Abilene weekly reflector. [volume], March 02, 1911, Image 6

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THURSDAY, MARCH t. Hit.
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At the celebration of Forefather
' k. th Kaw England society it
New York the other day one Impaa-
eioned orator from ine raw.-
the Green Mountain! place hand
exclaimed with tor-
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.... KI.IUU mar be God'a coun
try in time, but never in all the mil-
lenlums will he be Maseacnuamw
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the mllleniuma possess such a hide-
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bound, back wooas popu
(oond In Massachusetts. It has
vii.. n h in tha aame olau
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the benighted natives who Inhabit
the country sections 01 wa
tv. farmer hai more luxur
lei, makes more money, ! better ac
quainted with the world and has a
higher etandard of living than the
farmer of Massachusetts tie u.
travels more widely
and gets more out of life than the
Massachusetts farmer, aei a jv.an
farmer down In Interior Massachu
setts and he would die 01 ranewuio
ness. He would grow discouraged
trying to till the hardscrabble soli
a -,M ha riiatuated with his
neighbors; It Is a blessed thing to
be satisfied and if the New Eng
landers want to keep fifty years be
hind the time and are happy In It
they have Kansas' permission.
Anyhow thoy can't move the Ah!
lenA wells from Abilene.,
February broke a record the most
rain of any February since tw
it was needed all right.
The Dickinson county woman who
wants to let the Chinese take care
k.ir nmn troubles Is right. We
l ave some here at home.
, Tha Kansas City Star seems much
aggrieved that the legislature is not
carrying out the pledges maae oy
the Star for the Republicans of Kan-
Solomon Tribune: An Abilene
man advertises: "Full-blooded cow
for sale, giving milk, three uns of
.v, a lot of chickens, and aevc.-n'
atnvei." : -
The expected has happened. The
governor'i ledf-appolnted "Investi
gating committee' has decorated the
administration with a beautiful man
tle of pure white that shines like an
angel's robe. Happy governor!
It Is probable that the certificate!
ot the guaranty fund issued to the
Abilene State Bank creditors will
not be paid for nearly a year yet.
To be effective, the plan ought to
do what it was said to do pay
promptly and In cash, then let the
state take the assets and repay the
guaranty fund. Either Kaasas has
a very cumbersome system or It Is
badly administered. I
Senator C. A. Btannard writes a
long letter to the Kansas City Jour
nal la which he declares that his
bill to prohibit courts from declar
ing any law, regardless of Its con
tent! unconstitutional ii not a Joke
but he believes In It seriously. Out
of consideration for 8tannard most
papers were saying It was a Joke
not supposing anr sane maa would
propose such a law in eariest. When
be lived In Dickinson Btannard used
to he very sensible.
The Clay Center Dispatch objects
to our remarks on that city's Big
Row and says that the towa Is let
ting along all right. It Is a good
town, but outside opinion at the
iy Ii that It ie a quarrelsome place
and that there Is a great deal of
money and effort spent la Jawing
and litigation that should be given
to the upbuilding of the community.
The Dlspflch adds: "No eae would
rare to deny that a raw hurts a
town, and we don't know what
etridet Clay Center might have made
if the energy that has beea expended
In our. pet fight could have been
- In a united effort for the tows's
. Clay Center can maintain, an
lve town row and still hold
Vs m !tb some other and older
ton that me knows of." Maybe
fi that is up to Clay Center. If
s- J ; it, 0;st is Its own afalr.
WHAT THK 8TATK COSTS.
It Is of Interest to taxpayer to
know tbe itate government costs.
From report! before the legislature
these figures are taiem
Governor.
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ind there appears that there was
an appropriation, for the use of the
coventor's office, for the year en-
Inc June 80. 1911, of 27,200.
