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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26

Abilene's new postoffice was
opened for business Monday OF this
week ana the Sunday mail was dis
tributed there. The new struc-
ture is located at Third and Buck
eye, and is built of Bedfcrd granite
and marble with white marble re-.
liefs. Twenty months ago work
was begun, and since then Abilene
has been looking forward to tna
time when the postoffice department
here should move from It's present
crowded quarters to more favorable
surroundings. Now Uncle Sans en-
ployes here will be housed In
building as fine as any Of its kind
In the state and its attractiveness
win make IL one of the showpiaces
Of the town. The site cost $780,
the building S70.0oO. The cost OF
furniture totais approximately s2'-
OoO.
Al you push through the revolv-
ing doors e. the Buekeye entrance,
You are in the vsstibule Of the lob
by. The floor IL Of big marble slabs
and the walls have the cement fin
ish known as Caen stone. In the
lobby, which is in the form Of q
SQUARE, the floor also is Of marble
and the walls are adorned with
spotted brown marble pilasters. At
the right are the postal savings,
money order and registry windows
and between these windows and the
general delivery and stamp win
dows, which directly front the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26

organizations will make up contri-
buttons by the carload. Nearly every
citizen can afford to contribute a
barrel of flour, which will cost from
$3.50 to SIS a barrel and which will
keep a Belgian family of four Tor
three months. That man or woman
who is anxious to relieve brave, suf-
fering humanity and cannot afford
to give barrel can give a sack,
which will keep one person alive for
three months. A. sack of flour will
cost about $115. Those unfortunate
people who are too poor to give even
a sack of flour may join with a poor
but proud and anxious neighbor or
neighbors to contribute a sack.
Topeka, Nov. 21.--Kansas is so
well organized and the work in un-
organized counties is SO far progress
sed that help for the starving Bel
gians is assured.
Absolutely bereft Of homes. prop
erty or possessions these among the
worthiest, most Industrious and
most peaceful people in Europe.
stretch forth their despairing hands
toward America and ask only for
food sufficient, to sustain life until
they can raise crop upon their war
stricken fields.
Flour is the most needed article
OF food. Every dollar contributed in
Kansas will be. used to buy that
staple. All flour will be shipped d.
rect 10 New York Arriving IN Lon
don the flour win be -receiyed BY
the American Ambassadors Commits
sion, transshipped to smaller yes
sSls, carried 70 Z Rotterdam and
ahsnce taken BY. RAN to Brussels.
where It win Do received and dis
Erlbuted BY Brant whitleck. Ameri-
an minister to Belgium.
This arrangement is hy permits
inn Of the British, Duth and Ger
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
The New PoStOffiCe
Ready for Occupancy

viii sort and route their mail ct
the same time. The same IN true
Of the rural carriers. The fnrni-
ture all is heavy oak. finished mis-
sion style.
The postmaster's office is at the
left a. you enter. and the door 70
this office is the only one opening
into the lobby. The office is richly
furnished.
In the money order room. mo
desks and all the furniture is quar-
ter-sawed oak, light finish. Here
It. NJ. Jones. assistant postmaster
and Roy shearer viii have their
desks. This room is equipped with
safe, Cases for keeping stamps are
provided, at the general delivery
windows.
|. In the basement, all OF the
rooms are fitted up for use. There
is q rest room for the carriers, aud
a room with toilet and shower equip
meut, finished in marble. There are
two storage rooms in the basement,
and q room for the janitor. The up
stairs will not be used.
An inspector for the postoffice
department can enter the building,
slip into corridor especially pro-
yided for his occasional and unan-
nounced visits, and watch the men
at the work. One inspectors look
out runs down into the basement.
overlooking the carriers rest room.
Upstairs, another runs from outside
the postmaster's room at the north
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
ABOUT PROFILE

