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MAKINS MOD
DOWN IN MEXICO
Martin Winther Sends Mes
sage Praising Work of Ke
nosha Men in Charge of
Army Truck Trains.
PULL OTHER TRUCKS OUT
Kenosha Men All Well and Happy and
Making Records of Whcih Oity May
Well Be Proud —the War Dept. Con*
sidering Blds for Big Truck Orders.
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* El Paso, Texas, *
* March 31, 1916. *
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Kenosha Evening News: *
Kenosha, Wis. *
* Kenosha can be proud of her *
* boys in Mexico as harder work- *
* ers can not be found. All are * ■
* well and happy and send greet- * >
* ings to the folks at home. It * ■
* has rained hard here for many *
* hours and certain trucks can’t * i
lu* go out. Guess which trucks * |
are making good—nuff sed. * ,
* C M. P. Winther. * j
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This is the. message from the border
received by the Kenosha Evening
News this morning. Mr. Winther was
one of the members of the last band
oi Kenosha men to go to Mexico and
he is in close touch with just what is
going on along the border. His story
of how K( nosha boys are making good
working the two hundred mile trail in
the wake of the army in Mexico is
supplemented by a lot of letters which
have been received in Kenosha. Of
ficial dispatches also mention the
Kenosha truck units. The big Jeffery
fl Quads” are proving of real service
to Uncle Sam and they arc now
thoroughly organized into the supply
train for the army pursuing Villa.
When the first battle of the Mexican
campaign was fought on Thursday the
Kenosha truck drivers were within a
few miles of the Uattle line and they
got a chance to hear the booming |
oi the musketry and to get the j
smell of the powder.
Of the more than eighty Kenosha
men who have gone to Mexico but one
man has returned. He came back be
cause he did not like the employment
offered by Uncle Sam. The army of
ficials have made no effort to enforce
contracts and the men who are not in
touch with the enthusiasm, which
marks the movements of the army
in Mexico are not being detained
against their will.
A lot more Kenosha men are in
training for service in Mexico. Just
ftt present, according to letters from
the front, the main thing for the men j
to learn is how to tow in some of the ;
trucks not made in Kenosha. One let- i
ter declared that one truck was towed
in for a distance of one hundred and
thirty-five miles and that the big
'Jeffery Quad brought in the truck
and carried its load of empties at
the same time.
Bids for added motor truck equip
ment for the army were opened in New
York on last Wedn? day and it is ex
pected that contracts will be awarded
the first of next week, possibly on,
Monday. It is certain that the Keno
sha company will get its share of this
business as the army officials have un
qualifiedly endorsed tho work of the
Jeffery trucks over the almost impossi
ble roads in Mexico. The truck trains
are now close to two miles in length
when the drivers take their distance
to keep away from the dusts of the
Mexican deserts, but the trains are so
well guarded by regular troops that
it is declared that none of the Keno
sha boys are in danger.
BRIGHTON SETS RECORD.
Pauperism is an unknown word in
the town of Brighton for this morn
ing the officials of the town made their
annual report “Out Door Relief” for
the year of 1915. Not a single cent
iwas expended by the town in caring
for paupers and the answers to a long
column of questions are “none” with
out a single exception. The fact that
no money has been spent in this work
in the town of Brighton does not indi
cate that Brighton is forgetful of its
duty to the unfortunates. Not a sin
gle application for relief was received
during the year 1915 and not an ap
plication thus far in 1916. The rec
ord is one that has not been made by
j+he other towns of the county, but
■most of the towns report very few
’requests for relief.
George W. Debry, aged sixty-one
years, one of the best known of the
pioneer residents of Racine county,
died at tho home of his daughter in
that city on Friday. Mr. Derby was
an undo of Mrs. Howard Bain of Ke
nosha and he was widely known among
Kenosha people-
GBT BREAKWATER BIDS*
North Lake Avenue Breakwater to be
Built at a Cost Less Than tho
Amount of the Bond Issue.
