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Meade County news., 1914-12-31
Convenient Rule.

The editor OF q newspaper pub.
lished in central Pennsylvania tells Of
articles that he frequently receives
from certain citizen. They are al
ways pertinent and worthy Of publi-
cation, says the Evening Post satur-
day Magazine, but they are punctu-'
ated in a most peculiar way.
Meeting his correspondent one eve
ming at a friends house. the editor
said, THAT was an excellent letter I
got from you this morning, and ! am
going to print It Saturday. But tell
me, what rule do you follow for pune
tuation?"
why" said the gentleman, "the
same rule that learned when was
boy. I'ppt semicolon every twelve
words, and two commas between each
pair Of semicolons."
Meade County news., 1914-12-31
BENEFIT TO STATE.
Direct Tax for Education Would
Mean Efficiency, Economy
and Stability.
lAwRENCE MEET FAvORs IT
Proposed Mill Tax Would Provide
Permanent Income for State
Educational institutions.

That Kansas and her schools would
profit by the adoption of a mill tax
amendment to the state constitution
was the unanimous opinion of the stu
dents and alumni who attended the
recent mill tax convocation at the uni
versity in Lawrence
Hugh 7. Fisher of Topeka, E. E.
Stauffer and Sherman Elliott, mem
bers-elect of the legislature, and Chan
cellor Strong. the speakers who ad-
dressed the Joint meeting of the coun-
ty club organizations, formed by the
students from practically every coun-
ty in the state, pointed out:
That the direct tax of fraction Of
mill on all the property of the state
would benefit the institutions because
it would make their income perma-
nent.
That it would enable the schools
to plan for the future as they can not
do under hand-to-mouth policy.
That 1t would benefit the state be.
cause it would build UP better insti.
tutions Of which the state can be
proud and from which 1t would reap
the greatest benefit in direct and in.
direct service.
That 1t would relieve the legisa-
ture of a burden which, with the short
biennial session and the manifold
business to be handled, it might well
dispense with.
4 That under a business-like system
insuring steady income, increasing
as the valuation of the state increases,
it would be less easy for other states
to attract the best teachers from Kan
sas as has been done in the past.
That a calculable income means eff
ciency-that the state will get the
greatest value for its money, and that
the benefits of true economy will be
felt in the department of the states
business requiring large expenditures.
Meade County news., 1914-12-31
Arnenla.

May we call the region in which the
Russians are attacking the Turks Ar.
menia? For convenience, certainly;
but, as Sir Charles Eliot points out,
strictly speaking. Armenia does not
exist. The name is absolutely forbid
den in Turkey. and all maps marking
any district as Armensstan are con-
fiscated Then there is the rival name
of Kurdistan, also unofficial. Kurds
and ArmenIans being mixed up, one
may unofEcially call portions Of ASH
Minor Kurdistan or Armenia, accord
ing to ones sympathies. The Arme-
mans themselves do not use the name
given them by friendly foreigners.
They call themselves Haik, and after
their country Haiasdan-tracing their
descent from Haik, the grandson Of
Japhet.c
Meade County news., 1914-12-31

Il can say this much for Dobson--
you never see him wasting his time In
q foolish argument"
"Thats because Dobson takes no In
terest in the subjects most men argue
about. Just wait until somebody
comes along and tackles him on the
subject Of EgyptoIogy. Then you'n
hear an argument that will make poll
tics, religion and the war in Europe
pale into utter insigniicance."
Meade County news., 1914-12-31

Be sure you're right. but don't stop
to get much advice before COINS
ahead, or you will never start -u
bany Journal
Meade County news., 1914-12-31

Civil War Veteran Dissolution B.
Bethel. rs years old. veteran of the
Civil war. and for many years con-
nected with the Wholesale drug firm
o. McPIke s: Fox. is dead at Atchison.
Meade County news., 1914-12-31

College STAFF Men Die.-Two mem
bers Of the Kansas Agricultural col
lege staff are dead Captain B. L,
strother, superintendent OF printing,
died suddenly of heart disease, and
Professor Carl Ostrum Of the English
department. died Of tuberculosis.
Meade County news., 1914-12-31

Tank Car ExpIodes.-Fumes from a
gasoline tank car in the Kansas City
Southern shops at Pittsburg caused
an explosion which wrecked two tank
cars and damaged a locomotive and
injured two employees
Meade County news., 1914-12-31

Had a Zig Year.-The Lyon County
Farmers Produce Association, which
was organized Dec. Is, 1913, has tran
acted $SO,OOO worth of business in
that time. according 70 statement
made by A. B. Hal. manager Of the
association.
Meade County news., 1914-12-31
REACH AGREEMENT ON GAS
Kansas Natural Conference at lnde-
pendence Results in Understand
ing Between Interested Parties.

