Abilene weekly reflector. [volume], August 05, 1909, Page 2, Image 2

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The Reflector Publishing Co.
. Saterad as seeond eleaa mall matter
. as th poston-ee at blLna, lum.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
l" : ' WITHIN TH COUNTY.
i nil umih r wttbl th year!
tSnel UI
fix montht
to a against an Infant Industry of
J ft I aKun ftn ffha amiara mil. Vfth a
rH nonuia iiv.il Si "v"""'
at paid m evano r wlthta nke Calderhead TKan-
.ti.is as City Star.
Lat'a asa. The population of th
fifth dlstrlot la 176,000 or about
ftS.Ooo families. Of theae 20,000
yeari
Oh Taar
-.-wnam-i mn fJOUMTT.
'-'" .1 1
Oa Taar ;
Iff ttal IM aaTAODW w -i
V.iha I families live on the farms. Fully
ix Months . "II 14.000 of he remainder are directly
One rear dependent on the prosperity or me
U sot paid la advance or within th tum (or th.. bread ana DUtter.
ysari 1 t stores, banks, professional men and
" Tw In fact all dwehers In the towns de-
THUR8DAY. AUGUST 6, 1909. I pond on the farmers' business In one
. or another. The Star sent a cor-
' THE MODERN SODOM? respondent to write up this section
XHJK MU u ww"' iresponuem w wnw uy mi.
. i i. (k Hiawatha I .- . .-.J v. . MMitvt 1ft maaval
IDWing lloruei t iu un whk iuu uo rwu
World has this rather scorcning ougy prosperous the towns growing;
comment While it Is too severe in
some respects its idea is one that ana motor cari an( rejoicing In their
will anneal to a good nwny io success. The excess weaitn over weir
who have fought hte good fight in
Kansas for two or three decades. farmers either directly or Indirectly
Has the government of Kansas aur- beCaU8e 0f the high prices ior ineir
I-,, iho mint 80 years been the mod
ern Sodom which the Topeka Capital
and other Stubbs' organs paint it?
This is a question o.ien asued by
otranirora from other states who come
' mni. hAv wonder if it -Is
IU iuftca.
ft-,,, a inferred by these "reform
organs, if Kansas really v ,n tne
hands of a gang of thieves who were
plundering and robbing the state, ana
that but for the call of Stubbs from
the grading camp we would sun oe
' i. ha throes of corruption and mis
management. The Question Is fre
quently asked, Is It not time for the
iini of Kansas to can it u" u-
malicious inferences and In
nuendoes and stand up for the me
who made Kansas a great state be
... w.itAr Roscoe Stubbs, with
.tw Arm-nod. was washed to the
ahoret Is It true that the adminis
tration of John A. Martin, Lyman U
.,-.. neorae W. Ollck, E. N
m-.iii w. H. SUnley, W.J. Bailey
.a v. w. Hoch. covering the growth
and advancement of the state that Is
unparalleled In the nation's history,
. v.nal corruot and subversive
to good government that all ot the
latent energies of wis mou-ru ,u.
lst, this self appointed guardian and
statesman, this boss from the grad
ing camp who learned to arive men
with threat and Invective, wis moo
on "reformer," must save Kansas
w.-a nnliMral ruin and degradation?
Stubbs himself says he was called to
the great office of governor to ciean
th. .tt and nut In on a "busi
ness" basis. It was never on a busi-
nessv basis before. Under Martin,
unmnhrAT. ollck. Morrill, Stanley.
Bailey and Hoch It was going to rack
and ruin, pellmell. And all places
mder the government while these
governors were wrecking tn raw
were helping to make oi n a
produce. -And these prices are good
because they are employed in tne
foftnrion of the nation men who are
getting good wages and can afford
in huv the oroducts ol the film
aiatriat farms at trood prices. The
motor cars and the bank stock and
the paid off mortgages have come
nndar tha ninirlev tariff. Under
tha Wilson tariff enacted by the Dem
ocrats in accordance with the -tar
tde'as the Fifth district farmers were congress has signally honored, and
. the Ln rav locks and logical arguments
nnnr. i-ieir ui u .eBv .
