oakland
Cad. The company viii build what is
declared to be the highest grade truck
ever put on the market. 1t is declared
that the chassis will sell for $1,000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Harry Winston, formerly in charge
of the advertising department. of the
Chicag o-Kenosha Hosiery Company,
but now of Buffalo, New York, spent a
few hours with friends in Kenosha
todav
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
Famous Home Of the Solar" Lamp Sold to the c. NJ Hall
Lamp Company of Detroit, Mich, by Deal Concluded
Late Friday Afternoon and Transfer Made Today
old Time MANAGERS ARE TO Retire

Consideration for Plant and Good Will of Company Is Said
to Have Been In Neighborhood of S4OOOOO-WiIiam
f. Anklan, Formerly of KenOsha, to Be General
Manager of Consolidated Plants, and Geo. A.
Maher, Detroit, to be the Local Manager.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
KenOsha Opponents Of the Saloon Start Circulating of
Petitions to Have Matter Of License or No License
Referred to Referendum at Coming Election
PLANS ARE MADE FOR WARM FIGHT

Many Prominent Men Said to Be Behind Movement to Put
Kenosha in List of DRY" Cities Of State on July 1st
Ten Petitions In Circulation = Declared That
Already Many Signatures Have Been Secured
Petitions Come as Surprise to the City.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Kenosha cases which were to have
been heard in the Supreme Court on
February 9th, will not be heard until
February 18th.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Captain Frank Fountain of the
Coast Guard station, has gone to She
boygan for visit at his old home.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25

Orange and lemon fruit ices at the
Buffalo Candy Kitchen. adytf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-07
NOTICE OF SALE OF OIL AND GAS
lEACE

State of Oklahoma, Carter County
In Probate No. 800 ST.
Notice is hereby given pursuant TO
an order of the county court of Carter
county. Oklahoma, that ! will ON the
10th day OF March 1917 at ten
o'clock 20. m., In the county court
room in Ardmore, Carter county, Ok
Jhoma. offer for sale TO the highest
nd best bidder In open court 40 pub.
Ic sale, an oil and gas lease covering
IN the interest of the minors. Lucille
Woulle, Helen Woulic, William Woulc,
r.. Rae Woulle. Lawrence WoulIc, Cal
in Woullc and Edith Wou'fc in and
TO the following described lands;
Tho north half of the northwest
quarter and the southwest quarter of
the northwest quarter, and the north
,st quarter of the southwest quarter
of the northeast quarter %. Section 10,
.ownship 3 south range 3 west Carter
county Oklahoma, containing i3u
acres more or less
The terms of said sale 20 ho appros
cd by the county judge of said county
NERTlE V. lOWNANS.
Guardian OF the Estate oI lueil
Woulfo, Helen Woll'r William
Woulfe, r. Rae WouIr, Iawrcgu
Woulte, Calvin Woullo, and EJl.
Woulfa Minors. Cos
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-07
NOTICE OF SALE OF OIL AND GAS
LEASE.

state of Oklahoma, Garter County,
SIS. Probate No. 226 ST.
Notice Is hereby given in pursuance
of an order OF the county court oi Car.
ter county state of Oklahoma, made
and entered on the 1st day Of March.
1917, that the undersigned guardian
will offer for sale and sell at public
auction 10 the highest and best bidder,
am oil and gas mining lease on the Sth
day of March, 1917, at ten o'clock "a.
m. the following described land sit
uated in Carter county, state of Okla
homa. towit:
The south half Of the northeast
quarter OF the southwest quarter OF
section 40, township south. range !
west, and being a portion OF the alloi
mcnt of Hiram Stephenson, and IN,
southwest quarter Of the southwest
quarter Of section 10, township
south, range / west, and being a por
ton of the allotment Of Arree Wi
liams.
Said oil and gas mining lease will
De sold ON the following terms an,
conditions, toWit: To the highest ant
best bidder FOR cash, and a royalty %
oil and gas produced and saved iron
The premises.
/ Said sale TO be held IN the count
court room of said county at the tim
above stated
Dated this ist day of March. a. /
1917. GABE JACKSON.
Pot Guardian.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-07
REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE Some or the most desir'
able lots in southwest Ardmore, at
bargains. w. S. Smith Him
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-07
sIan OF COO pIaestIon.

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-07
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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National Classified Week" Sunday
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Run agents" Statesmen" Help
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-07

BUNGALOW SPECIAL - On West
Broadway a new broom bungalow,
strictly modern, with all the latest
bultin features, right down to the
minute; nice shades in front,
grounds 5Ox16O, garage for car. Price
$1,000, $4OO cash and terms buys
this and you move right in.
Also q new 4.room and bath bun
galow, grounds 5Oxl6O, shade trees,
a nice little home in good settlement.
Price $1325. $3.50 cash and $50 pc
month buys this and beats renting
$3.50 buys a broom bungalow and
lots, good barn, poultry house
garden and poultry yard, fenced. A
beautiful home, S blocks Of post
office, northwest. Well worth $500
can sell you three new Broom
bungalows, modern, brick founda
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them very desirable, now renting fo'
: Si5 per month, for S2,5jO $3.50 casl
and balance less than rent It wi,
pay you to investigate this y. VI
YATES, the Earth Man. ..
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-07
OIL LANDS AND LEASES

FOR SALE-io acres fee. section q.
3-3, one mile half north production
Healdtou, miles south Fox gas
wells. Leased years at 5000 rcut.
per annum. Price $1,000. G. n.
Phelps, $3.50 West 2lst St.. Oklahoma
City, Okla. 2Sla.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-07
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-07

Ardmorcitc wans ADS the best al.
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$3.50 PER MONTH will pay back
loan OF $1,000 and interest in Q
years and a 81 1000 house rents for
$500 per month in Ardmore Stop
and think, then so to Yates, the
Earth Man and buy a home. Phone
$50. 7-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-07

Want TO SUGGEST that you screen
your home before warm weather
and flies come. W. H. (uad) Ken.
ner will take the weary and do Il
right, adjust your doors and locks
and do other odd jobs In carpenter
work, at Leeper Bros. Lbr Yard.
Him