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The Winslow mail., 1918-07-05

On the heels of the work or
fight order comes a statement
from Secretary McAdoo that he
has 595 men of draft age in his
department whom he has had
placed on the deferred classifica-
tion list, giving as an excuse the
scarcity of men. 1t would be
very interesting to learn the
names of these sos men, so the
public would known just who
they are. Some member of Con-
gress whose skirts are clear
should make demand on the
Secretary of the Treasury for the
list, and start an investigation to
see how many of them are the
sons or near relatives of Con-
gressmen, members of the Presi-
dents official family, and infuen-
tial politicians. There are thou
sands of young men of draft age
in the country who are mentally
brilliant, but physically unfit for
war service, who could fill all the
places in the Treasury Depart
ment where these 595 men with
deferred classification are now
comfortably located, and the silly
excuse about the scarcity of men
made by McAdoo is only a sub
terfuge to cover up a bunch of
slackers who have influential
hackers to hold them out of SER
vice. If our Congressman were
not all tarred with the same stick
they would start an investiga-
tion, and pry loose these pamp-
cred sons of government servants
and politicians, and put them in
the ranks as soldiers where they
properly belong.
The Winslow mail., 1918-07-05

The government is still investi-
eating the profteers, but that is
about as far as they get. The
latest expose of their criminal
methods is in padding the pay
rolls of the officers to take up the
surplus profits. Until the govern
ment commences putting these
offenders in the penitentiaries
the practice of profteering will
continue indefinitely. Little do
these fellows care for being in
vestigated, or even fined few
thousand dollars, but if they are
given prison terms as INSTRUCTORS
of war activities, branding them
as disloyalists, they will find on
being released that their ILL
gotten wealth has earned them
only contumely in the eyes of all
decent men. One metal firm in
New York has paid over 81, OOO,-
900 in salaries to six of it's Off
cials in order to take up their
surplus profits for the purpose of
defeating the government of the
tax and to make a showing that
the articles they manufacture are
sold on a reasonable basis of
profit.
The Winslow mail., 1918-07-05
Published every Friday. Sub
cription, $500 per year.
Friday, July S, 1918.

The republican state central
committee will meet in Douglas
at 8 p. m. on Monday, July 9Th,
for the purpose of electing a
chairman to succeed Mr.. Thos.
Maddocks, who is now a lieuten-
ant in Uncle Sans army in
France. Just as soon as the new
chairman is selected the work of
organizing the state for the COM
ing campaign will begin, and it
will be pushed with energy until
after the election.
The Winslow mail., 1918-07-05

It is easy enough for people to
distinguish a paper that is patri-
otic from one that is camou-
flaging. An editor is not neces-
sarily disloyal when he criticises
justly the administration, or some
of the departments for lack of
efficiency in the conduct of the
war, because the criticisms if
honestly made are for the pur-
pose of correcting the evils that
greater power be given to our
arms. But the editor who is
daily filling his columns with
editorials insisting on a peace
without victory. bewailing the
loss of life in the great struggle,
and preaching the gospel of dis
cord against England, is at heart
a pro-German and would welcome
a failure at arms against the
Hun.
The Winslow mail., 1918-07-05
DEPARTMENT OF THE IN

DEPARTMENT OF THE IN
terror, u. S. Land Office at
Phoenix, Arizona, June Is,
1918.
Notice is hereby given that
Luther Hart, of Winslow, Ari-
zona, who, on March 18, 1918,
made Homestead Entry, Number
021167, for northeast quarter
northeast quarter, Section "a,
Township IGN, Range 10-E, Lot
l of northwest quarter, Section
10, Township IGN, Range lie,
G. & S. R. B. & Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make
Five Year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described,
before Charles H. Adams, Clerk
of the Superior Court, at Flag
staff, Arizona, on the 25th day of
July, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses: !:
George L. Pratt, William F.
BaIcom, George w. Hart, all of
Winslow, Arizona, Thomas Eakin,
Of Flagstaff, Arizona.
JOHN L. IRWIN, Register.
First Puh lime 21 LAST Pub I1llu 10
The Winslow mail., 1918-07-05
"Work or Fight. "