towns were poverty stricken and for- are a power In the committee room
.-.-tnt atatea In the nation, and
whose service eitenied over more
than a third of a century before Wal
ter Roscoe Stubbs was heard of. How
do we know that this dlsoreoiung
years to clean up the work." And
the nation, and to purge it of the cor- hMr , muc& about -in tha speeches
ruptlon, venality and mismanagement i u( demagogues and honest men
under all the great leaders from Lin-1 iBaiccrimlnately, and let us try lm
coin down to Taft. That la what WaM Mrtll. evarythlng that they can
tur nmi-na means when be says, "I I .v it .bumr for ns abroad. Ot
feel It my duty to stay on the joo un
til my program is carried out.
thy with the Rubbs kind ot politics
re ow considering a plan to call
a state convention, to be nnoniciai
but binding, for the adoption of a
state Republican platform, and per
haps tor the nomination ot candi
dates for the primary later on. It is
believed that in this way the Repub
lican eaa regain control of their
party and eliminate from state
platform th many Isms and non-Republican
features which have) in
flected seriously upon the wisdom
of th party In u state. It Is also
to hold county and con
gressional conventions of th same
character. Whether this la w oen
. . HmroAd la still a matter ot
arcnmenL but there is little doubt
that It would do much to restore th
Republican organisation to U con
trol of th voters who belong to it
. IN THE FIFTH D1STKICT. '
There I not a sugar producer In
the Fifth Kansas District, to be sure
and for that matter there I not -a
lumber producer, or a cotton grower.
And Congressman Calderhead voted
to maintain th higher tariff sched
ule of th Aldrich Bill on all these
oroducts. And besides there are only
171,000 consumer in th Fifth Dis
trict What could the Interests of
that number of mere peopi amount
rich, the farmers buying bank stock
differently,' why then, we can go
back to hated protection. Let's try
It out Let everybody get on a drunk
of reform. Let us all get after the
other man' prosperity. Taat we
way to get rich." 1
CiU4EBlHEArOIf KANSAS.
Th people of Kansas have a dif
ferent view of the tariff than that
hild by Speaker Cannon and Senator
Aldrich,: because they consider that
they have different Interest. Kan
.,. haa hides to sell. If th Kansas
delegation told the president they
unit for free niae n we
wouia liana ior u " -i you will nonce wat it lan-i aiwayi
. .... iJA a ! Mi'lMAftlftn I - . - . . . 1 - I . MMI - -
catm mil proiucu ! - 1 the smart reuow wno gew inw oiuuo.
of th duty on tea and for cheaper U, mart f9u0W generally stays out
l fcAM anA AfthAI lAather tlOOdS. I -m iiit
former earnings have come to the
Inrn.
en if i rAo.annah.le that Mr. Camer
head in stonding by the Republican
..Ainai of nrotectton and in sup
porting President Taft's ideas on the
tariff was not injuring we r um
t.i what we want here Is a 'mar
ket for our production at high prices
not merely a chance to sav a ceov
a pound on some article that is out
. irifiA in the year s expenses,
m th Ideal way to prosper
is to pay a low price for everything
you. buy and get a very nign pr
... Arhnc vou sell. But the
3S000 families of th Fifth district
.a..m rather risk their tinancmi
future on getting a high prlc for
.h.f fhAT aell and paying a good
trie for what they buy than to sell
products at low figure and buy at
a ehean oric. - It must 0 on w
or th other.
v.- uuimiit haa vet evolved a
h which everybody can sell
. hiirh nric and also buy cheaply
and a aecUon that sell mucn more
k.. i hnva ouaht not to complain
i.ii. haa tha better of the bargain
Th. riAdar Raolds. Iowa,, Kepuon-
r.n haa some suggestions that are
-nrth raadlna Iowa like Kansas
ha become rich by selling it ur
nina nrndncta at high prices: ,
, -
'If hides go on we iree w,
The hide is we
TO Topeaa '" f-1 , ., .
