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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26
BIG WOLF ROUNDUP.
On January Ist, 1919, in Newbern
Township.

Lines to start promptly at 1880.
Farmers are requested to start on
lines. Directions: Northeast corner,
l mile south of Pennington school
house; southeast corner 2 miles west
Of Donegal; southwest corner y
mile north of Holland; northwest
corner / mile west and mile north
of Acme. Roundup on section 20.
Head captains: A. e. Engle and
Harry Purvis, east line; II. r. Myers
and Earl Hoffman, south line; g. n.
Tucker and T. G. Kaufman, west
line; G. G. Easter, north line. There
will be captain on horseback for
each mile. No rifles allowed. No
one horseback, except mile captains.
Come bring shot guns and plenty OF
ammunition. Rabbits are plentiful.
d19-26w2t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26
SAMPLE OF RED CROSS WORK
Wounded English Soldiers Mother
Made Glad by News of Son In
American Hospital.

He sat little apart from the other
men who crowded the receiving sta
ton for American Base Hospitals Nos.
% and 26. There was a cigarette In
his mouth and a peaceful smile on his
face that brought the American Red
Cross searchers to his side with
query.
"You look as II you're glad to he
here; are you really" she asked. The
wounded man grinned joyously.
you're jolly well right, miss, I've
only just come from back Of the Ger
man lines This is heaven"
His name was G. Tully. and he be
Ionged to the British Royal Field ar
tillery. Three months previously he
had been taken prisoner by the Ger
mans and had been held just back OF
the lines to work on the railroads and
ammunition trains.
When the Americans started their
offensive near Fismes, he and two
other comrades made a dash for the
American lines. The Tommies with
him fell, MORALLY wounded by bullets
that were meant for Boches. Tully
escaped with only slight wound In
the wrist and was sent back to the
base with trainload Of American
wounded.
The Red Cross searcher at Once sent
word to the wounded mans mother, In
England. that he was safe in an Amer
tcan hosnitaI. and a short time aft
erward this acknowledgment came
back from the British Red Cross:
1--WE have today forwarded your kind
Information re Gunner @. Tully
to his mother, who had inquired about
him Of US for three months without
success. We cannot say how CRATE
ful we are to you for having taken
20 much trouble in his case and for be
ing of such material assistance to
eur Inquiry. q Red Cross
9crapbook.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26
PLEAD WILSON'S ENGLAND TRIP
Foreign Powers Waiting for America
to DivuIge What 1t Means by
Freedom of the Seas"-De-
gree for President.

Paris, Dec. 21-The opening of the
preliminary peace conference at Yer
sailles is now postponed until the
early part of February and may later
1t is said that the postponement is
made because of Wilson'S visit to
England and the reorganization OF
the British cabinet.
President Wilson and the Ameri-
can delegates had few Interruptions
today in studying preliminary plans
by which to carry out Wilson's pro-
gram. Apparently the other powers
are looking to the United States to
make concrete proposition concern
ing freedom of the seas. 1t is be-
Iieved a plan to limit naval construct
ion to lightly armored vessels, like
revenue cutters will find favor. The
Sorbornne will confer an honorary
degree on President Wilson today.
Arrangements are being made for
an imposing military reception at
London to President Wilson. A
guard of honor will be at the station
where King George will greet him
and take him to Buckingham palace.
The Impression is gaining that
President Wilson has found it neces-
sary to compromise with the allied
statesmen on comparatively innocu-
GUS form of peace league, in order to
obtain it's inclusion in the peace
treaty. 1t looks as though the meet
ing of the peace conference would
not be held until after he goes home.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26

that In city service the percentage or
pnctures is so small as to be practi~
cally negligible.
"The thing that has brought the
rheumatic tire to the front is the tre~
roendous saving effected in the chassis
by mounting 1t on air instead Of on
solid rubber. There has never yet
teen found any substitute so cheap or
SO resilient rs air and TINT, Of COURSE
is the basic principle Of the pneumat-
ic tire.
"roday many tire experts contend
that everything up to five tons VIII
ultimately be carried on pneumatl~
tires, and ! find they agree with mo
that the five-ton truck will be the max
imum capacity required save in certain
restricted classes Of work such as
hauling coal or stone.
"Just as the three-quarter-ton track
is rapidly supplantng the two-ton We
hicle in service which the two-ton
truck formerly performed, so the two
ton truck Is now supplantlng the four
pnd FIVE ton truck Ia the heavier serv~
Ice.
"The same principle holds--smaller
loads delivered in quicker time ana az
lesser cost per ton mile"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26
Tire
AIDS EFFICIENCY
Tendency Now Is for Smaller
Loads and Faster Time, Says
Manager r. H. Akers.
PUNCTUNES ALWAYS FEARED
Tremendous Saving Effected In Chas-
sis by Mounting It on Air Instead
Of on Solid Rubher-Cost
Per Ton is Lessened.

