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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-13
Treasurer Scott Makes Fin
al Tax Settlement With
State Today.
LESS THAN LAST YEAR
Decrease Cuts Kenosha County
Tax Settlement $13,29O.57
from Year 1928.

Kenosha county squared accounts
with the state of Wisconsin today as
County Treasurer Thomas S. Scott
sent to State Treasurer Solmon Lee
vitan orders for total of S99,O6o'S5
as settlement of state taxes and other
fees apportioned for Kenosha county
for the year 1923. Of this amount
SGT ,105.18 was the balance due for
state taxes while the remainder rep
resented the states share of fines and
fees collected in the municipal and
circuit courts of Kenosha county.
The school apportionment of $685.
218.75 and the tax for the county san
atoria of $12,22S.58 was already cred
tied to the county, making the total
certified against Kenosha county for
1923 to be paid in 1924, $137,552.51.
Less Than Last Year.
The amount is $13,290.57 less than
the amount paid last year in the state
treasury for taxes, this difference be-
ing largely accounted for by the de-
crease in the apportionment made for
the state university, big cut having
OCCA IA APPANPtANS 1880 y
In 1928 Kenosha county was assessed
$34,523.23 for the university while iT
1924 this had dwindled to $14,c20.53.
The states share of the fines assess
ed in the courts was $31,691.17, setting
record for Kenosha county for nor
NAL year. The county received only
$646.76 of the fines collected in this
group. An item of $270 was for suit
tax in the circuit court.
County Treasurer Scott also sent to
the various towies of the county their
shares of the school tax, totalling $1S,-
688.35. This brought the total amount
drawn on the county treasury for the
day up to $112,754.70.
State Taxes Itemized.
The statement from the state treas
urer as to the amounts certified
against Kenosha county, showing the
sums for each item of state tax for the
year 1923 was as follows:
Interest on certificate of in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-13
WAusAu PIONEER DEAD.

Wausau, Wis. William c. Slosson,
aged seventy three years, life long
resident of Wausau, died here Satur-
day night and will be buried Tuesday
afternoon. Death was due to heart
trouble. Mr.. Slosson was chief en-
giEeer of the Wausau water works for
thirty years, retiring recently. He is
survived by two brothers, Henry Slos-
son of California and E. J. Slosson of
Rhinefander.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-13
Bacteria in City Milk
Shows Big Increase
Three Diaries Show Count of Over
10000 According to City Chem
list Monthly Report.

The bacteria count of the milk de-
livered to the city during the past
month shows decided advance ac-
cording to the city report made to-
day to the city health department by
Henry F. Miller, city chemist In
three cases the count runs above TO-
coo the report shows.
The figures follow:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-13
ELECTION SCHOOL
in NOW CALLED
City Manager Osborn Calls
Chairmen of the Elec-
ton Boards.
TO READ THE LAWS

A call was sent today to the chair
men of the election boards of the
wards of the city of Kenosha to at
tend meeting to be held on next
Wednesday evening in the city coun-
ell chamber at seven-th1rty O'CLOCK.
This meeting is to be in the nature OF
an election school" as the election
laws are to be discussed and changes
in the rules governing elections IN
Wisconsin both for the primaries and
the general elections are to be ex-
planned to the election officials.
With the call for the meeting was
sent out copy of the pamphlet called
''Election Methods of Wisconsin, pub
lished by Secretary of State Fred zim-
norman. 1t is suggested to the chair
men that they look over the regula-
tions and come to the meeting pre-
pared to take part in a round table
discussion of the election laws.
Get Uniform Enforcement.
The object of the meeting is to es-
tablish a uniform method of proceed
ure IN all of the wards of the city.
1t was stated clearly by City Manager
Osborn that the calling of the meeting
for round table discussion did not
carry with it any suggestion whatso-
ever that election laws in the past
had not been carried out properly in
Kenosha but that the meeting was
called in order that all the boards
might become familiar with certain
changes made in the laws.
After the last election, the question
of the proper registration of voters
featured in the mooted district attor-
ney election suits and as a result of
this there has been some confusion
among officials as to the real mean
ing of the laws. The supreme court
in the final decision upheld the regu-
lations as enforced in Kenosha at the
Last election.
Officials to Speak.
District Attorney Morris Barnett and
City Attorney Clifford E. Randall have
been invited to attend the meeting and
address the election board chairmen
on the election laws. These addresses
are to be followed by round table
discussion Of problems which may
come before the various election
boards
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-13
CHICAGO HAS SMALLEST BABY.

