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Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
ARBoR DAY APRIL 2
Suggestions For Planting Trees Are
Issued

Schools, agricultural organizations
and other civic bodies will be asked
to join In planting trees on April u
which has been designated by GU
bernatOrial proclamation ms Arbor
Day. State Supt. Lorraine Il. Woos-
ter is planning to request all schools
to observe the day and the state
Horticultural Soc iety Is issuing u
booklet this week with suggestions
for planting trees. Governor Allen =
proclamation follows In part:
"In accordance with the statutes,
l hereby designate Friday, April q,
1922, as ArbQr Day. ! earnestly In
woke its intelligent observance by
every citizen of Kansas, for tree
planting is a question Of public
ecOnOmy-an act Of patriotism.
Commen sense and selfshness should
impel the planting and care OF trees
without statutory enactment or ex-
ecutive proclamation. Trees. groves,
blossoms, birds are natures poetry
and the music and ar OF the fields.
Kansas has progressed from a tree
less country to a reasonably wood
ed land, made SO by our pioneers
who planted school houses, churches,
fraeav
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
KANSAS WHEAT LOOKS FINE
Dry Weather Probably Didn't Affect
the Crops

Kansas wheat Is doing fine, follow
ing a winter OF perhaps unprecedent-
ed dr0uth, but doubt IL yet apparent
as to whether, in some parts. It has
sufficient vitality left to yield an
average crop. The weekly report by
=. d. Flora, meteOrologist for Kan
sas says:
wheat IL looking fine In all the
eastern half OF the state, except the
north central counties. 1t has stooled
well, covers the ground, and Is max
ing a vigorous growth In this sec
tion. Elsewhere most Of the crop IL
Just coming up and II IL too soon TO
ascertain how much vitality 1t VIII
have or to what extent 1t will stool
but practically all Of 1t seems to be
alive yet and conditions are favor
able. In the Dodge City district the
plant Is having trouble to get
through the ground, which has
hard crust on top.
"Oats are nearly all sOwn In the
southeast counties and coming up to
good stands. Elsewhere this work
has been delayed and less than %
per cent is in the ground. Early
seeding has begun in the western
counties. Planting potatoes ana
early gardens has been delayed by
vet ground
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
HELD ADJOURNED SESSION
Motion Overruied in Case of State
vs.. A. w. Au1t

An adjourned session of district
court was held here Thursday morn
ing, Judge G. NJ. Clark presiding.
The case Of Hugh Fleetwood against
H. A. Miller for $4,000 damages,
charging alienation Of his wife's af-
fectiOn was dismissed.
In the case Of State Of Kansas
against A. w. Ault, convicted in the
January term of court on forgery
charge he filed motion to set aside
verdict and motion for new trial.
Both were overruled and his attorney
filed a notice Of appeal to the state
supreme court. He was released on
bond, pending the appeal.
Abner Page, charged with failure
to pay alimony, was released from
the county Jail on promise to pay
$40 a week for the support Of his
divorced wife and their minor child.
The case Of Alice Howard against
Lucy l. Duffy was dismissed with
out prejudice. 1t was an action for
partition Of real estate.
Court was adjourned at noon, sine
die.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
PRICES GOING UPWARD
Kansas Farmer Is Receiving More
For His Crops

The prices received by the Kansa :
farmer For his products are graduni'
ly moving upward toward n normal
level. This fact Is shown by tht
April report Of farm prices In Kan
sas. announced today by Edward Z,
Paxton. Kansas statistician OF the
federal bureau OF markets and crop
estimates. A comparison OF the
prices the farmer received for his
products during March, based on
March Is prices. with the prices
current In February, indicates that
the general level of prices of the i'm
portant farm products advanced two
per cent during the month.
However, the price level Of these
products Is considerably below the
level OF prices received during March
OF last year. This comparison shows
a decrease in farm prices Of more
than ten per cent
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
JUDGE CLARK is ENDORSED
junction City Bar Supports Present
Official

