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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01
TWENTY-oNE REPORT FOR
BASEBALL AT HIGH school


Twenty-one boys answered the
call of Coach White for baseball
players and a meeting was held at
the high school yesterday afternoon
The name Of each man and the posi-
tion he desired to try out for was
taken by the coach. Fifteen of the
twenty-one are after the first base
Job.
II the coach can develop bat
terry Abilene should have good
team this spring There is not
real pitcher in school," says Coach
White.
Van Doren is probably the best
bet for catcher, but who will fill
he other positions is a question.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01
LESS THAN THREE INCHES
OF MOISTURE THIS WINTER

A total of less than three inches
OF moisture has fallen here this
winter. according to the government
records kept by the United Tele-
phone company OF this amount 1853
of an inch fell in November. The
only precipitation in this month was
one-fourth inch of snow that fell
February 8. Thirty-four hundredths
of an inch of moisture fell in Jan
uary and seven-tenths of an inch in
December These figures include
rain as well as snow.
The weeks forecast calls for clear
weather after Wednesday which in
dicates that there is little chance of
rain or snow this week.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01
Premium List
For County Fair

E. w. Elwick, VIM Harris and I.
H. Clewell returned from Concor-
dia where the fair circuit meeting
was held yesterday.
Dickinson county's fair was fixed
for the week of August 1918. The
fair board will meet next week to
arrange for it. A preliminary prem
ium list covering stock and farm
products is being issued to allow
farmers to prepare their exhibits.
These fair dates we're fixed: st.
Marys, Aug. g. Abilene, Aug. 10;
Minneapolis, Aug 20; Concordia,
Aug. 27; salina, Sept 81 Topeka,
Sept. 10; Lincoln, Sept. 10; Belle
Vile, Sept 10; Ellsworth, Sept. II;
Wilson, Sept. "a; Russell, Oct. /;
Hays, Oct. s.
The following classes and purses
were adopted.
Glass Purse
Free for all pace..........,....$ $4,000
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01
DICKINSON COUNTY I. o. O. #.
TO MEET HERE APRIL ~

The Dickinson County Association
Of l. o. o. f. lodges will hold its
second ANNUAL meeting here on
April q. Grand secretary win j..
Russell Of Topeka will deliver the
principal address. During the even
ing work will be put on in the diff
ferent degrees by the several lodges
of the county H. X. Eicholtz of
this city is president Of the associa-
tion and c. o. scrafford Of Enter
prise secretary,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01
May Change Site
on New High School

The meeting of the school board
last night was devoted to the dis.
cussion of the proposition to wreck
the Garfield building to erect a
combination high school and grade
school on the site. The report of
the architect was not encouragins
as 1t showed limited space for the
high school c. f. Rugh presented
legal argument against building
combination school when the
bonds were issued for high school
only.
1t now seems likely that in view
or the large petition presented and
the other arguments against 1t the
board will rescind its action in
voting to wreck the Garfield build
ing and will get together on an
other site.
The site most generally discussed
IS the half block between Sixth and |
seventh facing Buckeye and prob
ibly this would be satisfactory to
more people because of its accessi-
'ility than any other.
Another meeting will be held
lext week and it will be decided
whether or not there will be a ref
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01
SPARKS FROM CHIMNEY
CAUSE OF ANOTHER FIRE

A firm alarm from the home OF
Mrs. Lillian Minick, 612 West Sew
enth street, called the firemen out
this morning about 8 o'clock to put
out small blaze on the roof. The
fire started from sparks from the
chimney but was put out before any
serious damage was done. A small
hole was burned in the roof.
The dry weather has caused
many fires lately, say the firemen,
the shingles being so dry that they
take fire easily.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01

Clean old papers for sale at the
Reflector office; SC a bundle.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01

p, McElhenny, who recently moved
to Topeka.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01

erendum on site and other matters
at the spring election.
The boards official report of tho
meeting is
The board of education met in
adjourned session last night for fur
ther consideration of the various
sets of plans for the high school
building and the petition presented
at the preceding meeting protesting
against the razing of the Garfield
school. The question of a referen-
DUN vote at the coming election to
determine the wishes of the people
OF the city as to site also received
some attention. The last two mem
toned matters seem to depend ON
the nature of the plans finally
adopted. The meeting was spent
chiefly in consideration of this sub
Ject, Some questions were referred
TO Architect w. II. Sayler for fur
ther information Supt. Stacey and
several of the members of the board
VIII be in Kansas City this week for
consultation with him.-A. Marie
Curry, Clerk of Board.
IL. A. Snider Candidate
Nomination papers for II. A. Sni-
Ter of Grant township as candidate
or member of the schoolboard have
'een filed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01
HOPE SWEAR-WORD CASE
GOES TO DISTRICT COURT

