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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-04-26

be accessible In going to and from
said high school If 80 located i'm
passible for pedestrians. That there
Es no paving near or adjacent to
said proposed site; that there are
no dwelling houses straight west
from said site for one-haIf mile aud
not more than eight or ten dwelling
houses north OF said site within said
city. That the only means of access
west Of said creek Is by means OF
bridge across said stream at North
Third street, three blocks south of
proposed site. That the only object
OF said board in deciding to locate
said high school on said premises is
the fact that they expect to use at
least three-fourths of Said tract for
agricultural purposes and that but
for such announced purpose said
site would not have been SO select
ed
And these plaintiffs aver that
the said board and the members
thereof are without any legal power
or authority to purchase said land
for agricultural purposes out of the
proceeds of said bonds or any other
fund of said board and are without
any legal power or authority to use
any part of said funds derived from
said bonds in purchasing a site for
the erection of a high school build
ing.
That said board has already ap-
pointed a committee to negotiate i
for the purchase of the lands above
described and that said committee
has already entered into an agree |
ment to purchase a portion of said |
tract which is intended TO be used
for agricultural purposes. and that
unless enjoined and restrained by
an order of this court said board
will enter to a valid and binding
contract or contracts with the own
ers OF said real estate to purchase
the same and intend to and will I'M
less restrained pay for said reAl es-
tate out of the proceeds of said
bonds or out of the general revenue
'und of said board or by issuing
warrants of said board payable to
jaid owners all in violation of law
Ind for which wrong and injury
hese plaintiffs have no adequate [
emedy at law
Wherefore, said plaintiffs pray /
nat a temporary restraining order I
De issued herein enjoining and re- 3
training said defendants and each
# them from consummating any I
purchase of any real estate for the
ERECTION of a school building or for 1
my other purpose and that they be
lso enjoined and restrained from
into any condemnation
for the purpose of ac-
turing any part OF said real estate,
my paying any money or issuing
ny script, contract or other obliga-
ion whatever in payment for any
# said property until the further
rider of this court or the Judge
hereof and for such other and fur
her relief as to the court shall
eem equitable and just and that
lpon the final determination of this
'ction said injunction be made per-
nanent against said defendants and
zach of them and their successors.
G. S. CRAWFORD,
Attorney for Plaintiffs,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-04-26
tNJO|N SIZE ACTION.
SCHOOL MATTER GETS INTO THE
DISTRICT COURT
Nineteen Businessmen Get InJunc-
ton Against Purchase OF Mud
Creek Land-Claim II Is
Illegal

Marion, Kan, April 19.-Judge
King this afternoon granted TEN
porary injunction against the school
board of Abilene from buying the
Mud creek site for a location for a
high school or taking any action
toward purchase Of same. Z. D
Crawford, attorney, presented a pc
tition asking the same.
The action OF the majority OF the
board of education in voting to
locate the new high school on the
creek site was today attacked In
district court by nineteen business
men and taxpayers who ask that an
Injunction be issued stopping all
further procedure in the purchase
or location of that site and claim
ing that the boards action is lille
gal. The petition which was filed
today states that the Kansas statutes
do not allow a school district to pur-
chase a tract OF farm land as a
Site" that the location is, because
of floods, against public welfare and
that the board cannot issue bonds or
warrants for the purpose. The in
junction is asked against the board
as a whole and members Keel, Fen
gel, Broughton and Long In particu-
lar.
c. s. Crawford is attorney for
the plaintiffs in the case and he
went to Marion today to present
the petition to Judge King.
In such cases the judge usually
grants a temporary injunction which
stops all proceedings until hear
ing Of both sides can be had. This
may be before or at the May term
of court. After hearing he will de-
eide whether the injunction shall be
permanent or declare the action of
the plaintiffs to be unwarranted.
Then the losing side may appeal to
the supreme court if it desire.
Now that a temporary injunction
has been granted, the four members
of the schoolboard who voted for
the Mud creek site may ask that it
be dissolved. Then the court will
set time for the hearing of the
case.
The petition in full follows;
In the District Court of Dickinson
County, Kansas
c. A. Hodge, ]. r. Tober, N. b. Rob
son, II. e. Ackers, j. e. Brewer,
II. A. Anderson e. II. Forney,
Fred Marts, II. W. Wilson, b. f.
Landes, ]. l.. Kruger, Charles
Graham, o. e. Coulson, c. w.
Taylor, Charles Kubach, William
Shane, J. H. Rodney, Frank Geof-
troy and Isaac Shockey Plain
tiffs,
The Board of Education of the City
of Abilene, Kansas. a corporation,
H. H. Keel, r. J. Long, w. II.
Broughton and j. M. Fengel, De-
PENDANTS.
PETITION
Come now said plaintiffs and for
their cause of action against said
defendants saw that thew are each
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-04-26
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GEE
CREDIT FOR FARM WORK

