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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
KILLED SELF AT DETROIT.
Union Pacific Empioye Siashes Throat
With Razor.

Lite Butler as years old section
foreman on the Union Pacific, at Sa-
lima. committed suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor in the wash room
of Union Pacific train No. 40 as 1t
pulled into Detroit about 9 O'Clock
Thursday.
Alarmed by the sight Of blood seep-
ing thru crack under the wash
room door passengers informed the
train authorities and the door was
broken down. Butler was found ly-
ing In a pool Of blood.
An elderly man who got on the
train with Butler at Salina said that
Butler told him he was going to a
railroad hospital at Kansas City to
be operated upon for stomach trouble
He appeared to be In u weakened
physical condition.
The body was taken off at Chap
man and Coroner Tufts notified. liz
decided that no inquest was neces'
sary.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
PIONEER RESIDENT is GONE
First Husband Killed Here by "Wild
Bill" Hickok in '7o's.

Mrs. Mary Ferris, 70 years old,
pioneer resident of Kansas City, died
in Ogden, Utah, recently, according
to word received here. Mrs. Ferris
grew to womanhood upon the site OF
the present Union Station. She mar
ried Michael williams, who, In the
earlv '7Os, was killed accidently at
Abilene, Kans., by "Wild Bill, HE
kok, noted police officer Of that
time. under whom Williams was serv-
ing. Mrs. Ferris later married Pat
rick It. Ferris, master mechanic Tor
the Wabash. They moved to ogden
about twenty years ago.
Mrs. Ferris is said to have left an
estate of $4,000 divided equally be-
tween Catholic institutions In Ogden
and Kansas City relatives..-Kansas
City Star.
Williams was killed when HickoR
was taking a shot at some drunken
cowboys in front of a saloon on the
south side.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
ABILENE KANSAS, THURSDAY MORNING Ft RUARY 20 1919

be up to the people OF Abilene to
GERS will rank with those of the reSu-
lar army, under the Defense Act
passed last June
He says there Is only one thing
which the Abilene company lacks
and that IL an armOry. When the
company is fully equipped It Will
have the latest and best equipment
which, when II is all issued 1t Will
amount to approximately $4,000
worth Of government property. There
is a law providing that all such pro-
perty must have proper and sufti-
Client housing and 1t is for that the
armory is needed. 1t will probably
supply this room, or give financial
aid for It's construction. The govern
ment provides $500 year rent for
such a place.
The men who applied for commits
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
ANOTHER HARD SURFACE
ROAD IN s. f. DICKINSON.

Woodbine wants that government
road from F't Riley to Ft. Sill to fol-
low the natural short cut through
Woodbine and Herington going south
west in place of by way of Abilene
and Salina. Meetings are being held
to pull for it. The road is routed
now over the Golden Belt from Sa-
lima east but with the hard surface
road to be built from Lindsborg to
Herington it is planned to have
hard surface road from Herington to
Woodbine and Junction City which
would probably re-route the new
highway. South Dickinson seems
likely to get all the hard surfaced
roads Of Dickinson this year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
rrom Tuesdays Dany.l

Tho First National bank Of Her
sngton was robbed Of about $1301
about 1890 o'clock today by a
stranger who held up the employees
with a gun and escaped. He was
caught an hour afterward mile
west of the city.
The bank was empty of customers
during the noon hour when entered.
He talked with the president, G. H.
Edlin. in the rear office and after a
rambling conversation of fifteen
minutes demanded some money
Edlin refused to give 1t to him and
drawing a revolver the man backed
the president into the banking room
where he commanded him, the cash
Ter. o. Il. Murray, and the assistant
cashier. S. ]. Gilmore, to line VI
against the wall. This they did al
the point of revolver. He cleaned
M approximately $1361 from thf
counter and walked out.
In a few minutes a posse was OF
his track He was followed TO tu'
Rock Island round house then wes
and was captured near the cemetery
q mile ont of town. Sheriff Sherman
has him in charge and took him t'
Jail at Abilene.
The man was aged about 35 an'
has been In town for two or three
days. He was on foot The ban'
officers made no resistance, not wish
ing to take chances on being kille'
and the result showed that thei
judgment was good.
It is thought that he had thre
confederates and they intended I
come to Abilene tonight but the olh
ers have not been Identified. In
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
CAUGHT A 81 POUND FISH
Abilene Girl Makes a "Big Catch
In Palm Beach.

