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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06
IT'S TIME FOR ACTION.

CONGRESS- is in session tomorrow. TINS is the
session of Congress at which the city or Keno
sha is hopeful an appropriation will be MADE TO
secure the erection Of new public building
here and no to the present time not single
thing has been done to bring to the motive OF
Congress the needs of Kenosha along this line
A lot of. men who hold high positions IN Keno
sha have given the assurance that they expecC
to do something, but expectations Will not get
very far unless they are backed up with &C
ton.
Postmaster German has written letter to
the Congressman of the district, and he pro-
badly has similar letters from every other city
in the district. Other cities have gone farther
than this by lot. They have already had COM
rnittees down in Washington showing the post
office department and the treasury department
Just what they hope to get for their towns and
they have made some impression.
Kenosha has been urged to do this same
thing, but the men who are in position to do
something seem to be too busy The Congress
man cannot do this work alone. He is going to
have to have lot of help, if Kenosha gets that
appropriation at this session.
The pie counter is long one and there are
lot of hungry fellows pulling up their chairs.
They want appropriations in order that the
appropriations may be good campaign material
next fall. They want these appropriations re-
CARELESS of the merit of them and lot of them
will probably get them
Kenosha has let it be understood that it is
not looking for pie, but that it has business
proposition to present to the United States
government 1t has not been presented and if
Kenosha is not in hurry when her contention
is presented, it will be lost in the mass of hunt
ers for pie.
The government must contribute materially
to the making Of Civic Center in Kenosha
but Kenosha must get it's ideas to the right
people if they are going to amount to anything
Immediate action should be taken to organize
a committee of business men who will go to
Washington with the understanding that they
are going to give considerable time to working
out the plans of their own city. These men
must go to Washington armed with the right
kind of information and with determination
to get to the right people, 1t won't do much
good to send this committee next March, after
the swapping is all over, and after all the ap-
preparations have been made Kenosha wants
to get behind this demand for federal build
ing in Kenosha the post office and the treasury
department. 1t wants to have its needs known
to the men most powerful in the making of ap-
preparations have been made. Kenosha wants
to get behind this demand for federal build
ical suggestion to the members of congress.
The time has passed when a congress can be
stampeded into making appropriations for
Wisconsin federal building. The members of
Congress must be shown the necessity of an
appropriation. If they are shown this neces-
sity, the one best bet is that Kenosha will get
pretty nearly what it asks for.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06
COLDS.

The common "cold" is recognized
as a menace, by Uncle Sans Public
Health Service, which starts studying
"colds" on big scale. The goal of
course, is to stamp out eventually
these annoying and dangerous cpl
denies.
It's a relief and pleasure to read
about such comm on-sense action, after
so much medical vaudeville about
monkey glands and so on. Situation to
date was approximately summed up by
the country doctor who satirically
said: 'It takes three weeks to cure
a cold with medicine and Fl days with
out"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06
ILLNESS CAUSES HEAVY LOSSES.

London-The value of public health
to the nation may be judged from the
following statistics. During the past
twelve months, persons with health in
surance lost 19,500,000 weeks of work.
Add those who are not insured, and
experts say this total would reach
30,O00,000 weeks of work lost to the
country through i'll health of the work
ing population. At an average wage
of $40 a week, the figures mean
3O0,O00,0 900 for the year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

The Ethiopian has been smoked out of the
wood pile The European countries are not SO
DESTROYS Of the expert advice of America as
they are of the American money. They seem to
think that any commission of experts, will
work better if they are certain that American
money will be available to carry out their de-
cisions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

To test the wear of different con
pounds, the Bureau of Standards, wi
have tires manufactured out of II
claimed rubber which will then
put on trucks of the post Office d,
partment, running over different type
of roads.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

We are not nearly so much interested in
making Wisconsin the playground of the ma
tion" as we are in making it safe and sane
state where business can be done prof1tably. If
we can just develope the industry of Wiscon-
sin it will not matter a great deal where we or
the rest of the country go to play
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06
VOTERS

New York state finds its elections
cost an average Of $1.1S for each vote
cast. One city holds the figure to 81
cents Another runs as high as s1.15.
Even this highest figure would be
cheap, il votes were cast intelligently
which they rarely are.
Monarchies are ruled by kings, DEM
ocracies by gullibility.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

The American system of compulsol
free education, whereby boy can s
from grammar to high school ar
thence to college, without expense f(
tuition and very little for textbook
does not exist in England.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06
TOM SIMS
Says