Commencing with June 30, 1906,
the following lums were appropriated
for maintaining the executive resi
dence: .. .' '
For the year ending June 80,
1906 ......82,000
For the year ending June 30,
i07 $2,000
For the year ending June 80,
1908 ....82,000
For the repairs to executive reel.
dence for the aame period $2,000
For maintains the executive re
sidence tor the year yendlng
June 30. 1909. ... J. ... .$2,000
For maintaining executive resi
dence for the year ending June
80, 1910 82,000
For repairs on residence for
same period .82,000
For maintaining residence for
the year ending June 1 SO,
, 1911 t. $2,000
For repairs on residence ror
' same period of time .....$1,000
Total, $19,000.
The estimate of the appropriations
required for the fiscal year 1912 for
the purpose, of repairing la $4,700
The appropriation for the govern
or'i contingent fund for the year end-
in June 30. 1910. was $10,000, and
tor the year ending June 30, 1911
the contingent fund for the lame
office waa $10,000. '
Whatever Dr. Cook may have a
compllshed in reaching the pole he
is certainly doing a good Job writ
ing his sto.7 In Hampton's. In the
current Issue he tells of his over
whelming receptions after he reached
civilization. He had anticipated
only a mild Interest and when be
was flooded with attention it fairly
wore him out. In the sixty Says
after he landed In America he at
tended over 200 dinners and banquets
besides lecturing. Four hours of
sleep a night were all he could obtain
and he lays that In the end he was
merely an automaton and could not
think. He says that had he been
shrewd he could have made $1,600,-
000 but he only got about $50,000.
Peary may have been closer to tbe
pole, though he has not yet proved
It, but nobody wants blm to lecture
or do anything else.
Much credit must be given the
city council for Its saving money on
a day marshal. For two years the
town has been without a day marshal
and not once has one been needed.
It has saved i200 to the taxpayers.
The firemen and itreet commissioner
ought to be deputized In case ef
emergency but even without that the
town has proved mat a day marshal
is unnecessary and to appoint one
now" would be extravagance merely
far political purposes. '
Comlng-down-gracefully Item ' In
Enterprise Push: "The Push has
now been put In the same class with
Dave Leahy and William Allen White
since we ventured to Interview our
selves on the subject of the Abilene
antl-hltchlng ordinance on the new
pavement. However, we understand
the Abilene administration will ex
tend us a vote of thanks for securing
vigorous defence of one of their
acts from one ot their severest crit
ics. How our neighboring city does
resemble the Kansas legislature) The
scalping knife and the bloody shirt
In evidence all the time but how
they do come back when an outsider
takes a shot at them. And that's
the redeeming feature ot Abilene."
Tbe remarkable proposition seri
ously advocated by Senator Btan
nard that the legislature should
make it a misdemeanor to declare
any law the legislature adopts un
constitutional Is worthy of Willitts,
Peffer or John Davis. It is a curi
ous exhibition ot tha twisted work
ings of a mind that meditates too
muoh in Its efforts to overturn es
tablished government. Even the
makers ot the constitution foresaw
that soma such fallacy would be ac
cepted by reformers and provided In
tbe constitution. Article n, section
17." "All laws ot a 'general nature
shall have a uniform operation
throughout the state; and In all
cases where a general law can be
made applicable no special law shall
be enacted ; and whether or not a law
enacted Is repugnant to this consti
tution shall be determined by the
courts ot the atate." In tact tbe
chief duty xit tbe courts and their
highest service is to see to K that laws
are not made that shall conflict with
the fundaments! law of tbe etata'or
nation. What is the master with
S'ann&ril anj-bov f ,
THE PROSPEROUS WEST. - I
Whatever may. be the condition
of business in the! centers pf trade
and industry la this country and
there are those wfio look upon the
situation with some . misgivings at
times one section baa real proa-
tMritr. The country .between the
Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi
river never had so solid a bills for
its financial condition as It has to
day. Tbe merest inspection from
a Pullman' car window gives avf
dence that cannot be discounted
Nearly every town la showing evi
dence of improvement In new build-
inn. naved afreets and an air of
contentment. ; . 1 !