A sailfish exhibited in front Of tht
Palm Beach Mercantile Company's
store bore card showing the hsf
to have been caught by Miss Esther
Leach, fishing from Capt. Give Mer-
chants boat, the Ripple. The sail
fish weighed 81 pounds and was
feet s 1-2 inches In length.
The above clipping was taker
from a Palm Beach paper and was
contained in a letter from Miss Leach
in which she said that she caught
the fish on the smallest hook or
which such a fish had ever beer
caught there. Miss Leach is al
Abilene girl and is spending the win
ter in Palm Beach.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
Made SIIas.4z On Poultry.

Chas. A. Helm, s miles north and
3 west of Abilene probably has the
county record on poultry receipts for
1918. From flock Of 325 white
leghorns this was the income:
January SCOOP; February $47 so;
March S173.96; April $4,000; May
$114.47; June $56.SS; July $42.35;
August $32.79; September $36.65;
October $4o.40; November 10000;
December $10s.50; chickens sold
$169.79. Total $113S.47.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
WANT WORK STARTED ON
GRAVEL ROAD TO DETROIT

More than a dozen men who live
on the road between here and De
troit appeared before the county com
missioners this morning and asked
that the work be commenced on thu
gravel road to Detroit for which thu
petition was approved sometime ago
The commissioners took no actor
but 1t is probable that they will d'
so soon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
1rrom Wednesdays pally.l


RED" Davis, who robbed the Her
ington bank and was caught by a
posse Of men Tuesday afternoon
waived preliminary hearing before
Judge Quinn and is now in jail, his
bond being fixed at $500.
When the sheriff said somthing to
him about the disturbance he had
caused he merely laughed and seem
ed to take the incident lightly. He
was chased by posse of about %
men and five or six had regular army
guns with which they were shooting
at him. He said If he had gotten
into a refrigerator car, as he intend
ed to. they would never have caught
him. Davis says he was a profes-
sional base ball player and knew
people in Abilene.
Shortly after the alarm Of the rob-
berry had been sent In kindly Rogers
who was In Herington telephoned tc
the Smoke House here and told then
there had been a bank robbed there
The man at this end asked him how
much he got and he jokingly answer
ed that he had not had time to count
it. The telephone operators did quicl
work in notifying the authorities tha
they had discovered the criminal ant
Mr.. Rogers was Immediately held ant
searched. He was Of course found t
be innocent but he felt indignant TO
being held as a suspect and bein'
made to miss his train to Abilene.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
AA;1..e BOARDS Good Record.

Mrs. Joseph Curry has returned
from Topeka where she assisted IN
checking the delinquents from TINS
county, making sure that no meu II
sorvice should be classed as such.
The officials in Topeka complimenteo
bor ON the work of this board ano
said its records were among the oes'
tn tbe state. adding that they had MOI
contained an error.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
TROUBLES CAUSED DEATH
Given As Reason For Suicide OF
Railroad Employee.

Worry over domestic troubles Is
thought to be the cause Of the suicide
of Lige Butler, Of Salina, who killed
himself in a Union Pacific train last
week just as It reached Detroit.
Butler had been employed by the
Union Pacific in Salina for more
than 8 years. He was separated
from his wife last August and has
never ceased to worry about his
domestic troubles and the future OF
his two children, Mary Grace, age IL
who it is said has been working In
private family for her board ant
lodging while attending school, an'
Bertha May, age 8, who lives witt
the mother.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
BUILD $4,000 CHURCH
Emmanuel Lutheran People Make In
teresting Announcement

The congregation of Emmanuel Lu-
theran church Of Shady Brook OF
which Rev. L. C. Hermerding Is pas
tor had decided to erect new church
building to cost approximately $lo'-
mn IT will be of brick and modern
in every particular Herington
Times.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
LIBERTY BOND PRICES
Figures at Which They Sell A
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Feb. 15-U. s. A.
liberty Bonds closed today as fol
lows: 31a, 9s.s4, interest 81; lst
as. 92.74, interest .65; 2nd As $3.50
interest .9s; 1st Az 94.74, interest
so: 2nd Az $3.50, interest $l.o5
Ard Az 95.1O, interest $1.75; 4th
AZ $500, interest $1.29, The In
terest accrued as above is added &c
the value Of the bonds.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
County Has a Truck Now

The county commissioners after
careful consideration of various
trucks have purchased a G. Nj. Z. 10
he used In road work in the county.
They have contemplated buying
truck for sometime and now that
road building has become certainty
II win be most necessary.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
Co. { INTO SERVICE
MAJOR DUNKEL AND LIEUTEN-
ANT WARREN HERE
National Guard TO Play Big Part In
Future Army-Will Rank
With Regulars.