Shake hands with a collector an
invite him in SO the neighbors wi
not know he is a collector
Treat your neighbrs nice. If yo
didn't have any neighbors your neigh
borhood would be deserted.
Never get too mad at your neighbor;
Very often your enemies this week al
your friends next week.
Never tell the neighbors too mucN
Quite often your friends this wee
are your enemies next week.
Some neighbors talk too much. TIL
is fine. You can cuss them instead {
cussing the weather.
Rich people are neighbors who NAL
a little more money than you.
Poor people are neighbors who dor
make quite as much as you make.
Stingy people are neighbors who
trying to keep out of debt.
An inquisitive neighbor and her la
curtains are soon parted.
You seldom see a skinny neighb
forget to pull the shades down.
Early to bed and early to rise al
you hear all the player pianos.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Asserting that great stores of wat,
underlie the Sahara Desert and tn
artesian wells could tap them,
French engineer claims that vast ar
as there will some day be made ov
into fertile pasture.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Neighbors are people who live near
you. You wish some would move and
some wish you would move.
Neighbors are nice people who bring
you chicken when they can't eat
another bite of it.
Neighbors are sarcastic people who
smile gently when you say you never
fight with your wife.
Neighbors are crazy people who
tend to your business and fine people
who tend to their business.
Neighbors are people who cook cab
bage with the windows open when you
are going to have company.
Neighbors are funny people who
come over when you are sick and tell
you how sick they used to be.
Neighbor women are people with
their hair in papers who come over
to borrow cup of sugar.
Neighbor men are people in shirt
sleeves who explain why you should
have used little more yeast.
Never judge neighbors by what you
see hanging on their clothes line.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06
December 3rd.

VERY GoOD-And God saw every
thing that He had made, and behold !
was very good.-Genesis 1881.
QUESTION-Who said all things ar
possible to him who believeth MAR
1928.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

When they start paying architects on the
estimates they make and not on the cost of the
buildings they build, purse strings will be con-
siderably protected. Architects usually come as
near an estimate as a man who never saw a
revolver comes to hitting bulls eye
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Four hundred of the automobiles which now
litter up Main street and make it impossible
for people who want to trade at the stores
could be parked down at the foot of Wisconsin
street Business men who want to do business
with the people of Kenosha, should demand
that the council open this as parking place
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Floating cedar logs forecast the
weather in northern Michigan, OBJ
servers noting that fourteen hours
before rain single logs detach them
selves from the mass laying close to
shore and float out into the center
of the lake.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

About $4,000 locks were senC to t
mail equipment shops at Washingt,
to be repaired during the year, !
cause postal laws and regulate
forbid postmasters or their employ
fixing them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

The City Council is meeting this evening to
pass on the budget The most important con-
sideration would be to get budget that can
not be budged. If this is done, the tax payers
will probably be assured of getting their
moneys worth
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Average life of a locomotive is 81
years, according to an analysis
over 5000 locomotives employed
nine western railroads, on file at
Bureau of Valuation of the intersta
commerce commission.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Bill Thompson just must be fighting some
one. Now he is in row with the Chicago men,
bers Of the Masonic order. 1t might have been
a more popular proposition for him to have
picked the Ku Klux Khan
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

SharpshooteTs have killed $1,000
stock killing beasts in the last sew
years, and are credited with havil
saved $35,00O,OO0 worth of domest
live stock.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Miss Helen Kelleher speaks at the
Congregational church on Thursday
evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06
To RAZE OFFICE BUILDING.

Tokio-The foreign office at Kasumi-
gaseki, Toxic, the first foreign style
building erected here, was so badly
damaged by the earthquake of Sep
TENDER /, although untouched by the
fire, that it will have to be RACED. The
same is true of the residence of the
foreign minister, another foreign style
building. These structures were erect
ed in the early days of the Meiji era,
when the Marquis Inouye of that day
was foreign minister.
If the skin were severely cut in such
a way as to offer direct electrical con-
tact with the main blood arteries, a
low voltage of so would cause death.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

A hotel manager in the Middle We
can greet by name any one of
thousands of persons who have re
istered in the hostelry since he h
been in charge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Muscles of the average persons, de-
veloped by the work of chewing food
possess power enough to lift a man
the size of Jack Dempsey,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06
A BIBLE THOUGHT A
DAY WILL DRIVE
CARES AWAY

Bible thoughts and quotations menor.
lied will prove a priceless heritage in
after years. Encourage children to
look them up and memorize them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Thieves entered the home of Mrs.
F. j. futile on Tuesday night.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06
Happenings
Is Years Ago

William F. Fisher gave a stag party
last evening to a number of his gen.
tlemen friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Over % billion gallons of crude oil
were produced in the United States
in 1922.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Communism isn't the only method by which
the poor can soak the rich. There's bootlegging
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

We don't know why neighbors act
so foolish and neighbors, don't know
why you act so foolish
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

The Park Avenue church will ceie-
brate "All Members Day" on Sun
day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06
MANNHEIM CASTLE.

