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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02
MOTORISTS TRY
NEW STATE ROAD
Tourists Meet Enthusiastic Reception
Everywhere.
GOVERNOR SPOKE AT LEXINGTON
Overflow crowd at Courthouse Al
dressed by Mayor Brown Of Kan
sas clty-5orIand at
Glasgow.

Glasgow, Mo-, Oct. 2S.-Missourfs
cross state highway is no longer a
state highway In name only. the
motorists from Kansas City are rest
ing in Glasgow, Boonville and Fayette
after an all days trip along iaglined
roads, every foot Of which had been
graded and dragged. Hills which
had been difficult for the motorists
to climb when the inspection party
first went over the route last sum-
mer had been lowered, concrete cul-
verts had replaced ramshackle wood
en- structures.
But more important than the EVIL
dence Of works already done vas the
spirit displayed BY the farmers. II
was distinctly q farmers celebration
although each large town along the
route had prepared q celebration for
the good roads tourists. II was from
the farmers that came the pledge
that highway would be built. Farm
after farm was passed with the farm
er not in his fields but on the road
with bis teams. The farmers Wife
and his children were at the gate
waving q Gag in welcome.
The Kansas City motorists wiz
unite at Rocheport, from where they
will 70 to Columbia to celebrate with
a similar delegation Of motorists from
ST. Louis the formal dedication Of the
cross-state highway. But the farmer
have dedicated It BY the renewed
pledge that the good roads Work
wsuld continue until the highway was
A permanent rock road all the way
from Kansas City to st. Louis.
The courthouse was packed al
Lexington, where Gov. Hadley gave
a short address on good roads. The
overflow crowd was entertained By
Mayor Brown Of Kansas City, Who
arst led the band and then gave 9
tain on the importance Of good roads
Az MafshaIl. after another dinner
Gov. HadIey spoke from the court
house steps.
ne ooIy portion Of the eross-siAts
Halfway nos yst dshnitslJ deeidee
up6n & he river crossiaE Glasgov
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02
CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO START
EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN.


The Christian church will begir
Nov. 18th. the most extensive evan
gelistic campaign 1t has ever attempt
cd. The meetings will be in charge
of the Monser Evangelistic company
consisting of Rev. Harold q. Monsei
of Champaign, Ill, and two able as
sistants. Active preparations are be.
ing made. A census Of the city will
be completed this week and all made
ready for the first big day, Nov. 10,
Rev. G, w. Clark will be here Sun
day to complete the details and assist
Rev. G. A. Cole in the last week Of
preparation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02

Lawrence Journal-World: Mrs,
Ursula Young of Abilene, who sang
at the chapel exercises of the uni
versity is one of the states most
gifted vocalists. She has spent two
years in Italy studying voice under
the best masters and was one Of the
leading attractions of an eastern
chautauQna circuit during the sum-
mer. Her voice is Of great volume
and has sweetness and charm that
won the applause of all her auditors.
She has delightful stage presence
and the large audience that heard
her this morning was enthusiastic
In its approval of her number. She
sang "PepitenVe" by Martin, and
her rendition marked her as one Of
the finest vocalists ever heard in
the city. Mrs. Young is on her way
to New York to study music during
the winter. She was guest while
in the city of Misses Lois and Ruth
Harger at the Theta House.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02
NEWBERN.

B. F. Jury was on the sick list
last week.
Quite a number attended the sur
prize party on Miss Viola Philips
last Friday night.
S. H. Lenhert and family spent
Sunday at D. s. Engle's.
Miss Hattie Raffensberger attend
ed the love feast at Navarro Satur'
day and Sunday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Minter
q son.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Rider visited
Thursday at Ralph Bakers.
Miss vesta EngIe of Abilene spent
Sunday with home folks.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02
SHIFTING SOIL
Real Estate Transfers Reported BY
j. e. Keel, Abstractor.

Mrs. A.. C. Rogers to H. c. Rogers
lots IT, 10, Fl, %, blk ITO, L.
& W. add Harrington, 800.
Lydia and John Watson and Willis
Fecht to August Rindt, lots 2, 3,
4, blk 8, lots 1s, IL. is. 10, 20,
blk .. Woodbine, 24S acres in
n NV X s5-14-4. $1,000.
James Reddy and wife to August
Rindt, lots s, blk 8, Lyons add ia
woodbine, 81.
August RIndt to william steckel
lots ., 3, 4. 5. blk 8, lots 1s. IT.
IS, 10, blk ., Lyons add Wood.
bins, $500.
August Rindt to Bertha Reddyn 50
It. lot 20. BLK >. Lyons add Wood.
bise. 81.
william Schulz and wife 70 c. C.
wyandt, lot 6 and 80 It. lot s. bin
.. K. q H. add Abilene. $500.
wm. Beckel and wife 70 L c. Cor
den, 150xs0o n. insv x i1-i6-4
Heringtoa. $500.
Emma Kirsch and husband % \. "
Barbg. sk NJ = ~ X ne <
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02

