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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-16
ADVOCATE SIGN LANGUAGE
Would Enable Drivers to Speak In
Passing

A sign language for motorists
which will enable conversation be-
tween moving cars as simply as be-
tween two passing pedestrians on the
street, is the urge Of the hour, ac-
cording to one ingenious motorist
who Is featured in alte magazine ar
tLcles. "MotOr" for this month
gives some illustrations Of the new
sign language, showing the method
used in communicating by the rails
ing Of one, two, three or more fin
gers.
If the code as suggested, or one
of that sort, could be brought Into
general use, 1t would prove useful
and helpful The code meanings
for use are as follows:
One finger-"You have nat
shoe"
Two fingers-"stop and inspect
your car"
Three fingers-"Am I on the best
road to the next town."
Four fingers-"Look out, danger
ahead"
Five fingers as. o. S." Please
stop"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-16
KANSAS USES MORE GASOLINE


kansans are using an increasing
quantity Of gasoline for automobiles,
II figures compiled by Ben B. Paulen.
state oil inspector, may be taken as
an Indication.
In the first six months of 1920
Paulen and his deputies inspected
45,64S,95S gallons Of gasoline. In
the same period 1919 the figures were
25,650,994. These figures include
all gasoline produced by Kansas re-
fineries and used within the state.
The inspectors received fee of
1 cent a barrel, AZ gallons. for all
Kerosene and gasoline inspected. The
revenue from this source averages
about $4,000 a month which Is
enough to cover all expenses of the
inspectors office and to leave con.
siderable surplus. The next legisla.
ture will be called upon to decide
what will be done with this surplus.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-16
WAS HARD ON GOLDEN BELT
Rain Friday Did Damage to Con-
struction Work

Out on the Golden Belt paving
west Of Junction City 1t was said
that more damage was done by Fri
day afternoons rain than during the
big eight and one-half inch downpour
of several weeks ago Much Of the
grading was washed out and will
have to be done over again. Some
also was washed away
here, as we'll as at points in the city
where paving was In progress. The
large supply of cement recently un-
loaded and stacked on the Golden
Belt there was not damaged, 1t was
said.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-16
DO YOU KNOW EN- APART
Here Are Some Pointers On Auto
mobile Tires

HODlIc IHeS
When tire salesman says, "What
will you have, @. D. clincher or
straight side, or regular clincher,"
what do you say? Here are the talk
ing points that will give you conf
dence and relieve your embarrass.
ment
@. D. stands for quick detachable.
A Q. D. tire simply slides on and off
the rim, requiring no stretching.
Generally the outside fiapge or edge
of the rim is also detachable so
that this can be done. Some Of
these tires are being used on split
rims which are easily forced "out Of
round"
Some quick detachable castings are
built with clinch or hook which
fits into the fanges Of the rims
which are also hooked. Others do
not have this clinch but are straight.
This has given rise to the term
straight side"
The quick detachable casing with
the clinch to hold 1t on the rim was
the original type. The straight side
casing represents an improvement
or later development in the quick
detachable, eliminating innumerable
rim cuts as it was found that wire
bead imbedded in the bead edge OF
tire was sufficient to hold it on the
rim without the aid Of the hook.
The fact is that there are two
types of hard non-fexible beads
@. D. clincher and @. D. straight
side. The term clincher indicates
that the tire has a clinch. A regu-
lar clincher has an elastic bead that
the tire may be stretched in apply
ing, while a @. D. clincher has a
wire bead.
Regular clincher tires are ordinar-
lly used on small cars This includes
tire sizes up to and including 31x4,
with the exception Of the 32x3h.
Tires above this size are ordinarily
built @. d. straight side. Quick de-
tachable clincher types are going out
Of use. For those motorists who
have old style rims, bead filler
mas been perfected so that straight
side tires may be used without In
viting rim cutting.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-16
KNOCK KANSAS cONdREssMEN
Railroad Brotherhoods After Support.
ers Of Esch- Cummins Bill