Idea that republican member ot teiiow wno wt- '" ""-
j kl.li Bftnhha and his little
BVUVW wu . II UlUVA "
atrlnc of "souar deal" organs paint . there alao
It And we ere to have four years (n8hed poduot of th farmer Just
ot this maligning and belittling ot the much M th, th0e 1 th finished
. . m -m 4iMm.M,l.hA mar- .... T jit
men wno nraooi uunua - I product Ot w mium.vuioi. -vlces
In th building of on ot the nuca Mma for tha goose
for th gander. Let us be Impar
tial. If the farmr doe not need
orotection, then the manufacturer
does not need It. If w want free
trade, let' have It. Th ooner We
oo we anuw uia a. trade, lei nave .. -
grandstanding and grJlery play Is to ln order tht we may try It
run for four yearsf Because Stubbs j,. g0 w6 poor bouse, If that
says so ln a recent announcement oj (J necessary In order to get wisdom
. . . i . L..U..MIIKIIAI ThAAA I a ii .L.i ' V.fnM
nis canaiuauy iur ioui"" 1 we nv got -ii wiai. wj
are his words: "I fell that It Is my Th, i, no need ot manufacturing
dirty to stay on the lob until my pro- u,g eoantry. Japan and Germany
gram la carried out. it win can attend to all sucn matters tor u
Break down th tarlit wall that w
AAnraa. they ean make It
abroad. Japan can make
cheaper
cotton
Gallantry from th Topeka Capt-
ft.i. a Colorado man say his OB
... . ...... r .hit thev L. i. k. ..ii. .h woman
Kansas uity u. - Uort hsr. n pays her men and Tot, But th,r, .r, ugly wo
ol w.uj-. W0mw to and 10 cento a day ana ,. Th, 0Biy dlffereace between
thev work IS hours a day. They I .,. i. thU resiMct Is that soma
can do it cheaper than our men and ot tB,m ara leas beautiful than other.
women. Why not let them do It. ' L --.-
. .- k. I Ton cannot build a tine house and
un ue an ivij uiiua ui wi i -
. . 1. .l. . j.ii.. .f.i.la Tha
galina merefcanu hav cut out fake
drtr'vii!r.r. Coed tthem.
Tie fst b I event will be the fly
irj ixa. CUdiW tour.
day. We can't ma big farm or big
factories without som on gits rich
er out of (hem let us combine to
stake theae men poorer. We are told,
by politician, that by making them
poorer w will make all ot us richer.
Let's do It It that Is what tha people
want Let's try It out We have ac
cumulated some store ot foods and
wealth under the Dingley law and w
are, perhaps. In Jest as good 'condi
tion to try conclusions with free
trade new a ever w will be. If we
fled w en get along with nstklBg
farmers von;T aad mea la shog and
factors id's, t! a w ei eoaUno
lo tx't la r it r;r. If f.sd out
hoots. Shoes and other leather goods
so that Kansas has not been selfish
In dealing with the problem that
have taxed the strength of the presi
dent a Questions nave com up to
him out of we conference eommu-
tae. It was because Congressman
nriiiiim llaxander Calderhead OI
this state Is a believer in the Cannon
Maa of the tariff that he was honor
Ail hr a olace on the conference com
miiftaa. , The oress of Kansas has not
anarail Mr. Calderhead ln Its cnti
cisms, and yet no one who considers
his point of view will doubt his sin
cerity. When he was appointed on
the conference committee a storm oi
...t.. arnna from WOB , Who
thought that the committee should
ha mada uo from the ways ana
means committee in the order ot se
niority. This would have placed
Hill of Rnnnecticut and Nredham of
California on the committee Instead
of Calderhead of Kansas and Ford
nav of Michigan. But Uncle Joe, in
i.i. .haraxtarinHn manner, had his
n.l . . J
wav. and congressman taiuuruoou
is one of the 17 men wnom the 81st
Mr. Calderhead has the view or
many old soldiers. They -remember
the old fashioned way of doing
4i.i... -t,a how tha country has de
veloped since the close of the Civil judge with a few words
n 1. linnnn AlinTAA TlKUrHH I . . . . J mil .
war. pHBcr v"v i - i menaauou. wiu am waa iol.u
by the yard to prove that the pro tec- xy and ordered to stay out
i fthlA Aountrvi.. . m . m - ..j ... u
ot adopting measures that will shut
riown the mills, and destroy varn
homa market for the products of the
KANSAS PARAGRAPHS.!, j.