: Death of John Terry on Sunday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Least said about neighbors the bet
ter
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Death of Dagmar Nelson, daughte,
of Mr.. and Mrs. August Nelson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Never judge neighbors by what you
see hanging on their clothes line.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

You seldom see a skinny neighb
forget to pull the shades down.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Neighbors are people who live near
you. You wish some would move and
some wish you would move.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Early to bed and early to rise al
you hear all the player pianos.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

An inquisitive neighbor and her la
curtains are soon parted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Neighbor men are people in shirt
sleeves who explain why you should
have used little more yeast.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-06

Neighbors are nice people who bring
you chicken when they can't eat
another bite of it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-23
AN EXPENSIVE BULL

Ever heard about the most expen-
sive bull in the world? 1t is almost
impossible to figure just how much he
has cost.
Allow us to present Mr.. Scrub bull.
He is in the class with the many
other thieves who hang around your
farm. You say there are no thieves
on your fa1m-lets have a look
around and see.
What are all those things over
there in that field? Weeds-why,
sure enough. That's one form of
thief that is lurking around, slowly
but surely eating up profits.
And Cholera took one of your hogs
the other day, l hear. But this would
only be beginning in an attempt to
enumerate the many petty bandits
who are hanging around. Boarder
cows, weeds, disease of both plants
and animals which could be prevented
There are hundreds of petty thieves
that are robbing Wisconsin farms
every day and are living right OF
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-23
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scrupulous and unreliable in matters
political. No politician really likes
the press. The poiit.c clan can and
does say anything AM everything in
a campaign speech to create Impress
ions which will win votes. Then,
if some of his weird statements or
promises are tossed back ut him all
he has to do is to reverse his stand
and claim that he never made such
a statement. 1t isn't III black and
white over his 81 ynature. But the
press report of his speech or inter
view, copied faithfully by hard
working reporter whose job depends
upon his accuracy, IS in black and
white. Therefore it is up to the
spell binder to discredit the press in
the eyes of the public SO that he
voters will believe him il his deniais
rather than the true report of his
earlier statements. The smoother
politician seldom makes any definite
statement on important issues, but
crates beautifully to give out inn
pressions through crafty differences,
and he can manipulate these in
ferences to suit his audience. You
can faithfully depend on it that he
who continually decries a crooked
press" is a sly politician who doesn't
want his crooked politics straight
ened out.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-23
RING POLITICS

(. The way of the ring politics is
past finding out. A lady official OF
the state board who has gained
national fame because of her good
work had her salary lowered so that
she was compelled to resign. An
other official whose fame" never eX-
tended beyond the limits of the poiitl-
cal machine is given $685. automo-
bile in which to travel about the
state. The Economy and Efficiency
flag which old-line progressives used
to brag about seems to have been
taken down and stored in closet
along with moonshine evidence.
jackson County Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-23
SOME TELLING FACTS

Cow testing associations are grad
ually becoming popular throughout
the middle west. We should, how
ever, have hundred where we now
have one and in time perhaps that
condition may be reached. We hope
so. We have some figures based up
on reports from Missouri cow test
ing associations that are very inter-
esting. They show, for example, that
the cows that produced 1902 pounds OF
butter a year, which, by the way,
is the average for the state of Mis-
souri, as a whole, produced that but
ter at feed cost of 20 cents
pound. These ccws returned above
feed cost only $14.97 ahead to the
farmer for milking and caring for
and paying taxes on them for year.
The same reports show that the
cows which produced 400 pounds of
butter a year produced that butter
at the cost of Is cents pound for
feed consumed. These cows returned
a profit above cost of feed of $125.18
apiece. There is some difference in
COW that yields profit OF $l5
and one that yields a profit OF Sl25
wear above the cost of feed. One
would hardly think such thing pos
sible, but you can't go back of COW
testing figures. They were obtained
in such a way that they show the
truth and it may be said that some
SIS cows were found in practically
all herds belonging to cow testing
associations as were also some OF
the $125 cows.
That is what testing does. 1t
places both the poor and the good
cows in the limelight so that they
can be easily separated from each
other. 1t is fact that many farmers
feed and milk some cows for whole
year and the returns do not even
pay for their feed consumed, to say
nothing about the labor involved.
| That is the sort of cows that make
dairying Improbable 1t is also the
kind that hold the price of dairy
products down, because they are in
the majority. They ought not to be
in existance. The sooner they are
shipped to the shambles the better
for everyone concerned. z4 E
Have you any of that kind Of cows
in your herd? Why not join COW
testing association and find out? 1t
is worth while to get rid of that sort
if you have any of them.-Wisconsin
| Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-23
BUT HE CAN TALK

