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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-02-07
THE FIRST NATIONALS WEEKLY LETTER
WAR TAX

Believing that our customers and friends would appreciate what
information they might secure relative to the 1917 FEDERAL WAR
REVENUE LAW, including the income tax, we re placing below a
schedule which may assist the farmers in this locality in determining
their income.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-02-07

The income tax on individuals is divided into two parts, the
Normal tax and the Surtax.
The Norma. tax is a vxed rate on net income above the personal
exemptions stated above. E'
sand dollars.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-02-07

Saturday, February 18th. 1918
commencing at 100 o'clock D. IN.
sharp, the following described proper
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-02-07
30 Head Of Cattle

6 cows. 2 giving milk, balarcne fresh
soon; $ Wits Face, 2 year old heifers
heavy with calf; 3 yearling steers. I
yearling heifer; IL White Face calves:
l Registered White Face Bull. a good
one.
FARM MACHINERY triple box
wagon with spring seat, as good as
new, 2 sets of work harness ono is new
l TENT. Superior drill. 1 eight It. p. &
0. disc; l eight IT. Moline disc, 1 six
teen inch p. & 0 sulky pillow, 1 corn
planter and 100 rods of wire. new; I
two row cultivator. l twelve n. McCor-
mick hay rake, / six It. Emerson
mower.
Free Lunch mt Noon
TERMS OF SALE:--All sums of $40
and under cash. over that amount time
will be given to November LIST. 1918. by
purchaser giving note bearing 10 per
cent interest. with approved security.
No property to be removed until set
tied for.
J~asporson \ McCnllen, Owners.
B. +. = J. n. Magncss, Aucts.
LIT National Bank Of Miller, Clerk
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
The Auto as An Aid to Efficiency

self-dug grave by keeping in mind
this fact: The slower q wheel turns,
the more traction II has.
Now, assuming one to be In q
place with no traction: clear away
any stone, large stick or other solid
impediments, and lay straw. twigs
or other similar IDaterial-the Eng
llsh always carry q strip OF chicken
wire for awkward situations-in
front OF the wheel which Is doing
the slipping and put the car In low,
only speed your motor sufficiently to
take the clutch without stallinR.
Then cautiously slow down the en-
CINE until either one of two things
happens. viz, the car moves or the
engine stalls.
and begin all over. II the car stare,
repress the impulse to step on the
accelerator, keep the engine turning
slowly. II the engine stalls when
you are half way out OF the hole,
be ready with your brake; put your
hand brake on enough to hold the car
from slipping back, II possible, or
better yet, have some one behind with
a block or brick to block the wheel
against slipping back.
"If the brake Is used to hold the
car, which will be the case II all
alone, do not release It before engag-
ing the clutch when you try again
The engine has power enough to turn
the wheel slowly, even II the brake
is on. As soon as II has taken hold
release the brake"
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
WAR WORKERS GIVEN
SPECIAL AUTO SERVICE

A taxicab company OF this city has
just put into operation a feet OF
special Dodge Brothers town cars and
taxicabs, which are being used almost
exclusively by members OF the Army
and Navy Club.
The need for a high grade type OF
motor car for rental purposes mas
become increasingly apparent as the
number of Washington transients
grew with the progress OF the ma
tIonaI war work. The cars were de-
signed to be the equal, in appearance
and in comfort, of those which Of
ficials and others use at their homes.
Both town cars and tAxicao bodies
were designed by Dodge Brothers,
dealers at New York. and are mount
ed on the standard chassis. A great
many such cars are in the service OF
private owners and taxi companies
In New York
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
CHICKEN WIRE
USED BY ENGLISH
FOR MIRED AUTOS

