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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
"Phl" Culuer
Dies in the Many
Former Kenosha Boy succumbs to
Bronchial Pneumonia at Ports
mouth on Decoration Day.


Philip Culver jagged nineteen years,
only son of Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd III.
Culver, former well known residents of
Kenosha, will be buried from the
family home in Chicago on Sunday af-
ternoon. Young Culver gave up his
life while serving in the United States
navy. He died at Portsmouth, N. H.,
on Decoration Day, after a few days
illness from bronchial pneumonia at
the naval hospital in that city. Culver
Unlisted as naval recruit in Chicago
on April 23rd and after month at
the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
tion he had been sent to Portsmouth
to join ship. He was taken III with
cold on the way east and this rapidly
developed in pneumonia. The Culvers
formerly resided on Park avenue in
Kenosha and 'Little Phil'' was a
great favorite with the people in that
neighborhood. A number Of Kenosha
people will go to Chicago on Sunday
to attend the funeral services.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
SOUTH WARDS ARE GROWING.
Report of Assessor Shows Many I'm
provements Made in Property
During the Last Year.

Assessor John W. Stevens and his
assistant started work this morning
valuing property in the sixth ward as
the "once over'' for the first, second,
third, fourth and fifth wards has been
completed fThere has been a consid-
cradle increase in the value of i'm
provements to real estate in the second
and third wards" said Mr.. Stevens
this morning, "and naturally there will
be considerable increase in the
amount Of the assessments in these
wards. There has not been a great
increase in values Of property in the
fourth and fifth wards. In the down
town districts of the first ward the
property values have been placed at a
pretty good rate in the past years and
there is not a great deal of change in
this ward" 1t is expected that the
work of making the valuation will be
completed by the latter part of June
or the first of July.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
MONEY FOR FARMERS.

Many OF our farmers will not have
money enough to put in a maximum
crop. This should not be the case. Of
course, during this war excitement it
is pretty hard to get onyone to do any
thing but run around in circles, but
the greatest business problem we
have is to finance our farmers SO that
they can get the maximum results for
themselves and for our community.
We believe that If the banks will ask
young farmers and tenants who have
not established their credit, to make
statement regarding what they want
to do with the money, that they will
take very little risk in advancing
whatever money any farmer will in
diligently use this year
1t is true that the federal reserve
banks will re-discount farmers paper,
but they do it entirely on the credit
of the bank asking for the re-discount.
We believe that our business men
would be very glad to pro-rate any
loss that any bank would make in ex-
tending loans to any farmer who
wants to increase the production of
his farm even though his land may be
mortgaged all that it can stand.
Especially in those counties where
county agents can advise and 0. X.
the project, our bankers should have
no hesitancy in furnishing whatever
money may be required. There is very
little risk because the world is short
Of food and everything will be high
for this year and probably several
years to come.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
THE VALUE OF BARLEY.
National Crop improvement Ssrvlee.l
tx TTrsAnI Ctn4nc. q


In the United States and Canada,
barley is used as a feed for farm ami
mails, less than one-third being used
for mailing. A limited amount is used
in the preparation of breakfast cereals
and for pearled barley. "Our farmers
are learning the value of barley as
part ration for dairy cattle and young
stock and much more will be used as
animal food in the future" says Pro
fessor r. A. Moore, the greatest bar
ley breeder in the world.
In many states barley is quite gen.
orally grown as hay and feed for
horses. When used as a hay it is cut
in the milk stage shortly after heading
and cured like timothy and blue grass.
We think that the hay phase of barley
this year is very important because all
acreage that has never been planted
to other crops or that will need re-
planting for any reason, could be put
into barley at clear profit
When the grain is used as a feed,
it is either fed whole or the kernels
crushed by passing between rollers.
If finely ground the gluten therein
makes a sticky. mass as soon at it is
brought in contact with moisture and
it is not then readily masticated or d.
gested. Only limited amount of bar
ley is exported from the United States
and the export consists largely of
mixture of varieties as feed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
THE BARLEY ACREAGE.
National crop ImgrOyerlent Service.