Supt. Stacey announced this morn
ing in high school chapel that any
of the boys who wished to do farm
work would receive credit for school
work to the end of the school year.
This is in line with the general
movement to increase crop produc-
ton Probably number will take
of the privilege.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-04-26
FORMER DICKINSON BOY
HONORED BY NEWSPAPER

Ralph Hemenway, former Dick
insDn county boy and son of. VI. c.
Hemenway Of the Hope Dispatch
was elected president of the Seventh
District Republican Editorial Asso-
citation at the annual meeting held
Saturday at Hutchinson. Mr.. Hem
enway is editor and owner OF the
Haven Journal, having owned that
paper for several years, since Ieay-
ing the Hope Dispatch.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-04-26

resident taxpayers Of the city OF
Abilene and the territory thereto at
taohed for school purposes and that
the property OF each of said plain
lifts is liable for taxation for all
school purposes within the boun-
daries and jurisdiction of the board
OF education of the city Of Abilene,
Kansas, one of the above-named de-
PENDANTS.
That the said defendant board OF
education is a corporation duly or
gbnized and existing under and by
irtue OF the laws OF the state OF
Kansas; that the said del pendants
II. II. Keel, II. J. Long, w. II.
Broughton and j. NJ. Fengel are
each duly elected, qualified and act
ing members of said board of edu-
cation.
That pursuant to resolution duly
cial election for the purpose Of vot-
ing upon the proposition of author
izing an issue OF 100000 bonds
of the said board of education for
the purpose Of erecting high
school building within the corpor-
ate limits of said city was issued.
That said election was held on the
eth day of October, 1916, at which
election there was printed upon the
official ballot the following:
Shall the board of education of
the city OF Abilene of the state Of
Kansas issue bonds in the sum of
500, 100000 for the purpose OF erect
ing within the corporate limits of
the city of Abilene, Kansas, pub
lie high school building?"
That at said election said propo-
sition was carried by a majority of
2S votes and the said defendant
school board thereafter passed a
resolution authorizing and directing
the issuance of the bonds so voted,
which bonds have been printed and
signed by the proper officers and
are now in the custody and control
Of the president of said board Of
That said board by majority
vote thereof did. about the first day
Of April, 1917, by resolution, de-
clare its intentions OF locating said
high school near the west end OF
North Sixth street in said city of
Abilene and to purchase or condemn
or said site several separate tracts
If land lying west of the west end |
If said North Sixth street. all but !
lbout four acres of which land the |
aid board by is majority vote in
ends to devote to agricultural eX-
pertinent and teaching. That said
ract so sought to be obtained by |
iaid board lies on either side of |
Mud creek. a stream of considerable |
size with high banks on either side |
and without any connection being
provided by bridge or otherwise be- |
ween the tracts lying on either sidel
Vt said creek. That east of said creek |
he tract proposed to be purchased |
by said board contains about four
acres and it is the declared purpose
and intention of said board to locate |
said high school on said tract east
Of the said stream. That said last |
named tract lies Immediately east |
If said creek, most of which tract
IS subject to inundation in times Of
freshets and that east and north |
rom said tract is a low elevation |
over which the water from said Mud |
'reek spreads out and runs through |
hat portion of said city in a south
'asterly direction rendering at times
he use of any street which might
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-04-26