That the three-quarters-ton truck
will eventually supplant the one-and-
one-half and two-ton types In the work
they have been doing; that the two
ton truck In turn will supplnnt the
five-ton In the service IL has previous
ly been considered best adapted for,
and that the fve-ton truck will, save
I'm a very restricted sense, take the
place Of all heavier types, Is the
startling assertion made by Manager
II. ii. Akers Of big motorcar com
pany.
II base this assertion on Observa-
tion of work that our trucks are do
ing In all parts of the country and
in all kinds OF business" said Mr..
Akers, "and on the tendency that Is
unmistakable on the part of buyers
to renew their equipment with the
lighter types instead Of the former
heavy ones they considered best.
Load Seldom Equals Capacity.
"The answer is simple. In only a
small percentage of cases does the load
equal the capacity of, let Us say the
two-ton truck. And in an equally
small percentage Of cases is the en-
tire load to be delivered to one place.
ain other words, the loads can just
as well be split up into two or three
smaller loads and thus render possible
the use of the lighter, speedier truck,
with the result that two or three trips
can be made in the time It would other
wise take to make one and at q lesser
cost per ton mile.
''Now, If these smaller loads are to
20 each to a different point or TO be
distributed in small lots or packages
to several points on long route, the
saving of time and fuel Is still
greater.
1--WE used to think that If, on occa-
sion, the load would amount to two
tons or thereabout, we must have a
truck of not less than that capacity.
Experience proves this theory to have
been wrong in fully 80 per cent Of
cases.
Puneture Was Always Feared.
THAT old bugbear, the puncture,
was always uppermost in buyers
minds. and they did not stop TO realize
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26
cIemenceau,s Strenuous Life.

Long years ago M. Clemenceau.
Frances premier, was dubbed the
'sTiger," and no man has ever better
lived up to his nickname. At nine
teen he was flung into prison for
shouting "Vive la Republique !" with
his arms round a lamp-post. Today.
nearly sixty years later, he is as
pugnacious and defiant as ever.
He is a born fighter, and, with the
exception of a brief period which he
spent as teacher in a girls school,
his life has been one long, turbulent
battle. He fought more duels than
any other man in France, has brought
down one cabinet after another, and
is the most popular man in France.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26

An English penny which he carried
as a talisman In all his hazardous
fights over the German lines was
given by Pat OBrien, lieutenant in
the British aviation corps, to the Rev.
w. Herbert Burk for the historical
museum connected with Washington
memorial chapel. Valley Forge.
O'Brien visited the museum with Ma
jOr Dugmore and Captain Powell as
guests Of Colonel John S. Muckla
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26
Turkey Shoot New Years Day.

There WILDE turkey shoot We'd
nesday, Jan. LIST at p. m. at Andy
Shirack's farm 8s miles south and
one mile east of Solomon; one nile
west and * mile south of Bonaceord
store. Plenty of turkeys, everybody
invited 1tdw*
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26

each part OF The automobile. This is
done hy demonstrations and lectures
by competent men In each individual
line Of manufacture. Next he Is re
auired 60 make repairs, take the motor
down and rebuild. to reassemble axles,
brakes, transmisslons, etc, until ne
knows how to rebuild each indiylduat
unit.
Following this he Is placed in tho
driving squad. The feature Of this
department is the driving course ad-
Joining the barracks, about one mile
In length. II was made to reprodue@
the obstacles Of mo Mans Land" it
has its shell holes. building ruins or
old brick, deep sand, and ~ completes
TO the stream Of water.
Ready in Four Weeks.
This school viii take the clerk, sales
man or private secretary, and in four
weeks he is ready TO handle "A ma
chine While on heavy duties re
auired OF him on the fields Of France
and the plains OF Italy.
There is no question that after the
war these men will be in great demand
by the automotlve manufacturers or
this country. No better mechanic or
driver win be found for the Red Cross
driver in France or Italy, In the course
OF one year, has built no less than SIX
complete machines If his repair WORK
was tabulated, and you can rely on
them for having good, practical ideas
ms 90 how to build n truck for real
service. This branch Of service is
open to men under eighteen years or
over forty-hve years of age. and those
In classes .. 3, a and g.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26
oate opens AUTOMATICALLY.