President Wilson's work or
fight" order which went into
effect Monday, if properly en-
forced, will not only put hundreds
of men in the service, but will
have a tendency to clear up the
street corner loafers, who are
either living off indulgent par
ents, or eking out living by
some questionable means. The
only trouble with the order is
that it does not have range
enough on the age limits. Every
able-bodied man between the
ages of eighteen and fifty who
cannot find some useful employ
ment should be drafted into the
war service without regard to
dependents. Dependents who
have to subsist on the earnings
of a corner loafer, or the pre-
carious profits of a -four minute
worker would be better provided
for if the man was drafted into
the service, because the govern
ment would pay a regular month
ly allotment to them.
The Winslow mail., 1918-07-05

We are pleased to see that
Uncle John Dunbar, in his famous
magazine, takes the same view
of the primary law as the Win
slow Mail. We reprint below an
editorial from his last issue, in
which he expresses our senti-
ments so much better than we
could do:
Under the primary system
the fit are permanently in the
discard. In truth, it is difficult
to differentiate the fit from the
unfit until after the election,
when, in the majority of in
stances, it is discovered that only
the unfit have been chosen-a
contingency to be predicted al
ways, because mobs, being hydra
headed, cannot think consecu-
lively in logical sequence from
head to head.
No doubt this is pure democ-
racy." Anybody can govern
everybody if he is lucky at the
n o minating g polls. And why
should he fail, when it is only
necessary to convince an unthink-
ing percentage of the community
that the candidate is more emf
nently fitted for the nomination
and office than any of the others
A better way of determining the
issue, however, would be to fur
nish the candidates with a box of
dice and let them "shake it off. !"
The result would be no worse
than it usually is under the direct
primary system; and it would be
less costly to the taxpayers. -
The Winslow mail., 1918-07-05
The WINsLoW Mail.
j. H. CHAPMAN, Editor.

Entered as second-ca matter at the postoffice
Of Wnslow. Arizona. under Act of Congress of
March /. 1879.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
70 MODIFY TELEPHONE CHARGE
Government Lessons Cost of InstaIIa-
ton and Change.

Telephone installation charges, re-
Gently fixed for government control-
ed wires, were ordered reduced today
by Postmaster General Burleson. Re
lief from the shortage Of labor and
material, Mr.. Burleson announced,
permits modification of the rates. The
United Telephone Co., ordered the
new charges effective at once.
Charges for installation of lndiv-
idual or party line service, private
branch connections or connections Of
extension stations are oredered re-
duced to $3.50 per telephone. The
former rate was from So to SIS. For
establishing service by use Of instru-
ments already on the subscribers
premises, a charge og $1.5O to cover
directory, account, circuit and switch
board expenses, will be levied
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
CITY MISSION NEEDS
HELP FOR ITS WORK.

Because of the closing order OF the
Health Department no Thanksgiv-
ing service was held and 30 no funds
has been raised for this years work
of the City Mission.
Last year the offering at the
Thanksgiving service was S241.
During the past year the women OF
the Mission have spent for groceries
$1O8.S2; for coal, $77.15; for mer-
chandise, $53.75 and for meat,
$1O.S3, which is little more than
was received in the year.
1t is true that during the past
year more calls have come TO us than
ever in our history. We know this
community has always responded
splendidly to every call of every
kind for war charities but we must
not forget the needs in our own i'm
mediate community and so the Abb
lene City Mission is taking this way
of asking the public for a generous
donation to be made either to the
women who are doing this work or
to the Farmers National Bank.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
Charles S. Barber Dead.

Charles S. Barber, aged "a, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. 10. Barber, died
last night Of pneumonia following in
fluenza. He leaves wife and one
child. Mr.. Barber was one Of Abb
lene's finest young men. For sew
eral years he was employed by the
American Express Co, and was re-
spected by all for his courtesy and
manliness Later he went to the
Belle Springs Creamery Co., where
he was employed until his illness.
Abilene is mighty sorry to lose such
worthy young man who had lived
a faithful life, always a gentleman
and always thoughtful OF others.
Funeral announcements later.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
T.. r. GIVES ALLIES CREDIT.
They Have Done More Than We to
Win the War.
tAsnociatea Presal

New York, Dec. 4.-Asserting that
The United States had not done
nearly as much as the British navy
and the British, French and Italian
armies, to bring about the downfall
of Germany, Theodore Roosevelt de-
clared in a statement here tonight
that it is "our business to stand by
our Allies at the peace conference" 3"
He declared it "sheer nonsense to
say the American army was fighting
for President Wilson's famous -four
teen points" He made the assertion
that there was not one American
soldier in every thousand who ever
heard Of them"
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
ASSOCIATED Press)

Washington, Nov 29.-Two cent
postage on letters will be put back
July l, 1919, according to the action
of the senate finance committee today.
1t repeals the extra postage rate An
its amendments to the war revenue
bill and modifies the second class
postage rates. Zone rate is abolished
with a proviso that a rate of n
cents a pound is placed on over a
200 mile zone. A tax is placed on
all products of child labor The
change in second class rates becomes
effective at once.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
Neshitt EnneraI from Train.

