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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25
THE NEWS SAYS PAY DEBTS

THE NEWS Ch10 AAA
The News, which represents the
Democratic voters of the city, takes
no stock in Mayor Rice's plan to add
more debt to the city by experiment.
ing with an electric lighting plant at
this time. 1t says:
"While many may disagree with
The News and may accuse 1t Of In
consistency in this editorial, yet The
News is not very strongly in favor
of municipal ownership. In many
Of the towns 1t has been a failure,
and at times has resulted in great
losses to the city. besides a lot Of
trouble. There is another question
that is coming up soon, and that Is
the light question in Abilene. A
number of people want to own the
light plant. This doesn't seem plau-
sible at this time. The city ought
to get little more out Of debt first"
With nearly $4,000 in unpaid war
rants, debts incurred in the past two
years and meaning higher taxes, the
people want debt-paying.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25
WHY MORE DEBT?

The Rice campaign seems to be
run on plan of plunging the city
into more debt to put in something
like $4,000 to experiment with cleo
trio lights. As the taxes this year
will be higher than they were last ia
take care OF some $4,000 Of unpaid
warrants 1t is likely that the tau
payers will have something to say
about 1t.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1909.
is 1T A CRIME?

The Chronicle claims to have dis
covered that a citizen and taxpayer
]. e. Brewer, had the audacity to
look at the city records and raises
a great howl about it. To be sure
he seems to have found some dlscrep-
ances but why is it a crime for a tax
MAYER to ask for the records? Is
there something the administration
does not want published?
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25

CLAY Center Republican; Amid all
th,a congressional turmoil, the peo-
Die OF the FIFTH Kansas congfesllohA ,
district have the satisfaction o.
SnsSipe that there representAtiYe y
quietly and effectively attending .
"a dutiss and voting right on even
question OF public Importance mat
comes NJ Tor confederation ana -
= = -. rrlaar hers rerl be1s-
"a eS,t ~ olhSF representative
non Eansla
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25

Ex-Governor HOch evidently does
not understand some Of the basic
principles Of Reform. He says in the
Marion Record: 1t keeps the plain
plug citlsen guessin'. For instance
a lot Of magazine writers and news
papers have been painting Senator
Hopkins as Tool Of the Money Pow
er, a Traitor to The People and all
that sort Of thing, and now comes a
letter from Roosevelt saving that
hopkins has stood squareiy for his
Reform Measures, and he viii b
deeply disappointed Il Hopkins is not
reelected. what is the answer
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25

city Attorney Crawford in a card
irving to excuse the administration
for failing to inform the public Of It's
financial affairs says: The imam
clal records are open to the inspection
Of the public and any one is at per.
feet liberty and has the legal right
q examine and make copies Of them
Yet when leading taxpayer la.'
week locked at the warrant BOOK
C,pe,dentaily finding an overpay-
ment) he was abused By the chrOn'
lcle to the extent Of half q column
some funny things about this pub
Lefty matter,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25
MAY HAVE INVESTIGATION.

A movement is on foot among the
business men to engage the services
Of an expert to check the city clerks
and treasurer's books.
There are a number Of taxpayers
who have a desire TO know the true
financial standing Of the city and Is
the present administration refuses
TO make a statement the services Of
an accountant seems the only way 70
get Il.
Il is not thought anything criminal
win be discovered or that the records
are not all right, but the admins
,ratioh hes not for the past two
years puhHshsd TIE information ~
CURED by ikw and some people hare
lholr Eu1plciona aroused.
M onnlnniion would Eive ~
a. ltria
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25
I,ET THE LTGHT IN.

