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Pocahontas star herald., 1911-12-22
SANTA CLAUS, THE
CHILDRtNS' FRIEND

Do you believe IN Santa Claus,
the gray haired saint of universal
childhood? Now, do say that you
do, for all the little golden haired
Tinker Bells who bring flashes Of
light and the sound of me.ody in
our homes are just eager to know
the truth.
The silvery locks of Santa Claus
do not signify old age or senility,
although there is no biography
which tells the time and place of
his birth.
He is Just as active, virile and
buoyant IN his wonderful twentieth
century as be was when the chill
dren Of long gone generations
awaited his coming on Christmas
Eve. He finds his way around this
great world of ours at tie Christ
mas tide in his marvellous sled Just
as readily as if steel rails and elect
ric wires did not form an almost
impossible network over hills and
| dale, through forest and glen. OF
| course, Santa Claus does not need
| spectacles and he does not wear a
monocle- for he lives in the sweet
| and tender light of chiidren's smiles
| His queer little ears-alwayS tied
up in a crimson mufler, for Santa
! Claus is the very embodiment of thu
| spirit of winter-are ,ver open, eve
| alert to the sound of chlldren's hap
py laughter.
II So long as these sweet, allurinI
II things shall be, so long will goo
Il Santa Claus reign without rival il
II the affections of children who lis
II their prayers at mothers knees an
II in those of other children, who q
II the blessed Christmas time, cate
II the echoes of the merry prattle
II their own little ones who ha'
III grown into mans and woman's G
III f~Ia ------------ .,--s--.,L- -
u Santa Claus relndeef, with tb
spreading antlers, may have walk
"two and two" out of the ark, wh
it rested on Ararat's crest after {
food subSided, but who cares? T
gift of eternal youth is theirs a
they are too busy to bother wi
| family records or chronologlC
tables. Each year the rhythm
patter of their tiny hoofs will
heard on your roof Christmas eve
n your hearts keep young and tr'
u and your ears are still attuned
the faintest whisper of Gods ov
II messengers. Santa Claus finds h
happy way INTO the homes of Il
II rich and the poor alike; into Il
palace and into the cottage, wher
ever children have been sent
brighten and to bless.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-12-22
PETIT JURORS NO 2

Redwine, T J Stephens, J Bar
nett, Harry Hite, JIG Fry, 7 J Red
wine, G W Million, j d Haynes,
ID Rapert, W II Ladyman, A
Pettyiohn, C A McCarroll, q F
Greer, 7 F Ingram, r L Lewis, W
M Anderson, J NJ Johnston, ID II
Shride, J H Roberts, } I Timer, !
w Hogan, w J Neff, S L Black
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-12-22
LIST OF GRAND
and PETIT JURORS

The following is list of grand
and petit jurors selected by the
commissioners to serve at the com
ing January, 1912, term of the
Randolph circuit court:
GRAND JURORS
Milton McNabb, g d Blackwell,
ID Blackburn, J R Johnston, John
Lane, r H Segraves, M X Dismang,
Frank Dalton, G R Shaver, Robert
Sanders, E SIvey, Jacob Liebhaber,
w A Owens; J II Jackson, J w
Voohers, w Holt.
ALTERNATE GRAND JURORS
w NJ Rush, Clifford Price, W J
Luter, w O Parten, G ii Penn, II
M McIlroY.
PETIT JURORS NO. /.
Levi Hall, John Reed, Richard
Gross. E E Tyler, George Bigger,
VIC Craft, A NJ Dunn. R l. Mays
il Hawkins, G c Brown, E /
PUNK, Walter England, CL TEN
pleton, A A Bailey, Lehman Mock
WD Marriott, } T Selby, X !
'BIspham, ] A Ford, J w Camp
bell, w S Deaver, w X Haas, K 1
Marshall, L r Martin.
ALTERNATES
L Spencer, B E Brown, 5
Roberts, w A Taylor, F j Baltz
CD Bly,, J H DeClerk, G b Col
lier, L R Pickett.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29
FIGuR1NG oN THE SENATE.

