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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10
NORTH DAKOTA TAX BURDENS.

Facts given out by The North Da-
kota State Tax Commission seem "a
Justify the reports ~ increased taxes
IN that state.
From 1915 Ia 1919 Inclusive state
taxes are shown ia have increased
! from 81 iO3. $50 10 S3.G59.6 s5. max
Ing 1910 states taxes 26l per cent ~
4 1915: county taxes Increased from
81. 0s0 $50 10 ST.a54,67i. making
1919 county taxes 100 per cent Of
1919: city. town and village taxes
increased from $2.O7I,716 10 49,.
257. making 1919 taxes 157 per
rent Of 1915: township taxes in
creased from S2.106.577 to S2.915,-
200. making 1919 township taxes
1873 per cent Of 1915; school taxes
increased from S5.972,172 to Sill
0l9.3a1 making school taxes 1873 per
cent Of 1915. According to an ar
ticle published by former chairman I
r. u. Packard, Of North Dakota tax
commission II was necessary. in or
der 10 keep 1919 levy as low as II
was kept. TO draw on the general fund
Of state for 1922 900 which must be
made up in taxes this year and next
This would have made the general
Increase IN state taxes from 1916 to
1919. 312 per cent Of the 1915 tax
Instead Of PIG per cent as levied.
The Non Partisan League Is ac-
lively working TO extend its power in
lther western states particularly
Minnesota. Montana, Colorado. Kan :
,as. Oklahoma. Idaho. Washington
md Oregon and record such as the
eague Is making in the way Of tax /
Increases in North Dakota does not Z
.ain favor for the organization with ,
he farmers in these other states. I
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10
LESS WORK AND MORE PAY.

The fire and water board was IN
formed that the contractor II havlnl
hard time finding labor az 80 cent
an hour 90 work on the IS.inch con
crete pipe flow line connection nov
hdng constructed on the Kansas
side between lidgewatcr Junction
and a point south Of Qumdaro pump.
ing station. Men work for a few
days. got their nay and disappear.
Then new ones have 10 be sought.
This recalled the days when one
man used 10 unload all the coal used
at The Quindaro station. The under
standing was that he could 90 home
as soon rs he finished a car.
THAT one man." said an engineer.
USED Go unload 40=ton car by noon
each day aud then leave, getting pay
for the whole day lie WAS paid 81
Il day. Once IN while, when we
cot IN Il 50-ton car, he would work
as late as 30 o'clock Now Il takes
three men all day To unload one car
ma they are paid 81 a day each. II
costs MS Just six times AZ much now
% get ear Of coal unloaded and II I
axes twice as long. Figure Il ont /
'or yourselves *. e. star
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10
THE AMAZING MARRIAGE.

"T'he dew is still on the rose OF
/ the romance Of Fanny Hurst and
/ Jacques Danielson. respectively writ
or and musician, according 70 Their
story of their five years Of secret
ana successful" married life. They
believed, five years ago. and still be.
lieve, that TO most couples marriage
becomes IAN endurance race and
the conventionally married people in
cvitably become fat minded"
There are, Of conrsc. minded
couples-usually ehildless, or with
badly brought-up children-in the
holy state. There are also, rs any
one will observe, fat-minded ones
who never entered ii.
But somchow-isn't living apart
and seeing your husband only by
appointment for an occasional even
ing ont and two breakfasts week
rather putting the whole emphasis
on sex? It's all right to be roman
tically in love when young. But who,
having reached the fairly safe har'
Dor Of forty, wants to be torn by
the storms Of twenty?
And who, having begun the busl-
mess of matrimony in youth. and
having built IL Up step by step. with
babies, the long desired house with
yard. school. children. puppies, a IL
brary, three down with measles and
no help in the house, the JOY of re-
covery and comfort and orderly life
once more, and finally decent little
bank balance which opens the col
lege doors, and then the nestlings
flown and the twilight sweetness of
life by two" again after the noise
and scurry Of the family-who
after living life fully thus, tasting
ioys and sorrows, troubles and fun
to the utmost. would start out again
trying to keep the dew on the rose
Of yesterday?
Far better the labors in the heat
of the day. with autumn's harvest
and winters reward, and the hope of
other roses and other springs!
Possibly the fiction and the music
Of the couple in question are the bet
ter for their unusual arrangement,
but 1t is doubtful. Genius grows by
buffets, not by coddling.
And are they not cheating them
selves? The arrangement is not i'm
portant enough to be immoral. On
the contrary is it not just "fat-
mlnded?"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10
EX-SERVIcE MEN ENDORSE con-
GRESHAM STRONG.