Much of the aavlngi of the past
decade has gone into permanent lm
provements. Indeed, this has been
one of. the reasons for the shortage
nr itinnn In the western states.- It
should be remembered that when
a new building is constructed prac
tically all of the material is shipped
in, the labor perbapi covers twenty-
five per cent of the coat and mere
Ii a profit on the material, but at
least fifty per cent of the cost of
varr new structure in a new state
has gone out into other communl
mm to buv raw material Itself. This
in the aggregate means a tremen
dous amount of money and tbe rapid
improvements of farms and towns
has resulted In an exceedingly large
demand.
Most ot this has come out of tha
deposit accounts, or it has been bor
rowed. In either event, the material
far which It waa spent Is on the
ground and stands as a permanent
Investment that addB to the worth
of western property and the appear
ance of western communities. The
boom spirit has broken out here and
there, but In general It has beenra
steady and natural growth, with
very little Increase In population in
all tha older settled sections. This
latter fact has a broad bearing upon
the prosperity of western communi
ties.
The fact that weath Is Increasing
so rapidly ana population siauums
practically still, means that the per
capita of property Is steadily Increas
ing and the average citizen has more
property as bis portion than ever
before in the weat'i history. 'The
income from tne farms has been so
diversified that there has been very
little variation one year from an
other regardless of the failure of
acme individual crop. This of itself
has a strengthening effect and means
that the western states will continue
to make regular progress and grad-
natlT bean un a large surplus In
their savings account. -
It la in every respect a real pros
perity and one that impresses every
visitor who crosses - the prairie
states.
Junction City talks a great deal
of the townfs love for the farmer,
vet when an agricultural college
professor tried to lecture to a crowd
nr farmers aathered on the mala
street telling them about Judging
fnrk laat Saturday, the city mar
shal drove him off to a side street
where) the slush and mud were so
deep' that the meeting had , to be
given up. The Union justly roasts
such an actjonand says It was a dta?
grace to the town. " ""
, "Is tbe Reflector coming to
the mourner's bench T" In one
issue ot the paper It endorsed '
both Senator Bristow and Wll- '.
Ham. Alien White." 8alina
Journal ' . ,
The Reflector doea not need and
has never needed to go to tne-l
mourner's bench." It believes that
when a public man advocates a
movement or doea an act that la
worthy he should have credit for It,
regardless of whether we agree with
him oq other things or not Does
the Journal take the other view aa
the proper course tor a newspaper T
Reno is happy divorces can still
be obtained there cheaply and speed
ily.
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Attorney General Jackson went the
governor one better he Investigated
himself and gave a clean bill of
health.
Mrs. Lumbar Burled Sunday.
The funeral of Mrs. J. K.Lumbar,
whose death hut Friday, after an ill
ness of about three weeks, baa al
ready been announced, was held
from her home In Hope township, 1$
miles south ot Abilene. Sunday af
ternoon at 1 o'clock. The Rev. 8.
B. Lucas, formerly of Hope, now
pastor ot tbe Presbyterian church at
Qlasco, officiated. Burial waa in
the Tennessee cemetery.
Mrs.' Lumbar 'was Tl years old.
Her husband, Jndaon K. Lumbar,
survives her, and three eons, James
K, Ira, and William Lumbar, all of
this county.
Mr. and Mrs. Lumbar moved to
Dickinson county nearly forty years
ago, and homestead cd tbe place that
has been their home ever since. K
W, King drove down from Abtlecf
to a'tend the fuceml.
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It is with a great deal of Pride and Confidence in Dickinson
county and vicinity with which we make our FORMAL an
nouncement to its people, and our welcome so far having
been one of such extreme cordiality we look forward to the
most gratifying results ' '' ( " , '
TO BE OPENED APRIL. 1
OUR BUYERS are now on the Eastern markets purchasing
NEW GOODS and by April 1st we shall open Our Store to
its many welcomed guests with one of the most , complete
stocks of vVv'.'Y' ' V''
DRY GOODS and WOMEN'S READY TO
VEAB GAB3IENTS, ETC.
in the state.
