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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
VOTED AGAINST
INCOME TAXES
Several States Have Taken
Stand Against a State
Income Tax.
1T HURTS WISCONSIN

Madison, Wis. y Voters in most 9TH
er states do not favor state income
tax Florida, Michigan and Oregon re-
Gently went on record as decidedly OPP
posed to, that form Of taxation, leav-
ing Wisconsin with the highest income
tax rate of any industrial state hav-
ing such tax.
BY an overwhelming vote of to l,
the people of Florida adopted con-
stitutional amendment prohibiting both
income and inheritance taxation.
Florida is making strong bid for
wealthy residents from other states.
Already large number of former Wis
consin people have moved there, and
the recent action will no doubt result
in an increasingly rapid influx of
wealth to that state.
"Why Stay in Wisconsin,"
"Why should l remain in Wisconsin
and pay more in unfair taxes than it
costs my family to live in even greater
luxury and comfort in Florida?" a
former Wisconsin man recently re-
marked to George F. Kull, secretary of
the Wisconsin Manufacturers associa-
ton. eve did not want to move out
Of Wisconsin, but we got to point
where we couldn't stand the drain"
Needless to say, the amount of in
come taxes that man and his wife paid
in Wisconsin must be made up by
the rest of US who stay here.
Rejection Is Significant.
Coming closer to home, in more SEN
SEES than one, the rejection of the in
come tax in Michigan is significant
and important. Michigan is an indus
trially competitive state. By voting
down the income tax, that state con-
tinues its advantage over the people In
Wisconsin. Every disadvantage to
business means loss to the great mas
ses, just as business booms mean gain
to the masses.
The Pacific coast, too, is coming to
its senses as regards income taxa
ton. Oregon voters kicked out the
income tax after they had tried it
long enough to learn that it is not a
good thing for state unless all COM
petitive states have one too. Ore
gon recognized the income tax as a
hindrance to the states development,
and abolished it.
Oregon Turns Around.
A few years ago Oregon people made
the same mistake Wisconsin people
have made. They let politicians make
a political issue out of the tax quesr
ton. When taxes become a political
vehicle for politicians to ride into Office
on, the state and it's people suffer. The
time is approaching when tax payers
will insist that taxes be kept out of
politics.
There are now only Is states left in
the country where there is state in
come tax. Of all of the Industrial
states, Wisconsin's rate is the highest,
running from one to seven per cent.
Add to this the constant threat of still
more burdensome tax legislation, and
it is easy to understand why capital
is being frightened out of Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25

Railroads Seek to
Work With Trucks

New York-Elisha Lee, vice-presi-
dent in charge of operation of the
Pennsylvania System, sees the motor
delivery truck sharing honors with
the freight train in future transport
tation, now that the railroad indus
try has become permanently divided
into what he calls wholesale and re-
tail departments.
Vice-President Lee holds the view
that the chief problem in regard to
the handling of freight, as between
railroads and motor vehicles, are not
those of competition but rather those
of coordination. "The part of the mo-
tor vehicle" Mr.. Lee said, SIS not to
do what the railroads are already fit
ted and equipped to do with full sue
cess and satisfaction; it is to do
what the railroads are not able to do
at all, or else do only with difficulty
and imperfect success.
"Such profits as the railroads are
able to make at all come practically
altogether from the mass transporta-
ton of freight and passengers over at
least considerable distance, in other
words from what we may term the
wholesale departments of transporta-
tion. This is just the form of service
in which experience shows that trucks
cannot consistently earn real profits.
On the other hand, those forms in
which trucks can and do make money
are almost invariably the strictly re-
tail forms, in the rendering of which
railroad operation practically always
involves losses, and sometimes very
heavy ones"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
Was Native Of Kansas.

Omaha, Neb. - Clarence Gilbert, air
mail pilot, who was killed while fly
ing between Chicago and Omaha last
night or early today, was entered in
the United States air mail service on
August Is, last, according to Carl F.
Egge, general superintendent of the
air mail service here. Gilbert was 26
years old and came from Plainsville,
Kans., Mr.. Egge said.
According to Superintendent Egge,
Gilbert had been doing relief work
with the air mail service, and it was
while acting in this capacity that he
had taken the trip from Chicago to
Omaha. Gilbert's headquarters were
reported as at Iowa City, Iowa.
Records disclosed that Gilbert had
been trained in the army aviation
camp at Fort Riley, Kans., and then
came to Iowa City for relief work.
Superintendent Egge told The AS
ISOLATED Press, when first notified of
Gilbert's death, that it was the first
serious accident to occur since the
transcontinental air mail service was
initiated. More than 100000 miles
have been traversed by the air mail
pilots, he said, without any mishap
except trivial engine trouble.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
Song Writer Ryan
Victim of HOOtch