Event six Blue Rapids eX-service
men have drawn M the following re-
solution Of endorsement Of Con
gresham Strong and forwarded to
him at Washington:
1--WE, the undersigned, ex-service
men Of Blue Rapids, Kansas, do
hereby heartily endorse our Congress
man. James G. Strong, who has the
experience and business training to
enable him TO continue his valuable
service in the interest Of the Kansas
Fifth District. over 1000 former
service men and their families have
received his assistance. He knows
our problems and Is working for our
interests. His record shows that the
service men have friend and en-
fhusnstic representative In the
father OF one Of us. He supported
vocational training and insurance
signed the petition forcing action on
soldier legislation, appeared three
times before the Ways and Means
Committee urging and suggesting
substantial aid and likewise urged
consideration and recognition both on
the floor " the house and IN com
mittee and is always glad to help MS.
We believe in recognition Of the
service he has rendered. His son
and secretary wus service man and
both father and son are in complete
harmony with our interests and our
ideals. Blue Rapids Times.
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B0BBY's ESSAY.

King Solomun wuz man wht
lived so many years In the country
that he WIZ the hole push. He wuz
offul VIE guy and one day . vim
men came him each holedlng the
legs ov babe and merely pulling the
kid IN . and each elameing II and
King Sol VINCENT fceliH' just rite and
sed why euddent the brat ben twinz
and stopt this mixup" ard then he
cald for his sored . split this lima
cent littel hid so each ov the vim
men cud hav u when the reel ma w
the baibe butts in an dscz "Stopp
Solomun stay thi hand and let the
old hagg hav the Kid for II ! can't
have hole Kid don't wan amy"
and King Solomun told her take
the babe ana go home and wash its
face for he wuz hep that II WIZ
herr and he tole the other daim > 20
-hais herself King Solomun wuz
Ather nv the masons and bilt Solo |
nuns tempel He had 700 wifes 1
ind more than 800 lady frenz and
hat is why their is SO menny masens
n the world Pa says that King T
solomun WIZ warm number and I
think he wuz hot stuff miself.-
Bobby
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10
GOVERNOR ALIENS PLANK.

Governor Allen has announced that
he win endeavOr to have his indus
trial relations court idea given a
place In the national platform. The
convention can hardly avoid taking
stand regarding the labor situa
ton and If it follows the governors
lead It cannot go far wrong.
When the whole people are threat
ened by quarrel among part OF
the ueepie, Governor Allen maintains
the supreme right of the whole peo-
pie to adjust the quarrel. And in
that it is not likely that he can be
successfully disputed,
Governor Allen does not. deny the
rshG,df meu TO quit work. He does
net deny thefilsriehN v protest
asniIfst terms. and conditions. He
upholls the right OF men to be ade-
dpatelX. paid .And to work under ac-
ceptable conditions. But his claim
is that when a dispute over these
things brings about condition
which threatens the comfort and
safety and even, perhaps, the lives
OF the great majority, then the great
majority. acting through its only
agent, the government, has the SUI
preme right to adjust the dispute.
The machinery advocated by him TO
accomplish this carries the power 70
right whatever wrong may have
caused the dispute, which. Of course.
means that II can adjust wages and
conditions on the one hand and pass
upon the ability to pay on the other
hand.
As Governor Allen views it, a la
Dor organization cannot be permitted
TO develop to its logical end as now
conducted. He ,foresees the time
when every Industry would be ma
tfonally organized and capable Of ty-
ing up the production and distribu-
ton OF any necessity, however vital,
with labor headquarters the real cap
:tol Of the United States, with the
present capitol a mere ornament ad-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10
THE SUGAR ROBBERS.