| NnurOa0 bfOtnefuOO0s Arter support.
ers Of Esch-C umn,ins Bill
The seven Republican congressman
and the United States senator who
are up for reelection In Kansas this
fall have been put under the ban by
the railway brotherhoods. The lone
Democratic congressman in Kansas
Is put upon a pedestal by the same
unions. Those members of the four
big railroad brotherhoods In Kansas
who paid their dues In August or
are paying them now, are receiving
some valuable political information
along with the receipts for the dues.
When the receipts are sent out lit
tie card Is enclosed with them. This
card follows: =.
Members Of Congress whose rec
ords are so good that our members
should be under obligation to earnest
ly support them for reelection:
Congressman W. A. Ayres, Wich-
ita,s Eighth District. Members of
Congress whose records are SO OBJ
jectionable that they should not be
supported Off reelection;
Senator Chares Curtis. Topeka.
Congressman; D, r, Anthony, jr.,
Leaveh worth. First District; 2. G.
Little, Kansas City. Second district
p. P. Campbell, Pittsburg. Third
District: Homer Hoch. Marion.
Fourth District: J. G. Strong. Blue
Rapids. Fifth District; Fl. p. White.
Sixth District; J. M. finch
ar. Medicine Lodge. Seventh Dis
trict."
1t is very evident that the railroad
abor organizations are making their
in every state against
hose members Of congress who voted
or the Esch- Cummings railroad law,
or the repeal Of the daylight savings
aw and national prohibition. These
re the three measures upon which
he labor unions made their fight
nd 1t does not make much differ
nee how many votes a congressman
lay have cast for the decent meas
res labor desired, IL a man voted
gainst daylight savings and for the
rohibition and railroads laws he Is
roscribed by. union labor.
A large number Of the cards which
all receipts sent out by
le railroad brotherhoods have been
.ceived in Kansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-16
SHOULD DRAG ROADS MUDDY
Nebraska Finds Wet Road Is One
to Be Properly Dragged

A Junction City man who drove
through Nebraska lately found
one locality where the country roads
were dragged Immediately after a
rain or while muddy.
City Engineer Bridgman Of Geary
county. who for some years has been
connected with the Nebraska State
University. believes that the proper
time to drag a road is when 1t is.
muddy.
"Do not wait until road is dry
to drag It," says the engineer, "as
the dragging at that time will not
fill up all the ruts. Drag while
muddy and in a short time the road
will be like a race track"
Clean. old papers, Sc q bundle. at
this office.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-16
MILLION DOLLAR BAND
American Legion VIII Have 1I6tk
Engineers Band Here Sept. -

American Legion WIN Have 1l6tt
Engineers Band Here Sept. -
The James R. Cutler Post Of the
American Legion has made arrange
ments to have the Harold Backman
band, formerly the 116th engineers
band In France, here on Sept. %.
The organization Is known as the
million Dollar Band because Of the
remark Of General Liggett after he
had heard them play in France that
1t was worth a million dollars to the
army to have musicians pay like that
over there.
The plans have not been definitely
worked out but the Legion expects to
have q concert for school children
In the afternoon and an evening con-
cert, following which there viii be q
big Legion ball where the music
win be furnished by q seven piece
orchestra which h composed of the
musicians In the band.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-16
GAVE PLEASING CONCERT
Edison Tone Test Enjoyed BY Many
At High School Last Night

The high school auditorium was
well filled last night for the Edison
tone test given by Miss Audrey
Creighton, violinlst, Miss Jean Mac
Nell, contralto and Emerson VIII
liams, bass-baritone, under the aus
pieces Of Roy Dahnke who handles
the Edison machine here. The sing
ers and violinist demonstrated that
the Edison reproduction is true to in
strument and voice alike.
The two singers gave a program
of Scotch songs and were in cos
tune, both with their kits and
plaids. The concert was most en-
joyable as the Edison tone tests u.s.
ually are.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-16

Unlike some other states, Kansas
has no tax on crude petroleum. For
this reason the state has no statistics
on production. Such tax Is being
considered for Kansas and bill pro-
vidlng for 1t may be introduced In
the next legislature, Mr.. Paulen said.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-16
Return Stolen Car

