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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-12-03
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Gold Weather in Nebraska.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. l.-Elght inches
of snow from McCook westward to
the Colorado line, together with tenn
perature close 10 the zero mark, is
causing suffering to unprotected stock
and delay of trains in ives ern Ne
braska, Both the heavy snowfall and
the cold wave which followed we're I'M
expected. Extremely cold weather
prevails in northwestern Nebraska.
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Renort Of District liz.

Report Of Bell Valley school, Dis,
III for month ending Nov. s.
Number Of pupils enrolled 2s'
number Of days taught 20. Those
neither absent nor tardy during the
month were: John, Laura and Mar
garet Bell; Robert Balzer, Ruth
Bovey and Juanita Rucas. Those not
absent: Naomi Bovey, Ethel, Martin
and Wesley Dunlap. Average num-
Der present 25. Names on honor roll
during second month: Edward
Clegg, Juanita. Rucas, Lucy Holland.
Margaret. Laura and John Bell,
Erskine Robson, Lester Bovey and
Clifford Jones. Number Of visitors
during the month, one. Grace Rid
ing, teacher.
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The above statement is correct


panying the draft wnch was received
Monday was the following letter.
about 40 years ago, when mere
lad, obtained a bounty wrongfully
from Laporte county ON seven fox
scalps and i now want to make resti-
tuition, as believe my eternal welfare
IS at stake. If necessary, ! am ready
ID appear in person before you. re.
ceived $3.50, which at per cent In
terest for 40 years amounts to $ll.SO,
for " ich inclose q draft"
The amount was credited to the
bounty fund and marked conscience
money" l.i t
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rhree SAFE Blowers Captured.

Hot Springs, Ark, Dec. Three
alleged safeblowers and postoffice bur
glars whose trail Of operations, It is
declared, extends throughout the Mis-
sissippi valley, we're arrested here
Monday night, waived examination be.
fore United States commissioner
and we're locked up to await their re-
moval Tuesday to Danville, ILL.,, one Of
the places where they are under In
dictment,
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The perth Amboy Strike.

Perth Amboy, N. j., Dec. 1,-Al-
though the temper of the striking clay
workers Of the .sationsf tlreprooang
company OF Keasby hau beel aroused
over the reported approaching impor-
tation Of 1000 strike breakers, re-
crdited in New York to take their
pllces, no serious disturbances took
place Monday at the plant of the com
pany where force Of $50 miliiamen
is still on duty.
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Among the CoIorsd People.

W. G. CURTIS, REPORTER.
The revival meetings at the colored
Baptist church are having fair sue
cess.
Rev. W. L. Brasco Of Empcria was
a visitor in the city last week.
Miss Nora Williams spent Thanks
giving In Sslina visiting her father,
Claud Williams.
Mrs. Richard Bell returned home
Sunday after spending a few days
with her daughter in Manhattan.
Arthur BrOnaugh was up from En-
terprise Thanksgiving day.
Mrs. Jessie williams spent Thanks
giving day. with her daughter in SA-
lima.
Edmund BriscO Of Enterprise paid
US short visit last week.
VIII Baskerville ate Thanksgiving
turkey at the home Of bis sister, Mrs.
Brisco. in Enterprise Thursday.
Miss Lillian Lewis went to ManhAt-
tan Sunday.
MsasrS Norman White. Pail White
and Frank Tyler returned to Herring
ton Monday sftsr a short visit with
home folkh
LA Banks has senspisd position
. stsi q Be Bone Bale eate-
iElm Lsias Bsonuush 81 Enlsrprisi
~ slopsg ID Ne ~ tliI.
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-nIre FANNY Crsmareu.

Hartselle, Ala, Nov. 27.-The home
Of Tom Richardson, at Woodland
Mills, II miles east Of here, was
burned to the ground Wednesday
night and Richardson's wife, mother
and three children we're burned to
death. Richardson's body was moi
found In the ruins.
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Tulsa, Ok, Dec. 1.-The Arkansas
river is slowly receding Monday night
and the worst Of the flood situation
is past. santa re train service had
been tied up indefinitely by washouts
near BartlesvIlIe Train service on
all other lines entering here, however.
is regular, the heaviest damage BY
storm was in the oil fields due 70
overflow Of small streams. 4,
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Prompt PAYMENT.

