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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

You think there Is fun in Kansas
now Just you wait until the ini-
tiative and referendum Law is in ef.
feet and see the resubmisslonistH
start a camplgn for another vote on
the prohlbitory amendment and the
laws enforcing Il. They have been
waiting twenty five years for a chance
and there win Be one Of the most
STEALING affairs ever pulled on whom
d does come
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

This is taken from an advertise
ment but 1t is worth reading as show
ing what busy world this Is: The
first train on what is now the New
York Central Lines-and one Of the
first to run in AmerIca-was oper-
ated in 1881 from Albany to schnee-
tady-i7 miles. Today sixty-seven
passenger trains and hundreds OF
freight trains between New York,
Boston and Montreal on the east, and
Chicago, st. Louis and Cincinnati on
the west, serve the public daily over
this same bit Of road, with proper
tionstely good service over all its
$4,000 miles Of railway, In 1881
the equipment consisted Of the print
'Rive De Witt Clinton engine and
three crude carriages operated over
cruder rails and roadbed BY two men
and boy. To serve its public today.
the New York Central Lines pay
ss5, 900. 900 annually to 1891 ems
ployees. while s7s.O0o.00O more isI
expended for supplies necessary to
maintain a service using $500 non
ster locomotives and aio.1is pas
ssnssF and freight ears.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22
we FARMEn.s PRoFITs.

To produce this years crop Of
wheat required a permanent plant Of
4S, 900, 900 acres OF land, an outfit
of buildings, machines, implements
and fertilizers and the usual motive
accessories OF animels and men. In
addition to this permanent invest
ment, the American farmer has had
TO make a sacrifice Of about two
bushels OF seed to the acre; total,
this year, 10000, 900 bushels, at say
rs cents q bushel, or at the most,
$72, 900, 900. II the crop Of winter
and spring sown wheat should amount
to 675, 900, 900 bushels, the farmer
will have raised IA bushels to the
acre, or seven bushels to one bushel
sown; these figures being merely ap
proximative and only employed for
purposes of illustration.
Let It be assumed that in order
to purchase his $4,000, 5000 worth
OF seed wheat, the farmer had to
borrow money from the bankers at
10 per cen per annum. That looks
like usury, doesn't 1t? But instead
of investigating the bankers mote.
suppose we examine the farmers
beam. For every bushel Of seed
wheat at rs cents he gets seven BUSH
els of product at dollar a bushel.
That is not merely the bankers "us-
uiy" Of 10 per cent, but tie farmers
profit" Of more than nine for one,
or over ninety times as much as 10
per cent. So let us drop the mis-
term Of "usury" and talk
plain sense.
II, after this years product is all
Iold and the proceeds are safely de-
,oslted in tNe farmers local bsnk,
If which insmany instances hs is
himself the organizer and proprie-
or, superior seed were offered to
lin at the same price Of rs cents a
,ushel, with an equal assurance OF
fielding not merely IA but 2S bushels
O the acre, double as much, would
not pay him to borrow the money
or next years seed wheat, at say
o, 80, 40 or even 100 per cent per
mum; and If he neglected to do
o, would It not pay the bankers to
urn farmers and raise the wheat
themselves? OF course 1t would. Let
s figure.
This year the farmer paid for seed
nd interest $79,2OO,OOO and re-
elves for his crop $675,OO0, 900.
ext year he would pay for his seed,
18th 9 per cent interest $144,- Il
90 900 and would receive for his
rop 1880, 900, 900; profit, less cost
I labor, freight and superintendent, {
,2O6, OOO, 900. And If the Ameri-
in farmer were willing to pay 100 i
sr cent for the use Of $4,000, 900
capital, would this not certainly ,
md to stiffen the general rate for
Ioney throughout the country? L
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22
THE STRUGGLE FOR GOODNESS

