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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-23
ZION.

Mrs. Abby Cress spent few days
in Topeka the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Engle and M.
and Mrs. A. o. zook visited Sunday
at Samuel Ketterman's.
Mrs. George Livingston and dauSh-
ter. Miss Bertha. who are spending
the winter at San Antonio, Texas, re-
mort that the weather is quite mild
down there.
Mr.. Livingston thinks Of also join
ing them II the cold weather contin-
ues.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Bert expect to
lIeave wednesday for Chicago where
they will spend few weeks VISITING
with the formers sisters, Misses sar
ali and Anna Bert.
Ira Eisenhower preached at thu
chronIster school house Sunday even
ing.
Nv. Rumold returned home Mon
|, day from a business trip to cOnwa,
Springs.
!, A. o. zook is hauling lumber Z
build a barn and remodel the hous
at the sunnydale farm.
Elder M. G. .Engle conducted sci
vices at the Brethren church nea
| Green, Kansas, over Sunday.
The Glenwood school was visite
i last week BY the county superlntent
emit, Mr.. Aumiller. He gave them
spIendId address which was entoye
By ne students
, Miss Rose cress spent last YES
4 Win her sister. Ms. Bessie Piekini
I
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-23
HAS a GROWING BUSINESS.
Abilene Steam laundry Is Making o
Splendid Record:

One Of the establishments OF the
lefty In which Abilene takes great
pride and which has made a record
worth having during the year Is the
abilene Steam Laundry. During it,
sixteen years Of business here i has
| been buIIt up by the manager and
owner, J. R. Goodwin, from a small
undertaking to one Of the leading
business concerns Of the city. During
|Ithe past year to care for It's growing
trade Is has daded new double dry
ing cabinet, the latest improved mod
el.. with the present equipment 800
shirts can be dried perfectly in an
hour. A wrlnger which takes the
water out Of clothing by centrifugal
force has been installed. twice the
capacity Of the former one. Also a
new cuff and collar ironer has been
added, the new machinery alone cost
ing over q thousand dollars The
Abilene laundry does much for the
town. It employs fourteen to sixteen
people and brings business here from
forty towns from Manhattan to the
Colorado line. This brings money
here and the fact that It does first
class work promptly means that 1t
has an established position. The
patronage given It by the city is EVIL
derce that It Is appreciated and that
Abilene means to sustain 1t properly.
It is creditabIe that the people OF
Il. city and vicinity realize this and
give their patronage where 1t be-
longs, at home.
Mr.. Goodwin is deserving OF the
patronage Of the people of Abilene.
Only workmen who are masters OF
their trade are employed and they
can always be depended upon to do
the best kind of work. The service
given to the patrons Is Inc pest any
this helps to build up the large trade.
Telephone calls are always answer
promptly and quickly and pas'cus
who use the phone always get most
courteous treatment. Everyone y
invited to visit the laundry and In
spect the machinery and methods.
Few persons realize what an I'M
mense amount Of work and what DE-
tail is required on a large laundry and
It would do the patrons Of the Abb
lene Steam Laundry good to visit
the establishment and inspect 1t for
themselves. Its cleanliness and per-
feet sanitary arrangements are les
son in good management and deserve
attention.
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Rev. ]. H. Wagaman and son Ray
mond spent last Friday and satur-
day with his brother, Leslie Waga-
man, at Manhattan. They also called
upon Joseph Cress Jr.
Mr.. Cress who left for Florida a
few weeks ago writes that he is per-
fectly delighted with the country and
that he thinks 1t is a paradise on
earth" He has gone over into Cuba
The Zion Sunday school held Its
reorganization meeting last Wednes-
day afternoon. Officers for the COM
ing year were elected.
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from Warrensburg. Mo.
Martin Kline's have moved to Mis-
souri, where they will locate for the
future.
Miss Grace Meridith spent Sunday
at Miss Alice Olsen's.
Knute Londeen is running the
shop now
Harry Kaufman spent Sunday at
William Olsen's.
We are glad to hear that S. Maugh-
ermar is improving.
J. o. Rocks new house is nearing
completion.
Henry Olsen came in from Illinois
to visit home folks.
The Twins Christmas Tree" will
be given at the Navarro school house
BY the school. Everybody is invited.
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of X. U. gave interesting talks in
chapel Saturday morning.
The Misses German and Engle
made quite hit Friday morning
with their song, "The Whistling Girl.
Rev. johnson of the M. e. church
conducted chapel services Tuesday
morning. He warned our young peo-
pie against valuing themselves too
cheaply-the best is none too good.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-12-23
NAVARRO.