The street assessment committee of
the city council in special session on
Friday afternoon, opened bids for the
Lake avenue breakwater and the job
will probably go to Greiling Brothers
of Green Bay, now in charge of lay
ing the new intake for the wafer com
pany. The low bid of this 'company
was $26,062 for the construction of
thirteen hundred feet of breakwater
from the north limits of the city to
the south limits of Garfield street. As
the city has made an appropriation of
$30,000 and bonds for this amount are
now being issued it is probable that
the committee will plan for an exten
sion of the breakwater to the south
line of Garfield street extended. All
of this work can be completed within
the $30,000. Other bidders for the
contract were: McMullen and Pits of
Manitowoc, $29,800; Peter B. Gallo
way, Racine, $32,580, and The Great
Lakes Dredge and Dock company of
Milwaukee, $38,750. The members of
committee regard the bid of the Green
Bay firm as a very favorable one and
it is expected that the contract for the
work will be let by the council at the
meeting on Monday evening. The
contract will provide that the work be
completed by the first of August.
“SEND ’EM ALONG” ORDINANCE
City and County Officials Asked to
Join in Big Movement for the
Elimination of Tramps.
Members of the city council and
members of the county board are be
ing asked to join in the “Move ’Em
Along” movement that is now work
ing in many parts of the country as a
solution of the tramp problem. The
olan proposed is the passage of an or
dinance which will give pauper officials
the right to furnish money for the
transportation of vagrants to the
cities or towns in which they have a
legal residence. The ordinance has
been approved by many civic associa
tions and it is, being strongly urged
by the charitable organizations of Ke
nosha. The plan proposed is not to
furnish transportation to any vagrant
until after an examination has been
made to find out just where the man
has a legal residence and then he is to
be- sent to this place to be cared for
by the proper officials. In Kenosha
it has been the plan to furnish such
people with transportation to the south
limits of the city and many of the of
ficials are inclined to believe that this
plan is just as good as the one pro
vided in the proposed ordinance.
NOT FOR “GRASS” WIDOWS.
Divorced Women Do Not Come Under
Workings of “Mother’s Pen
sion” Act in the State.
The mother’s pension law, whicn
has been in operation in this city and
county since the first of the year,
seems to have been misconstrued in
some counties, but the ruling of the
state board of control made at the re
quest of Judge Kreiss of Appleton has
cleared up the situation and made it
plain that divorced women do not come
under the workings of that law 7 . The
ruling was obtained by reason of the
fact that the state refused to reim
burse the county for money paid to a
divorced woman and her four children.
There has been no misunderstanding
regarding the provisions of the law in
this county. Local judges stated
this morning that the law is plain and
that only widows, and wives of per
sons serving time in a prison or the
dependents of missing husbands are
eligible for support. There have been
no applications for aid in this county
by divorced women, and should there
be any the application -will be refus
ed, as no mention is made in the law
enabling a court to dispense the funds
for the support of such cases.
SEES SUCCESS IN FIVE YEARS.
National Speaker Talks of Movement
to Secure Constitutional Amend
ment in United States.
The Rev. Howard 11. Russell of New
York, spoke to one hundred and
seventy-five men at the Congregational
church last night following a luncheon
which was given through the courtesy
of the National Anti-Saloon League.
Dr. Russell was the founder of the
Anti-Saloon League in Ohio, twenty
three years ago and has been promin
ently identified with the movement
since. He spoke on the industrial
phases of the temperance question,
calling attention to the fact that it
has been scientifically proved that
drink causes inefficiency, accidents and
sickness among laboring men and is an
expensive proposition for the employer.
The speaker outlined the movement
being carried on now for the adoption
of an amendment to the constitution
of the United States prohibiting the
manufacture, sale, importation and
transportation of alcoholic liquors for
beverage purposes and predicted the
success of this movement in five years.
A force of twenty men have been
sent to Kenosha by the Wisconsin
Telephone company to have charge of
the underground work and it is ex
pected that the work will be well under
way within the next few days. An
drew Dye, former manager of the
Kenosha exchange, is to have charge
of the construction work here.
Aiderman Conrad Shearer was in
Milwaukee on Friday afternoon look
ing further into plans for the munici
pal collection of garbage in the city.