DR.. Conklin in his platform says:
/ favor the fullest published re-
ports Of the city income and expendi-
lures. The taxpayers are entitled to
know what becomes Of their money
Mr.. Rice in his platform says:
OOOOOOOOOOOO
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25

Not stakeholder in any corpora
ton would stand it to have the Off
GERS dodge and refuse to give infor-
nation of the company's business
affairs. The taxpayers are stock
holders in the city-why are they
averse to telling them what has been
done?
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25

zelle Hopkins has purchased an in
terest in the Sentinel at Junction
City. II he and Arthur Colby don't
make things hum we miss our guess.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25
One Beautifu! Dinner Set Free
With purchase Of $50 worth OF
goods in Our Great 2-Floor Clothing
House we give you Absolutely. Free q
Apiece Dinner Set, handsomely
decorated.

edwhh we are enabled
give Decorated APIECE Dinner Set you
buy this time buy
goods as YOU which we furnish to
free bring the and get one these e
~ @ Dinner Sets greatest merchant Re-
but start trading once and ask @
Dinner will furnish
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25

Whirh a. The tsxpayeFs wait
llsht On TIE spending q their none,
or gun shoe nnanoei
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25

oSs cdnfoft Abilens
holds iks record No ether town q
Esn.as ever had ten stores robbed
40 one Might
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-03-25

Issued BY
The Reflector Publishing Co.

Entered as second class mail matter
at the postofice at Abilene, Kansas.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
Longevity Among Soldiers.

At the beginning Of the year there
were surviving two major generals Of
the volunteer service in the civil war
and twenty-five brigadier generals.
The original roster in the volunteer
service was 131 major generals and
Of the survivors was Names gallant
soldier, Brigadier General Selden Con.
nor, who was registered as seventy
years Of age; the oldest, Brigadicr
General Joseph A. Cooper of Kansas,
who had passed e%ighty-six. The aver,
age age was s~eventy-nine. This show
ing, although a small one, tends tG
prove that the mortality among war
veterans after their return to peace is
not excessive.
The average age of the commissioned
officers Of the Federal army at the
close Of the war. forty-four years ago.
was about thirty-four, and the generals
were the mel above the average. The
fact that but 4 per cent survive at this
l1Ce uHte IS not FelNdTkdDle. ALuOIS
lower grades a greater per cen sur
vive, and for the whole army of rank
and file the survivors number about So
per cent of the survivors in 1865. The
average age of all survivors is sixty
nine, about. The average age of the
enlisted men enrolled during the war
period was about twenty-three. At
the outset the soldier is always i
picked man, physically and mentally.
and experience in the service teaches
him to take good car of his health,
and avoid excuses. Ills come to him,
as to other men. but he knows better
than to neglect himself. The youngest
Of the noted war leaders on the regu-
lar army roster of survivors. Miles. is
seventy, and the Oldest. Howard. turn
ed seventy-eight last November.
GEORGE l.. KILMER.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
Hunor and
Philosophy
NEAREST ARE DEAREST.
~ DUNCAN n. SMITH

There are many kinds Of trouble
Roaming round the world at large,
Some that cost you ready money
Some the trouble man will charge,
But the brand that your attention
Gets you may as well allow
And makes light of all the others
Is the one that strikes you now.
Troubles. of some other season
That Alen present did not please
Are as last years birds nests swingin.
In the bare and lealess trees,
And the troubles that are coming
Do not fill you with dismay
Even though they may be frightful
If they're far enough away.
Though your patient heart was broke
When the case was fresh n new,
Distance lends its rare enchantment
In about a year or two.
You can smile In recollection
Even though it left you broke,
And If it is gone forever
You can treat it as a joke.
But the ones that now are pressing.
That at present hold you tight.
Though they may be only trifes,
Keep you sitting up at night.
If you stand aside and view them
AS a fellow up a tree.
You can see they are but atoms
In the general trouble sea.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
The Cold, Sweet Spring.

