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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

Ewing Herbert, editor Of the Hia
waths World, thinks it does not and
be offers some comparisons with the
oil legislation. He says; "Most all Of
the pledges Of reform went up in a
stampede designed to initiate oil
stocks. Aid voted oil producers
which few months before was re.
fused food sufferers. A state refinery
to make Rockefeller decentl The Ad-
vertising gained was considerable,
but the rocket which sailed so high
no longer lights the sky and all there
is left Of the fireworks is the stick
which fell into the supreme court
after the explosion.
magazine and newspaper writers
have assured the public that Kansas
would 'strangle the monster--the
Standard Oil trust--and make 1t be
decent with state refinery, just as
1t strangled the Irvine trust and made
II be decent with state twine plant.
, "Calm truth Compels the acknowl-
edgment that tho Kansas twine plant
does not affect the Irvine trust to the
extent Of cutting down the trust price
as much as q single penny. The
price Of trust twine In Kansas 10
twelve cents . pound. 1t 10 the same
price in Missouri, Iowa. Nebraska and
other states which have no state
Irvine plants. The labor and supply |
Of slsal enter into the price asked, |
while the penitentiary product Is
made at public expense with prison
labor and sold to the few who can DO
supplied for, say, nine cents q pound.
1t follows, then, that the Kansan who
does not need twine or can't get II
pays the difference between the
prison twlne and the trust Irvine. So
the state twine output is unfair and
uu-AmericSn, for II It Is as good as
trust twlns it should be sold at the
same price. II will be generally
agreed that the trust price Of twelve
cents ApOund is no nearer robbery
thaa oil and gasoline isAt fifteen cents
a gallon. II the quality isgood 1t Is
worth thai, for the home dealer gets
his profit out Of that price. The state
supply cuts out the home dealer ana
thus harms a Citizen and taxpayer
who is entitled to fair play as well .,
the consumer"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25
Those Scientific Farmers.

Despite the high sounding title pos
sessed BY the Washington agricultural
experts who came to Hsrington this
week the Dickinson county farmers
are Inclined to smile when they think
Of the practical results Of the meet
ing.
There was a1nice pleasant GENTLE
man from Washington who told the,
audience that It Is q good thing to
raise alfalfa. The Dickinson county
farmers knew that ten, years ago and
for decade have been sailing down
alfalfa money In baak deposits and
insxhaustible bottom land.
Wheh the nice gshtlsmhn was talk.
lag a farmer interrupted him and
asked, ''What Is The best, way to get
astahd Of alialhp" The alec gentle
man Who farms on the asphalt nave
msnts Of Wsshington. D. O., was
austsrsd .. lIilIs but be rallied and
suivsly replied; III you win read
the Bulletins from the agricultural
departments you will find out about
that" Thea hssmflsd pstrohIHinRIy.
Oh. Il wah hslPIalipssHnel We
cannot Be too glad that the mics plug
AAilsd geutlsneh from washington
zane 70 Kansas to tell rs how to iaim.
The one sensible speaker In tis bunch
vas ''Tana Jim, !" the uhrsvd Scotch
nan Who presidss over ne Iilpars.
nee, % Agriou1urs. sThs ~
4 Asl - n.
D 80
"a &
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

Chicago and St. Louis will live in
future history as the two greatest
cities Of the world, Prof. !. Paul GoOde
Of the University Of Chicago told hiu
students In AleOturs the other day.
''In the near iutursths ocean steam.
ships will come straight TO Chicago
BY means Of the St. Lawrence river
and the Great Lakes" he said.
"ships will go to ST.. Louis BY means
fths Mississippi, and IL will become
The second largest city Of the world
because Of Its commerce. And Abb.
lene will Be On the direct ship canal
from Pikss Peak 10 LOOkut Noun.
tAinwhsp Al that happens.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25


Atchison Globe: Readers Of mag.
asInss stories have observed thai TIE
bI.tsrssl stories against women xsrs
written By Ons RnOry POttls. and
that the stories showing up the men
- they really are, were written By
Julia Wilbur Potslt. It sssms that
.lhsy sFo man and wife. aud, altar
writing eaeh other up for several
years, and 6ghiing q literary dusl.
they have 81 last rSaohsd he cllmax
Of their quarrel n q divoros. Read
story 81 notils WtsdaveF you get
= ohanosi saoh ono he's had . tasiS d
nj eSpelinnos With TIE naannass o.
ne other.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

Like other tovhs Abilene hasksrI
after glory. A number Of business
and professional men are getting Il
IL book printed 1t Topeka. Il viii
be delivered soon and thu agent viii
collect $3.50 TIE Enporia Gazssl,
says the people there are getting
theiFs and sddG They are nov viii.
ing 10 admit that they are legitimate
prey for lightning rod agents, patsn,
medicine sharks and bunoo slsrsrs.
The proposition ~ Outlinsa By the
sgehi vas beautiful. In smooth Ian.
guags he told Of the uuPsrIativs work
Of art that vas 70 b produced. Of TIE
value which future gsnsratloBs Of
KAnsanH would place on this book,
showing q I, did The pictures Of ths
most ianOHs msn Of the line. Il
iancy re Victims NV thsntciFos
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25
H1rl1etOn VIM conc.