It is expected that the city collections
will be started before the first of May.
KENOSHA MAY
LOSE MCSHANE
Akron, Ohio, Flirting With
Health Commissioner Who
Has Made Wonderful
Record in Kenosha.
WOULD REORGANIZE BOARD
Dr. J. J. McShane is Called to kkron
by Long Distance Telephone to Be
come Chief Adviser of Health Board
of City of 80,000 People Friday.
Kenosha may lose the services of its
efficient health commissioner, Dr. .John
J. McShane, as telegrams from Akron,
Ohio, today indicate that that city is
flirting with the Kenosha commissioner
and he may be selected to take the lead
in the reorganizing of the health de
partment of Akron. This is a city of
80,000 people and regarded as one of
the most progressive cities in Ohio.
Friday afternoon a long distance
telephone call came to Dr. McShane
asking that he act as adviser for that
city in the reorganizing of its health
department. Dr. McShane left for
Akron on Friday evening but before
he left he declined to discuss the possi
bility of his leaving Kenosha.
Dr. McShane declared that he had
been courteously asked to come to
Akron and advise with the officials of
that city in regard to the reorganizing
of the health department and that he
had no further information to give cut
in regard to the matter.
Telegrams from Akron declare that
the Kenosha health chief is being very
strongly considered as the head of the
department at Akron. If such is the
case, it is pretty certain that Kenosha
will be forced to seek a new commis
sioner, as Akron is a city that does
big things and when it wants a man it
usually gets him.
It is interesting to Kenosha to know
that when Akron started out to seek
the best man it could hope to get in
the country to advise as to the reor
ganization of its health board that it
came to Kenosha. It is declared that
the health experts’of Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois were asked to make a study and
suggest an expert to deal with the
problem at Akron and that these men
picked the Kenosha commissioner of
health.
The accomplishment of Dr. McShane
at Kenosha has brought him into the
national limelight as the man in charge
of the department which has brought
the lowest death rate of any city of
30,000 in the country. Dr. W. A.
Evans of Chicago has repeatedly de
clared that the accomplishment of Dr.
McShane in Kenosha gave him the
right to rank as one of the leading
health experts of the country.
It was gloomy at the city hall today,
for everywhere there was a feeling of
regret at the possibility that Dr. Me
Shane might be called to leave Keno
sha. Men who have been in close touch
with Dr. McShane fee! that his depar
ture from Kenosha would be one of the
greatest losses that the city could be
forced to meet. His w r ork in Kenosha
has been carried on without any fric
tion, but it has brought results.
Many prominent men connected with
the battle for health in Wisconsin have
strongly advocated the work of Dr. Me
Shane in Kenosha as a model for health
officials of the entire nation and it was
the statements of these men that caused
the officials of Akron to call Dr. Me
Shane as the chief adviser in the reor
ganization of tho board in that city.
Akron is going to have a non-parti
san board of health, similar to the
board in Kenosha.
Members of the Kenosha board of
health, without exception, today de
clared that they were hopeful that Dr.
McShane would not be called upon to
leave Kenosha for a broader field of
■work in the Ohio city, but they also
declared that they would not interfere
with his advancement if he should re
ceive the offer to head the new board
in the Ohio city.
SKETCH OF CAMP LIFE.
Dealing with the life at the Wis
consin Boys’ Y. M. C. A. Camps at
Phantom Lake, and the Wisconsin
Girls’ Camp at Waupaca, a sketch out
lined a little of one day’s activities
at these camps, and all who saw it
went home from Park Avenue church
on Friday night enthusiastic on the
subject of Boys and Girls Summer
Camps. The Girls Camps at Waupaca,
last from July 19th to August 16th,
and anyone interested or who has
young folks interested should com
municate with Mrs. Peter F. Stair, Ke
nosha. Mrs. Stair has complete
charge of the camp, and will give as
surance of the safety of any girl de
siring to attend. The Boys Camps at
Phantom Lake, last from June 28th
to August 23rd and anyo n e, wishing
information should address W. H.
