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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09
Sample Helps
.Frail Women

So many women are dragging out
weary lives just because their diges-
tive organs are weak. The result Is
poor circulation, nervousness and the
verge Of invalidism. It is often very
unnecessary and the woman's own
fault.
The first thing to do Is to look Il re
welfare q your bowels. There the fou<
that large percentage Of women ere
habitually consttpated, and from this re-
suits Indigestion, piles, wearinesn etc.
that women constantly complain o..
But there Is no use taking female REM
edies" and things Of that kind until yuu
have started your bowels to moving
You win End that when the bowels move
regularly once or twice day ell your
petty Ills win disappear. Take 9 goo4,
mild laxative tonic Ike DR.. caiduell.s
stronger. your hpwes vim regulate thdn.
selves and work ct stated times. and
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09
RIVER CASES ARE DISMISSED.
Have Been Filed Since Last July
Court Adjourned.

The special session Of district court
adjourned this morning. Besides sew
eral minor motions the eight river
cases were considered and dismissed.
Eight farmers along the Smoky Hill
river near Enterprise filed suit in dis
trict court astJuly against G. Hoff-
man & Son and the Rock Island
R. R. company who have dam and
bridge at Enterprise which the farm
ers claim causes the river to over
flow when it is high. There have
been several hearings on these cases
before.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09
FIRST PRIZE ESSAY
By MISS MILDRED MORSE

Hllani southworth offered prizes
to Abilene high school students for
essays on:
as the Recent Anti Discrimination
Insurance Law in Kansas a Good
Law or is 1t a Mischlevous Interfer-
ence with the Right Of Private
Contract"
This essay took the, first prize. $12;
The Anti Discrimination Fire Insur-
ance law, which provides for the regu-
lation Of premium rates and the pre-
yention of determinations in these
rates, was introduced in the senate in
February, 1909, by J. L. Chapman OF
Great Bend, and approved in March,
1909. There has been much argu-
ment. as to whether or not it is a good
law, that is, whether it is a benefit or
an injury to the people at large, and
also, whether or not it is an encroach-
ment upon the rights of the insurance
companies.
Since the enactment Of this law, fire
insurance rates, as whole, have
greatly decreased. The table given
below shows the rate for the year
1909 and the reduced rate made by
the order Of the insurance superin-
tendent after the law went into effect;
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09
Reduced Rates
Rates in 1900

cessive rates were charged for freight
and passenger traffic, and because dis
examinations were made between
places and between individuals. The
public, by appealing to the power OF
congress, sought relief from these
evils and the state interfered on the
grounds that railroads are common
carriers, hence should be subject to
legal regulations in the interest Of
the public. Are not determinations
Just as unfair when dealt out by an
insurance company as when imposed
/ by a railroad9 An insurance company
is a public service corporation, be-
cause it serves nearly all the people,
hence it is properly subject to state
control. For the simple reason that
it serves nearly all the people, insur-
ance cannot be classed as an ordinary
commodity like coffee and sugar.
1t might be well, at this point, to
sum up the advantages of the law
which have been mentioned: (1) 1t
has caused decrease in rates; ~
the rate may be changed when it is
unreasonable, either from the stand
point Of the policy holder, or that of
the insurance company; (3) the small
company has an equal chance with
its larger competitor; az there is no
chance for unreasonable profits for
the insurance company.
Having settled the question as to
the states right Of interference and
the benefit which the people have de-
rived from the law, we may say that
the law is a good one as far as it goes,
but that it does not go far enough.
If the insurance business were placed
under the control of the Federal gov
eminent it would be still better, for
such a change would tend to create
uniformity throughout all the states.
John Dryden, in an article in the
"World's Work., wherein he favor
ed this movement, said, "The pro-
blem is the same as in other matters
Of state legislation, which have come
more or less in conflict with national
interests. In demands for uniform
ity governing any given business or
element of social life, whether this
be the regulation Of divorce, or of
railways engaged in interstate com
mece, or Of insurance companies en-
gagged in interstate transactions, the
basic principle is the same, and the
results anticipated are identical The
object is to do away with needless
friction, needless expense, needless
burdens, and to substitute a more ef-
feetive system Of supervision and
control by the Federal Government, .
Mr.. Frederick W. Standard, who also
favors the movement, is Of the opinion
thst n vvouid hanpht not only poliev |
holders in general, but would safe
guard the interests Of the insurance
companies BY afiording greater pro
lection to policy holders and insur-
anee companies would b benefited BY
uniformity Of legislation and taxa
ton.
The more the rates ere lowered, the
nors good is produced and ihrss ways /
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09
STATUE TO CUSTER
At MONROE, MICH.
dwelling Ceremony Attended by
President Taft.
GREAT THRONG WAS PRESENT
Mrs. Elizabeth Custer Widow Of the
Indian Fighter Assisted In the
ceremony-senator Smith
Orator.

