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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23
The Crop killer

Softly caressing his dubious aldo
men, lined with lat capon and irri
gated with Mumm's extra wet, b
iareth forth to Kansas on his ttustj
Pullman, and 81 eventide desolhtici
and threatened famine stalk where
morning saw the smiling plain basl-
ing all unsuspicious in the sunshine
Qf prosperity, promise and pescsi the
countryside from Alma to 4 WaMego
has been laid waste by such bug Of
bosom as tie killer deemed most suit
able to bis season, and the morning
and the evening journals tell tof the
wrack II has wrought.
On the morning 81 the second day
bis pals, disguised as bulls with fierce
horns. rush into the pits where are
bears, and BY loud bellowings and
fierce demeanor become possessed OF
the large portions Of juicy meat upon
which the bears fain would feed, even
to fatness, The winter through.
IN good time the killer putteth out
to sea; not In cattle steamer, but in
. sumptpous yacht, wherein be con
tinuousIy msketh merry with music
and maidens, and chortles at the
newspaper chumps who wasted their
In spreading his poison
exactly % be would have It spread-
1t their own expense, In turgid type,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

The Emporia Gazette notes a
"wiggle" for Coburn for governor.
But would man who turned down
the comfortable, salubrious Job Of
senator take up the brain-wrecking,
heart-breaking job Of governor which
ends after two years with kick or
after four years with slapP
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

II notice." said q Union Pacific
emplOye the other day. "that a good
many Of the Square Deal politicians
who are 80 rampant against passes
get on and Of the train At Armstrong
and lock mighty shsspIsh while doing
Il. Wonder whypn
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23
Denial from Mexico.

City Of Mexico. May 22.-The war
department tuesday stated the troops
that had been transferred to the Guat-
emalan border were the Fifth and
Twenty-fifth regiments from Pueblo.
There is absolutely no Significance
attached TO their transfer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

The rate at which divorces are be-
ing sought in district court slightly
exceeds the marriage license record
this spring. What's the matter with
married life in DickinsonP
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

From the grouchy tone Of the
Square Deal papers at the unanimity
In Kansas sentiment for Taft that
crowd not only intended to be for
Taft but intended to prevent any one
else from supporting him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

II 10 claimed that LaFollette's man
was elected senator In Wisconsin but
as the new senator is worth $4,000
900 II probably did not make much
difference whom he favored.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

The Abilene REELnorOR is urging
more practical education In The high
schools. The trend in Kansas is
strongly that way. Nearly All the
high schools are Introducing manual
training and other practical work
m Scott Republican.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

The Wisconsin senatorship fight
indicates that man worth $4,000
900 can get mighty quick results
out Of primary election law.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

Prof. s. j. Hunter OF X. U. seems to
be the DR.. Snow Of this generation.
He should be made present Of one
per cent on the value Of the wheat he
saves BY killing of the green bug.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

Carnegie is going to take his vaca-
ton but he should see that Abilene
gets that $4,000 first. He may fall
overheard during the summer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

Abilene schools are closing sue
cessful year and Supt. Stacey and bis
assistants have reason to be proud OF
their work.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

Kansas seems to be well mixed In
the Boise troubles. Where there Is
trouble there Is q Kahsan.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

The Katy now wants sol'ooo'VoV
for its land that 1t didn't get. IL IS
not likely to get 1t.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

The minister who married the
Coreys seems to be having q hard
time. But he probably needed the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

A dispatch from Paris says the
Coreys couldn't get into a hotel
What-in PARISH
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

The passengers did not see the
Coreys on the way over. The Coreys
are probably ashamed Of themselves.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23

Strawberries artifcially ripened
are fatal. How about those NOT
ripened az ALP
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23
THURSDAY, MAY 9S, 1907.

A composer Of op'fas galore
Went broke tor d twelvemonth or more
But he's now struck It rich 81.
with the baseball team which
Employs him 10 write out the score.
Judge
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23
Ten Bred Gifts For Sale.