Wednesday night the Abilene com.
pany of the National Guard passed
its first inspection and was mustered
into service by Major Dunkel OF TO
peka and Lieut.. Warren OF Clay
Center. Major Dunkel said the com
pany was in good shape and had a
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20

Ever since he began to suffer with
his stomach he has appeared to be
more or less despondent and 1t Is
thought that his physical aliment to-
gcther with his despondeney over his
children led him to take his life.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
Part Of N.tiontl Guard Equipment State Arsenal

sions and were recommended to the
war department are II. A. Jensen
R. G. Dederick, Ernest Ross, and
q. A. Dovel. Three of these men VIII
be appointed as temporary officers OF
the company until they have passed
the war department examination ana
received their commissions.
The above picture shows part OF
the state Arsenal in Topeka with
overcoats and blankets stored In It,
ready to be issued to the National
Guards.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20

supt. Stacey and Principal Wheel
er Of the high school have arranged
to secure a seven number lecture
course to be held in the auditorium
of the new high school next year. The
numbers will be announced In the
Booster.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
Lone RObber Holds
Up Herington Bank

bank had not at 3 o'clock been able
to check up the exact amount miss
ing or returned but practically all the
stolen funds were recovered accord
ing to Cashier Murray.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20


Clerk-H w. King ............... Abilene
Treasurer-M. IL. Calkins.. Abilene
Clerk OF Court. Il. Jeffcoat...
-ADllcut
Sheriff-John ii. sherman. Abilene
Co. Supt.-Mary woolverton. Abilene
Co. Engineer and Surveyor-Karl
Riddle...........-.....-...-.. ...ADilene
Pro. Judge-W. s. Anderson. Abilene
Attorneys. s. Smith Abilene
Coroner. A. Tufts Abilene
Com. 1st Dist.-John Book Talmage
Com. 2nd Dist.-H. G. Brenizer-.
AuhthS
Com. 3rd Dist. b. Hostetter.
II. s. Trustee-R NJ. White. Abilene
II. s. Trustee-C. ii. Loudon.......
................................. Chapman
II. S. Trustee-F. &C. Munsell.-....
.......--------..----------.-.--.-
II. s. Trustee-C. w. Bell. Abilene
II. s. Trustee-F. w. Karl Detroit
II. S. Trustee. H. Taylor.
..-..-...-...-.-..--.-.-..-.....- chapman
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
Hayes Township