Wones, 147 Fourth street, Milwaukee,
oz any of the local Methodist boys
i or leaders.
THE TELEGRAPH-COURIER, TatfttSßAY, APRIL 8, 1916.
RUSAL SERVICE
SUSPENDED NOW
Two Routes Out of Kenosha
Have no Service—Carriers
Decline to Accept an
Appointment.
‘S.O.S.’CALL TO DEPARTMENT
Mail for Routes Nos. 1 and 2 Remains
Undelivered at Kenosha Post Office
and. Local Officials Ask for Instruc
tions as to Future Action in Case.
For the first time in the history of
the rural mail service delivery of mail
on two of the principal rural routes
out of Kenosha was suspended this
morning and mail for routes number 1
and number 2 remained undelivered in
the office while people along the routes
who were expecting letters today were
foaming and frothing over the delay.
“We can’t do anything to help the
matter out,” was the statement at the
post office. “The temporary carriers
who covered the routes on Friday re
fused to go out this morning and the
carriers named by the department de
clined to accent tho places.”
It was a’ disgusted look on the face
of the postmaster and his assistants
and the whole thing was decidedly an
noying. The temporary carriers had
served notice some time ago that they
would not work after the end of March
and late Friday afternoon the post
master received a telegram from Wash
ington naming George P. Thomas as
carrier for route No. 1 and George R.
Pirsch for route No. 2. These two men
had gone over the routes with the
temporary carriers and when they were
advised that they had been named as
permanent carriers on the route, they
told the postmaster that they would
not accept. They even declined to get
out and go over the routes until some
other carriers could be named by civil
service examiner John O. Rogers, who
is working as a temporary carrier on
route No. 3, went out this morning with
the mail for this route, but there is
little reason to believe that he w 7 ill con
tinue in service after Mojiday qr Tues
day.
The postmaster this morning sent a
telegram to the department showing
the conditions here and he declared
this afternoon that he was hopeful that
the matter would be settled today or
Monday morning so that the regular
deliveries could be made on Monday.
He was hopeful but he declared that
he had no real assurance that the new
appointments would be made. In the
meantime people living on the, routes
who come to the post office are being
accommodated with deliveries through
th<> general delivery window.
Mail was piled up high on the desks
this morning -with no one to handle it.
The real trouble here is the roads.
Men named as carriers declare that it
will be hard to cover the routes in the
time demanded by the government.
The carrier must also make provision
for his horse and buggy and most of
the men who have taken and passed
the examinations are unable to meet
this demand of tho government. It
looks now as if the government will be
to make some provision for vehi
cles for the carriers on these routes.
The embarrassment of today was
caused by the long delay in the rural
mail bureau in making appointments to
the carrier service. These places have
been vacant for months and filled by
temporary appointments and the de
partment had been advised that some
thing must be done at once. There is
no way to force the temporary carriers
to continue in the service of the gov
ernment as they long ago served no
tice on the postmaster that they would
decline to work after the first of April
unless insured of permanent employ
ment.
It is said that the temporary car
riers would be willing to go back into
the service if they were assured ap
pointments for at least a year.
A jury in the Municipal Court
heard the evidence in the suit of the
Story and Clark Piano company
against Ira Forrester on Friday after
noon. After a half hour’s delibera
tion the jury brought in a verdict for
the defendant.
The remains of the late Sarah A.
Hannan, who died in Chicago on Wed
nesday evening, were laid at rest in the
family plot in St. James’ cemetery this
morning, following a short funeral ser
vice at St. James’ church.
County Highway Commissioner John
Herzog is getting ready to start the
road work and he' hopes to have
his first gang of men at work the mid
dle of April.
S M. Sutherland o’s Chicago, came
to Kenosha on Friday to attend the
funeral of the late Ralph E. Suther
land.
Want Ads Bring Results
R. E. SUTHERLAND
CALLED BY DEATH
■ Pioneer Resident of the City
Died Very Suddenly at His
Home on Sheridan Road
Wednesday Afternoon.
LOSSPROMINENTIBKENOSHA
■
Stricken With Heart Disease He Dies
' Before a Physician Could Be Called—
Had Been Active in Business Af
fairs of City for Half Century.