T. Issltt and son shipped car load
of hogs to Kansas City last week.
q. Sandrock and Mr.. Harshman
each shipped a carload Of cattle to
Kansas City last week.
Revival services have commenced
at the Dunkard church with leader
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D. G. H. S.

In the game of basket ball played
between the D. G. X. U. students and
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say anything to me now."Bert
walker in osborne Farmer.
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that will Ous the day and the Something acceptable Something
better Christmas
handed For Furniture gift that with the honeymoon and into the
come your good wishes Christmas
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25

tell yer. so scared his hair will drop out.
and I know! Do you hear that? I
know
He'll do it again. says I, beginning
to see what Brooks was W to.
NO, he won't. He's a poor sucker,
that's all-he amt a regular. I know
EN-" he says. with his mouth at my
ear. Il know 'em down TO the ground.
and when you send 'em to the pen.
you've squeezed the man out Of EN-.
that's what you've done. Or else YOU
sent 'em to a place where they'll learn
il for trade The pens a crook fac
tory. Beat that horse! We've got TO
make 1t before he gets away"
Wed come swOOping into a stretch
OF open marshes. and Brooks pulls out
his watch to see the time I'm the moon
light.
My GodtT he says. we may lose him
YETI and for near two miles he was
still. sitting with his head bent down,
but the revolver still in his other hand.
except when he'd sit up and burst out
yelling at the horse, or when we'd pass
a farm house, with a dog waking up
and barking out into our dust. ! was
doing some tall thinking
BY and by he begins shouting at me
again IF you knew what I know,
Jim Hands you'd see different. Give
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again. Yes. yes. Mrs Kilroy, He's
coming" for Clementlna is hammerin'
on the door and Begin Sadie to be
quick
You know how it is, waking up just
as you're dToppin' off that way. I had
Just sense enough TO jump into a pair
of pants and some bath slippers, ana
before l gets the glare of the light out
my eyes I'm rushed out into the hall,
and female in a dressin' gown has
grabbed me by the hand, and I'm bein'
towed down the stairs.
You'll find HIM, won't you, Mr.. Nc
CaDe?" says Teenie. ~Oh, promise me
you'll find him before he walks into
the lake"
sure I will" says I How much
start has he gOt2~
"Oh. I don't know" SAYS she L Just
missed him two minutes ago. when ]
went into his room to see If he had let
the windows open too wide. Oh. Oh,
Isn't it dreadful
Maybe not" says I. Did you LOOK
''Of course not" says she. They al
ways go outdoors and into the most
dangerous places. I've been reading
about it. But / hope he isn't in the
lake"
What lake ?" says /. Where
BY this time we've got as far as the
carriage door and are squintin' out
into the dark. and don't see any signs
Of lake or anything else. All 7 can
make out is a few trees and bushes
lOomin' up here and there.
IT'S off to the right somewhere. I
think says Clementina. NO, it's TO
the left Come on, Well find it any
way"
Now l didn't have any great banker
in to go skirmishin' around at night in
a strange place; but there's no hang
in back, for Teenie still has the grip
on me, and she's excited. SofOff wv g
into the dark. Black? Say it was like
lookin' into coal chute, I hadn't gone
| fifty steps from the house before I'd
lost all track of where we came from
or which way we was gOin'. I might 5
well had binders on and my head
sewed up tight in bag.
"If there's a lake here, [ guess wei
find it." says 1. How're you on swim
min -
But just here Teenie lets cut a
squeal There he isl says she
Didn't you see that flash of white
over that way? There it goes again.
Oh. dear, See?''
Sure enough. I could make out some
thin kind of white, and we both starts
for it. Ciementina shriekin' out:
Major dear Major. dear" all the
time. "Oh. oh He's running away.
Il wonder why?" says L Blamed
if he amt, though, Hey. MAZE! Wait
UP minute. will your
But not wait, That gray white
figure goes driftin' of. and we after IT,
That is. we takes about three leaps
and lands bang up against fouT-fOCl
I board fence.
"Biffi" says I. Lucky that va Mt
any higher. or we'd fattened our noses
Didn't hurt. did6t?"
NO. no." says Teenie. Help me
overt We must get over
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that fcller a chance. and he'd never do
the like of it again. The poor devil s
cured for good and all. When a fel1ers
in the business. it's different. He takes
it good and bad as it comes. and then
there's some mean cuss that would take
a widows boots if he could get EN-
without being pinched. and when he
goes up. he deserves il. / know those
shysters well, But Atwater's different
He got light headed, that's what. He
amt small in the heart, and ne amt
in the business. Give him a show, I
say
save your wind says I It's diff
ferent from what 7 was taught, but I'm
with you. Ed" He never answers. but
he puts his gun into his pocket and
says. Give me those reins, Jim: we've
got to make it."
And he never took his eyes of that
horse until we'd come UP over a rise
and saw the stray lights pricked out Of
the black shadows of the town at the
foot Of the hill. 1t most seemed to me
that he'd just hyphotized that beast to
go. and that luck had kept Us out Of
smash-up on the dark stretches. When
we drove into the lights that still
burned around the station the foam
Continued on Page IL