Junction City Union: Judge G. Nj.
Clark OF Peabody is petitioned TO be-
come a candidate for the office OF
Judge of the Eighth judicial district
In petition unanimously endorsed
by the members OF the Geary County
Bar Association, today. Judge Clark
was appointed last summer to sue
ceed Judge X. l.. King and during
the few months that have passed
since that time he has made scores
of friends In Junction City ana
Geary county. who will be glad OF
the opportunity to support him at
the polls. The same can be said OF
the people Of the other towns ana
counties I'm this district.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
WOULD RAISE MILLION FISH
Bass and Channel Catfish Most Pop
uIar In Kansas

A million baby fish for distribu-
tion in streams, ponds and lakes
throughout Kansas, is the goal set
by the state hatcheries at Pratt, >fOr
he year 1922. The hatcheries dis
tributed more than 100000 fish last
year. Although the greatest demand
is for bass, the channels catfish
promises to compete for first honors,
now the propagation Of this. species
has become an accomplished fact at
the state hatcheries. The state fish
car has Just completed its first itin-
erary and the distribution will be
continued throughout the season.
The successful propagation OF
channel catfish at the Pratt hatcher
les last year was the first on record
on 30 extensive scale.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
'OodIief Hoffman Dies

Godlief Hoffman, aged 73, passed
away at his home east Of town Tues
day evening after lingering Illness
He has lived In this community Tor
more than 40 years. The widow
and seven children survive him.
Funeral services win be held fri-
day afternoon at 2:30 from the
Methodist church IN Enterprise. Bur
lai IN the Enterprise cemetery.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
New Nlpht MarshaI Busy

Reuben Dederick is on the job as
night marshal, taking the place OF
the regular official for two weeks.
He is watching things closely and
the motorists are being called down
when they deserve II. He Is up on
his toes every minute and makes a
first class official.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
SEES BUMPER FRUIT CROP
Everything Looks Promising Now,
Saws Whitney

Kansas cellars will not be lacking
of apples and other fruits next win
ter. This is the prediction Of o. f.
whitney, secretary of the Kansas
State Horticultural Society, In view
Of the fruit prospects in the state
at the present time.
"Kansas will have bumper fruit
crop this year, unless something un-
forseen causes great damage to the
crop" Secretary Whitney declared.
"The climatic conditions and fruit
prospects are better at the present
time than at the same period for
the last ten years. There should be
no scarcity Of fruit next winter as
there has been during the past two
years."
Fish has always been a principal
exDort of Norway.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06

Fish has always been a principal
export of Norway.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
Euvsr. Rail Made Trouble

Eugene Ball last night was arrest
ed by r. C. Dederick, night marshal,
on a charge of disturbing the peace.
He is charged with attacking his d.
yorced wife at her home on south
side. His trial is in progress In
nolice court.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
HONOR FOR DOROTHY ENGLE
Is President Of Gamma Epsilon Pi
Sorority at K. u.

The University Of Kansas chap
ter of Gamma Epsilon ri honorary
commerce sOrity, has been awarded
a cup by the national association for
the highest scholastic standing in the
country. The Lawrence chapter has
been installed for one year.
Officers for this chapter are: Miss
Dorothy Engle, Abilene, president; !;
Miss Marie Russell, Scott City. vice
president and Miss Ernestine Schultz
Lawrence, secretary treasurer.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06
dopHERS NETTED MAN $3.50
James ]. O'Brien Of Chapman
Rrou0hf In Two Boxes of Skins

Collecting gopners for the last few
years was a profitable pastime for
James J. O'Brien Of Chapman.
When Mr.. O'Brien read that April
was the last day on which Dick
inson county would pay bounty for
gopher scalps, he bundled up 737
skins which The had carefully
stretched and cured, two shoe boxes
full, and claimed a bounty OF 10
cents a piece, giving him check
from the county Of $73.7O. This Is
the largest amount paid to a single
individual for one lot Of scalps by
this county, according to nj. u
Calkins, county treasurer.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-04-06

u. A. Engier, county commits
sioner from Chapman, who has been
driving back and forth to Abilene,
says he appreciates during this
weather that the hard surfaced roads
are worth all we pay for them.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02

