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Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-10-03

and moves TO town. He thinks Il
ls to his advantage but Il nearly
always reduces his income and In
creases hIs expenses. 10 is one OF
the mistakes OF a farmer'S life when
he let's go OF a productive farm and
thinks he adds to his comfort BY
living In town.
The farmer and stoakman pos
sess the best business occupation
In the nation today. With the larg-
est crop production in history. with
high prices, with the end OF the
pioneer period and the disappe9r-
ance Of free land, the chance for
are raised the things that are turned
into beef and pork. During the
next decade, with the constantly In
creasing demand for food stuffs and
with the shortage Of cattle which
is continuing from year to year. the
price OF beef will become almost
prohibitiye to the man OF ordinary
means. The stockman will be the
gamer. with the exception of wheat
there is nothing the farmer raises
that does not promise as good or
better prica-level than today. AZ
the farmer uses his head he ought
to make larger income with less
labor than ever in his history. II
the young men Of this country VIII
only consider the condition Of the
agricultural west they will find that
nowhere else is there offered better
opportunities than here exist.
the farmers sons becomes greater
each year. But 1t is evident that a
smaller number of boys are staying
in the country, though wise men tell
them that the profits of the farm
are greater than ever before. The
relative decline in agricultural pop
ulation is not necessarily a matter
to be deplored. 1t is SO only in case
It means less desirable environ
ment into which the people leaving
the farms must go, or II the result
is lessened supply of agricultural
products.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-10-03
RECORD OF MAIL CARRIERS.
win be Kept for Two Months
Rural Mail Data.

During October and November the
rural carriers out of Abilene will
make a daily record OF their mail
service to the patrons on their
routes. A count will be made Of the
number OF pieces Of mail delivered
and collected each day and also OF
the total daily weight. These re-
ports will then be forwarded to the
department at Washington for use
in compiling statistics In regard 70
the mail service Of the United
States.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-10-03
Wednesday, October I6,

commencing at / o'clock p. M,
sharp, the following property;
6 room dwelling and foundation.
Dwelling house main building 16x
2S, story and half. kitchen 1Sx1S
with attic attached.
Barn 1Sx1S with hay loft, lean
buggy shed and coal bins.
Chicken house 10x16 feet.
Wagon shed 1920, shingle roof
horse barn attached and 4 head
horses and so bu grain bin, all in
good repair.
Creamery building main building
75x26 IT. with engine room, coal
bins and compressor rooms attached.
5 ton Barber ice machine with
freezing tank complete.
80 horse power boiler.
10 horse power engine.
Centrifugal pump.
2 belt well pumps.
Cistern pump.
Dual churn, No s, good as new.
500 gallon cream vat with copper
screen.
2 DeLaval cream separators, 1000
pounds capacity.
2 50-gallon cream vats,
25 2O-gallon cream carriers.
Some 5 and 10 gallon cream cans.
30 barrel galvanized water tank.
"a bottle steam Babcock tester.
6 bottle hand tester.
20 refrigerator butter boxes.
25 iron and wooden pulleys, all
sizes.
40 70 IT. x3 in. boiler flues.
2 platform scales, 2 cream hauler
scales.
cream receiving scale tanks
2 20 gut. ice cream packers.
pipe tools and pipe wrenches'
galvanized pipe and fittings.
10 2x6x15 planks.
10 1x12x16 boards
500 5O-lb. Poplar butter boxes.
400 5Olb. poplar cube butter
boxes.
400 SO-Ib. Poplar butter boxes.
100 2O-Ib. Poplar butter boxes
40 lob. Poplar butter boxes
Roller top office desk oak, good
as new.
Medium sized iron safe.
Wall desk.
kellogg phone and share OF stock
me telephone exchange.
barrels wyandotte washing pow
der.
Covered wagon. ton capacity,
good as new.
Covered wagon with side doors
and glass front. 1900 lb. capacity.
Block and tackle double and sin
gle and other articles too numerous
to mention.
Betting, shafting.
Terms made known on day OF
sale.
For further Information call or
address -
Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-10-03

ONE important difference be-
" tween Devoe Lead-and-
Zinc Paint and ordinary hand
mixed or ready mixed paints
is a difference YOU will first
notice in your pocketbook.
Where a given job will re-
quire, say, IS gallons Of ordi-
nary paint. the work can often
be we'll done with 10 gallons
o. Devoe.; that's about the
proportion usually.
The best Of it is, fewer gall
Ions make a better job of it !;
lasts longer, costs less first and
last.
Whatever painting you pay
for have 1t Devoe; be sure.
Do you want our book about
painting?
A. R. ELWICk, Agt.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-10-03

and the Rock Island was reimbursed.
His girl wife was one. Of the best
known and respected young women
Of Herlngton. 1t is stated at Her
ington that she will seek to, have
her marriage annulled.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-10-03
Assignes's Sale

