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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-17

on the Natchez at Cairo. Tommy
Atkins did his best to dissuade him,
telling him the things he had heard
about the desperate character Of the
men that made up the cattle crowd,
as they were called, and the settled
belief of the river men that no one
could win any money in that game
and live to tell it.
But was Of no use. Jimmy had
come up to Cairo to tackle that
game, and he was not going TO back
out now. He would show the boys
in Helena that he was not afraid Of
anything, not even Of the cattle
mems game.
During the afternoon, shortly
ofter leaving Hickman, the game
started The two friends stood
round the table and watched it for
awhile, the men who were playing
looking up at them occasionally
with sort Of idle curiosity, and a
waiter stopping beside them now
and then to whisper, DENIS de
cattle men" much as if he we're
warning them against some beast
of prey that had better not be dis
turbed.
They were all men past middle
age, with sallow faces and lean
hands. One Of them, whom the
others addressed as Chippy Heinz,
had a face like hawk, his long nose
protruding below the brim Of his
slouch hat and his thin lips hardly
moving when be smoke. Another.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-17

ND how are you and
Jimmy Burke getting
along, Nellie ?"
The question wascare-
lessly asked by an old
man who was calling on
Nellie Dainty's parents
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-12-05
PATTONS MAKING AUTO
TRIP TO CALIFORNIA.

Las Animas, Colo, Nov. 27.-Edi-
tor Reflector: There have been
quite a number Of my friends who
wished to know something Of our
trip. To these wish you would re-
gard this as Q personal letter and
reply az we cannot get any news
from home unless some one writes
to us. We left home Tuesday, the
18th, in a Buick model 20, equip
ped with a tent 14x2O. which "
large enough to cover the car, an
oil stove, folding table, 4 folding
chairs. 2 folding cots, a suit case,
a trunk, Q water bags and a grub
box containing six weeks Drovis-
ions; also a kerosene and gasoline
can, three extra tires and a dozen
other odds and ends such az dishes,
cooking utensils, etc. We followed
the Golden Belt road to Wilson. The
roads were good to Ellsworth county
but when we reached there they were
extra good. The road leads part
way over rocky hills but not a stone
could be seen in the road. In fact
we haven't struck road yet that is
in as poor condition as the one from
Abilene to Sand Springs. Wilson
could be called a windmill town.
1t seemed as though there was a
windmill at almost every house.
East OF Wilson and south toward
Great Bend we noticed so many Of
the fence posts are rock. ! do not
know where they came from as
saw no quarries that resembled the
stone from which they are made.
They look like they might be split
out OF a ledge as one would split
rails. We pitched our tent the first
night six or seven miles south OF
Wilson. The next morning we left
for Great Bend. 1t is pretty coun-
try in and around Great Bend de-
voted mostly to wheat raising. The
second night we pitched our tent
just east OF Dodge City. Thursday
we entered the sugar beet country.
Around Garden City the land is
owned by a company. On each farm
is a square house of about four
rooms, close by are small houses re-
sembling cook shacks, ranging in
number from one to dozen. This
sugar beet country extends west al
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-12-05

most to La Junta. One grower told
us the income averaged about 800
an acre OF which $50 was expense,
which includes water for irrigating,
thinners, cultivators, pliers, toppers,
etc. Most Of the work is done by for
eign labor who creep along on hands
and knees doing most Of the work.
The beets are ground and the Juice
squeezed out. The pulp is then
hauled back to the country and fed
to sheep and cattle. Around q sugar
factory It smells worse than q very
sour swill pail. The men haul from
four to six tons of beet pulp on q
wagon with four small horses. /
could hardly believe that there could
be as many sheep as what We have
seen. Some punches have as high
as 10000 head. They are fed the
finest alfalfa which looks like our
last cutting, beet pulp and a few
are finished on corn which they
have to ship In.
The beets are bought according to
test, some beets test as high as "a
per cent sugar.
At Las Animas the sugar factory
will turn out about 100000 one
hundred pound sacks which be-
lieve they said was worth about
$500 a hundred.
We camped Thursday night just
east of Syracuse. In and around La
mar most of the water is alkali-
Here was our first experience of
buying water. Most of the soft
water is shipped in, costing $2.7O a
tank full. South of Las Animas is
a region that they call the flats. 1t
is very level country and fine land
but as yet almost worthless as It
must be irrigated. They have the
bitches dug but the dam isn't built
yet, the bonds are on the market
now. II they can sell them and build
the dam It will be the finest land
around Las Animas. Some land
here and not as good raised 81 bu.
of wheat and over 100 Blu. OF oats
to the acre. We stayed in Los AMI
mas from Friday to Monday while
there we were the guests of T. F.
Banta's who used to live in Willow
dale township: also met Mr.. Cooper
who is engaged in ranching. He is
feeding quite few lambs.
MRS. LEONARD PATTON.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-12-05
TOM BORMAN IN
ENTERPRISE DEC. Is.