Natural gas was first mentioned by
Thomas Shirley in a communication TO
the Royal Society Of England in 1867.
Coos county, Ore, is determined to
exterminate coyotes. 1t pays SO for
killing males and 50 for females.
A new telephone cable has been laid
between Scotland and Ireland to con-
meet the cities Of Glasgow and Bel
fast.
The Carnegie foundation has given
100000 toward the reconstruction as
a model city of the town of Fargniers,
so miles from Paris, which was de-
stroyed in the World war.
-Four new hospitals for the treat
ment of disabled soldiers are to be
built at Liberty, N. Y; Knoxville, la.
Chillicothe, o., and Tacoma. Wash.
The first farm tractor ever seer in
central China recently arrived at
Hankow to be used with other Ameri-
can machinery in the cultivation of
peanuts.
Chemists have estimated that ma
terials now wasted in Jamaica could
be made to yield 100000 pounds n
year of pimento leaf oil, from which
an antiseptic and flavoring resembling
vanilla could be derived
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02

by means of a few finishing brads
driven through the cardboard tube
fasten the end blocks to the wound
tube.
The slider is to be mounted on top
of the coil and should be capable of
making contact with any turn of the
wire on the tube. In order to remove
the insulation from the wire, just I'M
der the rod where the slider moves
back and forth wrap a piece of sand
paper around a thin piece of wood
and, using another riece of wood as n
guide, sandpaper he insulation rom
the winding.
Drill a hole one-eighth inch d.
ameter through the slider rodDhbout
%one-fourth inch in from each1end SO
that. the rod is fastened in place see
that the contact finger on the bottom
of the slider can 1T all times make
good contact with the %windings. Mount
coil, attaching one by means Of a wire
to the slider rod and the other to the
end of the wire wound on the tube.
and the tuning coil Is complete.
Mounting the Set on Base Board.
1t Is only necessary now to mount
the component parts on the base board
and connect them up.
Fig. 16 shows the relative posi-
lions of the instrument mounted on
an eight-inch square base board, with
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02

diameter of the cardboard tubing and
between % and "a incl thick.
Two binding posts. Some orange
shellac.
The Detector.
A type U V Radiotron vacuum tube
which sells for So.
The standard vacuum tube socket
costing about 81.
A filament rheostat of ell ohms re-
sistance costing about $11.
A combination grid condenser and
grid leak for the U v 200 Radiotrom
costing So cents.
In addition a phone condenser cost
Ing so cents.
One pair Of Murdoch No. SO receiv-
ers costing So.
For mounting on base board:
One piece of wood eight inches
square.
Five binding posts.
This set requires, of course, an A
battery to light the tube fila
ment and a b battery to furnish the
plate potential. The "a" battery should
be a six-volt storage battery of not
less than 20 ampere hours capacity.
One 221a-volt "B" battery unit is nee
essary for a source of plate potential.
Assembling the Coll.
Starting one-half inch from one end
of the cardboard tube, wind OF the
No. % DEC wire until within one-half
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02
HOW TO CONSTRUCT
SIMPLE RADIO SETS
Materials That Are Necessary
and Method of Assembling
and Mounting Them.

For those who would like to con
struct a simple commemorative
cuu tube receiver, the details of
several sets will be given, before TAX
Ing up the explanation of the vacuum
tub as an amplifier. The circuits
which will be described depend upon
the cuu tube for a detector or as
a rectifier not having the additional
function of an oscillator.
The first set described will be that
of a tuning coil mounted on a horizon
tai base board. The following Mate
rial Is necessary for its construction !:
Tho Tuning Coil.
A piece of cardboard tubing, outside
diameter, three inches, and five inches
long. 1t will cost about 10 cents.
One hundred feet of No. % DEC
magnet wire. Cost about 25 cents.
One standard slider to fit u by Il
Inch brass rod. Cost about 40 cents.
A six-inch length of Il by A-inch
square brass rod. Cost about 20 cents.
Two circular blocks of wood, whose
diameter Is just equal to the inside
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02
MANY FAKE RADIO PROJECTS
swindIing Promoters Are Taking Ad-
vantage of the Popular Enthusiasm
and RobLing Small Investors.