/ suffered . loss BY FIRE. The loss
was adjusted the next day and ia
three days l received the money,
twelve hundred fifty dollars. ! was
insured by W. D. Nichols agency 10
the Farmers Mutual Of Upland and
can recommend that company fol
quicker settlement and lower rates
than any company l am acquainted
with. tee J. ". RUMOLD.
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lnauranc. Aaent Ends HIs LIZ.

Butte, Mont, Dec. Nv. H. True,
aged 80, special agent for the New
York Life Insurance company, killed
himself by shooting In a lodging house
Monday. His father is said to be q
banker in Eureka Springs, Ark, and a
brother Is a captain in the army sta
toned at Vancouver Barracks, Wash.
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\. \. BaurheY j RhInshart Was o

MI. Baughey Of RhinshArt was IN
The city.
&. h. Fornsy left for . business
trip to Chicago.
O. N. Carver returned from a BUSH
ness trip to Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. s. Walker returned
from trip to Oklahoma.
B. L. Thompson and F. D. Csrnan
we're up from Harrington.
Ralph Monroe returned to Plain
vile after visit with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. win Lockard Of Blue
Rapids are visiting Miss Blanche
Hooper.
G. w. Hurd is home from Los An
geles, CAL. where he has been on legal
business.
o. L. Brown went to Chicago to At
tend the National convention Of tele-
phone managers.
Squire Samuel McElhenny Of Sher-
msn township was in town and called
on the REFLECTOR.
Mrs. J. @. Seaton went to Dexter.
Cowley county, to visit her daughter
Mrs. Jesse Rulings.
Geo. W. Burroughs Of Con cordia
spent Thanksgiving with his son, O.
@. Burroughs, Of this city.
Walter Hoffman Of Enterprise, q
student at X. u, came home for
the Thanksgiving holidays.
Mrs. J. R. Wilson is here from Vic
tor, Colo, on visit. She will 60 to
San Diego. Calf, for the winter.
Mrs. G. B. King Of Abilene spent .
few days last week with her daughter
Mrs. W. c. Grigg. Enterprise Push.
J. H. Engle, secretary Of the State
Sunday School association, returned
from months trip to Colorado
where he has been addressing Sunday
school conventions.
Mrs. M. Newman har returned from
visit to Lacrosse, Kas., where she
went to see the ten pound boy that
came to the home of their son Walter
on the 7th Of this month.
Miss Mace King left for New York.
She will be joined by Mrs. W. H.
Anderson and Mrs. f. M. Gillett and
they sail Dec. 10 for Southern Europe
to spend severol months.
D. F. Davis Of Lansing, Mich, is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Thad
Hoffman Of Enterprise. MIR. Davis il
cashier Of the City National bank Of
that place and prominent in financial
circles.
Will Hershey spent Thanksgiving
with his mother in Abilene and re-
turned to the hospital in Kansas City.
II will be several weeks before he will
be discharged from the hospital and
several months before he will be able
work. He expects to have consider
able use Of his hand which was badly
mashed several weeks ago on the rail-
road and which the doctors wanted
to amputate.
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Capt. Of Wrecked Steamer Exonerated
New York, Dec. Capt. M. W.
Mowbray Of the Panama line steamer
Finance, which was sunk on Thanks.
giving day in the lower bay in q col.
lision with the white Star freighter
Georgia, was exonerated Monday BY
the local board Of steamboat inspec.
ton at the formal inquiry into the
accident.
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AN HONEST kANsAN.
Colby Man Pays Back Money Wrong
fully Collected When a Boy.

Laporte, Ind, Dec. 1.-Believing that
his eternal welfare is at stake" c.
Vail, contractor at Colby, Kan, sent
to Geo. Link, clerk Of the Laporte
county circuit court, draft for $ll.9O,
principal and interest on a sum which
he says he collected wrongfully from
Laport, county 40 years ago. Accom-
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4arvard,s Football Captain.

