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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
kLEoPfER FOUND GUILTY
Sentence For Violation OF .Prohibi-
tory Law Comes Later

Harvey Kle0pfer. on trial Tuesday
in district court for violation OF thr
prohibitory law, was found guilty on
The first count. lie will be SEN
fenced later.
sDistrict court continues In session
and Is disposing rapidly OF its work.
In the case. OF the Rascal Paint Co.
against SIN. Daily the demurrer to
the evidence was sustained and the
jury discharged.
In the case Of Frain against Brad
shaw the demurrer was sustained
and the plaintiff given leave to
amend his answer In 10 days.
The plaintiff was given 20 days to
answer In the case Of Jackson vs..
Metz.
The sale was confirmed In the case
of Wyandt Mtg. & Investment 20.
against Weishaar.
The suit for collection OF money
by Goodman & Rothschild against
Schmidt was on trial during the
afternoon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14

s,,eed desired aud sometimes he 30
nothing but the bill. lie planked
down a billion ind odd million dol
lars for airplanes--25.OO0 IN al
10000 to be on the front and In re-
serve by January, 1913. Nhhf a.
he get? Not Il single Amcrionn-mnd'
fighting plane of any description
ever rcached the front. In review
lug the stupendous expenditure
made by the government for whi"l
no return was received, one must
distinguish between such inexcusable
failure as the air program and case
where loss was due to the fortunes
If war, as in building certain NUM-
ton plants where tens OF million
spent did not produce one grain OF
powder because the Intervention o.
the armistlce was something that
could not be foreseen.
Much has been said and written
In a loftily eulogistic. not to say
bombastIc vein, of the Wanted "bus-
mess administration" Of the war.
With d self censored press and gov
eminent control Of the news dis
tributing channels, this misappre-
hension has never been thoroughly
Il
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
If CONAN is RIGHT

Uncle Tom McNeal INDUCES IN
this bit of philosophy:
Recently I have been reading
what Sir Conan Doyle has to say
about the future state. There are Il
great many people who most vehe-
mently insist that Conan doesn't
know what he is talking about. Per-
sonally think he probably does not
hnt for that matter what do his crit
les know about it? No more l THINK
than Conan Doyle. AS Conan seems
TO &c. great deal Of satisfaction
out of his belief and as 1t Is dong
nobody else any harm so far as l
can discover, why quarrel with him
about It? Maybe he Is right.
"Conan says one thing Mt least
which sounds reasonable to me; he
saws that each individual will start
in on the other side just as he left
Off here. never have been able to
see why dying should make wise
man out Of fool, or an honest man
out of a crook or an agreeable, at
tractive man out of a chronic crouch.
"But here Ia the rub. II there are
Just as many fools. crooks ana
cranks on the other side as there
are here what advantage will 1t be
to die and 70 over there?"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
HARDIN0'S GOOD SENSE

President Harding kept the stride
with public opinion when he said
before the joint session of the house
and the senate: "Surely the threat
ening conditions must impress the
congress and the country that no
body Of men whether limited In
numbers and responsible for railway
management, or powerful In num-
hers and the necessary forces In
railway operation, shall be permitted
to choose course which SO imperils
public welfare. Neither 0rganiza-
lions of employed nor working mems
union may escape responsibility.
IF free men cannot toll according
to their own lawful choosing, our
constitutional guarantees born of de-
mocracy are surrendered to moboc-
cray. and the freedom Of hundred
millions is surrendered to small
minority which would have no law"
Plain talk and plain truths from
the president Of the United States
backed by the approval Of millions
Of mwabiding citizens!
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
FARM BOY MECHANICS

Here's an interesting item tucked
away In business letter:
AT certain center on the Atchi-
son road where $500 men are usual
ly employed in the shop crafts and
kindred departments, the strike, at
first, cut the number Of workers In
two. But now $500 men are at
work. The recruits In that vicinity
were made UP largely from farm
hands. The latter-day farm boys
have become familiar with machin-
cry through the motor cars and
trucks now used on the farms. Dur
Ing the winter evenings they spend
much time tinkering with the car
and many of them can take the
whole thing to pieces and put 1t back
again perfectly. This class Of men
and boys attracted by the bonuses
paid by the railroads during the
emergency, and by the 8-hour day.
as against the 1O.hour farm day.
have helped fill up the depleted
ranks. Officials there report that
the $500 men are doing more work
than the $500 of the old force ever
did. This new blood pitches In and
doea its work without stopping to see
that only so many pieces are fin
Ished per day, as was the plan under
the old order Of things" a..
That Is one thing the motor car
and tractor has done for the farm
boy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
LABEL THE FLOUR