The Abilene fire department. has in
vited all the departments Of central
Kansas to come to the Fourth Of July
celebration. Secretary Snider today
received q letter from the HeringtUn
Organization saying, that It will be
here and wear is new uniforms
which have been ordered.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

Marion must be q nice county to
live In. 1t is reported that the Coun-
" clerk falsified the records and stols
. lot Of money and . man left 10
charge Of Gov. HOChS paper got
tangled upin the proceedings but II IL
announced that they will return the
msnsy taken and no prosecutions will
follow. ThatiS really accommod ating
and ought to be very satisfactory to
the persons implicated. In other
counties men 60 to jail for less than
that.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25
The Era1 Of Porch Building.

A new style Of porch 10 coming in.
You can tell within a few years Of the
date when any porch in town wat
butt. They run in groups. The
Square-Cornered porch with posts
made Of four boards nailed together
box-like is OF the Boom age and
matches the houses with towers and
winding stairs. The turned postt
set 10 pairs with lot Of jim.craCk
fret work between, and with round or
diagonal corners, belongs to the Anti
dlluvian period. It was eli the rage
then-the more jlrn-craCks the finer
the porch--And dozens Of examples
are in q good state Of preservation.
After the Flood came the Colonial
fashion white columns with or with.
out connecting rails. 1t made no
difference what the style Of the house;
everything from three'room cottage
to a twO-story mansion had the
Colonial porch and anyone who built.
new porch in either Of the other
styles would have been run out Of
town.
But that has passed away and there's
. new style-the Cement era. 1t is
distinguished BY massive square pill.
Lara Of cement blocks on which are
set Greclsn columns. Halt q dozen
such pOrches are being built aud in
after years they will mark the bdgin-
ming Of the cement stone industry in
Abilene. They are very attractive
but so were the other styles when
they were new, though now the pos
SCISSORS thereof are away back in the
Dark Ages, hOpslsssly and helplsssly
0us Oistyls
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

Ia introducing Secretary Wilson 10
the audience At HsrlngtOn Monday,
Secretary oOburn, speaking Of thiu
county said: "a county that las,
yssr had tS,sOl.OOO worth Of agrioul.
tuFAl products tSOl worth for ever
man, woman and child Of the farm
population or SIT par capita iOr
every individual in the county, ~
gnrdlsss Of color sex or size. A
county dotted with comfortable
homes, WisheharohSs snd with school,
IN which are employed $50 teacher.
stan annual cost Of ESQ., 900; with a
mile % railrOad 70 each l4o Of its pso.
PIE, and . surplus deposllsd ia her
hspkl equal 70 $500 for ever family.
Not, hoWsEer q rsgion irriistoi Win
milk and honey, bat dssmsd more
sro.1blt q Z place Of tosidenoo On
~ zoaountp n
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

Churches do not expect much Of .
pastor. One at Peoria, Ills, asked
that the man who received Its call
should have only these seven qualiH'
crtions; Must be a young man. mar
risd. an evangelist, lodge man, a
mixer, . crank, and willing to bear
the burdens Of the congregation. He
was found in a neighbOriOg town and
has taken up the white mans burden.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25
..Tha Tonska c.nit.l v.s No. ~ ,

1.-THE Topeka Capital was not the
only papsrNthat was caught BY Tom
LAwson'S smooth advertisement Of
himself and his magazine. Several
Kansas exchanges are giving him a
free editorial advertisement, some
printing his stuff as q special dis
patch, and others commenting in var
ious ways upon it. Are Kansas rapers
such easy marks as thstP Lawson is
. grand stand player, shark who is
trying to down some other sharks,
and he has admitted that he Is as bad
as the O.her fellows. but not as smart.
But be seems to be smart enough to
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

G. W. Mcknight Of Junction City
10 announced as a candidate for the
nomination for state treasurer on the
Republican ticket next year. They
don't make 'em any finer than Nc
Knight and be would honor any place
the people could give him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

wOrk,the Kansas papers to fragile. !"
So says the Lawrence Gazette. The
REFLECTOR was not one Of the papers
worked nor was 1t when Tom used to
send his advertisements to us by
telegraph.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

Mexico has gene back on Bryan.
But Mr.. Bryan feels no sense Of de.
feat His peculiarly prophetic wis
dom enables him to see q victory In
the circumstance. at will only
hasten the time, says the Commoner,
when al countries must come to
silver" Prophecy lie the one thing Of
which Mr.. Bryan never tires.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