Yesterday Sheriff Sherman recov-
cred the Ford roadster stolen last
April from Bert Disney at Herington
The car was sold first at Council
Grove by the man alleged to have
stolen 1t and has been sold three
times since then. The car was still
at Council Grove Mr.. Disney from
whom it was taken now lives at Sa-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-16
PRODUCTION CUT so PER CENT
Hog Raising Too Improbable For
Kansas Farmers

hog Raising IVO OuPEVhtoOfS EVa
Kansas Farmers
SO improbable has hog raising
proved since the war that production
has decreased fully go per cent, ac-
cording to n. Fl. Mercer, state live
stock commissioner.
The number Of Kansas hogs for
merly marketed in year was 3,0OO,-
900 to 100000 but the number this
year will not exceed 1,000, 900, said
Mr.. Mercer.
With abundant corn and forage
crops, however, Mr.. Mercer predicts
a revival Of hog raising. Even now,
he said, farmers In the northern part
Of the state are buying large guam
titles Of stock hogs for feeding this
winter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-16
HONOR FOR D. A. VAN TRINE
Is Elected Member Of Pioneer Teic-
phone Association

10 Elected MemDer OF Ffoncef ioec-
phone Association
d. A. Van Urine Of Salina, father
of Ralph Van Urine Of this city, has
beeen elected a member Of the Pho
neer Telephone Association Of Amer
lea This association which has its
headquarters at New York City Is
composed Of men who have been In
the telephone service for twenty-five
years or who have rendered special
meritory service to the telephone
company or to the public Mr.. Van
Urine Is unwilling however. to ad-
NIT to which class he belongs.
Clean. old papers, &c q bundle, at
thfs nfN0o
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-09-16

Clean. old papers, &c q bundle, at
this office.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-21
PLANS FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER
NOW PREPAREDBY SALVATION ARMY

4 real Thanksgiving dinner for all
the poor children and nll who VIII noe
have THANKSGIVING dinner otherwise,
viii be- given hy the salvation Army
Thursday nj the Amarillo Childrcn'a
Home. In san Jacinto Heights. The
children who are In the childrcn's home
will be included In the number at the
dinner.
Funds Tor the dinner have been sub
scribed by the different organizations
u the city. and nothing VIII bo lacking,
il has been stated by Mrs \. NJ. liol'
brook. who w IN charge ~ the dinner
The Rotary club subscribed Sl25 Tor
the dinner. and Khiya Shrine contrib
utcd $50 In cash.
Meats 10 BE Furnished.
In addition To the cash donation from
Khiva shrine. enough turkeys and
geese Tor the entire dinner will bc fur
nishod by the Shrlncrs H. Is. Me
corklc In IN charge of the dinner Tor
the shrincrs on Wednesday night, and
he was instructed To order enough tur
keys and geese "a supply the salvation
Army for the dinner next day.
1--WE have bought about sevcntyiiNe
turkeys and twenty-five geese said
MIR. McCorl,ie, land II ~ thought that
al least twenty-five fowls VIII not IL
needed by the Shrinors. We had m
view the salvation Army dinner when
We bought this amount They VIII h'
given 10 the salvation Army the noN'
morning already dressed and ready Il
be served
I'VE believe In the chnrltahlc worl
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-21

the salvation Army N doing among the
poor people of Amarillo. and stand
ready to help them at any time The
dinner they viii give ON Thanksgiving
day IN only one evidence ~ the work OF
this organization. and Is prniscworthy
undertaking. Everything possible VIII
be done To assist them IN the work.
BE Hundred Present.
Preparations are being made 10 give
the dinner 60 about 100 persons Thurs.
day, according to Mrs. llolbrO0k. Size
spoke highly at the assistance that "
being given by the organizations ~ the
city IN getting the dinner up. Thoac
who will be- guests nt the dinner VIII
meet nt salvation Army headquarters
ON lifih street and Will go 10 the child
ron's home In n body.
"'rho turkeys and geese donated by
the Shrincrs is highly appreciated.
said Mr-. iiolhrook. This takes the
largest item of expense off our hands
and We will b. able with the funds that
have been donated 10 prepare dinner
m good M that Of anyone ON Thanks
giving day.
"Tho dinner ~ primarily for the poor
children. hut any of the poor people al
! the city and anyone who viii not have
a Thanksgiving dinner otherwise vi,
De- welcome. We think there viii IL
about 100 present.
"Tho salvation Army is only givinl
/ this dinner ON Thanksgiving day. bu
/ greater preparations are being made fo
| Christmas AZ that time. not only vii
! "a dinner h. given. bat many uscfi.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-21
MRS. N. {. GREEN DIES
JUST FOLLOWING HER
RETURN FROM VISIT