J. Nrs. CIV. Ruoas Of Holland was
here bhs1ping,
Peter 1Ausr OF Elmo was busi-
neas visitor here.
aEiss klS Randall Of Hope was In
Abilsas nASpping.
lanes Ketchersid Of Hope was IN
towm on bnainess.
sfrs. Probasco of near Industry
was here shopping.
aeorse Gibson and family of Tai
mage were in town.
W., H. Eisenhower was up from
Navarro on business. .e..
Mre. Lee Long Of Detroit trans
acted business in Abilene.
Mrs.. Biags Of Talmage visited
friends here and shopped.
DR.. Frank Dieter OF Hope was
here . short while on business.
Miss Mary Ayres went to Man,
moth Mo-, to visit her brother.
Mr, and Mrs. F. w. Ausmus OF
Talmage were in town on business.
Mr.. ana Mrs. win Baldwin Of
south Dickinson were In town shop
ping.
w. C. Grigg. one Of Navarre's
leading citizens. was q business Wis
litor here.
Pafer Morgan OF Hope visited
with bis daughter, Mrs. John White
hair. over Sunday.
G. w. Wilsey and Glenn Morris
1.-TWO OF Chapman's leading citizens,
were Abilene visitors.
Mrs. Simon Shockey left for Will
Transport, Pa, called there by the
serious illness of her father.
tEf. and Mrs. L. M. Pace Of White
water were here Sunday, the guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Sites.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Newlin Of
Harrison, Neb., were here few
hours while waiting for train. Mr.
lNewlln was a school teacher here
lin the early days and met a mum
Iber ol his old friends. He Is nov
lehitor of the Harrison Sun.
| n. G. Kyle, who was in town o.
lbusinAss, Says that all Of the stee
Ion 4he8bridge near hfs place hal
been laid and the bridge probabl,
VIII be complete by the latter par
OF the week.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26

lRoyer, James Kyle from Abilene at
tended. Interest hearty and canvass
of township began today.
Banner-Dr. w. A. Klingberg and
Jack Finn, Elmo, in charge. Organ
ization effected Thursday night by
J. e. Johntz, DR.. e. L. Garret, o. A.
Sterl, H. w. Rohrer from Abilene.
Newbern-Committee consists of
George Lenhert, George Hersch,
Henry Paul Charles Rickerman.
Jefferson Cole. G. G. sterl and
Rev. H. F. Martin. from Abilene the
organizers at a meeting Thursday
might.
Jefferson-M Meeting will be held
tonight, with Chris Baumgarth from
Abilene as organizer.
Cheeyer-D. e. Funston, chair
man; Thomas Dover, Harry Ayres,
lB. F.. Eye and George Jameson,
committeeman appointed at big
meeting in Center school house
Thursday night. R. M. White and
IL. s. Bigler from Abilene were the
Iorganizers.
Noble-Big meeting will be held
tonight ut Chapman. H. A. Andre
son will be the Abilene volunteer
organizer and committees WIN be
appointed.
Sherman-At a meeting in the
schoOIhOuse Thursday night this
committee was appointed: g. L.
Blue, y. @. Scripter and Henry Nc
IKeever. They have named helpers
and win see every person in the
township. Mr.. and Mrs. C. q. Rugh
and Mr.. and Mrs. p. A. Bowman
from Abilene helped in the Organi-
zation.
Fragrant HiIl-C. A. Case has ar
tranged for q meeting Monday night.
ra-John sTrett Of MaReiteR
has divided his township into dis
tricts. a man to . mile, and work
has begun.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
OLD CHAPMAN RESIDENT DEAD
Mrs. M. Hinchey Game Here Win
the Railroad

Chapman, Nov. 2s.-Mrs. N. Hin
chey, an old resident Of Chapman,
died in Kansas City. She was buried
in the Catholic cemetery here north
east of town. Mrs. Hinchey came to
CHAPMAN for the first time In 1857
with her husband. When the road
was completed they returned here
to live. Three sons and daughter
survive. They are Michael and
John, employed ON the Union Pa
cific; Dennis. who is employed on
a railroad in Texas: Mrs. Graham,
Kansas City.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
AWARD CORN CONTEST M
Tn PRIZES HERE SATURDAY

winners of the boys and girls
corn. contests will be selected at the
regular meeting Of the farmers IN
stitute in the Commercial club rooms
here Saturday. Prizes amounting TO
saAO .wila be awarded. Otis d. Han,
director of boys and girls clubs for
the extension department OF the
agricultural college, will make an
address in the afternoon. The days
program opens at O'Clock.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26

main entrance, are the lock boxes.
No more combinations to work be-
fore you get your mail, for Uncle
Sam doesn't recognize combinations
when he instalIs mail boxes; he
trusts to locks and keys; you de-
post twenty cents for each key to
your box and IL you return key
you get twenty cents back. At the
left of the lobby square are two
windows for emergency use, such as
the Christmas rush, and two drop
boxes for receiving mail.
THE variouc window frames In the
the lobby which are cast in steel,
topped with bronze, provide no
writing space and so a long line Of
people will not be kept waiting
while someone at the window ad-
dresses a letter. One desiring to
write must go to the heavy glass
topped mahogany writing stand in
the center of the room.
The work room is a commodious
one, welt Furnished. Along the sides
are hlgk windows that run up al
most 70, the top of the high ceiling
ana admit all the sunlight there ia.
The floor is of pine. The desks. ta-
bIes, mail sorting and distributing
is all the most modern
City carriers in the old
office have been compelled to sort
fheir mail and then route It. Now
stands ere provided 80 that carriers
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26