In accordance with the orders OF
the district court the property OF
the Acme Creamery Association will
be sold without reserve at Acme,
miles southwest of Abilene, on
Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-10-03

Make your plans to attend the
Majestic range demonstration at
Hodge Bros. Oct. 2S to Nov. 2. SO
set OF ware with every range. Hot
coffee and biscuit all week.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-10-03

AbIIene, Kan. FaFmers' phone.
sv2t
Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-10-03

eventually brought under the pIow;
and the government should get be-
hind the proposition in dead earn
est, not only for the good OF the
people here in the West but for the
benefit OF the whole nation.
When the West prospers the ma
tlon prospers. It should do this at
any cost-and do II now. Not less
than two members OF the presi-
dents cabinet should be western
men, familiar with every condition
OF western land and western need.
This should be government OF all
the nation, not a government OF
the East with the West forever beg
ging for its share of the benefits.
This believe will come. for the
West is asserting Its strength. The
farmer is to have his innings. He
has an Armageddon OF his own and
he proposes to battle for his rights.
The Farmers Golden age.
with a production exceeding all
previous records. with growing
intelligence that teaches how to OBJ
tain the most from his land, with
a financial position before unknown,
with science taking the place OF
guesswork, with home consumption
approaching the measure of pro-
duction, with a steadily increasing
price level for everything he raises,
with new ideas, new processes, new
opportunities, the next ten years
promises a reward to the farmer
greater than the world has ever
seen. The coming decade will be
the farmers Golden Age.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-10-03


hundred and thirU-tAree aeresi in
1900 one hundred and forty-sAx
acres.
Foilowing this expansion OF TILED
areas came the development Of nat
ural resources. We produce more
AGRICULTURAL products than any coun-
try on earth. Our mines yield silver
by the trainload and gold by the
carload. We cut from our forests
100, 900, 900 feet OF lumber for every
day In the calendar year. Our fac
tories produce as much In finished
products as those Of England. Ger
many .and France combined. We
pay in wages as much as all the
rest of the world. Our railroad
system is the largest and most COM
plete; our freight rates the cheapest
While the people of nearly one hum
dred nations sell internationally
twelve billion dollars worth Of mer-
chandise per annum, the people OF
the United States sell one to the
other more than twice as much. We
hold In our vaults one-fourth or
the worlds entire supply OF gold
and we have in actual use one-fourth
of the worlds circulating medium.
Production Has q Limit.
America can produce more grain
than it's fields have ever yielded,
but we have reached the point where
It Is not so easy to increase the
production as 1t was a few years
ago. Then a few more acres meant
correspondingly more grain and the
additional acres were easily avail
able; now we must depend upon the
better utilization of old fields rather
than the annexation of new ones, In
other words, intensive agriculture
has extended itself across the coun-
try and the remaining unoccupied
land must, in most cases, be watered
or drained. Since these processes
are expensive it means that price OF
land must be high.
Feeding the Millions.
This nation has been looking for
ward to the time when it would
consume all it's own products and
that era is fast approaching. Only
forty per cent of the population
are farmers, the real producers OF
wealth. They must feed themselves
and the other sixty per cent. The
basis OF our national prosperity de-
pends upon so guarding our indus
trial conditions that the consumer
shall be able to pay for the output
of the producer.
You and / can remember when
corn sold for ten cents a bushel and
wheat for thirty-five cents, pork anc
beef from two to three cents
mound; now corn brings in the farm
ers' market sixty-five cents, wheat
seventy-five to one dollar. Pork anc
beef prices have boarded an airshiI
and gone out of sight.
Naturally these conditions have 9
direct influence on farm land val
ues. In the past twenty years farm
land has increased in worth eighty
per cent. The average value today
is $39 an acre. In Illinois the ad'
vance in value was $40 an acre
but in a group of half dozen coun
ties it was over 800. In grouI
in central Iowa it was $50 and II
the best counties of Kansas more
than $40 an acre. On the other hand
the advance per acre in large mum
Der of eastern states is written with
single digit.
why Move to Town?
Most significant is the fact thaI
rural population has increased 81
a much lower rate than the urbar
population. This is due partly t
the Incorporation of towns which II
earlier days were counted as rura
because unincorporated. More thar
- . -....o1 x0ap,,Iofin In larOt
Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-10-03