Following her return to Amarillo
after paying visit Ia relatives In Ok
lahnma. Mrs. NJ. y. Green, iiO9 Taylor
street. WAS suddenly stricken with
heart dis aHc and died AT the family
yoHldrnr- AZ o'clock last evening. Fun
ora arrangements had not been made
last evening pending word from
charles l.. Green. her son, who WAS
In Galveston ON business NJ the time
but who was communicated with by
wire last night.
Mrs. Green has resided with her son
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-21

my authorities have Just finished car
rying ont experiments with a new long
automatic pistol capable OF firing fif.
teen bullets per second n distance OF
300 metres
The weapon In easy 20 manipulate.
and the trials are reported 20 have
given complete satisfaction.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-21

Tor the past ten or twelve years. com.
ing 90 this city from Cursicana. where
u In supposed the body VIII h. laid 60
rest She was N years ~ age, but had
long been identified with every forward
movement Of the city.
Surviving children are, aside from
Charles l.. Green. Mrs Kate Patton ~
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-21
Hanson Post WIN Meet.

A meeting Of Hanson Post. American
Legion, will be held Tuesday night ot
The city hall In the board Of develop
ment room at 1880 o'clock. II has been
announced. All members are requested
To be present.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-21

Amarillo; Mrs ]. r. Stout and Mrs.
A. = Wnring Of Corsicnna. Mrs. j. W.
Bouldin Of Lexington. Okla. and II.
NJ Creme. 81 Athens. Texas.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-21

The Indians NJ America knew noth,
Ing of the horse before the coming o'
the white man.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-21

gifts, such as wearing apparel. will he
given 20 all the poor people who viii
come and get them"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-21

New Automatic Pistol
GENEVA. Nov. 20.-rho Swiss Ar.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-10-30
PASSING IT o
By Nick West

Alarmed about his League, and
fearing Cox can't lug his share of II
the President is striving now 10 help
IN taking care CT it. Impatient and
intolcrant, he simply couldn't stand
to wait a single minute longer for real
action by his candidate. His recent
proclamation. from the start unto the
close OF il. upholds the LeaSG. OF Ma
rlonS and dc1orr71es all TIE oes 81 Il.
-Bemoanlag Their ssup~- J ard lack Of
perspicacity he scoids them for
Gross ignorance and imp1dent au-
dzciFy." He claims that none except
himself has gone to work and studied
it and says their lack of knowledge is
the reason they have muddied il. In
other words he put the League where
Cox must go along with it; eompels
the her apparent I deny that aught
IS wrong with it. By virtue of his
vision and the picture it reveals TO
him he finds the League of Nations
the sole issue that appeals TO him. He
makes the issue clear and plain. Nth
al his force and clarity. He leaves no
chance for Cox TO claim their views
arc in disparity. lie leaves no room
for Cox escape from using all his
might for il, and puts it squarely UP
70 him 70 fight the party's fight for it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-10-30
To
FIGHT WHOLE
LIFE FOR LEAGUE


WARRINGTON. OCT. s9-Prcsident
Woodrow Wilson has enlisted for life.
30 long as he draws breath, he never
VIII cease to battle for @ league of ma
tons, TO hsht for contamination Of his
plan to make secure the peace OF the
world. Political leaders office holders
and private citizens agreed today that
Joseph r. Tumulty. secretary to the
president. had made tina plat in his
speech at Bethesda.
All wero equally agreed that Mr..
Tunlulty's address VAS that of the
man most intimately acquainted with
the president for the past ten years. who
is counted on 70 become his biographer.
TO lit brief the Noil that has shrouded
the lonely and tragic hgure in the
White House.
II was the secretary EFFORT 10 let
his countryTaen see through HIS eyes
the leader he has followed Tor ten years
the man III once said 10 him. Il want
people to love me. but they never Will"
Secretary Tumuity Indicated that the
president. after he has steppet from tho
political stage. viii make his plea for
the league through his books.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-10-30
MONKEYS WITH A RAZOR

