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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
BIO CROP in KANSAS
This Years Wheat Yield Fourth Big.
gest In History

The Kansas grain crops In 1921 ex.
ceeded 800 million bushels. The state
board Of agriculture gave out today
the final figures on the crop produc-
ton of the state. In 1920 the crop
area was 100000 acres more than
this year, and the yield was 93 mil
lion bushels larger. The average
yield in the banner year Of 1920 was
five bushels an acre more than the
figures for this year.
The report of the board said:'
1.-THE year 1921 stands high in the
aggregate yield Of Its grain crops, but
low In their total value. While the
total production of these grains is
the fourth largest in the last eight
years, their value Is less by IS mil
lion dollars than that Of any other
year in that period. The estimated
value of 175 million dollars for these
crops this year is 258 million dol
lars under the value of last year,
when their productions totaled 393 u
million bushels, the state record, while
this years productions aggregate
30Oh million bushels. Allowing for
the difference in the production of
the two years, 1t readily Is apparent
that the tremendous decrease in
value is due directly to the drastic
decline in markets.
"a year ago the acre value Of the
Kansas grain crops averaged $23.10,
and the bushel value $1.09; this year
the acre value averages $0.43 and
the bushel value SO cents. While this
YEARS productions exceed the Swear
(1916- 1920 average by 35 million
bushels, their estimated value Is under
the 5-year average by 1913 million
dollars-a striking exposition of the
effects of price defation upon the
farming industry.
"This years wheat crop Of 12S
million bushels is the fourth largest
in the history of the state, only the
productions of 1914, 1919 and 1920
exceeding It,"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
(Birst pubilhke "a IN the Abilene Weekly
Reflector December Is, 1920
PUBLICATION NOTICE

To w. II. Harris. W. II. Nelson and d. H.
|. Hennessy;
/, Jacob Keller. the undersigned
owner OF the following described lands
in Dickinson County and State or Kan
sas, to-wit: The northwest quarter OF
the southeast quarter (NWA SEkl OF
section -. township II, range 4 upon
which q lease dated May 8, 1919, was
given to d. M. Hennessyt and also, the
southwest quarter OF the southeast
quarter (SwN SEh) Of section ".
township II, range 4 east. upon wnicn
a lease dated October /, 1918. was given
to d. M. Hannessy. do hereby notify
you that the terms OF said lease have
been broken by the owners thereof.
that hereby elect to declare and DO
declare the said lease forfeited and
t t%,u; days from this date notify the
register Of deeds OF said county as pro-
yided by law, that said lease has not
been forfeited. will file with the regis
ter of deeds an affidavit Of forfeiture as
provided by law; and I hereby demand
that you execute or have executed q
proper surrender OF said lease and that
you put the same of record In the Of
flee of the. register. of deeds OF said
county within twenty days from this
date. ,sf HTO. .t go.
Dated this 18th day of December, 1921.
- ain, ., JACOB KELLER.
BY LAURA RoHRER. rT
, Attorney.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
WANTS HARD. ROAD TO DETROIT
Enterprise Getting Busy ON Making
Victory Way Connection

A meeting was held at Enterprise
this week to discuss the hard surfac-
ing of the road from that town to the
paved road to Abilene. John H0ff
man and T. H. Heath who have
been working on the project report
ed sentiment for making district.
Either gravel or paving will be put
in If it goes through. The county
can pay 20 per cent out of the auto
mobile fund and the balance divided
as is the payment of the. paved
roads.
An interesting feature of the way
hard roads are appreciated ana are
changing routes Of travel is seen In
the travel from Hope to Abilene.
The Peterson bridge miles east of
Detroit is directly north of Hope and
travel is taking this route, striking
the paved road seven miles east Of
this city and giving a good and d.
rect road to South Dickinson with
a third of the route to Hope over
paving. The farmers around the
Peterson bridge have graded the road
in that section and made it one Of
the show roads of the county. Thus
the paved Golden Belt is not only
serving all the Upland and Sherman
traffic which comes from the north
to it but is extending its usefulness
to the south. The Solomon road if
built will similarly serve all south
west Dickinson and the territory
north of Solomon.
Detroit has spruced up, has a
handsome new filing station and it's
merchant report increased trade
from the new road.
The Golden Belt road will be
opened within mile Of Chapman in
ten days.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
(First published in the Abilene weekly
Reflector November "a. fserr
SHERIFF'S SALE
Case No, s771

