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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-02-21

....ss... =. s.'-..''. 1888 sss..'s.
224-Tctal.
It is going to be possible to mako
moro farm visits this coming year due
to tho fact that I am better aequaint-
cd with the County and farmers.
Plans for Next Years Work.
now understand local conditions
better and know farm problems which
nrod to BIO solved and consequently
the following lines Of work win be
taken up this coming year:
Better farm management. (FaTEa
Aceounting).
Improvement of dairy herds. {Cow
Testing Assosiatisn).
Soil Improvement. Ginning anil
Crop rotation).
Organization of Boys and Girls
Club work.
Disease eradication in crops and ami
mails.
Improvement Of crops. (Socd soioc-
tion and grading).
Assistance in placing farm laborcrs.
Ticld demonstrations in crop produc-
ton.
It is TO be noted that those lines of
work are educational In nature and
consequently immediate and definite
results cannot BIO expected. ! do feel
that my study of local conditions this
summer has equipped me to do much
better work this soming year aud with
tho cooperation Of your Honorable
Dody, I pledge myself to do it.
Respectfully submitted,
Griffith Richards,
County Agricultural Agent.
Nov. Is, 1917.
Report Of Committee.
We, your committee, TO whom was
referred the within report have OK
amined the same and find it correct and
recommend that it be spread upon the
minutes.
W. G. Bacon,
T. Fleming,
J. M. Kersting,
Committee.
Supervisor Roders moves to accept
and adopt the report.
Motion carried.
Supervisor Bacon moves an aIpropri-
alton of $4,000 for expenses of the
County Agricultural Agent.
Voted as follows: Ayes, II; Noes, O.
Motion carried and $4,000 duly ap-
.rropriatcd.
The bond of r. H. Jones, County
Agent. for 100000 with W. A. Rus.
sell and D. M. Jones as sureties, was
reported upon DIS follows:
We, your committee on Official
Bonds. to whom was referred the bond
Of Russell H. Jones, County Agent,
in and for Kenssna County, Wiseon-
sin, do respectfully report that we have
carefully examined the same and ap-
prove of same both as to form and suf-
ficiency of surety thereto and recon-
mend the acceptance of the same.
John P. Spartz,
Peter Elsen,
J. J. Barrows,
Committee on Official Bonds.
Supervisor Zerfas moves to accept
and adopt the report and bond.
Motion carried.
The bond Of John L. Wattles, Clerk
of the Municipal Court, for $5,0QO.OQ
with James German and Charles Fl,
Gonnermann as sureties, was reported
upon as follows:
The undersigned, Committee on Ola
eial Bonds, do hereby respectfully 70
port that we have carefully examined
the bond Of John L. Wattles, as CLERK
Of the Municipal Court of Kenosha
County, State of Wisconsin, that we
approve the same as to form and suffi-
cheney of the sureties thereon and we
recommend the acceptance OF tho
same.
John P. Spartz,
Peter Elsen,
J. j. Barrows.
Committee.
T approve of the above and foregoing
bond as to form and sufficiency of
surety.
Chas. Fl. Pfennig,
Mayor Of City of Kelosha, Wisconsin,
Supervisor Henschen moves TO &C
eept the report and bond.
Motion carried.
Report Of Soldiers Relief Commission
of Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
Gentlemen:
We, your commission, herewith pre-
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Firm Visits.


A very important part of the work
Of the County Agricultural Agent is
the visiting of farms. This gives him
an opportunity to go over tho farm and
talk over problems which the farmer
wants to solve. It gives the County
Agent chance to point out to the far
mer the good as well as the bad prac-
tees which he is following on his farm.
1t enables the farmer to get acquainted
with the County Agent and also to
get thorough understanding of what
he is trying to accomplish in the coun-
ty. 224 farms have been visited since
spring. The following table shows tho
number of farms visited and tho pnr-
poso of the visits:
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L. G. Graves
Report.

We, your committee on Illegal Taxa
ton respectfully report that we have
examined the certificates mentioned IN
the petition of L. G. Graves and find
that certificate No. 81 is illegal for
want of proper description and recon-
mend that same be csacelled and a
sum of $l.l4 u1th iseMat at ~ Is
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R. H. Jones,
County Clerk.
Afternoon Session.

November 30th, 1917.
Board was called to order by Chair.
man Spartz.
Roll was called and all members
present.
District Attorney Fisher appeared
and gave as his opinion that the Coun-
ty Superintendent should file a bond
as County Superintendent, which would
be sufficient as a member of the Train
ing School Board and this Board of
Supervisor should fix the amount of the
Bonds for the County Training School
Board.
Supervisors Dowse moves the bonds
of the members of the Training School
Board be fixed at $4,000.
Motion carried and the amounts of
the bonds so fixed.
Supervisor Barrows moves to instruct
and authorize the committee on Off
cial Bonds to accept a proper bond as
depository from each bank in the sum
of $1O0,oOoO0.
Motion carried and Depository Bond
fixed at $1O0,OOOy00 for each bank.
Majority Report on Salaries.
We, your committee, to whom was
referred the recommendation for sal
aries for the incoming officers respect
fully report that we have carefully in
vestigated and recommend the follow
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sent our annual report for the year
ending November 7th, 1917.
The commission met for organization
January 2, 1917, and on motion of
Commissioner Buckmaster, Commission
er G. F. Stemm was duly ELECTED pres
ident and A. j. Burg secretary for tho
ensuing year.
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=. Use of Commercial Fertilizers
:. Animal Diseases
;. Boys and Girls Club Work
sent our annual report for the year
ending November 7th, 1917.
The commission met for organization
January 2, 1917, and on motion of
Commissioner Buckmaster, Commission
er G. F. Stemm was duly elected pres
ident and A. J. Burg secretary for tho
ensuing year.
Financial Statement
To balance on hand, November
10, 1915. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81 ,374.02
70 tax levy for 1916. ....... 100000
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 974.o2
Credit
BY orders issued. ...........$1,3 42.75
To balance on hand, Nov. 7,
1917 $685.. ........... 81 ,631.27
All of which is respectfully sub
nlitted.
G. f. Stemm,
President.
A. J. Burg,
Secretary.
A. f. Buckmaster. :
flor list Of Soldiers Relief Orders
see files in County Jerk 8 Office.
Report.
We, your committee, on this report
respectfully report that we have care
fully examined same, and find it cor
rect.
r. S. Scott,
Frank Zerfas,
j. P. Spartz,
General Bills Committee
Supervisor Strangberg moves to ae-
sept and adopt the report as read.
Motion carried.
Report on District Attorneys
Emergency Fund.
We, your committee, to whom was
referred these bills for audit, have ex-
amined same and find them correct and
have been properly paid.
7. 8. Scott,
John P. Spartz,
Frank Zerfas,
Committee on General Bills.
Supervisor Barrows moves to accept
and adopt the report as read.
Motion carried.
Expense Of Surveyors office--Report,
We, your committee, to whom was
referred enclosed bills for audit have
examined same and find them correct
and have been properly paid.
T. S. Scott,
Frank Zerfas,
John P. Spartz,
Committee on General Bills.
Supervisor Connery moves to accept
and adopt the report.
Motion carried.
Report as to Clerk Of Circuit Court
Recommendations.
We, your committee, TO whom was
referred the matter Of filing cases for
County Court, index record and extra
help for said office, respectfully report
that we have investigated the matter
and recommend that the County Agent
be instructed to procure new record
book for indexing cases in the County
- Eal1 ho ami
that the old book be repaired by book
binder. We further report that there
are sufficient filing cases in the County
Court vault to care for the needs OF
said Court for at least another year and
that we can see no necessity for extra
help in this office.
j. M. Kersting,
John J. Connery,
Peter Elsen,
Committee.
Supervisor Roders moves to accept
and adopt the report as read.
Motion carried.
Petition.
To the Honorable County Commission
ers of Kenosha County, Wisconsin:
I hereby request your Honorable
Board to cancel the following tax GER
tificate number 81, as the description
is wrong and allow me the usual inter
est on same.
L. G. Graves.
Report.
We, your committee on Illegal Taxa
ton respectfully report that we have
examined the certificates mentioned IN
the petition of L. c. Graves and find
that certificate No. 81 is illegal for
want of proper description and recon-
mend that same be cgacelled and a
sum Of $1.44 With iatMat at 7ss =
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No. OF
andNa o Claimed Allowed
G
I'll
inquest leases
F.. E.. case.
H.
IT. 60730
DR. i Rose postm
DR. Pugh,p
1000
postm
C. Gephar post
C. r. Caughey postm inque
postm orte inques
George Conrey mortem,
e
in 500
j. Sullivan,
T. Fleming
r. Fleming
j.
M.
telephone
committee
IT. Femin
Luke
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following claims reported allowed reported:
Amount
Claim. Claimed Allowed.
VIM 1890
DIR M. inquest
John MuSz inquest case 10 1s
Evans, case.
o
N. j. Rodors,
A. J. Burg,
j.. Priddis
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and authorize the committee on OH
clal bohds TO accept Piop0h V"U %
depository from each pank IN the SUM
OF SloU,eoo'uV'
Motion carried and depository Doha
4lAeu aG PIVu,ooV'oo Aoi o"O"
Majority Report on Salaries.
We, your committee, to whom was
aries for the incoming officers respect
fully report tnaV we nave carehu .iy u, IN
VestlgdIeu anu le00AliAi'0 VIZ
ing:
County Clerk. ..............-$l, 10000
Municipal Judge. o'ooo'oo
Sheriff ......,....'.'''''''' o'4Io'UU
Undersheriff ...........'.''' zo'UO
Treasurer .............. 100000
Register in Probate. .'''''''. oOo'O0
Clerk, Circuit oourt'''''''''' 1890 80 90
Register OF DEEDS. .'''''.''' 1'IVo'oV
District Attorney '''''''''''' A''Uo'Oo
Coroner $500 '''''''''''' n go
Surveyor ''...'':''''',.'.''' oe'
Anu Vne lol'o ~ s,os;o,,a o1o~ls and
ommendeo IOr INC S0ii0'' '-'
Clerk in the office of County
Clerk ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10000
Clerk in the office of Register
of Deeds. .................. Soo'eo
clerk IN Office oA Oi0iA ~ oon m
Court .................. 9OO'Uo
Janltor IN Ooufe liou'o' oIooo
Jsnitor in Municipal Court. z4u.Uo
County Highway Commission
er's saiary
County highway Ooliihis0iOH ooo oo
er's expense. ...,.' .,,h-,i+t.a
NsSpS''l Jobn Priddis,
Toroos Martin
y a.' Connorv
M link
Committee.
rr.,,o,-i4,, Panort on Salaries.
MINORITY NePo4O va
we youi o0-"---l0 49,, For col
re!erreu tno 80, officers resnect.
aries for the incoming oLlio erof i'm in
AuNy Fl ond rocommend the follow.
lng' 81 7oo M
County oIerk' 49, ooo 0o
~ ~ .ce 3,475O0
E 1ne1l-- $500
~ ~. 100000
Treasurer - 1870 5oo m
Register IN fF o,ua I 10000
Olefk Oiioel - a. 100000
regio'1i ~ 14tornou 10000
DlstrlcV 1A''OlH Fees
coroner Fees
| Surveyor .'...'':''''.II'.... roo-
An ola 'Ie for tbe Various clerks and
o .ll ~
Ian4'oi
Clerk in office OF County
Clerk ...:'..... :; ,|'',.''.c@ 'OO'OO
Clerk in office OF Register Oh
Deeds ................''. 9Oo'oo
Clerk in office OF CLERK OF
Circuit Court. 9OO.Oo
Janitor in Court House. 80. a8o.oo
Janitor IN MunlclPai Oout'. Nf0'O'
County Highway Commission
er's salary ................ l'oVo'o"
County Highway COMMISSION
er's expense. ......:..::,.. 9oo'Vo
Respectfully suomItVeo'
W. Y. Baton
Supervisor Strangberg moves TO ac'
cept the majority report of the COM
mittee.
Voted as follows: Ayes, Supervisors
Martin, Spartz, Zerfas, Fleming, Burg,
PriddiS, Strangberg, Hensehen, LINK,
Roders, Connery; Noes, Supervisors
Bacon, Dowse, Barrows, Kersting,
Scott and Elsen.
| Motion carried and the salaries SO
fixed.
Supervisor Fleming moves to adjourn
+;, IN o,c1oclr nm
NJ carried and the Board adj
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feel that much good was done because
Of the unusual farm labor shortage.
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Continued from Feb. 10 Issue)
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Cash receipts from sale of exhibits $500 deposited with County Treasurer
Respectfully submitted,
VIM. Luke,
Superintendent
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We, your committee, to whom was
referred the recommendation for sal
aries for the incoming officers respect
fully report that we have carefully in-
vestigated and recommend the follow
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refunded to Mr.. Graves from date of
Tax Sale and the County Clerk be in
structed to present bill for same to
the Town of Somers.
Geo. Strangberg,
r. A. Dowse,
James Martin,
Committee.
Supervisor Zerfas moves to adopt tho
report of the committee.
Motion carried.
Petition.
To the County Board of Supervisors of
Kenosha County, Wisconsin:
State of Illinois
County of Cook
w. G. Foster, being first duly sworn,
on oath deposes and says that at the
annual county tax sale held May 10,
1914, he purchased the following tax
certificates issued by the Treasurer Of
Kenosha County, Wisconsin, that tho
treasurer office now reports the said
sales to have been erroneous and that
the refunds of the amounts paid for the
certificates, with interest at the rate
of seven per cent per annum from the
date of payment, should be made as
follows:
No. Description. Face.
81 Lot 50, Schlater's Sub,
Town of Pl. Prairie, Sec.
l, Town l, Range %. -. $22.93
142 SWA 1929 (Com. at NV
cor. of Racine Ave. and
Fairfield ST., tn. N. 252 #,
E. $50 #. more or less to
peg. ........ 49,. 1855 -o'"o
WHEREFORE, he presents the said
certificates attached hereto for cancel
lation and requests that refunds of the
several amounts, together with interest
from May 10Th, 1914, at the rate of
seven per cent per annum be issued to
him, all as provided by law.
w. G. Foster,
208 So. La Sale St.,
Chicago, III.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Fourteenth dav of November, A.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-03-16
THE GLAD SEASON