Friday evening, Dec. 10, T. A.
Barman is going to speak to his
old friends and neighbors ON the
Chances Of the Farm Boy" The
address will be given under the
auspices of the public schools in the
new German church. Mr.. Borman
lived on a Dickinson county farm
for thirty years and has done much
to raise the standard of dairying
and farming generally through his
enthusiastic and intelligent efforts.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-12-05

ton in a modern up to date garage
at that place.
Miss Minnie Smith returned to
Brookville where she Is teaching,
after spend Thanksgiving with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Smith.
@. Clifford Cress left on Tuesday
for a months lecture trip through
eastern Kansas and Missouri. Mr..
Cress will return to Abilene for the
holidays.
Miss Dora Brown, teacher Of do
nestle science in Council Grove high
school, spent her Thanksgiving va
cation at the home Of N. q. Rees
south of town. Miss Brown is niece
of Mrs. Rees.
H. Shrader, the lightning mathe-
matician and penman of Enterprise
was in our town Saturday. He said
he never saw a more social and en-
ergetic people than Abilene folks.
Miss Alice Johnson of Cleburne
and Miss Emma Fryhofer of Ran
dolph were in town on their way
home from house party at the
lGus Peterson home at Enterprise. I
Mrs. Squire Harvey of Manches2
ter is spending the week with Mrs.
Lewis Jones Of Salina. Mrs. Jones
lived north of Abilene over thirty
years, coming to Kansas about 1871.
She is a sister of o. p. Fenton.
Raymond Weber who has been as
ISOLATED with Hildinger company
here, left for Hope where he be-
comes a partner with his father in
butcher shop. He has made good
here and has the best wishes of his
many Abilene friends.
G. c. Coble of Marion was up on
business. He is one of the old resi-
dents Of that county, coming there
in 1855, and tells some interesting
occurances of the early days, He
was a neighbor of the late J. B.
Warfield who lived in Marion forI
several years.
Edward Crawford, Frank and
Dean Ackers, Philo Halleck, John
Gleissner, Carl Nicolay, Miss Anna
Malott and Miss Ruth Harger re-
turned to X. U. after visiting at
home over the Thanksgiving holi-
days.
C. S. Carruthers was down from
Salina paying taxes on his farm here
and looking after business matters.
His son, Roy, is one of the depart
ment managers in the Lee company
and doing we'll. Mr.. G. Is prospecting
in his new home.
2 MN and Mrs. T. F. Ryan OF
Chapman, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Baum and daughter, Mary Emily,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hall and three
children, Mrs. Will Ruckle, Miss
Mary Thompson and James Schuy-I
Ter were the guests Of Mrs. Kate
Schuyler and son Andrew near
Chapman Thanksgiving day.-Junc-
ton City Union.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Kubach gave
Thanksgiving dinner to a party OF
friends at the Jackson cafe. Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Koenig, bride and
groom from Lincoln, Neb., were
among the guests. Mr.. Kubach is
general manager of the National
Fence Supply Co., Of Wichita, Kan
sas, and has been in Carrollton for
some time in the interest of the
company-Carrollton (Mo.) Demo-
crat.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-12-05

