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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-26
PLAN HEALTH CONFERENCE
Meetings VIII Be Held Throughout
County

County
A child health conference has
been arranged for Dickinson county
to be held by the Dickinson coun-
ty chapter OF the Red Cross. Chill
dren from the age Of six months to
six years will be examined free of
charge by the attending physicians
and dentists. However, no child
suffering from acute or constitutions
al disease may be entered. Meet
Ings will be held and examinations
made from 10 to IL a. m. and from
2 to 8 p. m. at the following places
Abilene high school, June and 2
Mrs. w. H. Averill, chairman.
Enterprise grade school, June 3,
Mrs. Kreister, chairman.
Chapman, Congregational church,
June 4, Mrs. Jas. Carroll, chairman.
Detroit school, June 9, Mrs. Hawk,
chairman.
Carlton, Baptist church. June Z,
Mrs. Jesse Meyers, chairman.
Hope high school, June 8, Miss
HARRIET Robinson, chairman.
Woodbine, high school, June o,
Mrs. Shank and Mrs. Brussow, chair
men.
Manchester high school, June 10,
Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Young, chair
men.
Solomon high school, June IL,
Mrs. Booker and Mrs. Baker, chair
men,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-26
THEY LIKED SENIOR PLAY
Seelye Theatre Was Filled Thursday
Night-Repeated Tonight

"The Gypsy Trail" the play CIV
en- at the Seelye theatre Thursday
night by cast from the senior
class Of the Abilene high school
pleased the big crowd that filled the
theater. Each character did good
work in his role and the play was a
credit to the young actors as well as
to Miss Eleanor Platz who directed
its production.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Wilmer as
the grandmother, Mrs. Widdimore,
was a delightfully."- sweet old lady
and Lorraine Long as the casual low
err was likewise good in his part
Miss Bernice Rogers sang a pleasing
solo from behind the scenes and dis
played an unusually sweet voice
Her work in her part as Frances
Raymond merits praise as does that
of all the members Of the cast
They were the following: Fred Lipps
Harriet Shockey, Fayne Belknap
Harvey Schmidt, Bernice Rogers
Lorraine Long, Clarence Saylor
Mary Elizabeth Wilmer, Laura Nc
Gaffey. 1t will be repeated at the
Seelye tonight.
Fred Beckmeyer sang a solo be-
tunnn ncts
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-26
HIS ASHES I'M YOSEMITE

Chicago, May 20.-From the sum-
NIT of I'll Captain, the giant warder
Of the Yosemite Valley, will be scat
tered Saturday the ashes of Frank
lin X. Lane, former secretary Of the
interior who died Wednesday.
This rite will follow his wishes
shortly expressed before his death.
Much Of his life was spent In the
Yosemite Valley which he had grown
to love so well. He asked that
what was left Of his body be
spread to the four winds Of Heaven
and scattered through the valley.
The body arrived yesterday morn
ing from Rochester, Mimi, and was
taken Immediately to a crematory.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-26
REROUTE TO AVOID HILL
Road East of junction City Will Be
Less Difficult

A road that has been in use for
mere than half century is to be
vacated by order Of the board OF
Geary county commissioners and a
new and less difficult road to .travel
is to be substituted. The road In
question Is just east Of Junction City
and has the steepest grade in this
section Of the state.
Thousands of motorists have tried
to make it ION high" but only half
a dozen have succeeded, and these
only under the most favorable con-
ditions. There have been several
serious coasting and runaway acct
dents on it during the past sew
eral years. A short detour and a
road up the bottom Of ravine are
TO be substituted.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-26
INDICATIONS LESS BRIGHT
But Wheat Condition in Dickinson
County Rates at 81 Per Cent

