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Mrs. A. Geslin visited Mrs. r
Sayre last week.
Mrs Fink spent Sunday afternoon
at the Palmer home.
Miss l.. Deges is working for
Mrs. Maggie Sayre this week.
/ Prayer meeting will be held at
the Madsen home Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred McDevitt visi-
ted Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Taylor spent Wednes-
day at the Reverend and Mrs. Lam
kins.
Mr.. Cox's aunt and cousin are
out from Kansas visiting here for
few weeks.
Miss Ruth Keslin was operated on
for appendicitis last week and is
improving nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Taylor visited
Mrs. James Palmer and family last
Thursday afternoon.
Len Patnode was operated on for
appendicitis last week and is re-
ported doing nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Felix are the
proud parents of a fine baby boy
born Sunday morning.
The Misses Mildred Walters and
Mary Wright spent Wednesday eve
ming with Miss Mary Shields.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Cox and Mr..
Cox's aunt and cousin spent Sunday
and Monday camping near Telluride.
Mr.. Murray's brother and family
left Sunday for Oklahoma after
spending a few weeks here visiting
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Patnode of Kansas
are here visiting Mr.. Patnode's
brother, Mutt Patnode. They ex-
pect to leave soon.
Mrs. McClain and daughter Rose
and the Rev. and Mrs. Lamkin
called on Mrs. Wright and children
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Myers and children. the
Misses Clark, Mrs. Farney and Miss
Stephen spent few days at the
lakes on Grand Mesa.
Miss Rose McClain took the teach
ers examinations at Montrose. While
in Montrose Rose got poisoned but
is getting along nicely.
Charles and Miss Ruby Pope, Tom
Ryan, Emma Willis, Mr. Stocker,
Cecil Stocker and Freda Stocker en-
joyed a fine supper Sunday evening
at the Willis home.
Aunty Willis was given a surprise
party on her eighty-fourth birthday
last week by Mrs. Borden and other
neighbors. All enjoyed themselves
but none so much as Aunty who
had the time of her life.
Miss Mildred Walters left Satur-
day for her home in Ouray after
spending a week with Miss Mary
! Wright. Clanton and Miss Mary took
Mildred as far as Montrose in the
car and from there she made the
rest of the trip by train.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
DIDN'T WANT TO QUIT

Knocked out after smashing
charge, an athlete lay on the
ground Of the Clay county high
school football field. His head
rested on a chalk line no whittier
than his face. His uniform was
wet through; CRIME smeared his
cheeks. That big body, once so
respondent to the will OF the mas
ter, refused to do his bidding.
Then II was that the giants
bleodless lips opened and In
faint voice, he said, "Oh, l don't
want to quit" In that sentence
one can read the sterling char
;acter of Sim Barber, who has
left the game forever.
Words fail to express the grief
of all those whom Sim called
friend. His going leaves bruised
and benumbed consciousness.
Sim Barber did not want to
quit. Life must have been good
to one so favored. Brown hair
filed with waves and ripples,
eyes of blue that asked and gave
sincerity; cheeks that We're red
dening with the flush Of youth
full health; lips that smiled with
a curve of tenderness and yet
could harden under stress; a body
that only a trained athlete
knows: a keen intellect; all these
were his.
But as death grew more In
sistent, urging Sim on, he did
not quit. Before unconscious
ness came there lowered about
his mouth and in his eyes
faint smile of comprehension and
resignation.
1t hurts because he goes; there
is Il throbbing pain that will not
take ease. In Abilene where he
lived, in Abilene where he at
tended the high school; among
all those comrades Of his who
cheered as he played for Abilene;
wherever he was known there
must be questioning. Those whom
Sim loved and who loved him
must ask: ooh, God, why?"
RAYBURN HURLEY
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
MAKES OCTOBER REPORT
County Nurse Made go Calls During
the Month