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his Now I lay me?' % says to Sadie.
as I struggles out of my collar that
night.
Probably" says Sadie. I'm going
to find out how she does it."
Just as though you needed any
points," says l.
Not that we puts in the rest of the
night discussin' the major and Clemen-
tina l might have been dreamin'
about him, though; for it seems like 1
hadn't more'n got nicely cuddled down
in the hay before I hears some one
shoutin' his name, and I has hay
idea that he's prOddin me in the short
ribs with a seltzer bottle It's only
Sadie. though. She's shakin' me by the
shoulder and sayin' for goodness sake
why don't I wake up and listen.
How in blazes can I wake uD when
I amt been asleep yet?" says l.
Haven't been asleep" says she.
why, you've been saving wood for
an hour. Are you awake now? Well.
jump up and put something on. Hurry.
too, before Mrs. Kilroy comes rushing
in here again.
Eth? WHAT says l. "She amt
after me, too, is she? Who-what's the
natter"
Its the major. He's gone" says
Sadie. Hes walking in his sleep
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applyin' TO highbalIs late hours and
games of chance. Also, she don't ap-
prove of the careless way the major
dresses his part.
For Clementina is one of these nat
ural born fussers, the kind that follows
around after the maiIs with a dust
rag, and has a spasm il any one drops
a fake of cigar ash on the rug. The
major, bein' handy, comes i'm for his
share, and once more he finds himself
up against a new set OF regulations
that has to be learned by heart.
What she needs is a man made to
order" says I. How long do you guess
he'll be able to stand it,
There's no knowing, says Sadie
but it's beginning to wear on him.
The latest is that he has taken to sleep
walking She was telling me about it
this morning. Their rooms adjoin ours,
you know"
! sleep walkin en-" says I. She
must be gettin on his nerves bad, if
he's got to that stage.
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little ladies'. about five feet notbin'
high and weighin' over one hundred
and twenty. But she's all there with
the complexion and the figure. ana
what there was of the black and silver
party dress looked like it must have
grown on her. She's anywhere on the
north side Of forty (for some of tbs
raven hair gets gray streaks in il ear
ly), but you didn't have to be anv
close observer to tell that she has gin
ger enough left TO last her another
fifty years.
Major" says she. in sweet pickIes
tone that cut in, even if it was low and
cooin', aren't you forgetting your
self2''
It's the first time I ever sees the
major dom the schOolboy blush. He
w'igsles around and then begins.
"Why-er-the fact is. my dear, II
That VIII do, major," saws she.
snappin' them black eyes of hers. and
then lOOkin' at me suspicious. You
may take me into the music room
Probably your friend will not mind il
you leave the decanter." and with this
last shot I gets an 'cicle glance tina;
should have brought out the spinal
shivers.
"Ouch!" says L I'm discove'ed.
Well, by-by, major"
one that this was Clementfna. Sadie
supplies the other details of the tragic
story later on. Seems that the major
after bein' q widOwer for twenty-odd
years and lUin' a free and easy sort
of life. wakes up to the fact one day
that things have been happenin' to
his income. Then. just as he's won
derin' how he can get along on half
pay without the quarterly dividends.
he runs across Clementina.
She is a two-plot widow; but amt
discouraged yet. Also each of the late
belOyeds has left her bonds and real
estate and so on. enough to put her in
the six-6guTe class. She likes the looks
of the major. as most of 'em do, and
then that cooin' voice Of hers sounds
kind Of pleasant TO him So before he
hardly has time to think what may be
comm, he's taken the plunge and quail
flied as number three.
The honeymoon amt got more'n
above the tree tops before the major
really mean. His habits amt ever been
what you'd call bad exactly, not as
majors go. but such as they are they're
more or less settled on him. That
don't faze Clementina any, though
She's trained a couple of bubbles be
fore. and even If they didn't last long
enough to make a finished job of IT,
she's ready to start in again with a
fresh subject.
And she does. First off she let's the
major know that all them winnin' ways
of his. that used to make him such a
general fav0rite sNvith the ladies'. should
be kept for home consumption. Along
with that she frames I'D set of rules
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Honest, you couldn't help feeIin'
sorry for the major. I gets a glimpse
or two Of him durin' the evenin'. sittin'
around ladylike on the gilt chairs, try
in to remember to keep his hands out
of his pockets and make that left eye
of MS behave. I knows there's a stiff
game Of draw gOin' on in one of the
back rooms. too, and / can figure out
just how bad the majors fingers is
itchin' for the feel of five cards.
If he'd been a young blood, I might
have said il was good thing for him !:
but the majors got past the age where
he's liable TO slip on the tObOggan.
and it did seem a shame to choke him
off from all the things he liked best.
Anyway. listenin' to a near Melba
strugglin' up TO high f want exactly
the kind Of sport he'd been brought up
on. But there alongside of him was
Teenie with the watchfuI eyes-and it
was Teenie that was signin' the checks
nowadays.
Wonder if she's trained him to say
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-09-23
A SAFE INVESTMENT