For week ending Oct. 80, 1911:
Letters: Mrs. w. A. Beaten, Mrs.
Nathine Cooper, Mrs. ]. R. Corbin,
VIM. Huff, Bernie ]. Johnston, Miss
Magic Ruch, Mrs. August, Sedar, ].
Edwin Shipton.
Cards: A. C. Campbell, Mrs. Anna
Carroll, Mrs. L. s. Chandler, Mr..
Chandler u Miss Lefhe Copeman, G.
R. banner, W. A. Helvey & Son, Joe
Jennings, Chas. Lewis, Mrs. Fred
Miller. Earl M. Northrup, W. NJ.
shaffer, Mrs. Ralph Smith, Miss Ger
trude Young.
R. WARING, P. M.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02

mas been cAossn tentatively. Boon
Vile wants the route to cross there
Gov. Hadley, who had visited Glas'
cow before, went to Boonville. The
remainder OF the motor cars were
equally divided between the two
towns. AT Glasgow the merchants
had purchased a new ferry boat
which took the cars across the river
in three minutes.
Congressman W. P. Borland was
the chief speaker at Glasgow. Gov
Hadley spoke at Boonville and then
hurried over to Fayette, where ne
spoke again before a large crowd on
good roads.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02

best land in MelIstts county win be
selected by the state as Indian school
lands before the settlers have .
chance to file. Inasmuch as only
about 80 sections are classified BY
the appraisers as AL agricultural
land. It looks very much as though
none of the best Of the land will pass
into the possession Of the settlers at
this time.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02

and 50 Y NV X 1881, $500,
WIN, Steckel and wife to Anna p.
staatz, lots ., 10, IL. 10, blk 10,
woodbine, $4,000.
Ellis B. Martin to John Hugg, lots
10, 20, blk 26, e. A. T. Co.'S add
Abilene. $1,000.
Russell Field to T. T. Sullivan, lots
10. IA. 16, 1S, 20, 4th st.. Solo
mon, $4,000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02
DAKOTA LAND NOT so VALUABLE
state Takes all the Best Land In
Rosebud Lottery for School
Purposes.

Gregory, 8. D., Oct. 2S.-some-
thing Of a sensation in connection
with the Rosebud land lottery de-
yeloped here when 1t was disclosed
that Al sections Of school land have
been taken by the Indian allotments.
This means that Il sections Of the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02
Asld Police Force at Bay.

Bartlesville, Ok, Nov. Jim Mo
Coy, a Cherokee Indian, held the
whole police force at bay here while
be drove into Buffers store to get
match. With his six-shooter levelec
at the policemen he again held the
crowd while he backed the buggy
out Of the place and drove away,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02
Rev. Rlcheson Indicted.

Boston, Nov. 1.-The Rev. G. V. t
Richeson, pastor Of Emmanuel Bap
fist church, Cambridge, was indicted
on Ave counts charging murder In the
first degree by the grand jury here
for the alleged poisoning, Of his for
mer sweetheart, Miss Avis W. Linnel
of Hyannis.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02
%. llarEaret etark psaa.

After . short illness Nm. Mar.
earet 8. Stark. aged &c years. wife
Of @. =. Stark. died yesterday after.
neon q The Stark residence on South
Buckeye. She leaves four daughters
1he funeral win Be held Friday A.
isrnoon from he home It : o'cIoct
nna It ne River Brsthrsa church a
l.lo o'elgeL. ohItnaIy later.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02

school desks. so cents each. See
ianlfor 1t Garfield school buildias.
sls5tv1t BOARD on EDUcATIoN.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02
COUNTY 10 PAY s44,5s0
MORE TAXES THIS YEAR
County Treasurer Morse Ready to
: Take Your Money.
Your taxes are due now.

AV0A b04Oo eAAN NAN 49,"
County Treasurer Morse began to
take money for taxes today. The
tax rolls have been completed by
County Clerk King and the abstracts
are now in the hands of the tax tax
ing officer.
Last year the grand total tax was
1896 and this year Il is $780,
0S1.O6, making an increase of $44.-
5Ss.09. Dickinson is q rich county
and the people have the money to
pay their taxes.
The summary Of the tax roll COM
plete by County Clerk King Is:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02
To New York to study.