Not all the writer ot good para-
.ranhi are on the dally papers, Bert
p. Walker ot the Osborne Farmer, a
weekly out In western Kaneaa.
minted a freely a any writer on
the Kansas press. His best work I
dene under tha caption "Musing of
the Villa- Deacon." Her Is last
week's column: v
Bert Walker. "0bore Farmer."
These are the stirring times when
one goad hanwt iiand I . worth
twenty-six crack pool players. .
Ton will notice that it Isn't always
of DOlltlCS
JI V
I get pretty mad and awear a good
deal about the hot summer days, but
I forget all about It whenever they
bring ln a dish ot fresh pea and new
potatoes. ' '
. j 'Jl
Nina out of ten of the fellows who
are always claiming that the world
owes them a living send their wives
out to collect it, while they sleep
away In the shade.
' Jl J
I used to get rid of book agents by
telling them I did not want their
wares, but I have changed tactics. I
now lie and tell them I have about
the same thing they are selling at
heme.
, Jl Jl
i-ill cm HhlfllABa haa a hlack are
and bis face is badjy Bkinned up. Bill
Is of an inquisitive turn of mind and
QUEEN
UALITY
. AGENCY
11
ALL " -
RAND $3.75
OOTS
'""J
lShawBa
U ! '
MWli
, Semi-Annual Clearance Sal3 ;
All summer footwear must be sold before season expires..
Every Oxford, Sandal or Pomp ln the store' goes at wholesale
price and less. .
Special cut made on ladles'
less than half their value. .
Canvas Oxfords .which we sell at
. -
nlwava wants to know everything
The other day he saw two business
men talking confidentially to each
other. Old Bill sauntered ud between
them and prepared to take ln every
word they said. One of the business
men hauled off and smashed him one
in the eye and the other business
man kicked him when he was down
Roth business men appeared betoi
the police judge and fter stating
their case were discharged by the
of corn-
lectured
I naad to think It my duty to get
- -
by the yard to prove that the pro tec- geverely and ordered to stay out on out my hammer and commence to A dispatoh from Butte yesterday
tiva tariff has made this country the (arm (or ten daTR anj nol come batter away every time some fellow morning told how the Indians are get
what It is. He cannot accept the view tot0wn. The war of reform against i did not happen to nke scored a ting all the best lands in the Flat
that because many have grown rich buttlnskys is beginning to bear rich touchdown. But I have quit it I head reservation. The signatures
out of the tariff that congress and julcT frut have fouDd out that tn0 community for the drawing in the apportionment
should therefore go to the extreme j. j - ,B eneraiy 0n the side of the win- of th surplus land of this reserva-
farm, dr to even endanger we conn- fc. t M,ay
try' prosperity by legislation wat jl Jl
I have noticed that the man who
approaches what 1 called a revenue
tariff. Kansas City Glob.
rnnarAU who .invariably tacei
AAiMon directly antagonistic to nlne-
Antha of the oarty which elected
him ftkTirl 11TVAT1 all narty ouestlon
.otAa raaularly with the DemocraU,
1 entitled to have his nam placed
on anma kind of a roll which the
Capital calls a "Roll of Honor."
A commission form of government
will cost Abilene 1800 a year for sal
aries for three men who will have no
mora to do than the present council
men and mayor. It the town wants
to pay It all right but It could use
$800 so wall on. other tnings.
The city administration claims to
be so short ot money that It can't
even fix th streets out n now.-v-
Ing for a commission form of govem-
mant which Will COSt 11000 W
first year 1800 df it for salaries to
commissioner and MOO for special
election. If th town haa money to
throw at th bird why not ns som
of It tor th town' goodT
Tha ICanaaa Cltv Star doe not Ilk
Mr. Calderhead' vote for the tariff
bill though he voted with six of th
other seven congressmen from Kan-
Thla Is th 12th consecutive
year ln which th Star ha been dis
satisfied with Mr. Calderhead and
he probably did not expect any co
quets from that souce anyhow.
