Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-01-01
slINFLOwnR STATE NEWS


The coat shortage CLOSED industries
this caused unemployment aud pri-
vntion and proved that conditions Of
whatever character which interfere
with Industrial activity bring Inn
mediate hardship.
wichita. Kansas National bank
and National Bank of Commerce 10
merge January first.
Kansas City Power aud Light Go.
make application to issue $9.99S,oOO
common stock and Ss,000,000 first
mortgage bonds and to take over the
Standard Electric company of Kan
sas City Kansas.
Lawrence.-O burners installed
lln University heating plant.
Horanif.-sN foot vein soft coal
located IN wyandotte county depth
30 feet.
Smlleyyille Express: There could
not be national fuel shortage u
there were fool shortage.
Topeka. SQUAD industry locates
here. VIII ship dressed birds 70
eastern markets.
Cottonwood Falls Chase county
viii pave several miles new Santa Re
Trail
Osawatomle Missouri Pacific
win bnild 100000 POSTAL round
house and new S1l0.ooo freight de-
pot here
wichita Western Lithographic
Co to erect $l5O,ooo business build
ling.
Congress IS considering a proposal
to reduce the 100000 departmental
clerks ii Washington to 10000
which shows how serious the treas
Jury deficit really is.
Dunkards to establish a large
church college at Atchison.
Hiawatha.-C Commercial travellers
cut 100 loads wood TO help out coal
famine.
wichita. Contracts let for ST.
600 annex to high school, four g.
room bungalows, brick filling station
and brick rooming house.
Florence Texas Oil Company
brings In big well on Larson farm.
Topeka Permission to issue
$4,000 stock granted LeayenworJh
& Topeka Railroad by public utilities
commission.
Topeka.-Union Terminal Eleva-
tor & Milling Company granted
charter, capital 100000.
Russell.-Local bank sends IN
500, 600 Liberty and Victory bonds
for registry.
Arnold. Neb., Sentinel The
farmer is said to be the only person
who. in these times Of passion and
turmoil, has his feet ON the ground.
wichita. Congregational church
will build 100000 edfice.
wichita site purchased to erect
$50, 900 2-story building.
Salina.- sherman ranch compris-
ing $4,000 acres to be sold in small
farms
Leavenworth. Government trucks
fitted up to serve in Crawford county
coal fields.
o..-Mid Continent Oil
brought in another gas well five!
miles east.
Concordia. "A vigilance committee
of American Legion members has
been appointed here to watch for un-
American remarks or actions. 1t
will serve as a local gum shoe bomb
squad. Men found guilty of un-
Americansm will be brought before
the legion.
Chanute Tribune advises the on
towns to foster the dairy industry SO
that when the oil industry gives out,
as it will some day, they will be able
to keep up.
Kansas City Northwestern Rail
road Will be smut down lndenllltely'
with the exception of its Kansas side
terminals, until real reorganlza-
ton is perfected.
''The basic principle of our courts
of law is arbitration. When two
persons differ on a subject of inter
est, that cannot be adjusted annie
ably; they seek the aid of the court,
the Judge as arbitrator, makes his
decision and the contestants abide
by it, That is Arbitration" The
Mediator. Why should not the same
system apply in industrial disputes
LEAVING TRAIL OF DEATH
Whiskey Substitutes Causing Wide