The funeral Of Mrs. Lillian Mes
bitt, who died at her home in Okla
homa, December 2, was held from
the o'clock train this afternoon,
Rev. F. s. Blayney officiating. Short
services were held at the grave.
Mrs. Nesbitt was the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. WOolverton of
Garfield township, and lived there
up to the time of her marriage.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
Nemechek Won lis Suit.

Judgment was rendered in Judge
Ouinn's court for the plaintiff In the
case Of j. Nemechek VS.. J. IL
London. The plaintiff charged that
the defendant owed him $40 fol-
corn, hogs and other things bought
from him when he started his farm
south of town The defendant claim-
ed that the amount had been paid by
work he did for Nemechek during
harvest and at other times.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
SANTA CLAUS LETTERS ARE
DUE A0AIN-SEND 'EM IN

The Reflector has for years pub
lished Santa Claus letters and this
wear Santa is expecting to see lot
of them in our columns. They are
often answered, too, and If the little
folks send their letters to Santa
Claus. care Of the Reflector, thru the
postoffice or hand them in at the
Reflector Office we win see that
Santa Claus reads them
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
South Dickinson Busy.

South Dickinson has its plans fin
ished for a brick and concrete road
across the county. Abilene, Chap
man and Solomon are talking about"
a gravel road on the Golden Belt. 1t
has been shown that gravel roads do
not last and the cost is high. The
sentiment for building a real road
while we are about 1t is strong and
the commissioners are for it. Abb
lene should get back Of the plan and
start things while we have a board
Of commissioners that is made up of
good roads men. The time to do 1t
is now-for 1t will take long time
after the work is actually commen-
ced. A gravel road will require con
stant expenditure and part of the
time 1t is useless. With the great
travel with heavy trucks coming it
will never be complete. The matter
is squarely up to the people of the
county and especially to Abilene.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
Notice.

No trespassing on my premises
only for medical or social calls
Parties trespassing otherwise must
abide by the consequences.
4dt2w1 DIR. A. S. GISH
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05

Eczema spreads rapidly Etching
almost drives you mad. For quick
relief, Doans Ointment is well
recommended. 60c at all stores.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
TERMS
PAUL R. BEAR, Owner

COoKSONs BROS, Auctioneers.
BERT FLACK, Clerk.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
Wednesday, Dec. Il
FARM IMPLEMENTS.

One S-foot Deering binder, sulky
plow, Deering mower, hay stacker,
buck rake, hay rake.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05

Nine tons of prairie hay, 4 tons of
alfalfa, corn fodder.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
REFERRED To GRANT AND
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP. BOARDS.

Salina, Kan, Dec. 4.-Editor Re
fiecfor: l drove to Abilene this week
and found the roads between Salipa
and Solomon dragged and smooth as
any dirt road can be made, delight
to travel on. From the Dickinson
county line to Abilene the road con
sists OF two ruts hammered out OF
the mud by vehicles and disgrace
to any up-to-date community. What
is the matter with Dickinson? The
soil is the same, the conditions are
the same, yet Saline has had good
road over the Golden Belt all the
fall and Dickinson Il rough one. In
deed as one, nears Abilene II seems
like No Mans Land with shell holes
instead of track Is Dickinson too
poor to keep up its roads?
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
WHAT OF ROADS?
ARE WE TO HAVE MUD AND
CHUCKHOLES FOREVER.
Commissioners Are for Good Roads
and II is Up to Abilene to Get
Busy While il Can Secure
Results.