Topeka State Journal: There are
only forty senatorial districts in the
state, yet from early indications
more than forty representatives who
sat in the house in the last session
will go after seats in the upper house
next year. There were 1875 represen-
tatives, so there are not enough sem
atorial seats to go round. A large
number OF able men answered the
representative roll call last winter
and it is certain that some Of these
must be reckoned with by senators
who want to come back at the next
primary.
George Allen, the orator from
Wyandotte, will likely make the
race next time for the senate. Sena-
tor Milton, a Democrat, represented
Wyandotte last time in the upper
house. Allen has served two dis
tinguished terms in the lower house.
A. B. Carney, Democrat, repres-
-entative from Cloud county, If he
does not run for state office, is pref
ty sure to make the race for the
senate from his district, composed
of Cloud and Republic counties. The
Republican senator from that dis
trict, Caldwell, did not receive as
many votes by twenty as Moore,
his Democratic opponent, four years
ago, but won in the contest before
the legislature. Carney made q
brilliant record in the last house and
is sure to be heard in the next pri-
mary.
Charlie Case of Abilene, Dickin-
SON county, served his second term
as representative last winter, and
is spoken of as a senatorial candi-
date next year. Senator Avery OF
that district ia from Clay county and
1t is Dickinsonis turn. Case made
good in Topeka and ought to BE-
able to make It lively for his oppon-
ents.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29
That railway operating costs in IL

That railway operating costs In the
United States are advancing to a
level out Of proportion to charges
for transportation service is shown
by official returns of the Interstate
Commerce Commission for the nine
months ended March 81, 1911. As
compared with the corresponding
nine months of the last fiscal year,
these returns show an increase OF
only nine-tenths Of one per cent In
total operating revenues. In the
same period, there was an increase
OF So per cent in total operating
expenses. There were increases un-
der every heading Of operating ex-
penditures, the largest being S.S
per cent under the head Of transpor'
tation. The large increase undeI
this heading reflects the substantial
advances in the wages Of practically
all employees in the transportation
department which have been made
during the past year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29
MAKING NATURE WORK.

As a man knows himself, his life
Is prolonged, his capacity developed
and his numbers increased. These
bring new needs which compel new
processes, new materials and new
methods.
He harnessed the forces Of nature
and the waterfall worked for him,
the lightning carried his thought and
the steam annihlliated distance. With
his hands he wrought but slowly in
his struggle against want. With the
waters vapor he developed the world
and made modern man possible. With
the gases OF earth the sea is his
path, the air his smooth highway
and he regards not time nor distance.
His fields and factories multiply
their products and he escapes the
curse Of Cain.
without mechanical power grim
famine would forever threat and
the farmer become the serf Of older
days. with It, plenty abounds and
he is a prince among his felloVs.-
I. d. Graham.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29
THE TAX HUMBUG.

A tax of more than 100000 has
been collected under the inheritance
law in two years. This tax is I'M
Just. In the same period thousands
of dollars have escaped taxation by
being hidden in banks and mort
cages, the tax law expressly forbid
ding investigation Of individual bank
accounts by assessors. We say that
reform has miscarried in many in
stances.-Hiawatha World.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29
rArr WIDE RE PREsIDMNT.

Elk. GOV. Hoch in Marion Record:
Senator Brlstow has a perfect right
of course, to "come OUT for Sena-
tor LaFoIlette for president, but he
does not represent the Republicans
Of Kansas in doing 80, in my tudg-
-ment. The Republicans Of Kansas
are for Taft. The president has
grown wonderfully in public esteem
in the last year. He is making good.
He has tuTned an enormous deficit
into q comfortable surplus. He has
grappled with the trusts as no other
president, not excepting Roosevelt,
ever did, not In words but in deeds.
He has astonished the country with
his versatility. He has commanded
the profound respect even Of the
opponents Of his Canadian reciproc-
ity by the courage and ability and
persistence and indifference, to pop
ular clamdr with which he has
championed that policy. His efforts
in behalf of permanent international
peace have marked him as man
of lofty ideals, of noble impulses
and of broad craftsmanship. He has
shown good sense in his judicial ap-
pointments. He has made che post
office department self-sustaining for
the first time in many years, while
increasing its efficiency. He pro-
NOTED economy in every branch OF
government. He has made good. And
he has done all this and much more
under difficulties. He came into Of
flee when the bands were playing
and the bonfires were blazing and
the torchlights were burning and the
galleries were shouting, not for him
but for Roosevelt. And he is not
Of the noisy kind. It took the coun-
try long time to get out from un-
der the spell Of the spectacular Ted
dy, and settle down to steady sensi-
BILE business. Taft was the victim Of
these abnormal conditions. He was
measured all the time by the Roose-
welt yard stick, and no man is ever
fairly measured by another's stand
ard. But the people mean to be
fair and ultimately do justice to men.
So Taft, following the lines of mis-
own judgment, paying no attention
to the frothy ebullitlons of an in
famed public sentiment, has gone
steadily on developing policy of
his own and accomplishing benefit
cent results. The country is coming
more and more to appreciate the
man and to give him the credit he
richly deserves. believe he will be
rsnominated by reclamation and tri-
reelected.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1911,
LAND IN NEW YORK AND KANSAS