Hopes campaign against swear
ing occupied all day Thursday in
justice court. Henry Kloepfer and
George Dunlap had had heated ar
gument and each was charged with
using naughty words. Dunlap plead
ed guilty and was fined $50 which
was rebated to $5 and costs.
Kleopfer pleaded not guilty and
claimed that he simply tried to
calm his opponent. But he was found
guilty and assessed SIS and costs.
He appealed to the district court.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01
4 WONDERFUL PASSAGE
IN THE BIBLE

Where in sacred or profane III
crature is there such a parable OF
human frailty, such confession of
the weakness Of mans nature. as
in the third chapter Of Genesis?
True at the very dawn of creation.
its truth is. eternal and grapples
our heartstrings today just as ir-
resistibly and we bow ourselves in
humality, prayer and confession.
This chapter ought to be read fire.
quently in these days of exaltation
of the ego, and would doubtless
restore normal equilibrium to
many a poor soul that is now floun-
dering about in the darkness of
self-conceit. The Big Print Red Let
ter Edition of the Bible now on
to the readers OF this
paper affords such easy reading,
with its large clear type. convenient
size and flexibility, that it does not
surprise US to see the crowds that
bring their coupons daily, appar-
entity eager TO obtain a long sought
.or prize. A comparison Of this
beautiful book with others in the
anne class will show its unrivaled
merits. It is so superior In all re-
poets that there would seem to be
70 choice. Our coupon offer thar
ppears daily in these columns Is.
iade to our readers in the best Of
aith' Examine teday's coupon and
on win be sure to- cut It out.
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01
II. A. snider a Candidate
JAMAICA GINGER AND LEMON
EXTRACT "ARRIVED- AT LAST

The following from the Manhat-
tan Nationalist is a letter received
by the editor of that paper from a
man who evidently is of the opinion
that in the absence of good whisky
the hardened drinker must now
turn to much worse substitute:
In Saturdays issue of the Nation
alist paper you had a obituerry fer
John Barleycorn, as newspapers gem
orally do, you didn't get the faek
stait. You said that John died OF
a overdose of legislashun. An that
aint so becoz they wuz inquest held
at Topeka aand the Corruners 1ewry
brot in verdik which her somethin
like this: We the jewry find that
John Barleycorn came to his death
by bein struck in the vitals with a
dry bone flung with great force by
some unknown parties presumably
women. SO hereafter get the facks
stait when writin about subjeck
that has caused so much greef and
5orro.
Yers fer better noospapers.
HARDEsTY DRYNKER.
p. S.-You mite think I'm soar
lbout the Dry bone law goin into
'ffeck In this state, but | amt cause
don't drink nothin but good old
amaick and Lemon Extract and
hese hay'nt gone into effeck yet.
md besides if they do mcleod these
n the law, Ill iine the Salvation
Irmy and be preacher, an accordin
law then ! can get all | want an
o questions asked An like as not
hen ! do that you'll be the first
loocher that pussyfoots after me
n trys TO bone me fer a drink. But
won't do yon no good, COZ / hate
Iese two-faced guys that urint one
ing in there paper and at heart
ey are as gilty as any of us. II. D.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01

The minimum for each association
for running races shall be $500. The
meeting passed a motion which
closed the entries 81 days before
the race meet, and IT shall be a
rule this year that entries shall
be required for each race with four
starters
The following officers were elect
ed. President, 7, J. Burns, st.
Marys. vice president, J. E. John
son, Minneapolis; secretary-treasur-
er, Frank L. Baker, Concordia.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01

T. r Kugiur is moving to his
new ioeation on the north side Of
Third. corner q Buskeye. lie viii
Aaye Two fine rooms for .hisagrow-
ing hardware and automobile Busi-
ness m buildings owned by himself
and hispmany friends are glad To-
sae. his progress ~
49, ~-r- fsf 81
=. .-.....t 80 n ~. .
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-01
HERINGTON II MAN CHARGES
WIFE WITH THREAT TO KILL

