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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
WHAT'S THIS-SPIES SPREAD
LEPROSY IN DICKINSON

What are believed to be German
agents are a grouv of peddlers who
are operating in this vicinity, sell
ing various articles such as court
plaster, bluing and face cream.
These articles are said to contain
leprosy germs.
Today reports reached here that
a man travelling in an auto was in
North Dickinson selling court plas-
ter and distributing face cream be-
lieved to contain leprosy germs. IT
was> said that he had been at Man
haitian and Wamego and that the
sheriff of Clay county was after
him.
A good way to avoid being hurt
is to buy nothing If peddlers.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
ABILENE COMPANY ACCEPT
ED ACCORDING TO A REPORT

1t is reported that every unit of
the Kansas national guard already
organized or authorized now has
been recognized by the federal gov
eminent. Word to this effect being
received at the office of Brigadier
General c. |. Martin from the chief
OF the militia bureau at Washing
ton. According to this the Abilene
company has been accepted. Work
on the armory will be commenced
a separate office room will be par
titioned off and a place for gym
nastic exercises will be fixed. The
basement of the armory is an ex-
cellent place for gallery practice so
that no other place need be fixed
for that
The order was sent, it was said,
in order that Kansas will get credit
ON June 80 for the troops already
raised or authorized, thus cutting
down the number to be drafted from
the state Under this order between
5000 and 10000 men will be ready
for federal service when the state
TROOPS are called August 5. They
are divided as follows: Three regi-
ments infantry, one regiment of ar
tillery, one squadron of cavalry, one
battalion of engineers, one battalion
of signal corps, two field hospital
companies, and one ammunition
train. Federal inspection of the
newly organized units will con-
tinue as a matter of form, it was
explained.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
H. FOLK UNCONSCIOUS is MIN
24O Volts in Pipe Killed Horse
Shocked Several Persons

Wednesday morning Herbert Folk,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Folk, was
struck unconscious when he touch
ed a pipe in the alley behind
Broughton's music store. 1t was
charged with electricity. He was un-
injured but is still weak from the
shock.
Herbert, who works at the Bren-
izer confectionery, was walking
north in the alley when he touched
q rain spout on the corner OF the
Broughton music store. He was I'M
able to pull his hand from the pipe
but not knowing exactly what he
was doing at the time, he placed
his foot against the building and
pushed. AS he fell his head struck
the cement on the edge of the alley
pavement and he fell unconscious.
It was fully fifteen minutes be-
fore the boy recovered his senses
and then when he staggered in the
back door OF the confectionery, Mr.
Brenizer thought Herbert was
drunk. He was taken home and has
been weak ever since. However, he
is back at work today so that 1t
probably did not injure him.
On Monday J. NJ. Brenizer's horse
rubbed its head against the same
pipe and was killed. A previous re-
port said the horse had sun stroke,
but as the horse was injured slight
ly once before by the same pipe, It
is certain that the electricity caused
its death.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Brenizer both
say that the pipe radiates heat and
il takes at least 100 volts to ra-
date heat in a metal pipe. Yester-
day afternoon several electricians
tested the rain spout and 1t was
found there was q live current Of
240 volts there Loose wires ON the
building that touched the pipe
were insulated and the danger has
been removed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
DICKINSON WORTH 47,5e5.oas
Total Value OF Real Estate and Per
sonal Property Advanced

The total wealth OF Dickinson
county during the last year has In
creased $696,918. The total valua'
tion OF the real estate in the town.
ships is 3,720,442 and in the cit
les, $5,s09,495. The personal prop
erty in the townships is valued al
$6,753,215 while in the cities II
amounts to $3,956,694.
The total valuation OF the rail-
roads is $7,245,677. The total valua
ton OF the towns OF Dickinson IL
$36,922,113 and the cities is $40
s6S,41O, making total Of N7,-
585,523.
One year ago the total valuation
was s46,S98,605 or S69e,s1S less
than this year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
j. NJ. WALTERS HAS RESIGNED
PRESIDENCY OF MERCANTILE

j. NJ. Walters, who has been
president of the Abilene Mercantile
company since its organization, has
resigned his position from that com
pany. Mr.. Walters has been a resi-
dent Of Abilene for the past eleven
years and during that time he has
made many friends and shown him
self to be a successful business man
George Lee and Grin Snider are
now the owners of the Mercantile
company Mr.. Snider will have
charge of the hardware department
and Mr.. Lee will have the grocery
and dry goods.
1t is hoped that Mr.. and Mrs
Walters and family will remain in
Abilene.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
IRRITABLE
NERVOUS
Was Condition Of Indiana Lady
Before Beginning to Take
Card-u-i, the Woman's
Tonic.