The Federal Reserve Act" boasts Governor. is
admitted TO be the most constructive monetary legis
lation in history" Possibly so. particularly when
We recall that most Of the act was lifted bodily
from the AI~drich-vreeland republican currency law
OF 1903, and the entire legislation received its inspir-
alton from material gathered by the National None
tary Commission created by a republican congress.
Inc the hands OF Incompetent democratic administra-
tons, however. the law has been more of a curse TO
our financial institutions than a beneht. Senator
Owen OF Oklahoma. who was chairman OF the COM
mittee which framed the federal reserve act, has
charged that the actions of the reserve board are
directly responsible for the existing high intere:E
rates and consequent depreciation o; over 81. 900, O0O.-
900 in the sales value Of Liberty bonds. Az a re.
publican measure administered by democrats, the
reserve act has been very nearly a failure. When
republicans assume charge of the execution OF its
terms it is probable that IT will prove itself a valuable
piece of legislation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-10-30
AMERICAN DOCTRINE IN tn EsoUrH.

The politically solid South Is an anomaly in
this country since the reunion OF the people in devotion
TO the free institutions of America. 1t is not TO be
expected that 1t will survive much longer. There are
Indications that the democratic structure below the
Mason and Dixon lines is %crumbling, giving good
states will go republican.
Senator Harding, speaking to a friendly throng
In the "tneay's country gave excellent reasons for
q chany re in the political alignment Of southerners:
m republican policies are good for the North, they
deserve the earnest consideration OF the South. Your
commerce is American commerce. Your industry is
American industry. Your production is American pro
auction. Your farm products and our farm products
are essential to American life aud the republican party
Droela!rb tho same doctrine OF agricultural coed for
ttae IN the South that it does in the North. It
preacnes the same policy of finance, North and South.
Il breaches the same policy OF helpful protection to all
American production, North and South. We cannot
have a prosperous America with sectional protection.
We must hold all America to be worthy OF security
from runious competition abroad"
THAT is the doctrine Of American unity. Applying
that doctrine. the development of the South will leap
forward. What has been accomplished already in the
Southern states in diversifying agriculture and manu-
featuring industry has been accomplished in spite OF
~Bretudiees that should have been utterly cast out long
ago. For the South this IS the important consideration:
That, whereas from democratic administration II gets
hat it can as political favor, from republican admin
istration it gets equality of treatment as fits American
right. The spirit OF sectionalism that is fostered in the
S''A by the democratic party is the greatest obstacle
- the development OF thaet great section. This truth
Ia being understood down in Dixie as never before.
Breaking UP of the solid South" will be OF irne asur-
able benefit TO the entire country, but OF greatest bene-
fit to that section which heretofore has been regarded
rs democratic ground.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-10-30
FOREIGN

May We not say that Mr.. Wilson's confession that
there Is no stenographic record of the proceedings OF
the peace conference on this side Of the ocan, Is still
in mind:
The vital question is raised whether the president
promised the Serbs the Use Of the armed forces Of the
Cpited States; ard the record is not here to establish
Sust what he did xay.
Do you want to enter q league il which the ma
tority vote will be foreign. whose headquarters will be
on foreign soil, which is OF foreign manufacture, which
puts AS at the mercy OF alien peoples; and with regard
10 which. even in the matter OF proving disputed points
as TO it's purpose and intent. you have to go to Europe
to consult the records:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-10-30
The REAL ISSUES.

Next Tuesday the people of the United States
Will. by their ballots, pass sentence upon an admin
istratiou already convicted in the court Of public
opinion of gross Incompetence and betrayal Of trust.
You will remember Mr., Mrs. and Miss Votes
that there are far more issues in the campaign now
ending, than the league Of nations.
These issues arc the partisanship OF the Wilson
administration. its inencieucy, public waste. war
waste and ineHcie1cy, Decentralization OF postal ser
vice. public propaganda and attempted suppression OF
free speech and free press, autocracy, hostility TO pri-
enterprise. orgy OF speculation, the overthrow Of Pre-
lection. the refusal 10 protect American life and prop
erty abroad, productive enterprise ourdened, ham
stringing the farmer, prefeTment OF foreign interests
disregard OF the constitution. and contempt Of com
mon counsel.
These are the issues, not the league Of nations
alone.
Think them over and brush up your memoir.