The Southwest. which includes
Kansas, the greatest wheat state OF
the nnion. Is not getting n square
Zeal on flour In the crop year when
ended with the month Of August, the
Minneapolis market alone received
r1.4S1. 600 bushels OF winter wheat
compared with 13,427,02O bushels IN
the preceding year. Other north.
western milling points also received
large amount Of winter wheat, Tor
the Southwest In the last year ex-
perienced heavy demand Tor It's
hard winter wheat to 60 to north
western mills In and out or Mime
apolis at premiums Of as much as
20 cents a bushel.
Half the winter wheat acreage OF
the country IN in four states. Kansas
Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma.
The mills Of the Northwest buy this
wheat, mill 1t into -four and sell the
-four throughout the east as spring
wheat -four, getting premium
therefor as the spring wheat belt OF
the Northwest has been widely
known as producing superior -four.
The point Ia that Kansas wheat ~
used to advertise the northwest.
Every miller in the Southwest suf-
fers from the competition.
What IL the remedy? The South
western Miller answers 1t this way:
"Neither flour buyers. millers, wheat
raisers nor state and federal authori-
ties need seek long for an answer.
The remedy lies in action to insure
labelling. The wheat as well rs the
Aour markets of the Southwest are
omen to the world. The mills of the
northwest have az much right to buy
hard winter wheat in the Southwest
Az the mills Of any other section.
But the mills of the northwest have
no right to sell -four containing
more or less hard winter wheat as
spring wheat -four. To sell such nour
as spring wheat -four or under any
name that fails to give credit to the
hard winter wheat Is not fair to hour
buyers or to any other group In the
milling industry. Fair labelling Is the
remedy--the remedy that ought to
be urged not only by the Southwest
and state and federal authorities,
but by -four buyers throughout
America. With the new wheat IN
the Southwest averaging stronger
than the new crop In the northwest
there should be no delay IN urging
steps to insure fair labelling"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
tip IN RUSSIA

Writing from Moscow, Russia
James p. Howe, OF Atchison, says
II had pleasant trip coming here
from Riga. Was two days on the
way, and had compartment to my
self on the railway train. Carried
my own sheets and blankets and q
big Lasket Of food. The country was
In much better condition than I ex-
pected to find 1t. The same Is true
Of Moscow. am staying at hotel
run by the government. ] do quite
a bit Of cooking In my room, as
most of. the guests do. brought
along a little electric stove. The
restaurant prices are very high.
Watermelons are six to eight mill
lion rubes each-which means $1.5O
to 81 each. Apricots, so cents a
pound. Eggs, in the markets. are
25c a dozen. A cab drive for a short
distance is so cents. The stamps
on this letter represents a hundred
thousand rubles each, or about two
and half cents. In the fashionable
restaurants, the orchestras do moi
begin playing until aftermidnight.
For some reason ! am sleepy here
all the time: the Russian climate
has that effect on me. :. There are
m Ions, tomatoes, strawberries
peaches, to be had here, but prices
are very high. II have seen nc
drunken men here. When maj
becomes a member Of the Soviet hi
agrees never to touch strong drink
The lack Of intemperance in Moscow
is very agreeable after being arount
as l have been. Moscow made
strange impression on me at first
but like it better as know 1t bet
ter. Just a year ago, was in Atch
ison, eating my head Off. Away
manage to get too much to eat; ever
In the famine countries" The mos
surprising thing in this letter is tn
statement that eggs sell in Moscow
Russia, at % cents dozen. Her
are Mr.. Howe's exact words
Roughly, the rule is at present fou
million to the dollar. Eggs in tn
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IA, 1922
OREGON is SLOW