The conference of the various inter-
ests Of the Kansas Natural Gas Com
pany, which has been. in session at
the company's offices in Independence,
has reached an agreement which
means, it is believed. the rehabilita-
tion of the company.
The plan outlined by. Judge Flannel
ly was followed with but little modi-
fcation. The economy of the receiy-
ers management and the unexpected
gas supply. SO severely tested by the
recent extreme cold, caused all inter-
ests to unite in asking Judge Flannel
1y to continue the present receivership
to such time as the affairs Of the COM
pany may be adjusted with view to
good service, conservation of the
property and protection to creditors.
Judge Flannelly's receivers for the
Wyandotte County Gas Company have
so improved service and diminished
expenses approximately $4,000 per
year, that the receivership at the re-
quest of all interested parties will be
COuLluuCu db lOH6 do ~ 10 0SOA-A~N
necessary by Judge Flannelly.
Judge Flannelly took no part in the
conference, except when asked to ad-
wise on points upon which parties
could not agree. His suggestions were
in each instance followed.
4 X 4
New Trolley Line.-An interurban
line will be running between Kansas
City and Saiina within two years, ac-
cording to Joseph West. president of
the Manhattan to Junction City Inter-
urban. Bonds for the Kansas City to
Topeka line, he said, have been sold
in Cleveland.
Mrs. Murdoch stricken.-Mrs. Vic
toria Murdoch. widow of the late
Marsh Murdock, who founded the
Wichita Daily Eagle in 1872. is Ill in
Wichita from stroke of apoplexy.
Dies in Bed.-Mrs. John Humphrey
OF Cheney awakened to find her hus-
band very Ill. She ran two blocks to
a physicians home. She was attired
in her night robe only and had no COW
ering on her feet. When the doctor
reached the stricken man he was
dead
Tank Car xpIodes.-Fumes from a
gasoline tank car in the Kansas City
Southern shops at Pittsburg caused
an explosion which wrecked two tank
cars and damaged locomotive and
injured two employees.
X X X
Buys Wichita Demoerat.--MaJor
Parks Warren. a veteran newspaper
writer in Wichita. who has for some
years been connected with the Bea-
con, has bought the Wichita Democrat
from Captain ]. H. Shields. who re-
Gently was made postmaster in Wich.
ita. Major Warren will continue the
paper as Democratic organ
Civil War Veteran Oies.-Clifton B.
Bethel. rs years old. veteran of the
Civil war. and for many years con-
nected with the wholesale drug firm
ef McPike s: Fox. is dead at Atchison.
Meade County news., 1914-12-31

New Trolley Line.-An interurban
line will be running between Kansas
City and Salina within two years, ac-
cording to Joseph West. president of
the Manhattan to Junction City Inter-
urban Bonds for the Kansas City to
Topeka line, he said, have been sold
in Cleveland.
Meade County news., 1914-12-31

Accidentally Kills sister.-Zelma
Ward the 3-year-old daughter of Ell
mer Ward, farmer living near Wells
vile, is dead after being accidentally
shot by her 7-year-old sister Mrs.
Ward had placed 90 caliber rifle on
bed while she answered telephone
call. The older girl picked up the
rifle and in some way It was dis
charged.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03
STOP AMERICAN SHIP
British Compel German and Austrian
Reservists to Surrender

Honolulu, Sept. 1.-The American
liners Mancuria and China OF the
Pacific Mail Steamship company's
oriental fleet we're halted by British
warships off Hong Kong and forced
to surrender to the British authori-
ties sixty German and Austrian res
ervists bound for Europe from the
Philippines. This was the news
brought by Captain Thompson and
Purser Landers of the China, which
arrived here today bound for San
Francisco. Having received assur-
ances from Washington, according
to officers of the China. that they
could not be molested in American
registered vessels, the Germans and
Austrians took passage for San
Francisco, via Hong Kong, Shanghai
Nagasaki and Honolulu, because they
could not reach home via the Suez
canal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03