Gt th (hip buy. Bring In goods lay tb foundation afterward. The I m .nt mngt woaM alfferent
by the car load. W ean buy wool beginning ot a maa Is a boy, and ) lt(h, tbeatr wa fro and w charg
. . . . - j i. ka fAuadatioa of a man a boy. I . ji . au TK.....r h.a
. ..it. ... . -j l ia tha foundation ot maa a noy.
IB AU.li All iui . nuu a yunu -
It cost SS her. Lot tb farmr go W nav a ng to xp- .r, ,
Into aomethlng els. Let him do as to grow np to b good man and
k. ... i i. thA .f th a useful elUien. Bo U oy must oe
traaa as th foundation of a build
in la firm and lasting. He cannot
be brav and strong If h weakens
must not be a bully th on nana
or a "sissy boy" on u ower. tie
must be dean, wholesome, decent
m.nfnl rhaarfaL loral to home.
school aad chums, mot "goody" but
lust good. Judg Bee Linasay.
,Tb Lawrenc World telle a story L.
or aJoeal minister wno nsteaeo close
ly to th hymn and eaaght U lady
- . - .,..... . 1 1 . i . k . .in-
earn sister will help yoi a brother to Lvay a dime In answer to aa edrer-
wtn-
You can't always toll by appear-1 ner. I have done lota of knocking In
my time, out i aon t recsu uun any
ancea. ids viaionua . m.i.i . - - .
swellest clothes doesn't a.ways get! of It ever laid tip any dollars ln the
IMIIIK IUI U1V, 1UU Will uvivo .usav
the fellow who keeps his mouth shut
alwaya telling how h like to get
un earlv and mow hit lawn la we
Jl Jl
The singing and whistling soul that
keens the cuo of the neighborhood
full ot Joy a he labor throughout
the day exists only ln novels.
everyday life the soul that insist on
Inline and whistling all tha time Is
the one that the neighbor want to
see dangling' at the end of a rope
auspended from the cross beam of a
telephone pole.
. Jl Jl
Tha Hon. William Blowloud has
had a little bad luck. Hon William is
a) wars telling about his "college
days and , how his tathes owned the
biggest farm in all of Broad county,
rihio. Tha other day a man who
live where Hon. Blowloud was raised
dranned Into town. He says Hon.
Blowloud's father was lanitor ot a
mall echool house and Hon. him-
aalf navar rot out of tli fifth grade.
Old man Blowloud finally aklpped the
country and ten a 101 oi aeou Be
hind. Th present Hon. Wm. Blow
loud lived around with th neighbors
for awhile Ud finally left wiw a
one-ring circus a roustabout .
The member of oar church who
doe th moat talking at all open
business meettnn and who make we
longest prayers at our revivals, Is
at the bottom of th list on th min
ister's salary.
Jl Jl
Brother Philander." said our min
ister to our head deacon on night
last winter, "w ar winning a glor
ious victory. We had more people to
church last night than they had at
that wicked theatre down town. The
interest ln onr revival 1 wonderful."
Tee." replied Philander very ol
ed aa admission." Old Phimader has
been In tbe gam too long to be fool
ed by appearance. .
Jl Ji
To will notfh that th tariff aad
other wrongs ot a political natar al
ways hurt th fellow wn nav never
been able to get of fie mor tha any
body else.
Jl Jl
Old bachelor look at the photo
graph In th bottom ot their traak a
blamed light less Wan yon think they
Jl Jl
I used to thlak I was pretty smart
ly co u nr-un asa csibi ww i nsea to mma i waa rw
member of his choir singing: "Yield I kat I am Just as ordiaary a fool aa
. . ...., ... ni-.:. l- ....I . .... . -.w- ... T A.nl
anybody else. The other day I et
t!meat In a cb? saajtsins.