Were all the dollars that are
given farmers and others for drag
ging unhappy autoists out OF the
mud, snow, and sand, given t. one
person, John d. Rockefeller would
have a rival. Were autoists, on the
other hand, to obey some OF the sim
pie rules OF extrication from diff
culties," says the B. F. Goodrich Rub
Der Company. they would be much
richer in pocket and in patience.
Nine owners out OF ten, when
stuck in the mud, will put their cars
In low gear and then race their
motors for dear life, shortening the
life OF both tire and motor; when this
falls they use second speed.
THE effect is usually to dig a deep
hole, into which the wheel sinks,
thereby only increasing the difficulty.
However, II motorists will take the
tip, they can avoid the terrors OF 4
The Washington times., 1918-03-09

schemes for time saving and man saw
ing be put into use as soon as they
are discovered. While there will be
great changes as affecting passenger
ork, yet the greatest changes will
come in the systems Of transporting
goods-and in all types Of delivery
and hauling work wnere vehicles
other than those on rails are con-
cerned.
Already railway hauling between
points within the same city has been
prohibited, and the zones are being
almost all L. c. L. Qess than carload)
for short hauls. This will require
new solutions for all city hauling
problems relating to the railways,
and soon will bring about the foreign
type of truck train.
1T should be possible to develop
motor trains OF this type with small
battery equiment for each of the
freight carriers, charged by the loco
motive en- route, so that when I'M
hooked from the train as II passes
though the main street OF Yaphank.
the freight car or carrier may be
driven to the mill, unloaded, and
driven back to the main street to be
picked up by the road trainN on it's
way back"
We have reached a point of motor
development where there are no real
obstacles to this. consummation, and
the coming OF the big-sized pneumatic
tire in practical form has solved the
last problem. Mr.. Stout holds.
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
MOTORCYCLISTS PLAN
new NATIONAL TOURS

The big organization OF the motor
cycle industry in the United States
Is the Motorcycle and Allied Trades
Association, which includes the manu-
factureEs Of motorcycles, parts and
accessories. At the meeting OF the
governing board held last week at
adopted, embracing conservation tests
to show the economy Of the motor
cycle; national tours to Increase Its
popularity among riders: co-opera-
ton with the F. A. n which Il the
official organization Of the riders;
and the holding OF national shows
Harry 8. ouine. of the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company, Akron. Ohio,
IL president OF the organization.
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
MOTOR LOCOMOTIVE
SEEN AS FUTURE
R.R. DEVELOPMENT

Freight trains on the highways.
pulled by big double-end motor We
hicles, real road locomotives, with
duplicate power plants, generating
current for fairly high speed work on
pneumatic tires, the freight cars SINH
lArly equipped, will be commonplace
of our highways before long, II We
are to believe William B. Stout, tech
meal adviser to the aircraft board in
Washington, who dons the mantle of
Shs prophet in the March MOTOR, the
national magazine OF motoring, and
tells US many surprising things that
are possibilities OF the not distant fu-
ture.
I'VE are on the verge OF great
changes in all our transportation sys-
TENS" says Mr.. Stout. New require
ments of speed and efficiency are de-
manding that all useless work posi-
BILE be eliminated, and that new
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
Adds to the Value of the Individual
AS Well as the Institution

There is no need to dwell upon the efficiency of the
motor part of the busy business institution of today
for quick, economical delivery and the like.
Businesses have been buided and deliveries extended
to point impossible without the aid of this modern
Mercury.
And as pleasure vehicle for personal the automo-
bile stands supreme
But the possession of the automobile for personal
can play as big part in the building of the individual as it
plays in building nStitutions-n fact bigger part
The writer knows of any number of young men and
men not young years who date the period of their
most rapid advancement from the time they became an
owner of automobile that brought them down to work
in the morning half hour earlier took them home again
night and throughout the day stood at the curb ready to
whsk them right to the door of any of their many Gus
toners or prospective customers
Business men recognize the value of the personal
equation That is why they took readily to the telephone
in many matters where letter might do-the telephone
was also much quicker.
But you cannot see your man "by telephone You
can see him by automobile" and often in less time during
these days of telephone tangles.
How many times are you willing to intrust the temin-
alton of important matter to the telephone? Not if
you possibly meet the other fellow face to face where
you may be able to show him what he cannot otherwise
actually see.
With the automobile at hand you see more people
ONE DAY with whom is decidedly to the advantage of
your business and yourself to keep in close PERSONAL
touch than you satisfactorily reach within week with
only your two feet and bunch of car tickets.
Always ordeal the trip to and from the office via
broken down street lines is today worse than
extra hours labor at each end of the day. With an auto
mobile you begin and end each business day with pleasant
ride in the open that acts as morning tonic and brings
you home to dinner feeling fine"
"All work and no play makes Jack dull boy" you
know All outdoors the playground for the fellow with
the auto-and his ''beSt girl"
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
RECORD SALES IN SOUTH.