county kateS NJ OIL TcI $cHt
The Kansas state board Of agri-
culture today issued its May report
on crop conditions, as found Satur-
day, May IA, which shows a decline
I'm the condition of Kansas winter
wheat of 0.4 points in the. past
month, the general average for the
state now being reported as TIA per
cent, taking 100 as representing sat
isfactory growth and development.
The abandoned acreage has increased
from GO per cent In April to 81,
leaving for harvest 100000 acres,
with a prospective yield Of approxi-
mately 115,3OO,OO0 bushels, or 1898
bushels per acre. Should this yield
be realized, 1t would be 25,341, 900
bushels less than last years produce
ton, 30, 495, 900 bushels under the
crop of 1919, but about 100000
bushels above the five-year average
ending with 1920, according to the
boards records. The governments
May 1 report indicated possible
production thi year Of 136,844,O0O
bushels. The winter wheat left for
harvest as indicated by this canvass
is more than % per cent Of the to-
tai winter wheat acreage for the Un-
tied States, as shown by the latest
government report. The May condi-
ton Of Kansas wheat year ago was
1914, or 7,6O3,sS0. acres; two years
ago %, on 10,75s,000 and in May,
1913, s1.5 on 6,302,224 acres.
The condition of wheat In Dickin-
son county is rated at 81 per cent
and oats 70 per cent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-26
SOLOMON BONDS CARRIED
School Election There Carried Thret
to One Tuesday

" VIC huCSuuy
At the school election held Tues
day 393 of our people exercised their
right of franchise. OF this number
277 voted for the bonds and ia
against, giving the proposition ma
jority Of 1913. This new building will
consist of three stories and will be
used exclusively as high school and
gymnasium. The cost will be in the
neighborhood of 100000. We under
stand the bonds have been sold at
par and it is quite probable that work
will commence at once.
While no definite site has been
decided upon the consensus of opin-
ion is that the building should be
LOCATED at the north end Of Walnut
street. Situated here the building
would present a slightly appearance
and it seems to be the logical loca-
ton for it. There was some Opposi-
ton to the voting Of the bonds, but
now that it is over everyone seems
to be we'll atisfied.-SOlomOn 'Trib-
me
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-26

James Parker, formerly farmer
living north Of town and later a resi-
dent Of Abilene, living on North
Eighth street, died Wednesday at
La Cygne where the family moved
four years ago. Burial in Livingston
cemetery Saturday, Mrs. Parker ac-
companying the body here. The
children live In southern Kansas and
Oklahoma.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-26
PROBE KANSAS COAL PRICE
Want to Know Why Mines Arc
Working Only Part Time

Working Only Part Time
Topeka, May 19.--The Kansas in
dustrial court issued an order yes
terday instructing Its attorney, Bax-
ter McClain, and accountant, N. T.
Atkinson. to begin an Investigation
into the coal mining business Of
Kansas. The court has been maxi
ing plans for an investigation for
some time. The coal dealers have
served notice on the public that
there will be no reductions In the
prices Of coal this summer, and are
urging that coal be purchased to
keep the mines going.
The court has information that
some of the coal mines In South
eastern Kansas have contracts for ali
Of the coal that en- be mined, and
yet these mines are working only
three days q week.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-26
ACADEMY GRADUATES. ELEVEN

Closing Exercises Held at Enterprise
College
Closing exercises held this week
at the Enterprise academy marked
he graduation Of a class Of eleven :
John Lowell Beggs, Inez Myrna Ben
tamin. Harold H. Wotan, Hazel Al
thea Thorp, Bryan James Birdsell,
Henry p. Lorenz, Clarence Curtis
Rasmussen, Beatrice ]. Raddicks,
Adolphus Howard Parker, Marion
Pearl Goodloe, Charley Wesley Barr.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-26
Another Solomon Election

Solomon has issued a call for an
other bond election to vote on $780,
900 bonds to complete Its water sys-
TEN. The bonds were voted several
months ago and warrants issued to
be taken up by them. Then the
bonds were found to be Illegal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-26

n ron miss the paper. phone TO
the Office. No. 96. between 8 q. m.
and 8 p. m. Do II the hrst day after
the miss, please.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-26

The Reflector il always glad to
have news telephoned to the office
phone 90.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-26

Fred Beckmeyer sang solo be-
tween acts.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-02-04
SUNDAY NEETTNGG
AT THE v w G. A.

For the Sundays during Lent, be-
ginning February 3, n series of meet
ings has been arranged with popular
speakers 10 which the n en- and wom-
EN- of New Britain are invited. The
auditorium seats 800 and is a pleas
ant place 10 meet. At least one date.
that of March 20. will be for women
and girls only, addressed by DR.. Val
eria Parker of Hartford.
Next Sunday, at 4:30, Miss Caro-
line Bartlett of the City Mission will
speak and there will be special music.
Miss Bartlett will discuss What Is 1t
to Be n Christian" following which
there may bo informal discussion by
those who hear her. Girls. especial
~. are asked to come and share in
the discussion as we'll as in the tea"
which is served at $50 o'clock.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-02-04
H. S. VALENTINE PARTY.

