Abilene weekly reflector. [volume], April 13, 1911, Image 6

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It often happen that ma die owning real -tto without
(ITM bin iiu k. f
The tltt to ncl tandl pease by force of tow to the heir of jf
- If thr ro flv, too deed of four will sot convey a perfect
titi. ' -v.. . , -. ' t ' " " ' ;
. Such h incomplete conveyance to often the eource of endless
trouble. . , ' ... ,. I
Should the purchaser1 not happen to know of the existence of
the fifth heir, he may be uncohsclou of the flew Id bto title, and
say be evicted yean afterward through no fault of Ms own.
Take no chances. Demand an abstract. ....
MARY L. WHIPPLE
Member State and National
Abstracter'! Association.'
Office, Boutbworth Building
- - Abilene, Kansas.
Phone 108 '
Bonded Abstractor
tared heirs; but tuere la (round for
beliof that the Indirect heirs "tot
theirs" Just the same. There are
other methods; but It to difficult to
say bow they can be employed by
man Ignorant that hU property or
Tils bequest li subject to this sort of
tax. This may happen easily enough,
for states assume to tax Inheritances
of the property of man who never
set foot within the taxing state, or
owned dollar's worth of property
physically situated In that tax Juris
diction. This makes It highly Im
portant to know in what state cor
porations are organized, -
" Leavenworth Times: : The Abilene
Reflector boasts that It printed, twen
ty-fire and a half columns about the
Methodist conference that met there
recently and never said a word about
yellow legged chickens. At the pre
vailing price of chickens ' the Re
flector probably thought it would not
be safe to mention the subject. .
I88UBD BT
Ihe Reflector Publishing Co.
Inter as second class malijeiaHer
at the- posioiiioe at aiihw
OFFICIAL PAPER OF DICKINSON
-., COUNTS'.
Ananntoed Laroest Circulation of
any racer Published la Dickinson
County, .
If mid Is advance within the rear
One year M-H
Bix months
Thru months.
if not paid iq advenoe or during the
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THURSDAY, APRIL IS, 1H1.
SENATOR CURTIS' REQUEST.
United States Senator Charles Cur
tis Is not in favor of the proposed
reciprocity agreement between the
United States and Canada,' but he
wants to vote the sentiment of Kan
sas, and Is sending out letters to
people In this state asking for an
expression as to the sentiment in
the recipient's Immediate neighbor
hood. Senator Curtis states in the
letter that in the agreement or treaty
this country Is giving more than It
Is receiving; that it opens a maraei
of ninety million people to Canada
and a market of nine million people
to the United States. He also states
that its tendency will be to depreciate
the things produced In Kansas with
out any corresponding benefit. In
the letter Senator Curtis Is sending
out he says;
"My Dear Friend: The president
has called an extra session of con
gress to consider the reciprocal agree
ment with Canada. Personally,
have always opposed such agree
ments on farm products because I
believe we were giving more than
we received. We give them a mar
ket of ninety million .people and
they open to us a market of onlv
nine million people. Under the for
mer agreement with Canada, from
18G4 to 1168, our exports to that
country dropped from twenty mil
lions to fifteen millions a year, while
our Imports from that country in
creased from twelvs to forty-six mil
lion dollars. Under the pending
agreement, food and agricultural
products, rough lumber,, some raw
materials and printing paper are to
be put on the free list: upon. the sec
ondary .products, such as fresh and
canned meats, flour and manufac
tured food preparations, the duty is
reduced and made identical. Upon
manufactured commodities, such as
motor vehicles, cutlery, sanitary fix
tures and miscellaneous articles, the
duties are reduced. Canada also re
duces the duty on coal and cement,
and the United States reduces the
duty on Iron ore and aluminum pro
ducts. I wish you would write me
how the people In your neigh borhcod
feel on this question as I am anxtoiia
to vote the sentiments of the people
et Kansaa. If It has any effect upon
the people of Kansas I believe Its
tendency will be -to depreciate t'e
price of the things they produce with
out corresponding benefit, and the
Canadian agricultural products that
are admitted free will have a greet
advantage over such Kansas pro
ducts along the northers border of
the United BUtes. "
"Hoping to bear tram yoa hei
ever I can be of service to, yourself
er friends, i am.