In 1915 we raised nearly $4,000, 900
bushels on 100000 acres. We did not
fare so well in 1916 on account of the
bad season. On seven and one half
million acres we raised 1S1, 900, 900
bushels. The price Of barley will war
rant a. large increase in the acreage
this year. Fortyeight million bushels
of barley were matted and about 25,.
100000 Of that 100000 was sent
back in the shape Of feed to the farm.
AS an economic problem, it would
seem that the high price Of barley for
mating would greatly Offset any feed
ing-value, if any, lost thereby.
The season for planting barley is
one week late, and therefore, barley
can be put in to advantage up to the
10th Of May, and perhaps the 18th. It
is generally the best farm practice to
put barley in just ahead of corn plant.
ing. There is less labor in producing
a field of barley than a field of corn
and a great deal less risk. If you are
short of labor on your farm it will pay
you to put in some barley.
II you put in all Of your crops and
still have some land idle, both oats
and barley can be sown for hay or
green feed which will be immensely
valuable this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
CHARITIES TO CONFER.
Annual Meeting VIII Be Held in June
in Pittsburg. Miss Cottren May
Attend Conference.


Miss Louise Cottrell, superintendent
of the local Associated Charities, is a
member of the committee on programs
fo- the Families and Neighborhood sec
ton and the American Association for
Organizing Communities section Of the
National Conference of Charities and
Correction to be held in Pittsburg June
6 to A.
Whether Miss Cottrell will attend
has not as yet been fully decided and
the decision will not be made until next
Monday.
Many of the most scientific of this
country's social and charity workers
viii have places upon the program of
the conference.
Among these none viii have greater
interest than Herbert c. Hoover, chair
man of the food board of the National
Council of Defense and OF sthe Ameri-
can Commission for Relief in Belgium,
lately appointed by President Wilson.
The general subject of relief to the
families of soldiers going to the front
will be prominent in many of the Sec
tional meetings of the conference
which by reason of its steadily growing
size is now divided into many sections.
The great numbers of social workers
focking to conventions from every
part of the United States makes it i'm
possible to discuss all of the subjects
of special interest in general meetings,
wherefore the sectional plan has been
adopted with success for the past sew
era. sessions. This is the forty-fourth
annual conference of the body.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
MONEY IN BARLEY.

National croV Improvement service.l
Those who have been disappointed
in getting spring wheat seed are able
to still make an even more profitable
crop by putting in barley. The Wiscon-
sin Experiment Station with head
quarters at the University in charge
Of r. A. Moore, can furnish on tele-
gram orders pedigreed barley by ex-
press in almost any quantities The
seedsmen are well supplied with this
seed, and farmers who have otherwise
idle land, can still make barley-raising
a great success. Barley should be a
leading crop wherever spring wheat
can be grown and in many cases far
Their south where other crops may
have to be plowed up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
CORN ROOT WORM
2oo,ooo,ooo Blu. Lost TO Corn Crop
Annually by This Pest.
National Crop improvement servIoe.l

National Crop improvement se1Ice.l
The damage done to corn in the
corn belt is estimated to be 100000.
900 bushels annually. In our mad
scramble to get corn into the ground
this year, we do not want to overlook
this tremendous waste. Next to poor
seed corn, the corn root worm is the
greatest source of loss to corn. The
remedy is the rotation of crops. Never
grow more than two crops of corn con-
secutively on the same ground. If you
had corn root worm bad last year and
it is too late 20 put in anything else,
you had better change to barley. Your
scotsman can still furnish you with
some excellent seed barley. If you do
put in corn on that land, be careful to
give your land more than a usual
preparation The time is late and we
will have to bend every energy to
plant our corn crop.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
Proud Record for
Kenosha Firen,en

Kenosha is paid considerable of "a
tribute in the last issue of the Fire
man S Herald of New York when it is
shown that it ranks nineteenth in the
nation among cities which are fighting
fires properly and with view of re-
ducing fire losses. The report shows
that the per capita fire loss in Kenosha
during the past year was 35 cents.
The city of Racine is shown to have
had a loss Of &c cents per capita Not
q single city in Wisconsin is credited
with smaller per capita fire loss.
Shenandoah, Pa, is given the lowest
fire loss in the country, the loss in
that city being but 2 cents per capita.
Other cities IN Wisconsin rated were:
Fond du Lac, 81 cents; and Eau
Claire, 81 cents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
NEXT YEARS CROP
Let Us Begin Now to Organize for
More Prosperity!
. National Crop improvement Service. ]

