Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-12

solve the car bHoItd6S PiODiSh W
purchasing $500 new freight cars,
which will be delivered during Aug
ust, September and October.
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The audience will rise and sing
the first two stanzas Of Columbia
the Gem of the Ocean" The third
verse being 1.-THE wine cup, the
wine cup, bring hither," is expur-
gated during the war.
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The New York Sun has raised
over $4,000 to buy cigarets for the
soldiers. But one New York rookie
took $500 worth with him to
Plattsburg: at that rate the fund
will not go far.
Brer Hoover is quoted as saying
that anyone who criticises the food
control rules is a traitor. Keep
cool, Herbert. There will be a lot
of fool advice and folks will laugh
at 1t. But on the whole they will
do their darndest to help out.
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Head of mail order house is
roaring because the managers Of the
national council of defense cannot
buy of themselves for the country's
needs About the most dangerous
thing congress can do is to allow
the price fixers to furnish the
goods.
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A Salina man claimed to have
ordered potatoes from Oklahoma at
81 a bushel but couldn't get cars.
The Santa Fe has traced it down
and says that no such order was
made, no potatoes were for sale for
shipment in that town and that the
local price was $2.25 bushel.
Somebody prevaricated.
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What was really the amount
asked from Kansas for the Red
Cross? At Wichita it was stated by
the officers to be 100000. The
national publicity sent out put it
$1,60O,OO0 and now the report from
Washington says it was 100000
and that the state raised $SS0,000.
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Secretary Baker is going to cen
sor the newspapers some more See
ing that two big fleets of German
U-boats were waiting in mid-ocean
for the troop transports, wouldn't
il be a good idea to do little cen
soring in the secretary's own office?
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Salina man says he contracted
for potatoes in Oklahoma for a dol
lar a bushel, the freight to Salina
would be less than 80 cents. But
the railroads would not ship them
unless they were consigned to
agent. If he is tellingI
the truth there is something worthI
p. II. Halleck has a
letter from his son-in-law in Arkan-
sas saying that he sold his potatoes
a month ago for $3.50 a bushel
while here people paid So. Mr..
Hoover has plenty of work ahead of
him.
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Congress made a most embarras-
sing break the other day. The bill
o forbid selling liquor to soldiers
Turing war time was up and some
me added an amendment making ii
llso crime to sell liquor to rep
'esentative or a senator and the
whole thing went thru. But two
hours later the amendment was
AIKEN up and defeated, leaving the
rider to apply only to the soldiers. 6
What a careless thing it was to
Ass that amendment and how sad {
I would have beenl !
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Boy Scouts were sent into the
rirginia potato fields at cost of
1900 to dig potatoes. They return +
d after receiving $496 in wages r
nd with reports of bad treatment. \
When the price of potatoes fell off q
he commission men who had con- 4
racted for all the crops stopped :,
igging and let the crop rot in the Q
round. What is the use of saving Il
rumbs and stale bread out here in
,ansas if within the shadow of the Y
Less politics, less "coun +
lis, less jobs and more positive a
ction are needed right now. a
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DO the Union Pacific engineers t
mink all the roads operators are &
eaf? If not, why does each locomo Q
We that enters town when within o
90 feet of the operator emit six to q
light shrieks for the signal board f
rat are clearly heard at Talmage G
inc miles aWav2 1t is estimated Il