Iaround over the workroom and the
money order and registry office az
the south.
All wires and conduits run be-
tween the floors. The building is
equipped with 1O0-watt lamps. As
soon as the desks and tables in the
workroom are stationed permanent
lily they will be wired for electric
lights. The building is heated with
steam from the big plant in the
basement. One hose rack in the
basement and one upstairs, each
with so feet of Nnen hose, afford
ample fire protection. The building
is piped for gas. A sanitary drink
ing fountain is in the work room,
and is fed by pipe running through
the coils in refrigerator. Hot ana
cold water are provided throughout
the building.
At the rear OF the building is Q
mailing platform and a cemented
area to accommodate the rural ear
riers' teams.
Beside Postmaster Matteson and
Assistant Postmaster Jones. SIX
others are stationed in the building:
Roy Shearer, Joseph Gccdell. Ches-
ter Hutchison, d. q. Cavender, H.
D. Focht. There are four city mail
routes ana seven rural free delivery
carriers make the rounds six days
in the week. Two janitOrs Will
care for the building.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
RACINE, sATTLEY 90.
Is SUING b. o. STONE

The Racine, Sattiey company OF
Springfield, Ill.,. has brought suit
against B. o. Stone to collect on a
$500 promissory note alleged to
have been issued in favor of the
company and now past due and un-
paid. The note was sold, but was
protested and the Racine. sattley
company asks s1.eO additional ss
the cost Of the protest.
B. o. Stone went into bank
ruptcy several months ago.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
KANSAS GIVES FLOUR so BELGIAN
WOMEN and CHILDREN MAY LIVE

man governments. and the Ameri-
can ambassador, Mr.. Page. has OBJ
tained q written guarantee that the
supplies thus sent win be protected
ana not subject to confiscation.
Ths American Ambassador, Mr.
|pasA, has cabled: Food cannot be
boueht on this side of the world.
Money sent will be of no use. Food
sent, except through this commits
sion, may never reach Belgium, or
may be confiscated."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
WORK IN TOWNSHIPS
y, Is PROGRESSING RAPIDLY

Grant-g. r Lands, chairman;
EEenrry snyder, HI. H. Henderson
David Lands. John Lesher, @. M.
Carver. /; committeeman. Territory
iappcrtieued and work begun. H. G.
LIFTS the Abilene organiser.
Hopa-Dr. J. c. Entz, chairman.
nesting win be held Saturday night.
Hayes. G. Crum. chairman;
George Birkholder, secretary; Alb
ram Noel, treasurer, named at a
meeting held Thursday night. o.
B. Landes. M. L. Hoffman, Paul
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
sKIPs TOWN BEFORE
WARRANT IS SERVED

County Attorney Afthdf y Hdrd
held an inquisition yesterday after
noon and collected enough evidence
to warrant issuing warrant for a
local man on the charge Of bootleg
ging. Evidently the man had a bunch
for he skipped town before the war
rant could be served
Several young men were up be-
fore the county attorney to tell what
they knew. Other inquisitions and
issuances of warrants are likely TO
follow.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26

There win be no charge for admis-
sion.
So far the local schools have not
obtained a hall in which to play
basketball although several have
been considered and an effort made
to rent q suitable place. Abilene
may be without baskstbalI this WIN
ter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
NO ARREST FOLLOWS
ENTERPRISE ROBBERY