Duroc Jersey, bred to Shepherds Hero
63526, a prize winner: Phone Pearl central
or call at farm X mile west of Pearl.
@. IA, BEENETT, Prop,
Model Herd OF Dhfoc Jerseys.
P. Q. Address Enterprise, Kas SS-4s
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
Billions Spent in Improvements


meet Pittsburg by canal with Lake Erie
at Ashtabula is being pushed by its.
friends.
Half billion dollars is a modest sum
70 set down as the probable cost Of the
canal projects now under way in the
world.
Unprecedented City improvements.
Greater amounts are being spent now
and prospectively in New York and its
immediate vicinity in public improve
ments than in any other equal areP. In
money these Improvements call for an
outlay of much more than 5000, 100000, or
more than four times the pTedict-5 cost
Of digging the big ditch across Panama.
To engineers the New York improve
ments are much more interesting than
the canal work at Panama, since diff
cult as are the problems there, those at
New York are still moro difficult
The biggest New York public work Is
the new aqueduct, $50 miles long. which
is 10 carry water from the Catskill water
sheds, under the Hudson River, by the
greatest inverted syphon yet planned,
wiping out whole towns on its way. under
the neck of Long Island Sound, across
Brooklyn, and under the Narrows TO
Staten Island This undertaking will cost
$l62, ,0C0O00, more than million dollars a
mile. and 81 100000 more than the cost
OF the Panama Canal Il involves the
creation OF the second largest artificial
lake in the world as a storage reservoir.
The Pennsylvania tunnels and terminals
under the North and East rivers will cost
NIfst TTrfgrra fralA4y-
tunnels under the North River, with the
terminals, as much more. while the New
York Centrals new terminals and electri-
hcauon VIII cost 100000 one hundred
and five millions more are planned IN sub
ways. but the new subways may be held
up some time by the failure Of the Inter
borough metropolitan Company 10 bid as
expected and the uncertainty regarding
Gov. Hughes new utilities commission.
August Belmonts New York and Long
Island tunnels, now nearly ready, Will
cost 100000.
Fifty-one Millions on Bridges.
Fifty-one millions Of dollars are being
expended on the bridges-Manhattan
Blackwells Island. and other structures.
A great public suspension bridge across
the Hudson 10 connect New York with
New Jersey, at a cost, including termini.
Of $600oco. is planned but not yet au-
thorized The Pennsylvania improve
mcnts on Long Island include a steel VIA
duct more than three miles long-longest
Cf its kind In the world-crogsing Hell
Gate, Wards Island, RandalIs Island, and
The Bronx Kills. and connecting the
Pennsylvania with the New York, New
Haven and Hartford system.
Besides these projects. there Is the cleo
trihcation Of the New York. New Haven
and Hartford and Long Island railroads,
the proposed S25.010,000 Improvements by
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. and
the millions on the back Of millions being
put into noteworthy new buildings, two Of
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
WILL ROOSEVELT WIN?
An Anti-Rooseyelt Paper Puzzled by
Sentiment for Him,
From the Kansas City Journal


From the Kansas Ci-v Journal
On Of the most puzzling things Of
the times is the persisteucy Of the
claims on the part of men who oc-
cupy prominent positions in politics. and
who ought 10 be better judges Of the
trend Of political affairs than the average
observer. that President Roosevelt will
be renominated and that he viii run
again. Stranger. stin, these assertions
come with remarkable unanimity from
men who have visited the White House
recently. In most instances they hardly
wait until they have gotten back TO their
hotels before giving out an interview,
bearing all the earmarks Of having been
self-sought to this effect
These utterances would not be re-
markable coming from officeholders, or
even from State politicians. who would
naturally be expected to shout for Roose-
welt with the idea Of boosting their own
popularity by catering to popular senti-
ment which, especially here in the trans
Mississippi West, is strongly in favor Of
Mr.. Roosevelt. But this Roosevelt-for-
President sentiment. or, rather, agitation,
seems remarkable indeed on the part Of
cool. calculating party managers who are
not seeking to enhance their own popu-
larity. but presumably are exercising the
normal functions Of their positions in
lining up the party and framing its affairs
for the next campaign. Ordinarily such
men have little 70 say. publicly, about
the nominations and are reluctant to
commit themselves i'm favor of any par
ticular candidate. Their positions are
quasi-magisterial carrying with them a
degree of judicial dignity and impartial
ity. Under ordinary circumstances it
would seem improper or at least in
bad taste for q national committeeman,
who is intrusted with matters of party
organization and management Of the
national convention 70 champion the
nomination Of any candidate.
Most remarkable Of all. however. are
these expressions in favor Of Alr. Roose-
welt in view Of his deliberate declaration,
the night Of his election in 1904, that he
would not run again under any CirCum-
stances. That he regarded his statement
as being in the nature of a solemn pledge
is evidenced by his repeated declarations
Z
any effort to have him change his mind.
A man may well change his mind con-
cerniug matters that relate only to his
own interest, comfort, or pleasure. bur,
as Mr.. Roosevelt properly measures it,
he cannot honorably do so or permit
others to override his determination.
when distinguished leaders Of the party
have committed themselves TO grave
course of action on the strength Of his
statement, relying on HIS good faith.
Perhaps, after all, the plan is mere
~ to repeat Caesars performance on a
certain occasi0n-to tender Mr.. R0ose-
welt the nomination and have him crown
his career-instead Of accepting a crown
by declining the unprecedented honor.
The den0uement would be strictly Roose-
veltian-strenuoUs, spectacular and Un-
precedented.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

