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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-04-29
TAX RATES NOT HIGH
Fifty-Five Cities of Second Class in
State Pay More Than Abilene.

Fifty five second class cities In
Kansas pay higher rate Of taxation
than does Abilene, according to a
table of assessed valuation and tax
rates for first and second class cities
in Kansas. compiled by the munich
pal reference bureau at the Cniver-
sity of Kansas. Neither is the
school tax here excessive. Eighteen
other Kansas towns Of the second
class pay more than Abilene does to-
ward school funds
Clean, old papers. &c a bundle at
this office.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-04-29

Drake Land Co. lot 10. Blk /.
Highland addition - 35g
Z Y, Marshall lot /. Blk .,
Highland addition -------- RIA
NJ + Fulton, lots IL and is. blk.
33. Farview Second addition $3.50
J r. Kassbeer tract in Abilene.
beginning COS n ~ and $50 n
w. OF s. H. corner i6-i3-e,
thence n. i2i H.. W. 20 II. s.
lsf n. y. 20 n, 10 point OF be-
ginning S9l
II NJ. Ripley. tract IN Abilene,
beginning 30 r. N aud 1850 n
W. OF SIC. corner i6-l3-2. ~
200 feet w 200 feet. s 200 n.
y 200 r. TO beginning -- 427s9
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-04-29

John II. DIARY. tract beginning
100 feet east of n. +. corner OF
18th and Walnut streets, N
40 feet. +. 100 feet, S 40 feet,
w. 100 feet to point Of begin
ming
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22
Please remember that the vermil

Please remember that the Vermil-
ion range has had no direct repre-
sentation in the legislature of the
state since P. r. Vail represented us
twenty years ago. This is not saying
that we have not been represented by
those who were elected to the legis-
lature from the Mesaba range, but it
is felt that the Importance of this
end of the district demands that we
have a direct representative. A. j..
Thomas of this city is candidate this
year and has the best prospects of
landing the position as one of the two
men to be elected. Ely and Tower
should stand as unit for Mr.. Thomas
and the towns of the Mesaba, if fair,
should also support him as one of the
men to represent the district He
has been a resident here since the
beginning of the range and knows
our needs like a book. We need a
man in the legislative halls and in
Mr.. Thomas the people will find the
proper party to represent us. Mark
your ballot first for Mr.. Thomas and
then for one of the other men, Chas.
T. Murphy of Aurora or E. J. Lar
son of Virginia. Your votes for the
Vermilion range candidate will give
us representation. Don't forget.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22
Vote 'Er Straight.
ELY TEAM LOSES.

The football game between the Ely
and Two Harbors high school teams
Saturday was won by Two Harbors
and not by superior playing but by
an error in judgement on the part of
the visiting coach who made a kick
on play and through the good ma
ture of the Ely coach, was given the
decision although Mr.. Cross, the ref
cree, had decided the play in favor of
our team.
Two Harbors scored a touchdown
in the first half of the game also kick
ing goal. Ely held them and lost the
game on fumbles of which several
bad and costly ones were made. The
disputed play came up in the last
quarter when Ely punted. A visiting
player attempted to get the punt but
missed and one of the Ely boys grab
bed it and scored touchdown. The
Two Harbors man claimed he did not
touch the ball. The referee ruled the
play fair but the visiting coach enter
ed kick with the visitors declaring
they would leave the field. Coach
Dunphy conceded them the point.
This did not meet with the approval
OF the spectators who could see the
play. The game should have stood
8 to in the visitors favor, with the
of tie game at the most,
instead of the to score as decided.
The visiting coach was clearly out
of bounds when he entered the field
on any pretext whatever. The ref
cree had charge of the game and his
decision should have been final. It
must be said, however, that during
'he argument, no foul language was
used by either coaches, referee or the
players, proving them gentlemen.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22
Mr.. ATWOOD VISITS LODGE.

In the rush and excitement attend
ant on getting out our mammoth
edition of last week, the Miner failed
TO mention the presence in the city
OF Supreme Prelate Atwood and his
meeting with the local lodge of
knights of Pythias. Mr.. Atwood
was in the city in the interest of the
order and while here took occasion
to secure several orders for Holmes,
Travel Library, meritorious work,
for which he has this territory. He
addressed the members at the meet
ing on the work of the order and gave
an exemplification of the secret work.
The session was well attended and
enjoyed. Mrs. C. M. Hanson served
most delectable lunch.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22
THE TEACHERS VOTE.

Many questions have been asked
as to whether women teachers NAV
vote at the coming elections and if so
whether they should vote in their
home district or in the district where
they stay during the school year.
10 satisfy these questions the At
torney General was appealed to and
mas rendered the following opinion:
A woman voter teaching in a dis
trlct other than the district of her
permanent residence may register by
mail pursuant to the provisions of
section 425, G. S. 1913 and may
vote by mail pursuant to the proyi-
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

Judge Homer B. Dibell, Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, will be
a candidate for reelection on Nov. 2.
Under the present law candidates ap--
pear near the bottom of the State
white ballot without party designa-
ton. The law contemplates that the
courts shall keep aloof from politics
and for many years it has been the
settled policy of the people to choose
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22
sions of chapter es, Laws of Minne-

sions of chapter 68, Laws of Minne-
sofa 1917"
The Attorney General further ad-
vises that if teacher intends to make
her permanent residence where she
is now teaching she may vote in that
district but she must satisfy the cleo
tion judges as to the sincerity of her
intention to make her new residence
permanent
The Attorney General has also
ruled that the giving of exact ages on
the part of women is not necessary
and that a statement of being over 21
is sufficient providing it satisfies the
election officials.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

Richard M. Funk has withdrawn
from the judgeship contest in this
district and has asked his friends to
ignore his name on the ballot. This
leaves five to be voted for the three
positions to be filled. Judges Cant
and Fesler should receive the unani-
nous support of the voters for two of
the places and from the other three
candidates, Greene, Magney and Har-
oldson, another good man can be
chosen.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

promiscously all have handful of
rs and ks in their names? Good,
plain Americans are too busy building
up the country to run around bomb
ing their neighbors. Go over. to
Europe and make sizzling remarks
about the government and see where
you land? This country needs
firing squad with carload of guaran-
teed sure-fire ammunition and an
order to fire when ready.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

, Be sure and vote Yes on Amend
nientsbNos. /, 2 and a. No. should
be voted No according to our way of
figuring this thing. We have it
doped out that Amendment No. 8
is the entering wedge for the abolish
ment of the advalorem basis of tax
alton which would mean the ruina-
tion of the cities and towns of the
state. Read over the amendments
and their purposes on the inside of
this paper.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

While A. ]. Thomas of this city is
the logical candidate for the Vermil-
ion range voters to tie to, we wish to
call attention to the excellent work
done for the district by Representa-
tive Chas. 7. Murphy of Aurora who
is a candidate for reelection. With
Murphy and Thomas in the legisla-
ture and Boylan in the senate, the
district will be properly taken care of.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

conditions will permit it is planned
to extend the line as far as Camp 9
this fall. Ranger Denley will also
begin the construction of the Birch
Lake Ranger Station within a few
days.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22
10 FOREST NOTES
(By the Superior Forest Office.

On October 9th, lookout reported
a fire in S. 26, T. "a N, R. ID west
within the boundaries of the Superior
National Forest. Upon investigation
it was found that some careless camp
RI had left his camp fire burning on
the north shore of Clear Lake. At
the time conditions in the Forest were
very dry. All vegetation had been
partially killed by frost and naturally
due to lack of rain was dry as tinder.
The fire spread rapidly and destroyed
the standing timber on approximately
275 acres of land. 1873 acres of this
was private land. In addition to the
above figures there were 200 acres of
very fine reproduction destroyed.
This burned area now presents pic
ture of desolation and ruin, all vege-
tation having been completely oblit-
Grated. In order to check this fire
it was necessary to obtain thirty men
from Ely and put them on the lob
as quickly as possible. Under the
present labor conditions this proved
difficult problem and a call was made
upon Supt. White for number of
his high, school boys to act as fire
fighters. Mr.. White responded cheer
fully and turned over to the service
IL of his high school students. We
wish to take this means of thanking
Mr.. White and his boys for their
kind and hearty cooperation in the
service they rendered in helping to
suppress the fire. The cost of extin.
this fire was approximately
81 200. This, however, is only
small portion of the loss sustained
since the timber value together with
the loss of the young stand of repro
duction would reach thousands of
dollars besides the number of years
lost in putting the area back in the
condition it was before the fire. In
addition to the above loss, one mile
of lake shore has been left a barren
waste, thus marring the beauty of
Clear Lake which is noted for it's
beauty and popular for it's bass fish
ing.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22
Lithographs of the features of the

Autographs of the features of the
gubernatorial candidates have been
posted here this week. By looking
at the manly, open features of Jake
Preus, we cannot see how anyone
can cast his ballot for any of the
other candidates. Besides a face,
Jake has heart and the makeup OF
real American. He is the man to
vote for.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22
Mouse Kept Receipted Bill.

A worker in house near Derby
academy, Hingham, found a piece of
paper in a mouse nest which provel
to be a receipted bill for the construc
ton of the house and was dated 2OJ
years ago.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

Strange as it may seem consider
ing that they will be compelled to
pay for the hard surfaced roads to
be acquired by the adoption of
Amendment No. 1, every man who
attended the meeting at Hibbing last
week where plans were made for
boosting the Amendment, was a car
owner.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

While the spellbinders are trying
to befog the issues with the League of
Nations stuff, don't forget the years
'73 and '93 when the Democrats were
in power. In 1913 the war came
along just in time to save repetition
of the '93 times. Vote 'er straight.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

An exchange says: "After drink
ing three quarts of bay rum, bottle
of milk and eating a dish of pickles,
Delaware man is dead" He evi-
IDENTIFY drank too much milk.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

Ranger I. A. Denley has con-
struction crew extending the tele-
phone line from Camp to Camp 9
on the Stoney Road. If weather
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

Did you ever notice that those who
flourish the red flag, throw bombs,
tear up things in general and blast
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22


During the period from October
to ID, a great many fires were re-
ported outside the Superior Forest.
Conditions as whole were very seri-
Gus and had the high winds contin-
ued and the rains been delayed for
few days the calamity of 1918
would have been repeated, simply
through the carelessness of some set
tier, camper or logger. Settlers and
loggers in many instances dispose of
their brush and slashings without
taking the proper precautions allow
ing their fires to gain headway with
out giving them any serious consider
ation. The attitude seems to be to
ignore the danger to life and prop
erty and to burn regardless of con-
ditions. 1t appears that there are
few people who must actually be
made to suffer with conditions result
ing from their own carelesiless and
causing others to be endangered by
their own violations simply because
it cannot be realized that section lines
and fences will not stop fires. Camp.
ers, hunters and fishermen that are
so negligent as to leave their canr
fres burning and do not use neces-
'ary precautions to use the greatest
care with frn within the Fo .nst are
rot good 81 ol tsmen and should not
,e included in the loyal ranks Of the |
nature loving people who forever
nave the preservation of our natural
'esources a. heart.
The fire situation in this region for
lie Fast summer cen be at :ribute,.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

entirely to carelessness and negli-
geKce.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

will help maintain the integrity and
keep up the standard of the Supreme
Court.
The Ely miner., 1920-10-22

At this same time another fire
occurred in the Swallow & Hopkins
holdings north of Fourtown Lake and
was caused by brush burning which
became uncomfortable due to high
winds and the dry condition of the
forest. The company, however hand
led the fire remarkably well and no
great loss resulted.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-22

the Rocky mountains and ! have
watched both with my heart In my
eyes.
And without doubt there 10 some
thing fearfully satisfying about the
awesome grandeur OF winding
mountainous scenery. And We all
love the wide open spaces. In con-
trast VIC seem SO crude in our hao-
its, so tied to doll houses and toy
furniture-so wrapped ingloriously
in our petty plans. l thought o3smy
house and your house and my
neighbours also. All three we're alb
surdly unimportRnt when viewed as
mere structures. Oh, I'm not dis
paraging the homo spirit, for that Is
a wide, beautiful thing. Just as
thoughts and dreams and breezes
and the things we feel are glorious.
But the houses we put them In!
They're so small-so tightl
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-22
EveningChat
IN own %lmpreesIon.


There Is q most wonderful story
IN McClure's for this month called
Japanese Impressions. and the au-
thor, Julian Street. has promised
more for next month. ! have been
wandering about through sleepy
VirEinia towns during the past
week on a tour OF investigation and
because l passed through much ex-
QuisIte scenery l was Just in the
right mood yesterday while ioggips
along on a B. & D. train toward
home, now reading. now gazing, to
enjoy to the utmost the gorgeous
impressions Of a we'll known writer
regarding Japan; her picturesque
people, her old, pretty ways-one
fact particularly brought out, refer
ring to the few possessions In the
Japanese home. Says Julian
Street: The japanese more than
any other people are not bound by
possessions. They don't spend
their lives caring for inanlmate OBJ
tects. Their homes are not clutter
ed with endless belongings. con-
feBs five come home dlBsRtis-
fed. 1 want to tear my house to
pieces-to throw out half Of all l
can 80 that l may have space in
which to toss about. Are WI not all
more or less affected in this man
ner following o journey through the
open country, where needless and
useless fermentation is dispensed
with utterly2
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CAPARELLI.

concert, should have resulted in a
more ready response from music
lovers, to insure the Gee Of the
course, but the expectations of the
,pramoters Of the course have been
tar from realization. Notwithstand,
ing an extensive advertising cam
,paign and every other possible
means to, bring about the success
81 the venture, only 100 Of the 500
tickets have been sold, which will
result In a loss OF more than u
hundred dollars after the nex con-
cert unless there is a big sale OF
single admission tickets at the
door.
The next attraction Is the Harp
vocal Ensemble which Is billed to
appear at the First M. L. church
next Friday night.
This company is without ques-
ton one OF the most unique and
finest In the Lyceum world. For
the pastStwo years they have filled
one hundred dates Il season, being
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-22
Woman Vote From
The Humorous Side

''vote! Vote! vote!!!" would
be a most hitting campaign song
for our female population in urg.
ing their sex to get into line and
make use Of the ballot this elcc.
ton. There's no DOUBT at all that
women will cast a big influence Oh
the results at the polls. Hasn't
woman ruled ~ the home for
many year? Well, think Of the
power she has over hubby! Will
he vote as she wants him to? How
will she vote? The press para.
graphers OF America have treated
this timely subject humorously and
some of their laughable quips have
been presented on the motion pic
ture screen in 1.-The Literary Dl.
gest, Topics OF the Day" hlums:
"Oh, Mother, may l go out to
vote?" Eyes, my darling daught.
er. But vote for that pretty can.
didate who smells of toilet water"
Cleveland News.
The ladies are hereby reminded
that when they go to vote there
will be no alterations, a%pproVals or
exchanges.-Newark News.
How y votin' this fall?" eth
wife hasn't decided how we'll vote
yet."-Hudson Observer.
The girls will know how to make
KS on their ballots after all these
Of practice on love letters.-Ex-
hibftor's Herald.
Horrors!! An Indian law re.
quires eighteen inches OF the vot-
ers' legs to show beneath the cur.
tain in the voting booths.-Boston
Globe.
She shrieked and moaned and
tore her hair, and cried in deep
detection, "Mynew dress won't be
finished, and tomorrow's the cleo.
tion!"-The Sun Dial.
When they go to the polls wo'
men bargain hunters should re-
member that they can get only one
ballot apiece-Toledo Blade.
Registrar--"How old are you
madame?" Voter-''I have seen
nineteen summers" Registrar
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-22
THIS ARMY MULE
REAL %ARIST0CRBT
Was Born on a French
Battlefield And Is
a Battery Pet

"Born on the batleneld"-this Is
tn 9 soubriquet proudly worn by
Mile. verdun. probably the most
.aristocratic equine in the United
States, and only an army mule.
No recruit Is full-hedged in the
18th Field Artillery, now in Texas,
until he ia permitted to groom and
otherwise doll up this regimental
notwithstanding you to Mile.
Verdun gold striper, from France.
She was foaled on April 16, 1918,
on the red and bloody slopes Of Yer
dun, Just four hours after her dam
had finished hauling sheels for Bat
terry e, 18th Field Artillery, Second
division. she being a wheel mare IN
that crackerjack battery OF the fa-
nous Indian Head" division.
Mile. Verdun FIRST saw the light Of
day. or rather night, on this fretful
globe OF ours at 3 a. M. when the
artillery fire was at its height. She
scorned to die Of fright, but thriv-
ed, and 4 few days later the battery
marched ten miles, and the new.
born mascot with 1t, under her "
power. Before she was a month
old she had liked another thirty
miles in two days, and not q major
offensive did the Second division
pull on that Mile. Verdun was not
in the thick Of II. For good measure
she liked a hundred miles to the
Rhine. keeping watch with the rest
OF the Army Of ocupation.
How are we going to get her
home " asked any a 1rst-class prl-
vate OF the vet, and the vet passed
the buck to the Quartermaster. An
ironbound ukase had gone out that
no animals or such were to go back
to the United States, even II they
were reglmental mascots.
"Oh. very WE'LL" said the boys Of
Battery E. 1--WE haven't fought in
France two years for nothing" And
behold. Mile. Verdun, mysteriously
missing for many a day, bloomed
forth again at quarantine on this
side Of the Atlantic, too late to DO
sent back. There q relentless vet
Urinary officer thrust her into quar-
antine, but now she Is free, and the
queen OF all she surveys at Camp
Travis, San Antonio, Texas, where
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prOpmtly done. Gail 119S-R.
lnspLrIna Scenery.

And l want to say right hero that
We need not so to distant lands
to view wonderful scenery. Many
Fairmontets take tho journey to
Washington by night aud miss the
mountain views, especially near Mt.
Lake Park. Yesterday l came from
Washington by day and was en-
tranced. Just now there is much
snow on the mountains and the
train winds In and out very high at
intervals, lurching gently to the
chug-chug OF tho rails and jerk Of
the engine az it rounds tho many
curves. One can keenly hear and
feel the pull as the train goes high
er and higher. Truly l enjoy the
mountain scenery between here and
Washington Just as much az that in
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-22

With fragrant thoughts and pretty
plans. The machinery In my bead
is grinding out moving plcture9
new and exquisite and from time
to time | shall attempt TO sketch
them here for your intersst.
l travelled pretty extensively.
through virginia last week visiting
girls schools. And l feel ! Am
somewhat OF an authority on the
subject today. So that Il there y =
mother or two-and doubtless there
are more than tWo-Who want ~
know what I think OF GttlS' sehooleI
you may drop me q line and I vii
answer oil questions truthIultY a.
give you first hand information on
at least eight Of the best known
ones in this part OF the country
When l.haYe rested a bit Will tell
you a story or two in this column
on the subject.
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UNIQUE MUSICAL
COMPANY COMING

Unless enough season tickets for
thessertes Of attractions booked by
hs American Legion are sold in
the near future to Justify the post
d continuing the course, the con
icerts Will be discontinued after the
appearance Of the next ,nttraction
next Friday night, is the announce.
mapt given out by officers of the
legion last night.
IN making a plea for tho patron.
lge OF the public, it was pointed
Dpt that the principal object Of the
series Eassto enable the local post
% acquire a home Of their own and
liz attractions second to none on
me lyceum stage were secured.
Ehe artistic success Of the first
aeafg |a- lIHH-.