National Crop improvement SsrvIce.l
1t is one Of our American traits to
speed up to high tension for a few
days and then to relapse into our old
"easy-going" habits If we can only
learn by experience that we must or
ganize against emergencies of all
kinds for peace and war, this excite
ment will not have been in vain. It
will do little good to shout at the far
mer through a megaphone. He knows
his business and is doing just as good
as he can under the circumstances. If
there is any improvement to be made,
it is to improve circumstances. Our
prosperity depends upon the prosper
ity Of the farmers and it Is our duty to
get him the best price possible consis-
tent with quality. If we want the far
mer to do better, we must do better
by him. However, he can find no com
plant about the present prices nor for
several years to come We may be
too late to do very much more this
spring, although we still have barley,
corn and potatoes to put into the
ground We should organize for serv.
ice in this county and get ready for
early fall blowing after harvest.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
HAS Wife BACK IN CANADA
Police Officers at Preston, Canada, De-
clare Rhodes Left That City Twenty
Three Years Ago, Leaving Wife
and Six Children Behind Him.

Charles A. Rhodes, more than fifty
five years Of age and an upholsterer in
Kenosha for the past two years, is held
at the city lookup on charges Of big
amy and in fact the police assert that
Rhodes made speciality Of marriage
and giving in marriage. For some
time Rhodes has resided on Chicago
street here with his wife and she has
now left him and returned to her
home in Milwaukee declaring that she
was ignorant of the fact that he had
another wife and children at the time
she married him. Mrs. Rhodes has de-
clared to the police officers that she
will aid in the prosecution of Rhodes
and she has asked the district attorney
to recover for her certain sums of
money which she alleged that her
husband" received from her. Rhodes
has not admitted the charges made
against him, but he has declared that
he was legally married to the woman
who was living with him in Kenosha.
This morning the chief Of police re-
ceiycd a telegram from David Craw-
ford, chief of police at Preston, On
tario, declaring that Rhodes had wife
and six children living in that city and
that the Canadian Mrs. Rhodes had
never secured divorce from him. The
message of Chief Crawford declares
that Rhodes left Preston more than
twenty-three years ago and that at
that time he was supposed to have come
to the United States. 1T is alleged that
Rhodes after he disappeared from Pres
ton, married q woman at Jackson, Mich,
but this woman later went into court
and secured q divorce from him. The
police officers declare that the dual mar
ried life Of Rhode was revealed by
letters sent by a daughter from the
Canadian city. Rhodes is said to be
entitled to considerable sum of money
from the estate of his father in the
Canadian city and it is said that he
may show a willingness to make a
financial settlement on the Kenosha
Mrs. Rhodes and return to the home
in Canada which he left more than a
score of years ago.
District Attorney Fisher stated this
morning that the complaint against
Rhodes would be issued during the day
but that there was a possibility of his
being discharged if he made proper
reparation to the Kenosha woman and
agreed to return to his wife in Cana
da. 1t is expected that the case will
come up Cor a hearing in the Municipal
Court on Monday morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
STILL TIME TO SOW BARLEY.
National Crop Improvement ssrvlo

The seeding time of barley should
be done later than that of oats or
spring wheat, as an early spring frost
is more detrimental to young barley
than to other small cereals. The sea-
son is usually a week later. In Canada
barley is sown up into June, but that
is not advocated in this country. Still,
the second or third week in May will
probably be safe this year.
A drill or broadcast seeder is COM
monty used and the barley is sown
at the rate of IL to bushels to the
acre. Where it is desirable to seed the
land down to clover and timothy, / to
Ia bushels Of seed barley as a nurse
crop is sufficient.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
KENosHA COUNTY HONOR ROLL

