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A great many Wyoming people
have been waiting expectantiy for the
announcement OF the state highway
commissions road building plang for
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o. When we are all living in our one room, kitchen
cite and bath, where are we going to hang that old
motto, Home, Sweet Home" that the folks wiled to
us among other heirlooms? But what causes great
er concern is where the devil are we going to put the
''what not?n
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the lesson he has received may lsrove
q profitable one. as he announces
that he Is done with this class OF a
game getter-
, 1921-07-27

The Marion Star asserts that the young fellow of
today can never claim that he got his bride sight I'M
SEEN"
, 1921-07-27

Tribune Classified a
Bring Reaults-
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which the natives hang their sleeping mat, that
the dead head faces them
The Count and Countess narrowly escaped losing their
lives many occasions and from what he told it
evident that she had several times acted with great
courage and decision in saving them from dangerous
situations.
He told me that he his wife to Santa Anna which
lies in the headhuntng region of the Solomon Islands.
The natives made raid distant island killed about
half the inhabitants and brought the others back prs
oners to be eaten at the next cannibal feast.
When should have taken my wife to the opera the
Count took his visit to the "taboo house" where
they keep the headhunng canoes In the floor Of this
taboo house posts forked at the upper ends in
which dried sharks containing the heads Of
Kings Of the islands Here also kept the heads Of
victims whose bodies had been devoured at cannibal
feasts and whose heads to be affixed
For about six years Count Fesetics induced his
fined American wife to lead this terrifying existence
taking her to nearly every part of the Pacific.
At last when they in Singapore she seized the
opportunity to leave him. and took passage French
steamship for France He told that as he was sailing
in his yacht for another savage island he caught sight Of
her the deck Of the steamship She waved her hand
him, and in telling Of this incident he added with
remarkable simplicity that he had idea this would be
the last time she would ever greet him his wife,
After she reached America the Countess began suit for
divorce the ground Of cruelty and obtained it. The
fact Of taking bride among cAnnibals would per-
haps, be construed cruelty in chivAlrous Western
court and the the had to offer were not
regarded as worthy Of consideration.
After the divorce proceedings Count Festetcs became
nauraled IL America tor spite Of his misfortunes his
business with American shipping and yachting men had
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pared with the other viands and experienced OBJ
could not distinguish between the different meats
The etiquette Of the banquet required that the guests
should follow the example of the King in everything
When His Majesty ate with his fingers it Incumbent
upon them to do likewise and when he ped his fingers
his hair poeness required that they should do the
The Count kept whispering to his distressed bride
that she must do whatever the King did Disregard Of
etiquette might have fatal consequences
The first course consisted of roast chickens accom-
panied by roast yams and not altogether disagree
able After this came course of roast pig, with gna-
mas taros, Cocoanuts and other fruit The King liked
his pig strong and well DONE and the smell of burnt
trying to a civilized It washed down with
large quantities Of palm wine
This course might have been welcome to hungry
man. but to the dainty Countess who had already been
sorey tried by the of the day. proved to
be than satisfying
She had just managed to put away her last morsel of
burnt pig when terrifying sight met her eye The saw
ages stirred the embers Of the fire the beach and one
Of the cannibals approached with platter containing
steamng human head. The csnnibal chief looked at it
with eager eyes and the Countess Fesetics uttcrng
of horror collapsed in the of her husband
in faint The cannba King observed this disturbance
of his feast and looked up with displeasure
With great presence Of mind the Count explained that
his wife had been by the immense honors paid
her by His Majesty. The nobeman also pacied the King
by handing him little box of scented face powder which
must really have been Of considerable benefit to the
cannibal potentate.
BY the exercise of tact and lbersty the Count sue
ceeded in getting his wife back to the Tolns The epi
sode did not prevent the King from afterward paving a
friendly visit to the yacht.
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" greabe and believe had doubt Of the proprety
of his intentions
The Count sail in the Tolna for Espiritu Ssnto in
the New Hebrides because he expected to find psrcu
lary savage tribe there. The Count, who had studied
the subject of cannbalism with scientific interest in
fact eager make personal investigation of cannbals
and he believed that he would find his opportunity in
e these waters HIS young bride, who had by this time
"a become familiar with the discomforts Of lving-am
savages had realized the full of the position
At Espru Santo the Count sgnalled to the natives
IL that he had trade Then taking his wife with
him. he started in boat for the shore with portion Of
his The had already gathered the Shore
and Aourshing their weapons They leaped into
the water and being trade with the white man.
q hauled the boat ashore.
The Count and his bride unexpectedly found them
co selves field Of battle Two tribes from opposite
,ir with the white man. and the ground with
,szs dead bodies. Great being rowed away
