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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-09-28

line, because the automobile was not
in such general use then that it had
forced the price of gasoline up; OF
tire expenditure, because the auto
mobile industry had then only made
a minute dent into the world s rubber
supply, but his great expense was in
hiring farmers to haul the machine
back to town when he had gone out
into the country, and something had
gone wrong. This item was a con
siderable source of revenue to the
farmers living just beyond the en-
virons of Butte, and the trade became
so brisk that the forming Of a ranch
mans union, with a schedule of
prices, after the Butte fashion, was
even seriously considered.
End of the Machine.
One day Fair was out in the coun-
try, with his machine. He was climb
ing steep hill, when something went
wrong. The car began to roll down
hill. He jerked lever, in his effort
to stop the machine. It was evident
~ the lever that controlled the revers-
ing of the machine. The "car' i'm
mediately shot down the hill at ter
rifle speed. Fair saw a barn, flimsy
structure, approaching him from tho
bottom of the hill. He concluded tc
run the machine against the barn to
stop it. To his surprise the auto
passed right through the light frame
work composing the walls of the barn
but received injuries which put it out
of commission.
Right there Fair lost all interest in
automobiles. He walked to- town
gave the remains of the demolished
machine to a farmer, paid the man
whose barn he had wrecked, and
could never be interested in "horse-
less carriages" again.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-09-28
ENORMOUS FLOW OF
GOLD TO AMERICA
OVER $70O,000,0oO HAS BEEN
RECEIVED DURING 18
MONTHS.

New York. Gold, and still more
gold, comes from Canada and across
the sea. Treasury officials are over
whelmed with work thrown upon
them. Boxes upon boxes are in the
assay office, waiting for the gold
they contain to be counted. Clerks
are kept busy, night and day and
Sundays, counting the millions that
are flowing Americaward.
Over $300,00O,0OO in gold has been
shipped here by Great Britain alone
since May y. Last year over $780,
100000 in gold came in on balances
from all sources. This grand total of
$70,OO0,O00 in gold is enough to re-
deem the present outstanding bond
secured circulation of all the nation
al banks in the United States
Shipload of Gold.
The most remarkable thing about
the movement is that England per-
sists in sending the precious metal
Notwithstanding enormous credits
raised through liquidation of Ameri-
can securities and raising of loans,
and shipments have been unusually
large during the past few weeks. A
single ship recently brought the stu
pendous total Of $6O,O0O,0OO in gold,
a figure that in ordinary times would
create furry in financial circles.
If the war continues for year or
two more very great proportion of
the gold in the world will be in the
United States.
John Bull does not want to see
firm money in the United States just
now. He must do all he can to make
money easy here. Last July when
call money jumped to per cent he
got frightened and immediately put
the Bank Of England rate up to 6 per
cent. He must, at all hazards, keep
balances from being drawn out Of
London at this time.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-09-28
HUGE GAMBLE
dope" TRAFFIC
BLOCKADE RUNNERS INTO
MONTANA BET $4,000 TO
WIN 100000.
Revenue Officers Rounding Up Men
Who Have Been Using Butte and
Great Falls as Distributing Points
for Treasure State.

Salt Lake.-Revenue officers here
have been notified that $4,000
shipment of opium has been made
from Seattle to Montana by traffick-
ers in illegal drugs. 1t is expected
that part of the shipment is intended
for Spokane, but most Of it was con-
signed to Butte and Great Falls. The
revenue officials expect to intercept
the shipment.
Drug traffickers gamble heavily
for big stakes. This shipment repre-
sents about 1856 pounds Of opium, at
the prices prevailing outside Of the
United States, where it is purchased.
On being brought into Montana, the
traffickers make the powder into
smoking opium by the addition of
blackstrap molasses and "yen shee,"
a form of burned opium. This mix
.ture is "rolled" and sold in five-pill
lots. Each pill contains about five
grains of opium, or twenty-five grains
to the lot. A lot sells for 81. There
are more than 200 such lots to the
pound, and as the cost Of the "black-
strap" is normal, the profit is i'm
mense. The $4,000 lot would retail
for more than 100000.
DIR. G. A. Mascoll, general deputy
collector in the internal revenue de-
partment at Salt Lake, says that, to
his knowledge there is not druggist
iii Montana who is not trying to live
up to the anti-narcotic law.
DR.. Mascoll says that the traffic is
being stopped to large extent by the
federal officers, but there will long
be persistent effort on the part of
the smugglers to make money in this
way. A drug user must have his
"dope," and he will go to any lengths
to get it. Civ him "shot' in the
arm, a gun and dark alley, and he
will hold up passersby until he has
enough money for another days sup
ply. Under the influence Of drugs he
is the most desperate and resourceful
of criminals, but when the effects of
the drug are gone, he is a most des-
picable coward.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-09-28
Little Ne1U York Hair Dresser
Outr;des Montana C01up1u1chers
Title Baldwin, Who Has Never Seen Ranch Ha Lite the New York Stampede 0wro and Out
gained Such Seasoned Riders Fanny Steele Montana and Tom Thepaom