Monroe, Mich, June 4.--Fitting re-
spect was paid by the state Of Mich
agan today to one of her noblest sons
when a tine equestrian statue Of Gen
George Armstrong Custer was un
yelled In this town where that war
Tlor spent i've years Of his youth. and
where later he was married. The oc'
casion was made doubly notable by
the presence of President Taft Sen
atpr William Alden Smith, Governor
warner and other distinguished men,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Custer, widow Of
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09
STEAMERS FAST IN THE ICE
The corwln With Large Passenger
List ls leebeund is Miles From
Meme, Alaska.

Nome, Alaska, June l.-The wooden
steamer Corwin, which sailed from
Seattle, May 10, with a large passen-
ger list, Is held fast IN the ice Is
niles from Nome. the smoke from hel
tunnels being visible. The Ice II the
heaviest kaswn IN ten year. at this
season. The gasoline schooner Helen
JsAnsoR IL in 4 preear1ous cohlitioa
n the ice la mllea IRON Solomon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09

Prior to the enactment Of this law,
insurance companies formed them
selves into a combination which was
to all intents and purposes, a trust.
They adopted rate book, compiled
by a man named Eldridge. Rates, as
filed in this schedule, were high in
consequence Of the fact that the book
was prepared in the interests of the
insurance companies. This system
did away with competitionato consid-
cradle extent, yet it did not do away
with determinations, because agents
could still "cut rates" or share their
own commissions in order to obtain
the business of large property own
ers.
The large insurance company also
had great advantage over the small
er company in that it could, with its
greater resources to draw upon, by
cutting rates, or sharing commissions,
make it impossible for the small COM
pany to gain foothold and thus drive
it out of business. Now the small
competing concern has an equal
chance with the large one because
the "cutting of rates. and the dis
ordinations between individuals, is
impossible for either
The Eldridge rate book is still in
use and insurance companies are COM
PEELED to abide by the rates fled there
in. However, under this law, if the
Superintendent Of Insurance deter
mines that a rate is excessively or un-
reasonably high, or that d given rate
is inadequate; that it is too low for
the safety or soundness Of the COM
pany granting said rate, he is author
lied to direct the publishing Of a
higher or a lower rate, which shall
be commensurate with the character
of the risk, but in every case, the
rate shall be reasonable.
The present superintendent of in
surance, Mr.. Chas. W. Barnes, has ex-
ercised his power, thus far, for the
benefit of the policy holder. He holds
his Office for term of two years. The
difficulty of getting a man is not SER
ious, as by the new primary law, he
will be chosen by the people, thus
avoiding the danger Of corruption,
possible if the Office were filed by a
man who obtained his position merely
through political influence.
Those opposed to tie law argue
that it gives insurance companies an
opportunity for making unreasonable
profits. This statement is certainly
made through insufficient knowledge
Of the facts for Official compilations
show, that for the twelve years end
ing January l, 1910, insurance com
panies paid $35,97O, 4S7 in state taxes,
while their underwriting loss, after
paying losses and expenses, totaled
s7,s2O,4s9.. Since the rates are now
lower than when these compilations
were made, their losses are now even
greater. The question here arises;
"H the insurance companies are los
ing 80 much money, why Do they not
90 out Of buzine.si'' TAsy are max |
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09

Anstin. Tex. June A-cotton Ssed
bread may Be adoptet - q THtion for
tie United Btatea army. The Texas
Cotton Seed cruBhsrI association an
nounced that = series Of experiments
with cotton seed Sour In making bread
are now being conducted a the bak-
erS' school at Fort Riley.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09
Next comes the gu

reference. Enemies Of the law claim
that the state has assumed control of
private enterprise, that insurance is
commodity just as coffee and sugar
are commodities, and that interfer-
ence in such case is mischievous and
unjustifed. The state has interferred
with the railroad business, because ex-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09
Burns Hunts a Murderer.