II is time that Dickinson county
was thinking about its road program.
Other counties are and the federal
aid that is apportioned to Kansas
will soon be absorbed Everybody
knows that we are wasting anywhere
from $4,000 to $4,000 trying to
keep up dirt roads in the county, vet
have $500 motor ears and a growing
number Of trucks that want to use
roads 305 days a year and cannot.
1t is popular to blame the county
commissioners for bed roads, but the
cold facts are that they are not in
any sense to blame This county
never had board that was so heart
lily and unanimously for good roads
as the present board 1t has APPROX
ed every hard road petition presented
properly signed; 1t has spent every
available dollar doing its best to
maintain good roads. 1t went into
Olutt Will all Aooh Nv y
made by its predecessors leaving II
an overdraft to begin on The new
law distributes the automobile money
among townships, according to the
number of cars, and the road work
is left to the good will of the town
ships. Some get results; more dc
not. The commissioners are merely
their servants and while we have q
board that will meet the people more
than half way there should be con
certed action.
No one thing would add so much tC
the comfort and satisfaction of life
in the county as hard surfaced roads
and their cost is practically nothing
when the waste of thousands every
year is considered trying TO keep VI
dirt roads neEer finished.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05

This is referred to the township
officers OF Grant and Lincoln town
ship. This county is richer than
Saline and has third larger motor
car tax to be used for dragging and
keeping roads in condition. But Il
the township officers don't care and
the people are satisfied what Is TO
be done about it Travellers say that
the nine miles from Abilene TO the
Saline county line is the worst nine
miles between Abilene and Denver
and has been for year. We don't
know have not driven to Denver
Nor do we know why the road is sc
badly neglected. But 1t is not true
that Dickinson is not able too poor
to keep up its roads"
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-12-05
Should Be Settled Now.

The commissioners have installed
complete system of marking the
county roads and have placed white
markers on every culvert, much
appreciated help toward safety They
have built culyerts right-ones that
will stay.
The idea of the farmers along the
Golden Belt is that they want action
Of some sort. A leading farmer said
today: II am willing to sign up for
hard surfaced road but If not that
then want a gravel road. l am
tired Of digging my way out of mud.
The road cannot be kept good with
out some surface material. l would
like to see the hard surfaced petit
tions started; il they do not work,
the gravel will. But let's do some
thing while we are on earth to en-
joy It."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-31
INeKalb.

Truman Beck has sold his store
at Dehalb to the Farmers Union.
He invoiced Saturday. MIR. Beck
will be greatly missed as he was a
good merchant.
Bert Anderson is loading car of
corn at DeKalb the past week.
Mrs Foster returned home Satur-
day, after a visit with her daughter
Mrs. Truman Beck.
Andy Wilson spent Friday night
I'm Van Vert with Plat Harris.
Little Robert Redman is very sick
with pneumonia, and they have a
nurse caring for him.
Harry Wilson and Jim Miller
were Grand River callers friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Redman
called Friday at Harry Redman's,
to see their little son who is very
sick.
Miss Ruth Wilson had the mis-
fortune of hurting her knee Wednes-
doctor at Grand River Friday. They
claimed it was a torn ligament on
the knee Joint. 1t will be some time
before she will be able to walk on it,
The boys will be happier and hap
pier still when they hear that old
Kaiser Bill is dead. They'll rejoice
and rejoice all over this land when
they are at liberty to come back to
the good old U. S. A.
Jink Wells is under the weather
at this writing.
James Ewing left Saturday for Os-
ceOla to see his cousin who was on
Grated upon in that city and now
has pneumonia and is very low.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-31
Notice to Applicants.

Applications will be received by
the Board OF Supervisors of DECATUR
county, at their February session,
February 5, 1918, for patrolmen
for the county road system.
The duties required OF natrolmen
are provided in the road patrol law
which became effective July /, l911,
and is as follows:
ROAD PATROL
An act to provide for the main
tenance and repair of county roads
and to provide road patrolmen and
prescribing their duties and fixing
their compensation.
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Iowa.
L. Section |. County road pa
shall cause ali Of the highways in
their jurisdiction to be patrolled as
hereinafter provided and to carry
out the provisions of this act they
are hereby empowered and REQUIRED
road system and to fix their compen-
sation, who shall be known as coun-
ty road patrolmen and who, shall
hold their office durine the pleasure
of the board appointing them,
Section IL. Duty OF Patrolmen.
The road patrolmen shall give their
entire time to road work, from the
son in the spring until it's close in
the fall of the year and such addi-
tiOnal time as the board of supervis-
ors may direct
Section III; superyisors to As
sign Work-Duty of Patrolmen.
Boards OF supervisors shall assign,
allot or parcel out to the county pa
as they can patrol and property care
for, and it shall be the duty Of the
county patrolmen to go over all the
roads in their respective sections at
least once each week, and said pa
trolmen shall make extra visits to
such roads or bridges as may be re-
ported in need Of attention.
Section ~. Dragging Of Roads
Further Duties: It shall be the
vided, to drag or cause to be dragged,
after each rain and at such other
times as may be necessary, all the
county roads that lie within their
respective sections, and to remove
all trash, debris or other impedi-
ments from the entrance to sluices,
culverts and bridges and keep the
same and their outlets open and rec
from instructions. They shall keep
open and provide said side bitches
with ample outlets.
They shall remove loose stones
and other impediments from the
beaten track of the highway. fill the
depressions and keep them free from
ruts, water pockets and mud holes,
and shall repair approaches to bridg-
es and culverts and keen said APP
proaches smooth and ' free from
bumps, and shall perform such other
duties and comply with such rules
and regulations as may be provided
by the board of supervisors. ~
Section V. Tools. Boards of su-
pervisors shall provide patrolmen
with such tools and equipment asare
necessary to carry out the provisions
of this act and said patrolmen shall
receipt to the board of supervisors
therefor. Said partolmen shall give
bonds for the faithful performance
OF their duties and for the care of
the tools and equipment in such sum
as the board of supervisors may di-
rect, which bond shall be approved
by the board.
Walter Osborn,
24-2t County Auditor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-31
Hazel College.