The wyandt Mortgage & Investment
Company, a corporation fatntiffs
W.
verle o. Bowersox and Minnie B.
Bowersox. Defendants.
Under, and by virtue OF an order OF
sale issued by the clerk Of the District
Court OF the Eighth judicial District,
within and for Dickinson County, state
OF Kansas, in the above entitled cAse.
and to me directed and delivereds
will on Monday the 2sth Day Of De-
OF said day at the front door o. the
court house In the City Of Abilene.
Dickinson County, State of Kansas.
without appraisement, sell to the high,
est bidder, for cash in hand, the fol-
lowing real estate. to.wit; Let sigh,
sixteen (is). Pine Street. Lebosfs
Third Addition to the city Of Abilene.
The said real estate will be sold pur-'
suant to the Judgment OF ths Court in
said cause recited in said order Of sale.
!, Witness my, hand that asa day Of
q. A. SHERMAN,
Sheriff, Dickinson Co.. Kans.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
BETTER TIMES ARE AHEAD
Federal Expert Says That Conditions
Show Improvement

Better times are ahead for the
country as whole" said Il. +. Fader,
head Of the Industrial survey for this
state for the United States Depart
ment Of Labor, who addressed the
Rotary club at noon. "The present
business hesitancy," said he, Started
in March, 1920, but not until last
January was it recognized as a pro-
blem Of unemployment"
Eat that time" said Mr.. Fader,
"we were laboring under the delusion
that we had reached the climax but
it was in July, 1921, that we touched
bottom" During that month he
stated, there were 5,250,OOO unem-
ployed; the normal number Of unem.
ployed being about a million and O
half. Since July nearly million
have found employment A great
part Of this, however, is seasonal EN-
plOyment and some of these laborers
may be out Of job again after the
first of the year.
Over and above this temporary re-
lief, Mr.. Fader thinks there has been
general increase in business, but
that it will not be felt in this part of
the country until spring. He says
that we did not feel the real effect of
the depression out here in Kansas
until ninety days ago. He believes
that betterment Of conditions will re-
suit from the rise in the prices of
agricultural products which have
been disproportionately low as COM
pared with the price of manufactur-
ed products. He says that wages
must be reduced and that the prices
of manufactured articles must be re-
duced to bring about normal basis
of exchange between the farmer and
the manufacturer. He believes that
Europe will not be in a condition to
buy heavily from the United States
for another three years and that any
change in conditions will be in spite
of, rather than because of our fore.sn
market. Furthermore, he insists that
people must be brought to realize that
government cannot be conducted on
purely party basis and maintain
stable financial status.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
WOMAN SHOOTS pRowLER
Fl. Riley Soldier Instantly Killed
Thursday Morning

A prowler, shot and killed about
4 o'clock yesterday morning by Mrs,
Cecil Smith at her home between
Junction City and Fort Riley, was
identified yesterday by comrades as
Private Noel Koeser, quartermaster
corps, Fort Riley. '
Mrs. Smith told the authorities
that she shot through a window at
,Koeser when he announced 10 inten-
ton Of entering the house after hav-
ing several times been warned away.
A. .3S calibre revolver was found be-
side the body and In one pocket was a
pint bottle partly filled with white
corn" liquor. ''''e
Private Wade Esau told the off,
GERS that he was with Koeser at the
time Of the shooting but returned to
the post Immediately afterward. He
said that they had been drinking and
that he was trying to induce Koeser
to return to the barracks. Smith, a
night employee at the Pnion Pacific
shops, returned home shortly after
the shooting.
Esau said neither he nor Koeser
knew Mrs. Smith.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
First published in the Abilene Weekly
Reflector December Is, 1920
PUBLICATION NOTICE
To Mary Burns