The report for October from the
county nurse showed II patients dur
ing the month. 46 nursing visits, )
infant welfare visits, 30 schools WIS.,
tied twice. 16 home visits to school
children, 621 Office visits and 135
babies weighed. The total number OF
calls made during the month was 926
During the month 456 school chill
dren were weighed and measured, IA
per cent being per cent or more
under weight. OF the 456 children
examined the suspected defects are
as follows: 10 boys and s girls, de-
fective vision; 93 boys and 81 girls.
defective teeth; 3s boys and 81 girls
enlarged tonsils; 10 boys and 7 girls
mouth breathers.
There are 1916 corrections made as
follows: Vision. boys and girls;
teeth, AZ boys and "A girls; tonsils,
% boys and II girls; mouth breath
ing, 10 boys and 3 girls. In check
ing up last years defect slips after
these 81 schools examined the results
are since last years examinations 1S
boys and IA girls have been to the
dentist; 8 boys and IS girls have been
to the physician; 10 boys and II girls
have had corrections made; / boy and
4 girls found that corrections were
not needed, and boys and s girls
are planning TO have corrections made
soon.
1t is gratifying to see the interest
the children show in their normal
weight and what they do weigh and
the number that have gained enough
to bring them up to normal. says the
county nurse. II there were reliable
scales in every school as there should
be, Dickinson county's per cent OF
underweight school children would
be very much less than "a per cent
as It has been for the last three years.
The children themselves are inter
ested In their weights and when they
get the connection between proper
diet and normal weight and a scale
close at hand, underweight children
will be less Of a problem.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
STORK WAS A BuSY BIRD

If the entire population of Kansas
were divided into families Of five
each, there was baby born to every
ninth family during the year Of 1920,
according to statistics compiled by
the United States Public Health Blu
reau from the late census report.
The report credits the stork with
an addition of 1862. The total pop
ulation of the state is 1,769,257 per-
sons. The health bureau report goes
into detail on the mortality of the
baby population, showing that Of this
offspring 2,S9S died before reaching
their first birthday anniversary. Thus
it is figured that the Kansas infancy
death rate is % for each 1000.
The lowest death rate in Kansas
was reported by Lawrence where
there were SO deaths per thousand,
while Fort Scott had the highest rate
with 140 per thousand.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10

The month just passed was one Oh
the mildest and most pleasant octo-
bers in the history Of Kansas, accora-
ing TO the weather bureaus monthly
report issued lIy 8. d. Flora
A summary Of daily conditions at
400 stations of the weather bureau
sbow last month was the fourth
dr,est October on record and had more
sunshine than any other month In
more than two years. An almost un-
interrupted stretch of Indian summer
weather that extended from the If
teenth to twenty-seventh added to
the charm of the month. The first
killing frost Of the season occurred In
the northeast quarter on the eighth
and over practically all the rest of
the state on the eleventh and twelfth,
which Is from four to ten days earlier
than usual. The damage was small
as most crops had already matured.
A few south central counties escaped
killing frost during the entire month.
It was the first October in more
than twenty years with tempera-
ture as high as 100 degrees, which
was reported on the ninth at Macks-
vile and Medicine Lodge. The low
est reading was 81 degrees on the
twenty seventh at Leoti.
Almost none Of the state, except
q few eastern. counties, was favored
with as much as an inch Of rain and a
great many central and western coun-
ties had less than a quarter Of an
inch. The average amount over the
eastern third was 1.0S inches; the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
BAG STOCK SHOW AT WICHITA
Exhibits win Be Brought From Dem
yer Show

The sixth annual Kansas National
Livestock Exposition will be held at
Wichita, January 1925, j. H Mercer,
secretary of the Kansas Livestock
Association, announced today. The
exposition will be staged in the
Forum, which is declared to be the
largest municipal livestock exposition
on building in the world.
The Kansas stock show will be held
the week following the National
Western Stock Show at Denver and
a special train Is to bring all the eX-
hibits from Denver to Wichita. All
animals on exhibition pay full freight
coming to the show while the railway
company returns them free.
Liberal premiums are offered in
the various cattle, hog, sheep and
horse classes. A high school students
Judging contest will be hell the first
day of the exposition. The contest
will ibe under the direction Of ed. J.
Macy, county agricultural agent.
Medals are offered as prizes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10

Abilene VIII Try sessMake . Real
Record

During the year 1920 the railroads
of the United States paid out the enor-
nous sum of 100 million dollars on
account Of claims filed for lost and
damaged packages, a very large per-
centage Of which was caused by I'M
proper packing, marking, and the use
Of containers Of not sufficient strength
to carry the weight Of the goods pack.
ed in them. On account Of this. the
Americal Railway Association, work
ing with the American Railway Ex-
press Company, has made arrange
ments for a nation wide compaign to
stimulate further interest in good
hacking of shipments by freight and
express. November has been desig.
mated as the Perfect Package
Month" During that month all ship.
ments offered to railroad and express
carriers will be closely inspected as to
packing, containers and marks, and
any exceptions taken will be reported
each day to the shipper and the Com.
mercial club.
Abilene has been selected as one
of the towns to make this campaign
in ON account Of the large and in
creasing freight and express being
handled.
A committee consisting of W. L.
Crebbs, s. II. Paul, A. N. Sites and
A. +. Martin, agents Of the railroads
and express company, to manage the
work during the month Of November
At the end of this month report OF
the total number Of packages receiV'
ed by these railroads and express
company and the number of excep-
lions noted for causes above men,
toned, will be made to the CONNER
cial club and the Railway Association
for the purpose Of compiling a report
Of the United States-
The committee will furnish the
merchants a letter showing just what
Is required to accomplish the results
| to nut Abilene IN the front rank OF
perfect package shipping cities.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
BOARD OF HEALTH WINS
SaIina Will Construct a $lOOpOS
FiIterinx plant

The state board Of health has won
out, apparently, in its quarrel with
the city of Salina in the matter OF
the city constructing a tiltering plant
for its sewer system. The sewage OF
that city empties into the Smoky Hill
river and according 10 the state beard
of health, makes water unfit Tor do
nestle use in the towns below this
city, including Topeka.
The city made every effort to avoid
the expense of constructing filtering
plant, but it seems now that the CITY
will be unable to construct any more
sewers until the plant has been put
in operation. Under these conditions
the city commission has come to the
conclusion to build the altering plant,
which will cost approximately. $780,
600. Just when the weSk of the 'con-
structiOn will begin has not been de-
cidpd
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10

Sim Barber, aged 20 years, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. sam Barber, passed
away Monday morning at the home OF
his parents as the result Of injuries
received on the Clay Center gridiron
in a football game Wednesday, Nov
ember .. His spine was Injured.
Young Barber was Senior In high
school and was described by A. +.
Olney, principal, AS being typical OF
the American spirit which fights hard
and on the square. He was on the
football team for the fourth year and
was one OF Abilene's finest players
He was also track man and men,
Der OF the baseball team.
Rayburn Hurley, a comrade and
fellow athlete who was with him dur
ing much Of his suffering pays him
the loving tribute given herewith and
which will express the sorrow his
many friends feel:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
TAIL LIGHTS ON BUGGIES
Motorists II Leavenworth Have Come
back at Police

Here's a suggestion for Abilene:
As the result of an intensive police
campaign against motorists whose
cars carried no rear signal. Leaven-
worth automobile owners petitiOned
the city commission for the passage
Of an ordinance requiring all horse
drawn vehicles in Leavenworth to be
equipped with tail-light. They say
that with dimmed headlights on their
cars they could not see an unlighted
wagon or buggy until 1t was too close
to avert an accident.
The requested ordinance was
passed and practically every horse
drawn vehicle on the streets Of Leav'
enwOrth after dark now carries tail
light.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
PRAISES KANSAS GUARD
Report of Col. p. II. H0isington
pulbIishod

The annual encampment Of Kansas
National Guard infantry, signal corps
and cavalry units at Fort Riley last
August was a decided success In the
opinion of Col. p. N. HoisingtOn, fer
mer commander of the Fourth infan-
try, whose report has just been pub
lished by Adjt. Gen. Charles l. Mar
tin.
In his report Colonel HOisingtpn
praises the officers and men highly
and predicts a bright future for the
Kansas National Guard.
For the first time opportunity was
had at this encampment to observe 9
regiment under the new tables Of
organization" says the report. "Tht
result is highly satisfactory"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
NEED RADICAL CHANCES I
Teachers Point Ont Need ef Depart
u,eut Of Education

Entire reorganization OF the STATE
department Of education, with APP
pointment Of state commissioner OF
education and abolition OF the pres
ent office Of superintendent OF pubic
instruction, was proposed In resoiu-
lions presented yesterday at the an
nual convention Of the Kansas state
Teachers Association In session az
Topeka, Pittsburg, Wichita and SAIL
ma.
The resolutions also urge larger
units as basis Of school administra-
ton and taxation; recommend high-
er teacher qualifications; approve con-
solidation Of schools; demand en-
forcement Of state anti-cigarette law,
compulsory school attendance law
and moving picture law; request en-
actment of a state teachers pension
law; suggest appointment OF a COM
mittee to draft a professional CODE
of ethics for Kansas teachers; COM
mend action of 1921 legislature In
creating a school code commission
ask representation Of public schools
on state school book commission; ana
endorse Sterling TOwner bill when
provides for creation Of national de-
partment Of education In presidents
cabinet.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
CHANCE FOR SOLOMON ROAD
FederaI Aid Bill Has Become a

The Solomon Abilene road may
now be paved with half the expense
paid by federal aid If the commits
sioners are wilBmg. The district has
petitioned for such action and the pc
tition has been approved but held up
awaiting federal aid. An attempt to
secure a petition for gravel was a
failure as the cost would be nearly as
much as half the paving and no fed
eral aid was in sight. Besides the
district declared that paving was Ger
tain to come later and why pay for
two jobs.
A Washington Associated Press
dispatch says: Instructions as to how
each state shall select its federal aid
roads constitute the principal new fea-
ture of the federal highway act, en-
actment of which has just been COM
pleted, as differentiating from the fed
eral aid act Of 1915, according to an
analysis of the bill by the federal
farm bureau federation.
To secure part or all of its allot-
ment Of the $75,0O0,000 of federal
funds appropriated for road con-
struction for the remainder OF the
fiscal year, a state must select a con-
nected road system not exceeding
seven per cent of its entire road mile.
age for improvement with federal
aid. This system is to be divided
into two classes Of roads: One con-
sisting of interstate roads, not more
than sixty per cent Of the states al
lotment can be expended without the
joint approval OF the secretary OF
agriculture, as administrator Of the
act, and the state highway depart.
ment. The other class consisting OF
inter- county roads, will compose the
balance Of the system and receive the
remainder Of the allotment.
The amount Of federal aid received
on any project, however, is not TO
exceed fifty per cent Of the estimated
cost, except in states where more than
i've per cent Of the area is unappro'
priated public land, only applying TO
the mountain states
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10

mi6u1ls ehtsds%14 inch !; the western
Third. !. ~ inchy ana FOR the sentire
STATE the average was .6t inch, which
Is only "a per cent Of the normal.
The heaviest amount reported &C.
CURED just across the Missouri river,
at st. Joseph, and the driest spot was
Lacrosse, which had NO fall OF mois-
fure at all
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
LICENSE is CHEAPEST
Bet Two Boys Had to Pay Fines Be-
fore They DiscOvereA 1t


The difference between $40 and
81 Is $40. Some Of us learn 1t IN
arithmetic and some of us learn it In
police count.
Clarence Slaybaugh and Orville
Engle viii went hunting Saturday
without licenses learned it in police
court. Deputy Game Wanden H. G.
Engle arrested them and each one
paid a fine OF 500.
The cost Of a hunting license Is 81
ana the law requires that it be car
ried on the person Of the hunter. War
den Engle has made every effort to
warn people in Dickinson county that
hunting without a license Is a viola
tion of a state law. Notices are
posted in every bank and restaurant
ana he has distributed $50 copies OF
the law. The arrests of Slaybaugh
ana Engle were the first here this sea
son to violation Of the game laws.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
WHITE SQUIRREL FOR ZOO
M. IF. AumiIler Gave Pretty Animal
to Gage Park

NJ. f. Aumiller presented Il white
squirrel to the zoo at Gage park in
Topeka, 'much to the delight OF the
Children" says an article in the Capt.
tai. Mr.. Aumiller bought the squirrel
from some boys who caught 1t on the
road near Chapman.
The squirrel is a pure albino and
his playfellows at the park rebelled
so strenuOusly when he was first In
troduced that a special cage was pre-
pared where he may live In peace.
Il. #. A. Reimisch, superintendent OF
parks, said that although he had
heard of white squirrels, this Is the
first one he has ever seen.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
Car Turned Turtle

Mrs. Fred Robson and daughters
verda and Mildred went to Oak Hill
yesterday and in returning home
when about three miles this side OF
Oak Hill the car turned turtle and
they were all quite badly hurt but not
seriously, The car is almost wreck.
They are still at Oak Hill but expect
IN he hAme soon
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10

Appropriate Service Planned Al Mem
orial Hospital Grounds

The corner stoner for the Dickin-
son County Memorial hospital will be
laid Armistice Day, November IL, the
Hospital Company has announced.
Appropriate exercises will be held and
1t is planned to make the occasion one
of impressive ceremony In memory
of the heroic men of this county who
gave their lives In the World war and
in whose honor the hospital will be
dedicated
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
About Group

II your children are subject to
Group, OF IL you have reason TO fear
their being attacked by that disease.
you should procure bottle Of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy and study
the directions for use, so that In case
Of an attack you will know exactly
what course TO pursue. This IL q
fayorite and very successful remedy
for Group, and II is important that
Won obeerve the directions carefully.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
VISITS HER rIN.LAWS"
TAssoeiated Press1

Denison, Tex. Nov. 6.-Mrs. Elmer
Inman, wife Of an inmate Of the Kan
sas prison, and daughter Of former
Warden Codding, arrived here this
morning and called upon her bus
bands parents.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
ONLY FIVE STATES OPEN
TRANSPORTATION of Liquor Iato the
Others VIII Not Be Permitted

Transportation OF Liquor aeto inc
Others VIII Not Be Permatted
Washington, Nov. 5.-Permits Tor
the transportation Of liquoe except
into FIVE states will be denied by the
state federal prohibition directors
under instructions sent out yesterday
by Commissioner Haynes. The states
excepted are California, Louisiana,
Massac husetts, Maryland and Rhode
Island.
Calling attention to the fact that
the Reed "bone dry" amendment pro-
!hibits the transportation of liquors
unto "dry" state, the commission
said that all except five states have
laws which bring them within that
category.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
Football Games Cancelled

All games of the Abilene high
school football taem for the remainder
Of the season have been cancelled be-
cause of the death Of Sim Barber.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
with a pipe and P: A.!

smoke so fascinat-
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Put a pin in herel Prince
Albert can't bite your
tongue or parch your
throat. Both are cut out
by our exclusive patented
process. So, just pass up
any old idea you may have
stored away that you can't
smoke a pipel We tell you
that you can-and just
have the time Of your life
on every fire-up-if you
play Prince Albert for
.paSkipgi outdoors
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10

Prince Albert 10
sold In toppy red
bags, tidy red tins
kasdsems pound
and, bali peusd tin
kuslidsys and In the
poupd crystal glass
u O m ID or vita
sponge mofstsasr
tor.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10
You'll get somewhere


Start fresh all over
again at the beginningi
Get a pipe!-and forget
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you ever had that spilled
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For a jimmy pipe,
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Prince Albert, will trim
any degree of smokejoy
you ever registered It's
a revelationl You never
puffed such delightful,
satisfying favor; or, such
fragrancel Why-you just
want to- eat the zephyry
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-26

From the Divorce Court
to a Career on the Screen

n WOMAN of wealth and social
~ prominence has figured in one
of the most sensational divorce pro-
ceedings ever held in America. 1t
is announced that compromise is
about to be reached with her Haillion-
aire husband, who has grown sick Of
the notoriety which will shortly make
him an exile from his native coun-
try. 1t is also stated that the
"wronged wife" is considering an Of
fer to go into the movies for $780,
600.
There is always a "way out" for
the woman whose good name has been
brought into question through sa-
lacious divorce trial or love affair
that ends in murder. The movies
beckon to such characters with con-
tract which promises quick returns.
1t is this sort of thing that has given
the reformers an opportunity to at
tack the motion picture on safe
ground.
The movies claim to be art. What
justification could there be for fur
Their exploiting the matrimonial trou-
bles of a multimillionaire and his
wife on the screen, save the sordid
desire to capitalize scandal and
cater to the prurient-minded and low
ers of sensationalism who don't know
art when they see it?