A tourist writes to the Junction
City Union saying that up In Oregon
are beautiful parks free to the pub
lie. Strange thing. In Colorado the
gougers fence in everything possible
and charge admission. In the Car
den Of the Gods IL a so-called bal
anced rock" 1t used to be In the
open but somebody put fence
around 1t and charges so cents ad-
mission. The old rock was not much
Of q sight In the first place but now
II has been cemented IN so that its
balance" Is mostly imagination.
The Seven Falls have been also
fenced OF and for years visitors have
been charged 80 cents to enter the
canon, making 4 fortune for the
owners. Colorado Is about the limit
In gouging visitors and the wonder
IL that 1t liz not boyc0tted--but 1t IL
not, and the public pays and kicks
and lets 1t 90. But Oregon Is slow.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
Jay QUITS DANCING

Jay House in Public Ledger: The
dance, we learn incidentally and
with no more than casual interest, Is
about to be reformed. The reason
we take no more than casual inter-
est In the matter is that we fore
saw what was coming and knew no
human agency could change the cur
rent Of events. The dance Of today
is a perfect thing, 1t is comfortable,
enjoyable and delightfully."- intimate.
In this country when anything is
comfortable, enjoyable and delight
fully intimate the legislature passes
a law forbidding 1t. We knew as
soon as we learned 1t that the pres
ent-day dance was doomed.
When we began dancing, now
more years ago .tnan we care to con-
fess, the waltz and the two-step
were the forms, affected by those
who were esteemed socially correct.
They were painful and physically
trying performances. Preliminary to
catching step with the music, the
gent. holding the right hand of his
partner gently within his left. extend
ed his left arm to its utmost and
maintained 1t In a perpendicular po-
sition throughout the dance. At the
same time he placed three fingers of
his gloved right hand gingeriy on
the spinal vertebra of his partners
corset. In that position, and shrink
ing from the physical contact that
was at times unavoidable he made
his way painfully and laboriously
over the dance floor until his tongue
protruded andthe was ready to drop
from physical exhaustion. =
Nowadays one cuddles his dancing
partner comfortably in the crook Of
his right arm, nestles her left hand
in such manner ms to avoid the ply
steal exertion formerly entailed In
caring for it and falls easily into the
maEes Of the least exacting and most
graceful dances ever devised. We
knew they were too good to last.
We knew somebody would break up
the party and we bow to the inevi,
table.
But, we give II out cold. we're not
going back to the old forms physi-
cal torture. and the reformers can
take It Or leaye it..ea
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14

samuel Gompers IL childish
hattering old man whose foolish
remarks nj this time are not hurting
anything because his teeth are goh
al he can no longer bite.--Saliha
Union. Wen, he can bite of $i5,0O0
4 year and expenses from the unions
nd that ~ not so slow. lie growls
g., little once In n While to make thr
labor forces think he Is earning his
money and has n rather soft snap
Don't worry about Samuel.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
- -
BEANS AND FISH

The Kansas City Kansan in an
article on the business administra-
ton" of the war relates these incl
dents:
LET us glance at two enlighten-
ing incidents. We have cited the
case Of a private soldier IS years old
sent by his country to crawl on
fields of fire where from hour to hour
his life depended on the readiness
of his rife. In moment OF dere-
LECTION he stole 15-cent can OF
beans and got year and day In
Leavenworth prison to reflect on the
virtue Of honesty as a policy. Con-
slider now the case Of the rich and
powerful Pacific Coast salmon COM
panies caught virtually in the act OF
turning over TO the army several
million cans Of rotten fish for which
1t had received $S,600,00O. Was
equal justice melted there? Let us
see. A congressional committee In
vestigated the case and declared
1.-THE Gamers who packed 1t, know
ing 1t was intended to be eaten by
our soldiers, should have been
brought before a firing squad" This
was not done, Of course.
I'm fact, nothing seems to have
been done except to hand over to
these packers rebate of 100000
because they were so obliging as to
take back rotten fish which govern
ment chemists had pronounced un-
fit for consumption by human beings
ut took court a few hours to de.
termine punishment that fitted the
crime of the boy who stole the
beans. A year and a half have
elapsed since congress In bristline
terms called the attention Of the de-
partment Of Justice to the salmon
case, specifically recommending &C
ion to recover the money and ths
criminal prosecution OF the packers
The congressional investigators sub
nitted evidence which appears t.
establish conclusively that decom
posed fish knowingly was packed
for sale to the army Yet the courts
thus far have been, denied an oppor.
tunity to decide whether the salmon
packers should dlsgorge or whether
IL guilty. they should taste the med
Icine dosed out so promptly in the
case of the great 15-cent bean rob-
berry.
Everything was sacrificed-econ-
omy, frugality, efficiency, good
management and good Judgment
even honesty. faith, trust and sacred
words Of honor-and at this terrible
price Uncle Sam sometimes got the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14