More sugar has come into TINS
country during the year ending next
month than ever came in before.
Yet there Is less sugar than ever be-
fore available for family use. Pro
hibition has caused an increased de-
mand. but the increase Is nowhere
near enough to account for the dis
crepancy. Someone Is hoardlhe
that sugar.
Occasional statements are made tC
the effect that the housewife Is
boarding It. She wishes she were,
Doubtless there is not thrifty
housewife in the country who would
not gladly put by 100. or $50 pounds
of sugar, even at present prices II
she could get It. Nor would there
be anything untoward In her doing
So This Is not war time. There
is nothing selfish or misery in buy
ing and putting on the shelf a com
modify which she will need in a
Iuontn OF TWO.
But can She get It? She can not.
She cannot even lay by pound or
two week for the, inevitable day
when the farmer viii stop at her
door with berries just ready to be
canned and. ,jellied, or the grocer will
call her up the night before and tell
her he has had wonderful oppor-
tunity to get quantity Of fruit,
and how much does she want
During the wsr, when that day
'cah1e she e4pld 30 to the lefty haH)
tell shs NqlehBsthR. size Of her family
and the number Of quarts OF fruit
awaiting her, sigIplhcr name apd get
a card entifaing her To the sugar.
She gave this to the grocer-who
had the sugar then--and he sent It
over with the fruit
Now 1t is all the grocer can do to
get a stingy little so pounds for
his Saturday selling. The average
housewife hasn't half-pound ahead
The soda fountain man hasn't got It
his hair is turning gray, too, with
the ever-increaslng problem.
Somebody has got that sugar.
And the brokerage houses are advis-
ng people to buy sugar stocks, ad-
vertising boldly that profits will be
larger than ever before. The gov
eminent has power to take hand
in this wholesale extortion. why
isn't something done about It?
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10

cost the people In increased rates
and inferior service. While his. con-
troll Of the wires was by no means as
expensive as Mr. McAdoo's scram-
bling Of the railroads, when we com
sider that The postmaster general did
noe take them ever mtil the war
WAS almost ended and released them
sooner than son iu-mw ~ 20 ~ ihe
rails, Il must be acknowledged that
he did well while he had the chance.
Now VIII somebody plcase tel Ms
why the wires were seized and what
was accomplished thereby other than
giving Mr. Rurlcson an opportunity
Ia censor the press Salina journal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10
FLAWS IN The PRIMARY

Hutchinson News :Thc results Il
The contest for the selection ~ dele
gates 10 Tire national convention thi
year have developed i black eye 10
The presidential preference primary
II Is an unusual year and the con
diiions are exceptional but regard.
less ~ The reason, IL Is generally
felt that the primaries have beer
expensive luxuries. have not produc-
"a results and do not carry ont the
win of The people.
In the Democratic party these pri.
marics have been joke The lead.
lng candidate for the democratic
nomination is Mr. McAdoO. He or
dered his name kept out Of all the
primaries. In Michigan the Demo.
cratic primary instructed its dele
gates 10 support Hoover. but Hoover
has declared himself a Republican
and his name will not be presented
In the Democratic convention. In
many Of the Democratic primaries the
result has been to instruct the dele
gates for some one who is not even
being considered. that being a short
cut to not instructiDg them at all.
on the other hand the Republican
primary results have been uunsatis-
factory. In Illinois II delegates are
instructed for Wood. and yet II is
frankly stated, and there is no pen
atty for their action. that they viii
vote for another candidate-w who
ever Is prescribed by their local man.
lger. In Michigan. Nebraska. Ore
yon and North Dakota. the delegates
ire at heart for Wood: they receiv-
II their instructions from a plurality
md while they should and doubtless
viii acquiesce and cast their votes for
Johnson. II is not probable that they
viii exert themselves to bring about
lis nomination
The primaries have proved most
xpenSive. and unless a candidate had
he support Of the local machine he
fas compelled 10 spend large
mount OF money for organization
nd publicity This has resulted in
feeling among the candidates and
heir friends that in way II puts
ne choice Of the presidency into the
ands Of those who can make the
reatest organization and do the \
rgest amount Of advertising These i
icts are so well known that do not h
Fed 10 bear down on them. hut they h
ave been evident in previous years \
, those who have understood the
recess Of politics. q
The old convention system was "
.pudiated in many states because IL =
as said 10 make the domination of +
Ie professional politicians GER n
inty. The primary has not injur a
the professional politicians at all.
@ is doing business although he has
Hanged the location of his concern. Fl
e merely applies different methods n
secure the same results. OrganiZa- G.
IN and money are even more essen Ia
Al to carry a primary than they are a
carry convention. The original N
lends Of the primary system are n
hast at the product which has Y,
Olved. ol
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10