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 1.-Hamilton
Fish, Jr., Of Garrisonon-the-Hpd
N. Y, a member Of the class Of 1910,
was unanimously elected Monday cap.
tain Of the Harvard football team for
next year. Fish has played right
tackle on the Varsity eleven for two
years Il
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Fatal Admission.

Morchant-What other quaiinca'
tons have you for the placer
Applicant-Well. my friends tell me
l have contented disposition aud
Merchant-You won't do. We want
a man with a disseminated disposi-
tion; one that will hustle.
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Decoration for Austrian Ambassador.
Washington, Dec. 1.--Baron Hengel-
muller Won Hengervar, ambassador OF
Austria Hungary to the United States,
has received from Emperor Francis
Joseph the grand cross Of the Order Of
Leopold.
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For Sale.

House, lot and barn, corner 9th and
Olive streets. Must be sold by Dec.
is. Phone to 1866. 80-12t&lS-2c*
W. H. HANSEN,
Administrator.
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Tokyo, Dec. The leading Tokyo
newspapers and the Japanese press
In general have not commented upon
the exchange Of notes between Tokyo
and washington with reference to the
American Japanese agreement until
Tuesday morning when there was
unanimous rejoicing. The foreign Of
flee continues to issue official denials.
but 1t is understood that the govern
ment is only awaiting word from
Washington that the actual exchange
has occurred, when the fact will be
made public.
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NOTES EXCHANGED
FIRST sTEP IN AGREEMENT BE-
TWEEN JAPAN AND UNITED
STATES TAKEN.
ACTUAL CEREMONY BRIEF


Washington, Dec. 1.--Secretary Of
State Elihu Root on behalf Of the
United States and Kogoro Takahira,
ambassador on behalf Of Japan, short
" otter three O'Clock Monday after
noon exchanged diplomatic notes de-
fining the policy Of the two govern
ments In the far east. The actual
ceremony Of exchange was very brief,
Secretary Root handing the ambas-
sadcr note which bore his signature
and the ambassador giving to Mr..
Root o paper defining Japan's policy
and bearing his signature. Assistant
Secretary Bacon, second secretary Of
Embassy Mhsanao Hanihara, and Mr..
Bab6ock, Mr.. Roots private secretary.
were witnesses. After an informal ex-
change Of fellcitations the ambassador
and his secretary left.
The full purport Of the notes has
already been set forth in the Associ-
ated press dispatches. They will be
made public simultaneously in the
United States and Japan Tuesday
night with view to their publica.
tion in both countries on Wednesday
morning.
The exchange Of notes is based on
the idea Of encouraging and defending
free and peaceful commercial develop
ment In the Pacific and to this end the
sIgnatory parties have prepared a
series of articles expressing their In
tentions.
Legislative action by the senate is
unnecessary and the declaration or ex-
change Of notes will not have to be
referred to that body. The declara-
ton is not a treaty, simply a reaftirm.
alton OF what both Japan and the
United States have stood for in China
and the far east generally. has no
legal standing but its greatest benefit
will be that derived from the moral
effect 1t will exercise in the future
diplomacy governing the far east. In
this respect 1t has been likened to the
Monroe doctrine in American history.
It was pointed out Monday as rather
as q singular coincidence that the ex-
change OF notes with Japan regarding
China should occur on the same day
as that on which Tang Shao II had
come to thank the American govern
nnant enr tha rarniaaiun Of the Boxer
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CONDENSED STATEMENT or
The Farmers National Bank
at the close Of business Nov a7th, 1908.

REsoURoEs.
Loans and discounts. ...sl6S,7SS eS|
U. $. bonds and premiums 52,SSO III
Real estate. furniture and
fixtures. /. s. 10000 DOL
Redemption fund ... $500 OO|
Cash and sight exchange. $3.50 62|
Total !. .&s24,S 800 Al
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-21
WHO SAID MACHINE?