Other polls might reveal q uII-
ferent division Of considerations, and
doubtless a poll confined to any one
particular make would be somewhat
different, but 1t Is important to note
that aside from the things which are
to be looked for in the car itself,
what others think Of 1t Is an impor'
tant element, and comfort and APP
pearance are among the first require
ments.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
FLOUR Mill TO
BLAME FOR Loss
Associated Press1

Topeka, Sept. S.-The Citizens
State bank of Harper, capital $20,-
600, closed its doors this morning by
order of the banking department. A
-four mill loss Of 100000 Is blamed
for the failure.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
lhere IS plenty Of excItement ".

there Is plenty OF excitement W.
i Iiiawalha. iswing Herbert, whu
operates the Hiawatha World, de-
o.ed two columns OF space Satur'
day, to a writeup OF the county far
aud the men who were In charge.
Mr.. Herbert claimed that the even'
was failure tins year, few people
attended, harness events attracted
only few stilf-leggcd ponies, and
he women did not take time TO
bring In samples of their handiwork
az the committee in charge were n
bunch of tight wads. Mr.. Herbert
named the committee, and suggested
new committee who he felt would
take he county fair In hand, and
while they would not make money
they would give an exhibition that
would attract a crowd, and be worth
while. After printing the article, II
is safe to wager that Mr.. Herbert
left town for a few days.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14

marets, are reasonably cheap; about
a million a dozen" Eggs selling as
cheap In famine Russia. as In Atchi-
son, IN sure surprising.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
WHAT AUTO BUYER BUYS

The National Automobile Chap
Der Of Commerce, Inc, Of New
York, the automobile manufacturers
trade association. recently under
took to find out what automobile
buyers want when they buy q car.
A poll of 10000 owners Of all
kinds of cars revealed the following
percentag es:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14

Abilene is mighty proud OF Its
Boys band, now recognized as the
best Of its class in the state. II
takes pep and ability to make band
and real leader to put 1t into shape
and the Boys band has the full
nuuipmpnt
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14

IN HiRdon. president Of said
hank, do solemn1y swear that the
above statement Is true: that said bank
has no liabilities, and II not lndorser
on any note or obligation, DINER tnen
hest of nv knowledge and belief. so
ne'p me 'OO B. HYaDoN.
President
Subscribed ana sworn to before use.
this 7th day OF September, 1922.
ANNA J.. FULTON.
CsEALl Notary Public.
'ronTnission expires on the 18th day
Of July. 1880.
w d FULTON.
J. B. HI0DON,
ANNA J. FULTON
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14

wANTED-Girl for homework. Call
at 1908 North Buckeye. or phone
lis. o-6dtf-Twtf
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-0ne fine Jersey COW,
will be fresh soon. w. H. Free
man, phone 14F13, N. Walnut
14d&w1t*
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14
LOST AND FOUND

LOST-0n road northwest OF Abb
lene, Kansas, auto license tag. Re-
ward for return to Reflector office.
12d2t-14w1t'
LOST-Two small grey hound pups.
Return to 8. n. Mccullough. Re-
ward. a-6dtf- Iwtf
WANTED
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-09-14

FOR SALE-Clark's Blackhull seed
wheat, price Toe per bushel above
market price, when ready to SELL
John A. Minter, Abilene, phone
Buckeye. S-31wot'
The Washington times., 1922-10-22