Tho solid South Il solid for the auto
mobile industry-and the automobile.
The number Of cars sold IN the first two
months Of 1918 exceeds all records- This
year Nashville Auto Show was host to
multitudes heretofore never interested
in motor car. and never were they IN
the class OF ''prospects"-but supply
and demand has put the cotton picker
and the merchant and the laborer Of the
South on the road TO happy days
The Washington times., 1918-03-09
AUTO HAuLs TRACTOR.

Hauling a tractor, which weighed
$500 pounds, ten miles to his farm
was one performance satisfying ]. F.
Kuhn, Of Shelbyville. Ind, that his
Maxwell truck could be depended
upon. He said the roads were in bad
condition
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-06-27
WANT STREET DANCES UNDER
BAN OF CITY ORDINANCE

The city commissioners have had
requests to pass an ordinance pro-
hibiting the holding of street dances
which the objectors claim are lead
ing the young people into wrongful
wavs. Street dances are held In al
most every town in the state and
the general impression is that no
better behaved crowd was ever on
the street than at these entertain
ments. Dancing before an audience
of several thousand people-and
everybody apparently is watching the
fun-is more strictly censored than
in halls where only the dancers at
tend. 1t is not likely that the COM
missioners will adopt the ordinance.
The state guards are talking OF
erecting platform in the city park
for weekly dances for the benefit OF
the guards.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-06-27
STACKERS TO THE
WESTERN WHEAT COUNTIES

No more help is needed in DicNln-
son county The farmers here
probably hired less than 80 men
from outside, prefering to save $3.50
to s6 day and do the work them
selves. And the job is practically
finished. Laborers are sent west
where stackers are needed. The
employment agent at Hays says the
harvest there is just getting nicely
started. The harvest in Ellis county
he says, will last about ten days& He
reports a poor yield for Ellis county,
due 70 the hot weather of the last
few days The extreme heat mas
shriveled the grain in the head, and
Ill denreciate the yield thirty to
ffty per cent. he says.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-06-27
First published in the Abilene Week
~ Reflector June s, 1879
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

In the District Court Of Dickinson
County, State of Kansas
Fave Burkholder, Ray Livingston ana
Mervin Livingston, Plalntlf1s'
vs..
Minerva Livingston, Abraham w LILY.
ingston, Jacob E. Livingston, Minnie
o. Dieffenbaugh, Halle A. Death-
rick, Bertha A. Livingston, owe
Livingston, Gula F. Jordan, Anna
r. Carver, Laura Livingston, j A.
Stoffer and Horace Keim, Deteno-
ants.
Under and by virtue of an order OF
sale issued by the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court within and for the county
the above entitled cause and to me me
directed, / will, on Monday, the elghtn
day of Ju, A. D., 1918, at ten o'clock
a. m, of said day, at the front door OF
iene. in Dickinson County State of
kansas. sell to the highest bidder for
cash in hand the following described
real estate, situated In Dickinson
County, state OF Kansas to"lt'
1st. The west half of the southwest
quarter of section No. eleven, In town.
ship twelve south, OF range two east
of the sixth principal meridian.
End. Lot No. four in Bonebrake's
second subdivision Of lots mum numoeIedd and
lots numbered twenty eight and thirty
on Third street in Thompson a NC
Cows addition to the city OF Abllene.
ard Lot No. FIVE in Henry. Hodge
& Reeds subdivision OF lots mum bered
two. four. six, eight and ten on Third
street in Thompson & McCoy's adol-
tfon to the City Of Abilene.
The said real estate will be sold
pursuant to the judgment OF the Court
in said cause recited-
witness my hand this 5th DAY OF
June. A. D. 1918.
JOHN H. SHERMAN
sheriff OF Dickinson County, State OF
Kansas. W-S
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-06-27