If there is anything in the heavens
and the earth, in the waters under
the earth or in the skies above the
heavens that the various party coun-
ellis did not put in their platforms at
Topeka we should like to have 1t
mentioned. The weakness of a plan
that allows the candidates to make
the platform after they are nomin-
ated, instead of the party making
the platform for its candidates. new
err was more strikingly illustrated.
The Republicans did by far the best
Job but all the platforms are no
credit to the councils making them.
Some day genius will arise who
will write a state platform in two
hundred words and he and all those
on his ticket will be elected by
thousand majority.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03

The difficulty of getting reliable
war news from Europe is greater
than It ever has been before in spite
of the fact that methods Of com
munfcation are perfected as never
before. Although the European field
of operation is interlaced with tele-
phone and telegraph lines and dotted
with wireless stations, these are con-
trolled by the military authorities
and all messages are rigidly censor
ed. The press associations and the
great newspapers are sparing no
expense in their efforts to collect
reliable news. But about all they
can get is a general statement OF
fact concerning the movements OF
the armies. The details OF engage
ments are matters of rumor or the
products Of imagination:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03

Vic Murdoch said in his speech
at Harrington Saturday that when
he went home and told his wife that
he alone of all congress had voted
against the currency bill she said:
"Is 1t not possible, Victor, that you
might be wrong and the other 400
men right?" NO" was his reply.
u was right and they were wrong.
AS events are proving that the 9TH
ers were right, Victor ought to
apologize to his wife and admit that
her suggestion was well grounded.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03

with wheat selling at more than
70 cents . bushel above the low
prices OF the new crop year on July
IL. and at the highest level in more
than two years, there Is no little
enthusiasm over business prospects
in the great wheat districts Of the
southwest. Kansas. Nebraska, Okla
homa and Missouri alone l-~ve q
wheat crop OF 3s7.O00,O0o bushels
this year. Probably NO more than
rs, 900 900 bushels of the, grain was
sold before the recent rise began.
The advance OF 20 cents has. there
fore, added fully t57.000.OoO to the
value OF the crop held by farmers
in the four states alone. Notwith-
the high prices now pref
there Is no tendency among
growers to rush wheat to market.
Producers appear to be generally
bullish. Many are expecting the mar
ket price to advance to a level that
will enable them to obtain $1.2b
on the farms in the near future.
And then there will be a big wheat
acreage for 1915. Yes, the west Is
all right.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03

Fifteen thousand persons In the
New York city district which in
cludes Wall street 1t is estimated.
have a total annual income of ST.
600, 900, 900. Adjoining this is an
other district containing 100000
people few of whom have taxable
incomes. This is a sharp contrast,
but sharp contrasts are not novel in
any of the great cities of the world.
The important thing is that in
these days they are awakening deep
or and more serious thought than
the past was disposed to bestow
upon them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03

The Democratic congress must be
given credit for one good deed
cutting off salary when congress
man is not on duty, unless he is Ill
1t ought to be the permanent rule.
If a congressman draws $21 q day
for gadding around the country
seeking office instead of attending
to business he is getting money un-
der false pretenses.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03

Here is Hutchinson's modest part
I'm the present political campaign:
On the Democratic ticket, G. A. Nee
ley, candidate for United States SEN
ator; H. w. Chabin, candidate for
state printer; on the Republican
ticket, w. Y. Morgan, candidate for
lieutenant governor; Guy Glascock'
secretary of the state committee;
John Simmons, candidate for con-
gress; ON the Progressive ticket,
Carr w. Taylor, candidate for at
torney general. No, Hutchinson isn't
doing SO badly, thank you.-Hutch-
inson Gazette.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03
SALIVA A BASE
FOR HORSE sTEALERs

salina, Sept. LIT developed to-
day that for half a dozen years Sa-
lima has been the base for selling
stolen horses from various parts Of
the country. and 1t Is believed by
the officers that there are at least
fifty stolen horses in innocent hands
in this part of the state. Four sher-
lifts from Oklahoma are here hunt
ing stolen property. Six horses were
identified here today, three in one
livery stable. Three others were
found in the south part Of the
county on farms.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03
Pictures of wives Of officers