To feel strong, have good appe-
tite and digestion, sleep soundly. aud
enjoy life, use Burdock Blood Bit
ters, the family system tonic. Price
81 30
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-04-26
OLD FALSE
TEETH ROUGHT

broken or any condition. We, pay Hp
to S. a set, according to value Mail
at once and get our offer. If 'unsat-
isfaatory, will return teeeh.
Domestic Supply Go.
Binghampton, N. Y. 104wk
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
Old Mother Hubbard,

Probably very few people could say who wrote the famous Mother Hub bard" lines, and fewer still know where the writer Is buried. The au- thor was Sarah Catherine Martin, and she was buried at Loughton, in Essex. Miss Martin was born in January, 176S, and was about thirty-seven years of age when she wrote the story of the old lady and her dog. Tradition says the original Old Mother Hub bard" was the houSCkeCper at Kitley Hall, Yealmpton. the residence of Miss Martins married sister. At any rate 1t was when on visit to her sister at kitley that the ramou* rimc was pen ned. The original publication iS still at Kitley. and cupboard is pointed out as being the" cupboard.-Pear sons,
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
NEWS NOTES FROM THE
 COMMISSIONERS OFFTCE

Proof has been filed with United States Commissioner Rasmuson by the Alaska Corporation, Wm. B. HargraVes. superintendent, for work done between March 1, 1916, and November 1, 1916, on placer mining claims in the POreupine dis trct.
 The affadaHit says there has been 900 days work done during the 1916 season, and the character of the YOrL includes repairs to the main Hume, repairs to the bed rock Hume and high line Hume, building Of roads and the moving of gravel. The total value of the work is claimed to be at least $S6OO.
 An effadaVit of labor on claim No. 12 haa been filed by c. F. Cartwright.
 Two tax liens have been made from Phil Abrabams to Minnie Ol- sen. These include the east half of lot 8 and all of lot g in block 7S.
 A warranty deed has been filed from Clarence D. Olsen to D. w.. Gillespie which includes lot z and the west half of lot 8 in block 73. The consideration was nominal.
 A quit claim deed is on file from Clarence E. Olsen to D. w. Giles pie. This includes the east halt of lot 8 and all of lot g in block 7S
 D. w. Gillespie has filed mort gage to the Bank of Alaska.
 The marriage certificate of Mrs Louise K. Milnes and John Gre1s- back Is on file in the commission CTS office. Witnesses were w. J. Sheilds, F. E. Tanner and Donald MIlRes.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
LOCAL BRIEFS

J. D. Harris, agent for the White Pass at Caribou, Is expected on the Sophia. .,
 Father c. Wolfe, Of Whitehorse, has made reservations on the PriR- cess Sophia.
 A train is expected in tonight with 15 passengers from White horse and interior parts.
 The big treighter CordoTa left at 3 a. m. this morning carrying + OO0, ,OOO feet ot lumber for CordoYa.
 Miss Alta Utter, sister of Mrs. Lee Gault, will be a passenger on tho return of the Sophia tomorrow night. .. ,af7 nE
 Ina Alaska Flyer Humboldt has gone to San Francisco for repairs and will not return to Skagway un- til March.
 Captain Furst, former command CT of the launck Golden Rod, is in skagway, having made a special trtE up from Haines.
 MT. Crepeau, who has been in the hospital for some time, is im- proving rapidly and expects to be able to leave soon. .. .s s....
 Bert Fowler, a ship carpenter from Whiteborse, is in town. He will leave for the outside on the Princess Sophia.
 Mrs. w e. Blanchard and son Fred will be outgoing passengers on the Princess Sophia. They will visit ia Portland for g short while J. T. Patton and J, c. Campbell mining men from Dawson, are reg tstered at the Golden North hotel They will leave for the outside on the Princess Sophia.
 ). P. Whitney, of Whitehorse, iE expected in town tonight or tomor' TOW, when he will take the So ph'a for the outside. Mir. Whitney. | 8 mlnIng man and also engages 1T fox raising.
 I. Gorden, superintendent of the River Division of the White Pas! and Yukon Route, Is expected OF tonight'R train. He will be accom- Ipanied by his wife and children.
 Word was received today bI Agent Shaw that the steamer Dol phin Is due in skagway Sunday morning. The Dolphin Is taking th place of the Jefferson for this trip.
 L. c. Rousseau and sister Henri ett, returned on this mornings trad to their home in Whitehorse. MT Rousseau is associated with th' | lWhItehorse Star. While in skag way Miss Rousseau visited witl the Liddicoats. :.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
JUNEAU POLICE MAKE CLEAN-U