Kokomo, lnd.-Mrs. H. Hankemeier,
of this town, says: "a look so we'll, and
am so well, that II does not seem as if |
ever needed Cardui. But was not al
ways this way /. think have taken a
dozen bottles before my little girl
came.
was feeling dreadfully bad, had head
ache, backache, sick at my stomach, no
energy =. | was very irritable, too, and
nervous.
began taking Cardui about 6 months
before my baby came. As a result all
those bad feelings left me, and just felt
grand, just as if nothing at all was the
matter, and when the end came ! was
hardly sick at all.
Since that have never taken Cardui
at all II has done me good, and
know ii will help others, if they will only
try it,"
Many women have written grateful let
tiers like the above, telling of the good
that Cardui has done them. Why should
it not help you, too7 Ifyou suffer from
any Of the ailments so common TO women,
and feel the need Of a safe, reliable,
Strengthening tonic, we urge you to be-
gin today and give Cardui a fair trial.
Your dealer sells card-u-i. EB-l0
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
DICKINsoN's CREDIT $50
Draft Will Probably Call for 200
More Soldiers

Dickinson has approximately $50
men to offer the government un-
der the volunteer system, 70 of
whom are recognized as belonging
to Company H.
Lieutenant Lucier sent a report
20 Adjutant General Martin today
creditng every man and 79 out Of
the 93 men of Co. II were recogniz-
ed as volunteers from Dickinson
county. Clay county had only 3.
Half the men belonging to the
Harrington company are from Mar
ion and Morris counties so that
Dickinson county receives credit for
only 80 men from Co. l.
Chapman sent 80 men to the
junction City quota and Dickinson
will receive credit for that mum
Der. However, the 10 boys that
went from Abilene, as well as men
from the other towns to the Off
GERS training camp will not be
added to the list.
Adding these this county will be
credited with about $50 men. 1t is
estimated that 200 men will be
drafted from this county on the
first draft and in all probability
the second draft will come within
80 days after the first
Only 15 days are left for anyone
to join Co. H Colonel Koehler, an
officer of the regular army, ad-
vises that men join a home com
pany.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
WHEAT DRIVE PREPARATION
HAS STARTED IN COUNTY

Four representatives of the ag-
ricultural college who have been
driven over the county finished
their work. They made reports on
the condition of the best hard wheat
fields and this will be used to fur
nish good seed for the ten million
acres of wheat in Kansas for next
year. Dickinson wheat was reported
to be probably in the best condi-
ton of any county in the state.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
WATCH YOUR KIDNEYS

Inhaling fumes of turpentine and
neys That's one reason why 50
many painters have bad backs and
sick kidneys. Exposure, frequent
colds. chills and the strain of climb
ing up and down ladders help start
the trouble.
If your back aches, If sharp pains
strike you in the back when stoop-
ing, lifting or working; if you have
headaches, dizziness, rheumatic
pains, if the urine is discolored or
passages painful and scanty, try
Doans Kidney Pills, the remedy SO
widely used and so we'll recommend
ed by men in the painting trade.
Here's Abilene testimony:
D. w. Allison. painter, 400 w.
First St, SAYS. THE turpentine
fumes from the paint weakened my
kidneys and my back got so bad
that l could hardly stand straight.
II didn't get much relief at night
and mornings / was stiff and lame.
Ny kidneys acted too often and the
secretions were highly colored and
burned in passage. l often became
dizzy and had headaches. Seeing
Doans Kidney Pills advertised. [
got box from c. f. Northcraft &
Co. They eased up the pains in my
back and gradually strengthened
my kidneys until all the ailments
left me. Since then have depended
on Doan's Kidney Pills when have
needed kidney medicine"
soc at all dealers. Foste-Milburn
Co.. Mfgrs.. Buffalo, n. Y.-Adv.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
is THE "BoNE DRY" LAW
CONSTITUTIONAL IN KANSAS
New Question Is Raised in an Abb.
lene Arrest