InE OAhOUUAu rOh OOODNASOO
BY Prof. Raymond A. Schwegler, De
partment of Education, University
of Kansas.
The air is full, at the present, Of
a cry for goodness, public, private
political, financial, social, what not
Everybody has become interested In
everybody else's goodness, and the
first impulse is to ruch to the cham
bers Of law and to write on new tab
let's Of stone not ten laws, but ten
thousand, Thou shalt not"
Laws we must have, repressive
laws, necessary evils" for protection
against evils and against the propaga-
ton of evils that are not to BEEN
dured. And yet law has never made
one soul whittier or one life sweeter, or
one child stronger. Goodness Is not
the result of repression, for repres-
sion is mother of sullen defiance and
of midnight orgies and hidden sins
The crop that grows from negative
legislation is new badness; the first
growth OF weeds cut down only lets
in the sun on what may be the seeds
Of another badness that springs up
forthwith, a badness worse oftimes
than that crop we expunged.
1t is easier to legislate than our
selves to do. The Pharisee shouts
In thunder tones "Thou shalt not"
and then sits in SNUG content, pro-
claiming birthstone for a hayward
world. "First the beam, then the
mote" is still a good rule, though
hoary with two thousand years of
use. Badness is only part of the
blind, ignorant struggle for the lareT
err, richer life. The needed thing
is not repression. Your neighbor is
hungering for avenues Of expression
that shall bring him at the end the
thing he hungers for, the larger, rich
er life instead of that which badness
always brings, pain, agony, and also
so often, deeath. For herein after
all lies the chasm between your good
ness and my badness, that your
goodness leads to. action the end of
which is larger, sweeter, richer life,
while my badness leads to action
the fruit of which is life sordid, mean,
and little, till at the end in hopeless
ness 1t dies.
The great hungry world has not
need Of your seorn of Its badness; 1t
needs the example Of your goodness.
The crying opportunity Of the hour
Is the injection of human goodness.
with the rich red blood
81 human sympathy and compassion
into the affairs of the highway and
byway.
The little child at your knees, the
prankful boy on the street, the idler,
the toilworn, the calloused and hol-
low-eyed, the wearer Of pearls and
purple and he who covers his naked
ness with rags-they all stretch their
hands piteously to you and me and
very man. The worlds great bitter
crying need is not the scornful snarl
+ Jaw. Thou shalt not" out the gvnA
10 persuasion of thousand lives that
rcarnate goodness, and by doing
presch the gospel of the bigger life.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22
wATCH FOR THEM,

The king OF grafters, the steel
range peddIer, has been working Har-
vey county the past few weeks, and
despite the continual warning given
by the papers, 1t is said several fam
lilies have been roped in by the slick
fellows.
The Journal does not believe much
in sentiment or preaching stand by
your home merchant" in connection
with such matters. If you can get
a better stove and save money the
chances are you would be justified in
buying Of some peddler. But you
can't. The guarantee of the local
dealer is worth more to you than all
the slick argument some, stranger can
put up. And say, have you talked the
stove business over with your neigh
Dor, the local merchant? It's ten to
one that he will save you money, any
way. OF course he pays taxes, helps
out your schools, buys your produce,
digs up to help make good roads and
is interested in seeing you do well and
the community prosper. That ought
to count for something. When one
comes to think 1t over, the right
thing to do with the stove peddler is
to gently but firmly tell him to drive
on.-Newton Journal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

IN one respect we must give John
EIaek eredlt--he did not attempt to
dodge his taxes Last March he
turned in si2.4sO worth Of personal
property, including S1O,475 in noes
and mortgages, that be did not own.
However, this Is about the only fin
ancial transaction to bis credit that
has appeared
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

why should the house Of represent
atives Of Kansas have all It's com
mittees appointed BY the speaker
why should not the senate select
its own eommitteesf If It Is wrong
for the United States congress why
is II right for Kansas legislature to
have a one man power2
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

The Vermont Republican majority
was whitfield down As per cent but
the little rain drops we're a more
potent foe than such vestiges of the
Democracy as survive among the
Green mountains.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

The Hutchinson fair had $4,000
admissions and the Topeka fair u.s.
600. Here is where Topeka finds
out who's who and what's what IN
The state fair business.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

II Teddy would change over that
first person singular to first person
plural, he would find that the whole
band sounds better than any single
instrument.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

Although the Insurgents carried
Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Mich
igan Uncle Joe still persists that
their band wagon is only the dump
cart.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

The neighborhood southwest Of
town seems to have some good ideas
Of road making as well of social en-,
joyment. The roads southwest Of
the river bridge are like boulevards
graded and dragged. From town to
the bridge the road would disgrace
Arkansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

Abilene had an idea that Flack
was indolent. Events have proved
that he was the busiest man in town.
Thus do appearances deceive us.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

Do yOu suppose George Hodges is
really fooled and thinks he can be
elected He seems too smart for
that.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

George Helyering may as we'll
quit. He did not show up at the
Old Settlers reunion and that is in
excusable in candidate.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

Close race between Boston and ST..
Louis for fourth city. Which B Wins,
Beans or Beer2
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

Col. Roosevelt was introduced on
his western trip as the greatest man
in the world. This could not have
happened during the foot ball sea-
ann
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

Here, arithmetic class! II cotton
Is 10 cents. how much costs suit Of
wooden clothesY
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

No, Salina, you are wrong. ABB
lene does not expect to keep in the
limelight forever.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

Headline In the paper; Roosevelt
had nothing to say" Bet 1t is base
falsehood.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

Why did the Republican state plat
form overlook such a burning issue
as the white slave trlffic7
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22
BILLS ALLOWED.