Juneau, Dec. 28-During 8 raid ta the lower end of the city last night the police officers picked up seven persons, four natives and three whites and lodged them in the city jail, "..
 John Dugan and John &arkoh with three of the natives were found in one cabin by tho officers and all were intoxicated at the time ot their arrest. This morning Du- gan was fined $50 and giVeE 20 days in jail for being drunk and disorderly, NarkoH was fined s1OO and given 20 days tn jail and the three natives were each fined $25 and 12 days in jailA The two white men will be turned over to tue Fed aral officers and charges placed against them for furnishing H. Quor to natives. 1Eha evidence tend ed to prove that Dugan $urnished the money and thSLt MarkoH boughs gallon oS port WiRa which they had consumed.
 In another cabin Lilly HansoH and George Con vera found togeEh- or. They were given fines of s1OO and 20 days In jail aach on various charges .
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
Very Active.

Two war veterans during a local re union fell to discussing the merits Of another old timer who announced his candidacy for q small county office
 "You know more about him than | do," said the first veteran. Had he il record for activity during tue war|
 "You bet he had. Why. "om:ndc. he was so active that he eluded the re. cruIting officers throughout the whole period of that struggle. ArgOnaut.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03

Douglas, Dec. 2S-Henry Erie, who Is a member of the order of Pioneers of Alaska, has received a communication from that order stat ing that instructions have been is- sued to appoint a committee to promote the establishment of a Pioneers home near Juneau or Douglas, the following members of the order having been appointed to serve on such committee: Emery Valentine, John Beck and Henry Erie.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
HoW,s This 2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 ?. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O.. We, the undersigned, have known k, J. him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.,
 Toledo, O. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu- cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials gent free. Price 25 cents per bottle. Sold By all Druggists.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03

Ire Seward Gateway has been en- larged to six-page, seven column sheet, and is now the largest news paper in the Territory outside of Juneau and Anchorage.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
MAY CLOSE EARLIER

The school teachers and pupils are considering the taking of their noon, lunches to school during the cold weather which would aRable them to cut down the noon recess to 20 minutes. Under thts plan the school would dismiss one hour earl- fer in the afternoon.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
Beats a Good Wife.

An orator holding forth in favor of Woman-dear, divine wOman-conclud- cd thus:
 "Oh, my friends. depend upon it. nothing beats q good wife"
 "I beg your pardon" replied a wom. an. Sure, a bad husband always 6oas.r
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
SOPHIA DUE AT NINE

The latest report is that the Princess Sophia was to leave Ju- neau at noon today and should resca this port at nine tonight.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
Another Triumph.

@The periscope Is q wonderful thing" sUm. But nature beats all inven togs."
 'aThink soT'
 "Sure. The doctor can look at your tongue and tell what Is going on in your Otomach. h."-LOuisville Courier-JOurnal.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
SEATTLE LATE TONIGHT

The City of Seattle was in Uu- neau this morning and is expected to arrive in Skagway late tonight.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-01-03
CLUB MEMBERS NOTICE

