Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-26
THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1917

THURSDAY, JULY rs, 1917
Next time Germany changes chan
cellors why don't they try w. J. b.?
OF course 1t was inevitable that
number 1928 should be drawn
among the early numbers.
If there is not a general rain in
Kansas before long the canning
season may as well be closed.
Alaska salmon that sold for $3.50
per dozen cans on Pacific coast last
year is now quoted at $3.50. War
evidently affecting the crop.
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Solomon has sent 22 men to the
army and navy, Chapman has sent
over 30-and this is a mighty fine
record for towns with 1000 popu-
lation each.
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The Russian army seems to be
made up of speeders-the only
trouble is that they speed in the
wrong direction when there is any
real fighting on hand.
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What has become of that song we
used to hear about not raising our
boys to be soldiers Agricultural
College Industrialist. Gone to join
the political slogan: ''Ile kept us
cut Of war"
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The city commissioners deserve
credit for their patriotism in giving
Abilene city flagpole. 1t will at
tract much favorable attention and
is something of which Abilene will
be proud.
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Brer Hoover announces that there
will be no more second helpings at
the table The good brother is get
ting excited he lives at palatial
hotel and probably never waited on
q hungry family of boys and girls
in his life.
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Abilene raised its $4,000 for the
Red Cross easily, but it is a poor
advertiser. In the list of state con- !
tdibutions it is credited with but !
$4,000 while other towns are cred
...t4L III
Dickinson has given $3S,O48-it !
was asked for only $4,000 and d
did it all within week S
Colonel Roosevelt has four sons, J
all of them in the military service o
of their country. President Wilson a
has two sons-in-law neither in the
military service of their country >
Capital Entirely unfair One son-in- i
law has a son on million dollar II
yacht protecting the shores of 4
Chesapeake bay from attacks by u
crawdads and swapping turtles. u
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The western wheat farmer is to y
have his crop prices fixed; the
southern cotton grower is to be ex- I
empt from regulation and the con-
sumer will have to pay whatever
the market fixes. Which shows that 81
the South was mighty lucky when Ct
it got a Democratic administration d
in war times.
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One of the advisors of the war rl
department who is serving patriot s,
ically" without pay, has charge of e
the shoe section. He let the con al
tract for 100000 pairs to his own b
company at 5 cents a pair above the j
low bid. If Kansas official let con m
tracts to himself he would spend in
the remainder Of the war period in W
the penitentiary- things seem W
to be different at Washington. &C
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1t was stated in the senate last GO
week that the man who let the al
contracts for some of the army can ed
comments is brother of the head
of the firm that got the job. Tho pa
government pays all the bill for pu
no matter how much of
they cost, total of 100000. and tn
then pays per cent extra to the rel
contractor Where is the man with I'M
a club to regulate war expenditures tn,
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BULLY OLD KANSAS tn,
Did you notice the contributions sci
BY states to the Red Cross? Kansas VII
gave $1,9O5.2O9 quite a tidy sum sta