Members OF the Senior Civics club
entertained the sophomore class last
evening at a Valentine party in the
High school gymnasium. The hall
was tastefully decorated in red and
white with hearts resembling valen-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-02-04
SLEEPING SICKNESS SPREADS.
Five Die, Thirteen Are Frustrated i'm
Boston by Disease

Boston. Feb. 4.-Sleeping sickness
has caused five deaths in this city
within month and thirteen other per-
sons have been Frustrated by it, Health
Commissioner Woodward said today.
Health authorities are ut n loss to &C
count for the disease and it's spread.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-02-04

tines. The Chapman Major String
orchestra played. Louis Raschkow
entertained with clog dancing Re-
freshments were served.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-02-04

Challenge Milk 1Sc can. Russell Bros.
--Advt.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-02-04

Eggs are lower. Russell Bros.-Advt
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-08-13
RUGS RUGS

Last opportunity this week, 6x9s
value 500, $50; 9x12s, value $l20, $65
value, $50, $50; Runmore. value, s.:
Sl.45 yard. Cheaper qualities. hal
prices. Goodman, % West 18th Stree,
N. Y. c. Bronx subway.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-04
NOW DEMAND PIPE POCKETS
Philadelphia Newspaper Declares Up
to-pats Women insist on Them in
Their Garments.

New suits will have 10 possess q
novel feature II up-to-date young wom-
en- are to be satisfied The pipe pocket
should De considered In creating all
feminine garments of the future
Perhaps IL is the effect Of gaining
the suffrage, so that they feel they
must go on 10 wider. freer conquests.
but, anyway. certain IL Is that the girls
are getting tired of cigarettes and are
turning to good old-fashioned corncob
pipes as a solace Tor the languors Of
modernity. says the Philadelphia
Ledger.
Some time ago several young women
In New York decided that cigarettes
were too expensive, and that they
ought to join the great world move
ment for financial conservation by sub
Shutting pipes for the more delicate
joy. But at that time ordinary pipes
were not tried. usually small, ladylike
ones being selected.
Now, however. substantial corncobs.
cheap. picturesque and nonbreakable.
are the favorites.
The corncob> pipe Is unpretentious.
respectable and conservative" one OF
the corncob devotees explained Many
OF our great-grandmothers smoked
corncobs Especially is this true OF
those or us who had southern great
grandmothers. There Is something
like -Bolsheviki about a cigarette. but
we feel that in smoking corncobs we
will be back on the sure foundation OF
good old-fashioned Americanism. The
people who are always lamenting the
good old days will be pleased. and viii
feel that the country is saved"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-04

government. He charges himself with
his due share of civic responsibility;
he wades IN, calls a spade spade, =
liar a liar, CRATER a CRATER, and a
plain damn fool a plain damn fool; he
serves on a jury when he is summon
ed and he usually expedites justice;
he rallies his fellows together when
necessary and cleans out the bunch,
regardless of party, who would ap-
propriate the public purse in village,
or city, or state. or nation for private
ends
He does not simply remember that
he was a boy. He tried to have some
boy somewhere thru his influence be
actively conscious that he is to be a
man.
He radiates no goody -goody atmos-
phere; he is not saint; there are no
wings visibly sprouting upon his
shoulders Deep down in his inner
and better nature, sometimes even
hidden from everybody but himself,
but existing 80 times in 100, there is
a deep-seated, ineradicable belief in
Divine Providence and an abiding
faith in his Creator.
He is not-any one of him-all of
these things; but he is a practical
idealist and he aims at his ideals
while he keeps his feet upon the
earth. He knows that we do not live
in Utopia and he is content to make
orderly progress stewards the realiza-
ton of his ideals lie knows that
Rotary is more than better business,
more than good fellowship, more than
lip service about a motto. He knows
that there is but one thing in the
world deader than a mere motto of
and in itself, and that is the spineless
cuss who hides his inactivity behind
it. He knows that the real progress
of Rotary is measured by the number
of men who shed their coats and do
something to prove their love for
their fellow men.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-04
WHO Is A ROTARIAN7
This Gives the Ocala Rotes a Tremen-
dOus Reputation to
Live Up to
(By Harlan Horner)

He is not an manufactured"
he is a "go-getter."
He is not a sour-faced dyspeptic
He keeps his alimentary canal-the
most dangerous highway known to
commerce-literally and figuratively
open to traffic He believes in whole
some fun, and in the tonic of laugh
ter and song.
He does not have Home Sweet
Home IN knitted scroll over his
mantel. But his home IS a place of
rest and comfort and good cheer and
children's voices.
He is not a rhasher, nor an ogler,
nor a silly ass about a petticoat He
respects womanhood
He does not have a placard on his
desk, Honesty is the Best Policy"
He does things on the square oyer the
counter day in and day out
He is not soft. fiabby, sentimental,
half-baked. He is kind, charitable,
sympathetic and wholly unashamed
to exhibit genuine sentiment.
He isnot an icicle. nor a lemon, nor
crouch, nor one of that nongrel
breed which sees its acquaintance
only when it is convenient to do so.
There is a look of friendliness in his
eyes; he is cordial. approachable, hu-
man; he shakes hands like a he
man, nor for conventions sake, but
because he takes real pleasure in the
experience.
He is not molly-coddle, nor jelly
| fish, nor an acrobat who tries to car
ry water on both shoulders. He pos
sesses that essential stuff of charac-
ter-backbone; he can look any man
in the face and tell him, if necessary,
where he gets off and, upon occasion,
. whittier he may go.
I He is not a spendthrift, a booze
| fighter, a gambler, a loafer, nor a
reckless ne'er-do-well. He lives just
as well as he knows how, within his
means, without display, temporarily,
sanely, safely; he works Industrious
ly for material success but more for
the invisible rewards of successful
accomplishment; he condemns shift
lessness and believes that the world
owes no sane able-bodied man living.
He is not a lounge lizard, nor a
Miss Nancy, nor recluse. He believes
in the open air and sunshine, in man.
ly sport, in red blood and in earnest
human endeavor
He does not sit on the side lines and
cuss the umpire. He gets into the
game, knocks a home run now and
then and slides in safely to the home
plate.
He is not a paper patriot. He does
not have to take any oath of allegi-
ance. His daily life is an unmistak-
able manifestation of his allegiance
He knows but one national flag. There
is no alloy in his patriotism.
He does not whine about rotten
politics, and corrupt courts. and bad
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-04
Port Tobacco Passes.

Gone Is the ancient town Of Port
Observation-Disclosures OF the eight
eenth century-the metropolis" of
Charles in the days of auld lang syne.
The pioneers who sailed up the Po-
tomac founded 1t on an estuary Of
the noble river, and its fame as a
shipping point for the colonists once
extended across the Atlantic. Three
or four decades ago the last court
house fight" In Maryland centered
around Port Tobacco. Its water trans
portation dwindled, and the building
Of the Pope's Greek railroad line from
Bowie to the Potomac gave the
Charles countians a new outlook
Many Of them picked La Plata station
for a county seat, owing to Its cen
trail location and daily trains. The
old courthouse at Port Tobacco was
burned down and the voters declared
for the building Of q new one at La
Piata.-Baltimore News.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-04
sALvAGeRs DID GOOD WORK


Laadlubbers link saIvaging ships
and cargoes 10 easy deals in sreasure
trove but the shippers Of the saivag
ing ships would tell them that salvage
l. sweaIy and poorly paid exertion.
They do not regard themselves as adj
venturers OF romance. They are divers
Of SeagOing ambulanceS- They are
marine surgeons. who operate on sick
or disabled craft, says the SpoSane
SPOKESMAN Review.
Salvaging before the war was a mat
ter-of-fact trade, but during the war
II became business fraught with ex-
traordinary dangers The maritime
Oeliigerents had TO save every dam
aged or, sunken ship that they could.
and the salyager was almost as indis-
penSabIe 10 winning the war Us was
the man-o-war.
Al the DardanelIes i've vessels were
sunk near shore. and yet all were sal
vaged eNpeditiously by the Liverpool
nrmS
In June OF 1917 the salyagers recUs-
cred Tour good-sized steamers in ten
days that had been sunk In the English
channel They salvaged Beartie's Ha q
ship and the Britannia and the Astu-
rias: the submarine k-l3 after IT'S crew
had been submerged two and half
days; the wrecks OF Ostend and Zee
brugge-
The salvaging boats had at one ana
the same time To act as machine shop.
power house, pumping station and tug.
they worked in "a single spot. where
they were target for every German
Submarine anywhere around. They
showed heroisIu beyond praise.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-04

The return to Harry st. Francis
Black, New York millionaire, of his
private Pullman car seized in Miami
last March, when over 400 quarts of
intoxicating liquor were found aboard
it by federal and state officers, was
ordered by the trial court. The costs,
amounting to over $1,000. was assess
ed against the county. Black was &C
quilted when tried for violation of the
prohibition laws. A very large pro-
portion of the people down that way
would consider it a privilege to polish
a rich mans shoes.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-04
ANYWAY, PROPELLER is GONE
Dispute Now Is Whether IL Was Torn,
Bitten, or Blown of, But IL
Is Missing.

What happened TO the starboard
propeller of the United Fruit liner Cal
amares, recently arrived at New York
from Central American ports and Ha-
vana. puzzled her skipper, officers and
passengers, who discussed the mystery
since the ship threw at on the after
noon Of Wednesday, January 10. In
the placid Caribbean and started wab-
bling, heaving, pitching, tossing. rolling
and doing other things that no healthy
ship does all at the same time.
Capt. Harry Spencer stopped the
liner and the chief engineer examined
the starboard propeller. he found
that one OF the blades had been torn,
bitten or blown OF. Some surmised
that a sea serpent might have nibbled
at the propeller and others said out
right there was no doubt a steel-eat-
ing Caribbean shark had bitten OF the
blade.
Captain Spencer derided these tho
cries, declaring the blade had been
blown on by the force Of q subaque-
Gus earthquake, as the Calamares be-
gan rocking violently q moment after
the mysterious force was FIRST felt.
And there the matter rests
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-04
LEAF FR0n LAaDLADY S BOOK
Drummer Devised Shresvd Scheme for
Putting End to Series Of Petty
Eatort.cnS-

Like cures like. said speaker Gil
lett. apropos of certain exlorti0nS.
Abuse uIay cure abuse. too.
Il onee knew a drummer for a
chemical tirtn. This drummer would
visit POttsvilIe four or i've times a
year. He would arrive late in the
evening AT the louisville hotel and
depart after lunch the next day. lie
didn't stop a full day, you see; he
gOt no dinner; nevertheless he was
always charged a full days board.
The extOrtion got on his nerves
AT last; so one afternoon when his
bill was brought him. he took out his
pad aud drew up an account against
ihe landlady for a carboy Of sulphuric'
acid
Take this 10 Mrs. Tompkins. bel
said TO the waiter. and ask her II she,
would mind settling up at once
In few minutes Mrs. Tompkins
herself appeared.
Why she said TO the drummer.
I never bought any suiphuric acid
from you In my life. This bin Ia q
mistake
Neither have I ever eaten any Of
YOUR dinners. ma'am.' said the drum
uner. but you charge me for them
every time I come to Pottsyilie.'
After that the POttsyille hotel never
charged the drummer for things he
hadn't had"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-04

A c. Blowers is smiling all ovec
his face because he didn't go to the
legislature. He has also forgiven the
Star for doing its darndest to keep
him out of it. Blowers is one of the
auto owners who is willing to pay a
special tax on his auto. He says the
car is worth lot to him and he is
willing to pay his share of taxes to
keep a good road under it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-04
AnYERTIsING RATEs

Display; Plate Is cents per inch for
consecutive insertions. Alternate inser-
fions % per cent additional Compost
ton charges on ads. that run less than
six times 10 cents per inch. Special
based on four-inch minimum. Less than
four inches Will take a higher rate,
which will be furnished upon applica-
tion.
for first Insertion; three cents per line
for each subsequent insertion. One
change a week allowed on readers with
out extra composition charges.
Legal advertisements at legal rates.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-04

The bill to require the democratic
state committee to call state con-
vention seems to have been lost in the
legislative shuttle. We see no reason
why the state committee should wait
for any such authority" from the
legislature. If the committee called
a convention, and the convention made
rules for the party, it would be the
right and duty of every good DEM
ocrat to obey the rules of said con-
vention. The legislature has no more
right to boss the democratic party
than to boss the Methodist church.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-06-04

The silence regarding capital re-
moval of the Ocala, Orlando and Pa
latka papers during the last few
weeks of the legislative session was
thick enough to cut with a knife. 1t
is the Stars opinion that the capital
will stay at Tallahassee about six
years longer, until the pan is so full
that by sheer weight it breaks loose
from the handle.