Louisville, June 4.TWilliam J
Burns, the famous detective who aided
in bringing the Western land grabberi
and the San Francisco grafters tc
Justice, reached Louisville and Is al
work on the Alma Kellner murdeI
case. r. VII .sl.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09

KaniEf city. June S.-LSSt mohts
was the vettest Nay n Kansas city N
the q years the weather bureau has
been established. The normal for the
month e sis inches and last month
d ~. iesl w 1904 ran s,soat
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09
Juniors Had Picnic.
Iron Saturdays Daily.l

The incoming Junior class of the
Abilene high school braved the I'M
clement weather yesterday and went
to Taylor's grove on picnic. They
were chaperoned by Miss Abbie Hob
BILE and Miss Ruby Johntz. A good
time is reported by all.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09

draws the pain and inflammation
from bee stings and insect bites
eoofbes and aliaye the awful itching
of mosquito bitea tbc, soc ana
SOC, bottles.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-09

ing money, not from the underwriting
business, but from their assets, which
are constantly drawing interest.
Next comes the question Of state in.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20
(No. 20, 1900
City Of Fargo, North Dakota


TO
Addition
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20

A Forum Want Add WIN sell IL for you.
A Forum Want Add viii sell 1t for You.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20
IT PAYS.

When the dimpled baby's hungry what
does the baby do?
II doesn't lie serenely and merely
sweetly COO;
The hungry baby bellows with all its
little might.
TIL some one gives 1t something to
curb its appetite.
The infant with the bottle which stills
it's fretful cries
A lesson plainly teaches: II pays TO
advertise.
The lamb lost on the hillside when
darkness closes round
Stands not in silence trembling and
waiting TO be found;
It's plaintive bleating echoes across the
wales and meads
Until the shepherd hears 1t, and hear
ing, gently heeds,
And when it's fears are ended, as on
his breast 1t lies,
The lamb has made this patent: It,
pays TO advertise
The fair and gentle maiden who loves,
the bashful boy
Assumes when in his presence man
ner that is coy; s.
She bushes and she trembles till he
pereeives at last,
And clasps her closely to him and glad-t
ly holds her fast,
And as he bends to kiss her and al
she serenely signs,
The fact liz demonstrated: 1t pays
to advertise.
Chicago Record.Herald.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20
CROWN JEWELS ARE
SECURELY HIDDEN.

Great secrecy Is being observed as
to the present whereabouts OF the
crown jewels known to visitors who
inspect the Tower of London as the
''regalia." Usually they repose in p
glass case Enclosed In an iron cage in
the Wakefield tower, and the only
means of access to them IL through
O trap door In the flooring within the
cage, OF which the governor Of the
tower and only one other person pos
sess a key.
The tower is now undergoing re-
pairs with a view to making 1t more
secure than ever before aa a safe
place for these valuable jewels, and
meanwhile they have been sent to some
other place OF safety. Some persons
say they have gone to the Bank Of
England, but others declare that they
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20

have never left the precinct OF the
tower at all, for there are secret strong
rooms In the foundations of the edificc
to which only the governor has access,
and these would be the natural hiding
place for crown Jewels.
For nearly seven centuries the jewels
have been guarded in the Tower OF
London,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20
(No. 49, 1slOl
City Of Fargo, North Dakota


District No. extending Fifth
First street north
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20

Home study for Tommy had just be-
gun. and he found 4 hard to apply
himself to regular hours. At bedtime
one evening his father said: Tommy.
am not at all pleased with the report
your mother gives me Of your conduct
today
mo, father, knowed you wouldn't
be, and 1 told her so. But she went
right ahead an made tn report. jest
like d woman, amt it7-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20

The Northern Baptist convention, re-
Gently held at Chicago, passed up a
very strong petition to congress, urg-
ing the passage OF a law that will
make IT unlawful for any public car
rier to transport intoxicating liquors
into dry states or communities which
have legislated out the sale OF alco-
holic LIQUORS.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20

Throughout all the towns of Scotland
the decrease in the number of convic-
lions for drunkenness last year was
81 per cent In the towns and 10 per
cent for the country districts.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20

Theodore Roosevelt says: mo city
or state, still less the nation, can be
injured by the enforcement of the law"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20
eNo. 10. lslO.l
City Of Fargo, North Dakota


J.
Twelfth avenue north, Fifth street north.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20
mo. ID. 1910,
mo IA. 1sio9
City Of Fargo, North Dakota

Special Assessment Constructing
street north Eighth
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CSo 1s1o1
CITY Of Fargo, North Dakota

Special Assessment Constructing Lateral
extending
Rvenuen orth north
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tro TO- 1900
City Of Fargo, North Dakota


Main
on
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,e (No. H. 1900 81
City Of Fargo, North Dakota

Special Of Constructing
enth north Fourth street north,
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City Of Fargo, North Dakota i.