laden with bodies to be eaten by the conquerors
nc Not deferred by these dreadful sights the Count pro-
h ceeded to trade glass beads cheap looking glasses
tobacco, knives and tin for chickens pigs yams
taros gnamas and choice fruits Of all kinds While the
trading going another tribe arrived and wishing
to trade ordered the first tribe go away The earlier
corners refused, and deadly battle followed.
q The chief with whom the Count had been dealing was
killed his head smashed in with club This occurred
before the eyes of the Countess who had Just taken the
unfortunate man s picture.
The newly arrived savages wanted ACQUIRE knives
and, OF course this proposition could be refused
When this affair had been settled the chief of the vcto
rous tribe invited the Count and Countess stay with
him at regal feast To have declined such invitation
would perhaps have been inviting death and any case
Count Festetics wanted to know all there be
known about cannibas
The feast proved to be endless affair While the
hors oeuvres being served the bodies Of the
Gently killed natives being up and prepared for
sc the feast There hundred different of csnn
baism and it is only among few tribes that the bodies
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convinced him that the United States his favorts
country. he purchased yacht, the Thistle from
Commodore Robert E. Todd and renamed her the Tona.
She splendid schooner, $50 feet the water line
a much finer boat than the old Tolna, which had been
wrecked and abandoned Mincoy reef in the Pacific
He sailed the Tolna Europe intending to pay visits
his splendid chateau the Mediterranean and other
charming regions
He called on his first wife when she staying in
Paris and made efforts reconciliation, for he still
admired her greatly. But she would risk more ad-
with the investigator Of cannibals As he told
the episode she called him rather sarcascally
he was leaving:
"Why don I you find someone else to marryi
The romantic Count thought over this suggestion
perhaps it had hypnotic effect him-and he decided
that he would carry it into effect
That very day he met at fashionable reception at
Mrs de Ia Mar house. who called the prettiest
American woman in Paris" She was Mrs Alice Wether
bce daughter Of the late Gardner Wetherbee who
proprietor of the Manhattan Hotel, in New York Mrs.
Wetherbee had been married to Jean Schopfer Swiss
artist marriage which had ended in unhappiness and
divorce.
Count Festetics, with the advantages of wealth and
his extraordinarily interesting experiences in the Pacific
Ocean, began fervent courtship of the beautiful Mrs.
Wetherbee His stories Of harrasng adventures seemed
fascinating to the American beauty when heard in the
safe and luxurious surroundings Of Partisan salon. and
as q result she became Countess Festetics No. 2.
The noble couple lived delightful existence in Europe
for several years Their time divided between Paris
visits to the chateau on the Riviera and to the ancestral
estates in Hungary and yachting the Mediterranean.
Then America entered the war; and another troubled
chapter began in his checkered His second Amer
can wife became estranged from him.
Count Festetics told that this sad occurrence
the direct result Of activities in New York He said
that his wife spent her days and nights attending such
affairs Red Cross meetings and managing canteens,
AS result she stayed away from him and learned to live
without him. In other words, they separated.
While the Count had become involved in this
domestic sorrow the end Of the war and the fall in Hun
garian exchange left his Hungarian property almost
worthless to him. He believed that the Hungarian Gov
eminent would make claim to retain the property of
An American citizen.
Such the predcament Of the once rich and power
full Count Rudolph Festetcs at the time met him. His
position viii explain why made effort to "borrow"
larger sums from him and confined my pursuits princi
pally to wealthy Americans.
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Count Festsucs enjoyed many
experiences which must have been
very interesting to . scientific and
inqr.iring mind. He stopped at the
island Of Ambryn, where. the ma
lives use an exceedingly dangerous
kind Of poisoned arrow The point,
he told me. is q sharpened human
bone. which they leave for three
days in the abdomen of . corpse in
an advanced state Of putrefaction.
Then they keep it in the mud of a
malarisus marsh filed with decay
ing vegetation. The finished point
takes beautiful shades of blue,
green and pink.
He found . village on this island
where the principal ornament Of
every hut is a preserved dead body,
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ri with his revolver overpowered them
10 and put them in irons. he left
10 them ashore at the nearest port and
81 thereafter navigated the yacht with
only q colored crew
could not tell you all the start.
NJ ling adventures Of the Count, which
no he has written down in two big, ex.
ID citing volumes, Among the Can.
nibals" and Toward the Reef of
Minicoy."
The most gruesome adventure
b, which Count Festetics told me re-
lated to his experience in the New
Hebr.des, group of islands inhab.
tied by the most dangerous savages
in the Pacific. / should say that
the Count told these stories with
out any idea that he had done any
-
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Of enemies freshly killed are
eaten on the spot. In other
cases the victims are kept for
months and fattened up for the
banquet.
These dreadful details escaped
the eyes Of the Countess, who
was already unneryed by the
terrors she had witnessed. Bar
hecued MICS were heiuo pre-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-02-03
PROVIDES MARKETING BUREAU
q. A. Badger Of Eureka Introduces
Bin In Legislature

Local associations for marketing
farm products and livestock are au-
thorized in the bill introduced by
Senator G. A. Badger Of Eureka
creating a state marketing bureau
The local association would be re-
ouired merely to file their applica-
lions with the state bureau which
would "render every assistance to the
organization and operation Of such
marketing associations"
The right of farmers to collective
ly bargain In the sale Of farm pro-
ducts and livestock is expressly rec
ognized in the bill. They are per-
mitted to combine with each other
for the purpose Of fixing fair and
reasonable prices and are not prose-
cutable for violation Of the state
antitrust law.
The chief function Of the state
market bureau, which would be un-
der the control Of the State Board OF
Agriculture, is to MAINTAIN agents In
the eastern market centers to whom
anv Kansas citizen or association
may ship products for sale on
commission at actual cost.
The state market bureau would
make a careful study of market
conditions and keep the producers OF
the state informed as to such condi-
lions.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-02-03
COURT IS ADJOURNED
Judgment For $1,000 In Brockmeier
Case


District court. was adjourned sine
die Thursday afternoon. During the
afternoon session the case OF Brock
meier VS.. Healy was decided for the
plaintiff who was granted $4,000,
He bought farm machinery from
Healy and he claimed II was not In
working condition when 1t was de-
livered to him.
The plaintiff was given Judgment
for $50 in the case Of the CONNER
cial Jewelry Co. against Roberta
Heck to recover money the company
claimed was due on 5ewelry pur-
chased.
Judgment for 1858 was granted
the Capper Publishing company In
the suit against NJ. A. Anderson.
Solomon Longhofer was ordered
by the court to pay May M. Long
hofer from whom he was divorced
SIT alimony and costs amounting to
$17.85.
The suit for divorce Of Nellie Wick
cry against Louis vickery was dis
missed without prejudice.
The cae Of John G. Morris against
Cora @. Morris for divorce was dis
missed at the cost Of the plaintiff
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-02-03
CAUGHT UNDER EARTH SLIDE
Harry Barrier Injured While Work.
ing East Of Detroit

Harry Barber who is employed by
the Yancy Construction company
which is building the bridge over
the Smoky Hill river three and one
half miles east Of Detroit had MS
feet and legs injured wednesday
afternoon when he was caught under
a slide Of earth which had been plled
up in excavating. He is laid up as d
result of his injuries but 1t was de-
termined this morning that no pones
had been broken.
The crew was preparing TO drive
niles and was just ready to put III
braces to hold the earth banked up
at the side of the excavation, into
which the pile driver was to DC
n,aced. Barber was below when nc
saw at a glance that the embank-
ment was sliding. He hurled him
self out of the way and succeeded IN
getting partly clear Of the on-comlne
slide so that he was buried only W
to his arms. The other men aug
him out and brought him IN 10
physician. None of the others was
in the way of the earth.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-02-03
LOBBY IN WASHINGTON
Three Kansas Offiicals Are There ir
Interest Of State

Two Kansas officials, j. II. Mer-
Ger, state livestock sanitary COM
missioner. and w. G. Markham. Sec
rotary Of the State Highway Com
mission, are now in Washington to
lobby for legislation now pending
in congress.
Secretary Mercer will pend few
weeks in the national capital In the
interests of Kansas stOckmen and
farmers. The bill providing for fed
eral regulation of packing houses
and stockyards is scheduled to come
up for final disposal soon, as well as
a bill carrying an appropriation to
reimburse score or more Of stock
men for loss from Texas fever quar-
antine In Kansas last year Mr..
Mercer is secretary Of the Kansas
Livestock Association, as well as
head of the state livestock depart
ment.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-02-03
BEvAN GETS $500 DAMAGES
-Four Divorce Petitions Granted
Brockmeir Case on Trial

y
Brockmeir Case on Trial
A verdict for $500 for damages to
his car was granted Burl Bevan In
his suit against Geo. Kuhn to recov-
or $4,325 alleged damages. The
case lasted over two days Of the ses-
sion and attracted more interest
than has been evident before In
about two years.
Decree, granting divorce was CIV
en- for the plaintiff in the case of II.
H. Ludden against Mary e. Ludden,
o. M. Jensen against Rose M. Jen-
sen, Evelyn Seal against Harry ID.
Seal and J. II. Waugh against Gladys
d. Waugh.
The case of Henry Breckmeier
against Leo Healy for the collection
Of a note for $4,000 was on trial
trial during the afternoon. Brock
meier claims he took Healy's note
In the purchase Of some farm ma
chinery and the note was never
paid. The defendant, however, al
leges that the machines were not IN
working order as represented when
he bought them and that repairs
have meant loss Of time and necessi-
tated the purchase Of new parts.
Judgment was granted the plain
tiff, quieting title in the case OF
Sanborn VS.. Downing ct al. ,-,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-02-03
ALL.KANSAS BUILDING GOES
Its Existence Closely interviewer
With History of 353rd

WIN n1StOy VI oooTo
The ALL Kansas building, erected
at Camp Funston for the 353rd regi-
msnt from funds contributed by cit
liens all over the state, probably
will soon pass into oblivion with the
rest Of Camp Funston. The COM
mander of the 7th Division has noti.
fed Geo. w. Blackton, president OF
the Society Of the 353rd Infantry, to
make arrangements for removal Of
the building.
The structure is familiar not only
to men of the 353rd who construct
ed IL. but also to those OF many
other units, including the 35th d.
vision, who were entertained in the
building on their return from over
seas. During the war noted SOLO
lists and symphony orchestras helped
entertain in this building the SOL
diers while in training. The chorus
of Bethany College here gave Its
first and only rendition OF the Mes
siah outside Of LindsbOrg. Kan.
The 353rd held a reunion in the
Al-Kansas building last September,
and 1t had been planned to hold the
1921 reunion in the building. But
this will not be possible unless the
Kansas senators and representatives
are able to retain Funston as a ma
tional military post, which no"
seems improbable.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-02-03
ORGANIZE PEACE OFFICERS
New Legislation Designed to Make
State Force More Efficient

Creation of a department OF pup
lie safety under the supervision OF
the attorney general, to organize and
direct all peace officers of the state
in an effort to suppress crime and
hunt down criminals, is provided In
bill introduced by Representative
J. A. McDermott Of Winfield. The
director of the department would re-
ceive salary Of $4,000.
The sheriff of each county, under
the bill, would become the local d.
rector of public safety. All peace
officers in the county would be sub
ject to the direction of the sheriff In
Investigation Of alleged offenses and
enforcement of the state laws. The
state director is given authority to
make rules and regulations govern
ing the cooperation Of all peace Of
ficers in law enforcement.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-02-03
NO GARDEN THIS YEAR
But The Seed Catalogue ID Not To Be
Resisted

Resisted
Yes indeed, spring is here. How
do known Why Aunt Jane Is
looking at the seed catalogue OF
course.
When she began to make out her
list we all reminded her that she
wasn't going to have a big garden
this year, "just few flowers and
perhaps a few rows Of peas and
radishes," as she said. She agreed
Of course but-well you know the
seed catalogues have pictures and
most of them are colored and you
can just see those things growing
in your own yard air fresh and
green and tempting and-bing! Up
goes the list Of things on the order
blank and its no trick at all to watch
the garden grow. There are peas
and beans and radishes. tomatoes,
Strawberries, spinach beets, carrots,
oh certainly. and corn and Few
potatoes. No, there won't be any
onions, there is no more room In the
garden.
But" says Aunt Jane with de-
cision, "this is the last year we shall
have a garden. It's too much work
to care for"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-02-03
FARMERS NOT TO BLAME
Only 81 Voted Against Good Roads
While 20 Voted For 1t

While 20 Voted For IL
Some farmer members OF the
house want 1t understood, they say,
that the adoption Of the resolution
to defer state aid for hard surfaced
roads at least two years was not
through action Of unanimous move
ment of the farmer wing. Only 80
farmers voted for the resolution
while 20 farmers opposed 1t, they
point out. The analysis Of the vote
showing the support Of the resolu-
ton was pretty well scattered, fol-
lows:
Lawyers, 5 for, IS against; bank
ers, 6 for, 1 against; farmers, 81 for,
20 against; druggists, for, z
against; ice manufacturers, l for !;
grocers, / for; editors, 5 for, 2
against; doctors, 1 for; insurance
agents. 1 for, / against; real estate,
3 for. against; abstractors, 1 for;
merchants, a for, 8 against; labor
ers, 1 against; automobile agents
1 for; bookkeepers, 1 for; carpen-
tiers, 1 for; housekeepers, 1 against
against; dentists. 1 against; grain
against; grain dealers, 1 for; !
against: brick manufacturers,
against; lumbermen, 1 against.
against.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-02-03
SEEK SUCCESSOR FOR WARK
Much Interest in Appointment For
Place in Industrial Court

Much interest has been manifest
ed in the appointment Of judge to
the Kansas court OF Industrial rela-
lions when the term Of Judge George
w. Wark expires February 2. Judge
Wark so far has not announced
whether or not he is candidate for
reappointment or whether he would
accept if rendered.
J. A. McDermOtt Of Winfield, a
lawyer, and administration hoor
leader in the house Of representa-
tiyes, has been mentioned by his col
leagues as a possible member OF the
court If Judge Wark is not reap
pointed. The appointment is In the
hands of Governor Allen.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-02-03
SUNDAY School Teachers Meet

There was held last night at the
c. r. Baker home meeting Of Sun
day school teachers of the older boys
and girls of Abilene. Sixteen teach
ers were present and plans OF FUR
thering the work Of the old boys and
girls council were discussed.
The following officers were chos-
en-: President, Stanley Engle; chair
man of girls division, Mrs. II. ID
BARTLETT: chairman Of boys division
c. r. Baker. A splendid spirit OF
co operation and fellowship was
shown by all.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-02-03
Will EcHEckI UP on ALIENS
American Legion Plans to Watch
Acvllc dion For Naturalization

American Legion Plans to Watch
ApplicstIen For Naturalization
It wpi be difficult for any alien not
100 per cent loyal to America to OBJ
tain citizenship In this state under
a program formulated by state
headquarters Of the American Le-
gion.
John N. Floyd, chairman Of the
state Americanization committee Of
the Legion has asked each post COM
mander to appoint member OF the
post as Americanization officer In
the community. He automatically
becomes a member Of the state COM
mittee and 1t will be his duty to
watch carefully the applications for
citizenship which come into the dis
trict court and see that they meas
ure up to the standard set by the
American Legion. If there Is any
question as to a mans desirability
as a citizen, the court will be inform
ed and steps taken to have the ap-
plicant's war record investigated.