Mrs. Ursula Young left for New
York to study music during the win
ter. She will visit friends at Law.
renee and sing in chapel tomorrow
morning at the university.
Mrs. Young has made notable
success in her art and ranks among
the best vocalists in the west. Hell
success on the chautauqua platform
last summer brought her flattering
offers for the winter musical season
but she preferred to continue her
studies instead. She will work UNI
der the best teachers of New York
and a brilliant future is predicted
for her. Her Abilene host Of friends
are proud of her accomplishments.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-11-02

Grand total tax .....sas7,521.S7
The fool-killer., 1911-05-01
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.

Diaz has resigned.
Diaz has. not resigned and don't
intend to.
The war is ended.
It is now thought that the war will
end before long.
There is no telling when the war
will end.
There has not been any var in
Mexico.
The fighting continues along the
border of the United States.
There has not been any fighting
anywhere about the border.
Several Americans have been killed.
No American has been hurt.
The Insurrectos have the Federals
on the run.
The Federals have the Insurrectos
on the jump.
MaderO has surrendered.
Madero has never thought of sur
rendering.
A great battle was fought last week
in which twenty-five thousand Fed
erals were killed and wounded. and
one Insurrecto sprained his ankle.
Later report say that no battle was
fought. The guns were merely firing
a salute.
Later: No guns were fired at all.
A reliable dispatch says that terms
OF peace have been arranged.
A reliable dispatch says that the
war clouds are darker than ever.
A s~emi-oficial report says that an
epidemic Of lice has broken out among
Madero's men.
Madero officially denies that he ever
saw a louise.
# you want the war news, read The
! Fool-Killer.
The fool-killer., 1911-05-01

tears down. He would knock q
crippled mans crutch from under
him and leave the poor fellow pros
trated in the road. He would steal
the last sweet potato from poor
blind niger and give him nothing in
its place.
And again, in looking over the
ground after the cyclone has passed,
/ notice that things are pretty much
the same as they were before Roy
croft Saunders annihilated them. It
seems that things have a very ugly
habit of refusing to stay an~nihilated.
The Down Homer a upset the
Bible on every page, but the Old
Book is just like a cube Of granite
it's still right side up. He upsets
it again, thinking sure he's got 1t
this time, but it's still right side up.
Every side of it is just alike, and
every side is the right side. They
can up-end it and tip it over, and
turn it and twist it all they please,
but it will fall right side up every
pop. Maybe Saunders will discover
that fact after awhile. But in the
meantime it's real comic to stand off
and watch him strain his mortal CUTS
out trying to pry the Eternal Truth
off of it's hinges.
In one of it's recent issues The
Down Homer tried to chew up The
Fool-Killer and spit it out, but it
got choked on the truth and had a
jeeminy-ft and fell over in 1t. Now
it can crawl up and rub the sand out
of it's eyes and try me another pop il
it feels like it.
Now in conclusion, / will explain
what the name Down Homer means
1t signifies that the editors ina.
home is down-way, way down yon.
der where they don't shovel snow
and Saunders is on his way home.
The fool-killer., 1911-05-01
STILL BEHIND.

Just as usual, this issue is away
behind time. and / am afraid some of
the subscribers will not get the May
issue until May has made her little
bow and departed. I'm awful sorry
for this, but have not been able to
help it. / am working under great
difficulties, and have to get out the
paper just whenever / can. But |
am hoping that before long can
catch up with old Father Time and
send out each issue on the first of the
month for which it is dated. This
being SO late is an annoyance to me
and causes a great deal of confusion
among the subscribers. But please
understand that / will catch up as
soon as possible, and in the meantime,
let the clubs roll in.
The fool-killer., 1911-05-01
A FOOL OF LONG LYING.