Pat Stevens of st. Croix county
harangued meeting in Erin lately
and wheedled out of his audience a
few signatures to a set of resolu-
tions which called for a farmers
"strike" on Sept. l. Pat told his
farmer friends a lot of terrible"
things and then explained just how
everything could be remedied. Not
many, if any, real farmers paid him
the slightest attention, but of course
that wouldn't bother Pat, for he got
his satisfaction out of being THE
speaker at a meeting. And 1t is
surprising to note that Pat has been
criticized for presumption. One
critic says that, while "Pat is one OF
the best known little takers in the
county," he is also, "be it known,
one of the poorest farmers any
where" "If everyone farmed as
Pat does there would be no need OF
talking about 'curtailing PREDICTION
because there'd be no production to
curtail." But his critics Should
know by this time that Pats very
ignorance of the fundamentals and
the practice of his subject puts him
in line for promotion as a wizard
and prophet according to present
day standards in politics. In Wis
consin the political slogan is: IF
Mendoza don't get 'em, Madison
must"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-23

The Northern States Power Co. an
nounces the appointment of Geo. II.
Wilmarth as manager of the Wiscon-
sin Minnesota Light & Power Co.
with headquarters at Eau Claire. MIR.
Wilmarth has been connected with
the public utility industry since 1899.
He is a graduate of Illinos Univer-
sity, College of Electrical Engineer
ing, and was famous as quarterback
of the Sucker" football team during
his college career.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-23

the farm all of the time. That's
gratitude for you.
But nearly every one of these can
be eliminated. A farm account
book and cow testing associations
are excellent steps in establishing a
permanent police force for keeping
these petty thieves off the farm.
Then the other police can be added
to the force gradually to take care of
the other crooks in the form of dis
ease and weeds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-23
I,6cIeU,1

Bridge Party
Mrs. E. E. Buck entertained at
bridge Tuesday afternoon.
Afternoon Party
Mrs. Oscar Sheldrew was hostess
at an afternoon party Monday.
Entertained at Hillcrest.-
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Wadsworth en-
tertained a number of friends at
Hillcrest, Prescott, last Sunday.
Ent. ytained In Ellsworth
Miss Mary Carroll was guest of
honor at dinner given by Miss
Lencre Reed at her hcme in Ellsworth
Monday evening.
Swedish Mission Aid
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Swedish Mission church will meet
in the church Thursday, Aug. 80. Mrs.
Lund and Mrs. Bergman will serv-.
w. C. T. u
A special meeting of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union will be
held at the home of Mrs. j. w. Allard,
Friday. August "a, at 2:30.
Election Officers.
Reception of New Members.
Complete plans for Bi-County Pic
mic to be held at Hudson August 81.
Last Thursday Evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Lowell enter
tanned a number of young people at
their home last Thursday evening in
honor of their daughter, Miss Mar
garet. The evening was spent in
singing and dancing, after which a
lunch was served The party was
such a jolly one that all expressed
the wish that there would be many
more like it.
House Party
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Fuller, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. C. Glass and families enter
tanned at house party in honor of
Mrs. George Williams (nee Caribel
Huntoon) and son, George, of Kansas
City, Missouri and Mrs. Chas. Potts
(nee Bessie Weeks) and their child
rem, Philip, Dorothy and Charles;
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-23

also VIM. Hay and AL. Steffen, vaudi-
vile artists of St. Paul, Mimi.
Saturday Afternoon
Mrs. Harriet P. Ensign entertained
at very pretty afternoon party
last Saturday in compliment to Miss
Cole Winter. A color scheme IN
pink and white was carried out in all
of the table decorations and refresh
ments. The guests were Mrs. Fritz,
Fl. Wayne, Ind, Mrs. Frank David
son, Boston, Mass, Mrs. R. ]. Jung,
Houston, Tex, Mrs. w. Walbr'dge,
Prescott, Miss Alice McKinnon,
Greensboro N. c., Miss Eugene
Willett, St. Paul, Miss Marie Righ-
ter, Minneapolis, Miss Ewing and
Miss Winter, River Falls.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-23
THE CROOKED PRESS

We note in an exchange an article
written by one of our politicians in
which he lambasts tn. press as I'M