Barriers extending along the ground
from one or both sides of a recently
patented roadway gate enable an auto
mobilist to open or close the gata
merely by running his car over them
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26

The Reflector job department Is
thoroughly equipped to do all kinds
of printing. Your order will receive
our prompt and careful attention.
Let us do your next printing.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26
FOR SALE.

Eight young pure bred Shorthorn
bulls, red, IS to IS months old.
First class stock. Prices right.
J. e. BOWSER.
Talmage phone; P. o., Abilene, KIM,
r r d 4 12wSt*
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26
HELPS MOVE CRIPPLED AUTO
Piece of Timber Fastened to Rear
Wheels Prevents Machine From
Slipping Back.

A piece Of timber, fastened with
ropes TO the rear hubs of an automo-
bile, is a great help when It must ba'
moved by hand, and by one man only,
writes Bonar w. Balfour Of st. Cath
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26

crimes, Ont, In Popular Mechanics
If the transmission mechanism is nos
injured, the easiest way to prOpel the
car is often by the use Of the starting
crank. Put the car In low gear, and
relieve the compression by opening
pet cocks or removing spark plugs
With the timber behind, to keep the
car from slipping back, the Job Will
then lose most of its difficulty.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26

You will be pleased Of you get
your job printing done at the Re
aector. Equipment the best, work
men efficient. prices right Give US
Q trial Ordeg.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-12-26

THAT old bugbear, the puncture,
was always uppermost in buyers
minds. and they did not stop 70 realize
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-21
NEW MINIMUM WORLD
RECORD FOR LOSSES
IN AIR TRAINING
Fewer Fatalities in L. S. School
Camps Than in Those of
Allies, Statistics Show

The War Department autohrizes the
following:
The United States Army instructors
in the Air Service schools have es-
tablished a new minimum record for
losses sustained relating to the safe
guarding Of cadets of the new Army
training for duty overseas as pilots
and observers are now on par with,
II not actually lower than. the per-
centage figures OF this Nations allies
and are believed 10 be much under
the figures OF the central powers.
Cause of Accidents.
United States schools, in attaining
the present rating, have proceeded on
the theory that three out of our four
deaths in flying at the front have been
due to lack Of judgment and that but
one man out Of four has been killed
in action. Further, that if a cadet
were given all of his instruction in
the flying schools in the United States
he would put all of his air training out
OF mind when he finally reached the
front and concentrate entirely on
fighting. Because of the fact that he
had been perfectly trained as a
stunt" flyer, it is held, he would be
the more able to pick up his fighting
tactics quickly.
Official records show that from Sep
TENDER l, 1917, to and including July
90. 1918, the losses sustained in the
actual flying training of United
States air forces in this country by
American units totaled 1857 which for
each hour of actual flying training
Was 0000305.
New Record for Safety.
In other words, the average in round
numbers is one man killed for every
$500 hours of flying in the United
States, which is proven by available
official statistics to be new worlds
record for safety in training airmen
in war time.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-21
OUR NOTICE

lat re are making summer deliver
les o. coal now for next whites use.
Tell friend husband he should take ad-
Tentage Of summer prices and order
he coal now Better be prepared
Tor any emergency and the saving Ia
not 70 be despised Phone US how
much and what kind Well start the
delivesing at once.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-21
MILITARY COMPANIES
UNITE AT ANCHORAGE