R. E. Sutherland, one of the oldest
and best known of the pioneer resi
dents of Kenosha, died very suddenly
at. his home at the corner of Park
street and Sheridan Road, on Wednes
day afternoon. The announcement of
the sudden death of Mr. Sutherland
came as a great shock to his many
friends in the city as he had been
seemingly in the best of health until a
few minutes before he was called by
death. On Wednesday morning he had
been at his desk in the office of the
Kenosha Gold Mining company in the
' Scholer building and when he went
i home at noon there was no premoni
tion of the approaching end. He ate
dinner with the members of his family
and was cheerful at the dinner table.
: After dinner was over he went out in
‘ to the yard and began raking the lawn,
i He seemed to tire quickly and have a
i feeling of indigestion. He went into
the house, sat down in his favorite
rocking chair in the living room and
simply went to sleep. Dr. P. P.
M. Jorgensen was called but when ho
reached the house Mr. Sutherland had
already passed away.
The death of Mr. Sutherland marks
the passing of a man who had been
very prominent in the business and
social life of Kenosha for more than
a half a century.
Ralph Erskine Sutherland was born
in Barnet, Vermont, June 10th, 1838.
He was a son of George Sutherland,
of Scotch parentage and the family
was one of the oldest of the Vermont
families. Mr. Sutherland was educat
ed in the schools of Barnet and later
at the Academy at Mclndoes Falls, Vt.
I Several of his boyhood companions
I had come to Kenosha in the early days
and in 1.854 Mr. Sutherland followed
them. After reaching Kenosha, he
found his first employment on the
farm of "Harvey Durkee in the town of
Pleasant Prairie where he worked for a
short time. Early in life* he showed a
liking for commercial life and he gave
up his work on the farm and came to
Kenosha. For many years he was em
ployed z as a clerk in the store of Wm.
Ernst. Tn the late sixties he formed a
partnership with his brother-in-law, the
late George D. Head, under the firm
name of Head and Sutherland and this
company became one of the most nota
ble of the pioneer companies of Keno
sha. The company engaged in the
manufacture of wagons and branched
out into the hay pressing business and
built up a trade which extended all
over this section of Wisconsin. Later
the company turned its attention to the
lumber business and the Head and
Sutherland company became the - fore
runner of the present Kenosha Lumber
company. Nearly thirty years ago a
: disastrous fire swept the Head and
Sutherland lumber yards and after this,
fire Mr. Sutherland retired from the
business. In .1904 in company with his
son-in-law, Harry Skinkle, Mr. Suth
erland organized the R. E. Sutherland
and company which for eleven years
was active in the dry goods business
on Main street.
Since the Sutherland company went
out of business Mr. Sutherland had
lived a retired life, but had given a
part of his time to his duties as secre
tary of the Kenosha Gold Mining Co.
In his busy life Mr. Sutherland
found time to serve the people in pub
lic affairs and for six years he filled
the position of county treasurer. He
always took a great interest in the
political life of the city and county
and he was an ardent supporter
of Republican principles and the Re
publican party.
In his social life Mr. Sutherland
claimed the friendship of thousands of
people in Kenosha county. He was
one of the oldest members of the
Masonic lodge in Kenosha. He was a
member of the Blue lodge, the Chap
ter, the Council and the Commandery
and he took a most active interest in
all of these organizations. He was a
teacher of Masonry in Kenosha and he
was known as the best posted member
of the Kenosha lodges in the ritualis
tic work of the order. He took a great
interest in the instruction of the young
er men in Masonry and fully half of
the members of the Kenosha lodge had
learned their work in the order under
his tutelage. Only a short time ago he
kok a keen pleasure in the fact that
he gave the obligation of the order to
his grand-son, Ralph Skinkle.
On April 18, 1865, Mr. Sutherland
was married to Mary E. Head at Keno
sha. Their home life, extending over a
period of more than fifty vears. had
been the center of his affection. The
Sutherland home was noted as a home
of hospitality and Mr. and Mrs. Suth
erland never lost their interest in the
advancement of their friends. # Less
than a year ago they quietly observed
the golden anniversary of their
marriage.