Chicago, Ill.-Henry CAME, Jr.,
claims to be the tiniest baby in the
world. He weighs only twelve ounces,
and stretches himself out to bare
eight inches. Henry was born on Sat
urday night to Mrs. Henry Came of
MeIrose Park, suburb and both
mother and son are doing nicely the
doctor said.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-13
NnTFn NATURALIST DEAD.

Pittsburg, Kans.- William Edgar
Rfngle, 81, associate professor of bio
logy at the Kansas state teachers col
lege Of Pittsburg and nationally known
naturalist, died here yeste1i,y.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-13
Officials to Speak.
Cow Testers Report
for February, 1924
Joseph Vaughn Issues Monthly Re-
port Showing Butter Fat Ratios
and Amount of Milk Produced.

The report of the Kenosha Cow
Testing association was issued today
by the official COW tester, Joseph |
Vaughn. The report is for the month
of February, and is as follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-13
SUPERIOR MUSICIAN DEAD.

Superior, Wis. = John T. McDougall,
"a, student at Superior Normal and
prominent in city music circles, died
at a sanitarium in Bayfield,, Wis, Sum
day evening. Death came after veven
months illness.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-13

Grand Total ......... .$137 ,b52.6l
Against this total Kenosha county
had the credits for the school appor-
tionment for the county and the coun-
ty sanatoria apportionment, totalling
$7o,447.33.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-13
UNTITLED STEEL ORDERS.

New York City-Unflled orders Of
the United States Steel corporation on
February 20, made public today tot
allied 4,912,901 tons, an increase o.
114,472 tons, as compared with the
end of the previous month.
0rrnEnTnD RHTTGiCTAN IMAM
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
The Solution OF WashingtOn's
Alley Problem

Once more hue and cry is raised against conditions
In alley dwellings in Washington is old story The
same protest against conditions in the alleys heard
several years ago. Congress aroused to the
tent Of passing legislation designed to make occupancy Of
alley homes unlawful But there joker in that law
and conditions horrible to say the least continued
Senator Copeland Congressman Rathbone Bishop Free
man, Mrs Archibald Hopkins and Of other prom-
citizens and civic organizations the leading
plainants against alley conditions today. They have
brought the conditions before the District
The Commissioners acted promptly and should be
mended.
Conditions in the alleys today better than they were
week ago. DR.. William G. Fowler District Health Off
has eleven Of his inspectors visiting all alley homes
The inspectors notifying the alley dwees and tenants
to clean up It is encouraging to note that Dr. Fowler
reports the notices are being needed The alleys are being
cleaned up and the structural conditions in the homes are
being improved
lem be found in the systematic inspection Of every alley
dwelling and the enforcement Of the sanitary laws Of the
District7
Alley dwellers do not want to move. All of them are
poor Their rent is cheap Why not have the proper
authorities that every alley home kept clean and in
sanitary conditions until homes built especially for
those who live in the alleys?
Dr. Fowler believes he keep the alleys clean he
says that since the inspectors started days ago.
the alley dweers and have cleaned up the interior
OF the homes mended broken fences repaired broken
chokedup sewerage pipes-n general have done every
thing possible to make the homes sanitary.
DR. Fowler probably has sufficient law his side to
enahe him to force the alley dweers to clean up their
premises and the Of alley houses to make the
pairs Certainly the judges in the will hesitate
to uphold him in his action.
Systematic inspection Of the alley homes will keep them
clean and in fairly good condition Of course the alley
homes should be torn down. But in the meantime
thing must be done.
Bishop Freeman has valuable suggestion. He says
Here is opportunity for those who have real desire
to improve the city to build simple sanitary homes that
be erected at modest cost and still yield reasonable in
come"
Until such homes Bishop Freeman describes are
erected let the people continue to live in the alleys But
don't let up the inspection, don't permit rubbish to
collect in the alley homes, and that every home is
kept in a sanitary condition.
The solution of the problem for the time being in the
hands of the District Commissioners They have acted
promptly and wisely. Let them continue the good work.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
If Electric Power Were
Developed for the People
It Could Do All of These Things and Many More