H. G. Engle Of Hope is in town.
A. L. Buch of Hope is in town on
business.
q. H. Hartman of Elmo was in on
business.
John Goodwin of Hoyes is IN town
for the day.
Bob Murphy went to Chapman for
q short visit.
VIM. Schmidt of Woodbine was
in on business.
Job Steiner of Navarro was in
town on business.
Ora Kohler of Woodbine was in
town on business.
Samuel Lady of Manchester was a
business visitor today.
Glen Bushey is spending the day
in town with friends.
Hermin Will Of Herington was q
business visitor today.
A. B. Funston of Talmage is here
on business for the day.
j. N. Sheets of Detroit was here
ON business this morning.
G. H. Johnson of Hope was IN
town on business t'day.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Rufener went to
Topeka to visit friends.
J. F. Volkman of Woodbine was
a welcome Reflector caller.
g. M. McCosh of Herington was
here on business for the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. F. Delany OF
Detroit are here on business
Mrs. ]. c. Hatfield Of Hope is
here for a short visit with friends.
Mrs. e. Long of Moonlight is here
visiting J. j. Schneider and family.
Abe Hostetter and son Of Hope
are here ON a short business visit.
Richard Holmes, the Manchester
lumberman, was in town on busi-
ness.
Mrs. DR.. Bethel and the Misses
Everett were in town from Man
chester.
George seeley of Manchester is
here for a few days visit with
friends.
Ed. sanborn and wife Of Chap
man are spending the day here with
friends.
]. w. sorrels and family of Hope
are visiting here with friends for
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Barter of Tai
mage spent Thanksgiving here with
relatives.
Lyman Rees of Talmage came in
to eat Thanksgiving dinner with his
son Wesley.
]. J. Schneider left for the south
eastern part of Oklahoma on a short
business trip.
X. L. Kneisley, trustee of Cheever
township was a business visitor here
for the day.
Otis Orr of Dillon was in town
on business and made the Reflector
pleasant call.
Mrs. Theodore Sandquist and
daughter Mary of Enterprise were
in town shopping.
w. C. Gregg and wife of Navarro
spent Thanksgiving here with II.
w. King end wife.
Rev. ]. H. Cakerice left for Card
ner, Kan, to conduct a series OF
meetings for q couple of weeks.
Miss Hazel Davis of Hope was
shopping in town on her way to
Chapman where she attends school.
Leslie Murray is up from Ration,
N. NJ, where he is working for the
Santa Fe. He is on his way to Chi
cago.
Mrs. C. B. Germany and daughter
Of woodbine were here today for a
visit With friends before going to
Junction City.
w. D. Matthews went to Herring
ton where he has accepted q DOsi-I
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-12-05

The annual stockholders meeting
Of the Dickinson County Fair asso-
citation will be held at the court
house December 10 at o'clock p.
m. Questions Of management and
policy VIII be discussed. A good
attendance Il urged.
J. J. KUGLER, President
J. D. KEEL. Secretary.
w1t5d2t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-12-05

Abilene, Kan, Dec. A, 1913
Dear Santa Claus: l would like some
toys. I'd like to have a doll buggy
and little table and some dishes,
and table cloth. l want story book,
little ball. l want locket and a
ring and a little doll. Yours truly,
Dorothy Folk.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-12-05
LETTERS TO SANTA.
{ AAAA 4AA &c,

Dear Santa, Claus: l want a toy
train and an automobile and. dog
harness and some candy and nuts.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-12-05

Hope, Kan, Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a book and two doll
heads and a ring. Please bring broth
er a hobby horse and marbles and
little horn. Bring us both nuts
and candy. Please bring papa and
mama something nice too. Your
little friend, Doris Pryor.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-12-05

The Racket is a busy place these
days. 2t-W-r
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-12-05

With love to old Santa. will soon
be six years old.-Clyde W. Hill,
Hope, Kansas, r. F. d. No. 2.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-14

The Muse and the Bull Moose are not one
and inseparable.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-14
CAN'T HAVE; LEGACY
If AIDED BY JOHN D.

NEWCASTLE, Pa, Aug. 1.-The will
of the late Thomas w. Phillips, an in
dependent oil producer, was filed to-
day. 1t leaves an estate valued at ST.
900, 900. H. s9...ss s..s. 2
A bequest of $50, 900 is made to. the
University of Oklahoma, $4,000. of
which is to be used as a ministerial
loan and $4,000 to endow a Bible
chair. The will states that this be-
quest shall become void if the uni
versity solieits or. accepts any money
from John D. Rockefeller or the Gen.
eral Educational Fund, established by
Rockefeller. = -..e*.: b.. r.
In the event any aid is accepted by
the university from Rockefeller or the
General Educational Fund the 100000
is to go to the Board of Ministerial
Relief of the Christian Denomination,
The board shall have the right, the
will says, to sue for and collect the
$4,000 If the college shall accept aid
from Rockefeller. =. E. .-'s=...
A bequest of $4,000 is also made to
the Womeri's Board of Missions of the
Christian Church, provided it does not
accept any aid from Rockefeller or
any fund established by him. =, y
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-14