To Mary Burns:
You are hereby notified that you have
been sued in the District Court OF
Dickinson County, Kansas. in an ac-
ton, in which I. w. Hurd Is PLAINTIFF
and you are defendant, and that you
must answer the petition filed by said
plaintiff on or before the 27th day OF
January, 1922, or the petition Will be
taken as true. and judgment rendered
against yeu for the sum of $4,000.
with interest thereon at the rate OF
Q per cent per annum from the 10th
day OF December, 1921. and costs, and
your undivided one-seventh Q-D In:
terest in the following. described real
estate, situated In Dickinson County,
State of Kansas, heretofore attached
in this action. to-wit:
All of block c In Thurston and
Swayze's Addition to the City OF Hope.
will be ordered to be sold and the
proceeds of said sale to be applied
toward the satisfaction Of said tudg-
ment.
BY HURD & HURD, Plaintiff
His Attorneys.
12-15w3t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
fTVirst published in the Abilene Weekl
Reflector December 8. 1920
PUBLICATION NOTICE

Tn the District Court of Dickinson
County State of Kansas.
Joseph Gain, Plaintiff.
vs.. -,
A. E. Jacobs and Mrs. A. F., Jacobs, his
wife, whose first name is unknown,
L. D. Maple and Mrs. l.. D. Maple. ms
wife, whose first. name is UNKNOWN,
IL living, and IL dead, their unknown
sees trustees and assigns; Charles j.
kIoyer, and the Abilene Improvement
Company. a corporation, Il dissolved
or not legally existing. its unknown
officers, successors, trustees anu Us
signs, Defendants.
You and each of you are hereby notio
fled that you have been sued IN tne
District Court of Dickinson CSumiy,
State Of Kansas, by SAID plaintita, WIZ wv
is t day OF December, 1921. wherein he
asked to be decreed the absolute owner
of, and that the title to the following
him. to-wit: Lots 10, a. Is and 10. IN
hiock nine i9), in Highland addition to
the CITY Of Abilene, Kansas He also
asks that you. and each OF you pc lot
ing any interest in, lien upon or titie
to said premises, or any part Thereon
that unless you answer or demur :.
said petition on or before the lstn Gay
of January, 1922, said petition Will Dc
taken as true and Judgment rendered
therein quieting the title to the a., a6oye.
described premises in said plaintiff, de.
creelng said plaintiff the absolute
owner thereof and forever barring and
foreclosing you and each of-you from
claiming any interest In, lien upon OF
title to said premises. or any par'
thereof. .,,N.
nv g 8 SMITH. Plaintiff
His Attorney.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22

Kansas County FARMS Cot $zS4.-
~ TAI Per Year

Kansas County FARMS Ccet $780,
TAI Per Year I.
Kansas maintained 800 persons on
county poor farms In the year end
ing last July l.. at a cost Of 1884,
1891, Malcolm Gray, secretary Of
the State Board OF Administration,
announced, today. These figures are
complete for all counties except Reno
and Sedgwick from which no re-
ports were received. In the fiscal
year 1917-1S S4S persons were
cared for on the, county farms at an
expense Of S257 ,277.11.
Nghty-two OF the 105 counties
own poor farms. Eight Of these,
however, have rented them out foE
other purposes. Commenting on the
fact that twenty mine counties do
not operate farms, Secretary Gray
said:
"Some counties boast that they
do not have to maintain poor farms.
The records show, however, that In
many instances they are simply
shifting the burden to the state by
sending their unfortunates to the
state institutions. This can hardly
be a credit to the counties.
-Four county farms hautauqua,
Harvey, Hodgeman and Linn-are
self-supporting, while practically all
the others lessen their cost Of opera
tion by revenue from farm products.
The largest farm in the state is
owned by Rocks county and con-
sists of 100 acres. Eleven counties
including Dickinson, have 320-acre
farms. The Dickinson county farm
has 20 inmates and is maintained
at a cost Of $10,308 a year.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
ISSUE NEW CERTIFICATES
Treasury Department Offers Them
For Sale

Beginning today, the United States
government offers for sale through
the postoffice department, new
issue Of United States Treasury Saw
ing Certificates, lin $25. 500 and
81 900 denominations. Until further
notice the selling price Of the new
certificates will be $40, $50 and
$500 respectively, for the three de-
nominations. These prices are fat
and will. not change from month to
month as in itbeS case of previous
issues. The certificates win mature
five years from the date Of issue.
The $25 certificates have the por-
trait Of Theodore Roosevelt printed
thereon in the upper left hand corner
and the 800 certificates have the
portrait OF George Washington.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
First published In the Abilene Weehi'
Reflector December Is, 192D
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