So far is the west outstripplhg
the east In the growth of agrlcui-
tural prosperity that the value OF
farm land in ten years has increased
1873 per cent in Kansas, compared
with an increase Of only 2S per cent
in New York state. The census bu-
reau has issued the agricultural sta-
tistics for New York, and the data
furnish an interesting basis OF COM
parison. The number OF farms IN
New York, 214,650, is greater than
the number in Kansas. The latter
state has 177,299. But the average
size of Kansas farms Is 244 acres
compared with only 1O2 acres IN
New York, and there has been very
little change in either state since
the census of 1900. Ten years ago
the total value of farm lands and
buildings was $245, 100000 more In
New York than in Kansas. In 1910
the value Of Kansas farms (tnclud-
ing buildings) had risen to $l,73S'-
900 900, an increase of 1873 per cent
in ten years, while the value OF New
York farms last year was Sl'l16'-
900 900, an increase Of 2S per cent
since 1900. The average value OF
farm land without buildings) was
s35.47 an acre in Kansas and SSl.S1
in New York. Ten years ago the
Kansas value was $t27: and the
New York value $24S4 an acre Evi-
IDENTIFY improvements are far better
in New York than In Kansas. The
value of the buildings on New YORK
farms average $3.50 an acre, while
in Kansas 1t is only $500. This wide
difference is due in part to the iact
that New York farws are much
smaller than those In Kansas. the
total acreage of farms Is 21.99S'OOO
acres in New York ana f5,zot'VV
acres in Kansas. New York farmers
spent $7,OOO,OOO for fertilizers and
$4O,5OO, 900 for labor last year.
while in Kansas only $4,000 was
expended for fertilizers and SHO,-
100000 for labor. Kansas has 49,
500 farms Of 500 acres Of mo's' an
increase of 10 per cen., while New
York has only 1,34S farms OF this
size, a decrease Of | po' cent n ten
years. Farm tenantry Is less ex-
tensive relatively in New York than
in Kansas. Farms operated by own
ers constitute II per cent OF the
total in New York and So per cent
in Kansas. OF the farms operated
by owners there is the same pro-
portion in both states-5e per cent
free from mortgage.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

They are good guessers at Hope.
The Dispatch notes that farmer
missed a fine team and telephoned
far and wide without locating the
animals. Gradually 1t was forced
upon his mind that his horses had
been stolen. and he finally notifie /
the deputy sheriff of his loss and
suspicious. He made an investiga-
ton and was convinced the horses
had been stolen" Sure enough they
were stolen.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

Ewing Herbert: There was once
great rivalry between the towns Of
Minneapolis and st. Paul, the twin
cities, and at that time they were
very jealous Of one another, and
fought each other at every oppor-
tunity. About this time there was
q movement made to introduce the
Bible into the schools. The school
board Of Minneapolis was called up
on and each member supplied with
q copy Of the Bible, and requested
to take It home and examine 1t and
see II It was not proper book to
be adopted in the schools. At the
next meeting when the matter came
up the president Of the board re-
ported that while the board had
found many goOd-thjngs in the book
they had also found that while st.
Paul vas literally and freely spoken
Of, Minneapolis was not mentioned
IN the book and the board would
not sanction such high handed de
erlminatlon. But these two cities
grew and louFiHhsd and the rivalry
that once existed is not heard Of any
more, great prosperity having come
% both.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

sartorial comment from Sir Ches-
terrified Valentine in Clay Center
Times: In the cities it is not pro-
per for a man to go in his shirt
sleeves wearing suspenders-which
same is a queer dictate of foolish
fashion. A man may go among Iad-
les in a bullying. fluttering, puffy
shirt-waist arrangement with belt
attachment holding up his nnnen-
tionables and be au fat. But the
Indian sign Is on a nice smooth shirt
front and back II the same unmen-
tionables are held in place BY gall
luses
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29