Hayes Township
Trustee. G. Minick k.... Detroit
Treasurer-Paul Goodwin. Detroit
Clerk-walter Murphy .Detroit
Hope Township
Trustee-Wm. III. Anderson. m Hope
Treasurer. NJ. Ketchersld 49, Hope
Cerk-F. Il. Fry......................H Hope
Jefferson Township
Trustee-Joe Baier...........E ElmO
Treasurer-F. II. Gantenbein. Dillon
Clerk-E IL. Rohrer.................E Elma
Logan Township
Trustee-Alby Sheets, Navarro
Treasurer-A. l.. Shank....Abilene
Clerk-W. T. Graham -. Enterprise
Lincoln Township
Trustee. w. Henderson. Solomon
Treasurer-Phillp Carlson. Solomon
Clerk-Bert Ramsey .......... Solomon
Liberty Township
Trustees. H. Gugler Woodbine
Treasurer. J. Muenzenmayer...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .WoOdbine
Clerk-C. #. Mitsch h.W Woodbine
Lyon Township
Trustee-Fred Biehler. .HerlngtOn
Treasurer Fred NJ. Thompson
.HeringtOn
Clerk. w. Jones ........ HeringtOn
Newbern Township
Harry Bricker.. Abilene
Treasurer-W. J. Hopwood Abilene
Clerk-D. N. Sheets Abilene
Noble Township
Trustee-C. A. Shearer Chapman
Treasurer. NJ. Clifford. Chapman
Clerk. FullertOn..............Chapman
Ridge Township
Trustee-L. S. Dillon
Treasurer-Louis Rediker..........H Hope
Clerk-Ernest Anderson. ............D Dillon
RInehart Township
Trustee--A. J. Schuler......C Chapman
Treasurer--Roy Murphy Chapman
/ Clerk-W. J. Buhrer. Chapman
Sherman Township
Trustee-Samuel Grattan.. Wakefield
Treasurer. A. Probasco.. Detroit
i Clerk--C. G. Weller Detroit
Union Township
Trustee-Wm. Rohlofr - HerlngtOn
Treasurer--John Schmidt . Hope
Clerk-R G. Schlesener.. Hope
Wheatland Township
Trustee-G. M Rucas . Carlton
Treasurer-Rudolph Heldstab.. Elmo
Il Clerk-R. ]. Logan. Carlton
WiIIowdale Township
Trustee--G. H. Cheney Talmage
Treasurer-F. o. Schopp....A Abilene
Clerk-Iiarry Dilling. Solomon
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
N. q. A Major Factor.

In regard to the future status OF
the National Guard in this country
Major Dunkel said 1t will rank with
the regular army and be a major
factor In the standing of the United
States. The men will receive com
plete equipment, more thorough
training than heretofore and the Off
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20
Complete List Of
All County Officers

COUNTY OFFICERS
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-02-20

splendid class of men and he saw no
reason why it should not pass the
final inspection. This company Is
designated as Co. f, of the Fifth
regiment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-25
SALTS IS FINE FOR
KIDNEYS, QUIT MEAT
Flush the Kidneys at Once When
Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers.
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by flush
ing the kidneys occasionally, says a
wel[known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which clogs the kidney pores
so they sluggishly filter or strain only
part Of the waste and poisons from
the blood, then you get sick Nearly
all rheumatism, headaches, liver trou-
Bile, nervousness, constipation, dizzi-
ness, sleeplessness. bladder disorders,
come from sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache in
the kidneys or your back hurts, or IL
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of
sediment, irregular Of passage or at
tended by a sensation of scalding, get
about four ounces OF Jad Salts from
any reliable pharmacy and take a ia
blespoonful in glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your kid
neys will then act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with Iithia
and has been used for generations to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to activity, also to neutralize the
acids in urine so It no longer causes
irritation, thus ending bladder disor-
ders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes a delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater drink which all reg
ular meat eaters should take now and
then to keep the kidneys clean and
the blood pure, thereby avoiding SER
ious kidney omplications.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-25
When was Court
House M0ved to
Richmond?
Richmond was not the county seat

Richmond was not the county seat
of Wayne county until 1873.
Salisbury, the couuty's first incor-
porated town, was the nrst county
seat, and secured that honor before
Richmond was village. In 1913, Cen
terville, rising and prosperous town'
wanted the honor of being mead OF tne
county and fight between SALISBURY
and Centerville was finally Desdn
which lasted several years. center
Vile was finally made the county seat
by an act OF the state legislature.
After about 40 years OF peacerui
possession by Centerville, Richmond
grown from nothing to the CHIEF trad
ing center and business town or the
county, decided that the caunty seat
should come to her.
Centerville resented this strongly,
and feeling ran high. Richmond de-
cided on action, and appointed a com
mittee of three. A Ernst, George w.
Barnes, and Thomas Nestor, retired
farmers, to take an option on the pres
ent court house square. That was In
1873.
But Centerville refused to give up
the county seat without struggle. A
number of shots were fired, and real
war was threatened, but the men OF
Centerville were overpowered by force
of numbers, and the county seat came
to Richmond. In its three moves, 1t
has travelled only nine miles, ana the
two last locations are within three
miles of the first.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-25
Reliable Method Of Hair Care

Hair is by far the most conspicuous
thing about us and is probably the
most easily damaged by bad or care
less treatment. If we are very careful
in hair washing, we will have virtually
no hair troubles. An especially fine
shampoo for this weather, one that
brings out all the natural beauty of
the hair, that dissolves and entirely
removes all dandruff, excess oil and
dirt. can easily be used at trifling ex-
pense by simply dissolving teaspoon
full of Canthrox (Which you can get at
any druggist's), in a cup of hot water.
This makes full cup of shampoo
liquid, enough so 1t is easy to apply
it to all the hair instead Of just the
top Of the head. This chemically dis
solves all impurities and creates a
soothing. cooling lather Rinsing
leaves the scalp spotlessly clean, soft
and plant, while the hair takes on
the glossy richness of natural color,
also f1uffiness which makes it seem
much heavier than It Is. After Can
throx shampoo, arranging the hair is
pleasure.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-25

to his daily paper for the quotations by which ne
may decide whether to sell or hold his crop. 10
diminish the possibility of error special safe
guards have been established. The market re-
port is in the hands of special department. In
the New York and in the Chicago offices OF The
Associated Press, men have no other duties than
to prepare the daily market reports. Years OF
experience prepare them for the responsibility.
The shifting prices from hour to hour are care
fully studied and recorded. Twice daily review
is sent out supplementing the recorded prices OF
grains and live stock and scarcely an hour OF the
day but some market, small or large receives at
tention on the wires
The closing bell of the great exchanges has
scarcely ceased to vbrate before the final figures
for the days trading are being flashed across the
continent and within a few minutes farmers in
Kansas and California, in Indiana and Alabama
know that wheat is up or down; that corn is
steady or weak; that oats are holding their own,
and that cotton is firm falling.
To those not directly interested the columns
of figures showing the opening and closing the
high and the low quotations are dull reading, but
to those who understand the meaning OF those
numerals and ciphers, who can see behind them
the tumult of the grain exchanges, the huge pens
of cattle, and in still further distance waving
grain fields, mile on mile of grazing lands, the
towering elevators, factories with blazing fur
naces or busy looms, the market page filled By
The Associated Press, has peculiar fascination
and transcends in interest and Importance all the
other pages of the paper.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-25
Hard Labor on Small Farms

Many American boys who service in
France have returned home with the impression
that American farmers would profit if they
divided their acreage into small farms. The in
tensive cultivation of few acres by the French
peasants has led American boys to believe that it
is more profitable to assiduously work few acres
than to manage a 100 acre farm.
One important fact that the advocates Of the
small farm idea overlook is that a small farm
precludes the use of machinery and compels the
doing of everything by hand. Because the
French peasants are forced to dispense with ma
chinery, they lead a very circumscribed life
which would not appeal to an ambitious young
American.
No American boy who is reared on a farm
would favor dispensing with American methods
to obtain conditions that prevail in the rural
districts of France and other European countries.
Machinery not only has dispensed with laborious
hand work but also has given the farmer time for
recreation. Small scale farming may be adapt
able to European conditions but will not appeal
very strongly to the American farmer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-25
Two New Junior High Schools

The decision of the school board to erect two
new junior high schools in the eastern and west
ern sections of Richmond instead Of one, central
ly located, meets with the approval of the COM
munity The school board is anticipating future
needs as they will arise with the expansion OF the
city Grievous mistakes have been made in many
cities by placing their high schools in centrally
located sites on the theory that they will be ac-
cessible to pupils from all parts of the city. U.s.
ually the lapse of ten years has proved the folly
of the decision.
The expansion of Richmond, at present, is to-
ward the east and west where desirable resident
ial districts have been opened The Whitewater
river will be dividing line for many years, max
ing it almost necessary to provide junior high
school in the western part of the city, and the
development toward the east has been so marked
in the last five years that the location OF Junior
high school there cannot be denied. Should an
increase in population north and south demand
it, additional junior high schools can be built in
these districts.
The school board is acting wisely in arrang-
ing the new buildings on unit basis so that ad-
ditions can be made as school attendance in
creases The board is applying the same prln-
ciple in purchasing enough land to take care OF
the future A modern school must provide room
not only for the schooling of the children but also
for their recreational needs.
Few citizens will differ with the school board
in it's decision to abandon the South Twelfth
street project. That plan is not feasible and
within few years the city would have outgrown
the capacity of the proposed plant. In the mean
time citizens should study the proposal of the
school board with care and offer suggestions for
improvements.