The Oregon Daily Journal is seeking
to make a martyr of Governor Cham
berlain by saying that the republican
machine" is against him. has vowed
to get his scalp, has set out to accom-
plish his utter defeat.
If there is republican machine"
since the primaries nobody has been
able to discover it. The people of the
republican party are in control. The
rank and file of the party mas assert
ed its prerogative and will select its
candidates.
While on the other hand Governor
Chamberlain is head and boss of one
Of the most perfect political machines
ever organized in Oregon. 1t is so
perfect that no one dare to aspire to
the senatorship in the democratic
ranks, but Governor Chamberlain. 1t
is so perfect that there is no competi-
tion among democrats for county Of
fices. 1t is so perfect that the demo-
Gratis pay no heed to the primary law,
take no part in the primary election.
The machine" simply names can
didates and they run, and nobody else
dares to run as a democrat. This
little attempt to make a martyr Of the
chief machine manipulation in oregon
Is laughable. The governor himself
will doubtless laugh when in the
safety of his private office, alone with
himself.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-21
HANDS AND BRAIN.

President French OF the Weston
Normal school. has an ideal in school
life which he wishes and is striving to
carry out in the normal.
The ideal is to mix manual labor in
the educational course, to train the
hand and the brain with equal care
and solicitude. to give dexterity to the
student-tradesman as we'll as mental
training to the student-teacher.
1t is the ideal OF President French
20 secure a tract of rich land near the
normal where that institution may be
made practically self-supporting from
the income from the student labor in
this industrial field.
The plan is practical. Many Of the
students now work their way through
the normal and many more would be
glad TO pay their expenses in this way
II there were work to do. The indus
trial department, land and labor, could
be made a most profitable part of the
normal and the development of that
feature would not be out of line with
genuine normal training.
Every we'll qualified teacher should
know what labor is and should be
able to teach its dignity and nobility.
All normal students cannot be teach
ers. but it is safe to say that practi-
cally all Of them will be required to
labor and a knowledge of industrial
things. an acquaintance with manual
labor carried on in a systematic and
practical manner to get results, is
most valuable asset for any young man
or woman.
So much labor is now wasted
through ignorance; so much effort is
lost through misunderstanding and
lack of system, that the world is ready
TO welcome the systematic, organized,
Intelligent worker, in whatsoever de-
partment of activity he enters.
The East Oregonian is glad to see
the Industrial the manual side Of the
normal developing and believes that
this school under this plan and with
this ideal view, is the foundation for
a splendid ducational-industrial insti-
tuition in eastern Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-21
The Modesty of Women

Naturally makes them shrink from the
indelicate questions, the obnoxious ex-
amlnations, and unpleasant local treat
ments, which some physicians consider
essential in the treatment OF diseases OF
women. Yet, II help can be had, 1t Is
better to submit TO this ordeal than let
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
is that so often the woman undergoes all
the annoyance and shame for nothing.
ThouSands\Q women who have been
cured bX DR.. Pierce's Favorlte Prescrip-
ton writA> in depreciation Of the cure
which disp pehscs csNX(tl the examinations
and local treatments>S There Is no other
medicine 50 sure--and- sale lnr delicate
women as "Favoritc Prescription" 1t
cures deblIltating drains, irregularlty and
female weakness. 1t always helps. II
almost always cures. 1t Is strictly non
alcoholic, non secret, all its ingredients
being printed on It's bottlc-wrappcr con.
tains no deleterious or habit-forming
drugs, and every native medicinal root
entering into It's composition has the full
endorsement Of those most eminent In the
several schools OF medical practice. Some
OF these numerous and strongest Of pro-
fesslonal endorsements OF its ingredients,
will be found in pamphlet wrapped
around the bottle, also in a booklet mailed
free on request, by DR.. r. V. Pierce, Of
Buffalo, N Y. These professional en-
dorsements should have far more weight
than any amount Of the ordinary lay, or
non-professional testimonials.
The most intelligent women nowadays
insist on knowing what they take as med
lcine instead OF opening their mouths like
a lot Of young birds and gulplng down
whatever Is offered them. rFaYorite Pre-
scription Is Of KNOWN COMPOSITION. II
makes weak women strong and sick
women well.
DIR. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt Of stamps TO pay expense Of
mailing only. Send TO DR.. z. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, 81 one-cent stamps for pa
per-cOvered, or 81 stamps for cloth-bound.
II sick consult the Doctor, free Of charge
by letter. All such communications are
held sacredly confidential.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigorate
and regulate stomach. liver and bowelA
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-21