The Public Ownership League Of America address No. 1877
North Dearborn street. Chicago urges development of electric
power throughout the United States by the people themselves
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE.
You may ask, with good reason, UNFORTUNATELY
What's the of taking things for the people? The
people along for awhile they did the naval
oil lands Then get the right kind of crooks in the right
PLACE and they sell the people out
That happens sometimes it's true but it need not ALWAYS
happen. And Government ownership 60 slowly with
mistakes and failures like everything else.
The people ought to and for themselves the
power which belongs to the people, anything DID
belong to the people.
The electric force produced by waterfalls is the work
the drawing water from the ocean, scattering from
the Clouds dropping it in ran form brooks rivers and
cataracts on its way back to the ocean.
the people haven't the right harness those catarac
1or their own good then they have rights.
There are not fcw that uOi tell that they really
HAVE rights and that the people put here in order
to be exploited by the intelligent minority.
Meanwhile here Of the things that according
the Public Ownership League of America COULD
the people would keep control Of electric and form
"superpower system"
The question, What GOOD would it do7" is answered by
the Public Ownership League follows:
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DIR. FRANK CRANE.
The WreckerS.

UVHE universe is thing Of lfe
Life means growth, and growth means constant
And in the processes of life the desrOyers
sary the builders.
Long ago it was written "Thou fool that which thou
sOwest is not quickened except it die"
Death decay and removal essential to the opera
ton Of growth al birth and sustenance
With this fact in mind perceive that decomposition is
just pure as growth.
The disgusting carron that by the roadside ofends
Nature makes offensive because she wishes keep
away from it. That is she building and in decompo-
son she carrying her business OF wreckage and she
does not want us to meddle.
But buzzards and that clean up the world
just important the song birds and fruits that feed the
world.
Death is as clean as birth
And the removal of waste quite the
procuring Of food In fact most Of diseases come from
interference with the sewage system.
It is the way in the intellectual fe The pessmss
the denes the doubers and the might be called
the kidneys of the social organism
Also mans failures useful in rounding out his
life his Our chagrins, disappointments and
disillusons are sanitary to the soul joys and
loves.
life perfect bliss and unhang not only not
normal but it would be distinctly abnormal
That why offended by those whose natures
continual blaze of sunshine and have redeeming
shadows.
We are not put in this world to be happy We are put
here be great And suffering and failure the meat
upon which greatness feeds Nobenes Of character the
glow Of genius and the beauty of holiness but the light
from souls that burning
"This earth" says Anatoe France "is but grain Of
sand in the infinite desert Of worlds but only upon this
planet suffering exists 1t greater than all the rest to-
gether. What do sayG It is all the rest nothing
Thousands Of houses must be wrecked and taken to the
rubbish heap before the city becomes beautiful.
Billions Of insects and microbes constantly work
removing the debris Of the human keeping the earth
fertile the streams clean and the waters pure
In every society," customs grow rank and perncous and
institutions become old and eptc and the army Of wreck
must them
The progress of the world is marked by its Cavares
The path of the Golden Age is with revolutions
and violence
And in the individual soul the perfection of character and
the right apprehension of ourselves and of the universe
pend upon continual demolition of old hus of belief and
discarded enthusiasms that have become unsantary
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The Washington times., 1924-02-08
GARRETT P. SERVISS TELLS OF
KNOWLEDGE TESTS
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.

his attention must have been
fairly awake, else he would not
have derived from what he
heard the sharply defined, though
diametrically wrong, conception
that he has carried in his mind
for years. Plainly, I think, the
chief fault must have been in the
teaching--while no effort seems
to have been made to test the
recipients understanding Of what
was presented.
II were Q teacher, and could
nave my way, / would teach
fewer things while making sure,
by cross-Questioning and reitera.
ton, that my students truly un.
derstood what was trying to
teach them.
Finally, have not enough con.
fidence in the accuracy OF what
little the average grammar school
pupil Is assumed to have learned
about these subjects to refrain
from making the precautionary
remark that the true rate Of the
earth's rotation, instead Of being
millions of turns per second, Is
only one turn in S6,4o0 seconds,
or twenty-four hours; while Erav.
ity instead of being caused by
the earth's rotation Is. to a slight
degree, opposed by Il. through
the action Of the centrifugal force
which the rotation gives rise 70.
1t Is also worth while saying
that a man jumping up from tha
earth continues to be carried on
with the rotational force derived
from the earth. and would con-
tinue thus to be carried on even
II the earth rotated much faster
than It does. But eventually II
the speed of rotation continued
to increase he would be shot off
the earth in spite of gravity.
And long before the earth turned
even 30 much as q thousand
times per hour II would spin
itself to pieces.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
Famous Astronomer and Writer
ON Scientific Topics Of POpu-
Lar Interest.