state of Kansas, Dickinson County, SIS
In the matter of the estate of Alma
Rohrer incapable, Of Dickinson CO.
Kansas.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day Of September, A. D., 1920. the
undersigned was by the Probate court
of Dickinson County, Kansas. duly ap.
pointed and qualified as guardian. OF
the estate of Alma Rohrer, incapable
of Dickinson County, Kansas. All per
sons Interested In said estate will take
notice and govern themselves accord
]. C. BoLLIGER, Guardian.
12-15w3t*
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
Hurt While in Topeka

r. G. Dederick Of Abilene who has
been visiting his brother in Topeka
was injured there yesterday In a fall
according to telephone message
receiv I'd by his family. Where the
fall occurred and just how 1t hap
pened they were unable to learn but
his injuries consist Of broken col
lar bone and minor bruises.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22

Mrs. w. II. Barber is seriously
i'll at her home on West Third street,
suffering from paralytcstroke early
in the week. Ward Barber Is home,
called by his mothers illness. Her
many friends hope for her recovery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
First published in the Abilene Weekly
Reflector December Is. 192D
PUBLICATION NOTICE
To Martha Jones:

l. Jacob Keller, the. undersigned
owner of the following: described land
In Dickinson County and State OF Kan
sas, to-wit: The east half of the south
east quarter tEh SEk) of section ~
township IL range 4 east. upon which
a lease dated May 9. 1919. was given
TO d. N. Hennessy, do hereby notify
you that the terms of said lease have
been broken by the owners thereof
that hereby elect to declare and DO
declare the said lease forfeited and void
and that unless you do within twenty
days from this date notify the register
Of deeds Of said county as provided by
law, that said lease has not been for
feited, will file with the register of
deeds an AFFIDAVIT OF forfeiture as pro-
vided by lawi and hereby demand that
you execute or have executed q proper
Surrender OF said lease ana that you put
the same OF record in the office of the
register Of deeds of said county within
twenty days from this date.
Dated this 18th day OF December, 1871.
JACOB KELLER.
By LAURA RoHRER, -
- - Attorney, ~
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
WIN 90 70 Panama

Maj. Dwight Eisenhower, son OF
Mfr. and Mrs. ID. Eisenhower Of this
city has been ordered to Panama for
a period Of three years, according to
q message received by his parents.
He VII saiI January II.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
South Dickinson's Road

Herington Sun: Engineer Guy
Hall says the hard surfaced road to
Hope will be ready for use save
about half mile in a couple of
weeks and the bridge at Lyon creek
in probably six weeks.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
W. p. c. EIects onlcers

The w. r. c. elected the follow
ing officers for the coming year;
Alice Kaufman, president; Freedom
Matteson, s. v. p; Malinda Holeman,
]. ". p; Della Rodney, treasurer;
Bertha Mohler, chaplain; Lillian
conductress; Minnie Smith,
guard.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22
(First published in the Abilene Weekly
Reflector November "a, 1920
TICE

To Whom 1t May Concern:
Take notice that Myron Mulkey has
filed his application for pardon or pa
role with Hon. H. J. Alien. Governor Of
Kansas, and said application will be
heard at q. m, in the governors Of
flee at Topeka. Kansas. on December
Myron Mulkey plead guilty to having
committed statutory rape and is con-
fined in the state reformatory at Hut
crimson.
MATT GUILFOYLE,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22

Sues to ForeeIose Two Mortgages
The Wyandt Mortgage & Invest
ment Company has filed suit to fore
close tive mortgages against Chris
tian E.. Rhodes, ct al -f
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-12-22