which are to be higher than any other
modern structure in existence except the
Eiffel tower.
In tunnels OF all kinds New York is now
spending and planning to spend more than
all other current and authorized tunnel
expenditures in the world, the most note
worthy tunnel work projected elsewhere
being for the Los Angeles waterworks.
for the New York Central Lines at De
troit, and TO connect Canada's Prince Ed
ward Island with the mainland. This last
named railroad tunnel is planned to be
seven miles and a half long and TO cost
s14O00,O00, II is only projected, however;
the others are authorized and begun.
Los Angeles Big Project.
For the size Of the city which is bear
ing the expense. the Los Angeles water
works is the most remarkable undertake
ing now IN progress. The main conduit
will be the longest In the world. about
226 miles. The cost is estimated at about
S24,5OO.O0O The supply is TO be taken from
the Owens River, which flows through a
practically inaccessible. unsettled noun
tain region OF surprising beauty and al
most unexampled freedom from probable
contamination.
The conduit will deliver 1900. 900 gallons
Of water daily enough for city Of 2
million. with sufficient left over 10 irrigate
much Of the surrounding country, If nee
essary II will be carried over the Techa-
chapi Mountains ans acre IS several deep
earth assures, including Jawbone Can
yon. BY inverted siphons There VIII be
ten miles of tunnels. a reservoir seven
miles long. and a dam 40 feet high. Rail-
road. telegraph, and telephone lines are
now being built for construction pur-
poses along the entire route Of the con-
dult.
Forty-fve miles north Of Los Angeles
there is a 1,500-foot drop at Little Lake.
where Sc, 900 hydro-electric horsepower is
% Doe generated. At other locations 1900
horsepower is 20 be developed, making
1900 twenty hour horsepower all
told The current will be sold 10 manu-
faCtureIs and other consumers, and is ex-
pccted not only 70 furnish a tidy revenue
% the city. but % be a factor IN the
growth Of its manufacturing enterprises
This big work is TO bs completed in five
years.
Heavy Expenditures on Irrigation.
Great sums are being spent on irrigation
In many countries. The Indian govern
ment Is trying 10 solve the problems Of
preventing famine, and, AZ the same time.
Of furnishing work 70 the unemployed by
promoting irrigation works. Egypt IS
about to spend E.7Ja0O on the great AS
sousn irrigation dam by raising it eigh-
teen feet and six inches. Australia is
reclalmlng part OF her deserts by lrriga-
ton But this country leads I'm irrigation
projects. both by millions Of expenditure
and area reclaimed.
Besides many private irrigation en-
terprises. there are twenty-five govern
ment irrigation projects under wav in
this country; when these are developed
thirteen more are 90 be put through.
All told they VIII change 6.4Cg. 600
acres of desert 20 potential gardens
The twenty-five projects begun will
cost 0,000 600. and VIII reclaim 3.l9S.-
0o0 acres. which is equivalent to the
crop acreage Of Connecticut. Massa-
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