THE MARRIAGE UNREST 1
AND A REMEDY. I


The mental attitude of courtship Is
always that of self-improvement;
never that of criticism, constructive or
otherwise. Married people are forever
trying to improve each other; but this
is a mistake which lovers seldom
make.
The young man. dining with his
sweetheart, does not call her atten-
ton to the burned biscuits, he knows
that to do so would be destructive to
that which he Is trying to create, and
he instinctively avoids all criticism.
He knows that If he can develop
something in himself by which she
shall be attracted, she will make the
very best biscuits she knows how to
make in the hope of pleasing him, and
IL she can learn how to make better
biscuits, she will do so without being
urged by criticism.
And on the other hand she does
not criticise him; she does not seek to
improve him; she knows that the more
she makes of herself the more he will
improve himself in his desire to i'm
press her favorably. Strange that
those who know so we'll how to call
out the best in others before marriage
should almost invariably reverse their
methods after marriage.
Any married couple, no matter how
Incompatible can develop marriage
love and live happily and successfully
together by following the lines sug-
gested: first, consenting that neither
shall absolutely possess the other;
second. both living the advancing life
and third, each absolutely refraining
from criticism, or from any attempt to
correct or improve the other, while
endeavoring to win the favor of the
other by self-improvement.
In .other words, any marriage may
be made successful by instituting
courtship. D. Wattles in
June Nautilus.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-21
THE TENDERFooT.

Thirty years ago this spring a ten
derfoot" settled among the sagebrush
beside the stage road running through
Umatilla county. The stage driver
ridiculed the idea of making a home
there, and the stage driver knew, for
had he not driven stage over that
route for five years and had seen moth
ing but sand and jack rabbits.
But the "tenderfoot' was determin-
ed to have a home and so he began
digging a ditch from the Umatilla
river and turned the water upon a lit
tie garden patch. Next spring the
driver was startled to see green grass
and garden stuff growing in the sand.
Then he was amazed to see peach
blooms bursting from the limbs of lit
tie trees and next year he saw several
stacks of alfalfa dotting the patch of
cleared ground.
But still he doubted. 'I will give
you to two years to starve out" he
said to the "tenderfoot." The ten
derfoot" had but little money to be
sure, while the driver drew 800 per
month and spent it all in Pendleton,
La .Grande and Baker City joints
within two days after he drew it.
This week the "tenderfoot" sold
portion of his sagebrush flat for s1O,-
900 and still owns enough to make
him independently rich. And last
month that same knowing stage driv-
er was sent to a poor house in the
Coeur d'Alenes, after 80 years OF
precarious existence as laborer for
others.
1.-The "tenderfoot" won the bet. He
played a winning game, He stuck to
the sagebrush. The old stage road
has vanished, the old driver has been
forgotten, but the sagebrush flat and
its bitches filled with water are the
marvel of the land.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-05-21
"TIIE WAY"

However certain of the way thou art,
Take not the self-appointed leaders
part.
Follow no man. and by no man be led,
And no man lead. Awake, and go
ahead.
Thy path, though leading straight un-
to the goal
Might prove confusing to another soul.
The goal is central; but from east, and
west,
And north and south, We set out on the
quest;
leys low
How could all find one common way
to go?
Lord Buddha to the wilderness was
brought,
Lord Jesus to the Cross. And yet,
think not
BY solotude, or cross, thou canst
achieve, e.
Lest in thine own true Self thou dost
believe.
Know thou are One, with life's AL
mighty Source,
Then ar thy feet set on the certain
Course.
Nor does it matter if thou feast. or
fast,
Or what thy creed-or where thy lo1
is cast;
In halls of pleasure, or in crowded
mart,
In city streets, or from all men
apart
Thy path leads to the Light; and peace
and power
Shall be thy portion, growing hour by
hour.
Follow no man, and by no man be led.
and no man lead. But know and go
ahead.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in June
Nautilus.