The Cold, Sweet Spring.
The season comes when verdure young
Peeps through the gray of wintry cold.
Uncertain season, ever n
BY poets since the world was old.
OF this at least we may be sure
AS day by day the plot unfolds
Well catch a cold that will endure.
No balm for it the springtime holds.
And so each blessed season l
The verdure view with streaming
lamps.
It's all because the seasons shy
On dry inc very long on damps.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
Expert Advice,

CXPcTC NOVICe. ="
Maud is troubled, and, like many per-
Sons in trouble. she lays her heart bare
before the editor. She writes in:
Dear Editor-Kncwing that you
AN solve the hardest questions will,
one hand tied behind your back.
want to ask you a delicate question.
If you had two positions. equally de-
sirablc, offered, which would you take:
MAUD"
We cannot say offhanded, Maudie.
but we think we would.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
Simple Labor Too.

People find it tolerably easy to get
down to simple life in fare when
prices soar beyond the reach Of the
simple purse. To get down to simple
labor is not so easy, especially after a
prosperity boom. At present there
are few booms in sight. But that is
no reason for becoming strangers to
labor. A sensible farmer doesn't quit
the soil because a new seed or a new
method fails to bring double or treble
the yield of the old the first year.
Progress is sometimes made when the
upshot Of hustling is simply to trade
an old dollar for a new one.
There's a good time coming for the
worker whose work is done right.
Some men today who were plodding
along and merely living when prosper
ity was at it's height wouldn't know
there had been a slump but for other
peoples complaints. Business is bet
ter for them now than 1t was two or
three years ago because they planted
good seed in good soil. expecting only a
moderate yield. They are getting the
new dollar with interest on the old. at
least, and, it may be, a margin of profit.
1t is better to wear out on that basis
than to rust out waiting for so and
100 per cent propositions that may
never turn up.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
Nothing Left

EYES," she sighed, her voice laden
with regret, I'VE will have to give up
our trip to Europe"
HAS your husband had business re-
verses?"
"No: you could hardly call it that.
We had bad luck in our home. The
plumber worked fifteen minutes in the
basement last week. and he will have
to be paid"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

Not a single railway passenger was
killed in a travel accident in the Unit
ed Kingdom last year. We can't all
go to England just to have safe travel.
but we might import a few English
railroad men to teach us new tricks.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

Cuban indictments should remember
that the terror which goes with the
idea Of a revolution can be cheapened
by overworking.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

Edward VII. has a place in the
Wright brothers family album as a
king just looking on. Lots of people
get star parts in history for no o
than that.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

A New York publisher informs the
public that his new book has a 'deep
vein of purity" So deep probably
that the reader will save time and
take the publishers word for it.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

Simply on its length Colonel Waiter
sons FIVE column editorial entitled
Every Incorporate Temperance" be-
longs in the very something class also.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

China is for arbitration to settle her
disputes with Russia and Japan, which
goes to show that a small navy or no
navy at all can also make for peace.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

For a hard proposition there's Lu-
Their Burbank's attempt to produce
graftless politics without doing any
grating in the process.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
Not So Accommodating.

'They couldn't get along at all to.
gether. Nothing that she did seemed
to please him, and nothing that he did
pleased her"
why didn't she leave HING"
"She was afraid that would give
him too much satisfaction. and she
considered it her duty as a wife to
stay and make him trouble"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

The price Of sugar and coffee ITO
the poor man" depends more upon
some middleman's greed than upon
the tariff schedule.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

The south pole having allowed itself
to be discovered. the north pole should
hurry up and come i'll.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

"Man wants but little here below
and that'sAj just what the average NOR
tai gets.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

If the Imaginary terrors of Wal!
hades is not the bottom pit. after all.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
RESPONSIBLE One.

Responsible One.
How is your wife,"
"Quite miserable, thank you."
"Don't thank me-"
pardon me: l took you for the doc
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

The new town Of Taft should settle
ct once with the parent town Of Roose-
vslt a to who's who in IT. policy
making.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
RALPH WARD
rooney, North Dakota
G. o. Raugust.
wAsHBURN, n. ID.