millions were lost in oil, but there
will be many millions more lost in
radio" predicts Alexander Eisemann.
president of the National Radio Cham
Der of Commerce.
The radio situation, Mr.. Elsemann
points out, is well on the way to par
allel the oil boom, and in the wake
of the tremendous enthusiasm gener-
ated. INSCRIPTIONS promoters and So
called experts" are relieving small
investors of their savings.
Several CT SEES have come TO my at
tention within the last few months"
continued Mr.. Eisemann, "and In the
interest o. fair play and the general
good, l urge the widest publicity of
this warning.
Hundreds of thousands of people
throughout the country think that
radio Is a 'gusher,' that 1t brings back
IN dividends many times the principal
Invested. Many small business mc0
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02
WORTH KNOWING

Sicily and Italy are large exporters
of sulphur.
Ontario, Canada, is the greatest
nickel producer.
Something like $4,000 stitches are
required to make the ordinary suit of
clothes.
A survey of the housing situation
was recently made In Minneapolis by
the mail carriers.
More than 5000 miles of nets are set
nightly during the herring season in
the English channel.
In France there were 90 ~airplane
accidents in the military aviation serv-
ice last year. Seventy-two pilots and
mechanics were killed.
In P%etrograd, when a worker wishes
n meal In a restaurant or a pair of
boots. he merely visits n Of the gov
eminent stores and has so many hours
checked off his list.
Burns committed his poems to
memory as he composed them, and
when he sat down to write he had
before him no labor of composition.
but only the task of writing down
what he had already finished.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02
Is It All Doomed to Destruction-This Thing
That Is Primitive America?


Yesterday I met a colony of friends-friends not seen for many years.
These friends were the white moccasin flower, Cypripedium candidum.
Where I met them I do not dare tell. But here they stood, perhaps the
last remnant of their kind in that part of Illinois, where they once were
plentiful. And soon this little colony will also be doomed to its fate.
They seemed unaware of the approaching danger, and how was it
possible in such charming company Of phlox, shooting stars, ragweed,
violets, blue-eyed grass, star flowers, Indian brush and many others
such a garden of brilliant colors illuminated in the bright May sunshine!
I was wondering why all this should be-this gradual destruction of this
great wealth of color and beauty. I was wondering about the loss to COM
ing generations Of this wonderful color expression that eventually must
have its great and noble influence upon u arts.
Fortunes are given to science, to buildings, geological gardens and
arboretums, all worthy, but is there no one who will save the little colony
save what is left of this exquisite carpet that once covered the prairies of
Illinois everywhere? Is it all doomed to destruction-this thing that is
primitive America, pure and unaduterated2
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02
CUTTING Off the Last Word.

Archeologists have recently been
puzzled over the finding of the head
less body of IN Egyptian princess in
an ancient tomb. 1t seems that the
question as to how the lady lost her
head is important in archaeological cir
cles.
In certain oriental countries it is
customary for the head Of the house,
in the event Of a domestic argument.
to behead the lady, thus cutting the
argument short. Doubtless, the last
words that issued from the lips of the
headless princess were: where have
you n?"-Judge.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02
China Has Longest Circuit.

To China goes the honor of install
ing the longest commercial radio tele-
phone circuit In the world. Radio
telephone sets have been installed at
Picking and Tientsin, covering a gap
of 90 miles. These have been con-
nected with the regular telephone
lines of the Chinese government.
Music and speeches, aside from the
regular commercial business, have
beer broadcast. Manufacturers here
In America report many orders already
being received for small crystal sets,
and it is only a matter of time before
the youth of China will be experiment.
ing with and operating radio appara-
tls.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02
SHORT FLASHES

San Francisco Is receiving
concerts broadcast at Science
tady, N. Y.
In New York a squad Of SOL
diers was drilled in an armory
uptown at the commands of a
superior on Governors island.
At the Pacific coast seaside
resorts, instead of burying
themselves in the sand, the
young ladies clamp on their ear
pieces and kill time between
swims listening to radio music.
Educational experts say that
radio will prove of great assist
ance In the development of the
minds OF subnormal children.
The great obstacle in their edu-
cation has been inability to
arouse interest. 1t Is believed
that radio will greatly stimulate
such interest.
And now 1t is the dentists who
are profiting by radio. 1t Is a
great advantage to keep the
mind of a patient off his trou.
bles. When a radio ear-piece
Is clamped on, what registers
on the ears of the sufferer makes
him more or less Indifferent to
what is going on In his mouth.
Great possibilities for the sooth.
ing talker.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02
"Veiled. ~Prophets2"

