The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-06-26

County Supervisors.
with the property holders in the Eng
lish block and the best prices obtain
able are as follows: J. j. English $751;
10000; Ed. began, $11.OO000; P. Beck
$12,0O000; P. Zeihen $4,000; Jay
Glerum 100000; j. Monahan, $4,000;
Everett Estate $12,750.00.
Supervisor Dowse moves that the
matter of the Court House site be laid
on the table for a few minutes and
that this Board take up the matter Of
Probation Officer.
Motion carried.
Chief OF Police Baker and Judge
Sneading Of Racine addressed the
Board in regard to a Probation Officer.
Supervisor DeGuire moves that this
Board extend vote Of thanks to
Chief Of Police Baker and Judge
Smeading for their interest shown and
helpful talks on this matter.
Motion carried unanimously.
Report of Special Committee on Pro-
baton Oficer.
To the County Board Of Supervisors Of
Kenosha County.
Gentlemen:
The Committee wishes to report that
to begin with, much opposition was
found to the creation of Probation
Officer. Protests were sent in by mail,
telephone and all other means used in
which to show that said opponents
wanted to be heard in this matter.
Therefore, the committee decided to
call public hearing on the matter
and said meeting was held in the Coun-
ty Court room, Monday, January 9th,
at 10 o'clock. A notice of this meet
ing was published in the local paper
three days in advance. Telephone mes
sages were also sent out to notify every
one within reach that this meeting was
to be held and that the meeting was
to be an open meeting.
A score of people attended and gave
elegant talks on the matter but there
failed to appear any opposition what
ever.
DR.. Helen Harbert appeared at this
meeting and told what she had done
during the past twenty-five years as a
self-appointed Probation Officer. The
committee regrets that the entire board
was hot there to hear DIR. Harbert as
her talk in favor of woman Proba-
ton Officer was oAe of the best ever
heard.
The meeting was also attended by
Rev. Father Conway, Rev. Taylor of
the Park Avenue Methodist church and
many other prominent citizens of Ke-
nosha.
The committee remained at the court
Dom in the afternoon in hopes Of hear
ing one or two Of the opponents, but
we were disappointed in this, as the only
one who appeared in the afternoon was
Mr.. Clark Judd, Chairman of the Asso-
ciated Charities. Mr.. Judd gave very
interesting and instructive talk in fav-
or Of probation officer and said that
he hoped that the County Board would
create the office at this time as proba-
tionary work in Kenosha was a need
regardless Of expense. What is ex-
pense compared with the lives and
souls of only two or three children per
year. Let each man consider his own
children and he will be heartily in fav-
or of probationary work. 1t is true
the conditions among our younger peo-
pie are very bad at this time. We
have in this city society and a very
capable man at the head Of it for the
protection and care of dumb animals,
but still as large as we are, with our
population growing rapidly, with our
large foreign element, lack of proper
school room, in which to educate our
children and while outside people call
our attention to the fact that liquor
| is being sold to our boys and girls and
with our own eyes we see public dances
being held in darkened halls and at
times there are no lights whatever.
This condition exists in many of our
dance halls and very frequently, and
yet, gentlemen, yol hesitate to take
some action which will better these
condition and will give our boys and
girls the protection they should have.
Kenosha County surely does not want
to be the last county in the state to
lprovide an officer and home for the
protection and care of our own chill
dren.
There is another thing that must be
looked after and that is part of a pro-
baton officers duty. That duty is to
look after the Widows Pension Fund
We have absolute evidence that this
fund is being abused. One particular
case we wish to call your attention to is