In spite of he highest wages paid
in the history Of our country a pro-
paganda has been spread from the
cities TO the country that school chill
dren are unddrfed. Free lunches.
free milk and free cafeterias in school
houses are the order OF the day.
Now we hear the cry Of the under
paid and underfed teacher. Soon
there will havd TO be free lunches and
free meals and board at free teachers
club houses, a4 at the expense Of the
taxpayers. II there was some way Of
making millions Of spindling habit
ues Of nabiscd and chocolate-drOp
parlors eat three square meals day
the stork would fly over the house
more than ono : in q lifetime.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10

On the heaths and moors where l
have so long enjoyed the wonders
Of nature, l have never been, can
honestly say,I alone; because when
no man was with me, l had com
panions in every bee, and flower.
and pebble; and never idle, because
] could not pass swamp, or a tuft
OF heather. without finding in It a
tale OF which could but decipher
here and there line or two. and
yet found them more interesting
than all the hooks, save one, which
were ever written on earth
Kingsley.
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Mothers Day" isn't an eight hour
Law
The Lord helps those who help
others to help themselves.

The perils Of too much immigra-
ton does not seem to worry America
much right now. Since January ten
thousand more have gone out of the
country than have come in.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10
Rea-Ausherman.

Miss Ruth Rea, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Rea, who live five
miles north Of Oak Hill and Mr.. Will
liam Ausherman, son of Mr.. and Mrs
w. H. Ausherman of this city, were
married Wednesday evening at $3.50
at the home of the brides parents,
Rev. Polly Of Oak Hill officiating.
The ring ceremony was perform
ed on the porch of the. home in the
presence Of 55S guests and the
scene was beautiful in the moon.
light. The wedding march to9which
the party entered was playedSby Miss
Emma Ausherman, sistfE, Of the
groom. Little Miss MSigkTat Polly
carried in a basket the. rose in which
the ring had been played Miss
Viola Rea and Miss Ella Rea, sisters
Of the bride were he4Asbrid@'s maids
and Mr.. Reuben Aus4sSrman, broth
er of the groom and Mo Charles Kiss
ling were his attendaiffSg sstF 4,
The bride was go.yped In3;white
georgette crepe and vtarTied roses:
The brides maids were .dresss dj one
in delicate pink crepe de chffie and
the other in delicate blue. After the
ceremony three course supper was
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ausherman came to
Abilene and took the early morning
train for Kansas City where they
will spend their honeymoon. On
their return they will be at home on
the Ausherman farm IS miles north
of Abilene.
The bride. and groom have been
brought up in this community and
both are splendid young people.
Out-Of- town guests at the wed
ding were Mrs. Rea Of Oklahoma,
aunt OF the bride. Mrs. Wilson Of
California, aunt Of the bride, Noah
Ausherman Of Canada, brother Of the
groom and Misses Viola and Irene
Rea, sisters of the bride.
Class OF '0s Has Reunion.
The members of the class which
graduated from Abilene high school,
in 1895 and still live in Abilene
held a picnic at Muenzenmeyer's
grove this afternoon. Eight mem
bers OF the class, all girls still live
here and the husbands Of those who
are married were included in the
picnic party. There were but two,
boys in the class and neither. live an
Abilene
The class members ywbe went to-
day are: Mrs. E. Fl. F6rney, MIS-.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10
WHEAT CROP i.
TO BE SMALL
Last Years Crop Was 200 Million
Bushels Larger Than This
Years, Says Report.
ASSOCIATED Press

Washington. June s.-The Depart
ment of Agriculture, forecasting
wheat conditions on June /, estimat-
ed the total crop this year will be
7S1 million bushels. Last years
crop was 941 million bushels.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10

There are no panaceas, political
or otherwise that will save the
country from the ills that. the peo-
pie themselves have inflicted. No
thing short Of getting back on the
job and returning TO sane habits
will save our souls or our bodies.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10

jinct an the gnafrs az the United
states controlled and dictated by
few men responsible in no sense 70
The people az a. whole - Topeka
State Journal
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ASK $1,000 DAMAGES.
Dickinson County Oil and Gas Co.
Files Suit Against |. q. LuelIen.