Nearly 5000 small post Offices have
so far been discontinued on account
Of R. r. D., "and still there's more to
follow" In this as in all other a.
fairs Of the world, ones loss is
another'S gain. The department. ex-
poets eventually to pay for R. F. D.
with the savings from abolished post
ofFlcea.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

When trolley line system Is put
in operation throughout Dickinson
county and rural carriers take mail
to every house and telephones reach
every family Abilene will extend Its
city limits to cover the whole county
and 1t will all be one big happy family.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

A Boston minister says "Mr. Rock.
eieller has no ak to grind;" and no
one disputes 1t. Mr.. Rockefeller does
not use an az. He works with pry.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25

Gov. Hoch wants the service for the
Battleship Kansas made in Kansas.
Sure--make 1t out Of Trego county
gold.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-05-25
THURSDAY. MAY IS. 1906.

The divorce record 10 running the
marriage license report q close race
In CHS county.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
GLIB Mr..
JACKSON
BY Donald Murray

A week after I had advertised my
house for sale ! had prospective GUS
toner In the person Of Mr.. X. A. Jack
son.
Mr.. Jackson's business card con
veyed the information that he was in
the life insurance business, and he
gave me to understand that he intend
ed to establish a branch agency AT
Glenville. He was a man OF middle
age, had prosperous look and was a
very glib talker. realized that the
glibness was part OF his business,
and as to his general appearance was
prepossessed In his favor. ! named
my price, and he thought II reasona-
BILE. He paid me 800 in cash to hold
the offer for a week
/ had paid great attention to details
In building the house. | had the best
of burglar alarms, something new in
the way OF window fasteners, and the
place was connected with a police sta
ton and fire engine house. | needed
to be secure. had collection OF
coins and stamps worth $4,000, and
any burglar who once got In could
have taken the whole away in com
mon gripsack. The newspapers We're
always speaking Of the collection, and
I realized that sooner or later some en-
terprising man would seek TO lay
hands on 1t without the formality of a
sale.
Mr.. Jackson had told me that he was
going to Chicago the day after he In
spected the house, but he didn't go.
He came back to measure some OF the
rooms and take q closer look, so that
he might satisfy his wife's curiosity
when he did 60. He paid particular at
tention to the electric wiring on this
occasion, and his words Of praise made
me feel rather proud.
Ny battery room, as l called 1t, was
a closet between the dining room and
the library, and In here led the tele-
phone wires from the roof. The batter
ies for the burglar alarm and the vari-
ous bells about the house rested on
shelves In the closet, and thus had
the whole system under my thumb.
There was an outside window to this
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
Friday. Feb. 8.

Senate-Through his counsel Judge
Swayne made formal response to the
articles OF impeachment made by the
house OF representatives. The answer
was formidable document in point of
size. Each of the twelve articles of
Impeachment was answered at length.
House-Postoffice appropriation bill,
carrying $1SO,7S7,415, passed, follow
ing the defeat of a motion by Mr.. Moon
of Tennessee to recommit it with in
structions to strike out the provision
of the special mail facilities on trunk
lines
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
Hoadley Taken Home.

Albert &. Hoadley, who was attacked
and nearly killed by George H. Beaver
~ Fort Sully,S d. january % wa1
taken " Minneapolis February by ia
oousin. Mrs. Conceive Greaves, with
when he made his home, aud A. W.
Arnoll. who went TO Pierre Tharsday
70 care for him. They drove the shirty
miles 70 Fort sulley when the thermom.
oter stood 80 below zero and return ed
with the injured man on almost as
severe day Mr.. Hoadlsy confirms the
the reports that che attack was q del
iberats one for the purpose Of robbery
and expresses the opinion that Beaver
10 responsible for several mysterious
murders in the cattle country that have
PaAzled she authorities- Mr.. Hoadley
will return TO South Dakota in Ma rch
to testify against his assailant.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
Dog Finds Little Boy Asleep.

Lying uncouncious, and nearly frozen
in the snow, 7-year-old Percy Hanle Y,
1914 West Seventh street. st. Paul was
discovered through the intelligence
and faithfulness of a large st. Bernard
dog the pet of the family,
Saturday, the boy was permitted to
visit some of his piaymates, few
blocks away, but lost his directions and
wandered out into the open prairie near
by. Numbed and exhausted he finally
dropped to the ground in the sleep that
proceeds death by freezing.
The distracted family as a last resort
impressed Nero into the search. The
big dog, his nose close to the ground,
started on calm trot, but soon set off
on wild run. The searchers were
able to follow MIN only by his 5arss,
and after time, they came up to the
faithful animal, who was standing over
the Unconscious form Of the little boy,
his shaggy body between the boy aud
the driving sleet, and uttering pro-
longed signals of distress. Little Percy
was revived, and Nero's standing is
now assured in the Hanley family.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
Tt.E' sos.s sseO NOSE.