are greater than ever before. the
relative decline in agricultural pop
ulation is not necessarily a matter
to be deplored. 1t is SO only in case
1t means less desirable environ
ment into which the people leaving
the farms must go, or II the result
is a lessened supply of agricultural
products.
Stay on the Farm.
What the country most needs is
to interest its young people in the
possibilities OF country life. A sat
isfactory country life demands per-
manency Of the people in the COM
munity. Sons should follow their
fathers and continue their plans
toward more scientific development.
The young man who takes over the
control of his fathers farm and
follows his work intelligently has
an asset excelled nowhere. The
dividing Of home estates into small.
parcels should be discouraged. Farm
partnerships are profitable. Com
munities and families can work to-
gether on both the producing and
distributing sides of the farm to
mutual advantage. Combination
under efficient management results
in greater gain in agriculture Just
as it does in commerce. The gap
between the prices at the farm and
the prices to the consumer Is a wide
one and should be closed.
We need more intelligent. syste-
matte managing of our farming
areas. We have the raw material,
the soil. the moisture, the sunshine.
we have a vast army of consumers
with money to pay for the products.
We have limited acreage that can
be profitably titled. We have the
most intelligent and best equipped
agricultural people in the world. 1t
is our governments duty toward the
most Influential and valuable por-
ton of its citizens to see that through
proper education and proper exam
pie together with such financial as
sistance as will bring greater op-
portunity, 1t shall enlarge the scope
of its interest in the agricultural
development Of the great West. This
is an imperative duty of today and
one whose fulfillment we should
earnestly demand.
What Is the Outlook?
What is his outlook for the next
decade?
Boiled down to it's lowest pos
sible terms Is this: the business
conditions of the farmer both in the
irrigated and non-irrigated section
offers the greatest financial oppor-
tunity for the average American
citizen Of any occupation before
him. Why?
We have come to the limit OF
our free land. No more can Uncle
Sam give every man farm. Our
population is increasing million
and half annually. Out here in
the great West lies the garden OF
Eden where the millions must be
fed. Here is a territory that has
practically monopoly Of the worlds
corn growing area. Corn means fat
hogs, fat cattle. sheep, horses-for
corn and stock go hand in hand
The irrigated section is essentially
stock growing region. Beside Il
lies the great pastures. On its farms
The Nations Duty.
The government has done much
for irrigation but only trifle com
pared with its assistance in Other
directions. The farmers and stock
men Of the West should unite tc
impress on their congressman and
senators the necessitity Of greater
activity in developing the semi-arit
Hands and making homes for the
tesmlng millions at our doors. Ever
lnrop Of water that falls should y
utlrrsd; svery foot Of tiliabse iaq'
Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-10-03
Farms VS.. BattIeshiPs.

The national congress should
spend part of the money it is putting
into battleships and make It possible
for our farmers to live on irrigated
farms as wen as they can in King
Georges Dominion.
The cold fact Is, that no amount
Of patriotism or sentiment can regu-
late the movement Of population.
Men 20 where they think they can
improve their condition, regardless
Of what orators or newspapers or
Statesmen may say. The renter class
moves on where land Is cheap. The
shrewd business-IIke farmer figures
that he can obtain more acres and
make more money. The farmer e
hfty Or sixty rents o. sells his farm
Abilene weekly reflector., 1912-10-03
Why Move to Town?

Most significant is the fact that
rural population has increased at
a much lower rate than the urban
population. This is due partly to
the Incorporation of towns which In
earlier days we're counted as rural
because unincorporated. More than
that, the rural population in a large
part of New England, the greater
part of New York, part of Pennsyl-
vania, and a large section OF the
middle west has actually decreased
in the past decade. Agriculture has
become specialized. Less men can
do the same work that required more
help thirty years ago. But even
with this advantage farm help is
scarce. Farm wages have risen, inn
plements and horses are taking the
place of men.
Where do the people go who leave
the farms? Manifestly they do not
60 to small towns for these have in
many instances less population than
twenty years ago. In a single week
in the spring OF 1910 sixty carloads
Of emigrant goods left one county
in Iowa bound for the Canadian
Northwest. These people should
have gone west in the United states
and taken up irrigated farms.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06
ROOSEVELT HAS NO
REPLY TO QUESTION
Declines Positively to Make
a Statement of His
Position.