that I was feeding the -four and
wheat TO hogs. But | had not done
ANYTHING of the kind, and had no in
tention OF doing so but was very
glad to find a market for 1t other
wise. The marshal then told me TO
not nut the -four into the car for a
day or two, so he could get word
from the administration as To what
disposition 20 make OF 1t and finally
ordered II hauled to one of the local
stores at Lost Springs for storage to
await shipment to the gulf. We did
this as soon as we had II all rebolted
and II is there yet. ] never did in
tend to hoard this bu: was very glad
70 have a market for Il and would
have gotten 1t off before but other
work just kept us from getting II in
condition to offer for sale We still
have last years crop on hand, not
that / want 10. bur because I am un-
able to get it threshed out. tried
seven or eight different parties who
have machines and have been trying
for the past three or four months
I reported this to the sheriff who re-
piled that l had complied with the
law and had done all that ] could.
This will be only about Is bushels. :
lie says that some Of his land was
untitled because he could not get
help last fall. This spring it was
rented His father was Union
soldier in the Civil war and he claims
to be a thoroughly loyal American
citizen and was born in America.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-06-27
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
OF GUARDIAN

state of Kansas Dickinson County, S.
ia tie matter Of the Person and Estate
OF Jerry Singer, a person Of unsound
mind and incapable.
To Whom It May Concern
Notice is hereby given that on the
2tst day Of June, 1918, | was appointed
guardian Of the person and estate OF
Jerry Singer, a person of unsound nina
and Incapable of managing his own
affairs. and that ! have duly qualified
as such guardian
In witness whereof, | have hereuntJ
signed my name this 2lst day OF june
A. D., 1913. ,,,,o>,
Guardian of the person and estate OF
Jerry Singer Of unsound mind and
ineapable. 273w
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-06-27
w. A. JOLLEY, FORMERLY OF
ABILENE, A LIEUT.. COLONEL.

A dispatch from Camp Kearney,
near San Diego. tells OF the promot-
ion of Major William A. Jolley, son
of NJ. p. Jolley of this city, and for
merly of Abilene. to be a lieutenant
colonel. 1t says Mai. William A.
Jolley. recently assigned to command
the ll5th sanitary train. received
notice of his promotion to the rank
of lieutenant colonel yesterday.
Lieut.. Col. Jolley is not only one
OF the oldest medical officers, in
point OF service. in the camp, but he
has also seen active service in the
present war.
He was in the service of the Amer
lean Red Cross in Serbia for several
months and was taken prisoner by
the Germans when they poured their
hordes into that little nation and de-
vastated its fertile lands about three
years ago
At Belgrade Col. Jolley was forced
to attend German wounded for five
weeks in an emergency hospital be-
hind the German lines. At times ne
went S6 hours without sleep, in an
attempt to keep up with the perpet-
ual flow Of wounded soldiers being
rushed through this first aid station.
During his assignment to this di-
vision. he has held in turn, the posi-
tions of acting division surgeon, as
sistant division surgeon, division
sanitary inspector, and commander
of the sanitary train, to which post
he is now assigned.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-06-27

18-l, W-Improvements raised from
5000 to $1,000.
Holland Township
n. w u of 7-l6-1, raised from SIS
: a. u Of 7-1e-l, raised from s2s
5" g W Y Of 7-l6-1. raised from s2S
s b. Il Of 7-16-1, raised from s2S
" n. W. Of S-16-1, raised from $2S
n P. y Of ara z rs. n Of s-1s-1
raised from s2S to $40 per acre; ~ y
s-is-1 raised fro s2S to $50 per acre
w " s. w "a S-16-1, raised from
$2S to $40 per acre
East. ", l0-16-1, raised from 500 10
AIi 15-i6-i raised from $S5 to $45
Grant Township
n r. u N w u and ~. A of \. 2.
! 6-1S- S-2--Improvements reduced from
w e. g. N n w 4 and N " Of 7-13-2,
reduced from $50 to $3.50 per acre
Hammer Township
N y, n. e. u, ,22-16-2, reduced from
$3S to sS6 per acre
sherman Township
a. 7-13-2, reduced from $50 to $3S'5o
| q N, W. v of s. E. n of 1s-11-3. re-
duced from s41 to $S6 per acre.
Center Township
Lots and tract n. W. u N. r. Y of
E21-i$-s, reduced from s72 to $50 per
S. e. " N. Fl. a and N. E. 4 s. E.
liz and S. w. u S. r. a of 21-1S-S, re-
Iduced from s2S to $26 per acre.
n. f. u N. w. u OF 2S-13-S, reduced
from SIS to s25 per acre.
Logan Township
f. " of 1918, reduced from s55
TO $3.50 per acre. -
" All of 24-14-3, reduced from $50 to
si7. 80 per acre.
Noble Township.
Lot 2. 36-12-4. reduced from $50 to
$2s55 per acre.
Lyon Township
s f. u of S-16-4, reduced from S9V
to $iT per acre. sa,,o,,,s
Real estate. Flora township, raised
nc % per cent. ..,.t,
raised 10 per cent. ...-.a
Real RR estate. Holland township. rails
, | er 1-3 per cent. ,.,- -.
Real estate, Newbern township rais'
Gu real estate, Jefferson township
Real estate. North X Hayes town
Iship raised 80 per cent ,-,.
Real estate, s. Y Hayes township
J lraised 12h per cent. t.og
Real estate Center township raise'
real estate. Hope township. raised
: e Reai a. estate Fragrant Hill township
Fraised IS % per cent
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-06-27
SAYS HE DID NOT INTEND
TO HOARD FLOUR OR WHEAT