By LAURA RoHRE1z, y
,.:,swst Attorney
The Washington times., 1921-03-27

as I did through the town, by alleys
and back gardens, so as not to be
seen; reaching the palace of Queen
Lalua breathless. perspiring, with
my coils of copper-hair so heated
by the strong overhead sun that
they almost scorched my fingers
when felt at the sides of my head
to see II my earrings had not fallen
out In that wild rush. y
1 remembered my earrings, my
{, rose-pearl earrings. as a drowning
man may dimly Remember the belt
OF gold that ..asps his waist, even
while he is shaking into unknown
depths. Little though ! knew II,
those earrings were enacting the
part OF the belt of gold. It was
they that were dragging me down.,
down into the maelstrom.
was furious and despairing.
! There might have been a thread
OF some very difficult emotion at
the bottom of my mind. Indeed. /
am sure there was-but for the
moment II was buried. and / could
only realize that my Luke, my prop
erty, the boy who had solemnfy
promised himself to me, the youth
who asked nothing better than to
devote his life to caring for little
Dara, had abandoned his trust;
had thrown away that which, only
two short weeks ago, seemed of
all things upon earth most precious
to him.
In all my life my vanity, my pride
Of pretty girl, had never received
such a shock. Whatever I might
feel I>had been as certain OF his
feelings as of the stars that
watched above the earth.
Lalua the Queen, when burst
into the cool reed house that stood
beneath the shadow of the palace
was dining. A chicken lay on q
large green leaf before her, q heap
Of custari apples and mangoes was
piled up in delicate Niue basket
at her side.
Even in that moment recognized,
with some astonishment, that the
mangoes were Lalua's own, from
her great garden-the finest In Har
The Washington times., 1921-03-27

think this significant. Perhaps 1t
was-I don't know. At all. events,
proceeded to open my two letters
Immediately after Lorraine had
read hers.
The first had been written as
soon as he Arrived. II was full of
the accounts of. his doings. plans.
Ideas in the matter of the planta-
tion; business details were left
put, but many personal ones in
. cluded. He spoke little of the
house and what he meant to do
with it "by and by" He limited
delightedly at a secret he had
which would soon be no secret al
all, and which was going 70 make
both OF us ricb--much richer than
my father or old Ivory. had ever
guessed. The letter ended with the
usual expressions OF Kindness and
OF love-no less, no more. folded
1t and put 1t away; 1t aroused In
me no emotions whatever.
But the second
I had hardly read six lines be.
fore l knew What 1t was. was
sitting, butI sprang to my feet and
continued to read standing. AS
turned the irst page and came
upon the second and third I began
to walk up and down the room,
reading as l went i saw Lorraine
and Dinah watching me. amazed.
finished the sheets, crushed
them up in my hand apd flung them
at Lorraine. They struck her in the
face. ! don't l.now even now why
/ did 1t. 1t seems impossible that
I could have guessed at anything
then.
Luke has thrown me over!" /
cried, and ran out of the room.
saw as ! went that Dinah and Lor-
raine were gathering up the sheets
of the letter., scattered by my hand,
and putting them together.
Read it," I cried. "Send It
round the town and show II II you
like. He's Tilted mel"
II was IL o'clock and hot as only
a December morning of the tropics
can be. / do not know how / es-
capped sunstroke. running hatless
The Washington times., 1921-03-27
Three meals a day, yet thousands
are unfit
For lack Of vtal element food many fall off heahh
are unfit

never knew before. Many physicians and hospitals
are prescribing it for the common ailments Of
lowered vitality. Fleischmann's Yeast eaten regu-
larly, helps to clear the body of poisons and make
every ounce of nourishment count in building new
stores of health and energy.
Some ask: Wont yeast when eaten have the
same effect as in raising bread2" No. Yeast 10
assrnilated in the body just like any other food.
Only one precaution if troubled with gas, dissolve
the yeast in boiling water before taking it.
Eat Fleischmann's Yeast before or between
meals-one to three cakes q day-spread on
bread toast crackers; dissolved in fruit Juices
milk or water; or just plain. Place q standing
order with your grocer for Fleischmann's Yeast,
and get it delivered fresh daily.
For the free valuable new booklet, "The New
Importance of Yeast in Diet" address THE
FLEIscHMANN COMPANY, Dept 40k 70l WASH
ington Street, New York, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1921-03-27

~cIENcE has made discovery of far
reaching Importance to every human being.
~ We know now that thousands are slowly
starving even on three meals day.
The work Of many distinguished physiological
chemists has established the fact that our food
cannot furnish the life, the vital energy we need
If it is short in one single element called vtains
And in daily meals sufficient quantity of this
vital element is often lacking.
The food of the savage was rich in vitanine
Fresh vegetables, such as spinach, contain it in
good quantity. But many of our modern foods
have been constantly refined and modified until
they no longer supply what we must have for
health and vigor.
The richest available source of this newly known
lfe-giving vitamine is-<just yeast!
Today thousands are eating Fleischmann's
Yeast and gaining strength and Mgor they