New York, y Y, Jan. 6.-Co7. Theo-
dore Roosevelt came to New York from
Oyster Bay and found his editorial Of
flee thronged. Various reports that he
was soon 10 make statement In regard
to his political position drew an IN
usually large crowd Of inquirers, who
bombarded him with questions Col
Roosevelt gave little heed to the
queries
IT'S no use" he said. Il shall say
nothing-nOt a word"
The colonel was asked whether ne
had seen the statement made by Law
renee Abbott. president Of the Outlook
company. declaring that Col. Roosevelt
was not a candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination.
Il have not seen it," he replied
do YOU expect to see it2'
Il shall not" replied the colonel.
Mr.. Abbott was more communicative
u made the statement ne said.
without any consultation with Col.
Roosevelt
Mr. Abbott said he wished TO make
it clear that the statement could not
be construed as an authorized express
sion Of Col Roosevelt's views
do you think Col Roosevelt would
accept the nomination = it were Of
fered to him." was asked.
''I don't know. / don't believe Col
Roosevelt himself knows
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06
EWBRO'S
HERPICIDE
Saves Worry, Saves Money,
Saves the Hair.

If YOU want to free your head OF
dandruff and stop falling hair. you must
sooner or later resort to Newbr0's Her
picide.
BY using Herpicide first Won save
yourself worry, which is desirab Bile, you
save money. which is a consideration.
and YOU save your hair, which is the
most important of all
Why not profit by the experience Of
Mrs. 5. A. Lee, Of 40 South 4ch ST.,
Richmond, Va, who writes.
-Four years residence in india ruin
ed my hair until it was but two inches
long and very thin I tried everything
in Europe and America without beue-
fit until I was induced to use Herpi-
eide. Ny hair is now long. soft and
silky and natural color, while before il
was quite gray. Ny friends never tire
Of admiring my hair"
Mrs. Lees story is a typical history
Of hair troubles. After everything else
fails NeWbro's Herpicide brings relief
1t would be just as effective If used
first
NeWbrO's Herpicide kills the dandruff
germ and prevents falling hair It
stops itching of the scalp almost in
stantly. No matter what the claims OF
others. Herpicide is the only genuine
original dandruff germ destroyer
One dollar size bottles guaranteed
Sold by all druggists. applications
at good barber shops
Send Toe for sample bottle to The
Herpicide Co, Dept. r. Detroit Mich.
Kelly & Pollard Special Agents
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06
AITURA PRESBTTERIAN
ROSWELL HAS $40
AUTOMOBILES NOW

Roswell, n. NJ, Jan 6.-RoswelI now
has 240 automobiles, - new cars hav-
ing been sold in the town and suburbs
in 1911
On the evening Of Jan. 10 a social
center" program is to be given at the
Central school building. A talk on
Manual Training is TO be given by
Rev A D. Grille and Rev. D. F. Thomas
will talk on the Beet Sugar Industry
in the Pecos Valley.
The dairymen of Roswell have organ
lied the Roswell Dairymen's assOcia-
ton" in order TO meet socially and pro-
tect their mutual interests.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06
THE MILKY WAY.
fBv Carer P. serviss.l


TORE0IOST among the wonders OF
the heavens is the stupendous star
~ circle OF the galaxy. or milky
way. It is the vertebraI column, or
backbone Of the universe. Upon it as a
frame the vast system Of suns and
worlds is hung. In looking at it we
seem 10 see the fundamental plan, or
scheme, Of the cosmos, but It bewilders
US by its immensely and the amazing
wealth and complication Of its details.
Broadly speaking, the milky way is a
gigantic band or girdle Of stars. with
irregular ringing edges, which appears
to encircle the entire sphere Of the
heavens. It is broken in places and IS
divided into more or less parallel
streams, but, taken as a whole, 1t ap-
pears as one continuous circle. 1t va
ries greatly at different points. both In
width and in brightness. In what is
perhaps its widest part near the
equator, between Orion and the Lesser
Dog, its breadth is not less than IS de-
so faint that the ordinary eye is not
impressed, and a careless observer
would hardly notice its presence. In
some Of its narrOWest portions, as in
the considerations Cassiopeia and Per-
seus, its main stream is reduced to a
width Of only two or three degrees.
but on the other hand, if is there com
paratively very bright. In one part Of
its course II is at once broad and bril-
Hant-this is the portion lying between
Cygnus and the southern horizon, and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06
YOUR SOUR, Classy, UPSET STOMACH
WILL FEEL FINE IN five MINUTES.

solutely unknown where this effective
remedy is used. Diapepsin really does
all the work Of a healthy stomach IL
digests your meals when your stom-
ach can't A single dose viii digest
all the food you eat and leave nothing
to ferment or sour and upset the stom-
ach.
Get large 50-cent case of Pape's
DianaDsin from YOUR druggist and start
taking now. and in a little while you
will actually brag about your healthy,
strong Stomach, for you then can eat
anything and everything you want
without the slightest discomfort or mis-
erv and every particle OF impurity and
Gas that is in your stomach and intes-
tines is going to be carried away with
out the use of laxatives or any other
assistance.
ferine from Indigestion or any stom-
ach disorder. you can get relief within
five minutes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06
A little Diapepsin vii
promptly regulate any
bad Stomach.