BY the Board OF County Commission
ers at their regular meeting held Aug
ust 1, ,. and 8. 1910:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

y. W. Morse. SCALP hountIes.... 1905
n Wnrfnr. p Nj. stnmhs. 27.tf
Wells FARGO Exnress. express. afk
American Express, express. 2.tI'
y. p. Perrill express. W
T.. 81 Express, express .s....4 ~
Ledigh a Ravens Lumber Co.
building lumber ........s..s. 24s. 50
Il j. Teffrnaf trana 10 poor g36|
Tnef r-ord. ishor. county farm 100
Henry Moher. rent 20 poor.... A.Qe
Mn 4. p. spshr. rent 10 poor. IS %
Sarah Buckles, aid for Iuly.s.s 800
Nra Hickey, AID Tor Quarl1r..-. 30 %
Emma Wendt, aid for Quarter.- q %
fllit Scsnl0n, aif for IulT.... .s
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

1910 must be Abllene's Jonah year.
Everything seems to have broken
loose this season.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

s,sts Of Kansas, Dickinson County. 81;
II w. King, clerk o. Biekinseh
,,,,,f,- STATE 81 Kansas. do hereby GER
~. sh.r fhe foregoing q true ana
sH-,re-f iisf 81 an the bills allowed ~
me Board o. County Commiss toners y
49, rertiIar meeting. hello August
ist ard, ith and sth. 1910. ,-r.o
County Clerk.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

New York is jealous. 1t sent out
a story of a $4,000 defalcation
yesterday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-22

School enrolment increases.
course-one crop never fails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-15
ROW AGAIN AT SIXTY
VETERAN OARSMEN MATCHED
FOR PURSE OF $500.
James H. Riley and James A. Ten
Eyck Were Both Famous in
Their Day.

SARATOGA, N. Y, August ia party
of we'll known sporting men were at din.
ner the other day at James H. Riley's
Saratoga Lake House. Among other
things discussed was the recent Jeffries-
Johnson fight and this led the converse.
ton to other branches Of sport
Mr.. Riley was q famous oarsman thirty.
five years ago and the gentlemen present
asked Mr.. Riley IL he thought oarsmen
could come back after thirty-five years
retirement. Mr.. Riley, who is still Wig
orous at sixty-three. asserted that he be-
lieved 1t could be done and that he was
willing to try. The result was that Mr.
Riley issued a challenge to row any sixty
year-old man three miles for q purse OF
$780,
The challenge did not go unanswered
for James A. Ten Eyck. who was q
prominent oarsman in the early seven
arranged by Woodford Clay and Mai
Fred NJ. Waterbury. and will take place
at Saratoga lake the last week in Au-
gust The men will row over a triangu-
lar course of three miles. Mr. Riley has
been training daily, and announces that
he is as fit as he was when he defeated
the best of them. He was out for q spin
Saturday. and equaled the record he
made thirty-five years ago. Mr.. Riley
gave another exhibition yesterday after.
noon which was witnessed by q large
crowd Those who witnessed Mr. Riley's
workout all agree that he has come
back"
Mr.. Riley in his day met and defeated
such star oarsmen as Edward Hanlan
Charles Courtney. James A. Ten Eyck
Fred Plaisted and Wallace Ross In 1876
Mr.. Riley rowed two miles In 13m. 21xs
the worlds record, which has never been
equaled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-15
DONOVAN EXPECTS TO
BEAT OUT ATHLETICS

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, August 15.-In con-
versation with debonair Patsy Donovan,
the pendulum of the speed boys Of Bos-
ton. he Is q little careworn over recent
defeats. but is still hopeful OF the ulti-
mate result.
The American League race is unset
tied, and. as 1t will continue until Octo-
Der. s. we have q chance to head OFF the
Athletics. the present leaders in the CAM
paign, Connie Mack's opinion notwith-
standing said Patsy. Donovan believes
he has strengthened his club by the acqui-
sition Of Pitcher Frank Smith and In
fielder Billy Purtell. formerly Of the
White Sox.
Il got two corking good players in ex-
change for one player that was actually
of no value to the Boston club. BY that
mean that Purtell Is the most promis-
ing third baseman in the league. He
hasn't as good a batting average as Lord.
but he has been with a weak-hitting
team"
While the Athletics have a lead Of
many games over the Red Sox, Donovan
still believes there's Is a chance f.. his
club and the Philadelphia warriors to
switch positions before the race is over
his prediction. He replied: MANY
strange things happen In base ball. and
as the season still has to run some six
weeks, wouldn't be surprised to see the
Philadelphia pitching stan crack.
II one or two Of Mack's pitchers
slumped." said Donovan, Il believe Bos-
ton will be able to land the flag"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-15
ATTELL'S OPINION OF CANS.
Says He Was Greatest Lightweight
That Ever Entered Ring.