When you are walking home In
the hot sun this piece Of news may
cheer you up: Jack johnson ordered
the most expensive automobile OBJ
tainable as gift for his wife-a
Chalmers limousine that cost $751;
600. The champion signed a con-
tract with a jeweler for $4,000
worth of interior fittings. The car
VIII be royal blue in color and will
be lined with blue and gold brocade.
Included in the fittings win be gold
vases and solid gold arrangement
containing cigarette boxes. match
boxes, TASKS and scent bottles and
powder boxes, when the question
Of 14-earet gold arose. johnson In
sisted on 1s-earet, and also ordered
a duplicate set in silver for ordinary
use. The initials. ~. A. j." win be
smblazoned on the panel and in
srusted with Montana sapphires 30
imbeded that TO steal them will be
Impossible.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

Manhattan Mercury hint to house
keepers: Charlemagne is said to
have had a table cloth made Of as
bestos and used to clean 1t BY throw
ing It into the fire to consume the
dirt. The best asbestos has a fine
silky fibre and can be spun In a
thread that runs as high as 225
yards to the ounce, Why not buy
asbestos clothing and do away with
family washlngsf
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

The news from Salina printed in
today's Reflector that the Mckinley
syndicate is planning to build from
the south either to Salina or abb
lene ought to be hint enough to
Abilene to get busy. The Mckinley
bunch does things and it would be
a great thing for Abilene to have
the lines come here from two dlrec-
lions,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

w. Y. Morgan is having fun with
the Topeka Capital on the recall
which It favors in politics. The
Capital says: mo manager can take
a ball team and produce results II
the WITNESSES OF a tickle and unrea-
sonable public are permitted to en-
danger his Job" In other words
says Morgan, a man can't even man
age a ball team II he Is subject to
q recall by q tickle and unreason-
able public If q man cannot
manage = base ball team under such
condition. the Capital would GER
talnly say that he could not make
good a. a Judge. But Why thiE talk
about a "nckle and unreasonable
pubilcf" Have We not been taught
that the public could DO no Wrong
In politics and now q is asserted
that Il can do wrong In managing
a base bail club
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29
DoLLEY,s ARGUMENT ON BANKS.

Topeka State Journal: In sup
port Of his stand against OVERRIDING
the banking business in any one
community, as per the Abilene bank
case this week, Bank Commissioner
Dolley cites the United States SUI
preme court decision in the Kansas
bank guaranty case as follows: I'VE
cannot say that the public interests
to which we have adverted, and
others, are not sufficient to warrant
the state in taking the whole bust
ness Of banking under its control.
On the contrary we are Of the opin-
ion that it may go from regulation
to prohibition"
Mr.. Dolley argues that the su-
preme court decision above quoted
was made in the interest of the good
of any community and is in line
with the state law giving the char
ter board discretionary powers re-
garding the number Of banks needed
in a town. Bank failures are a
blow to any town and state super
vision carried to the point Of PRO
hibition," means, according to Mr.
Dolley's Interpretation, the restric'
ton of oversupply as well as the
regulation of banks already char
tered.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29
I.awrence Journal: wis

Lawrence Journal: Wisely, the
state quarantine against dogs has
been abandoned. It was never q
practieable proposition. There are
psopIa in Kansas who would Just az
soon think Of muzIllng their children
rs their dogA They believe the
dogs are an right and are willing
ts truut them. Besides Tie sheep
srs 10 Be- driven Out Of Kansas %
a. doS- CA Do litus harm any nors.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

L. J. Graham. Who vas assistant
supreme court reporter When 7. 3.
Dewey was reporter and succeeded
70 the rsportershlp when Nr. Dewey
dIsa five ysars ago. died last night
agsd a.. Of Baghfs disease. He va,
conpsteut and popular and had many
friends over The state. He formerly
lived At St. Nara
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

If the scientists who a few years
ago elaborated a theory that the eli
mate of Kansas is changing and
becoming permanently moister will
correspond with the keeper of wea-
Their records, Abilene, they will
learn something to their advantage.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