Claiming that the bone dry
liquor law of Kansas is uneonstitu-
tional, c. s. Crawford, attorney for
a defendant charged with its vio-
lation. today secured a suspension
of action in Justices court He ar
gued that the title of the act, AN
act relating to intoxicating liquors
is not broad enough to cover all the
things in the law He quoted SUI
preme court decisions where laws
have been declared invalid on the
same ground. The case was taken
under adyisement until next week.
The defendant got off the U. P.
flyer last night with a suit case full
of whisky and alcohol. He was ar
rested by Sheriff Sherman who had
been tipped off and was waiting for
him. The man claimed he needed it
for family use. He was taken before
Judge Hutchinson The case will
probably be appealed when a deci-
sion is rendered and may prove to
be an important one.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
First published in Abilene Weekly
Reflector June 81, 1910
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids will be received at the
county court house at Abilene, Kan,
of Dickinson county. Kansas, until
Monday. July %. 1917. 10 O'clock a. m,
for furnishing the materials and labor
necessary to construct a County In
Urinary Building. 10 be located on
county farm, according to the plans
and Specifications prepared by owen
& Pason. Architects, 202 Reliance Bldg,
Kansas City, Mo.
At the same date the board will
also receive bids for Plumbing and
Heating IN the above building.
Bids for the construction OF build
ing must be accompanied by a certi-
fled check Of Five Hundred (500l
Dollars and for the plumbing and
heating Two Hundred (200l Dollars
Plans and specifications can be in
spected by applying TO the county
clerk or can be obtained for a limited
time by applying to the architects
The board reserves the right TO re-
ject any or all bids.
J. B. HOSTETTER.
II. g. BRENIZER
JOHN BOOK.
Board OF County Commissioners.
Attest: II. W. KING.
lSeaD County Clerk.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
CANADA REALIZES JUST WHAT
WAR MEANS TO THE HOME

"You will not realize that you are
at war until you are part of the
fighting said VIM. Marks, bro
Their of John Marks of Garfield who
is here visiting. His home is in
Canada. 1--WE know about it. A
neighbor of mine had four boys
his only children. The oldest enlist
ed and was killed; the second en-
listed and was killed; the third en-
listed and was killed and the other
day the fourth and youngest en-
listed and started for France. That
makes you know there is real
war"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
Taking Bic CHANCES

1t is a great risk to travel with
out a bottle of Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. as
this preparation cannot be obtained
on the trains or steamships. Attacks
Of bowel complaint are often sud
den and very severe, and everyone
should go prepared for them. OBJ
tainable everywhere
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
TIP TOP Inn SOLD TO MIKE
HOGAN AND LESTER LOGAN

In order that both might go with
Company II instead of only one as
had previously been planned, Ralph
Lucier and Otto Smith sold the TIT
Top Inn to Nike Hogan and Lester
Logan.
Sergeant Smith and Lieutenant
Lucier have given Abilene excellent
service and 1t is predicted that the
new proprietors will do the same.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
(First published in Abilene Week.
Reflector June p, 1910
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

state of Kansas, Dickinson county, SIS.
In the matter of the estate of Mar
garet Ann Nelson, deceased, late Of
Dickinson county Kansas.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of June, A. y. 1917. the I'M
dersigned was by the probate court
pointed and qualified as executor OF
the estate of Margaret Ann Nelson,
deceased, late of Dickinson county.
Kansas. All persons interested in said
estate will take notice and govern
themselves accordingly.
HERBERT ]. HODGE,
3t Executor.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
CONSTIPATION and indigestion

Il have used Chamberlain 5 Tab
let's and must say they are the best
have ever used for constipation
and Indigestion. My wife also used
them for indigestion and they did
her good" writes Eugene S. Knight,
Wilmington, N. c. Chamberlain
Tablets are mild and gentle in their
action. Give them a trial You are
certain to be pleased with the agree
able laxative effect which they pro-
duce. Obtainable everywhere.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
BUCKEYE MADE A FINE
SHOWING ON RED CROSS

Treasurer NJ. H. Malott today re-
ceived Buckeyes Red Cross state
ment. Its apportionment was $8lS.
1t has raised $1113 and already
paid cash $S445O. Bully for Buck
eye.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
MAN WHO SOLD BLUING
ARRESTED AT MANHATTAN