"A EUUL UE LUNU A1lNUs
A news dispatch from Boston con-
tains the following COB of informa-
ton:
Because his father prevented his
marriage to the woman of his choice,
Joseph Plummer, of Milton, N. H.,
has remained forty years in bed. He
is Il years old. The girl he loved
is dead, but the old man has not been
told; in fact, he refused to speak of
her from the very day when he said
to his father: IF you will not let me
have her / will go to bed He went
to bed. The father, thinking this per-
versity of youth would pass in a few
days, carried him his meals. But he
did not get up. He continued in bed
day after day, week after week, year
after year. Now he is so weak from
his long inactivity that he has lost
the use of his legs entirely
An exchange prints the above and
heads it: "A Fool of Long Standing"
But can't see, to save my life, where
the standing" comes in. Seems to
me "A Fool of Long Lying would ex-
press it better.
Gee-whiz, but wasn't he some man,
though? The news item says he has
been in bed 40 years and is now II
years old, which would have made
him 81 years old at the time he went
to bed. In this country a man 81
years old is supposed to be free and
at liberty to marry whoever he dog
gon pleases, without the aid or con-
sent of any daddy on earth.
The idea of a middle aged man CIV
ling up and going to bed just because
his daddy didn't want him to marry
the girl of his choice! Why, he didn't
have sand enough in his gizzard to
rattle in a ~chigger's bladder, and was
too mortal lazy to draw his
breath. If / had been in Joe's place,
and was going to let Daddy boss the
: job to that extent, hang-taked if l
wouldn't have got Daddy to go out
! and select me a wife to suit his W
notion. A character weak enough to
wilt down and give up like Joe did
ought not to have been very hard to
please.
Why, I'll bet that fool has worn out
enough bed clothes in the last 40
years to pay for a good farm, and
? been more trouble to his folks than
1eventy-nine pairs of twins. I guess
the Old man got sorry he didn't let
: his middle-aged infant have the girl
and go to thunder with her. But the
girl. if she was worth shucks, must
have thanked her God and the old
9 man Plummer that she was lucky
enough to escape.
The fool-killer., 1911-05-01
HUBBARD's LITTLE WALLER DOG.

Gentlemen, ] am going to tell YOU
the worst tale on North Carolina that
/. can think Of at this writing. It is
this:
Down among the sand-hills, at
Elizabeth City, N. G., is the stomping
ground of the most miserable, meas
ley, journalistic jumping-jack that
ever defiled the mail-bags of these
United States. This i~nkiniverous
animal wears across the seat Of its
pants a s~ign-board bearing the name,
s.The Down Homer" and it is pub
lished by a little bunty, bald-headed
bunch of brag and bombast answer
ing to the name of w. o. Saunders.
This same Saunders is fully con-
vinced in his own mind that he is the
goods. To start with, he has been
drinking deeply at the intellectual
fountain of the great East Aurora
Borealis. He thinks the sun rises
and sets in Hubbard's navel, and. he
firmly believes that the universe was
made in the Roycroft Shop.
And SO, with the passing of time
Saunders has managed to imbibe ali
of Hubbard's meanness-all of his
rotten theology and his m~aterialistit
philosophy-without getting SO much
as a smell of Elbert's better quail
tiles.
| myself am a great admirer O.
Hubbard's genius and versatility al
a writer and thinker, but / am no
blind to his faults. His theology il
dangerous in the extreme, and mucl
of his heightened philosophy i
founded on false theories. But b
was cunning enough to know wha
sort of mental pabulum the wicke'
old world wanted, and he set out t
furnish the goods. To be a leader
although he led people to hell, suite
Hubbard's vanity better than goin
to heaven alone.
1t is perhaps true that Hubbar
has mor imitators than any othe
man living, and w. o. Saunders i
one of the least of his imitator'
Saunders goes so far as to ape tn
Roycrofters in their manner of dres
He YEA the big turn-down cola
and the flowing Roycroft tie, and h
: twists his little bald head to or
t side and tries to look just as HUI
bardish as he possibly can. The in
itation is SO palpably evident that
blind man could see it. The POT
little fellow has had his likenes
| tooken," with the big choke-rag
t the foreground, and he has hired Il
3 artist to Hubbardize the features
: much as possible. This picture |
e prints on the front and back GOV,
i pages of The Down Homer, and fill
r in between with some of the mo
: Internal rotten ell-broth that ev
d disfigured white paper. He kicks Il
d old Bible around like a football al
makes fun of the faith that is tt
g anchor of the soul for countle
S thousands. He rubs Jesus Christ o
/ of existence like a small boy rubbi1
y chalk marks from a blackboard. I
e squirts a sluice of b~lasphemy at G,
r Almighty and heaven goes out lii
e match in the wind. Oh, it is wo
! derful how the great Saunders G;
~annihilate thingsi He can snit
The fool-killer., 1911-05-01
CORRESPONDENCE.