Special
tn, o north
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

ing, at least, toward substantial sim.
plicIty. Even in homes of great wealth
the aim has been TO produce effects of
chaste elegance and not prctentious
luxury. Never has the man of modcr-
ate means been so we'll able to build
home so suited to his needs and so ar
tistic as at the present time. Archi-
tects generally arc putting forth their
best efforts to design attractive homes
that may be built for sums ranging
from $25o0 to $4,000. In fact many
delightful bungalows arc being built for
$500.
Indeed, probably more so.called bung.
allows are being erected than any other
style of dwelling. Bungalow has come
TO be such an elastic term in this coun-
try that it is applied TO many houses
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

sleeping balcony. A feature notice.
able in this house. rs in most new
houses, was the large number of built
IN pieces, made to appear as an integral
part of the interior.
There was the seat next to the stair
way. with its hinged top, which would
be convenient for umbrellas and rub.
bers and the like. A long mirror was
set In the door of the closet nearby.
should one wish to cast a parting glance
therein. In the living room were the
bookcases built across the whole length
of the room, on either side of the fire.
place. The radiator was concealed un-
der long, low window seat. In the
dining room china closet filed in the
corner of the room. while the buffet was
In the side wall Cupboards
and linen closets filed the passage to
the kitchen, where glass-doored and
cupboards were on every
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

The last nail has been driven in
thousands of new homes whose building
has been watched with eager interest
all through the summer months Moth
er has found a sunny window for the
canary; father has slowed away his kit
of tools; daughter has arranged the
sofa cushions. and sonny has been told
where TO hang his hat and keep his
shotgun. The new home is no longer
house o dreams; it is clean, shining
reality where CHEEKY lamps welcome the
home conner, as the days begin to short
cn-where smoldering logs light the
hearth rs the evenings grow chill
They arc, above all else, adobcs of
comfort these thousands of American
homes Just finished They reflect the
tendency of the times, in housc.build
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

| regulation Pullman sleeper berths were
concealed In the waiuscoting. When
they were closed one would never have
guessed their presence. They are let
down by simply pressing button, and
are used often when large house parties
tax the capacity of the place.
In many of the new homes has been
installed an entirely new method of IL
| Illumination which has been a matter of
experimentation for long time. The
perfection of the powerful tungsten fiji"
ament and the invention Of mirror re-
fector that is plated with silver has
made practicable and highly satisfac-
tory method of indirect illumination
that is said to be the nearest approach
to daylight yet attained, When this
lamp with the tungsten hlament-whch
produces three times the illumination
Of a lamp with carbon filament-the
intense light is reflected to the ceiling
and thence distributed with uniform
radiance of a soft clear nature like
moonlight.
The fixtures for this manner Of light
ing are most artistic. The palmer ones
now in use consist Of one or more in
vertcd domes of brushed brass that are
swung from the ceiling on chains. Some
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11
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of the more elaborate homes y,
metal fret work lined with Il
IN colors to harmonize with b
ratlons OF the room.
There is also a noticeabk \
mcnt In the disposal OF radi,s
the modern house, Many ara \,
under upholstered window ssst,|
of such size and shape as ID \
obtrusive than the huge plls
that were invariably in the I'D
of the room, An evaporation 4
Just appeared which will do avn,
the motley assortment OF bou,
pans TO be found on the averan
tor. This is of Russian zine 4
the same as the radiator, and b
four inches / n with a earn
several gallons. II may DO b
firmly to the radiator so that d
no danger of its upSettipg-ht
a fsh-pond and sea of adventure
prove to the youthful investialr
An excellent idea recently d
by many builders is the rourh
ners in the kitchen and sonnet
the bedrooms and bathroom. D
plifies cleaning immensely and 4
sanitary standpoint is Infinitely
Tor to inaccessible corners VIZ
lurk dust and germs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11
By Rene Mansfield

which may not rightly be given the
| euphonlus name. Bungalow is the name
given to certain Bengalese houses, but
1t is said that the inns or hotels built
by the English in India are the only
real bungalows to be found there. These
are long. low buildings with wide We
randas and oyerhanging caves. which
are never built with q second story. We
apply the term to anything from a log
cabin to n concrete palace. The pre-
ferred building materials for the bung.
allow are cement, logs. feld-stone and
slabs on an ordinary stud frame. Among
other desirable styles of architecture
that have been favored for the small
house is the English cottage, the Span
lsh hacienda, the Italian villa, and the
Swiss chalet
a most attractive house Of the latter
style has Just been completed which
has somewhat unique arrannement
oil the rooms. The house was set high
up on a foundation of rustic rock, which
eliminated the expense of excavation,
This afforded a basement in which was
The den, the laundry, a lavatory, heater
room and vegetable room. The den had
a brick fireplace with an inglenook. |
paneled wainscotting, and attractive |
easement windows, Upon the first floor |
was the living room, the dining room,
butler s pantry, two bedrooms and bath.
On the second were three bedrooms and !
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side. Even the flour bin was a fixture.
1t would seem to be carrying this
idea TO extremes to have beds built IN
the walls, but the practicability of so
doing is soon demonstrated. In the
lounging room of a country house two