Fair spring will soon be springing the
climate we adore; each passing day is
bringing her closer than before; fair spring,
whose fragrant lilies will drive away the
wilies, and many goats and billies will
gambol on the shore. To winds that chill
the gizzard we soon shall say farewell;
the wild bewhiskered blizzard no more
shall roar and yell, but spring will show
some poses and thaw our frosted noses
and carpet with her roses the meadow and
the dell. The brooks will gayly babble
along their pebbled track; the guinea hens
will gable, the happy ducks will quack;
goodbye to crazy showing So glad the
winters going, the muley cow is lowing
until she sprains her back. Fair spring
will break the shackles that gall the voters
soul; for in the spring he tackles no job
of pushing coal into furnace crater, whose
appetite grows greater each day, and soon
or later will put him in the hole. Now
signs are in existence that spring is close
at hand: she s eating up the distance, she
comes, to beat the band; along her course
she teeters, to Danish coal and heaters, and
fill with Joyous skeeters the flower bespan-
gled land.-Walt Mason.
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MOTHER NIGHT

Eternities before the first born day,
Or e'er the first sun Pledged it's wings of
flame,
Calm night, the everlasting and the same
A brooding mother over chaos lay.
And whirling suns shall blaze and then
decay
Shall run their fiery course and them calm
The haven Of the darkness whence they
came,
Back to Nirvanic shall grope their way
So when my feeble sun of life burns out
And sounded is the hour of my long Sleep
| shall, full weary Of the feverish light,
Welcome the darkness without fear or
doubt.
And heavy-lidded 1 shall softly creep
Into the quiet bosom of the Night.
(By James Weldon johnson, Field Sec
rotary Of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored- People)
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-03-16

10 VI uoldrS ana cents, and II the allies
hope to win the war they should promptly
land armed troops in Siberia and then push
on into the heart of Russia as rapidlv as
is possible.
The bond of DR.. Leroy N. Bundy has
been reduced to $4,000, which is great
come down from $48,OOO He is charged
with murder in connection with the East
st. Louis riots. His wife has worked night
and day in the interest of her husband
DIR. Bundy, like many other colored per-
sons, who defended themselves against the
mobs OF East st. Louis, is now charged
with crime. If guilty of anything at all
in connection with that riot, it must be of
not getting out of the way. This is not
the first instance in this country when the
black man was punished because he was
just hanging around
We regret very much to learn from
Mayor-elect Hanson that it is not his in
tention to accept invitations to dinner par
ties and social fetes during his term of
office, for owing to having warmly sup
ported him for the office, we feel that we
had sufficient claim on him to not only
have him dine with us on eatless days, but
to have him act as godfather for our four
year-old ink-spittle, be ait the wedding of
another and the first to kiss the bride We
feel certain he would never have issued
such an edict had he known what was in
store for him, but alack and alas it's too
late, as the die has been cast.
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WISE AND OTHERWISE