Very truly.
"CHARLES CURTIS.'
Colorado went et Where was
ike woman vois?
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INHERITANCE TAXES,
:. Gov. Dix'l message recommending
the amendment of the New York In
heritance tax law lends exceptional
Interest and timeliness to a subject
of universal , .importance. Almost
halt the states of ihe Union passed
Inheritance tax laws In 1909 or 1910,
and. whereas but recently only
state or two enjoyed such laws, how
only ten are. without them. The
fact Is that the legislatures have imi
tated one another with in intelli
gence worthy df sheep or demagog
ues, and a blunder in one state, has
been repeated in another before the
courts have bad an opportunity to
save the people from the protection
of their friends. Host Of such legis
lation is based on the Idea that con
ditions prevailing when the law is
enacted will be continued, and the
effect of the law is calculated on
that basis. Experience ha shown
that nothing could be further from
the truth.
Oov. Dlx in his message recited
the testimony of competent persons
to the effect that $400,000,000 of
capital had fled from the state to
escape these taxes; and since the
governor's messags was published the
fact has come out that 6,700 safe-
deposit boxes have been surrendered
by those desirous of placing tbelr
property beyond the tax-gatherer.
And the significant thing Is that such
fugitive wealth to not censured by
public opinion as "evading taxation'
In any obnoxious sense.
The explanation is the severity of
the laws, the erudeness of their con
ceptlon and their violation - of the
basic economic principles of taxa
tion. Until the appearance of this
compilation, there was no means of
knowing just how bad these laws
are., It has neen tnougm mat new
York's confiscation of a quarter of
an estate was a maximum. But Ok
lahoma takes more than 100 per
cent under certain conditions, leav
ing the estate owing something after
total confiscation. There is an ex
planation and defense In Oklahoma
which New York cannot urge. New
York Intended to levy exactly the
tax It did, and was disappointed to
learn that It to possible to make the
tax so heavy that It yields less than
a lower rate. Oklahoma merely for
got to carry out the schedule of Its
tax, which Is made to increase at the
rate of one-tenth of 1 per. cent for
each $100 of excess over the exemp
tion of $600. The rate becomes
100 per cent at $96,00, and the In
crease on the excess runs without
limit.' On the assumption that a clti-
sen of New York should die leaving
1,000,000 In an Oklahoma corpora
tion, bis tax In Oklahoma would be
$1,961,930, and he would have $48,
070 left with which to pay New
York'a tax of $418,745 on the same
estate. The only parallel tor this
confiscation Of more than the total
of the estate to the tine of $40 for
carrying concealed weapons, being
all th cash, which was found .In the
pockets of dead man, along with a
revolver.
Most of us are not millionaires,
but most of us have something, or
have expectations. Accordingly the
most popular plan to likely to be
of evasion. The easiest is that al
ready Indicated by Oov. Dtx flight.
A coinsel of perfection to that the
laws should be so amended that du
plications of taxation might be avoid
ed, and that something like modera
tion might be practiced by states In
such' dose neighborhood, for exam
ple, as New York and New Jersey.
Some Inventors keep their securities
la suck a way that transfer may be
ninncoMT, wlta their eoneo.ont
revelation to the tax-gatherer. fteoie
of the largest estates put their ews
nblp Into corporations formed f"'
the pursoee a sort of loC i g ci
paay. diffeiest from t'e t"' '
confession o that sort of
malefactor. In some !
The success of the 'Reflector's
cooking school conducted1 during the
past two days has been particularly
gratifying.' The exceptional- talent
of Mrs.' Wiley has commended it to
every woman who hnis attended and
there has come to this office nothing
but praise for her lectures and in
struction. It would be a blessing to
the world if IS every public school
such an instructress as ' she oohW
give to the girls the kind of infor
mation an! advice she has given to
the women of Abilene. '
In congress now there are 228
Democrats, 160 Republicans and one
Socialist. There are two vacancies
that will be filled by Republicans,
and this will leave the Denfbcrata a
majority of 68. ,. That would . be
enough to let them in on the ground
floor and permit them to do as -they
please, were it not for a Republican
senate and a Republican president
And so, while the party has big
majority in the lower house, it find
its hands and . feet tied, " and can
neither fight nor run. Lawrence
Gazette.