SPOKANE. Wash, August 1J-"Gee!
Isn't that too bad Is the way Abe At
tell featherweight champion and life
long friend OF Joe Cans. expressed him.
self in Spokane when told of the death
OF the negro lightweight at Baltimore.
Nd.
Il heard from his bedside daily con-
tinued Attell. but hoped against hope
that he would pull through.
Joe Cans was the greatest lightweight
that ever entered a ring. In his prime no
fighter of his weight his equal.
When you think OF his ability throw out
those two Nelson fights. for he was only
a shadow OF his former self. Consum. :
ton had him in its grasp even then.
Attell trained Cans for hts last fight
with Nelson, and although the colored
man went through a severe course of
training. he quickly succumoed 10 the
Battler.
Abe is ranked as one OF the cleverest
men in the game yet in training with
Cans the featherweight title holder was
no match for the scientific coiored man.
Atten and his wife have gone 10 Cal
gary. Alta, where he Will meet Eddie
Marine, light weight OF Seattle. on Au-
gust % The men clashed at Standpoint.
Idaho, last year. when Marino gave the
champion a stin battle. The night Is az
catch weights, with Attell weighing IL
and Marine in the neighborhood OF 131
pounds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-15
WASHINGTON.
ON PLEASURE CRUISE.
New Launch Ready for Service.
Small Craft Overhauled.

The new hunting cabin launch belonging
to A. Webster Richards of this city, which
was launched at Regan's boathouse about
two weeks ago, Is ready for service, and
today. II Is stated. she will be taken out
for trial spin on the river. Mr.. Rich
ards has named his new craft Eliza R., in
honor of his wife. AS soon as the ma
chinery Of the new craft is working
smoothly she will leave here with her
owner and a party of friends aboard on
a trip to Key West. Fla. and the coast
OF Cuba.
The power launch Minnie R., belonging
to Capt. Fuller. is out on the railway at
Regan's for an overhauling of her hull and
machinery and to be cleaned and painted.
The work on the vessel will be finished
during the coming week and she will sail
for a cruise on the lower Potomac.
The power launch Florence. one OF the
local fleet OF pleasure craft. with her own
ers, John Rizzio and John Orth. aboard.
left here yesterday afternoon on a fishing
trip to the lower river. The vessel will
stop at Colonial Beach and at other points
along the Potomac and will make a stay
OF about two weeks or longer in Coan
river and other tributaries OF the lower
Potomac, where good fishing is to be had.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-15
CHOKED TWO TO DEATH
MAN ADMITS TO DOUBLE KILL.
ING WITH BARE HANDS.
Insists Victims Tried to Rob Him
Saved From Possible Lynching
by the Sheriff.

ALTON, ILL.,, August Ito the fact
that David Jones of Edwardsville, sheriff
of Madison county. owns a big touring
car John Burton Of Alton probably owes
his life. Burton admits that Saturday
midnight he choked to death in a hand
to-hand struggle Leo Wentz and Lewis
Welbrecht.
Burton, who IL more than six feet tall
and weights 24O pounds. is a plumber. He
was called to Marine to install some fix
lures Saturday he completed his work.
With Wentz and Welbrecht he spent a
portion Of the afternoon and evening at
saloon.
At IL o'clock they left the saloon,
Wentz saying that he would give Burton
and Welbrecht lodging In a vacant house
belonging to his mother. A few minutes
later william Reynolds. who lives alone
two blocks away, was startled by the APP
pearance Of Burton, whom he knew
slightly.
1--WE been robbed" said Burton.
.You must be mistaken" replied Rey-
noIds. Nothing of that kind ever hap
pens in this quiet burg"
We'll they tried to. and / killed them
BOTH" insisted Burton.
Burton accompanied the plumber to the
Wentz house.
"Didn't I tell your said Burton.
.Thefe's one OF them there, and the other
Is over here. l killed them both when
they tried to rob me-
Burton admitted to the police that with
his bare hands he had choked the two
men to death. He probably would have
been lynched had not the sheriff gotten
him away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-15
SONS OF ST. GEORGE WIN.
They Take an Easy Game From
Washington Cricketers.

BALTIMORE. Md. August 15.-At Col
gate Creek yesterday the local Sons OF
st. George cricket team administered an
other defeat to Washington. The locals
went to the bat first and made a score of
a3 before the last cricket fell Guthrie
batting well for q, and Lawson played
steady game for IL. Credit must be
given to Burrell, the veteran OF the
team, who. after twenty years absence
from the game. gave an excellent exhi-
btion of cricket for his 16 not out
Upon the Washington team going to
the bat crickets fell in quick succession,
four falling for seven runs and the whole
side for ~. The feature of this inning
was the bowling Of Howard, whose
analysis for the match read wickets
for II runs. This was Towards first at
tempt as a bowler and proved a great
success. Score: