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The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

go to pieces is a field Of investiga-
ton, Of increasing importance be-
cause of the growing volume OF
heavy trafic, that the Federal in
vestigators expect to secure i'm
portant information.
The work includes taking sam
pies of soil at spots in the subgrade
Of a highway where the road has
begun to fail, studying surrounding .
geological conditions to determine
how moisture arrived in the sub
grade, thus destroying its value.
making laboratory tests TO deter
mine the physical characteristics OF
soils, and obtaining a scientific
measure Of the bearing value Of
soils. In this Investigation It Is
proposed to obtain as much coop
Grafton as possible from the various
State highway departments.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

reported to individuals
Germany at present has outdis-
tanced all other nations in the air.
1t is estimated that the air routes
cover more than 1000 miles. All
the large cities have been connect
ed up for the rapid conveyance OF
mails and passengers
Germany is also the only country
to possess an airship line. which is
in operation between Berlin and
Friedrichshafen, a distance by air
way of 400 miles.
These Zeppelins will also shortly
enter into competition with the
heavier-than-air service for traffic
from the Baltic states. Service be-
tween New York and Berlin is con-
templated by the Hamburg -Ameri-
can Steamship Company, which has
ordered two large Zeppelins. IL
the experiment is successful. addi-
tional machines will be ordered.
France is also planning a route.
Paris-Marseilles and Africa. ana
later the line will be extended TO
Pernambuco in Brazil via Dakar.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

Keeping healthy has become q
fad among girls in the Washington
bureaus.
A scientific study has revealed
that departments in which the girl
workers take an interest in ath-
letics are more eficient than the
others.
And 3 o'clock the time formerly
looked upon as the zero hour in
the efficiency OF the girls, is no
longer in evidence. The heads of
many governmental departments
declare that physical training has
done away with that tired" feel
ing which usually in the afternoon
put a girls efficiency at the lowest
ebb.
Miss Betty Boyle, head OF the
physical department of Community
Service, whose classes are attended
weekly by several hundred girls,
states that every one who comes to
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

the gymnasium does SO with the
idea that perfect health makes
perfect ONCE girls"
Washington girls realize now
that they cannot build UP strength
on candy and ice cream sodss and
that rational exercise is necessary
to increase their efficiency" says
Miss Boyle. The girls in my
classes come from every depart
ment of the government and indoor
and outdoor baseball. tennis. bas-
ket-ball and other gym classes hold
an unusual interest for all.
During the period that I have
been in charge OF the department
many girls have told me that they
no longer are worn out in the after
noon and that physical training has
enabled them to work at top speed
all day. There is no falling OF of
energy, such as noticed before the
girls went in for athletics"
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

a. m. and by rail it arrives at the
Capital at p. m
Five Martin planes have been de-
ivered to the government. They
COST about $4,000 each. Four 1900
pound capacity Thomas Morse planes
are being constructed and when they
are delivered the Chicago-St. Louis
branch will be established.
Forty-hve Planes Now.
The Postoffice Department now
mas forty-five planes and TWENTY
nVe hiers. When the routes are
exter ded to the Coast II will have
eighty planes. 80 Since the servic.
was started May Is, 1918, six pilots
have been killed.
There are forty-two Letters to tb.
pound. A Martin or Thomas Morse
plane can carry mail ON which
sI,z6o ordinary Postage has been
PAID TO say nothing of the stimu-
lant the rapid service offers to per-
sons TO send letters special delivery.
All special mail is supposed to 20
by the quickest means. The extra
profit to Uncle Sam on q special Is
cents, the boy on the bicycle re-
ceiving 8 cents for delivering n.
This would make the gross revenue
for 1,5oo pounds Of special delivery
mall $3.50.
AS to reliability, survey Of aer-
ial mall was made for November.
December and January. It was
found the planes delayed mails be-
hind regular train schedules but
twice. One Of these times the train
that would have carried the same
mail was eighteen hours. late, for
the same cause that delayed the
plane and the plane, beat 1t. On
the average. airplaies had made
so per cent better speed than rail
mail, and cost Uncle Sam less.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

Uncle Sam win soon have an air
mail route from New York to San
Francisco. Soon" means shortly
after June 80. Congress has Just in
creased the aerial appropriation to
S1,415,000, an increase for the 1890
81 fiscal year of s664,500 to be used
for this project
This will mean that soon 1t will
be possible to mail a letter In New
York at 6 pm. Saturday and get 1t
to San Francisco by about am.
Monday. By rail the same letter
could get there not sooner than
am. Wednesday, more likely Thurs
day. The postage will be 2 cents.
To get q straight fifty-word mes
sage through by wire costs s4.7o. q
night letter sl.30, or q ten-word
straight message $1.3o.
PROFIT at That.
At the same time Uncle Sam win
make q profit on the letter.
lished are from New York to
washington, with a stop at Phila-
delphia; New York to Cleveland,
with q stop At BeIlefonte, Pa; cleve-
land to Chicago. with a stop a,
Bryan. Ohio.
The next extension will be made
May from Chicago to Omaha, with
a stop at Iowa City. The route is
going as straight as crow can ny
toward the Coast. With the new
appropriation at an early date the
route will be extended from Omaha
to Cheyenne, to Salt Lake City or
Ogden. to Reno, to Sacramento and
to San Francisco.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
Shackleton Tip
Says Sea Lions
Are TastyFood
Explorer to Dine Scientists
On Seals Eyes and
Octopus Soup.

Washington scientists are in
auded in a group of naIIonaiIy-
xnown men that will attend q ban
hpet in Boston, where appstizing
dishes from sea lions, sent to Amer
lea by Sir Ernest ShackIeton, the
famous Arctic explorer. Will be
sorved.
Sir Ernest takes this as one
means to reduce the cost Of food.
Harvard scientific meh viii give
the banquet this month and two Of
the principal dishes will be seals
eyes and octopus soup. Seals eyes,
Shackleton says, make a very del
icate dish, and the soup is not only
palatable but nourishing.
Mcmillan Endorses Idea.
Betram Bangs, the noted biolo-
gist of Harvard, and Donald B.
Mcmillan. the explorer, point out
that in South America the octopus
Is used as the base Of a particular
1y appetizing soup. And in Aus
tralia. the mutton bird. very much
like the penguin, is one of their
finest dishes. The Esquimos con-
slider seals eyes one of the delica-
cies of the season. and the tact
they are eaten by the Esquimos OI
that they are seals eyes does NOT
d
white man, Shackleton holds.
A letter to one of his friends In
America in reference to the worsGs
food supply and demand, says:
My attention to a partial So
luton Of the worlds food prob
lem was called by a lecture be-
fore an English scientific body
some years ago. The lecturer
had already interested the
American public in the idea OF
eating game animals and culti-
waiting edible animals in the
natural habitats. There ars
millions of acres of waste land
in the world that, with proper
management. would produce
good food meats
Is Sending Food to o. 8.
Human nature is peculiar,
foweyer. and what it Is not
t'sed to seeing. II is very skep-
teal about eating. Pretty and
ugly. ferocious and kindly am
mails of the zoo, to the average
man. are natures creatures for
his entertainment He does not
realize that most of these ami
mails. to him unusual, are COM
mon sights to some of the
worlds Inhabitants, and most
of them are used for food.
Before returning ITO the
South will arrange to have a
quantity Of the food that we
used in the South. sent TO the
United States. Some of the En-
glish medical societies have
eaten sea elephant, penguin.
seals and sea lions and pro-
nounced them first class foods.
would like you to arrange
with one of the big educational
Institutions, such as Harvard,
to give a dinner to a number
of scientific men and students
of humanity's needs, using this
meat as a menu.
This would bring before the
people Immediately the desira-
bility of investigating the Ant
arctic food supply and famil-
iarize them with the idea of
eating the food that I know
from experience can be recon-
mended."
Sir Ernest expects to come to the
United States within a year to ad-
vocate further his Arctic idea
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

More than 5000 Greek Catholic
people in Washington will celebrate
today the festival OF st. George, the
dieter holiday OF the orthodox
calendar.
The celebration will center around
the church of st. Constantine and
st. Helena, Sixth and c streets
southwest. Rev. NJ. Metexopoulos.
pastor. has arranged to welcome
hundreds of his countrymen from
Maryland and Virginia.
Flowers and flags cover the inte.
rior walls of the church and tho al
tar. Children of the parish school
will appear in the quaint old cosu-
try costumes of the Thraeian hills,
The choir has been augmented.
Festivities start at daylight
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

"Keeping fowls on = town lot or
in the back yard II q phase Of home
production worthy Of consideration
these days" says Joseph W. King
horne. Of the Department Of Agri-
culture. in discussing q practical
means Of obtaining food at q lower
cost Twelve to twenty-five hens
or pu11ets Is sufficient to provide
the average family with eggs and
meat during the greater part of the
year"
The actual purpose Of keeping q
small flock Of fowls Is primarily for
egg production. An average egg
yield OF from 40 to $50 eggs per
fowl Is . fair return Frequently
housewives have a quantity of table
scraps, vegetable peelings and left
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

overs that can be utilized by feeding
to the hens. Supplementary to such
feed, however, a grain and dry mash
should be provided
When all the feed is purchased q
feed cost Of from 31.2s. to s1.75 per
hen should be allowed. A good egg
laying ration should consist of the
following: Two parts of corn meal.
one part Of bran, one part middlings
and one part beef scrap, mixed to-
gether and fed in a dry mash hop
per to which the fowls will have
access at all times. In addition to
this q scratch ration of equal parts
Of cracked corn, wheat and oats
should be fed in a deep litter twice
daily. Due to the present high price
of wheat the amount recommended
above can be considerably reduced.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

when members Of the Greek colony
go about from house &c house with
greetings. The forenoon Is given to
religious services. The picturesque
orthodox ceremony in past years
has proved an attraction to many
Washington people Of other faiths.
Father Metexapoulos says.
Members named George are ex-
pected to attend church with now
ers in their buttonhoies, in honor Of
their patron saint. A substantial
contribution for charity is expected
from each. -..-
Social affairs at homes in the coll
ony will MI the afternoon. FIR. Me-
texopoulos will ofticiate at a num-
Der OF weddings and christenings
during the day,
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
District Students
To Study in Tokyo

The Georgetown University stu
dent equipping himself for service
In Japan will complete his course OF
training In that nation. Arrange
ments have been made by the School
Of Foreign Service OF Georgetown
University with Jochi University,
Tokyo, for an interchanfe OF stu
dents and teachers.
The school in Washington. which
trains men for business in other
lands, is making similar arrange
ments with universities in China.
South America Europe and other
parts of the world,
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
9TH Grade Boy
Is Real Editor
IND. c. School
"Courier' Appears Every
Week in John Eaton
School Room.

''Mr. Booth Harrington. meet Mr.
Richard c. Drum-hUnt. jr., seventh
grade student, full-hedged news
paper owner. editor and publisher
and not yet seventeen.
II the Indiana lover and writer Of
boys would visit the John Eator
school in Washington he might fear
to write Of the truth that lie
stranger than fiction" for young
Richard has not waited for the COM
ing OF years before assuming the
solemn editorial I'VE" and ventursnR
TO launch on the sea Of American
Journalism.
sCent an Ineh.-
The Courier published every Wed
nesday by the Hunt Publishing Com
pany. rates of advertising, cent per
square inch" may have to worry
about the paper shortage, but GER.
tainly is not confronted with the
problem of a growing payroll OF
mounting mechanical costs. for the
youthful ''Aarse Henry" has decresJ
salaries non-essential on his paper
Following in the steps of the lit
erary Digest. he also has substituted
the typewriter for the composing
room, presses and other mechanical
processes.
A loyal star was gathered around
the young editor. Three associates.
Saunders Weston, George Moody
and Philip Stone. help in the direc-
tion of the stan of nine reporters:
Grandin Carmick, Ruth Miller, Clay
ton SINNERS. william Pye, Anne
Hommel. Harold Pope, Kenneth
Dunn. Robert L. Livingston and
Raymond Crist. Kenneth Dunn acts
as confidential secretary, Philip
Stone is chief printer. and Miss
Blanche L Teel. teacher. is censor.
Up HnI and Down.
But not all has been rosy since
the first issue OF the Courier MADE
its appearance. In the early days.
a few months ago, the paper had
to struggle along as in the years
before Gutenberg invented the
press. for the printing was all done
by hand then. A partner was taken
into the company. but he soon re
signed" and the work fell entirety
on the shoulders. or rather the
hands. of young Richard. until he
gathered around him his present
stan. Now the only hand work IN
the. paper is the cartoon Of some
fellow student prominent in the life
OF the school room
Jokes, ''pomes," ads and school
news go with the cartoon and give
the fifty subscribers their moneys
worth every Wednesday morning.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02

Some microscopic beings cannot
be defined either az plants or ami
mails. They have the green dye
which distinguishes plants but also
have rudimentary eyes and possess
motion They are the missing links.
Il Is said. Of the ultra-minuts
world.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-02
Branch to South.

The first branch route will run
from Chicago to st. Louis, which
service is to be inaugurated as soon
as the factory delivers the planes
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-02-05
CROPS SUCCESSFUL IN 1919
Value Was SI7I,o7O,ooo Greater
Than In 1918.

Estimates given today by Edward
T.. Paxton, field agent for Kansas Of
he United states department Of
agriculture. the farm value Of TWEEN
~ nine field crops and wool produc-
ed In Kansas In 1919 was S171,02O,-
600 greater than In 1913. These
thirty crops were valued in 1919 at
S622, 10000. This il the most
valuable crop ever produced In the
state and gave Kansas ranking OF
hfth among the states Of the union
for 1919 production On value OF
thirteen major crops, Kansas ranked
fourth. Texas, Iowa and Illinois be-
Ing the only states to excel her on
that basis. The neighboring states
Of Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma
ranked, respectively, eighth, ninth
and eleventh. Kansas high standing
last year was due largely to her pre-
eminence In wheat. the value OF
which was estimated at $324,662,-
900.
Oats, flax, grain sorghums, sac
charine sorghums and broom corn
show smallest total values in 1919
than In 1918, entirely due to de-
crease In acreage of these crops to
the advantage Of wheat. Wheat,
rye. broom corn and saccharine sOr-
ghums for forage show similar acre
values In 1919 than in 1918. On the
basis of grain value alone, grain sor-
ghums were worth $40 more per
acre than corn. Wheat shows the
highest acre value of any grain crop.
but lacks almost $11 per acre of be
ing as valuable as tame hay.
Estimates Indicate sheep are the
only class OF live stock showing an
increase in Kansas in the last year.
Kansas. for the first time, reaches
the = million mark in sheep on
farms. or horses and mules it is
estimated there were as many in the
state January ! as 4 year ago.
Milch COWS have decreased 3 per
cent in unmber in thel asst year, due
largely to the fact that the poor pro-
ducer has been eliminated by the
high cost Of feed
Stock cattle have decreased in
numbers during the past year to the
amount Of 10 per cent. Estimates
show only 2,1G1,000 cattle, other
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-02-05

than mllch cows, in Kansas January
4. 1920. This Is the smallest num-
Der on record in the last twenty
years. and a further decline Is Inn
mlnent unless prices pick mp.
only three times in the last forty
years has Kansas had so few swine
on fa.ms as at the present. II Is
estimated there were 1,667 900 swine
on Kansas farms January l, or 80
per cent less than a year ago ana
but little more than half the num-
Der there were in 1911, when Kan
sas reached her climax In hog pro-
dueti0n with 100000.
The present shortage OF hogs Is
not alarming nor In any way aDnor-
NAL Supply readily VIII adjust IT.
self to favorable change In feeding
and marketing conditions.
The total value Of all livestock II
Kansas has deprecated from $780,
10000 in January, 1919, to 1885,
O13,00O in January, 1920. This de-
crease In value is attributed partial
ly to the decrease in numbers Of cat
tie and swine, but also Is due to n
decrease of $50 per head for horses,
S4.7O per head for cattle, $l.20 for
sheep and 81 for swine. Mich cows
are estimated as being worth as
much per head now as year ago,
and mules are averaged at SO per
head higher than last year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-02-05
LEGAL NOTICE

First published in the Abilene Weekly
L annnInn Ineh = lAonl
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-02-05
PUBLIC SALE

The undersigned will sell at public
auction at his farm, one mile west Of
Tnlmape. on
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-02-05
PUTS GEARY IN THE LEAD
But Dickinson Also Makes Good
Showing in Road improvement.

In registering $4,000 worth Of
road Improvement bonds at the state
capitol. Geary county is maintaining
the lead in highway improvement, 1t
was announced by state officials ac-
cording to the Topeka Capital Geary
county. they say, is the first to file
and register bonds for
road improvement. The county
which is the smallest in the state al
so has the record of having the first
hard surfaced rural paving and the
first federal aid highways in Kansas.
Though Dickinson county has not
recorded the road bonds recently sold,
they amount to $225. 900, nearly
three times the value of those regis
tered by Geary county This gives
Dickinson credit for hard surfaced
road program equal TO, If not greater
than that started by Geary county
in proportion to their relative size
The population of Geary is over
1900. compared to Dickinson's
population Of over 26.O00; the area
of Geary is $4,000 acres compared
to $4,000 acres in Dickinson, ana
the valuation Of Geary is over SOL
100000 compared to the valuation
of over $53.OOO,O0O for Dickinson.
Comparative figures. therefore show
that Dickinson county's road pro-
gram equals that Of the adjoining
in proportion TO her popula-
ton. assessed valuation and area.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-02-05
Tuesday, Feb. 10th
8 Horses and Mules