The Horses branded lOl on right
shoulder. Ranch 22-l48-s6. Nc
Lean county.
Grade Percheron work horses for
sale at all times.
parA REWARD OF $500 IS OFFERED
for the arrest and conviction of
anyone stealing horses branded lol
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
Hard to Choose.

Hard to Choose.
He looks mis-
cradle and all run
down"
Yes: he is a
wreck"
What is he
suffering froln:"
His friends are
divided in their
opinion. I Ii e y
C Il MT q e
W h e t h e it Is
lnother-in-laW or
Indigestion
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
could Irust It.

"I'm going to call you early tomor-
row morning."
.sWhat for?"
ITO see the sunrise"
'Don't you do it. The sun has been
rising successfully without my help
for several thousand years, and l think
it will be able to turn the trick once
more"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

Some people are good because it is
easier in some cases to help than it is
to hinder.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
Sighted.

Il suppose you never accepted a
bribe?" said the innocent young per-
son, addressing a seasoned alderman.
"No, SIR" replied the alderman,
growing red with rage. "No. sir; no.
body ever offered me one"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

: Hunn0r and :
I Philosophy }
\ D. DUNCAN n. s1slrH \
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

The only people who have plenty of
money are those who don't need the
money.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
Waste Moisture.

Waste Moisture.
What's the use of crying?
Tears will not produce
Anything worth buying.
Really, what's the use?
While your tears are drying
Take this good advice:
Saving wood or flying,
Tears will not cut ice.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
Sure Winner

Sure Winner.
Modesty wins in the story book.
Putting one finally over the crook,
Managing in the procession to PASS
Creatures of gall and pretension and
brass.
Plucking the prize.
To its own surprise,
Quietly walking away with the goods
While the pretender elopes to the woods.
Modesty wins in the laudable play.
Thwarted at first, it will have it's way.
Villains may foil it, but not very long.
In at the home stretch, ringing the gong,
1t will succeed
- With commendable speed,
Tearing the roof from the house for ap-
plause.
Proving the kind of the drama that
draws.
And in the song While the singer holds
sway.
But does it drag off the honors in life,
Winning a fortune, an Office, q wife,
Forging ahead
In the race on the dead,
Putting a crimp In the brazen and bold
Much as the fairy romances " told?
Need we the answer that's patent pro-
claim?
Not to the ones who are mixed in the
game,
Not to the ones who can see with their
< eyes.
Though they are steeled by the world to
surprise.
Modesty? Yes,
But its glowing success
Isn't the kind hat a fellow can use
Buying provisions and garments ard
shoes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02
mpossibility

IF he had money he couldn't keeI
it."
81 didn't know he was married"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

Pretty clothes are necessary to a
woman unless she can't get them.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

1t is hard to put yourself i'll his
place. and then, too. it might embar-
rass him. 4
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

The way some people talk you can't
help wondering if they are paid for it
at so much per word.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-04-02

So Different.
.He doesn't appear to be a bright
lad"
"But he is one of the most original
boys 1 know"
"Nhat has he done?"
"Nothing. But he isn't building a
flying machine"
ENCOURAGING.
"Don't worry about your children.
madam"
ssWhy?"
81 think that they will see to it that
other people viii do all the worrying
because Of them that Is necessary"
Good Beginning.
.ssWhy does he hold the gun as
though 1t were a baby and he feared
he might break ity'
:.He is a city sportsman"
ibid he ever shoot anythingy
.sThe chutes."
Ought 70 Know.
.SShe doesn't believe In divorce
II suppose she has never had one"
Zone whatf'
"a divorce"
sNo: nor q bnstand either
1EakTF@HZ 1000 Et-Ea EEa
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-04-01

BY FRANK SOMMER,
FORMER SHERIFF
Former Sheriff Speaks at Annual
Dinner of Clinton Avenue
Reformed Church.