Seven students from Kenosha county
have laid aside their regular studies at
the University of Wisconsin to serve
the state and nation in some form or
another.
Some are engaged in intensive mill
tary training at Fort Sheridan, with
the object Of becoming reserve officers
to lead tie "first 100000" United
States troops who cross the sea. Others
are still doing military duty at the
university under faculty supervision,
while still others are in the national
guard soon to be put into active service.
Civilian war service, no less impor-
tant than military, has claimed its
share of the students as well. This serv-
ice takes the form Of active food pro-
duction work on farms, the enrolment
in special intensive courses, or in as
sisting state and county defense organ
izations.
Here is Kenosha county honor roll,
taken from official records at the uni
versity:
War Service Courses Miss Ingeborg
E. Rudd, Kenosha.
War Farming-E. W. Nicholl, Keno
sha; J. S. Williams, Bristol; F. E..
sehapper, Powers Lake; G. W. Becker,
Kenosha; A. W. Ganswindt, SHADES Cor
ners.
Intensive Military Training-C. G.
Thomas, Kenosha, at Fort Sheridan.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
Junior Officers Reserve
In Ke71osha
Boy Scouts of Kenosha Plan Efficient
Organization for Older Boys of
City for Military Training.


Friday evening, in the assembly hall,
there gathered group Of older boys,
some of them former scouts and some
who were for the first time enlisting,
and organized new Boy Scout troop,
which will probably be known as Troop
No. "a as it re-organizes as union
The scout commissioner was present and
presided. He told of the need Of, and
use for, older boys in the scout move
ment, and Of the opportunities and adj
members. Mr.. Kaiser, who was in
stalled as scoutmaster, also gave an
interesting talk to the boys and told of
his plans. The aim viii be to co
operate with the scout commissioner
and other scoutmasters, and the troops
will. in reality be training school =
and " officers reserve. It was deter
mined that only boys sixteen years of
age or over would be eligible for
election to membership The next
meeting will be held in the Chamber
Of Commerce assembly hall, Thursday
evening, June 9TH, commencing at 7:30
sharp. All the members present were
enthusiastic and they will wage a cam
paign to raise the membership to one
hundred. High school boys and factory
boys over sixteen only are eligible
If you desire to join be present at
the next meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
GETS YEAR IN wAUPUN.
George Preder Pleads Guilty to "Grand
Larceny in Municipal Court
on Friday Afternoon.

George Preder, Kenosha man, was
sentenced to term of one year in the
state prison at Waupun by Judge Ran
dali in the Municipal Court on Friday
afternoon following his plea of
guilty to charges of grand larceny.
He had been arrested on charge Of
stealing tools to the value of twenty
FIVE dollars from F. J. Watkins. The
defendant could give no excuse for his
actions and declared he was willing to
take his medicine. He had been ar
rested on the previous day on charges
of petty larceny and had paid fine
of FIVE dollars and costs. He was
taken over to the state prison today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
WILL APPEAL TO FARMERS
Council of Defense to Look After Sales
In Rural District House to House
Canvass to Be Made by Chamber of
Commerce in the City Districts.