A threat to kill him, cruelty to
himself and their children, an at
tempt to ALLEVIATE his children's af-
fections and the use of profane
language, are only part of the
charges ]. F. Mcintyre of Herring
ton makes against his wife in his
suit for divorce. Mcintyre further
states that his Wife cursed and re-
viled him for providing for his
father in his home although he had
no other means of support, that SHE
removed their two children from
school and that during his serious
illness she refused to speak to him
or in any way administer to his
welfare. He says that she has often |
applied vile insinuations to him and
has cursed him in the presence of
the children. Mcintyre asks di-
vorce and custody of the two chill
dren.
Lewis Lantz has also filed suit
for divorce against Ina Lantz
charging neglect Of duty, abandon
nent and cruelty to himself and
heir children
Home Missionary Meeting
The annual joint meeting of the
lone Missionary societies of Abi- {
enc was held yesterday in the l
lethodist church. The session last )
d throughout the day and lunch |
'as served at noon. a
The general theme of the program j
as "lnterccssory Prayer" and "Old a
pain in New America Very inter U
sting papers we're read by Mrs. w. n
lioffenall, Mrs r. b. Miller, Mrs. "
G. Dutton, Mrs Kaufman, Mrs. II
H. Engle, Mrs Ed Keel. Miss al
ntts, Mrs W. ., Zeigler. Mrs II
olfe and Mrs Lottie Northcraft ca
ldresses were given by y. c. Dut- lh
n, Rev. c. F. Erffmyer Rev. Mr.. U
ose, J. H. Fngle, Miss Blayney
q Mrs. J. r. Goodwin. Others on 4
g program were Mrs Ewald, Mrs.
II lIalleck, Mrs. c. O. Musser
s Webb Mrs s. G. Cartner Mrs.
king, Mrs A. T. Hoffman. Rev. ~.
ssell, Rey w. b. Zeleler, Mrs. 49,
II. Averill Mrs n. p. Martin, Nj,
$. Oscar sterl Mrs J r. Nicolay II
7 Mro tTrIr,o 80
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-07

mother of Nauvoo spent few days
of last week at the George Mogel
home.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd Berry, Wednesday, May 80.
t. M. Johnson of Dexter spent a
few days with relatives here.
Mrs. Ivah Bennett of Fairfield
spent Wednesday and Thursday with
the H. Jones family
Mrs. Ed Barton visited her mother
Mrs. Lawrence at Oakland last week
W. E. Simkin acted as registrar at
Salem city hall on registration day,
Tuesday
Mrs. Henry Brown is quite poorly.
Peter Knight and daughter Mrs.
Laura, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. O. n. knight, south of town.
Miss Justine Hartley came over
from /, w. u, Mt. Pleasant, and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-07
REVERE, MO.

DR.. Will Thome IS here visiting
with his brother Charles Thome.
John Christy has gone to Roches-
ter, Mimi, where he will undergo an
operation.
Mrs. Logan Shuler and two chill
dren John and Dorothy Of Keokuk
are visiting relatives and friends III
and around Revere.
Banker Sunbeck was shaking hands
with old friends in our town Satur-
day.
Roy Goldsberry and wife of Fort
Madison visited Sunday with his faith
er and sister, Miss Edna.
Mrs. Chas. Case and son have NOV
ed from Keokuk to their home here
in town.
We are sorry to say, but Grandma
Wolf is very poorly again.
Uncle Robert Hudson spent several
days in the country visiting his sons
near ST. Francisville.
Little Charley Christy is visiting at
the home Of his uncle Dial Christy
Bert Ball and family from Farming
ton, spent Sunday at the home of his
father John Ball.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-07
REGISTRATION
IN VAN BUREN,
County to Furnish at Least One Thou
sand Names-Patrlotic Demon
stration Held In
keosauqua.