chusetts, New Hampshire and Florida.
while the reclaimed land will be of
much greater than average fertility. 1t
Will furnish homes for 10000 families,
and add nearly s250.000,0O0 to the tax
able property Of the States and Terri
tories.
More than 1900 miles of irrigation
canals-almost as far as from New
York to Des Moines-have been dug by
the government; also ten miles Of tun-
nels, ninety seven large structures
have been built, including dams. the
largest of which and the largest In the
world, is the Roosevelt dam. II blocks
the Salt River six miles above Phoenix,
in Arizona. and will create a reservoir
twenty-five miles long-the largest arti-
fetal lake in the wOrld-and store
400. 00O. 600 900 gallons OF water. II will
irrigate 200. 900 acres Of land. besides
81, 600 more to be irrigated by pumping
machinery operated by hydro-electric
power developed at the big dam, which
is 2S6 feet high.
Work in Great Britain.
Perhaps the greatest works now in
progress under the direction Of the
British government are in the nature
OF docks and harbOr improvements.
The new naval harbor at Dover will be
big enough to float the entire British
navy at one time. At Bombay S2l.000.
0O0 is being spent on docks and dredg-
ing At Malta the two largest dry
docks in the world and extensive break
waters are being completed Great
going on also at Colombo. chief port OF
the island Of Ceylon, and at Hongkong.
These are the chief public works
doing in the world to-day They are
greater in number and extent. and are
employing much more money and many
more men, from skilled engineers and
executive men. down 10 laborers. than
were ever employed before
Many Smaller Projects.
The great protects mentioned give an
Idea only Of the total Improvement"
activity Of mankind at this time In the
way Of improvements There are in
Vulnerable and comparatively minor
projects for the expenditure Of from
800 000 20 S6,000,0 900 or $1,000 900 afoot
In every land-tho big bridge over the
St Lawrence at Quebec. TO cost $4,000
600, now going up; the bridge over the
Mississippi above New Orleans, TO cost
s6,O00,000, and the Identification pro-
iects In all the cities, TO cost tens Of
millions, highway improvements by the
hundreds OF miles. for example-be-
sides new mining and other deveolp-
ment enterprises, such as those going
On in the Congo Free State, which can
not be more than hinted at. In addi-
rion there are the millions on millions
being u0"red out in electrical railroad
construction.
Should -He demon impulse" for ex-
tended transportation be unchecked for
ten or a dozea years, the resulting ex-
peuditures viii be as great as those Of
the last half century. or even greater.
II would be easy to make detailed fig
ures showing that such expenditures Of
from $4,000. 000, 900 10 81 000. 600 900 are
now authorized and going forward.
Copyright 1877, by Dexter MsTshall
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
Money I'm Forestry.

From the Lumbemans Review.
Perhaps the most important claim made
to-day by professional foresters is that
tree growth may properly be treated as
crop, TO be planted, developed, and har-
vested, much as other crops are grown,
though under rules which apply speeih-
cally to tree growth.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

70 war with a friendly nation. instead Of
dealing with the lawbreakers who are re
sponsible for the trouble.
From the New Yogk American.
or course, it may be high public policy
TO keep the people in the dark as to the
movements Of warships and other weighty
matters they cannot understand. but why
Jet them have any light at all? Why deny
emphaticaIly that ships are 10 be sent to
the Pacific and then blandly admit that
such Is tLeLr eNact destinatinn2
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
An Economical Old souI.

From the Ohio State Journal.
Brother John d, Rockefeller sets us all
a good example in economy by telling
the tax assessors that his eight automo-
biles are worth $3.50 all together.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
Fr-m The New YORK World.