A laboratory in the practice of
self-fovernment Is carried on by the
students of the University of Kansas.
A council elected ly the students
handles matters of common In'crest
to the student body and rogulatos
by legislative measures the hours
at which parties shall close, the be
havior of students to visiting eill
lctlo tAams, and infractions of the
rules if the' good conduct on the
i.c.rt of students. " ZBach school uf
the University has lis representative!
t'n the council.' Petitions for can
didates for the council tor noxt year
are row being clrcala'.ed ."."he nev
council will be elec'ed May t by the
Australian ballot ystom. - -
A recent bulletin issued by the
Department of Agriculture at Waahf
lngton contains an Interesting story
of a city lawyer who had to find
an open air occupation to save his
lite. He had a tew thousand dollars
saved, but he bad a wife and .ten
children to provide for. - He pur-.
chased a farm in the Shenandoah
Valley. It was out of repair and
had been yielding only about $700
per year. He went Into debt to buy:
it, equip It and repair the buildings.)
That was only a few years ago, yet
the farm has been paid for, eighty
acres in addition have been added
to it, and it to yielding more than
$5000 net. Meanwhile the children
are being educated out of the reve
nues and the Invalid lawyer has be
comes a-healthy farmer. Anybody
can make money on a farm if be
uses hto head. . ' - ?
1 Foi.LOvVixa co nr.
When th statute books come out
next' month or eutrly in June, the
lawyers and others- who are safft-
clnetly Interested to read them, will
find the laws exactly as they were
passed by tbe last legislature, with
out comma, a semi-colon er any
punctuation whatever except as plac
ed there by the legislature,. ' This
Is due to a little departure taken
by Charles Sessions, secretary of
sUM, and It will be the first time
In the history of the state that tbe
law passed by a legislature have
not been 'edited" by tbe printers
who' ffcet. up" the copy. X ,:,,
State officials have just learned
that heretofore the printer has been
the whole works In fixing up laws.
Sessions found It out first, 'When
a proof came over to hint from, the
state printer. . His clerk were read
ing It back with the copy and found
that nine commas had been inserted
in the first section,, and, eleven In
the second section. These commas
were not In tbe original section and
when Session's attention was called
to the matter he, was hopping mad
He immediately started out to find
John Dawson, the attorney general.
jawson was not In town and Ses
sions hunted' up some of the Justices
of the sunreme court" . '
, JUst as he expected the printer
had no authority whatever to Insert
commas, periods, question marks or
anything else. All he was expected
to do was to get. the laws into print
as they" were passed and not to edit
them. But Sessions, alto found that
for years the printers over at the
state printing plant have been cor
recting the work of the members of
the legislature and that they stood
upon tbelr . dignity - When "called"
for tt,-'.:::j,:
Generally the placing of a comma
In a sentence makes no difference
in the meaning, but sometimes It
does and Sessions was afraid It might
lead to ' some ; complication. , The
printers wttl confine themselves to
the work for which they are hired
while Sessions to getting out statute
books. '' ' " ' -
W. L. Olson, editor of the Solomon
Tribune, who Was police judge and
has Just closed a tern) of mayor has
this heart to tieart confession: It
la the generally accepted doctrine
that when a man take the office o?
nmgror be take it because he possess
es the confidence and friendship of
the people who take an interest In
the welfare et their home town, but
if he does bis duty honestly and en
force the stats laws and city ordi
nances, there is not a man In the
community who could not defeat him
tor re-election. Tale to also true
In regard to' the office of police
Judge, as was shown by the vote at
last Monday's election. The candi
dates for mayor and polloe Judge on
tbe People's tltket were tbe only
men on either ticket who were Bp
lor re-election. These man had
A,kMl ImrA mnA faithfuHv ta p.Imr
up the Joints sod gating d.ns enc W Br Anm V th"
they succeeded. This action on their Reflector', cooking school advt-d
part cost them practically ail of thje m" rk' la
Kberar vot. .t although tky and bav breakfai teady whn
: n.-l thMr own; -heir husband. otr. downstairs. o
DON'TS FOR THE DINERS.