KEOsAUQUA, June IA great en-
thusiastic demonstration was held in
the opera house in Keosauqua.
Speeches were made, songs sung and
band music was heard on the streets
to herald the registration plans The
Womans' Civic league distributed hun
dreds of copies Of Wilson's war mes
sage
Seventeen precincts have been
heard from and the report is $50 1t
Is estimated that 1875 will be reported
from the other two precincts, hence
Van Buren, county can furnish nearly
1000 men.
An American Red Cross chapter
was organized in Keosauqus, June s.,
with Jurisdiction over Van Buren,
county. The following officers were
chosen. Chairman, R. r. McBeth;
vice chairman, John A. Maltbie; treas
urer, S. w. Manning; secretary. Mrs.
E. E. Sherman
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-07
AGED RESIDENT
DIED AT CROTON
Leslie M. Grant, Respected Resident
of That City, Passed Away
Last Friday
Afternoon.
Especial to The Gate CITY. I

lSpSCldl w uS udtt NJlty-l
CROTON, Iowa, June leslie NJ.
Grant died at his home at this place
last Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
aged 81 years, months and days.
He was born at Aberdeen Scotland,
September 81, 1925. living there I'M
til nineteen years of age, then emf
grating to America. He first located
in Middlesex county, Ontario. Can
ada. coming to the United States in
1855. He located at Webster City,
Iowa, entering the government SER
vice in the engineering department
and later enlisted in the Iowa from
tier guard under Captain Martin.
November %, 1855 After leaving
the government service he took up
railway work and followed this fifty
two years, retiring on account of old
age in 1910 He was reared under
christian parentage, being member
of the Presbyterian church for a
number of years and later becoming
a member of the Methodist church
with which he was affiliated at the
time of his death Mr.. Grant is sur
vived by his wife and the following
children: Mrs. E. D. Ruter Of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Iowa; Will Grant Of Don
Nelson, Iowa: Owen of Charlton,
Iowa; Ed of Valley Junction, Iowa;
Mrs. l.. S. Saltzgaver Of Croton;
Fred of Whitman, Nebr.; Mrs. Roy
House of Pittsburg, Kans.; Mrs.
Maymie French, Croton, and Mrs.
Bert Blom of Kansas City, Mo.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-07
Several Are Washed Out, Including
steel Spans and Wooden Strue-
lures Over Different
Creeks.
ROADS NOT INJURED
Barring LandsIides and Minor Wash
outs, Highways Did Not
Suffer From the
Storm.

| The storms of this week were par
| ticularly severe on county bridges.
| The roads were not damaged to any
/ extent, a few landslides on the river
road, and several washouts on other
roads being the only damage to the
highways. The bridges, however, bore
| the brunt of the storm and several OF
these structures have been washed
out 1t will cost considerable money
to replace them or to repair them, and
all the available forces of the road
gangs will be needed to take care OF
the trouble.
A steel bridge 225 feet long over
Devils creek on the Fort Madison,
Charleston road is washed out COM
pletely, the bridge being in the water.
This bridge is the biggest of the spans
to go out in the floods created by the
near-cloudbursts of Monday and Tues
day.
The Peterson bridge on the road
south of Summitville, sixty feet long,
of wood. is washed out. A bridge 100
feet long, about a mile from this span
on the same road is also washed out.
Small Spans Out.
The Petty bridge on the road south
of Sandusky, on the road between the
middle and river roads was washed
cut. 1t is about twenty feet long
Three small bridges have been washed
out in the Croton neighborhood.
There was bad wash in the road
between Montrose and Fort Madison
at Devils creek. This occurred at the
fill for the approach to the bridge 1t
has been repaired. The river road is
open again, and the Argyle road which
has been closed, has been opened to-
day.
This road was closed because of the
danger occasioned by Sugar creek at
tempting to wash new channel. The
road is reported all right today and
barriers have been removed
The rain itself did not hurt the
roads to any extent 1t fell with such
force as to beat the surface down
hard, and the highways are really in
good shape considering the severity
OF the storms.
Supervisor Maxwell this morning
received letter from Charleston
telling of number of small bridges
out in that district which were dam
aged. Some are damages to the ex-
tent of planks and stringers being
loose Material has already been
ordered for some of these bridges,
and they will be fixed up immediate
ly. Several of the small ones were
to have been repaired this spring.
1t is estimated that in the whole
county something like forty bridges
are out.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-07
The Liquor Argument.