New York City-John r. Ryan, a
song writer, is the latest victim of
olcoholic poisoning which has caused
thirty-five deaths in the metropolitan
district his month. Twenty-one per-
sons suffering from alcoholism were
admitted to Bellevue hospital during
the twenty-four hours ending this
morning. Six of them were women.
Patients in Bellevue suffering from
bad liquor now number more than one
hundred, of which one-fourth are seri-
Gus case that may result in death or
blindness. With the approach of
Christmas the police and prohibition
authorities continue their efforts to
discover the sources of the poison
connections.
Ryan was the author of several
popular songs, including one now being
sung in a Broadway musical comedy.
He was found in coma on the side
walk last night and died soon after
being taken to the hospital. He was
thirty-four years old.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
Discuss Re-districting
of Wards at Meeting
Civic Council Committee Called to
Consider Changes in Number of
Polling Places Tonight.

President Oscar Theleen, of the
Kenosha Civic council, has appointed
a committee consisting of Henry H.
Harff, chairman, Robert S. Cooper,
Joseph A. Pitts, George S. Whyte, J..
d. Rosenblum and Elmer Smith, which
will hold its first meeting in the city
council chamber of the city. hall this
evening at seven-thirty o'clock. The
committee has been named to discuss
the matter of the re-districting of the
wards of the city or to draw up some
plan by which more voting precincts
may be provided for at elections.
Anyone interested in the discussion
is invited to attend and take part.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
WINTHROP HARBOR

H. j. Bentson, of Muskegon, Mich,
visited old friends in Winthrop Har-
Dor over the, weekend.
E. H. Bostetter has taken posi-
ton with Austin Machinery company
st Muskegan, Mich, and is at present
travelling for them in the east.
Mrs. Charles Logeman has gone to
Cleveland, o., to spend the holidays
with her brother and his family.
The people of Winthrop Harbor are
rejoicing over the completion of the
new water pipe line which extends
much farther south than the old one
and supplies good, steady water to
many more families.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
BURN MINIATURES TOWN.

London. = A miniature town of more
than $50 Buildings was constructed and
placed on the stage Of local theater
simply to be burned down. The event
was arranged by fire insurance COM
pany to show how flames may be
spread over an entire community, leav-
ing destruction in their wake.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
False Alarm at
Fireman's Home
On Wayne Avenue, Only To Find
There Is No Fire.

The fire department received a call
Friday morning at 4 o'clock to the
home of A. Daugherty 577 Wayne
avenue. Daugherty is himself one Of
the city fireman. But when the engine
arrived, it was found that there was
no fire. What had happened was that
someone was working upstairs and
had opened the windows. The warm
air escaping created steam which
a neighbor mistook for smoke, and
believing the house on fire, had sent
in a call.
At $3.50 p. m. Friday, the firemen
answered a call to the corner of
Market and Ridge streets. A motor
truck belonging to- Simon brothers
had gotten on fire.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
sCRUB BUILDINGs.

Berlin. Buildings with smoke
covered walls are taboo in Berlin. Reg
ular scrubbing Of buildings at month
ly intervals is required by new city
ordinance. The measure primarily
was passed to beautify the city, but
advocates Of the law say clean build
ings also will be conducive to improv-
ed health conditions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
MAIL FLYER Is
KILLED In FALL
Clarence Gilbert, Relief Air
Pilot Killed Battling
Snow and Cold
CRASHES TO EARTH
Is First of Mail Flying Crew
to Meet Death in More
Than Six Months Service.

Aurora, Ill. = Clarence Gilbert, re-
lief air mail pilot and first of the
night flying mail men to lose his life
in the service of the government, was
killed last night in a plunge to earth,
it was disclosed today when the body
was found near Kaneville, so miles
west of Chicago.
His parachute apparently had failed
him in a leap in the dark and the
cold, as the snow swirled down about
him.
For six months the transcontinental
air mail has carried it's valuable
freight without serious accident un-
til Gilbert vanished from the night
lighted overland trail.
For fifteen hours farmer searchers
and representatives of the air mail
had secuted around the open country
near Kaneville where the lights of the
lost pilots plane last were observed.
Searchers came upon the wrecked
plane mile north of Kaneville with
the mail intact.
But the Mail Goes On,
A searching plane, piloted by r. G..
Page, sent out from Chicago soon af-
ter daybreak, picked up the mail and
started westward bound for Omaha. A
short time later the farmer searchers
found the body of Gilbert, part of
the torn parachute still attached to
his belt.
Since the establishment of the
transcontinental air mail last July i,
the postal pilots have carried their
cargoes with the same fidelity charac-
teristic as the United States mails and
without a single serious accident, ac-
cording to air maik officials.
Over the great cities, across the
plains and above mountain ranges, the
mail had been carried day after day
in all kinds of weather, with mini
mum of delay and only a few minor
accidents. More than 100000 miles
had been traversed by the air mail
fiiers without other than trivial mis-
haps.
When the cold wave gripped the
west and midwest, with temperatures
far below zero, the air mail went for
ward with schedules little impeded.
The cold had receded and the tenn
perature had climbed to 13 above zero
at Z p. m. last night when Gilbert set
out from Chicago.
The snow soon was swirling about
his plane but it kept the course un-
til it vanished in the darkness as
Kaneville was reached.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
HORSES ARE DOOMED.

The county council OF London,
England, is considering passage of
resolution warming that in FIVE
years no horses will be allowed on
London streets. It's . help to speed
up traffic.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
LESS TAX RECEIPTS.

Tax revenues from automotive
sources in nine months Of 1924 de-
creased by more than $500, 900 be-
low those Of the same period in 1928.
Figures this year were $50, 642, $3.50
for the first three-fourths.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
FILE ANSWER TO FALL APPEAL.

Washington, D. C.-The government
submitted its answer today to the
pleas in abatement in the cases against
e. L. Doheny, Albert S. Fall and Harry
Il. Sinclair. growing out Of naval oil
leasing. Argument was set in SUI
perior court of the District Of Celuna-
bia for January 9.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
Coolidge Pleads
for Big Waterway

Washington.-President Coolidge to-
day urged congress to make $275,000
available for completing surveys to de-
termine the feasibility of the proposed
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-25
ANOTHER BUS CITY.

Emporia, Kas., may soon join the
ranks of cities without street cars,
The city commissioners have been
authorized to substitute buses for the
street railway system.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-13

profitable for America to continue
prosperous, they said
81 think times are getting better,
and for sound agricultural reasons, P"
said Mr.. Ford.
Interviewed during his call upon
President Coolidge, Mr.. Edison said
"We'll have great prosperity if the
corn does not get nipped and crops
in general are good"
Mr.. Firestone declared that the
farmer was the keystone of
American prosperity.
Conditions in this country will
continue to grow better so long as
the farmer is prosperous" he said.
"He is the barometer by which to
judge conditions. His is the basic
industry of the country, and the
one upon which our prosperity de-
ponds"
After leaving the Presidents
farm Mr.. Ford, Mr.. Edison and Mr..
Firestone continued their tour
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-13
The Lure Of Lourdes

According to tradition. a shep-
erdess of Lourdes, France. was
directed to the medicinal spring at
Lourdes by a vision of the Holy
Virgin, more than fifty years ago.
During the half century many
thousands of pilgrims from all parts
of the world have journeyed to
Lourdas, and according to accepted
staten ents, many who went there
afflicted came away cured.
A committee of fifty English
physicians recently examined the
case Of a girl who was supposed to
have been cured of blood poisoning
by Lourdes miracle and found that
on evidence submitted, the cure was
not proven.
Nevertheless. medical science does
not deny that there have been many
such cures, but attributes them to
auto-suggestion rather than to mir
aeulous or supernatural causes.
Meantime, the pilgrimage to the
Miracle place continues, regardless
lof the proof that it is myth, illus
trating the constant striving of
humanity for cure Of its bodily ills
after science has failed
With health gone, it is nothing less
than human to grasp at any straw
that promises relief.
On this weakness, shysters prey.
They despol those who place their
faith in fake cures.
How to drive them out of business
is a nroblem that doubtless never
win be solved, as long as incredulous
people have the inherent failing OF
placing their confidence in anything
miraculous or supernatural.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-13

Washington, ID. Cone of the
outstanding features of the vacation
trip of President Coolidge, who has
just returned from a two weeks
stay at his fathers farm in Vermont,
was the visit of Henry Ford, Thomas
A. Edison and Harvey s. Firestone.
On their annual camping trip,
these three geniuses of industry
and invention called upon the Pre-
sident on an automobile tour through
New England, and for several hours
discussed with him various problems
and conditions All three of them
assured him of their hearty support
of his candidacy for election.
The chief topic of conversation
was the future prosperity of the
country. The three camping com
panions assured the President that
in their opinion the continued inn
proving prosperity of the country
depended upon the condition Of the
farmers. Agriculture must prove
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-13
Tourists Etiquette.

A party of motor tourists, passing
through, liked the looks of this com
munity and turned into the curb and
parked on the public square
They looked around and comment
ed on the general good appearance
of the business section Of the city. II
at all observing. they saw clean
streets, well-kept mercantile estab-
lishments, attractive show windows
and prosperous-looking people going
about their business.
But were they observing? 1t was
about noon. Time to eat, they
thought. So the family lunch basket
was dragged out from the inner re-
cesses of the touring model and the
faces of the tourists glowed in anti
cipation of the pleasure that was to
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-13

be theirs in consuming the MONDAY
meal,
Package after package and bundle
after bundle came into view. It
looked like Thanksgiving. The
first parcel was opened, the paper
and string wadded together and
thrown into the street The same
thing happened after each successive
package was opened.
The meal was being eaten amidst
running comment about incidents
of the automobile trip, Out went a
paper plate over the side of the car
into the street Then another paper
plate followed and soon some paper
cups Paper napkins came to join
their paper brothers and fall victims
to the wind, which lay in wait to
pick them up and deposit them at
some store entrance.
Their hunger satisfied, the tourists
departed They had no more use for
this community, having used its
public square for camping ground.
They left behind an unsightly pile Of
deDris as testimony of their appre-
citation for the privilege of being per-
mitted to dine on the principal street
When you 20 touring, don't be
guilty of such an offense against
common decency. Have enough
respect for any community not to
litter up its streets. Keep the cast
off articles and burn them when you
reach the country. You expect as
much of those who pass through
here. Elk.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-13
TrudRinR Back To School.

The children are trudging back to
school again. They don't want to
go one bit. And why should they?
Nothing to do but sit between four
walls every day to try to learn some
thing that they don't want to know.
And the great, happy outdoors
reckoning them out to enjoy the
sunshine and fresh air.
But soon they will be reconciled.
After a few days, under the careful
guidance Of thoughtful teacher,
they will begin to take interest, and
the battle will be won.
A great responsibility rests upon
the teacher to get them back on the
right track after vacation ends.
And an equally great responsibility
rests upon the parents to back up the
teacher and support them in every
attempt to develop good boys and
girls, who will become good Ameri-
can citizens, in the public schools.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-13

through the Green Mountains, stop
ping now and then to talk with the
people Of rural New England and
view the countryside. They spent
the early part of their vacation at
Mr. Ford's Wayside Inn, at South
Sudbury.
Before visiting the President, Mr.
Ford played host to 5000 New
England farmers at his Wayside
Inn estate at South Sudbury, Mass
With Mr.. Edison and Mr.. Firestone
he supervised a blowing and agri-
cultural demonstration, and invited
the Farm Bureau Federation to use
his grounds for its annual gather
ings. On the same day the Hol-
stein-Friesian Association gathered
at Mr.. Firestone's old homestead in
Columbiana county, Ohio, for its
annual picnic, as the guests of Mr.
Firestone, who sent his son, Harvey
Jr., to welcome them in his absence.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-13

Confidence is a precious article in
Europe, Judging by the way premiers
are a. ways seeking it.
Good luck has a nasty habit of fol-
lowing people who have already had
more than their share.
In order to retain your self
respect, it's necessary to get mad
once in while.
Wives of great men oft remind
us-that they have made at least one
mistake in their lives.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-13

The detourists who get their direc-
tions from the Natives" are reason
ably certain to get lost.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-13

A friend is one with whom you can
disagree and still be friends
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-09-13

Fashion takes anything or nothing
and makes women like it.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-16
GUN. CLUB HAS
BIG Dinner AT
THE SPRINGS

Last Friday night thirty of the
members of the Central Idaho Rod
and Gun Club participated in a big
feast at the Challis Hot Springs.
The big spread was the final num-
Der of contest between members of
the Club who had been chosen on
sides for the purpose of killing birds
which were supposed to be injurious
TO game conditions.
The side getting the largest num-
Der of points was the winner and the
losing side furnished the dinner.
Mr.. Locke in charge of the streams
of the National Forests of this section
gave very interesting and instruc-
tive talk on fish,,
The dinner was served in the usual
excellent style of this popular resort
and a very fine time was had.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-04-16
LIST OF IDAHO DATES PER-
TANNING TO ELECTION

Registration for the primary and
general election this year will open
May 8, according to a tabulation OF
election dates prepared by Harry A
Rogers, auditor of Shoshone county,
and sent to all county auditors of the
state.
| Nominations for county officers may
be filed between June 6 and July 5,
inclusive.
| Absent voters who desire to vote
at the primary must make arrange
ments with the auditor between July
81 and August 4, absent voters ex-
pecting to vote at the general cleo
ton must do so between October IS
and November g. The general cleo
ton itself is November 4.
Registration for the primary cleo
ton closes August and the primary
is August 5.
Registration reopens after the pr1-
mary and continues until November
1. Those who nave registered for the
primary are not required to do so a.
gain for the general election.
The county commissioners must
complete their canvass of primary
election returns before August Is and
the county central committees Of each
party must meet August 16 to organ
ize.
The county conventions at which
delegates to the state convention are
chosen, must meet August 10.
State central committees of the
parties and state nominating conven-
tons meet August 20.