Necessary to choce-266.
1t has been a long time since there was such
a mix-up in the presidential situation and the
presence Of Roosevelt in the equation makes it
impossible to figure onlanything for certain. In
Ia general way the Solid South is conceded to
Wilson II he should come out ahead there as
we'll as in Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas,
Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and West Virginia, he could just make the .266
votes sBsQessal8 70 elect him. This would make
it necessary for him to carry New York Usual.
u New York and Indiana have been regarded as
deciding thescontest, but they win not necessar
lily decide it, this time. 3 II 81
In "a general way again the following states
are conceded as being likely to be.for Taft: Con
necticnt, DELAWARE 1Iaho, Maine, Massachu
sets, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New
Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island,
Utah, Vermont, Wyoming and Wisconsin. This
would give him only 1s1 electoral votes, and
there are number of states included here which
may swing either to Wilson or Roosevelt, or
.LaFollette, such as New York, Missouri and
Wisconsin. The states that are pretty likely to
side with Roosevelt are California, Illinois,
Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas and Washington.
Tliis would give Roosevelt 81 votes and of
curse he has fighting chance for many more
!. The. Taft managers willsnot own that they
feel any uncertainty about the outcome and des
clare that Taft will carry all The conservative
states and enough of the doubtful ones to take
him through The Wilson men similarly figure
out the success of the Democratic ticket But al
careful analysis o the electoral vote of the states
in tho LIGHT Of the situation will show that none
of the candidates may have a majority in the
electoral college and therefore that the election
may be thrown into the house of represents
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-14
LITTLE INTERVIEWS

= = - VI
SUPERVISOR. EPHN LlWHr4 was
detained by businessoa the other
side of the island yesterday and could
not get torlast nights board meeting.
This proposal for q municipal paper
needs some, Investigation, see, and
I'm not ready to vote for 1t yet.
CHARLES r.. FRAZIER want
to congratulate the Star Bulletin on
its policy. of printing straight news In
the news columns and not attempting
to color its news. Honolulu Welcomes
a paper that viii confine. its editorial
opinions to the .,editaEial page and
give us, news we can rely upon as un-
biased. s.,,. 81.
JUSTICE PERRY The doorway
made between the Brewer and Judd
buildings is a great convenience. and
it would be q good thing if similar
connection were made between the
Judd and 'Stangenwald buildings. The
many lawyerssand judges in the three.
buildings would greatly appreciate
such asy communication between
them So - u
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-14
He has not learned The. lesson of life ,rho does
not cUery day smmount d fear Emerson.
THE PAYING CONTROVERSY AGAIN

The paving controversy was revived again last
night by member of the board of supervisors
who demands that the superintendent of public
works take action toward reyoking the Rapid
Iransits franchise. One of the supervisors, in
supporting his stand in the matter, said last
night that the supervisors are bound by the law
and have no discretion in the matter.
II is true that the law and the supreme courts
Interpretation of the law hold that the public
officials have.no discretion and that under its
charter the Rapid Transit company must Law
ptving in conformity with the other paving on
thestreet But this very point has been Initiated
BY the board Of supervisors when they agreed to
allow the Rapid Transit to lay paving partly OF
bitllithic and partly of lava rock, instead of all
bitulithic as strict interpr alton Of the law
would require
shorn Of technicalities and legal verbiage, the
Supervisors consented to stretch the law about
halfway. Now Murray and bis followers talk of
the legal requirements which give them no dis.
erection. They have already used discretion, al.
ready stretched the lar, and xhe4 they talk Of
living strictly tip to the letter 6f the law, their
arguments no longer carry weight.
The Star Bulletin has not at any time crit,
eised the supervisors for trying to abide by the
provisions Of the law. This paper has realized
that the city authorities were bound BY a law
and supreme court decision On the other
hand, the Rapid Transit company fatty refused
e accept bitulithic, and gave the very good real
son that it could not place itself at the mercy Of
patent controlled by a monopoly.
The supervisors have been in difficult posi-
lion. They should have done one thing on, the
other, either yielded to the Rapid Transit out
right or else stuck manfully by the law: What
they did, majority Of them, was to go part
way asnd then stop, And. when they went part
way they lost the moral validity of their posi-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-14
PERSONALITIES