The Trout Lake Mining company
situated in King county, near Sky
komish on the Great Northern rail-
road. offers a small block Of its treas
ury stock at only 80 cents a share
| (par value So We have got mine
and one that we believe will pay en-
ormous dividends to it's stockhold-
ers. The company owns 1898 acres
of mineral land, two mill sites of 5
acres each. making a total area Of
403.3 acres. A report Of w. s. Ba-
con, mineral engineer of Bellingham,
says:
The title to these claims is held
by location, possession. and compli
ance with the laws Of the United
! States, local laws and customs with
no dispute. There is no lien or in
| umbrance Of any kind against the
property.
Development.
On the Toga claim a tunnel 465
feet in length has been driven to
reach the dip of the Quantities ahead
of 1t. 1t will yet take 800 feet of
tunneling and some cross cutting to
Machinery.
On this property they have in
stalled a Turbine Water Wheel to
furnish power for the two drill Air
Compressor. For the size and pres
ent requirements 1t Is ample and In
good condition.
The deposit has the following
characteristics. 1t Is In quartzite of
several hundred feet in thickness
that rests upon granite. The quartz
lite by the uplift was cracked and ifs
sured, leaving great depressions or
canyons, thus exposing to view
quartzite 800 feet thick, its edges
exposed like the leaves Of a book.
On the contact with the granite and
for 40 feet above is deposit Of lead
ore, carrying good silver and gold
values, this can be traced down the
canyon or gulch toward the direction
of the new power plant for a long
distance especially where it dips to
the northeast. But this has eroded,
disintegrated and oxidized the sur
face as to mask it it's true character.
Here appears to be an immense de-
post of ore that needs immediate at
tention.
From Trout lake flows a large
creek or stream called Foss river,
with flow of about 100 cubic feet
per second, with a fall of 100 feet
that will furnish power for all pur-
poses with an excellent site for
plant.
If interested call at Room 116,
Hotel Chewawa. For further infor-
nation see the ore, mining experts
report, maps, etc. Rev. v. N. Tho
rem is president; P. J. Bardon, secre-
tary and treasurer, president Beth
ania college, Everett; John T. Mel
lott. mining superintendent. Skyko-
mish, Wash.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-09-23
TAFT0PENSb|G
IRRIGATION
TUNNEL

Montrose, Col, Sept. 23.-The first
great project undertaken by the fed
eral reclamation service in its efforts
to redeem the semi-arid lands of the
west became an accomplished fact to-
ence OF a large crowd Of railroad
magnates, financiers, federal and
state officials and other interested
spectators, touched a button which
opened the great flood gates and
turned the waters of the swirling
Gunnison river into the Uncompahgre
valley. In a brief address the pres
ident expressed his pleasure at be-
ing present at an event which meant
so much to the future of the country
at large and particularly to the west
ern states, where vast areas of fer
tile lands but await the magic work
of the irrigator to blossom as the
rose.
VIII Irrigate 10000 Acres.
The completion Of the Gunnison
project means the reclamation of
nearly 10000 fertile acres, making
their cultivation certain and success
full. Homes for at least $4,000 peo-
pie Will De CT0aI0Q. ne OuCOuIpdu-
gre valley, in the heart of the main
fridge Of the Rockies, where now
thousands Of acres of mesa lie bare
and brown, will within a few years
be covered with orchard and truck
farms. The great tunnel. which is
the main feature of the project. will
not only assist In the work of irriga-
ton, but will be used aslo to generate
electric power sufficient to light every
town and every farmhouse in the val
ley and to provide power for all
kinds of commercial and industrial
purposes. Already there are three
flourishing towns, Montrose, Delta
and Olathe, located In the valley.
Tunnel Six Miles Long.
The main tunnel Is six miles long
and extends through a mountain of
almost solid rock. Through this great
tube the waters from the Gunnison
river, which flows through a granite.
bound canyon, the walls of which are
$500 feet high in many places, are
carried into the valley. The tunnel
Is the largest underground waterway
in the world. It's capacity is 1900
cubic feet of water a second. 1t is
cement lined throughout and it cost
more than $2,500,000. With the
main and distributing canals the to-
tai cost of the project amounted to
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-09-23

over IS, 100000. The main canal Is
80 feet wide at the bottom, IS feet
wide at the top and the average
depth of the water is 10 feet. Four
and half years were necessary to
complete the great engineering
work.
Many Difficulties Overcome.
The preliminary work on the I'M
dertaking was difficult and spectacu-
lar, for the Gunnison river flows at
the bottom Of a great canyon with al
most perpendicular walls and the sur
veys for the location of the tunnel
heading required both heroism and
engineering skill. Actual work on the
tunnel was preceded by the construc-
ton of a road down the canyon walls
over which supplies and heavy ma
chinery could be carried. For four
years crews Of men were employed
In boring into the granite mountain
from both ends of the tunnel. On
July 6 last the two gangs met at
point 10,812 feet from the intake on
the Gunnison river. In the progress
of their work they had encountered
all sorts of discouragements, gas.
caveins, hot and cold water, running
sand and treacherous material which
required careful timbering in order
to protect the wOrkmen.
Tunnel Taps the River.
Instead of the customary dam at
the point where the river Is turned
into the tunnel. the tunnel itself taps
the river from beneath its granite
bed BY this plan neither floods nor
slack water can prevent the tunnel
from taking all the water needed
from the river. All the fumes, cul-
verts, diversion gates, drops and
other works along the line Of the
main canals are built of steel and
concrete, of weight to last for CEN
turtles. Wherever there is danger to
the main canals from seepage or of
sliding banks, the canals are heavily
lined with concrete. Besides build
ing the tunnel, the reclamation SER
vice has acquired all the important
canals and irrigating systems in the
valley. They are to be reconstructed
into one comprehensive and complete
system.
Will Grow All Kinds of Crops.
OF the 10000 acres included IN
the project nearly 100000 acres Is
land which has long belonged to priv
ate parties. The lands are suitable
for fruit growing and the raising Of
all kinds of farm crops. While the
project cost the government $5,000,-
900 to build this vast amount ulti-
mately will be repaid by the residents
and settlers in the valley at the rate
of $35 per acre for the water rights.
Settlers will be given ten years by
the government In which to pay for
| these rights.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-09-23
Washington Weather.

Washington-Fair and warmer in
the east portion; increasing cloudi-
ness followed by rain in the west por-
ton. Friday rain and cooler In the
east. Increasing easterly wind, high
along the coast.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-09-23

The undersigned will offer at auc-
ton, at the Eagle livery stable, Sat-
urday, Sept Is, at l p. m, one span
of cheap general purpose horses,
weight about 1000 lbs. each.
9-24 TOM BRIGHT.