Pictures of wives Of officers in
the German army are appearing in
the papers, but instead of having
their pictures taken in their very
best party dresses, as American wo-
men would under the same circum-
stances, these valiant German wo-
men are wearing fierce looking uni
forms with blood-thirsty pistols and
swords strapped around their waists
already let: ouch!-Atchison Globe.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03

If the price of dinners on dining
cars continues to increase the time
is not far off when the man in the
opposite seat will be bold enough,
at a certain stage of the journey, to
unwrap a little package containing
sandwiches and hard boiled eggs.
And he may be generous enough to
offer to share them with the man
in the other seat.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03

At the recent primary there were
10 candidates for one office. In
Riley county the man whose name
appeared at the top of the ticket re-
ceived the most votes; the second
man, the next number of votes; the
third man, the next number of
votes; and right on down the list
without q break. 1t was sad COM
mentary on the intelligence Of the
voters of Manhattan. for most OF
the votes cast in Riley county at
the primary were cast in Manhat-
tan.-Manhattan Mercury.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03
HOW THE FARMER
CAN MAKE ADVERTIS-
ING PAY BIG MONEY

| -
"For ten years l have been hand
ling stock, paying high price and
giving my neighbors better return
that they could obtain by shipping
their stock to market" said an in
terror farmer shipper few days
ago. "Yet there are hundreds Of
farmers right here in my own coun-
ty who do not know I am in the
business"
"Have you ever advertised In your
local paper?" was asked.
"No, because It costs too much
and 1 need all the money I can raise
for my business.
Suppose you secured one ship
per who would bring you one car OF
hogs, what would it pay your"
perhaps fifty dollars"
"Then If you can by spending
twenty-five dollars get that one
shipper is it not a paying PROPOSE
tion?"
The shipper had never thought of
it that way. yet it is the way q farm
or ought to look at printers ink.
When a farmer goes to a printing
office to have some sale bills print
ed, he usually haggles over the
price. Instead of getting two hun
bred or three hundred bills-none
too many for a good sized sale
he cuts the amount down to one
hundred because he can thereby
save one or two dollars. Yet II he
can by the extra bills, bring the sale
to the attention of more buyers, at
tract one man to the sales, one man
who will raise a bid two dollars, he
has paid for extra expense.
Printers ink is a method of get
ting attention; it is not charity, nor
a mere form. If it has any object it
is that of getting trade. The farmer
has not the education in advertising
that has been the fortune Of the
He confines his publicity
usually to bills for public sale or
to occasional three or four line read
ing notices saying that he has taken
UP a stray calf. Not one farmer in
one hundred makes the use of the
publicity that he could
" It'll profit.
Last fall q Kansas farmer had
two hundred bushels of extra fine
seed wheat, pure bred and greatly
needed by the community. He plac-
ed rudely painted sign on the
fence beside his house "Seed Wheat
For Sale" Days went by and not a
purchaser came. He knew he had
! good thing and wondered why it
was not realized by his neighbors.
Seeding time was near and he
sought the advice of his local edi-
tor. The result was well arrang-
I'd advertisement, displayed in good
space, telling how, the wheat had ,
been bred, how It was screened, and
IL its superiority over the ordinary
iced used. on the editors advice he
placed the price fifty cents a bushel
higher than he had originally asked
I. The paper had been circulated
,nly q week when there came to the
office q telephone call I
rom the farmer, "Take out my adj
rertisement-I have sold all that
vheat." h
Similar was the experience of al Il
-aiser Of fine cattle who found him !
elf with twenty head Of young bulls .
n had that 1semed unlikely to bel
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET

The Republicans have nominated
a ticket that is one Of the best ever
placed before the people Of the coun-
~. It is composed OF candidates who
are equipped in every way for the
work Of the offices to which they
aspire and who will be Q credit TO
the party and to the county.
p. scanlon OF Chapman has been
one OF the county's successful busi-
nessmen for thirty years. He is q
man Of wide experience. un0uestion-
ed integrity and is familiar with the
needs OF the people Of Dickinson.
He will be a representative who Will
represent all the people.
H. w. King has made 30 good q
county clerk that his reelection Is
merely a matter Of form. Always on
the Job and courteous, he Is all right.
Newton Cole is recognized as es-
pecially fitted for county treasurer.
He is an expert accountant and has
every ability needed to make a
model treasurer. He will have the
support of voters of all parties.
Mrs. Grace Lloyd Aumiller is prov
ing very popular as candidate for
register Of deeds. She is the only
woman candidate and the women OF
the county will give her vote that
will make her majority handsome
one. She is fully capable of man
aging the office well.
Arthur Hurd, who has made one
of the best county attorneys In the
history of the county, will Of course
be reelected. He is first class law
yer and has looked after the coun-
TVS legal affairs well.
@, G. Huffman needs no introduce
ton to the people Of the county. lie
is known as one of the most relia-
BILE and successful business men OF
the county. Energetic and wide
awake he will be a model sheriff.
The voters are going to give him a
splendid majority in November.
w. o. Steen has the record at
home and abroad of being one Of
the best county superintendent in
the state. He is a real school man,
studying how to advance the schools
in practical ways. He has done much
for the county's schools and de-
serves reelection on merit alone.
e. M. Blachly will of course be
reelected as district clerk. He has
filled the office capably and is one
of the most popular officials at the
court house.
]. w. Sorrels Of Hope, the can
didate for probate Judge, Is a man
Of experience and ability. He will
have the support of every voter who
desires real probate Judge, one
who faithfully looks after the office
and is really qualified.
Karl Riddle will be reelected
county surveyor-his work has been
SO exceptionally good that he has no
opposition for the office.
B. d. Fry, the capable commits
sioner II the first district. will also
be reelected. He is an enthusiast for
good roads and has been a wise and
careful manager for the affairs of
the county.
Altogether 1t is ticket of which
the Republicans are proud and they
expect to see every candidate elect
ed with a big majority-for this is
q Republican year!
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03
WHAT THEN7

II
II wilhelm II win-if he striI
France OF her colonies and reduce
her army TO one fit only for polics
duty; II he bring the detested slaN
onto his knees with the statement
that never again will he seek q port
upon the Mediterranean or further
dream OF territorial expansion; u
Britain shall be ready TO quit un'
der conditions which will make her
only too willing to yield up the SUI
premacy Of the sea. and Italy, for
not keeping her alleged treaty en-
gagements. shall yield back to Aus
tria the soil once ruled by the des-
potism of Metternich, and all the
losing nations shall groan under the
mountain high war indemnities ex-
acted. then there is nothing for the
world to do but acknowledge It's
High Lord and his own people to
bow before the claim-always as
serted by him, but laughed at by
the peoples OF other countries than
his own-that he rules by right d.
vine, as the vice-regent Of the Lord
God Omnipotent In establishing the
civilization which they Both wish
here on earth.
II Wilhelm II fail-if none ol
the above things happen-and
scarcely any one Of them can hap
pen without all happening-if the
war becomes a defensive one for the
Triple, now Dual, alliance; II.
through command of the sea lost,
commerce languishes and distress
visits every humble household OF
the empire and the most familiar
objects are the long rows Of silent
forms, each in his "windowless PAL
ace of rest" II the Germanic peo-
pies, doggedly, blindly courageous
as Of old, are at the point Of finan-
cial and Industrial exhaustion, and
war is no longer the order OF the
day, even with the Higher Ups who
precipitated this one, then what!
This question can be asked even
though It be granted that his people
to a man are back of the Emperor
at the present time.
Under the empire the rise OF thu
German people to dominance is
without a parallel in the history OF
the world. The price for 1t is mill
tary despotism-the apotheosis OF
the army. VIII the people continue
to cherish this ideal when 1t no
longer brings them victories? Many
prophecies are made, but prophecy
is not SO simple a matter after all.
We will not make one at this time.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03

J. r. Burton says that II all the
rlanks In the party platforms Of Re-
publicans, Democrats and Progress
sives adopted at Topeka were enact
ed into law the Socialists would dis
band. Also the Millennium would ar
rive. wheat would 50 70 81 : bushsl
and flower drop % 50 cents 4 sack.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03

Bristow is reported to have de-
cided to support the Republican
ticket. Now is the accepted time and
the sooner he does it the better will
be the reception he viii get.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-09-03

Tobacco manufacturers are sug-
costing a special tax ON automobiles.
Automobile manufacturers are ad-
vocating a tax on tobacco. Both
will probably be made happy.