ANCHORAGE, (By Mail)-Anchor-
age, which last winter formed two
citizen military companies, the Loyal
Leaue and the Home Guard, will have
in the future only one organization,
the Home Guard The consolation
was brought about at the direction OF
Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr.. who
wrote that he would issue commits
sions TO officers of citizen military
companies in Alaska but that he
could not in any town give official
reconition to more than one organi-
cation.
The Loyal League, comprised chief
" OF employees of the government
railroad, al once voted unanimously to
join the Home Guard, composed of
both residents of the -,wn and rail-
road employees. Candidates for Off
GERS of the consolidated organization
will be examined in month as to
their qualifications by the command
ant OF the United States battalion
here and from the candidates recon-
mended by him the governor will
name the commissioned officers.
The present officers are Thomas W.
Dwyer, captain, who was captain OF
the former Home Guard company;
Charles w Bush, first lieutenant, who
was first lieutenant of the old Home
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-21
CARE IN ADDRESSING LETTERS TO MEN
IN The NAVY URGED BY Mr.. DANIELS
IN ANNOUNCING THE RULES

effort is made to keep this record up
TO date.
Use OF the full name in addressing
letters is necessitated by the surpris-
ingly large number OF men among the
10000 who have the same names and
even the same initials. In the card
index, for instance. there are numer-
Gus Robert Smiths" and Thomas
Browns" and it is very APPARENT that
a letter merely addressed to Robert
Smith" is likely to take compli-
Gated journey and pass through many
hands before it reaches the right per
SON
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-21
Secretary Daniels authorizes


following:
Handling mail for .:ie nearly $4,000
naval officers and men in European
service who are on more than $50
vessels, operating in the area extend
ing from the North Sea TO the Medi-
terrainean, is one OF the vital prob
lens the Navy has had TO solve since
our advent in the world war DELAYS
th1: were unavoidable in the early
days OF the war have been gradually
overcome, and now letters reach their
destination as speedily as there are
ships TO carry them, provided the sys-
TEN adopted is lived up to by the writ
ers.
Most of the delays that occur now
are due TO illlegible or incomplete ad-
dress The address of every officer or
enlisted man in the naval forces in
Europe IS mis- ship base, base hospital.
or air station, care OF Postmaster, New
York Therefore, TO insure speedy
delivery, all letters should be address
ed in this way By following a few
simple rules the men and their cor
respondents can aid very materially in
still further improving the service.
Rules to be Followed.
These rules are:
l. When the station of the person
a6--o--od ia Luowu tho foIInuiup iS
the proper method Of addressing let
tiers:
john Charles Doe, Seaman,
Second Class. U. S. Navy,
L. S. S. Wadsworth,
Care Postmaster, New York
John Charles Doe, Coxswain,
L. S. Naval Reserve Force
U. s. Air Station, Bristol,
Care Postmaster, New York
John Charles Doe, Machinist's Mate,
Second Glass,
U. 8. Naval Base s,
AdlC IOElm0slCls sNCn VI
Qn case of naval bases, only the
number, not the name, should be Civ
en-
2 When the ship or station is not
known, address the envelope as fol
lows:
John Charles Doe, Seaman,
Second Class. Z. S. Navy.
U. 8. Naval Headquarters, London
Care Postmaster, New York.
8. Write the name out In full, even
the middle name: do not use the init
ial II your writing is not easily read
PRINT it. Put nothing in the address
that is not shown above.
MaiLService Efforts Unrelaxing
The present efficiency of the Nays
mail service is due not only to the ef-
forts OF Vice Admiral Sims and the
naval officials who have devoted SO
much effort to eliminate delays, but
TO the efficient organizations OF the
New York post Office and to the co
operation given in London. For the
past so years c. J. Petherick has been
the United States dispatch agent in
London, and he has had an important
part in the speeding up of the sailors
mail.
!. One Of the main difficulties met with
was the frequent transfer Of men from
one station or ship to another. With
the usual demands that war makes
and the constantly increasing person
mel OF the Navy, shifts were numerous
and It was hard to keep track Of the
individual. This was overcome by the
establishment of a card index at the
United States naval headquarters In
London, where every American sailor
in European waters Is listed. Every
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-21

FOR SALE-Ladies IA karat gold
watcil-full jeweled Movement guar
anteed.-Apply this office-adv.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-21

Official figures authorized by the Di-
vision OF Military Aeronautics from
September l, 1917, to July 20, 1918, in
elusive show the following fatalities
in actual flying training sustained by
the United States aviation forces in
the United States:
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-08-21
NOTICE OF MEETING

Alaska Labor Union Number Five
will meet at eight p N. Wednesday
al Deep Sea Fisherman's Hall.-advtf
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-05
RABBITS ARE CHEAP
|. MAKE WHOLESOME FOOD
BY Rlople BYE