Made of heavy Troy and Scotch flannelette; n
stripes, with or without collars; some hand {
broidered in dainty colors, others scalloped {
hemstitched; sizes "a to AZ, "A to so.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

for many years. Old New
Workers still recall the ap-
pearance of Broadway
above Canal Street at the
time of the Civil War,
when it was given over al
most wholly to residences.
This was before the brown
stone period, and the best
houses were built of brick
with white marble trim
mings. They were for the
most part fine, dignitied
old mansions, four stories
in height. Many stretches
of Broadway in this period
looked very much as the
lower part of Fifth Avenue
does to-day.
The social center moved
northward along the line
of Broadway until it
reac h e d Washington
Square, when it shifted
suddenly to the west and
started up Fifth Avenue.
For many years the socia!
center remained below
Fourteenth Street. The
old Brevoort mansion, at
Fifth Avenue and Ninth
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
rW YORk'S social center is moving

care is taken to fix this pol
.;n,c within few feet OF ITS
This work is not as frivolous
aupear, for the information
.ously by shopkeepers and lar
nosjtjon of hotels and places
The social center has been
r;ned once every two years
generations.
To make the calculation az
dence of every one appearlr
Register. some 10000 in all, /
,;deration. Each name Is vi
or. rather, on a tag of exact
and weight. These tags arc
lon- stick. prepared with a s
corresponding to the cross sire
enioying social recognition ar
tA4s
Fourth Street on the south
10 tooth Street on the north
an immense amount OF WORK
,s involved. All the names
Of those living in Tenth
Street, for instance, are hung
on the notch corresponding
TO Tenth Street, and so on
until every name has its
place on the stick.
To determine the social
center the stick is now care
fully balanced. The street
at which the stick balances
Is accepted IS the center.
Tie card. or tags, arc then
removed and hung up on a
second stick marked with the
various avenues running
north and south, and when
balanced determines the So
cial center measured east
and vest. This calculation
fixes tho mythical center
within d few feet.
For upwards Of fifty years
the social center has moved
steadily northward at the
rate Of two city blocks A
year, or about 400 feet.
There has been meanwhile a
slight pull toward The east.
hut at no time has it crossed
Madison Avenue. 1t will be
readily understood that this
movement is of interest to
many people who may have
no claims to social recognl-
hon and care nothing about
It,
The social center was
originally at the foot of
broadway when Washington
made his home there, and
the finest residences Of the
city We're grouped about him.
As the city grew Broadway
continued to be d great res
'dence street, with the cross
streets in its vicinity. Sever
al OF these stately old man
Sons stood until very recent
ly. They had, Of course, long
since been given over to bl
entrances and first floors wei
Quit past recognition. a few
Of the upper floors still renal
snow how we'll New York O.
more ago Wa built.
fol generation this lower
way from Battery Place ain
nail was a stately old tho
houses were unusually high
'ne average being over for
street was filled with coaches (
'ae residents drove uptown to
'ser to Park Row to the thea
rsoe' especially on Sundays
trinity Church, was famous
s"is' and its reputation reach
" 'ae first innovations in this
',shsformation Of one of tn,
O'o mansions below Rector ST
Nas'Ve family hotel. The ia,
which was the center of 50
pe'lod, stood on the west 81,
'Us' above Trinity Church.
A' the beginning of the cent
ne >. section extended consider
"ail street was an exclusive
wv uva' as was the upper section
"ssnlhgton once lived on P
1"'e :, OF the finest homes of
' vicinity of Franklin Squa
grew in size and wealth sew
~ sseets off Broadway became
asfd to-day to picture Pa
~'uslve residential street. !
"Aed with fine old brick mansj
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

of that In S4O an
talk the city
Avenue for of century,
will
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

first of the broad crosstown
streets. the next being Canal.
The wealthy New Workers of
that day who coold afford it
preferred this wide. sunny
street, just as in Later times, in
turn, Fourteenth. Twcnty-third,
Forty-second and Fjfty-sevcnth
streets were popular.
The social center moved slow
L. oln.,oe 4l,n 1;,,o &C p,onI,4,n,,
New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

prosperous retail
section Of the city
usually folio ow $
closely any changes
IL these streets. A
century and moro
ago every one walk
ed on the sea wall
At the 3 ats ~
'&tcr, Win tnp
northward ~ ov {
merritt was changed
to Broadway in the
vicinity Of Trinity
Church. At a later
period it was in the
general vicinity Of