The bluing peddler, who was sus-
pected of being a German agent
and selling bluing containing lep-
rosy germs in Dickinson and other
counties. was arrested today by the
police Of Manhattan and is being
held for investigation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
First published in Abilene Weekly
Reflector June Z, 1870
SHERIFF'S SALE
Case No. 1904
C. A. BURKE, ct al. Plaintiffs,

VS..
ELLA LILIES, ct al, Defendants.
Under and by virtue of an order
of sale issued by the clerk of the
district court of the Eighth judicial
district, within and for Dickinson
county, state of Kansas, in the
above entitled case, and to me di-
rected and delivered, / will on Mon
day, the 9Th day of July, A. d. 1917
at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day at
the front door of the court house
in the city of Abilene, Dickinson
county, state of Kansas, with APP
praisement, sell to the highest bid
der. for cash in hand. the following,
to-wit: Lots 1O7, 1o9. Ill, on Third
street. Solomon, and lots SO, 81, SO.
on Fifth street, Solomon, all in
Dickinson county, state Of Kansas.
The said real estate will be sold
pursuant to the judgment Of the
court in said cause reeited in said
order OF sale.
witness my hand this 18th day Of
May, 1917.
JOHN H. SHERMAN,
Sheriff OF Dickinson County. Kansas
S. s. Smith, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
More Red Gross Figures

Reports in the county papers give
these Red Cross figures: Enterprise
$1791.35, Detroit $1S4.5O, Center
township outside of above $712.90.
Solomon and Lincoln township ST.
6S0,40.
1t is expected that a complete
report of the county will be made
at the end of the week The total
will be well over the $S5,
asked.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05

Dyspepsia is Americas curse. To
restore digestion, normal weight,
good health and purify the blood,
use Burdock Blood Bitters. Sold at
all drug stores. Price $1.O0.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
LET'S "HOOVERIZE"

Begin today,
, Economic,
They say 1t is the only way
To help along our brave
allies.
Then let's save food and
make it pay
Let everybody "Hooverize."
Now, today,
Start being wise
2 And walk the straight and
narrow way,
3 Just cutting out the cakes
and pies,
And don't let food TO garbage
stray,
Come on and help us
"Hooverize."
JESSIE A. ARNDT.
? q 4 4 q 4 = = 4 = 4 & 8 8
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05

II you don't get your Reflector
regularly phone IS.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05

Clean old papers for sale at this
office; sc bundle.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05

Clean old papers for sale at this
office sc a bundle.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05

Sheriff OF Dickinson County. Kansas
S. s. Smith, Attorney for Plaintiff.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
The FirsIsss Cooker.

The freless cooker has come to stay.
Its usefulness Is no longer q question.
but fact 1t is one of the modern con-
veniences and. unlike many of them, II
does not keep running up bills after IT
Is installed. Buy 1t. and the cost Is
ended It does not get out of repair IN
less greatly abused 1t does save fuel
bills and labor. 1t cooks many things
better than they can be cooked In any
other way.
There are many kinds Of ireless cook
ers on the market. In choosing among
them one may select the kind best
adapted for the particular conditions it
is to meet, and the space In the kitchen
which It is to occupy. OF course fac
tory made cooker Is best, but any one
who cannot afford to buy one will find
It worth while to use home made one
A person with only little mechanical
skill, by following the directions
which can be procured from the depart
ment Of agriculture at Washington, can
make a cooker that viii fulfill most Of
the needs.-Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
IS SOLE EXPLORER
Stefansson Left Alone In North
Since MacMiIian's Return.
TRIES NORTHWEST PASSAGE.

Hopes to Sail Up the st. Lawrence Riv-
Or by November, Completing Four
Year Journey From vaneouver-ship
KarIuk Wreeked-Fourteen Members
of Party Have Perished.
Seattle, Wash.-The arrival in Green
land of the Macmillan expedition,
which left New York in July, 1913, to
explore Crocker Land and which report
ed that this supposed continent, whose
mountain tops Rear Admiral Robert E.
Peary believed he had seen in 1906,
did not exist leaves Vilhjalmur Ste
fansson the only explorer In the Arctic
seas. It is believed that Stefansson
and his twenty-four white men and
eighteen Eskimos already are or soon
will be heading eastward for Melville
island on board the motor vessel Polar
Bear in an attempt to make the North
west passage from the Pacific to the
Atlantic ocean.
Stefansson and his expedition left
Victoria. b. c.. on June II, 1913, over
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
Kissing the Black Stone.