Knoxville Express: If rat should
propose to give farmer ten ears
or ten bushels or ten wagon loads
or ten carloads of corn a year for
the privilege of living in his cribs.
would he entertain the proposition
Would he not reason that whatever
the rat paid would come out of the
crib together with what the rat re-
tanned? Yet near statesmen figure
up the amount that liquor viii con-
tribute to the internal revenue of the
government and are appalled, at the
idea of national prohibition and the
stoppage of all waste of grain In
brewing and distilling. If the liquor
interests should propose to pay the
government s1,000.000.000 year,
did you ever stop to think where
they would get the money?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-07
FEDERAL AID IS
/ GIVEN FOR ROADS
ee county viii Share In This Tn.
uertakins as Soon as the Roads
Can Be Recon-
mended.
MONEY APPROPRIATED
lApportionmen Have Been Made by
the Federal Government and
Commission VIII Make
Reports.

Lee county's apportionment in the
federal aid road fund is s21.2S2.25 and
lin the federal-county-co-ope road
fund s42,564.50. This allotment is
based on the area of 545 square miles,
4 and the figures are given in the SER
vice bulletin of the Iowa Highway as
ISOLATION received by Supervisor
|Glenn Maxwell. The Hawkeye state
will receive two and quarter million
from the government funds and the
|state legislature has declared that it
shall be apportioned on the basis OF
the square miles in the counties.
The Iowa legislature just adjourned
accepted the federal offer and made
certain provisions for the expenditure
of the money through the state high
way commission. The legislature Gre
ated two new funds to be used in con-
nection with the administration of the
fund The first is the federal-county-
cooperative fund; and the second the
federal aid engineering fund The
money in both is taken from the auto
mobile fees in the hands of the state
treasurer before distribution to the
counties. For the first, the treasur-
er is instructed to take an amount
equal to the amount of the states fed
eral allotment for the year. For the
second. the highway commission esti-
mates the amount for federal road pro-
jects.
The highway commission is author
lied to select from roads that are now,
or may be hereafter rural post roads
not less than two thousand, nor more
than six thousand miles Of road, giving
equitable consideration to all claims
Of counties. The highway commission
will ask the boards of supervisors to
name the roads; each board to recon-
mend mileage to approximately one
third of the county road system, and
to choose only the most important
roads After these recommendation
the roads will be visited, and the pro-
per applications drawn for the feder-
al aid.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-07
DROWNED IN
RAGING STREAM
Harry SAMSON, Well Known Clark
County Farmer Lost His Life
as Result of
Storm.
CATTLE IN DANGER
In Effort to erve Marooned Stock to
Safety, Owner Was Car
ried Away in the
Flood.
rspecial to The Gate City.1

| KAHOKA, Mo-, June Harry
| SAMSON, well known and prosper
Gus farmer residing near Antioch,
south of Kahoka, was drowned Tues
day evening about six o'clock while
attempting to swim across swollen
stream caused by the excessive rains.
Mr.. SAMSON, in company with Fred
Kirchner, neighbor, were attempt
ing to rescue some cattle marooned
! in a pasture They removed their
clothing and swan across the stream
and attempted to drive the cattle
across, but We're not successful. They
then started back across the stream.
Mr.. SAMSON was not an expert swim
mer. and being worn out with his
first attempt with the angry stream
and his exertions trying to get the
cattle across, was soon fatigued and
drifted down stream several yards.
Mr.. Kirchner succeeded in getting
across the stream and started to aid
his companion, when he stepped off
an embankment and went under
When he arose to the surface Mr..
SAMSON was nowhere in sight, hay-
ing gone under to rise no more
Neighbors were notified of the
drowning and a search made for the
body. Parties from Kahoka with a
boat went to the scene of the drown
ing this morning to aid In the
search. 1t is thought the body is
lodged in some willows some dis
lance from where the body was last
seen, but owing to the high waves
and swift current it was thought not
advisable to make an attempt at
rescue with the boat until the waters
had subsidized.
Mr.. SAMSON was one Of the
county's foremost farmers and bust
ness men. He was highly esteemed
by all his neighbors and his I'M
timely death has cast gloom over
the entire community. He was aged
about forty-five years. He leaves a
wife and children, and many other
relatives.
Clark county will lose many thou
sands of dollars by the excessive
rains of Monday and Tuesday. Hun
dreds of acres of corn were swept
away along the Fox river and Wya-
conda rivers The wagon bridge
across Fox river, known as the Nc
Carly bridge, near the Joe Cutting
farm, northeast of Kahoka, was
swept away Tuesday afternoon.
Many other bridges in the county
were swept away or damaged by the
high waters. The loss to crops will
be great.