The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-31
MAYORS SHOVEL IS TAGGED
Milton Drummer Gains Distinction Of
Tieing Telling Tag Early This Morn
ing on Mayors Shovel Other Dis
tinguished.' Shovels Tagged

1t was hunting day in Kenosha to-day.
The hunters-two hundred enthusiastic
Boy Scouts - hit the trail early this
morning in search of every coal shovel
in the city. They were armed with four
thousand loads of ammunition in the
form of coal conservation tags and
bagging the game consisted in attach
ing in person a tag to each shovel and in
| explaining to the person in charge that
this shovel was to save at least one
shovelful Of coal a day for Uncle Sam
The chase led through many a back
door and cellar way entrance; it in
Guided every home which could be
| reached, every factory and every office
and every where the hunters were
shown the courtesy of the chase. Late
this afternoon thousands of shovels
had been bagged by the coal Nimrods
and they were pushing every effort to
complete the course during the day.
The gathering of the clan took place
Tuesday evening when Scout Commits
sioner FogweH called meeting of the
Boy Scouts at the Office of the Chamber
of Commerce He explained to them
! that they had been designated by the
| school authorities to take charge of
! the FTag Your Shovel Day" festivi-
ties in Kenosha, movement which
was nation wide in it's scope and was
planned to show the people of the city
! the necessity for the conservation of
every shovelful of coal possible. Plans
were made at the meeting Tuesday even
ing whereby the city was divided into
districts as it had been for the FDoor
Knob Campaign Of the Patriots Fund
and the troops of the city were assigned
their districts.
"The gospel of coal conservation is
one which the scouts should be glad
to carry, said Commissioner Fogwell
to his hunters. CIT teaches the prin-
ciple of thrift-one which is included
in our motto; it gives us a chance to
be courteous and to do a good turn
Tuesday. The boys are going to handle
coal shovels during the day but they
are going to be clean and polished up =
and they were; in fact the scouts
were so "polished up, courteous and
clean' that they were led by many
Kenosha housewives right across the
parlor carpet to the cellar way entrance
One of the hunters who gained dis
tinction in the days chase was Milton
Bruner, who at an early hour turned
up at the home of Mayor Pfennig this
morning and had the honor Of tagging
the Mayors shovel Tt was at exactly
eight fifteen, this morning; the mayor
had already left for his office but Mrs.
Pfennig conducted the scout to the
home of the coal shovel where the tag
was attached with fitting ceremonies
and instructions were left that the city
executive read the reverse of the tag
and follow its directions. Scout Com
missioner Fogwell took no chances on
the official shovel of the city at the
Municipal Building escaping his hunt
ers and he in person tied the tags to
the two shovels there and urged Janitor
Sydney to follow the instructions close
ly.
One Other Tag Day incident was
worthy of comment. just after noon
today a company of scouts including
Charles Stanhope, Leo Barden and
| Charles Bruins, waited on the Wisconsin
Gas and Electric Company and officially
tagged what was probably the largest
C. coal shovel" of the city. Each one
of the many shovels took its turn be-
ing tagged and the committee reported
that none had escaped and passed on to
the City Water Plant. Simila~ Incl
dents occurred at every factory in the
city and hundreds in the homes of the
city.
Kenosha school children were not
dismissed in order to celebrate the day.
1t was felt by officials that they had
missed enough already due to the severe
weather and the Boy Scouts were asked
to do the work in the time which they
were dismissed from school. In each
room of the public schools, which are
now in session, attention was called to
the .sTag Your Shovel" movement and
it's meaning and children were urged to
carry the word to their homes.
Fuel Administrator Burke was pleased
with the way which the tags were
distributed throughout the city. He
stated this morning that he knew that
Kenosha had already had evidence
enough to convince them of the neces-
sity of following the suggestions given
on The reverse side Of the tags and that
the day would be productive of great
saving of fuel in this city. His advice
to the public was that they should leave