You can eat anything your stomach
Graves without fear Of Indigestion or
Dyspepsia, OF that your food viii fer
ment or sour on your stomach. II YOU
viii take a little Diapepsin occasional
is.
Your meals viii taste good. and any
thing YOU eat will be dlgested' nothing
can ferment or turn into acid OF poison
or stomach gas. which causes Belchlng.
Dizziness. feeling OF fuilness aIter
eating. Nausea. Indigestion like a lump
of lead in stOuach). BiliOusness, Heart
burn, Water brash, Pain in stomach
and intestiues or other symptoms
Headaches from the stomach are alb
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06
NAP FOR ~ (soUTH)- eooRNI5s LslS.

Saturn about z p. M January p. and
on the following evening with Mars at
about %. m. The latter conjunction
will be very close, Mars being about
one-haIf a degree below south Of the
moon, and should present a very in
teresting sight
Comet Notes.
Phe Brooks comet has passed into the
southern hemisphere. The Belijawsl1y
comet was observed at Aigiers on OctO-
Der H. 1t was then bright as a second
magnitude star.
amateur, Schaumasse, an astronomer,
has been added to the list OF comet dis
coVerers, according to a cablegTam re-
ceived today from Kiel, Germany, by
Prof. Edward c. Pickering, Of the Har-
ward observatory. The Schaumasse com
ct was discovered November 80. Tt was
at that time in the constellation Virgo,
near the star Spica- The new comet can
be seen through a small telescope.
sun Spots Observed.
Santa Clara, Cal, Nov. ga sun
spot OF apparently rectangular shape
was seen yesterday at the Santa Clara
college observatory The spot viii be
seen TO better advantage in two or
three days. It measures 1888 by
1868 square miles.
Frost on Mars.
Flagstaff. Ariz, Nov. 1s-Frost has
been seen on Mars by all observers
here for a fortnight. Two hundred pho
tographic images Of the planet have
been taken. and all show il very prom
inenuy.
Noon and Venus in Conjunction.
Berkeley, Cal. Nov. l6.-The moon
and Venus, in conjunction at noon to-
day, were observed by members of the
Astronomy department Of the UNIVERSE
" of California here. and by hundreds
Of persons. as both were visible to the
unaided eye soon after noon Venus
apparently was touching the lower
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06

CHURCH OF ST. CLElTENT-Mon-
tana and Campbell streets. Rev. Henry
Easter, rector. Holy communion each
Sunday, 1880 a. m: also on first Of
month at IL g. m: Sunday school, $3.50
a. M: morning prayer with sermon,
IL a. m; evening prayer with sermon,
7:30 p. M; celebrations on saints and
holy days, 10 q. m
Music-Morning: Anthem, Il De-
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D
(Field.) Anthem, Incline Thine Ear"
(Iimnel1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06
FTRsT METHODIST EPISCOPAL

Corner Myrtle avenue and North OchOa
street Charles J. Dickey, pastor. sun
9:45 a. m. The lessons for this year
viii be on the life or Christ in the
SvnOptic gospels, and viii be an eN-
.ceedingly interesting and helpful
study. Begin with the first lesson
with Mr.. WorthingtOn's bible class
this Sunday. Morning worship, II
o'clock Subject The Impossible" Ep-
worth league, $50 p. m, subject, soil
tude and Spiritual Vision" Evening
church service 7:3O, subject, What
Hast Thou-Bring it Out" The pas
tor viii preach both morning and even
ing. A special invitation is extended
to strangers. Prayer meeting " ednes-
day evening at o'clock. Come and
bring g friend.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06

HIGHLAND PARK BAPTIsT-E. B.
Atwood, pastor. Sunday school, 9:45
a. m: preaching morning and evening
by the pastor. Everybody cordially
invited. Grand View mission Sunday
school 3 D. m: preaching. 3;45 p. M
by the pastor. =. B. Atwood.