. Note: To assure yon of the genuine of onr semi-annual clear
ing sale we allow you to make your own discount on any LOW
SHOE ln the (tore of not less than 20 per cent and since we han
dle standard manes of shoes with prices marked on every sole your
saving Is evident
Tiio Blue Front Shoo Storo
The House of Honest Shoe Values
208 Cedar Street
Douglass
Agency
Electric
Sole Saving
40 to 75c
I generally on the side of the win
and saw wood is generally the win
ner at the end of tha race. Every
town haa It hammer brigade. ' Take
an inventory ot th knocker ln it and
you will find that they art generally
mighty amall potatoes and few In a
hill. I know of a thousand friends I
have lost by my senseless knocking,
but I can't recall ten that I made by
it I used to want to buckle on my
sword and rush Into battle every
time some fellow I Imagined wa my
friend had a rrlevance. During we
heat of the battle I would look across
on th side-lines and there I would
see this friend fixing np a truce with
his enemy, and I wa left selling my
strength and friends for a mes of
nottaae. Mv friend, our hammers will
pay us the biggest dividends when wgj
. . .j- . . .... l
keep mem at noma idckso up - ui
banv.. .;"-.v'....
r one knew a man who spent the
best year of his lit giving advice
to hi neighbor. It became a noooy
with him and he couldn't talk with
anybody two minute without tossing
ln a chunk of advice. Th use i
heard ot th old fellow he was de
pending altogether on if pension for
his daUy bread.
i. -i. ,.t,ia n Hva on tha I mated on th oncoming openings of
..-, . ,. ,.. th.Ka
- ui.k... m.m if ih. mi - Ann t ma reaanrauiinA m nuiuin.
j rvaa ni--i - 1
aton ' - laau noruiwwiH mumh.
THE SAME OLD STORY.
tion among the whites, now number
upwards of 2600 names, but prior to
the taklnst of any land by the whites.
th Indian allotments must be taken
out - It is now said that th Indians
have "taken all the choice, well-watered
tracts," and that this will be a
tramendoua disappointment "tO (he
white who ar seeking good landa
upon which to .settle. ,
But what els wa to be expected?
Preoiely the same thing happens la
other reservations. ' It wa conspic
uously ln evidence in th opening of
the Uintah reservation ln Utah. When
thA whites who had drawn many
numbers at Provo came to select the'r-
lands on the reservation, they found
the Indians had1 selected for their
allotments all ot the bottom lands,
everything that wa easy to reclaim
and Irrigate, besides taking1 all th
easy water rights. The consequence
waa that that left practically nothing,.
immediately available for the white. '
The result was great dissatisfaction
and dlatress. and at the late session
of the Utah legislature en sppropria-
tlon for th reuei oi su-ienn aw
tier had to be made . , .
The fact of It la that these reserva
tion land openings hav got to bs a
good deal ot a farce and political Job.
The opening of th Uintah reserva
tions was decidedly of that character.
A great deal of the same sort ot thing
was charged at tie opening of w
Rosebud reservation; and now It is
evident that th story is to be re-
riib HorisQs State Fair
Authorised to Issue premium in the neme of the state b -.
aet of the Ujrislawr. 10.1)
HUTCH
September 1M2-13-I4-15-16 and 17. 1909
Tha areatest all-around big fair In the Southwest It la conducted
by th. people, for the pwple. 1 . , fc . . .. .
. Seventeen genemi amiou - - -
..Ataa Everything I conducted on a high plain and everyWIng on th
Jronnd. can be visited by children, women and men. Plenty of .had.
and building. , . . . . ' fcA ' aa
Onr lire stock exhibit wis y"r ' - ' .
poulW wluWtn. b-t w. hav. v.r had. W. now hav entries 1.
from ve. different states. . .
cnftrlaa In our race cieariy ibui-a-w
aZZZ Our Uk is on. of th. kt Th. great Derby for 1560.0.
a an I . a. ta. (A AAtt .
purM will be racea
UraU'Tgreat concert band. O rand Mcred concert Sunday after-
nooa and evening. . . . ' '
KUn. CamlvaJ ana raina ur-wu.A-.
everybody Is Invited to attend. "
8-Tnlrment and .pecisi trafs .. aU raUroada.
roTtafon..Uo. .r cattJogn. ( menUo. this peper) i -4M to
JS. S. THOMPSON, A. L. P05sLER,
IriJt. Swretary.