week-ends in the open, Staten
Island being her favorite haunt.
Here one day she sam some movie
actresses playing cowgirls on west
ern ponies.
From that day on" she ex-
planned, II wanted ride"
A friend of hers who owned a
stable offered to teach her. 1t
proved to be quite fascinating as
she had expected. Her attention
wandered more and more from her
own work. She determined to in
vest her savings in an effort to be-
come an expert. She succeeded.
Then chance threw in her way a
man named BALDWIN, who had an
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-09-28

larry is drawn from Broadway rath-
er than the horse ranch.
Twenty-eight years ago she was
born in Arendale, Norway, and
baptized Matilda Winger. She came
to this country at the age of eigh-
teen and soon after obtained po-
sition in the Broadway hairdress-
ing establishment.
Il was a very delicate girl,
then" she said, "thin as a bean
pole. They all thought me too frail
to live"
All her life at home had been
spent in the open, skiing, skating,
canoeing. She missed her sports,
but to make up for it, spent her
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-09-28
FIRST AUTO IN MONTANA

Butte. Roberts S. Fair, the old
time Butte druggist, brought the first
automobile into this section of the
country. This was in the very early
nineties. It was one of those old
fashioned affairs with steering rod.
or rudder, before the days of the
steering wheel.
Fair was one Of the men who grub
staked the prospector who discovered
the famous Mayflour mine, near
Whitehall. 1t was a free gold pro-
position and paid from the grass
roots. With the first few shipments
of ore he found himself in possess
sion Of $4,000 of the easiest money
that ever came to man. The richness
of the mine attracted the attention of
Senator w. A. Clark, who bought the
property. The purchase of the mine
gave Fair about 100000 in cash in
addition to the money he had receiv
ed from ore shipments. He was a
progressive chap, always in advance
of his fellows, and in demonstration
of this spirit he bought the automo-
bile.
Camps Leading Attraction.
For few weeks it was the leading
attraction of the mining camp. All
the moguls of the town had to have a
ride in the machine, and one of the
show sights Of the place was Fair
driving his "horseless carriage" as
it was then called, along Park street.
He had to motor along Park street be-
cause that thoroughfare is level. 1t
would sometimes balk when he essay
ed the sleeper grades of the streets
that run north and south, up and
down the richest hill in the world.
Fair was not troubled so much about
garage charges because that was
before the days of garages, or gaso-
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-09-28
CONSUMERS MAY
BE ORGANIZED
MOVEMENT IN LARGER GEN.
TIERS OF STATE TO FORM
LEAGUES,
Would Investigate Cost of Household
Supplies and Attempt Regulative
Measures; Women Interested In
the Undertaking.