H. CUSHMAN CARTER. q financial
agent and broker of Honolulu. is stay.
ing at the Stewart.-Examiner..
PROF. T. s. Hartford. a we'll
known coast astronomer, is a visitor
to the islands, as passenger in the
HOnolulan ss s5astsis ~ Is s. :2tE -
THE MISSES CLEVELAND AND
MERRITT are theatrical people who
arrived from San Francisco in the
Honoluian this morning. 49, 30 -
MISS RAE L. BEACH, local teach
er. Is back from q vacation spent on
the coast. Miss Beach returned in the
Matson Navigation steamer Honolu-
Ian. Mi b, stI .,263@s >.t@ .sthst'sl
MESSRS. WARD AND MANNING,
vaudeville artists, arrived from the
coast this morning in the Honolulan.
They will open an engagement at the
Bijou. 81, p" ..&s 7
e. C. LOOMS, now In Seattle, will
shortly take the position of assistant
to Giles H. sGere, surveyor for the
Bishop estate When city and county
engineer Mr.. Gere had Mr.. LOOMS on
his staff ssfAtla sSt..@=ss 49,
w. W. CHAMBERLAIN, manager of
the Guardian Trust Co.'S real estate
department, is reported as doing we'll
in the Queens Hospital after an oper4
alton for appendicitis he sustained on
Monday s5i.sz - - - -. "a s
COLONEL ALEXANDER HALVES
has returned from Honolulu, where he
was the guest of his daughter. He
has gone. to Bohemian Grove this
week TO be present at the. jinks,
Chronicle u "a 5.,
MRS. e. ANDREWS, the former
wife of Attorney Lorrin. Andrews of
this city, is an arrival from the coast
in the steamer Honolulan Mrs. An
drews intends making an extended
stay IN this city. ~ {
). MISS ANNA. ATKINSON, proprie-
tor of the Mary Anne bonnet shop, re-
turned this morning as a passenger
in the Matson Navigation steamer Ho7
nolulan after completing successful
business tour of the Pacific coast.
DIR. WILLIAM OSMERS, represent
ing the deralequarantine service at.
Kahului, returned from the coast in.
the Honolulan this morning. The
passengers and crew of the liner
were passed by DR.. Osmers, this of
ficer giving the Honolulan a quick
pratique, with the result that the yes
sci came alongside the wharf before
Z O'Clock.
MISS M. FARKE,. the affianced of
Mr.. George Schroeder Of HI Hackfeld
& Company. returned to this city this
morning as passenger in the Watson
steamer Honolnlan. The SchroedEr-
Farke lnuptials were celebrateH imnie-.
diate1y following theIafrival Of the
steamer, and the honeymoon is to be
spent at the Tenth avenue home of
Mr.. Schroeder. q
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HOUSE 8 SENATE
lcontlnusa rrom 200 u

fcontlnusd from Page II
Legislation, for this session was at an
end.
At the. same time 1t was made
known by intimation that President
Taft would probably approve the
Lodge Bristow bill II presented to him
for signature His purpose In SO do
inge would ibesst0; secure an execution,
ally good rallying cry for use in the
campaign. No explanation was given
as to the reasons for Mr.. Taft chang,
ing his mind regarding sugar. He an.
nounced repeatedly that he would
veto any bill not founded on informa.
zion furnished by the Tariff Board.
The question of the sugar industry
has never been taken up by that body.
As heretofore indicated, the only So
tuition is that the President would ap
prove reduction of the duties on
sugar solely as measure of political
necessity.
The probabilities Of perfected sugar
legislation are also rendered more re-
mote by the friction developing be-
tween the Senate and House LADDERS.
representative Underwood. chairman
of the Ways and Means Committee,
does not hesitate to assert that SEN
ator Martin. minority leader In the
Senate, and Senator Williams, a mem:
her of the finance Committee, have
Lungled the entire program for down,
ward revision of the tariff. Mr.. I'm.
derwood declares that almost every
move made in the Senate has been q
serious blunder and If this continues
the Democrats must necessarily suf-.
fer in the coming Presidential cam
paign.
Senators Martin and Williams will
doubtless resent such reflections up.
on their craftsmanship and political
aeunlen. The wider the breach be
tween the two branches sof Congress
the less likelihood of tariff revision
being accomplished.
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FlGHTIEd on THE ELECTORAL VOTE

! The various campaign managers: are already
very busy preparing their s"clainA' as to the
election results Each side is very certain that
its man will win and the only trouble is thai. the
various claims do not jibe The electoral coll
lege, as now agreed on will consist of 531 mem
hers, namely one for each of the 435 representa-.
tfves and 90 senator's in Congress, as provided
for under the last congressional apportionment
and including Arizona and New Mexico. These
new states each have three votes in the electoral
college-one for each senator and third for
their representative in each case. The electoral
vote of the states under the new arrangement
will be according to the following schedule,
which should be preserved for future reference j: