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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-07-29
D MILLION.

Synopsis q New Fork g@selTy
store PhiiiD Severn. Cnite1 states
consular agent. notices a small Dor
which attracts hin he pDrchAsss
IL Later he discovers IN a secret
compartment q writing giving a
cieE 70 a revolutionary novemsn;
I'm this country seeking 70 ovsrthrO~
the Chilean government Tie writ
ing mentions q rendezvous. and
Severn decides e Investigate Find
ing the place raeufionec In the writ
ing Apparently deserted. Severn
visits q saloon N the vicinity A
woman IL the place u met By q
man. seemingly BY appointment.
and Severn. his Suspicious aroused.
follows them They 60 70 the des-
ignated meeting place. an sban-
doned iron foundry. AZ the rem
dexyous Severn II accepted as one
Of the conspifstors and admitted
He meets a stranger who addresses
him as Harry DAILY. The incident
plays into 5eyern's hands and he
accepts IL His new Acquaintance
IL a notorious thief. -Gentjeman
George" Harris Concealed. Severn
hears the g5h address the oonspirs-
tors. She urges them 70 hasten
the work Of revolution. The eri
discovers Severn listening She ac-
cepts his explanation of his pres
ence and asks him 10 meet her next
day. He tells her HE name n
Daily. She is Miss Conrad
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-07-29

Speedier n an Light.
Electricity tray about a. OOa
miles further In second than doe
lighr
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-07-29
That female IL as smart a.
a steel trap"


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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
WASTEFlJL LEGISLATURE

j. L. Brady Of the Snlina Union
spent a couple days at Topeka and
gives his opinion Of the present leg
lslature thus:
'"The legislature has surrounded
itself with horde of needless en-
ployees and then attempted to legis-
late economically for the state of
Kansas, In addition to having so
many needless employees nepotism
has been practiced to such marked
degree that it has almost become a
scandal In addition to this the
members started out by appropriate
ing for stamps for themselves which
is not only illegal but ought to
amount to a scandal. We have little
hope for an economical Legislature
1 tas 1 iva. so ou' Wy 'aAihr money that
LONG 30 1t and misappro-
PIRATES It. Little hope for Legislature
that Is surrounded by dozens OF USE
less employees and then attempts to
legislate economically. 1t is hardly
in shape to legislate in the most
critical time the state has ever had"
We sometimes wonder why men
campaign on platform Of economy
and business government and then
when they get to Topeka forget that
there are any taxpayers back home.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
Tuesday, March 9Th
Commencing at 10 o'clock the fol-
lowing:

Commencing at 10 o'clock the fol-
lowing:
7 HEAD OF HORSES
One registered Percheron mare z
years old, black mare years old,
2 3-year-o mares broke. 2year- old
horse colt, 2 spring colts.
9 HEAD OF CATTLE
Five milk cows, fresh, 1 fresh
soon, Jersey fresh in two months;
2 calves I 2-year-old Shorthorn bull,
2 yearling steers. yearling heifer.
AZ HEAD OF HOGS
Forty-two head of Duroc Jersey
shoats, weight 125 pounds; brood
sows to farrow in March.
IMPLEMENTS, ETC.
Disc, cultivator, lister, John Deere
curler in good condition, 3-section
harrow, gang pillow, moving ma
chine, hay rake, Jayhawk stacker,
2 Acme sweep rakes, PROV John
Deere weeder, 200 hedge posts. sew
eral loads Of stove wood and kind
ling, some feed, 10 acres Of growing
wheat.
TERMS-All sums Of SO and un-
der cash. Over $40 credit OF
months will be given with interest at
3 per cent from date Of sale.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M.
r. church will furnish lunch.
E.. B. NELSON
T. RI. MOORMAN, Aucti0neer
~ n RIORDAN, Clerk 3w1t-5dlt
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
A POOR ROADS LAW

The legislature has adopted proba-
bly, the most back-number and in
adequate road law possible. While
its advocates have called 1t Estate
aid" law 1t Is nothing Of the kind
and the state has nothing to do with
1t. The motor license income is
county raised and county spent with
no plan whatever to establish main
highways across the state as the peo-
pie voted to do last fall--or thought
they were voting for 1t. Kansas,
South Carolina and Mississippi stand
alone among the states with no state
system of roads. Dickinson county
voted by majority Of 1,4OO for a
real road law but what was the user
The present law Is joke so far as
making for any comprehensive sys-
tenn of road building. 1t will give
the commissioners some $4,000 a
year to spend on any kind Of roads
wherever they please. Folks are go
ing to pay increased motor taxes
with mighty bad grace under this
system.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
WHY THEY LEFT

A news item from Scots Bluff,
Neb., inspires the editor Of the
Southeast NissOurian Of Cape Cir
ardeau to an explanation of why
young folks leave home. 1t is very
simple.
The city fathers of Scots Bluff
passed an ordinance forbidding all
forms Of dancing and motion pic
lures. Then they passed curfew
law forbidding any persons under
81 years Of age from being away
from home after 8 o'clock In the
evening. Then the young people Of
Scott Bluffs packed up their valises
and sought new worlds to conquer.
After reciting these facts the
Missouri editor draws the natural
conclusion, but adds: "And yet
Scots Bluff fathers and mothers this
very day are wondering why 1t is
that their sons and daughters look
with desire at railroad trains to the
outside world" He doesn't give the
intelligence. Perhaps he is right.
He assumes the city fathers are rep
resentative Of the family fathers.
But there is one point which he
OverlOoks or touches so subtly that
it is in danger of being lost entire
qy. Ignorance, stupidity, hbstrac-
ton, or some equally dangerous char
acteristic allows the parents Of this
Nebraska community to allow their
children to be driven away by rigid
and ridiculous laws which deprive
them of liberty. Later they awake
to the fact that the children are
gone, but do not even then recognize
the cause of the loss.
Liberty does not mean license but
the Scott Bluffs parents fail to rec
ognize the truth that young folks are
bundles of energy and IL 1t Is not
given vent in one direction it will |
seek another. The parents are n
type of many other Americans who
think they can make folks good by
law. Morality an ddecent conduct
come from directing a fair measure
Of liberty in right directions.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03

RAIL RATES. REASONS


Why have peace railway
rates been boosted so much
higher than the war rates?
Have we gone into the business
OF government guaranteeing
railroad earnings without get
ting anything out but higher
rates and higher taxes ?-Em-
poria Gazette.
A very little reflection would show
that one reason Is that the war rates
were so much below cost that the
taxpayers have bill Of over a bill
lion dollars to pay. The government
does not guarantee" any rates
now, 1t allows the Interstate Com
merce Commission to fix rate
which in its Judgment will meet or
Grating expenses and maintain the
roads which is quite different
thing.
Some other things happened. In
1917, before government control of
the railroads, their payroll was ST.
739, 49,, 142. In 1920, the wage
bill had risen to $4,000, 200, 900.
The total number of employees Of the
railways increased under govern
ment control by 261,0O0. of
increase . W. NV occurred IN shon
employees, and maintenance
Ok ~ employees, with whom the
railroad administration made the
three principal national agreements
In 1t,7, the railways employed
3O2,S2s machinists, boilermakers.
blacksmiths, electricians, air brake
men, car inspectors, car repairers,
other skilled shop empoyes, and ma
chinists' helpers and appretices. In
1920, when the number OF locomo-
tives and cars to be maintained was
only slightly larger than In 1917,
they had 443,774 employees OF the
above classifications, an increase Of
14O,948, or At per cent. The total
wages paid to these same employees
in 1917 was $317,s79,549, while in
1920 their wages were running at
the rate Of approximately $780,
100000 a year, an increase over
1917 Of $50 per cent.
In 1917 the railways had $780,
900 section and unskilled laborers,
and in 1920, $4,000, an increase Of
IA per cent. The wages paid to
them in 1917 amounted to $780,
600, 900, while after the increase In
July, 1920, their wages were run
ming at the rate of $476,000,0 900, an
increase Of 112 per cent.
If the Gazette knows a way to
meet these added expenses, put into
effect during government control
without added income, now is the
time for It to divulge the secret. A
little constructive expression Is
worth a lot of growing. The rail
road situation is important-but Il
we maintain service it must be pait
for. The problem now Is how to ge
It cheaper and yet sustain the labo
that gives 1t and retain the invest
ment that makes it possible for labo
20 be employed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
AIRSHIP WILL CARRY 100
That Number of Passengers Will Be
Accommodated on Roma

Washington, March 1.-The army
will have an airship capable of car.
rying 100 passengers in addition t.
the crew when the great Italian
semi-rigid dirigible Roma" recent
ly purchased, arrives. An air SER
vice detachment is enroute to Italy
to debate the big bag and bring it
home on ship board.
The Roma" driven by six twelve
cylinder engines developing an ag-
gregate of 2,40O horsepower, has a
lifting capacity of $4,000 pounds.
She can carry nearly 10 tons
through the air in addition to herself
and her crew of an estimated maxi
mum speed of 80 miles an hour.
The big gas bag, holding 100000
cubic feet of gas, is longer than all
but the most modern war craft. 40
feet, and is 80 feet wide while bag
and car tower to height of SO feet,
6 inches.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
THE MOVIES AND MORALS

. II. ri ELLISON, formerly Of Abilene
hut now manager Of two Of Denver's
largest motor. picture. houses, writes
10 the Denver Post setting forth his
ideas Of the earnest effort Of the
movies to conserve justly the stan
dards OF good taste and morality
with his ideas Of just what consti-
tutes q standard. He says:
In the heat of the great desire on
the mart of certain people to impose
mon the country the enforcement
Of rigid blue laws. and the censor
f6iu of Aims by opposing minds, II
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
RUSSIA HAS
new REVOLT
ON SOVIET
But Perhaps 1t Is Only a
Paper War to Help
Spectators
iAssocia ted Press)

London, March 2.-Reports from
Russia received in Helsingfors, Fin
land, disclose a situation which
"may result shortly in the overthrow
of soviet rule" Fighting is proceed
ing in many parts Of Russia with
Petrograd and Moscow as centers Of
the revolutionary movement. Fight
ing in Petrograd Is of gigantic pro-
portions, according to reports, for
100000 strikers are declared to be
arrayed against Soviet troops whose
number is unknown. reports Of re-
volution in Moscow are meager,"
says the dispatch,
The Russian trade delegation an
nounced it was communicating d.
rectly with Moscow and it was au-
thorized to deny rumors Of reyolu-
ton in Russia. Reports are started
for political purposes or in the in
terest Of stock exchanges, 1t was de-
clared.,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
ANGORAS HAVE IRISH TEMPER
(AssOci ted Pressl

Washington, March 1.-Some-
thing about the laundering defiance
hurled at the allied governments re-
Gently by the Mustapha Kenel Pasha,
Turkish Irreconcilable, from the
seat Of "the Angora government"
he had founded at the city of that
name, prompted National Geograph-
ic investigators to look up the his
tory Of the place. Everybody had
heard, of course, of the long haired
goats Of Angora. A current bulle-
lin Of the society, however, discloses
a strain of Irish blood dating back
400 years, in the natives of the town.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
SAY THEY WON'T REACH TOP
Mountain Climbers Dubious Of Result
Of Mt. Everest Expedition
ASSOCIATED PressD

Geneva. March Its ascent OF
Mt. Everest which Is to be undertak-
en- next year by an expedition head.
ed by Sir Francis Younghusband, Is
inpracticable for many years at least
in the opinion Of Henry f. Montag-
nier, of Terre Haute, Ind, well
known mountain climber. Mr.. Mon
tagnier has made many ascents In
the Himiiayas, the Rockies and the
European Alps, and has attained the
highest attitudes. He is now at
Champery, Switzerland.
His opinion Of the difficulty OF as
cending the highest peak In the
world Is shared by some other In
ternational expert Alphine climbers
but there are others among them
who disagree with him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

The girls taking domestic ar
work are making Bingham dresses
Pauline Campbell spent the noon
hour with the girls who take theiI
lunch to school yesterday and show
ed them fine Swiss embroidered Or
CANDIES suitable for fine spring and
summer dresses.
stss
Girls taking domestic science have
finished their cafeteria work and
were permitted to make candy yes
terday as they could not take the
time at Christmas. They will make
baking powder biscuits today using
Mazola cooking oil which was dem
Onstrated to them last week.
Some new books for debate were
received yesterday.
There are two more games In the
girls basket ball league to be play
ed yet. The Freshman and Seniors
VIII pioOoDiy Puy lhuioudJ oAsSA
school. 1t will be free game. The
Freshmen will play the SOphomores
some time next week. The Seniors
now have first place in the league,
but If the Sophomores should win
from them they will be tied with the
Juniors and another game would
have to be played to decide the
champion.
The chorus class sang two very
numbers at chapel this
morning. The student body ap-
,lauded them.
The part Of the lawn north of the
chool and east of the walk leading
rom the north entrance is to be used
y the boys to practice baseball for
while. There had been plans ear
Ter in the year to use this ground
or tennis but these plans were never
arried out.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03

Is interesting TO note that the grea,
students OF ethical science present
conflicting views as to the origin and
nature Of moral distinctions. Hume
supported Theory Of Utility; Adam
Smith Theory Of sympathy; Pa
ley, a Theory Of Moral Sense; while
others pointed out the errors Of all
these and founded still other theor-
les of their own. Today the reform
spirit has become so violent that
there are some who consider the
safety Of the world is to be compro-
missed unless their opinions shall rule
by force Of legal restrain; but this
can never be as the world Is still
sane In spite Of the fact that 1t may
be slightly Titled for the moment.
have thoughts, and I believe. My
ideas come slowly and prey upon my
mind for months and sometimes
longer; some are found lacking and
are forgotten; others persist until
they become buried very deeply
within me and are as a part Of my
physical being, guiding me this way
or that, just as Another mans ideas
lead, and protect, and influence him.
have faith; faith in men and
faith In future life; faith in prin-
ciples for which live. and which no
disappointment can destroy or kill.
These ideas and these beliefs are
mine Some Of them are spoken to
the world; and others, which might
offend In certain places, are held Sc
cret and are seldom told yet serve to
help me live as believe Is right for
me to live; and which are not to be
imposed on others unless 1t be when |
opportunity appears where my ideas
and my beliefs might be helpful to
one who has lost. or never found,
guide to conduct.
Another man, my neighbOr, a !
friend perhaps, more likely a perfect
stranger. has his ideas and his be-
liefs which differ from my own. The
things he does, I could not DO ana
believe I was In the right; yet he is
all that any one might deem man
should be in habits and in moral
character He is Jew, perhaps,
and Gentle. His ways and
manners, II assumed, would make
me out not what I am, but something
different; and If he followed the
paths that l pursue, he would APP
pear the opposite of what he really
s
There Is no stated plan by which
each man should live, for no two
minds evolve the same ideas; there
s no creed that fits the world; no
nan has right so clearly drawn but
what his right Is wrong to some one
Use. A Catholic would defame his
lame If he observed the Jewish rites
jew would suffer double shame If
orced by law to take n Gentile's {
reed. The laws of state are made
~ man and do not deal with faith.
The laws Of God involve another {
phere; there Is no Judge but One, in .
hat domain, whence no Traveller has /
to make it plain just what g
lis Judgments are. y
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
GOOD ROADS BUREAU IN SALIVA
Send Man to Salina This Month to
Help Tourists

Salina, March 1.-The Chamber
Of Commerce was informed yesterday
that good roads information bu-
reau will be established in Salina In
March for the benefit of tourists.
The bureau will be maintained for
at least six months, with headquar-
tiers at the Lamer hotel. A man will
be sent here to take charge.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03

There seems to be some inclina-
ton TO sympathize with the members
of the legislature who will have to
stay at their expense over The so
days for which pay is given. Consid-
ering that as soon as the chaplain
offered the first prayer they voted
THEMSELVES $18,500 for "lIostage'
and each socked 800 In his jeans
they will probably get along. Some
more "pOstNge" may be voted later
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
GOOD ENGLISH IN RIGHT PLACE
ASSOCIATED Press)

Chicago, March 1.-While Rev.
George Craig Stewart, rector Of st.
Luke's Episcopal church, Evanston,
ILL.,. is authority for the statement
that the words "Hell" and Damn"
are good Saxon words, yet he de-
plores their use, except where an ex-
traoydinarv Comparison is necessary
to express the thought intended.
Certain things are damnable and
ought to be condemned, Rev. Stew
art explains. When comparison is
needed OF emphasize something so
low as to be almost devoid Of a pos
sible comparison, "Hell' Is not Of
times out of place, the pastor states.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
DEBS RECEIVES MAIL AGAIN

Washington, March 2.-The priv
nege Of receiving and sending mail
has been restored to Eugene v. Debs
at the federal prison at Atlanta, the
department Of justice announced yes
terday. This privilege was suspend
ed because Of an interview sent out
by Debs in which President Wilson
was criticized. Suspension Of the
privilege Of receiving visitors Is still
in effect.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
RECENT REFLECTIONS
All's well with the Maxwell. dwtt

All's well with the Maxwell. dwt
II your clock Is sick
And It's pulse beats slow
Take 1t to Cooley
And he'll make It go 26d- wi II
II j. A. Drake, Chiropractor Doctor
Lady attendant 1 to 6 p. m. Third
and Cedar street. d&wtf
Oldsmobile sets tn, pace Twenty
rcoDd year
Watch the Fords go by Ct
Clarence Dyer, who spent the
winter in California, will be home
this week.
Get a box of Mona stomach
tablets at any drug store and stop
all distress. Relieves Indigestion, or
money back. wit
Glass s of the Tamage Sunday
school will give a play, Cranberry
Corners" Friday night March 4 and
Tuesday night, March 8 in the
church basement at Talmage. Adj
20 and 35 cents. Swift
The Good Luck Millinery is now
located four doors south of its prev
ious location. 3d&w1t
The Royal Neighbors will hold a
pure food sale at the Farmers Union
store, Abilene, on Saturday March
10. d2-1O-11&w3t2
The Methodist Sunday school
reached 551 last Sunday and since
his coming Sunday is the last in
his conference year the school is
hoping for 600 The choir will give !
| sacred concert in the evening.
E. e. Rohrer Of South Dickin-
on, has purchased the SO-acre
arm Of A, L. Eshelman, northeast
# Abilene, and will move on 1t In
hort time. He will have public
ale at his old place, IA miles south
4 Abilene, on March 16.
It's the simplest thing in the
world to use Hyomei and end ca
arrh. Breath the medication through
he little inhaler in every outfit and
you will get relief at once. Money |
,ack If it fails. At all druggists.
Twenty three head Of pure bred
Angus bulls, subject to register. COM
ng / and 2 years old, will be sold
It the II. L. Knsely sale on March
9Th, three miles south of Indus
nv. 24w2t |
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
BACK TO SIMPLICITY
Harding Ceremony First of Its Kind
Since Jeffers0n's Time
ppaaal

Since JenefBOmb tlHtc
ASSOCIATED Press)
Washington, March 1.-1naugura-
ton Of President-e elect Harding will
mark the first swing of ceremonies
toward simplicity since Thomas
Jefferson toiled up Capital Hill afoot
one hundred and twenty-one years
ago.
The ceremony Of administering
the oath, will be as 1t was prescrib-
ed by George Washington. There
will be no change In its utter sim
plicity, but Mr.. Harding by his own
decision will enter upon his great
task without the pomp and parade
that have increasingly surrounded
that solemn moment as the years
went up. Not even the "salvos OF
artillery" that heralded the dawn OF
Jefferson's inauguration day will
wake the sleeping echoes along the
Potomac next Friday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
WILSON BACKS THEM UP

washington. March i.-President
Wilson came to the defense OF
Bernard M. Baruch and John b.
Ryan who have been charged by
Representative Mason, ILLINOIS, Win
profteering In copper while serving
the government during the war. Inc
president fatty denied that either
had anything to do with price pxing-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
WAIT FOR U. S. RECOGNITION
Then Mexico viii Send Ambassad'
10 Washington
a. praMg1

Mexico City, March 1.-Mexico
will appoint no ambassador to the
United States until the recognition
is rendered by the American govern
ment. A statement to this effect was
made recently by the foreign Office.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
P UBLIC SALE!

Having sold my farm will sell at
public sale at the farm known as the
H. L. Peterson farm just north Of
Solomon, on
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03
LOST AND FOUND

sunply store ana Elmo, new 30xSM
Goodrich tire on rim. Finder please
leave al store or notify Coshow q Fra
sher, Abilene. and receive rewera.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03

Clean. old papers. Sc a bundle. az
this office.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03

FOR SALE-English White Leghorn
eggs for Matching, cents each: MIS-
C. C. Henderson. solomon. 3W5t'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03

For SALE OR TRADE-Two small
PONIES perfectly gentle, for small
children Dick G. Walters, Abilene, rs,
phone 3S03. oo%Wl'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03

FOR SALE-Imperial Ringlet Barred
Rock eggs, so for $3.50, 100 for W.
Mrs. Clara Phillips, Carlton, kans.
3-3w4t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03

FOR SALE OR TRADE--R Registered
Percheron stations what nave you
Hugh Taylor, Enterprise Kans. swift
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03

FOR SALE-R. C. Rhode Island red
eggs for Matching. Phone ~. -
Meeker, Buckeye. 3-5Wpt
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03

FOR SALE-Rose Comb Brown Leg
horn eggs. Kulp strain, 240-egg type;
81 per 100 T.. c. Glatt, Enterprise. kas.
phone 20i0. 4d-frl-0Wtl
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-03-03

FOR SALE-Barred Rock eggs Ior
Matching. 81 per setting. Phone oVse.
Geo. Berger. oui-t"-'