Eddie Cecil, Roscoe Wilson and
Carol Spencer spent Sunday after
noon with Willie Steen.
Mrs. Jack Edwards visited from
Wednesday until Saturday with her
daughter, Mrs. Irwin Brennnaman,
near Grand River.
Mrs. Jase Smith visited few
rem Rush, and son, Frank.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Lee and chill
dren visited with Mrs. Lees parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Warrick, of Clarke
county, Thursday evening.
Viggo Rasmussen and Frank Rush
were Leon visitors last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Frey and chill
dren spent one, evening last week
Tuesday afternoon.
The German measles seem to be
the order of the day in this neigh
borhood. Every family has been en-
tertaining them the past week
Willie Ramsey sawed wood for
Jack Edwards one day the first of the
week.
Miss Velma Spencer visited Satur-
day night and Sunday in town with
11i Mrs SEE Elias Cross visited in town
with her mother, Mrs. Bent Ramsey,
Tuesday afternoon.
Elmer Lee spent Sunday night
with. relatives in Clarke county.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hall are Wis
iting with their daughter, Mrs.
Luke Collins, and family.
Clyde Blades and N. G.. Spencer
delivered hogs in town Thursday
morning.
Mrs. Wesley Steen spent Friday
afternoon in town with Mrs. Platt
Harris
News is very scarce this week on
account of the snow storms that Wis
tied this neighborhood Sunday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-31
Fairview District No. 8.

Mrs. Mary MAGELLAN visited Mon
day afternoon with her friend, Mrs
Miss Velma CARRIER stayed one
evening last week with her pupils
Myra Keith and Earl hurry.
with Gladys and Ruth Overholtzer
| Tuesday night and the next evening
was spent with Celia Hughes. They
| had a fine visit with their friends
H. r. Hughes drove John Cox and
wife to Leon in their sons car
Wednesday.
Ian being the photographer. All but
one scholar were present, there be-
| ing twenty-eight.
Esther MAGELLAN has the measles
and Ruth Overholtzer is just getting
over them.
William Stiles helped Harry Full;
Ter butcher and Mr.; Fuller returned
Ernest Nordyke helped Dell How
ell butcher hog the other day.
We, the pupils of Fairview school,
sure do miss Edythe and Vera
Moore from our school
H. E. Hughes has a, fine little
lamb. ! think the first in the
neighborhood.
We "CAS WY ooi1 Nv oSS cOAiLl
Moore's leave and we hope they will
like their new home.
II. E. Hughes called at the home
of Ransome Pease at Osceola Friday
afternoon to see his aunt Mrs. H. l..
Pease, who has been very sick the
past week. Mr.. Hughes was on his
way to Abba. We hope Mrs. Pease
will soon be able to be up again.
Master Henry Adrian has the
measles and we hope he will soon
be able to return to school.
Orville Hughes is now able to go
to school, after over a months ill
ness.
Keith hurry is on the sick list.
We hope he will be able to come to
school soon.
Moving is in fashion at the pres
ent time John Moore's moved to
Osceola; Ralph Herrold moved in
the property Mr.. Moore vacated; Ell
mer Sans to. the Ral~h Herrold
farm which they purchased some
time ago.