Some of the leaders of various wo-
men clubs Of the larger centers of
Montana, alarmed at the rapid rise
in the prices of foodstuffs, are con-
sidering the ACCESSIBILITY of organizing
throughout the state consumers
leagues, movement that has made
much Roadway in the east.
The purpose of the consumer s
league is to investigate the cause of
high prices and do everything pos
slble by concentrating the trade of
their membership, to hold down the,
retailers prices. The league has &C
complshed great deal of good along
these lines.
Housewives Organization.
The membership is largely confined
to the housewife who does the mar
ketlng, but a great many men, who
generally have to pay the bills, are
taking an interest also.
The recent agitation in Chicago, and
other large cities of the east, with re-
gard to the smallness of the bread
leaf, and the threat of the govern
ment to investigate the big bakers
trust had its inception with the Off
Gals of the consumers league of Chi
cago.
Build Public Markets.
In many instances the leagues have
interested municipalities in the build
ing of public markets, where the grow
err OF foodstuffs and the consumer can
get together and trade, eliminating
the middleman, who has much to do
with increasing prices, and making
bargains by which the farmer gets
more for his produce and the house
wife gets the produce at lower price
than she could obtain it elsewhere.
That Woman Vote Again.
In states where the women vote the
municipalities are much more easily
interested than in states where the
man does all the political thinking
for the family.
The league movement is strong all
over western Canada, and every city
of 10000 or more population in that
country has live consumers league
and public market as we'll.
The league does not confine its
price supervision to foodstuffs. 1t
goes into fuel cost and selling price,
and almost every article that goes to
make up living costs.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-09-28

New York.-Shades Of Tom
Stout, the cowboy editor of
the Lewistown Daily Demo-
crat, whose expertness with
the lariat won for him a seat in
congress, what is the world
coming to?
Here is a stampede de luxe
held in Madison Square Gar
den, with Guy Weddick,
champion cowboy promoter Of
the world, and whose Calgary
stepede achievements attracted
even the attention of royalty,
in charge, and with all Of the
harding riding punchers of the
west, on both sides of the
border, competing, and Miss
Tillie Baldwin, a New York
hairdresser, who has never
seen a ranch in her life, is pro-
nounced the champion broncho
buster of the world.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-09-28
NOW A STONE SHIP

Christiana, Norway.-A new type
of ship has arrived here from thu
ship yards Of Christiania Fjord. I
resembles a huge barge and is con
structed entirely of concrete, excep
for the ribs, which are steel. 1t j.
the first stone vessel ever floated.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-09-28
MUNTANA PUET
WINS LAURELS
BERTON BRALEY, CUB REPORT
Err OF BUTTE, Is STAR
RHYMSTER.
His Thinking Jingles Win For Him
Fame Of Coin; Is Assistant Editor
Of Puck, and Contributor to Lead
ing Publications.

Butte.-Berton Bra1ey, who was a
cub reporter in Butte a few years
ago. is now the reigning poet of
Broadway. His verses and iineles
are coming money for him. His hum
or has brought to him the assistant
edltorship of Puck, the humorous
and satirical publication of national
circulation, in addition to which he
is a regular contributor of verse to
the Saturday Evening Post and other
leading publications. His success has
been but little short of phenomenal.
In the current issue of McClure's
magazine appeared the following
verses by Braley:
An Ideal.
L wish | were as trig man,
As big man
As bright man,
| wish | were as right man
in all this earthly show,
AS broad and high and long man,
AS strong man
AS fine a man
AS pretty near divine man
as one / used to know.
| wish l were as grave a man
AS brave a man
AS keen man,
As learned and serene a man,
as fair to friend and foe,
L wish | owned sagaciousness
And graciousness
AS should man
Who hopes to be as good a man
as one / used to know.
. I'd be creature glorious
Victorious
A Wonder-man,
Not Just-as nova blunder man
whose ways and thoughts are
slow.
If could only be the man,
One half of one degree the man.
! used to think my father was,
when [ was ten or so!
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-09-28
Why Girls Leave Home.

The reason why a girl doesn t mind
getting married to a strange man is
because she simply can't get used to
living in the same house with a Step
Father
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-09-28
The Mooching Season.

There are closed seasons for other
things. But the season for mooching
matches is always open.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
WOULD LOCATE MOTOR
PLOW 60. IN ABILENE

The Kenison Motor Plow com
pany will give a demonstration at
the E. Geoffroy farm one-fourth
mile east of Abilene tomorrow af-
ternoon at o'clock. This pillow
company with temporary head
quarters at Solomon is looking for
location for factory and will
attempt to interest enough capital
in the project to bring the plant to
Abilene. The company is anxious to
secure a location and sufficient
backing to manufacture the plows,
Such a factory would bring ten new
families to Abilene on the outset
and probably more later.
Farmers who have seen the Ken
ison motor plows demonstrated are
btrong in their endorsement Of
them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
REV. CHARLES G. BEAR is
DEAD-BURIAL TO BE HERE