Its open season or rabbits.
In the country, the farm boy and I
his dog hit the trail across fr3sty |
meadow Oh moonlight night and
come home victorious, with a pair of |
cottontails for pot pie. In the city I
the tired business man hustles into /
hunting tcgs, and, with deg and gun, !
goes off for weekend on tine open
road, hunting rest-,and rabbits
And farm boy and hunter supply tae
markets OF town and city with guam
titles d. a delicious, cheap game, with !
in the reach of every purse and The
desire of every palate.
| Dressed rabbits sell from twenty
five ITO forty cents apiece, and furnish
NEST substantial meal and pleasant
variety from staple meats. Here are
Isome excellent recipes for cooking
the cottontails:
Rabbit Pe-Cut up dressed rabbit
Into convenient sized pieets and boil
is tender. Take out the pieces and
set in the Warming oven or cover to
keep warm. Thicker the liquor in
which they are cooked with l table
spoonful of -four and / tablespoonful
OF butter With fork, separate the
flesh OF the rabbit from the bones and
,I,o ,-<,1.
baking pan. Cover with an inch and
ha If >of mashed potato and pour the
liquid over all Make a batter OF l
cupful OF milk, l egg 2 stupfuls of
! sflour, l tablespoonful. of butter, l Ia
blespoonful o. salt and 2 teaspoonfuss
. of baking powder, Pour the batter
y over the pie and bake until pie is
done and crust Drowned. Serve with
4 parsley garnisih.
Here are two fire cd Crole recipes
for cooking raibbit--a favorite dish in
the south:
Rabbit ala Creole-iWiash dressed
rabbit we'll and cut into pieces at the
4 joints. Rub the meat with salt and
pepper Chop two medium-sized on
ions fine and put in a stew pan with
/ TABLESPOONFUL of melted butter unit
Drowned slightly. Put in the pieces
of rabbit Add II tablespoonful 81
-four and let brown. Min,ce l square
inch OF ham very fine and add to the
Drowned sauce with two sprigs each
of thyme and parsley and ! bay leaf
all minced fine. When this sauce has
Drowned little the Creole cooks ado
a glass of claret, but ! cupful of water
may be used instead. Cook ten minu
ties and then add / cupsul of boiling
water. stir well and season. Cook
thirty minutes and serve hot, witt
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-05
WEST VIRGINIA SENDS
Z SCR|bES TO FRANCE

CHARLESTON. w va Dec. .
The only two West Virginians on the
steamer Orizaba. which sailed from
New York Sunday with five hundred
newspaper CORES ondents and photog-
r4phers en- route to Versailles TO at
tend the great peace conference, were
Or. o. O. Cooper. and B. F. Dunlap, OF
Hinton. who went with credentials
from Charleston newspapers.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-05

For the convenience of the
general talking machine pub
lie we carry complete line
of needles for all makes of
machines.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-05
EVERY HOUSEWIFE TAKE NO.
TtCE!

All members of the Red Cross or.
ganization and all housewives Of Ber.
kelley County, are requested and urg.
ed to attend meeting which will be
held in Red Cross Headquarters. on
Saturday. December 7th, at O'Clock
in the afternoon This is one of the
most important meetings to be held
by the Food Administration. as in add.
ton to taking care of those who have
formerly needed aid. it will include
the discussion Of what may be neces
sary to give aid to three hundred mil
ions more people who are now or mas
| become our charge.
Respectfully,
MRS. Fl. Il ALEXANDER.
u 6 Ladies Food Administrator.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-05

fuls of boiling water Season with
salt and cayenne pepper, boil five
minutes and drop in the pieces of rab-
bit Add the juice of a lemon. Cook
all for fifteen minutts and serve hot,
with French fried potatoes and pars-
ley garnish
Rabbit Roast-Dress and clean a
plump rabbit and stuff with dressing
5df bread crumbs, little sage and
three taIblespoonlfuls of chopped sat
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-05

pork or bacon, a minced onion, salt
and pepper. Sew up with clear Irvine.
Put the rabbit in a baking pan, breast
ND. and skewer upon lit several. siices
of fat pork OF bacon. Basic often With
liouor of hot water and melted ba-
con fat. Serve with a ring of mashed
potato or baked apples.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-12-05

Are we downhearted? NO.,h
yelled these Yanks, tie vanguard
of Pershing's returning army as
the fast steamship Mauretania
bore them into New York harbor
And their cheer leader follow the
arrow) was Harry Lauder, Scot
fish comedian, who came over on
the same ship.