No arrests have followed the rob-
berry of the FrOelich Brothers store
at Enterprise Sunday night. sSilks
and other merchandise valued at
about $500 were taken. The rob
berry was discovered Monday morn
ing when the store was opened for
business. The robbery Is similar 70
others which have occurred in this
county and section Of the state.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
.suv = Batfsa. or . Sack" the slor
gan for the Whole State U
NEED FOR FLOUR MOST uRGpENT pssr :
Muni1ns Of Homeless Ones in VASE
Land Ask Bread-All Nations
Guarantee Safe Passage
rNas ~ for Food 1850,

j topeka, Nov. 21.-Rev. McLner-
new Of Topeka, who lived seyerai
years in Belgium, was asked at tne
belgian Relief meeting what KIND
Of food he believed the Belgianas
needed. He said. Flour! FLOUR! FLOUR I!
Flour!il They do not eat % mucn
meat. This leads to this Kansas
should send:
One hundred thousand barrels p
once and contributions should De ~
flour units. \.
Communists will send flour ~
carloads, $50 barrels.
Societies, clubs. fraternities ano
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
1O1 AND 1O9
WILL BE TAKEN OFF

II Il rumored that Union Pacific
trains No. 101 and 1o2 viii be taken
off next Sunday, on the grounds
that the expense Is not justified. No,
1O1, westbound, arrives in Abilene
At 2:4O O'Clock in the morning. No.
162, eastbound. arrives here at 4;lS
o'clock IN the morning.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
ROBERT MCCOY KICKED
IN FACE nv A

IN FACE DA n HOAeSA]
Robert Mccoy OF Woodbine, while
sick horse, was kicked
in the face The temporal bone and
the upper part of the jaw were
crushed. Mr.. Mccoy is better now.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
sues to Qniet TitIs

Frank schumer has begun pro-
ceedings against Lydia Guner ct al %
quiet title to a quarter section 81
land.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
BASKETBALL TEAMS
PLAY HERE THURSDAY

The Garfield school boys basket
ball team has arranged a game with
the team from the Buckeye school
for Thanksgiving morning at the
school grounds here. The game VIII
Be played On the outdoor court
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
X. q. SAYS SAND SPRINGS
WATER Is S0.es PER CENT

The chemical analysists Of the
Of Kansas after an exam
ination q = sample Of Abilene vat
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26

or, sent them by Mayor Nichols, uD-
ON request, have reported SAND
Springs water to be sS.s7sS per
cent pppa
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-11-26
soVOmOa DsSsated Gypsum

.solopoh, Nov. 24.-In a game O
football here Friday the Solomon
h,rhs defeated the Gypsum highs b
= score Of sa % ?. ...
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

planes he was ignorant of what
the Wrights had done. He pro-
duced his "Demoiselle, type of
monoplane which has done good
work in the hands of Garros,
Morane, Saulnier and other pi-
lots Of the atmosphere, but since
1910 he had made no important
changes in his machine. He con-
tents himself now with regard
ing critically what others are
doing
IF l were going to make a sug-
gestion to constructors" he says,
Il would say that in my opinion
they are wrong in exaggerating
the power of their machines.
They complain that aviation does
not develop among civilians, but
it is because they are making it
too expensive. From motors of
so horsepower they have passed
to those of 10. so, 100, 100 and
even 200 horsepower.
Machines that cost from $4,000
to $4,000 are too expensive, not
only at their first price, but es-
pecially In the cost Of operation.
They are inebriates in their con-
sumption Of oil. The merest lit
tie turn out with them is a prodi-
gality. The cost per mile of fight
with these puissant motors be-
comes recklessly extravagant.
Military aeroplanes, of course,
must be powerful enough to go
out in all kinds of weather, but
think it is a grave error to seek
to force such machines upon the
market for private, civilian own
ers. The needs of sport should
especially be consulted The
sportsman, the tourist, and even
the man who would use the aero
plane TOT commercial purposes,
can wait for proper weather. He
doesn't call for a machine which
can battle with all the obstacles
of the atmosphere.
"A private aeroplane should be
like yacht-made and calcu-
lated for use In decent weather
and not in tempests. So the con-
structors should turn their atten-
ton to the production of the
aeroplane Of sport Of simple pleas
ure, intended for fine days and
good weather. and made light and
at a low price. Machines like
that would develop a taste for
aerial sports"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
When Electricity Will Be as Cheap
as Air
By EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.