Rev Charles G. Bear, for several
years a teacher in this county and
then a successful pastor of the NJ.
E. church, died at Kansas City We'd
nesday following an operation.
Funeral services will be held in the
NJ E. church Saturday at O'Clock,
burial in Abilene cemetery.
Mr. Bear had a host of friend $
in Dickinson who will be saddene1
by his death. He was a forceful,
earnest worker for the good things
of this world and minister of
power and influence. His CHEEKY
smile and his big heart won him
the love of all and the world lost
much in his passing away. He leaves
a family which is at Baldwin, their
home for several years
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
ROAD AND Bridge
EXPENDITURES INCREASE

Rapid Increase in total expendi-
lures for roads and bridges, growth
of building and maintenance actiyi-
tics under state supervision, and a
sharp decrease in the proportion OF
contributions in the form of statute
labor mark the development of
highway work in the United States
during the. past u years. These
facts are brought out by statistics
for the calender year 1915 recently
compiled by the office of public
roads and rural engineering of the
United States department of agri-
culture.
The total length Of public roads
in the United States outside the
limits OF incorporated towns and cit
les was about 2.452, 900 miles on
January /, 1916. OF this, about
277,000 miles, or 11.3 per cent
we're improved with some form of
surfacing. The mileage of surfaced
roads has been increasing at the
rate of about 10000 miles year,
and in 1915 approximately one
half of this increase was made un-
der the supervision of state high
way departments. In addition these
supervised the mainte-
nance of nearly $4,000 miles of
main and trunk line roads.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
"THE ROMANCE OF
ABILENE" COMPLETED
Local Photoplay Is Full of Good
Comedy

An exciting run of the Abilene
fire department and daring res
cue by our hero of Ruth from
burning building today furnished
thrilling scenes for THE Romance
of Abilene" or "How Ruth Gets the
Best of Dad
Burgert Bros, the producers, are
high in their compliments toward
our talented local players and the
pretty settings to be had in abb
lene. With everything so favorable.
the local photoplay cannot help but
please everybody and produce "a
laugh a second.
The producers carry with them
complete outfit for developing,
printing and titling of moving pic
lures and are thus enabled to
quickly finish their productions.
The Abilene picture will be ready
for exhibition at the Seelye theatre
tomorrow night
In addition to this special local
photoplay the Abilene school chill
dren parade will be shown, also a
five act Triangle, featuring Doug
lass Fairbanks in THE Good Bad
Man" and Keystone comedy "The
Marble Heart"
With the local photoplay special
attraction and such an exceptional
ly good regular program, the See
lye theatre will undoubtedly have
a record breaking crowd tomorrow
night.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
CHAMBER or COMMERCE HAS
BIG ADVERTISING SCHEME

The Abilene Business Mems as
sociation began a new scheme Sat
urday when a free matinee was pro-
vided at the Lyric theatre for out
of town buyers. The plan will con-
tinue all this month, free show
being given each Saturday after
noon to those out of town people
who have tickets from one or more
members showing that they have
purchased goods in the city The
matinee is for the benefit of out OF
town folks only.
The Chamber of Commerce has
also issued booklet advertising
the different business firms OF the
city. Thirty-fiye hundred of these
have been mailed to different peo1
ple outside of Abiiene< and should
bring big returns il the way of in
creased business One hundred OF
these have been ordered by the Riy-
erside Light & Power Co. for dis
ferent points along their lines.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
ELMO WILL HOLD SIXTH
ANNUAL BOOSTER DAY

Elmo's sixth annual booster day
will be held Saturday. October 81.
A band concert at 10:30 will begin
the bid va and something will be
going on every minute of the time.
Prizes are offered for the best float,
best decorated auto, and best dec
GRATED vehicle of any kind in the
big parade to be held at II o'clock
The Hope and Solomon high schools
will tangle in a football game at
3:9O. There will be rest room for
the ladies where prizes will be CIV
en- for kitchen products and textile
fabrics. Everybody is invited to
attend the biggest booster day Elmo
ever had.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
TOPEKA AVIATOR MADE
FLIGHT OVER ABILENE