Who knowest the most has the least to
say about it.
Stop, look listen and then go on and
you will probably travel longer without
mishaps.
A man of God will help any good cause
as far as he can whether he is affiliated
with it or not.
If you are really person of brains the
other fellow will find it out without you
announcing the fact.
Newspapers that are always full and
cverfowing with personal paragraphs are
the poorest public educators.
Who sings ''You may have all this world,
but give me Jesus will discover when it
is too late that Jesus has mighty little
use for him.
Giving advice on subjects and questions
at issue, on which you are not posted
prompts wise men to "whisper as they
pass there stands that self-conceited bray
ing ass.'
God doubtless helps him who helps him
self, but He is rather busy just now and
you had better try to help yourself all
you can and just leave the finishing strokes
for Him.
Broadguaged, liberal-minded persons, al
ways ready to give and take, are thousand
times more serviceable to the world than
the penureous penny-wise and pound fool
ish persons.
Because you have reasons to differ from
someone else do not impugn the motives
of your opponent. Every man should have
an opinion of his own and no two are
exactly alike.
Entertaining others on the good traits
and fine qualities Of the members of your
family shows very cOnclusvely that the
other members of the family did not take
after you if they are really as smart as
you picture them to be.
Money is mere convenience for the ex-
change of commodities and neither the
boarding or the lavish expenditure of it
adds to the real greatness of the man.
Mans greatness is measured from the as
sistance he renders his fellow man and a
man with only good health and strength
who does to others as he would have them
do to him is great by many times over
than he who gives millions to charity to
see his name in print
EG1-o Nhot
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Make garden! pleads the government,
and straightway starts campaign urging
people to keep MISUNDERSTANDING Ca
zette- Times.
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wings of the morning, writes an enthusiast,
emo winter weather will come riding in
the evening of the same day.
Labor's share Of the spoils of trade in
dustry is all that the trust hogs are not
able to take away in one load, and the mid
dleman's share is in a hell Of fix
In leaving the office which he has so
long dishonorably filled, if hundredth
part of the accusations laid at his door be
true, Charles Hiram Gill leaves not friend
behind, nor does one await his return to
private life to extend welcome hand. AS
you SOW so shall you reap.
Religious creeds are slowly but surely
fading away before the flood of blood that
is coming from the present world strug-
gle between men, and this blending of
creeds seems but in it's inception. Within
the next decade we would not be sur
prised to see many of the religious creeds
which have been at war with each other
merged into one and Christianity become
one common cause for men and women
who want the world to be better.
In naming Byron Alexander a West
Point cadet and James Parson as a second
shipman to Annapolis by Congressman
Gand, both Of whom reside in Dayton O.,
the colored folk of that state and district
have received recognition from Represen-
tative Gand that few white men would
have the backbone to do. With nineteen
white boys the colored lads took the ex,
animation and Bundy led, with Parson
a close second, and, as said above, both got
places
Oscar De Priest, who was defeated by
r. r. jackson for the Republican alder
mamie nomination for the second ward in
Chicago, has decided to run independent,
which probably means that the colored
citizens will lose their only representation
in the Council of Chicago. De Priest was
the first colored man to be elected, but
declined a second nomination and Mr..
Anderson was elected. De Priest, how
ever. came back but lost in the primaries
and apparently rather than see Jackson
win will elect a Democrat. It is ever thus
among coored folks.
There promises to be titanic struggle
in this state next September and Novem-
Der between the "drys" and the "wets,"
as to which will control the next legisla-
ture. If it is dry the national constitu-
tiOnal dry amendment will be ratified, but
if wet, of course it will not. In order to
prevent the nation from going dry the
vets will have to control thirteen state
legislatures Quite few of the state leg
islatures have already voted on the pro-
posed amendment and thus far all have
voted dry except New York and Rhode
Island. A desperate fight has been waged
in New York by both sides for the control
of the legislature, each hoping goes New
York so goes the Union, but New York
has put it up to the voters
1t has been given out that President
Wilson is still ready and willing to extend
to Russia a helping hand, which, to say
the least, is exceedingly charitable on the
part of our president. About the most
charitable thing the United States govern
ment can do for Russia is to give Japan
and China free hands to overrun Siberia
and as much more of Russia as is possible
to save the country from being completely
ohCO,. 1,oI 1>xy+ no ont P11C
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Equal pay for equal work. That is
uniting it briefly and to the point. Women
who tote the place of men should get the
mems paw as long as they do the work as
well IS the man. Where they do the work
better they should get better pay than was
given the man. That is so simple that it
seems impossible that anyone should mis-
understand it. And it is quite fair and just.
-Camas Post.
A casket for the Bolsheviki in Russia
may as we'll be ordered. It has tackled
the Church question. -Atchison Weekly
Globe.
Alaska is celebrating the fftieth nni-
versary of it's annexation to the United
States; also it should be celebrating that
it doesn't belong to Russia-St. Louis
Democrat.
King George, in his message to Parlia-
ment, speaks of ''my army" "my domin-
ions,'' ''my EMPIRE and "my allies, -
which gives the impression that Queen Mary
must be away from home.-Seattle Post
Intelligencer
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Spring will soon come riding in on the
wings of the morning, writes an enthusiast
enc winter weather will come riding in
the evening of the same day.
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EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

If Bob La Toilette does not pad the seat
of his trousers before going to Wisconsin
he will be awfully panied when he sits
down.