Former Sheriff Frank II. Sommer was
the principal speaker at the eighth an
nual banquet of the consistory of the
Clinton Avenue Reformed Church, held
in the parlors of the church, last night.
The Rev. |. w. Gowen, of the Grove
Reformed Church. OF Weehawken, also
spoke. Covers were laid for upward of
100, and it proved to be one of the most
successful of the consistory's annual
gatherings. The Rev. Albertus Il.
Brock, pastor of the church, presided.
Mr.. Sommer in his talk dwelt prin-
cipally. upon the need of a House of DC
tentionfor juvenile offenders and Of gthe
need of more municipal Fairgrounds.
While there are two Fairgrounds eon-
Quoted by the city, he said, they we're
not enough and he urged that onc be
established in every congested section
of the city. He was emphatic in his
declaration that the Fairgrounds were
the only mediums through, which iuve-
nile crime could be diminished.
The banquet committee was lsom-
posed Of A. w Egner, chairman:
Julius S. Rippel. C. ". shoner. q. w.
Hagaman and F. w, Lambert.
AihohS tHoSc piCScbi were thc fNcN'
A. NJ. Arcularius, Frederick G.. Baker,
G. +. Bellies, George Brown, jr., J.
S. Bennett, w. fl. Bennett, l..
E. Raeder, Samuel Clark. e.
FL. Colyer, Henry H. Dawson, Datiel
II. Durham, F.. A. Dunn, G. w. I'D
wards. A. F. Egner, r. Garrabrantl 9.
w. Hagaman. F. p. Hess, Bay
ard Hamblet. M. S. Hpnn,
w. ]. jackson, Alexander Le-
long, c. l.. Mundy, D. II. Morris,j H.
B. Mcknight, ]. B. Martin J. S. Mnn-
dy, II. D. Northrop. w. C. Park, RI G.
Price, G. e. Price. J. /. Robb. A. b.
Rosenkrans, F. J. Rabenstein,
q. b.. Robb, T. Reeves, George
E sssss,z. w y i shaw Ra Dr.. + H1B E.
Sleght, E. Fl. Smith. F. p. Scofeld. g.
f. Thomas. J. M. Traphagen, II. b.
Cfford, Giles Van Duyne, J. Y. V7n
Reyper, Percy b. Van sDuyne, Cor1e-
Illus Wells. Harold Waters and Ernest
q WxrEoff
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-04-01
ARMY OFFENDERS
YELL WITH GLEE
As PRISON BURNS
Eight Hundred Driven from Cells
by Flames in Fort
L~eavenWOrth.

LEAVENW WORTH, Kan, April LIT
took loo United States) soldiers to
maintain order and to prevent prisoners
from escaping during the fire which
destroyed -four buildings of the federal
military prison here early today. When
the fire started there was glee among
the 500 prisoners. Let it burnt they
yelled.
They were marched out of their cells
when it seemed that the whole prison
would be destroyed, and held under
military guard until the fire was under
control. Then, after some of the cell
houses had cooled sufficiently, they
were marched back again. The fire
was discovered before midnight by a
sentry, and the Thirteenth infantry.
armed with rifles, was thrown around
the entire prison.
The fire department OF Leavenworth
answered an emergency call and joined
forces with the soldiers in a battle
against the flames. The fire was con-
fined to the central row of buildings
and consumed the industrial depart
nents of the prison, including the paint
shop, the tailor shop, carpenter shop
and laundry.
a few men were overcome by the
heat during the fire. Lieutenant w.
c. Jones, Thirteenth infantry, was
painfully scalded by a gust Of steam
and hot water from a burning roof. He
was taken to his quarters, where 1t
was said his injuries were not serious.
Major Thomas II. Slavens, command
ant of the prison, said the fire proba-
bly, was caused by defective wiring.
Fle placed the damage at $4,000.
The buildings burned were erected
In 1857 and We're first used for an army
commissary storehouse. Many years
later they became a part OF the United
States penitentiary and later were con-
verted into a military prison, following
the erection of a new Federal prison
here. The prisoners now confined there.
about 800 men. are practically all short
term army offenders, convicted IN
court-martials.