From the New York World
Although the public may regard as non
sense the New York Herald's way Of
dealing with great concerns. II is danger
Gus nonsense IN these days. especially
when the President Of the United States
begins 70 play with manufactured jingo-
ism. One Of the great changes that time
has brought into the drama Of history
concerns the way IN which wars are
made. They are no longer merely dynas-
tic devices. They are forced by public
opinion, by inhamed state Of the minds
Of nations. and the impulsivc fury OF pop
ular passion. Because the people have in
national concerns displaced the small rul-
ing classes Of earlier times. therefore
jing0 wars have displaced dynastc wars.
Nowadays the way 10 make war is 10
fire the national heart So IL was with
the Franco-Prusslan war. in which the
rage Of two great nations responded 10
popular passion, in spite Of the fact that
all the pretended reasons for the war
had been conceded before the war was
made So it was with our recent war with
Spain. Neither government could control
the forces behind It. swept by the storm
Of public opinion and popular passion.
As the case stands between US and ia
pan we are friendly nations. As for the
American people they do not want war.
and Japan. overwrought in a war that
strained her nearly 20 exhaustion. needs
peace, as her wise men know But the
nations are infammable forces. and the
unTesuained promotion Of journalistic
clamor may have power 70 excite the peo-
pie on both sides. There is war party
in Japan. and the report that We are
sending a great fleet Of warships 70 be
ready for Japans next move would be
worked up 10 excite that next move.
What foolish men might say in Japan
or what some foolish functionary might
do would be made the most Of on our side
by sensation-mongers. and so step by step
and from word 10 word we should come
10 realize the recent words Of a distn-
guished statesman that wars are made
by newspapers"
Acts and words based upon the pre-
sumption that there is to be war will
produce war. With this condition before
us we may see all the possibilities Of the
fragrant crime Of jingo journalism.
IL is time TO halt. Ii is time for TheO-
dOre Roosevelt TO turn back the tide.
1t is time for him as President Of the
United States 10 announce to all the
world that the battle ships of the United
States are not going to the Pacific and
that this lingo propaganda must cease.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
From the Hartford Times.

The real truth is, We suppose. that
there is a good bit Of Roosevelt politics
behind this movement Of warships. It
is stated that the voyage cannot begin
till next winter, and that the ships will
not reach San Francisco before next
May. That will be just one month be-
fore the meeting Of the Republican ma
tional convention that is to nominate Mr..
Roosevelts successor. or possibly, as Mr..
Lawson and other patriots are so conf
IDENTIFY predicting, renominate Mr.. Roose-
welt himself. The Pacific Coast is alleged
to be rather unfavorably inclined toward
the denomination scheme at present. But.
perhaps, the appearance of the mighty
feet Of warships the most powerful fleet
ever organized at San Francisco. on the
eve Of the assembling Of the national
convention, may make a difference in Do
litical feeling in that part of the country.
The concentration Of so many Warships
at San Francisco will result in the expen-
diture Of hundreds Of thousands of dollars
for supplies and repairs at that port. II
the japanese government should happen
TO mobilize a feet and send it on a cruise
around the Philippines at the same time.
would there be any question at all about
the denomination Of the American Presi-
dent?
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
From the PhiIadslrhia Leds.r.

1t might be we'll if those who are au-
thorized to speak for the administration
would get together and agree upon the
substance, at least if not upon the pre-
else form of the fiction that seems best
adapted to any particular emergency. Mr..
Loeb. the official spokesman Of the White
HOuse-Or Of Sycamore Hill, as the case
may be-has become so accustomed to de-
nying statements which afterward proved
to be true that contradictions probably
no longer embarTass him. They are, how
ever. sometimes embarrassing to the pub
lie. whose faith in the inspiration Of Loeb
is put to an unnecessary strain.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
Prom the Houston Pest.

Prom the Houston Pest
The worst of all this agitation is that
It puts us before the world In most un-
enviable light. Here We are with crimes
being committed against people under the
hospitality of our republic and actually
proposing TO adjust the matter by going
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
From the New York Evening Post.

II"IH IIt NV lUTh LItIuIE IUsI
We cannot too strongly emphasize the
folly Of any such action. The japanese
Ambassador has, of course. announced
that his government would not consider
It a hostile move. Naturally. But the
fact remains that the jingoes Of both ma
tions Will utilize it for the purpose Of in
flaming their respective publics our own
yellow press has already seized upon it as
a subject for great headlines; how many
such should We not see if the squadron
were to go around Cape Horn, Surely.
it is the duty Of the Executive TO guard
against dangers Of this kind, both at
home and abroad.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-07
From the Now York Times.

Moreover, from any point of view, in
stead Of being an occasion for anxiety,
it would seem that Secretary Metcalfs
design Of sending fleet to the Pacific
ought TO allay anxiety. If war now seems
possible or is threatened, the sending to
our west coast Of ships enough to defend
It against an assailant who would attack
Us there If at all, would be about the
best possible means Of assuring the con-
tinuanCe Of peace.