Phil Billiard of Topeka flew over
Abilene about 9:15 Sunday morning
in his aeroplane on his way from
Russell Ito Topeka. Many Abilene
people saw Billiard as he passed
over the-city at a height of several
hundred feet and the exhaust of
his engine could he plainly heard.
Billiard made the trip to Topeka in
2 hours and eighteen minutes which
is an average of nearly one hundred
miles an hour. The flight is rec
ord for Kansas. Not stop was
made although one was scheduled
for this city. Billiard had no engine
trouble of any kind and made the
trip on twenty gallons of gasoline
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
ABILENE MEN GET OFFICES
IN DENTAL SOCIETY

The joint meeting of the Golden
Belt and First district dental So
cieties at Manhattan, Monday and
Tuesday of this week, was attended
by several Abilene dentists. Twen-
ty-three supply houses and manu-
facturers were represented at the
meeting and bne hundred and two
dentists we're registered.
Several good speakers addressed
the meeting. DR.. B. e. Kelly of
this city was reelected secretary of
the society and e l.. Garrett was
elected delegate TO the executive
council state association. Following
is the list of officers; President,
NJ. j. Mckee, Mamma tan; vice pres
ident, W. H. Jordan, Hays; secre-
tary, B. f. Kelly, Abilene; treasur-
er, J. r. Clarke, Enterprise. The
next meeting will be held at Sa-
lima.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
Republicans Having
Big County Meetings

The proposed bond issue of $780,
900 for a new high school build
ing carried at the special election
yesterday by a majority OF %
votes. A big fight against the
bonds developed within the last
few days and the outcome of the
election was doubtful until the full
count was in. A large vote was poll
ed, total of 1432 votes being cast.
Many women voted and autos were
busy hauling parties to the polls.
Three wards, the second, third
and fourth, gave substantial ma
jorities for the bonds, while the
first ward and the attached terri
tory vote was against them. The
count by wards was as follows
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
ROOSTER AND GOOD ROADS
TOUR IN ABILENE FRIDAY

Friday the Kansas City Motor
clubs big booster and good roads
tour will be in Abilene. The auto
mobiles will arrive here at 1O:3O
and will stay until after dinner
The Abilene Automobile club is
making preparations for their re-
ception. The booster club band Will
play in the city park and their good
roads speakers will talk from the
bandstand.- Every make of car sold
in Kansas City will make the trip
and will be on exhibition, Differ
ent makes of auto trucks will also
be in the procession.
It is up to Abilene people to turn
out and give the club a good re-
ception. Kansas City newspaper cor
respondents will make the trip and
will be in a position to advertise
the wide awake towns along the
route. Abilene could get little OF
this advertising by crowding the
city park Friday morning at 1880.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-10-12
FOR THE LOCATION or
THE NEW HIGH sCHOOi

The election is over, the cam
paign was short but some people
got considerably "het" up over it
and some unkind criticisms Of the
school board were made which were
wholly out of place and uncalled for
But the school board shouldn't
worry, that is the usual penalty for
holding public position.
The public has been invited to
present its views On a school site,
so here goes. l think an ideal place
for the new high school would be
on Eighth and Ninth streets be-
tween Campbell and Brown streets
in east part of town. There a fine
view could be had Of the Smoky
valley for miles. If you wished to
paint a picture of agriculture in its
highest state Of perfection you
could not find a better view any
where in the state.
Such a building as this new high
school would be a perpetual adyer-
tisement for Abilene If put in a
location like that 1t could be seen
from all trains coming into the city
and as an advertisement for Abb
lene would be worth all it cost.
We have been unfortunate here
so far in the location of all our
public buildings. We have a fine
court house but 1t can't be seen
block away in any direction. We
have good school buildings. We
have fine postoffice. but 1t can't
be seen forty feet in any direction.
Abilene is a town that shows up
better from the railroad than any
town along the line and it does seem
as though we should locate a build
ing such as we propose to build
where it could be seen by people
rassing through the town.
This location ia sure of a good
breeze in warm weather. plenty Of
fresh air and water, free from the
noise and traffic of the town. The
school board can nave all the land
il wants for a campus from one
acre to ten. This location would be
about three blocks northeast Of the
present high school. This is simply
my idea. W. D. NICHOLS.