wants is electricity as cheap as
air. water and sunlight. This
really Is the dream of electricians
Since nothing exists but cleo
irons. and these are electricity,
1t does seem that we ought to get
all we want for nothing by mere
ly taking or tapping the supply
But Edison. Thomson, Ruther-
have not blazed the way into this
unknown problem of the ages
have no doubt that man will
make this conquest; for have I
not declared constantly during as
years that the mind phasing in
man is illimitable?
WHAT is cdrbons What is
carbonic acid' What Is cdroonic
order"
Al do not know what carbon
IL. Carbonic acid is a compound
of carbon and oxygen: one atom
OF carbon being chemically united
with two of oxygen in each mole
Guile.
Carbonic oxide is the name given
to the molecule made up of one
atom of each element. carbon and
oxygen. l do not know what any
thing is. For everything is made
OF electrons; these are electricity:
but | have no idea as to what
that is. l may get rubber type
reading: II DO not know" This
will save many quarters of sec
onds of golden time when writing.
-"Whdt is the process Of levt-
tdtion. the lifting of heavy
heights. ioithoHt the application
of force, or am mechanical pOic-
ers'
A.--This has been done, from
periods before any history The
cause is totally unknown to any
one OF the great standard mathe-
NAUTICAL sciences. ! can not an
swer this question by reference to
any known law of nature.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06

~ us the prophecy that
'icent the rounds about
" tioenfp pears ago. that
some pdp Of tapping nature and
thus securing unlimited supplies
of electricity from air or from
space, coming trueT
A-The nearest approach to
the great work OF tapping ma
lures unlimited store of electric
ity is the act of allowing irrigat
ing streams from high mountains
10 turn turbine generators over
and over again in different power
plants along down the sides of
the mountains, and then, after
securing all mechanical work of
grav:ta..on, secure growing work
in tho growth OF food plants. This
is the height at present of human
skill in the work of tapping ma
ture."
Windmills turning armatures is
dHokItl way VI NuHPiiS' FNiIN 'hS
capture Of water in tides, using
the force of outflow, is still an
other. We still have the dyna-
mos with us; we must turn arma-
lures with their polar fields of
magnetic lines
We must use running water or
flowing winds TO tap Nature; or
burn carbon under boilers. which
is too expensive and prosaic to be
called the high art OF tapping. as
one would turn faucet.
suppose my correspondent
means just tapping free supply.
This suspicious event has not ar
rived unless using solar engines
is tapping Heat reflected by
mirrors directly from the noon
day sun upon boilers has been
made 10 generate steam and turn
armatures.
Another way Of tapping is to
allow the sun TO shine on therno-
electric piles, unions of ends of
bars of unlike metals.
What my friend evidently
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
What's the Matter With Aviation?

r HAVE just been reading an In
terview in a Partisan maya
zine with Santos Dumont on
the latest phases of aerial navi-
CATION. History sprouts and
pushes so fast nowadays in the
field where he earned renown that
some who once hailed him as
the first of bird men" may now
have almost forgotten his name.
remember Santos Dumont
when he first came to New York
haloed with the glory of his
earliest aerial exploits. in
terviewed him for The New York
American. 1t was away back
well. back in the nineteenth CEN
fury. (For some of us who have
been long associated with New
York journalism II seems strange
that the nineteenth century
should have become a past age,
and counted as back num-
ber.)
found him in his room near
the top OF one of our then already
skyscraping hotels, an aerie
which he assured me he had
purposely chosen because 1t gave
him a sense of being up in a bal
loon. In receiving me, he led me
instantly to window and swept
his hand admiringly, superbly,
over the bird s-eye view of lower
Central Park. which lay spread
beneath our eyes.
1t was gesture that opened
his soul, and Immediately, with
out waiting for questions, he ex-
planned like a panorama all the
story of his achievements, hopes
and expectations.
have never met a man who 80
thoroughly looked what he was
as did Santos Dumont. He had
the swift. tripping step OF spi-
der. What you saw was big
head. little body. and legs so
slender that they seemed long.
The whole figure, apparently not
more than five feet tall, appeared
to be strung on wires, but every
wire was under control, and they
all vibrated in unison at the sig
nal or the commanding brain.
At that time Santos Dumont
was a kind OF scientific John the
Baptist He announced the COM
ing OF greater things than he was
able to perform himself He was
The foremost gymnsst of the air.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-06
PRAISE FOR EDITORIAL.
Editor The Georgian

Editor The Georgian
Through the forcefulness OF
your article under caption, You
Must Run the Gantlet,' by Win
sor McCsy, write this letter.
This article and cartoon i'm
pressed me very much. II is too
good not to be placed before more
people than only those who are
able 20 afford getting the advan-
tsge of it through your paper,
] wish that every schoolroom in
Georgia had this article framed
and hung where every boy and
girl could read and study the les
son. 1t seems TO me that this
alone, II placed before the rising
generation, would be the means
Of setting many a boy and girl
On the night road and it's good