Famous Astronomer and Writer
ON Scientific Topics Of POpu-
Lar Interest.
"HERE Is a strong movement
for the abolition Of exami-
nations in school. Among
the arguments used by its sup.
porters is the assured fact that
students will use ponies" and
otherwise cheat and pretend, II
they can. It IL said that exami-
nations reveal neither what the
examiners have learned nor
what they have failed to learn.
I think, nevertheless, that the
following quotation from a letter
plainly indicates what we should
come to in popular education II
pupils were never submitted to
examination concerning their &C.
quisitions Of knowledge, or sup.
posed knowledge.
when l went to grammar
school long ago, was taught that
the earth revolves millions Of
times per second, and that the re.
suit Of this was q certain force
known an gravitation. This was
said to keep all living things and
all objects on the earth. II this
is what scientists think, think
they are utterly wrong. There
Is O certain force known as grav'
ity, but tho revolution ct the
earth some millions of times per
second is not the cause OF It.
The writer Of this extraordinary
letter then goes on to explain.
with the aid Of diagrams, that
the earth cannot be revolving In
that way, because IL It did, smoke
Issuing into the air would lie
drawn out in a streak all around
the globe, and when you jump
off the ground It would go spin,
ming away from under, leaving
you to come down somewhere
else, II you were not struck by
q passing house or tree or some
other object! His own idea Of
the cause of gravity is that It is
due to a great ball of fire inside
the earth, which creates the
force called gravity"
Now, Of course, It is not con.
ceivable that any teacher in a
grammar school ever deliberately
made the statement to his or her
pupils that the earth revolves
millions Of times per second, and
that this motion Is the cause Of
gravity; 1. g., Of the weight Of
bodies. But It is conceivable,
from my experience Of what In.
competent or careless teachers
occasionally do, that the state.
ments about the earth's rotation
and the attraction of gravitatlOn,
were so confused in form or so
imperfectly presented that at least
some Of the pupils utterly failed
to understand what was said.
A very little questioning in ex.
animation would have revealed
their error and prevented their
going out into the world, not only
profoundly ignorant of some OF
the most fundamental facts of
science, but. worse than that,
imbued with a completely false
idea Of what science does teach
Judging from his very well
composed letter. this particular
pupil was not, by any means. dull
or stupid, though. to be sure, he
may have been inattentive. Yet
The Washington times., 1924-02-08

.urOs Syndicate, Inc.1
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
WHAT 1T WILL DO

Manufacture and deliver electric service COST
Reduce the cost to onehaf perhaps third Of what
private companies must charge to make their profits and d
dends.
Make electricity cheaper COAL gas oil or wood and thus
bring it within the reach of GL
Put electric light and into Amercan
tn country well as town.
Lessen the burden and toll of the housekeeper hom max
ing possible to light cook wash cean pump grind
heat and cool by electric efficiently
wise much less time and with less than half the physical toll
Electrify the industries Of the Nation multiplying their pro-
ducve and developing hundreds Of industries that
possible before
Eecty the railroads and thereby double perhaps
their carrying capacity and reduce the transportation
Eectrfy the farms Of America tighten the heavy burden Of
water grind corn chop feed thesh milk
kinds of farm work. for the farmer electric
for 35 day that would equal the labor power Of five
men and four-horse team.
Electrfy the cities and eliminate most Of their
gas smoke SCOT and ashes
Stop destructive floods
Igate reclaim millions Of Of arid lands where
urned soldiers and citizens generally find employment and
build homes.
Aid navigation.
Expand enlarge and ennoble The industrial agricultural and
domestic life Of the Nation and era Of general
perty.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08

gesOnal seat hate equally to be out Of the running
You may think the congressional seat is vastly i'm
poran but do you think there's any difference in the eyes
Of Fatef
There the sides affair which typical Of the
present domestic situation Mothers having hard time
Of nowadays But they making it much harded for
themselves by their mental aziness and intolerance
plenty of be faced which do involve moral
problems and the wise mother will confne her efforts to
those She won't her force by fitting against
which merely expressions Of changing time
BUT WONDER IF THE PARENTAL HEART rs AL
WAYS ANIMATED BY A DIVINE DESIRE TO BE WISE
OR is 1T QUITE OFTEN THROBBING WITH THE
HUMAN DESIRE TO BE BOSSH
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
SAP AND SALT

Most accidents that happen are
handmade.
Suspicion makes no man wise:
It only makes him cunning.
Some work harder to lose their
reputation than others do to get
one.
When money and brains are
both lacking there II still hope
you can run for office.
Perhaps the reason virtue 10 so
generally popular IL because It
earns such small wages.
II you are criticised, he CRATE.
full. 1t is evidence that you have
become important enough to at.
tract notice.
It's easy to get in; hard to get
out. Witness: Debt, trouble, mar
riage.
Hez Heck says: "As a foller's
bank account swells. his head
generally follows suit"
Copyrights. isas. Pssmisr syndicate Ina
The Washington times., 1924-02-08

DE slow enough to be sure
Ignorance is the mother Of impudence.
From eye and ear and tongue and touch and thought
reject all lewdness
false balance is abOminable to the Lord, but just
weight is His delight
man who has not learned to say "No'' will be weak
and wretched man till he dies-and after
Learn you to live forever; live az If YOU were
to die tomorrow.
A good life keeps off wrinkles
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN

You have lived if you have loved.
A man Of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city
No cut like unkndness
It's an ILL wind that brings the news of battle.
When you lie down to sleep have only those you trust
around you
Death makes friend and enemy alike impotent It the
final page Of the ledger.
It's poor general who leads his men. Brains, not
bravery, needed in a commander.
Do not let evil grow Attack it before It has strength
tcesszsh. ass. Msvspap~ Feature service Inol
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
By ELSIE ROBINSON

Righteousness. She was simply battling
the mold Of her youth.
And the daughter knew this. She knew
it from her individual experience and from
the inherited antagonism which lively Youth
has ever shown to Sluggish Age. Age can
impose no crueller edict on Youth than to
command it to be queer" for it virtually
DEGREES that Youth shall step out Of the
pageant of its generation. The Mother was
swayed by the discomfort she herself ex-
perienced when facing startling innovation.
But she was indifferent to the absolute agony
of child cut off from her contemporaries.
Maudlin nonsense, you sayi Not bit of it.
Whether the medium Of a sleeveless dress, a
in the inner social circle or q con-
The Washington times., 1924-02-08

stand that they immoral and forbade her daughter to
them very laudabe to forbid child doing
something which you think is wrong But is it audabe
brand something which you have done think
ing whateverH And have the right demand obedience
for such sloppy thought workY
the mother had seriously studied this sleeveless
fashion she would have discovered that is neither new
demorazng Nearly every generation has passed through
sleeveless gown period The finest women in our history
have worn gowns of far more startling STYLE The decoete
gowns Of the Civil War period revealed much of the
human body The pnched waist Of Mothers won grhood
immeasuraby to being a moral ISSUE for it
really harmed the body In short neither history
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
LISTEN, WORLD!

WHERE'S no class of human beings for
whom have deeper sympathy than for
the Misunderstood Parents. Unless,
perhaps, it's the Misunderstood Children Of
those parentsl Between the parents who
don't understand their children and the chill
dren who can't understand their parents the
home is having hard time Of it these days.
Did you read about the eighteen-year-old girl
who took poison because her mother would
not let her omit the sleeves from her party
gownf Utterly unreasonable! Perhaps.
But before you pass judgment stop and con-
slider both sides Of the question.
Sleeveless party gowns were a new fashion
to the mother. They exposed the arm in
way which startled her. Therefore, being
alien to her experience she at once took the