Mr. Sutherland is survived by his
widow, one daughter Mrs. Cora S.
Skinkle of this city, and one son,
George R. Sutherland of Chicago.
JEFFERY GIVES $1,200.
Sheridan Road Improvement Associa
tion in Session in Milwaukee
Get Gifts for Work.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Sheridan Road Improve
ment association at the Republican
House, Milwaukee, Thursday afternoon
it was decided to set aside the week
of May 14th to as Sheridan
Road membership week.
The eighteen members present prom
ised to make special efforts to raise
the membership of the organization by
al. least ten each, while some pledged
to get twenty-five new members. It
was suggested that solicitors be engag
ed to enlist new members.
Ray Smith, chairman, suggested that
a meeting of the directors of the Wis
consin association be held with direc
tors of the Sheridan Road Improve
ment association of Illinois some time
ic the near future to discuss plans for
the extension of the Sheridan Road.
He also suggested that the executive
committee be authorized to publish a
booklet containing the names of the
members and official reports of the
various committees and officers.
“ Racine county, through the activi
ty of the Racine Commercial club, has
raised sufficient funds for the building
of three and one-half miles of concrete
pavement between Milwaukee and Ra
cine,” said Mr. Smith. “Kenosha
will double the original appropriation
for improved highways, so that at the
end of 1916 there will be little work
left on the Wisconsin end.”
W. E. Haefner, D. O. Head and T.
E. Otjen were appointed a committee
to call upon the board at Cudahy and
to determine where the road is going
through there.
The chairman reported that since
the last meeting W. E. Hamilton re
signed as secretary and has been suc
ceeded by Joseph S. Smith.
The association appropriated one
hundred dollars toward a fund of
eight thousand dollars, which is being
raised to complete a stretch of con
crete road in Caledonia township.
Charles T. Jeffery of Kenosha contri
buted twelve hundred dollars toward
this fund. Herman 0. Kletzsch was
appointed to call upon the members
of the Milwaukee Hotel association to
solicit subscriptions.
VETERAN CONDUCTOR DEAD.
Sinon R. Crowley, Well Known to
Kenosha Travelers, Died at His
Home in Oak Park Thursday.
Another one of the old veterans of
the force of conductors of the Chicago
and North-Western Railway Company,
passed away Thursday when Sinon R.
Crowley, better known as “Sam”
Crowley, died at his home in Oak Park
after a long illness from a complica
tion of diseases. He had been in the
employ of the company for the past
thirty-five years and for ten years he
had been on the run between Milwau
kee and Chicago. He had gone north
or. the train leaving Chicago at 10:10
in the morning and south on the 2:36
in the afternoon. He was ■widely
known to Kenosha people. Conductor
Crowley was sixty-six years of age
and he gave up the run about two
months ago on account of ill health.
He is survived by his widow and two
sons. The funeral will be held in
Chicago on Saturday morning with
interment at Rosehill cemetery.
ROADS SCHOOL IN RACINE.
Large Delegration of Kenosha Road
Builders Attend Sessions
Held on Thursday.
F. M. Balsley and W. M. Deßerard
of the state highway commission, con
ducted a class of instruction in road
building for town chairmen, foremen
and rollermen at the county board
rooms in the court house in Racine on
Thursday afternoon. The meeting was
attended by officials and workmen
from both Racine and Kenosha coun
ties and specific instructions were
given in the proper method of handling
the various kinds of material which go
into modern road beds. Especial
stress was laid on the shaping and
rolling of roads, so as to afford the
best drainage and resist wear. Th se
instructions are continually being con
ducted in various parts of the state,
the officials of two or three .counties
being gathered in one place so as to
lessen the expense and time required.
Last year Racine officials attended a
similar meeting in Kenosha. About
thirty attended the conference, half of
them being from Kenosha county.
The telephone company this morning
reported that all of the city damage
from the recent storm had been re
paired. It will be several days before
all the country lines are back in serv
ice. but the work is being rushed as
much as possible.