We intend to make this store the most popular trading place
in the county and pur business methods shall be of such
character to merit confidence and patronage throughout this
community. -
Watch This Space for Further
Announcements
SMALLPOX IS SPREADING. ,
Minneapolis Is Threatened Care
Necessary for All Towns.
The Btnallpoi epidemic which has
had Solomon in its grip tor several
weeks seems to be spreading and is
now threatening Minneapolis, where
every possible measure is being tak
en to check Its advance. The schools
there were ordered closed last week.
Unless rigid precautions are taken
here Abijene many find Itself in the
same predicament. The following
dispatch from Minneapolis wlfl be
of Interest:
Thursday morning by order of the
county health officer, the city schools
were ordered closed for two weeks.
The; children were sent home and
ordered to remain oft the streets.
It is expected that two weeki will
be sufficient time to demonstrate
that there la no further danger of
spread ot small pox through the
scnools. . ' "
The action of closing the schools,
not an unwise measure In Itself, was
made almost Imperative by the In
creasing number of absences caused
by parents keeping their children
out ot school. In one room of fifty-
one pupils, twenty were absent this
morning.
As an additional precaution public
gatherings are being discouraged, and
the health officer warns nuolls not
to aaaemble In numbers In the post-
office while the mall la being dis
tributed. Tbe cases of small pox
now existing are all among school
children, and the chief care ii to
prevent it from spreading through
the pupils. To that end tbe children
have been ordered to stay at home
and not to visit the post office, stores
or pool rooms.
MAKING A FINE RECORD.
Stafford. Paper Comments Dickin
son's Ropreaentatlva, -
One ot tha "boys" that I have
grown to think a whole lot . of is
"Charley" Case of Abilene. "Charley'
Isn't the fellow to be always talking
on the floor of the house but he's
at work Just the same and pretty
much all the time. He Is one who
avows openly that he believes in be
ing a Republican in the regular way
yet with all this he believes In doing
it the square deal way. That is to
say that If a fellow happens to be
looking through a different pair of
spectacles as to Republican policies
Charley Case feels that he has a right
to, and he can vote and work against
those policies with decency and a di
plomacy that is good ui took npon.i
And he strives his best to look at
every question with absolute fairness.
,e doesn't care where a measure Is
born whether regular Republicans,
progressives or mocrats have sent
It forth. It it appeala to him and his
conservative way of looking at things I
he's for It in a t.r and concise
manner. No dodging for him. He's
right out in the open and leta the
chips fall where they will. If he
thinks a measure is bad be votea
against It and yon can hear him vote
every time. I have met both his
father and his mouer I would say
that Charley la the product of fine
teaching and he hasn't lost sight of
it; not by a great deal. Stafford Re
publican. .
TO BE AT INDEPENDENCE.
Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs
to Be There is May.
(The state meting, of the Kansaa
Federation ot Women's clubr-will
be held at Independence on the 2nd,
3rd and 4th of May.
The place waa selected some time
ago but tne datel were announced
today by Mrs. Goddard, state presi
dent, after a report from Mrs. A. C.
Stlch of Independence.
A banquet will be the opening
feature on the evening of the 2nd.
Mt. Pleasant HnrvtcM. '
Divine services at Mt. Pleasant
Presbyterian church next L-rd'i Day
aa follows: . Sunday school at 10
a: m. Preaching at 11, The Lord's
slipper will also be partaken al by
all who profess saving faith1 In
Christ. Wlv H. W. Ewart, pastor.
, For sale, two 4 -year-old
colts. Frank Sullivan.
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You an not too late to boy dot ties that are up to date from tbe Abileoe Clothing Cev at ONE-FOURTH
to ONE-HALF oft of the original price. This won't last always. We will also sell all extra pouto M
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to M off the origjaal price. T be largest stock to pick front fas tlx city. This is all new, caa stock.
If yoa are la need of a salt, overcoat, or extra paata, bow la the Una to get them. Don't mlae it.
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