yOu
paper. This makes ten | have gotten
up for you. Now be as sassy as Q
can, Hope you win have success
with your paper. | enjoy reading It.
-
r. A. HEATING, Zadock, Mo-Edit-
or Fool-Killer, Dear Sir:-I received
your card this morning on he hrst
train, and the next train brought The
Fool-Killer. Was certainly glad to get
it. The Fool-Killer is the sure thing.
1t is not very good for. the fools, but
it is the thing for old Mister Wise
Peepul.
J.. o. WELLS, Hartford, Ky.-Editor
Fool-Killer, Dear Sir:-EnclOsed find
rs cents for which please send The
Fool-Killer to the enclosed names for
n year. have gotten in possession
of one of your sample copies and like
it, and everyone / have shown it to
likes it. So have made up a small
club and am mailing it to you. If
you will mail samples l think there
will be other subscribers. Yours
with best wishes for success.
+
C. G. ROGERS, Cashiers, N. c..
Editor Fool-Killer, Moravian Falls,
N. c., Dear Sir:-As it is the 2Sth OF
the. month and we have not yet re-
ceived our April issue of The Fool
Killer, we fear the man who wrote
you the letter and whom you named
"Whiffledick," has come and given
you a knocking down, since you re-
fused to be called down. However, we
hope this has not been the case, for
we still want your little spicy journal
of wit and humor to visit u homes
each month. We look forward to its
coming and don't see how we could
make out without it, since we have
got the habit. Let us hear from you
and what day of the month you print
your paper, so we will know when tc
look for it, SO if it was to get lost in
the mails we could send for another
copy. (Dear Bro. Rogers wrote
you a personal letter in reply to the
above, but / will also print your letter
here and add a few words of common
for the benefit of other readers. Al
to the date on which The Fool-Kille
ia iSS11nd T am c0rrv t0 cav T haU
not had any definitely fixed date 81
far. 1t was my intention, and is still
my desire, to mail out the paper RICH
at the first of each month, but OWN,
to sickness and other unavoidable de
lays / got to running behind a littl
every time, and it seems an awful har
several issues past I have been mail
ing near the last of the month, an
that has caused a lot of bother an
misunderstanding among the sub
scribers. A monthly paper should b
mailed so as to reach the subscriber
about the first of the month, and
will arrange my mailing that wa
just as soon as possible. But for til
present / hope the readers will bea
with me patiently. / assure you til
paper will be mailed to o som
time during the month, and mayt
o will enjoy it the more if you e,
- RIGHT Onnd ond hun gravy g. 81 H III.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-13
Padding Canoe to College.

Three young men in boat, to say
nothing of the rest of the outfit, are
floating down the Mississippi river on
a months journey to ST. Louis, where
they will enter Washington university
when the fall term opens, little more
than a week hence.
Padding in a canoe to college Is a
novel manner to reach a destination
in these days of rapid transit, but A.
l.. Partridge, A. Slider and E. Dixon
have made the trip before and they
think the rigors of a 1000 mile trip
by canoe is just the sort of thing to
train them for winters study
1t was in the middle Of August that
the students began their long journey
near the headwaters of the Wisconsin
river. Their canoe was fitted out with
everything needed on tbs long and ard
uous trip and experience had taught
them that their larder needed to be
well stocked.-St. Louis Republic.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-13
Gen. Pinqham illustrates,

Gen. Theodore A. Bingham, who re-
signed the post Of chief engineer Of
New York's bureau of highways be-
cause he could get nothing accom-
plished, said the other day to a re-
porter:
Despite all my efforts in that Of
flee, there were no results. | remind
ed myself though in no invidious
sense-of Gobsa Golde
"Gobsa Golde, the well-known club
man. was found by police officer,
very late one night, in q pitiable state
of intoxication The wretched fellow
stood beneath a lamp post, which he
was kicking with might and main.
Slightly amused, the policeman
watched him moment. Then he
said:
Here, sir, what are you doing
there?'
mo reply. Only-bang, bang. bang
-Gobsa dealt the lamp post three
more kicks.
What are you doing?' repeated
the policeman.
''Gobsa delivered another quick vol
ley of very furious kicks, and then,
looking up, he said:
"'Oh, | knew she's in all right,
cause there's h-hic-a light up
stairs Exchange.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-10-13
PLAN REBUILDING OF CITY
Black River Falls Business Men Show
True American Optimism in the
Wake of Flood Disaster.

Black River Falls.-With the op-
tlm1sm of true Americans, the bust
ness men of Black River Falls are
preparing to rebuild the city before
the flood which swept away their en-
tire earthly possessions has subsid-
ed
At meeting attended by every
business man in the stricken city, an
equitable arrangement was made
for the housing of those ventures
That are absolutely necessary, and
three committees appointed to select
the most suitable site for the new
business section.
What business buildings were left
by the flood are, in several cases, be-
ing utilized by two or more firms
The postoffce has been located
IN temporary quarters in the city
hall. Even the churches have been
utilized.
Plans are already being laid to
repair and place in service the city
power plant and build a concrete
Ill o." dom to confne the river to
its channel.