The Topeka State Fair associa-
ton is asking the country news
papers to publish page of adver-
Using free. The Dickinson county
fair association pays for its adver-
Using In cash.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

Secretary Coburn who has issued
a pronunciamento, ukase or edict to
the effect that drought" is not to
be used in connection with Kansas
weather. Would he in the present
situation stand for "procrastinated
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

Dragon .....262 per cent
The average increase shown IN
all these states is 200 per cent since
1900 but the average is swelled
largely by the disproportionate en-
hancement in values in Colorado,
Montana and Idaho, three mining
states where mining discoveries have
been the chief factor in the rise. The
development of irrigation In these
three states has also been an I'M
portant factor in the rise in values
Land speculation is accountable for
some Of the increases In the agri-
cultural states named in the list,
but 1t must be said that the increase
as a whole does not show that dan
gerous state of initiation alleged by
some economists.
It would not be difficult to point
to many securities in Wall street
which have had a proportionate, II
not greater, rise than has been wit
messed In land values in the west
Union Pacific, for instance, ten years
ago sold at As and the rise since
then has been 400 to 500 per cent.
In the same year 1900, Southern
Pacific could be bought on the New
York stock exchange at 80 and 1t is
now quoted at 113 and has been as
high as 1879. Louisville G Nashville
was as low as SO in 1900, and has sold
as high as 100 in the ten years in
tervening. Curiously, however, the
rise In stocks has not been as uni
form as that of the land values In
the western states. In 1900, for in
stance, New York Central was act
ually selling l s points above its pres
ent price; the price of st. Paul In
1900, then only a per cent stock,
was at one time during the year
close to $50. 1t is selling below 100
today and paving 7 per cent instead
of s.
Probably one reason why land
values have increased so steadily Is
that prices of farm products have
almost steadily mounted in the dec
ade, and the production Of gold has
also been a very large factor in the
commodity price and land value
level being constantly pressed up
ward. 40 such fluctuations in the
prices of lands have taken place In
the ten years as have been witnessed
in the case Of stocks which In the
decade have gone through two pan
ics-that of 1903 and that Of 1907.
"Short selling" In the case Of land
is also impossible and this has also
helped to maintain values.
To sum up the increase in land
values seems quite justified by the
increase in population and the rise
in the prices Of farm products in
the ten-year-period. The land spec
ulation has been excited at times
but 1t has been sporadic and has not
caused initiation in loans to the dan
gerous extent alleged by some writ
ers. Loans are now being placed
on a very conservative basis and
much of the initiation of last year
and on which some Of the figures
Of the census bureau are based, has
been corrected.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

The Union Pacific officials have
made good on even promise to the
Abilene businessmen. That IL char
actsrlstie Of railroad men-they keep
their agreements.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

Abilene. Something is started here
about once month that attracts
national attention.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

Secretary coburn says Kansas
must not use the word ''drouth. =
What would be suggest Tor western
Kansas this yeari
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

The editor o. the Appeal to Rea-
son hss gene 10 the montains IN .
1900 touring car. Relormins seems
70 b . rather profitable JOB.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

The census figures giving the per-
centages Of increases in land value
in some Of the most important west
ern states in the last ten years have
Just been published and they throw
some light on the much discussed
talk of dangerous initiation. We sub
NIT the official figures Of the fol-
lowing states, which are all that have
been published thus far:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-06-29

II the world does not know Of
AbIlsa. & vnl nol = Ihs laali q
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-10
Club Ladies Will
Meet Fred. WaTde

The club ladies Of the city are in.
vited by Sorosis Study club to meet
with Mrs Elmer Terrell tomorrow aft
ernoon at 8 o'clock to meet Mr.. Fred
erick Warde, the actor. Mr.. Warde
will give several readings.
Before Mr.. Warde takes charge oi
the afternoons entertainment briei
program will be rendered, each club
in the city being represented as fol
lows
Piano solo, Mrs. D. H. Roche, sorosis
Study club.
Reading, Miss Mcclintic, Sans souc
club.
Piano solo. Mrs. D. U. Esser, New
Century club.
Vocal solo. Mrs J. G. Jones, chau
tauqua circle.
Piano solo, Miss Ethel Dunn, |. l.
G. Music club