A. r. True, representative of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank, of Chicago, came
to Kenosha on Friday afternoon and
met with representatives of the Cham
Der of Commerce and the County Coun-
Gil of Defense to discuss plans for
a whirlwind campaign in Kenosha to
dispose of the apportionment of the Lib
erty Bonds allotted to Kenosha. This
means the sale of some 100000 worth
Of the bonds. Of this amount $250,000
has been subscribed and it is expected
that subscriptions for the remaining
$350000 will be secured before June
18TH Tt was decided that the County
Council of Defense should take care of
the solicitation in the rural districts Of
the county while solicitation in the city
will be under the direction Of the Ke-
nosha Chamber of Commerce. Secretary
Kaiser, of the Chamber Of Commerce,
personally promised to do his share of
the work and the matter will be taken
up at the next meeting of the Board
of Directors Of that organization. Meet
ings to boost the sale of the Liberty
Bonds are to be held in various parts
of the county between now and the
date set for the closing of the sale. It
is expected that the men residing in the
county outside of the city will take
at least 100000 worth of the bonds.
Local banks are all going to cooperate
to facilitate in every way possible the
sale Of the bonds. Liberal installment
payment plans will be arranged by all
of the banks and an effort will be
made to show the people the real desir-
ability of the bonds for investment pur-
poses to say nothing about patriotic
duty in buying them.
It has been suggested by the com
mittee in charge of the sale that eff
forts be made to interest every employ
ment and man and woman in the city
in the bonds by use of pay envelopes.
Most factory managers have declared
their willingness to aid in this move
ment and some Of them have expressed
willingness to accept partial pay
ments for bonds. Tt is estimated that
there are at present nine thousand OPP
eratives in Kenosha factories who could
If is thought that thousands of them
would be willinr to lave small sums
retained from the pay envelope each
week until the bonds are paid for. IF
the bonds are to be sold the whole peo-
pie must have part in the purchase.
A special meeting of the County
Council of Defense will be called the
first of next week to arrange for an
intensive campaign for the sale of the
bonds have been subscribed for by the
farming population. Many, however,
have declared a willingness to take
them if properly approached. The plan
for the sale in the city includes house
to house solicitation on the part of vol
unteer committees, the members Of
which will agree to give an hour day
to this work until the full amount of
bonds apportioned to Kenosha have
been placed.
Mr.. True declared that the placing
of the first issue of the bonds was the
only matter of concern in the finan-
cial world and that once the people
learn the value of the bonds the sale
of future issues will be much easier.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
POWER ENOUGH
Work Your Tractors Night and Day
and PIow Every Acre.

National Crop Improvement serIce.l
Many farmers will not be able to
put in their whole acreage on account
of the lack of horses or other power.
Every tractor in this county should
work night and day as long as there
remains an acre unplowed. There is
still time to put in barley, and corn
and potatoes, all three of which are
worth almost their weight in gold. We
appeal to every tractor owner to offer
its services to any man who will not
be able to get his soil prepared 9th :
wise.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
EVERY WOMAN READ.
Red Cross Worker Again Addresses
Everywoman Through the Columns
of the Daily News.

Dear Eyerywoman:
A little boy out in Iowa the other day,
Sent his pet calf, Ida, and he loved Ida,
Into Chicago to be sold for money
So that his little brothers and sisters
and himself
Could have memberships and give some
thing
To the Red Cross work.
Is there some golden calf that you wor-
ship,
Some pleasure or selfish desire
That keeps you away from
This very important servieee
Sacrifice your calf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
MISS HINCKIsEY LEAVING.
Miss Elizabeth Tirnme Succeeds Green
Bay Woman as Visitor in the
Associated Charities.

Miss Louise Hinckley, who has acted
as visitor for the Associated Charities
for something over a year, is leaving
her employment there today and will
be succeeded by Miss Elizabeth Timme.
Miss Hinckley has made herself felt
in the community outside of her purely
professional relations with Kenosha
and has allied herself with many inter
ests here.
Miss Timlne is well known and is
popular She is daughter of former
secretary of state, Col. E. G. Timme,
and has taught in Kenosha s public
schools.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
TEST BARLEY.
National Crop enforcement ssry,ce. I

National Crop Improvement Serylcel
All seed barley should be tested for
vitality before sowing as the seed is
quite frequently injured by heating in
the stack or bin. If the seed is of low
vitality and does not test go per cent
it should be regarded as inferior and
new seed should be purchased.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-06-07
LOCKED DOORS ON HIS WIFE.
Mrs. Martha Drasen Charges Her Hus-
band Bernard F. Drasen With
Cruelty in Divorce Bill.

Charging that her husband had on
several occasions locked her and the
children out of the house and forced
them to beg for admiutance, Mrs.
Martha Drasen fled an action in the
Municipal Court this morning demand
ing divorce from her husband, Ber-
nard f. Drasen. She charges extreme
cruelty and holds that her husband is
so jealous that it is impossible for her
to live with him longer. The couple
were married in Racine, june Is, 1901.
They have three children and the wife
asks that the custody of the children
be awarded to her and the husband
be required to pay suitable allow
ance for their support.