The Mystic Order of Yelled Prophets
of the Enchanted Realm is a modern
secret society of America, and al
though it has only been a short time In
existence boasts a membership of over
10000 master Masons In good stand
ing, but, it is in no way connected with
Freemasonry. The ritual observed is
most elaborate, being formed on an old
Persian manuscript discovered in a
secret vault at Teheran. The nomen-
clature of the order is somewhat curl
Gus, the Misunderstanding styled prophets.
The branches are known as grottos,
while the chief is called the grand
monarch.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02

will continue to do its part, and every citizen has a personal responsibility
and must share in the work of reconstruction and readjutment.
Managers of large business corporations not many years ago, perhaps
not more than a score, ignored moral obligations and adhered to the rule
of might, crushing competition ruthlessy and disregarding welfare of
their employees. And what is true of these employers was also true of
their employees generally, whose attitude towards their employers and
fellow employees was, in a large measure, controlled by ideas that were
entirely selfish and in many cases arbitrary, unreasonable and cruel
These conditions also resulted in great hardship to the general pr-
chasing and consuming public, for, in the long run, costs of production,
transportation and delivery were necessarily made larger and, Is they
always must be, we're carried on to the mes whose necessities compelled
purchase and use.
President Roosevelt had many disciples and with assistance from
them he created a strong public opinion in favor of honest business man
agement. This sentiment, however brought about, has had much to do
with the change in the minds of the people generally as to the desirability
and value of closely associating ethics with business.
But there wa another convincing reason for the change.
While the motives are not equally worthy with others, they are very
practical and influential with many who would not otherwise be con-
verted. Ethical management brings additional profits to business.
Sooner or later it pays in dollars and cents Any mar or concern that
firmly establishes a reputation for honesty and fair dealing which is not
questioned has a business asset of great pecuniary value and profit.
Business throughout the United States today is conducted on a higher
plane than ever before.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02

who would think twice before invest
ing their money in gilt-edge securities,
never hesitate when the magic word
radio is whispered to them. They
read of the tremendous strides of the
industry within the last Few months
and make up their minds that the dol
lars they worked so hard for through
many years should get out of the
bank and into RADIO"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02
The Greatest Obstacle to the Proper
Development of Technical Training
By SAMUEL INSULT, Chicago Industrial Leader.

The greatest obstacle to the proper development of technical train
ing of the future is the lack Of close cooperation between the authorities
of the great technical educational institutions of this country and the men
who have charge of the great industries for whom the graduates of these
institutions have finally got to go to work.
In these days of specialized business, I think it is pathetic to se a
young person, who has to make his or her career, taking a purely academ-
ic education and expecting to go out into the world and compete with
those who have specialized in their education. No greater service could
be performed than to direct the minds of these young persons in some
specialized channel.
You educators re molding the raw material. We have the plant
to help you produce the finished product Both of us want to help the
young man and woman along. You can be of great help to u.s.. On the
other hand, we men leading the great industries of this country can be of
great help to you, and between us we car be of infinite help.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02

Miss Emma r. Steiner of New
York, a cousin Of Barbara Fritchie,
Civil wal heroine, who holds the dis
tinction of being the only woman di-
rector of opera in the country. She
has already directed more than 5000
performances of 90 operas, and is at
present musical director Of the Music
temple of the world.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02

inch of the other end of the tube.
Fasten one end of the winding to the
tube, but allow some surplus wire on
the other end for making a connec-
ton. After the winding is in place
apply a thin coat Of orange shellac to
hold the turns in T'fce,
Assemble the circular-cut pieces of
wood In the ~geometrical center of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02

The typical germ cell is a micro
SCOPE g~lobular body consisting of cell
substance, called cytoplasm, in the
midst Of which is Embedded a mass
called the nucleus.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-02
Square Deal ALWAYS Best.

Slipping things over on the other fell
low yields but momentary satisfaction.
Smartness of this kind always carries
with it a feeling that you have invited
treatment of the same sort. Only from
giving the square deal m genuine
and lasting neutrality-suspicious..