Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-06-21

90 yfiori outside Of dickinson
county invariably in advance.
THURSDAY, JUNE 81, 1917
Gov. Capper's statement that 300
men have made over million
apiece out of food speculation points
the way for some OF the govern
ment's high salaried boards to do
some good at home instead of TAX
ing trips around the world at pub
lie expense.
Excited food savers are protesting
against throwing rice at weddings.
They say a million pounds are thus
wasted every year-half of 1t in
June. But throwing rice at newly
weds is so much more fun than eat
ing it that the world will probably
20 on as usual.
No wonder the congressman be-
come bewildered over petitions on
top of the immense petition to con-
gress for a dry America was pre-
scented by workingmen's associations
and labor unions a petition of q
082,637 names from % states, ask
ing that beer be not prohibited.
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No, congress is not getting far
with war measures. 1t is now busy
trying to put over the Democratic
pork barrel for Improvement of
southern creeks, etc. There's 30
million dollars of pork in it-but
the Democratic majority is only one
in the house and it is likely to be
beaten.
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The selection of James A. Kimball
of Salina as manager of the state
institutions is one that insures to
Kansas capable and efficient serv-
ice Gov Capper has not only a
strong board of administration but
a high class manager and there
will be businesslike conduct of state
institutional affairs.
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The New York Sun when it re-
calls the complete organization with
which Billy Sunday moved on this
town, to find his cantonments all
ready, his commissary equipped for
business. his scouts already engaged
and his forces drilled and equipped
for the first drive on Satan, is NOV !
cd to suggest him for secretary of
war
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A Washington news item states
that Senator Overman OF the judi
ciary committee today asked Presi |
dent Wilson to withdraw the nomi-
nation of Lester H. Woolsey, of New
York, as solicitor of the state de-
partment, adding that Democrats
of the committee "object to confirm
ing a Republican. You bet-why
allow any of the jobs to get away.
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Give it to Texas for resourceful-
ness. Some million dollars has
been spent on the Trinity river and
finally the engineers recommended
that artesian wells be sunk along
side of it to furnish some water.
The pork barrel bill asks $500, 900
for it this year but If it cannot be
secured for improvement" Texas
congressman have a bill to appro-
pirate $3.50, 900 to make 1t a mill
tary road
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The members of our Democratic
congress are doing their part in
looking out for No. /. They have
added 100000 to the pay roll
$500 extra to each congressman for
clerk hire, most of which goes into
the congressman pocket-and have
exempted the congressman from
military service and their salaries
from income taxes. They ought to
get through the war period quite
comfortably-if they can stay in
congress-
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Just paragraph from the story !
of the German air raid on London:
Ten little children, whose feet {
swung clear off the floor. sat dron- g
ing over their lessons in a public I
school. Without the slightest warn 9
ing a German bomb crashed through
the roof and snuffed out their lives. j
leaving a half hundred more maim- (
ed and torn, writhing in pain under
the debris. This was the most effec- I
tive piece of work accomplished by b
the Germans. h
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In his address before the Kansas D
Bankers association the other dav n