I W. Rumold of Lost Springs In
n letter says that he had no inten-
tion OF unlawfully boarding wheat
and -four. He had a large stock OF
both and was ordered to sell 1t. HIS
explanation is;
II did have S.299 pounds of low
grade -four and 700 bushels OF
wheat the first of May, but did not
think that IL was crime to nave
this at that time or until the l5th OF
the month. as | understood that we
had until the 18th of May to dispose
of our surplus -four and wheat and
I disposed of all we had on the list.
When we quit the mill at Conway
Springs we had a carload OF low
grade -four which we were unable
to dispose of except for shorts as at
that time (1912) this -four was con-
sidered unfit for human food.
thought that If we had to sell II for
shorts could use it for that myself
when | got back on the farm, so
shipped it from Conway Springs to
Hope and stored it in my brother,
Albert's. barn, but / could not use
IL for pig feed, as it seemed to be
against my conscience. We sold and
used for bread ourselves all except
the 5000 pounds. ! tried a number
of times to sell this -four About
two years ago l was determined to
get something out of it. and started
to use it for shorts and used one
sack CAS- lbs) for that, but that is
all that / could use that way as
thought it was too valuable for that,
and when the shortage of food be-
came apparent l thought that 1t
might yet be wanted for bread, so
left it stored. Last year, after SOW
ing wheat, | thought that ! did not
have enough wheat left to fill a car
and decided to ship the balance OF
the -four with the wheat in order to
make the minimum weight and es-
pecially to get the -four to Kansas
City at car load rate. as wheat and
-four go at the same rate. | spoke
to the railroad agent about this and
he said that it would be all right. |
did not wish to ask the local stores
to handle this flour.
This wheat needed recleaning and
the -four had to be rebolted and re-
sacked, for after lying for years
would naturally be unfit to offer for
sale and to do all this by hand was
some job and not being able to get
help last fall to get our corn husked'
II took me most of the winter to do
that myself, and sickness overlook
rs during February and March. We
did not get at the -four until in April
and just after we got started at 1t
two weeks of rainy weather kept US
from getting through with it. We
hauled the flour from Dillon to Lost
Springs through the mud, We had
nearly all the flour rebolted and re-
sacked in new "a lb sacks and the
wheat recleaned and loaded into a
car when the marshal and sheriff
called and asked what l was going
to do with the flour. I told them
that l intended to ship it with the
wheat to the U. S. Food Admins
tration at Kansas City, Mo. They
said that someone reported to them
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-06-27
PROGRAM AT
TALMAGE, FRIDAY EVENING.

The second community program
will be given at Talmage Friday eve
ming. June 21 in the basement OF
the M. e. church. The speaker, Rev.
Edward Hislop, D. D., pastor of the
First Methodist church at Salina, is
a former Dickinson boy. Light re-
freshments will be served, and
everyone is welcome. No admission
will be charged.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-06-27
FIRST THRESHING DONE
IN DICKINSON COUNTY

F. w. Karl of Detroit started his
threshing last Friday and threshed
over 500 bushels on Saturday. 1t is
of fine quality. weighing so pounds.
It was sold to the Hoffman mills at
Enterprise.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1918-06-27

Heavy impnre blood makes .
muddy, plnply complexion. head
aches, nausea, indigo 4tion. Tnin
blood makes you W ak, pale and
sickly. For rure blood sOunG diges-
ton. use 9urdock Blood Bitters
81 25 at all stores