F. F. Mohr, manager of the Western
L'nion Telegraph company in Milwau
kee. was a Kenosha visitor Friday
afternoon.
Tire manufacturers predict another
15<% increase. Buy your season *s tires
now. Complete stock just received.
Russell Bros. Phone 191. advdwa3
KENOSHA MEH
FIGHT ON BOR'
Members of the Sorrensen
Family in Army and Navy
In the Chase After Villa
In Mexico.
LOKS SERVICE FOR SERGEANT
Sergeant Sorrensen Who Enlisted at
Time of Spanish-American War Has
Seen Long Service and His Nephew
is Winding Up His Enlistment.
The Sorrensen family of Kenosha is
doing its share in the chase for \ ilia
and two members of the family are
now on the borders of Mexico just
waiting a chance to get into the front
rank of the battle which is to follow.
First Sergeant S. P. T. Sorrensen,
matured as a soldier by more than
twenty years of campaigning, is with
Troop C. of the First Cavalry at Doug
las, Arizona, ready for border service
and he has seen a lot of it. Sergeant
Sorrensen from the point of years
served, is one of the oldest, if not the
oldest, man in the army from Kenosha.
He has served a total of twenty-four
years. Just a little while before the
Spanish-American war a recruiting of
ficer came to Kenosha and Sorrensen
was interested. He had traveled
around considerable and be drifted
west and managed to enlist as one of
Hie famous Rough Riders who served
under Col. Roosevelt and he was in
the famous charge at San Juan hill.
Later he got into the regulars and saw
•i number of years of service in the
Philippine Islands while the American
troopers were fighting the guerrilla
warfare against the natives before the
islands were pacified. Ten years ago
he returned to the regular service in
this country and much of his time has
been spent on the border. Letters re
cently received from him declare that
he is expecting to leave in a short time
to join the expedition into Mexico.
The other member of the Kenosha
Sorrensen family who is going to help
in Mexico is Magnus J. Sorrensen.
He has followed the Stars and Stripes
as a member of the naval forces for
the past four years and while he is
but nineteen years of age a letter re
ceived from him on Thursday states
that he has been raised to the rank of
quartermaster. He is now on the
Cruiser Raleigh which is on the west
coast of Mexico loaded down with
ammunition for use in battling the
Villaistas or any other troop of the
Mexicans which may be mixed'up with
the United States. Young Sorrensen
will have served out his term of en
listment in December and he plans to
return home at that time if the brush
with Mexico is over. Like his uncle
of twenty-four years service he likes
the service of Uncle Sam and he has
already declared that just as soon as
his first term is over he will enlist in
the navy for another term.
The Sorrensens have many friends
and relatives in Kenosha and the fact
that they are with the army and navy
on the border adds interest to the dis
patches from the field.
CARRIERS SERVE NOTICE.
Men Will Not Work After the First
Day of April Unless Some Forma)
Appointments are Made.
Three rural mail carriers now work*
ir.g out of the Kenosha postoffice have
served formal notice on the postmaster
that their services as temporary car
riers must come to and end with the
completion of the trips tomorrow. The
postmaster today wired Washington
asking that appointment of regular
rural carriers be made by wire at
once in order that the work of get
ting the mails to patrons may not be
interrupted. Examinations for these
carriers were held many weeks ago
and the standings of the carriers have
been made public. Some of the temp
orary carriers did not make the high
est grades in the examinations and for
this reason they do not expect perma
nent employment. Now that the roads
are getting decidedly bad they are un
willing to continue in service only to
give up the work to some appointee of
the department when the weather gets
more favorable for this class of work.
I* is expected that the appointment of
the carriers will reach the local
office some time this afternoon or
tomorrow’ morning.
There seems to be a unanimous chofus
of “Ayes” to the motion that we have
a real chamber of commerce in Keno
sha. Now let’s all get together and
put it over. What we need is someone
to take the start and then a lot more
to push.
A Milwaukee minister charged the
President with “talking through his
hat. ’ We would not go that far, but
probably the President was just a lit
tle changeable on the subject of
paredness—just a little.