The Dickinson County Oil and Gas
co. has filed suit against l. G. Luel-
len for $4,000 damages. The plain
tiff alleges that the defendant in a
written agreement appointed them
to secure oil and gas leases in this
county but when the leases were Sc
cured and the abstracts made and
delivered the defendant failed to
make payment for the purchases,
resulting in a loss Of $4,000 to the
company.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10

There is not less than $4,000 a.
bandoned farm homes in this coun-
try, and still the populace in the
cities struggles with rent proflteers
and crowds into small and, unsatis.
factory living quarters.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10
REGISTER or DEEDS

/ hereby announce my candidacy for
the nomination for the once of Reg
lister of Deeds. subject TO the decision
OF the Republican voters in the August
primary
EDITH WoRLEY.
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REPREsENTATIvE IN CONGRESS

! hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the Republican nomination for
Representative in Congress- from the
Fifth District OF Kansas, subject to the
action OF the August primary election.
Joe T. MARSHALL
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10

] am a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for county commissioner OF
the Third Commissioner District Of
Dickinson county, subject to the pri-
maries In August. 1920
4, s H. MCCULLOUGH.
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Bert Dyer, Mrs. A. l.. Young. Mrs.
Harvey Kuglcr, Mrs. C. w. Taylor,
Mrs. W. Q. Stecn of Beloit Miss
Mary Giles, Miss Bertha Leshcr and
Miss Lottie Northcraft.
4 & &
Marriage Licenses.
Edward Murrison, Chapman, 20
Creta janis, Detroit. 10.
Ralph Haas, Harrington, %
Ida Riffel, Hope. Is
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lTHAYI WIRR nFEIcIf

Mr Burleson asks Congress for
$I4,00O,0O0 to cover the deficit
which resulted from government op.
GRAFTON OF telephones and telegraphs.
This is but small part Of what it
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10

am candidate for County Clerk OF
Dickinson county subject to the action
of the Republican primaries August 3,
n w KING
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pnOnATE JUnoIc

am a candidate for Probate Judge
subject, to the action OF the Republican
primaries and hope TO merit the sup
port of the voters
w s. ANDERSON
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10

] hereby announce that am a candi-
date for reelection as County Commits
sioner from the Second District OF
OF the Republican primaries.
n. c. BRENIZER.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
onu,r, rnMMIssInNEn

am a candidate for second term
for county commissioner from the Third
Commissioner district OF Dickinson
county, subject TO the action OF the
Republican primaries
JOHN BOOK.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10

nomination for State Senator from the
Twenty-second District, subject to the
Primary, August Bird. ! VIII appreciate
your support,
H. G. KYLE.
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GOSSIP OF SOCIETY



Miss Minnie Ross and Mr.. John \
simpson were married ~ the Presby.
terian parsonage al 10 o'clock This
morning. Rev r. : Biayncy perform.
ed The ring service.
The parents ~ the two Young PEG.
I pie were present at the wedding and
following the ceremony the wedding
party was entertained al the Ross
home. A reception will be held In
Manchester this evening il their
honor
The bride WIS gowncd In white
and carried bouquet Of roses.
Both young people are well known
IN the county. The bride held
position In Cases for some time and
added many friends during her work
there. The groom served IN the army
overseas and is prosperous young
farmer
Mr. and Mrs. Simpson will 20 at
once TO Manchester whore their home
is ready for them. They will take
a wedding "trip this fail.
Mrs. II. l.. Webb Of south OF town.
entertained party Of eight little
girls Saturday, June ., in honor OF
her little neice Annetta Minks. Of
Loveland. Colo, who, with her moth
Pr and sister joy, is visiting at the
Webb home. The occasion was the
Eighth birthday OF the little miss.
Those present were: Marie Ans
,augh. Alta Holman Doris and Thel
ma ShiFk. Edith stevens, Evalyne
}urke. bonita McCulloh and Joy
iinks.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-10

am a candidate for the Republican
nomination for county commissioner
from the Third Commissioner District.
OF Dickinson. county subject TO the
primaries In August. 1920.
r-n1-r. nnnnyNntnn
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CLERk pIsTRICT CouRr

hereby announce my candidacy for
Clerk OF the District Court, subject 10
the Republican primaries in August
L. Il. JEFFCOAT
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FIFTY JAP sEAMEN DROWN

ASSOCIATED Press)
Kobe. Japan. June 9.-Fifty Jap
anese seamen are missing after an
explosion of gasoline on the steamer
Eiraku, Maru.