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Or ne ssuw df As dsxs sad
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q 49, n tAe - ia Tanss.. .bss.
IL Vupe &cva s.s $500 he
peoens e. r n ewSs hsaS fw the
Saulnhi.s -rAszsaa Ssr H. npsoAax
-. nDsr in~Adap ssa,ss Apw. M ~
- hnA - w ~ 1>Hs csunssn.
hho -. - un $780, o.. the
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GnGSv6naA - npnsk a ssaAxr Asss Ia
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
MANY WoRKMEN KILLED.
Strike Disturbances Occur at Several
Points In Russian Poland.

Strike Disturbances Occur at Several
Points In Russian Poland.
Warsaw, Russian Poland, Feb. T.
According to a report from Radon
twenty workmen have been killed or
wounded In strike disorders there,
while at Skarzysko twenty-four have
been killed and forty wounded.
Grave trouble Is also reported at
Kutno. Troops have been sent to kut-
no from here.
Several men were killed here during
the day by strikers in bakeries and
elsewhere where attempts were made
to resume work. Many arrests have
been made.
The prices Of provisions have gone
up. The peasants are afraid to bring
In their produce.
Strikers attempted to bring out the
employees of the electrical plant 'of the
asylum for lunatics, but the doctors
succeeded In pacifying the men.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

string for him to hit with his foot, ana
when 1 got the signal we redoubled our
noiee In the sitting room.
gave the man fifteen minutes more
10 break his way In and then proceed
Cd to the treasure room and opened
wide the door Mr.. jackson was ALT,
there, and that bear trap had him fast
by the leg. had only got glimpse or ..
him when he whipped out a gun and
sent bullet so close to my ear that 1t
sixxei, and naturally lost no time
getting out Of range. lie then fired
several bullets into the door, but IL
was Of oak, and they did not come
through.
/ had captured him, but at the same
time he had captured the house. He
seemed to have a full box of cartridges
with him. and in shooting around pro-
miscuously in the darkness he smashed
all the batteries, destroyed all the
switches and left the house In dark
ness. Then had to get the police, but
none OF the four who came cared to
face his bullets. They talked to him
through the open door and the closed
window, but he was an obstinate man.
He wouldn't come out, and he swore
no one should come In. The police and
the shooting drew q crowd, and for
two hours people were trampling my
lawn and uprooting Covers and shrub
berry. would have overlooked Mr..
Jackson's lapse from morality had he
been reasonable, but he positively re-
fused to argue the case. As a last re-
sort the police sent for fire engine
and led line of hose from the nearest
hydrant. The nozzle was directed into
the window. and the water came, and
after the liquid had found Its way into
every room on that floor and stood
four feet deep In the cellar Mr.. Jack
son said he had had enough to last him
the rest OF his life. The trap had
pinched him, the cold water had chilled
and half drowned him, and be had
fired away his atty cartridges.
The police took his gun and score
Of skeleton keys, and after few days
he was convicted Of burglary and got
q sentence OF seven years. was rath-.
CT sorry about II Before leaving for
prison he informed me that be broke
into the house for the sole purpose Of
stealing q clock hundred years old,
and that as for my collection he
wouldn't have given me Is cents for
the whole outfit
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09
Tuesday, Feb. 7.

senate-yoint statehood bill passed.
AS passed the bill provides for admis-
sion of the states of Oklahoma, to be
composed of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, and New Mexico, with Ari-
soma eliminated.
House-Freight rate bill under con-
sideration. Mr.. Mccall (Mass.), in OPP
posing the proposed legislation, de-
clared that 1t was not to be imagined
that the supreme court would stand
between the government and Its VIC
tim, following that utterance with the
statement that the courts usually re-
fected the policy Of the party In power.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-09

talize public sentiment, and 30 make
the way smoother for results when con-
gress meets sgaiu. He ia unlisted in
this way ''for keeps and will not put
of his armor until results have been
secured. He thinks the concience and
good sense Of the American people will
sustain him, and that he is under obi
cations to let the people know just
what he wants and why he wants it.
The public address is, Of course, a
more potent weapon of attack and
enlightment than the formal messages
to congress, for 1t permits more direct
and popular presentations of arguments
and brings the president into direct
touch with the people.
1t is becoming increasingly apparent
that the president is not content with
mere platform platitudes, but believes
in actually doing these things to W hich
the party is committed. There has
been as yet no formal party declaration
on the rate making question, but it is
said to be the presidents belief that an
active campaign, such as he is think ing
of making, will result in party declara-
tons by the hundred next year, and
insure prompt action at the hands of
congress, provided the pressure for such
action become overwhelming before
that time. The president has been
watching with good deal of inte rst
the reports which have reached him of
the passage of joint resolutions by legis-
latures, holding up his hands.