An account of a bursted boiler flue the w. P. A. club will be clos. ed for one or two days.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-09-27

reads: Sept. 14,-I7. How are
you, Don? The army life is dandy
and am here to stay. Will write
later. Send my paper to the follow
ing address: Simon j. Moen, Battery
E, 338th F. A., Camp Dodge, Iowa u
At another meeting of the Village
Board and the enterprising citizens Of
Braddock at Dexter's Office last Fri
day evening, it was decided to pass q
petition around to the taxpayers Of
Braddock to be signed by all in ia.
vor of bonding the town for the pur.
pose of building q fire hall. The next
morning the petition was circulated
and in couple of hours nearly every
taxpayer who resides within the vii.
lage limits had his signature on the
petition. Quick figuring shows that
fire hall 24x30 feet, built of tile
with full basement, plenty of room
for the two engins and hook and lad
der wagon, q room for the village
board to meet in, and one cell, the
building to be built in such q way
that part can be added to it at any
time in the future, would cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000 completed.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-09-27
Pollock Pick-Ups.
From the Progress, Sept. 21st.

From the Progress, Sept. 21st.
Mrs. Steve Solomonson and daugh-
ter, Hattie, reutnred Tuesday from a
short visit at Aberdeen.
Little Miss Martha Bales had ten
of her girl friends at birthday party
Monday afternoon. Martha was nine
years old that day and pleased to let
every one know it. How will it be
after 20 years more?
A large number of the friends of
o. C. Adams gave him farewell
party at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Pete Peterson, Monday evening.
TIL affair was in the nature of sur
prise and was gotten up and attended
by the young ladies and gentlemen
of the village who wished to show Os-
car one more good time before leav-
ing for the training camp.
We call the attention of our read
ers to the large lad" of Don L. Ira
cy, photographer, which appears in
this issue. The studio in which Mr..
Tracy was interested at Linton burn
ed down a short time ago and he has
erected building and gone into bus
mess for himself. Don and his work
are too we'll known through this sec
ton to need any recommendation
from us and we are sure he is entitled
to, and will receive all photo worl
from this section.
Saturday is always busy day il
Pollock, but last Saturday took the
cake, plate and all. An all day rain
Friday put stop to threshing and al
farm operations and so everybod,
came to town to make purchases that
had been delayed on account of rush
of work and the fine weather. G. w.
Tracy reports the largest sales in
the history of his business-S657, and
we know the other two stores were
crowded with customers, so it is safe
to estimate the combined sales of the
three places at $1,000. This is large
amount to dish out in small parcels
and we know the merchants and clerks
were glad when closing time arrived
We look to see many such busy days
in Pollock this fall and winter.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-09-27
Opinion Of George
III. johnson

This. in my opinion, il directly op-
posed to and in conflict with the ideal
Of the state as held by Americans,
Canadians and Englishmen.
The fruit of all our struggles
against oppressors in every form is
Individual Liberty" Our theory
of the state is that it exists in order
to minister unto and hold safe the lib.
erty of the individual.
The Socialist ideal of the state and
the ideal Of the state held by the pres
ent class of Germany are one and the
same.
1t is not merely by accident that
Socialism fourishes in Germany
The atmosphere there-the enyi-
ronment there is congenial. The
Kaiser and Karl Marx were not so
far apart after all. The Kaiser
thinks God appointed him to look af-
ter his subjects. Marx that the 30
cialistic state could do the job better.
Both worship despotism; the Kaiser's
is personal despotism. MARKHAM So
cialism is state despotism.
We hear good deal of criticism
of the traitorous foreign language
papers. 1t is not merely an accident
that of the eleven daily socialist pa
pers published in the United States,
only two are in the English language.
Socialism was made in Germany"
and is German to the core.
If our government, in times of
peace, assumes powers that are de-
structive of individual liberty then
all the struggles of our ancestors
were in vain. The state becomes a
juggernaut that destroys its worship
pers.
Democrats and Republicans differ
as to the amount of power that the
state should have but they both prize
individual liberty above everything.
Socialism was made in Germany"
and will, if it has its way, destroy
this priceless heritage of individual
liberty.
Our boys are going to France to
fight against despotism-fagrant,
Haunting, cynical despo:.sm.
We that remain at home have to
fight the same foe only in a more
insidious form. We in North Dako-
Ia are now on the firing line-the
pickets and outposts who open the
conflict.
State despotism come before US dis
guised and pretends to be friend
of the people. It claims to favor JUS
tice, the doing away of inequalities.