As well die Jew or a Christian as
not make the pilgrimage to Mecca, said
Mohammed, and no obligation Of Islam
is more piously discharged. 1t is be
heved that the ritual connected with
the visit to the Ka'aba-the square
building"-and the kissing of the black
stone go back to days Of idolatry, the
time Of ignorance" before the new
faith bloomed
The black stone, which measures
about six inches by eight, Is believed to
have fallen from paradise, to have
been guarded during the deluge and
handed to Abraham by Gabriel when
the Ka'aba was built Certain parts of
the ceremonial-the throwing of stones
at the devil and the imitation Of Ha-
gar's distracted wanderings In the des-
ert-are supposed to have had signifi-
canoe for the pre-Mohammedan times
as well as for Islam.-London Chron-
tcle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
IJALMUR sTEFANsSoN.

vIHJALMUB sTEFANSSON.
four years ago. in the steam whaler
Karluk. At Nome. Alaska, the expedi-
tion was divided into northern and
southern parties. Stefansson, on the
Karluk, taking command Of the for
mer, which was to seek new land north
Of the mouth of the Mackenzie river,
and DR.. Rudolph NJ. Anderson, with
two small vessels. proceeding toward
the Coronation gulf country, east Of
the Mackenzie delta, to make geo.
logical, botanical and biological survey
Of the country, besides charting chan
nels and studying the Eskimos, some
Of which are blue eyed, it is supposed,
from an admixture of blood from the
lost Scandinavian colony Of Greenland
DR.. Anderson. who returned from the
arctic in 1916, brought news that Ste
fansson purposed to pass the winter
Of 1867 at Winter Harbor, Melville
island. 1t was his purpose as soon as
the ice broke to head eastward with
the Polar Bear In an effort to accom-
plish the northeast passage and end
his adventures with an ascent Of the
st. Lawrence river to Montreal. Ste
fansson at last accounts had a large
number of dogs and was In the best
Of health.
In a letter to Rear Admiral Peary
dated Cape Kellett, Banks island, Jan.
II, 1916. Stefansson said: SHOULD you
not hear from US by November, 1917,
1t is to be presumed that something be-
yond our control has delayed Us. ! am
Of the opinion that in the spring Of 1918
a ship or ships should be sent north
from the Atlantic to look for US If we
have not been heard from then" In
this letter Stefansson expressed hope
Of cooperating with the Macmillan par
ty in demonstrating the existence or
nonexistence of Croker Land.
Fourteen men Of the Canadian expe-
dition have died from exposure, suicide
and disease, twelve having persisted on
the ice on Wrangell island after the
wreck Of the Karluk.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
Sailors Signs.

Strange signs frequently hang from
ships which puzzle even jewellers in
seaport towns. A basket slung from
the mainmast head is a sailors sign to
notify that the cargo has been loaded
or discharged, as the case may be, and
that the ship Is ready to start on her
next trip.
A generally mysterious emblem Is a
broom dashed to a mainmast or bridge
railing. This is to signify that the yes
Sci Is for sale.
Occasionally dark blue stripe may
be seen running fore and aft on a YES
sci As matter Of fact, this Is sign
Of recent bereavement. Blue Is the
sailors mourning, and the stripe Of
this color takes the place OF the black
margin or band used by the landsman
as q notification Of death.-Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
Tired Tropical Trees.

The condition of life in tropical for
est Is sunlight, and to get to the top
where alone there is sunlight, is the
constant aim Of every tree. They have
no winters rest in the tropics, and they
are SO hard at work all day long that
at night the trees seem quite tired out
From dawn to sunset the trees are
hard at work. You can almost see
some Of them growing, and, as may
naturally be supposed, they must have
q little rest at night. The tree Is thor
oughly exhausted, its branches lose
their stiffness, while the leaves droop
and fold themselves together. Unlike
those Of temperate climates, the trees
Of the tropics all, more or less, show
signs Of exhaustion toward sunset.