The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-03-02
HUGH Z. BARDEN
FOR CIVIC BOARD
--
Veil Known Merchant is
Named in Petitions for
Councilman at Large.
i
JANE LABOR HEAD
Ienry Oberst, Former Head of
Trades Council, Also a
Candidate. Il
lAME LABOR HEAD

Augh E. Barden, president of the
arden Store company and one of the
lost prominent of the business men of
senosha, was named as candidate
or councilman-at-large under the new
ity manager plan of government in
etitions taken out at the Office of the
,ity clerk today. Mr.. Barden has been
trongly advocated as candidate for
he Office by prominent business men
Of the city and he has consented to
become a candidate. Mr.. Barden has
never been an Office seeker, but he has
been so active in the affairs Of Keno
sha for so many years that leaders in
the movement for the new form Of
government have urged him to make
the run for the office of councilman
at large as a civic duty.
Mr.. Barden has been intimately con-
nected with the progressive business
interests Of the city for more than
thirty years and he is known as one of
the leading merchants of Wisconsin
He has been active in the work of the
Kenosha Retailers association, was one
Chamber Of Commerce and active in
every movement for the advancement
of the city.
Labor Head Named in Petition.
AT the same time that the petitions
were taken out for Mr.. Barden, petit
tions were taken out for the nomina-
ton of Henry Oberst, we'll known Ke-
nosha plumber and until a few days
ago president of the Kenosha Trades
and Labor Council. Friends of Mr.
Oberst who have prevailed upon him
to enter the primaries as candidate
for alderman-at-large have declared
him the logical representative of labor
in Kenosha. Mr.. Oberst was born ard
raised in Kenosha and he has been one
of the leaders Of organized labor for
years. He has just completed his term
as president of the Trades and Labor
Council. He was one Of the leaders
among the workers of the city in sup
porting the proposed commission-man-
ager form of government and he has
made wide study of the new system
to be adopted in Kenosha.
The only other new primary petit
tions announced at the Office of the
city clerk today was one for the nom
nation of William Silcox, Tic Prairie
avenue, as a candidate for school conf
missioner. Mr., Silcox is one of the
best known of the leaders in the Nash
plant and has taken a great interest
in the development of the educational
systems of the city.
School Commissioners Must Run.
Three more vacancies to be filled at
the city election were made this morn
ing when City Attorney Edward F..
Higgins filed his opinion with the city
clerk as to the right of certain mem
bers of the board who had been ere
districted" out of the wards in which
they were elected to serve on the
board. The city attorney holds that in
the first, second and sixth wards two
school commissioners must be elected
at the coming election. One will be
for term of two years and one for
one year. The three commissioners
directly affected by the ruling are JAY
B. Glerum, former president of the
board who was elected in the first ward
and who now resides in the sixth ward;
George Wallis, elected in the second
ward and now resident of the first
ward; and George Klotz, elected in the
sixth ward and now in the seventh.
All Excellent Commissioners.
The three men hit by the ruling of
the city attorney have been excellent
commissioners and they are being
urged by other members of the board
TO seek election under the new ward
lines, Commissioners Wallis and Gler-
UNI may both be candidates in the first
ward and their long and active service
will insure them cordial support from
the people of the ward.
Mr.. Klotz will be urged to run for a
position in the seventh ward. AS yet
no candidates have been named for
positions of school commissioner in
any of the wards named in the ruling
of the city attorney.