Team, mare and horse, all-purpose,
S and 8 years old; coming yearling
mules; . mules, coming 2-year-olds;
. mnles. coming 2-vear- Odds.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-02-05

An ordinance granting The Standard
OIL Company (Indinna) Permission 10
Erect HYIIdings and Tanks for the
storage of Petroleum Products.
Be 1t ordained by the Township
Board of the Township of Holland, in
the county of Dickinson. state OF
Kansas.
Sec. / That permission and author
ity is hereby given and granted 70 the
Standard Oil Company, a corporation
organized and doing business under
ana by virtue Of the laws of the state
Of Indiana to construct and MAINTAIN
for a period of fifty years in the tol-
lowing described property, to-Wlt:
Lots 16 and is, in block 3, city OF
Carlton, Kansas. buildings, tanks ana
equipment necessary for its business
and to store therein Illuminating oils,
coal oils, naphtha gasoline or any
other mineral oils or fluids the pro-
duct of petroleum, in quantities sum,
cient to meet the requirements OF sald
Section Q All ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
Section g. This ordinance shall be in
force and effect on and after its pas
sage and acceptance in writing by the
said Standard Oil Company.
Date passed, January 81 1920.
JAS. A. PATTERSON,
Township Trustee.
j. Il. IRELAND,
Township Treasurer.
f. f. HAWLEY.
Township Clerk.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-02-05
LYON COUNTY FARMS

260 acres rich limestone land 100 under
pillow, 100 pasture, rs acres wheat, 70
in alfalfa, good Sroom house, good
barn. SIS per acre.
320 acres good land, 100 plowed, 20 al.
falfa, 40 wheat, good pasture, well
improved, $65 per acre.
100 acres. near high school, smooth
land. 100 plowed, so in wheat, is al
falfa, new Groom house, 2 barns
500 per acre.
$50 acres. miles from town. 1870 plow-
ed, 100 good pasture, good 5-room
house. good barns. A fine grain and
stock farm, S75 per acre.
s20 acres, 3 miles of high school, high.
lv improved, good corn, wheat ana
alfalfa land, $4,000.
900 acres, Neosho river bottom, near
town. 100 wheat, 25 alfalfa, well Inn
proved, 500 per acre.
so acres. smooth land 8 miles town,
7-room house, barn, SIS per acre.
so acres. miles town. creek bottom,
we'll improved, some fine alfalfa SSS
c. NJ. PAXSON,
Abilene, Kans.
1I-w4ts 4s. u u
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-02-05

State Of Kansas, Dickinson County SIS:
In the matter of the estate of Wilbur
Herbert Groves, deceased, late of
Dickinson County, kansas.
Notice is hereby given that on the
Goth day Of January A. D.. 1920. the
undersigned was by the Probate Court
of Dickinson County Kansas, duly APP
pointed and qualified as administrator
of the estate Of Wilbur Herbert Groves,
deceased, late of Dickinson county,
Kansas. All persons Interested in said
estate will take notice and govern
themselves accordingly
LEWIS O. CHRISTIAN,
5wt3 Administrator.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-02-05
One Woman Juror.

Dickinson county has had one
woman juror on the district court
panel. Mrs j. A. Stotfcr, who served
several years ago. None has been
drawn In recent years.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-02-05

so acres, family orchard, - a.
wheat, good improvements. S6.50O.
Also several good bottom farms
priced right Baumgarh q Bennett
20d2t- w1tt
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J. G. ENGLE
AUCTIONEER

4 Date book at Minick & Tay- 4
4 lor Hardware store. Phone 9
4 Acme 103. Address, Abilene. Z
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-02-05

- Drops Of 'cets-It.' Goodbye cornst"
but "Gets-It" because of the new Sc
cret principle in the "Gets-It' form
ula. "Gets-It" does away forever
with "eontraptions," "wrappy" plas-
tiers, ointments that rub of. blood
letting knives. and scissors that
snip into the "quick." "Gets-It"
eases pain. 1t takes but second
or two to use "Gets-It" There's no
fussing or trouble. 1t dries imme
diately. You put your stocking right
back on again. Your corn will come
OF painlessly in one complete piece.
That's common-sense. 1t never fails.
"Gets-lt," the only sure, guaranteed.
money-back remover, costs but
tritie at any drug store. MID by
4. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago. Ill
Troup & Leonard Drug CO., Q. e.
& Co., and ]. NJ. Gleissner
& Son.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-02-05
Notice of Appointment

First published in the Abilene Weekly
Reflector Feb. 5, 1920