The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-05

Oh, Boy" winds up the log Of the
Kenosha County Board travellers who
went out to look over Jail cells and
came pretty nearly inspecting them
in "Davy Jones' locker"
cleveland may not have the pref
test water front in the world, but
there is real dry ground about it and
somewhere in the neighborhood the
grass is growing and it does not grow
on newly made graves and it can be
said that so long as these particular
half a dozen Kenosha county live, they
will always look back toward Cleveland
and it's water front as one of the
most wonderful places in the world"
the log continues.
This log is not all written down, but
the contents of it were given out last
night and this morning following the
safe return to Kenosha Of County
Clerk Charles L. Holdeness, Suprevi-
sors Sorenson, Dowse, White, Zerfas
and Cook. All Of them were still hav-
ing a little trouble to adjust their "sea
legs" but they brought them down
with an air of confidence and boyancy
which indicated that all of them be-
lieved that walking on the sidewalks
of Kenosha was a heap site better
than walking on the waters Of troub-
led Lake Erie or trying to walk the
water strewn decks of the steamer,
"City of Buffalo"
Crashing Timbers Still Ringing.
The Kenosha bunch came back with
the noise Of crashing ship timbers still
ringing in their ears and they hold
their hands at their sides just as If
they are still carrying around life
preserver. Their ears still ring little
with the sound Of timber and the lash
ing of stirred waters over the sides
of ships deck, They can still see
the life boats torn from the top quart
ers, drifting away and they can still
picture with considerable vividness a
crowded steamer with most of the adult
passengers, expecting to live but hop
ing that they could die from sea sick
ness with just enough room about the
side of the deck rail to accommodate
the number who were persistent in
feeding the fishes-if there are any
fishes in Lake Erie 'sas a
At that the committee came back
with a pretty good idea of Jail cells
and other steel equipment which will
be turned over to the county board at
its next session. The incidental
pleasures" of, the trip will probably
not occupy an important place in the
report made to the county board
Called 1t a Hurricane.
"The captain called it q hurricane"
said one of the returned travellers this
morning, land we will let it go at
that, but it seems to me that it was
more in the nature of 'jimmiecane'
for 1t jimmied right into the apart
ments which we were occupying. Soak
ed with water and most of us paralyzed
with the idea of taking to Lake Erie
with the wind blowing gale, it is
just little hard to remember just
what did happen, but lot of it hap
pened and it kept right on happening
all through the night"
We We're pretty clipper when we
sailed out of Buffalo and most Of us
were assigned to state rooms on the
top theNview was better up there
and it can be added that the wind got
better sweep at us. We went along
pretty we'll for a couple of hours and
then the waters began to chum.
1t wasn't that ordinary churning
chat puts fairly good seaman to sleep
and sends an amateur to the boat rail.
out churning like those shown in the
3atent washing machines which are
displayed prominently in the front
window of the gas company's office.
It churned some and it kept right
on churning.
Most of En- Little Nervous.
There were some five hundred peo-
pie and five brides on board the ship
and most of them got nervous early.
1t can be added that most of them got
sick just about the time they got
nervous and even bride found that
there was something to think about
other than a honeymoon trip. 1t was
long about midnight when we rode into
the worse of the storm. Just about
that time the wireless fell with crash
Chairman Roy White just happened to
have a room right under the place
where the aerial for the wireless had
been set up and one of the poles
crashed through the roof of his state
room. The county clerk was sleeping
just underneath White, and White with
the aid of the wind and the wireless
pole deposited his slightly bruised
body right in front Of the door Of
the state room below.
"Holderness picked him up and
soothed him as much as possible and
the two ducked for shelter. When the
wind carried away the top portions
of the Buffalo it opened the state
rooms to the torrent of rain which
followed.
"Zerfas was about the only one who
was sitting easy and in the midst of
it all he informed the captain that
it was better to have foresight than
hindsight. OF course I'd rather go
back to Kenosha,' zegfas confded~ ito
the captain as he offered him a chew
cf tobacco just to show that he was
willing to be generous even if it was
his last night out, but If l go down
with the ship there is a silver lining.
Before.I left home l took out an acct
dent policy and I can get double on it
if / go out travelling Zerfas did not
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