The State :' Agricultural College
has issued a handbook on : table
manner. Hera are some aon is tne
students are expected to note: '
For Instance, dont begin talking
Ubtli yon are sure someone isn't
(about to say grace, "..-
Spread the. napkin upon the knees
with on fold. .Don't try. to, wrap
yourself in it and don't put it In
your collar. The book doesn't say
this In lo many words, bul that to
because the author is considerate of
other persons' frailties. It does say,
however, that only the" lips should
be wiped with the napkin, and, In
mother paragraph, that In unfold-
ing it one should not wave It about
the bead, .or word to that effect
Yon have all noticed this action at
the table. ' '
In using the knife and fork, hold
them by the handles, not by the
blsde or tines. ' Do not gesticulate
with these articles. - - ;
Do not talk while your mouth to
full, No one can understand you,
anyway, and It to the proof p? ill
breeding. . ,' , , ' ,
Do not for goodness' , sake, use
a piece of bread to get the last of
the gravy or sauce. Take your time
when yon eat. Even in a railway
station yon usually hav twenty
minutes, and that Is time enough tor
anyone. .' .'. ' .' ... - , - ';
WW the hostess when yon are
in doubt, and do as she does, unless
she, too, is in th dark. In which
ease Just eat
, Dr. Crumbine to certainly no, friend
of the common people. He ruled that
It was fraud for anybody to sell a
fake mixture by which- a pound of
water might be worked into a pound
of butter, making two pound of but
ter. Now he holds that the scheme
of storing away egg In sodium sili
cate tor months or years to not a aew
discovery, but merely an old scheme
of embalming eggs. No matter what
magnificent stride forward are at
tempted by science. Dr. Crumbine Is
always on band to trip up tbe stride.
Sallna Journal. '
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: Don't buy th flra suit youtook 1st ' Remember that yoa can
buy clothing with a reputation, almost a cheap as ordinary makes.
For instance consider
AHE'S CCUEGIATJ CLOTHS' '
-. It this tin of clothing was not th best In America, It would
.not find room in our store. '
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V tiiS HAVE TRIED OTHER MAKES, TOO, but for perfect satis
faction we recommend thla well-known line. We have exclusive con
trol of ADLER'8 OOIiLEOIAN CLOTHES in this town and every
suit that goes but is absolutely guaranteed. t
Before you decide, won't you let us .how you these high-grade
suits? You'll be agreeably surprised at the prices of such fine gar
ment. It's your privilege to mak your own comparisons..
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The People's Clothers
' Chapman reports concerning the
election: "All of the young men
elected, exceptteg one, are unmarried
men and more young women voted
this year than at any previous elec
tion." There may be a cause and
effect concealed la this Information.
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and t r ', It w- p s Iit-
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What a mean bunch those Demo
crat, in congress are.. Last winter
when- the insurgents were raising
Cain they patted them on th back
and gave them much encouragement.
When they had stirred up enough
trouble to elect a Democratic bouse
the insurgents asked for their reward
in committee membership. "Co to,"
said th Democrats, "you. are not
a parly. Ask Joe Cannon about it."
Thereby to a reason fot the gloom
over insurgent headquarters, , . . .
, LeavenwortbTTImes: During the
recent conference Of. Methodists at
Abilene members of other churches
took a large share of tbe entertain
ing of ministers off tbe shoulders of
the Methodist families. Several min
ister were entertained in Catholic
families. The world do move. Who
was that editor who wanted to go
back to the time et Jonathan Ed
wards? Old Jonathan Vould have
starved .before he would have brok
en bread with a Catholic.
It might not be a bad thing for
Doc Crumble to tlx a day tor swat
ting smallpox, -'
THELAr CiilsADE. - J
On April (. 1270. began the sev
enth craeede in the defense of the
Holy Sepiikhre. It was ted by Prince
Edward of Englaai. but othlx
was accomplished and it was the
of those great wars which began
with the fervent preaching at Petur
the Hermit '
The first erosade consisted of four
rabble bor? of enUmaMa, led by
Walter the Pennilee and Peter the
Hennlli They numbered nearly three
hundred thousand, and were cut to
piece or df-d os tbe w-nrch. But
there sooa fallowed tnsm e;x snroesM
M rel c'um-s, aMy led and A l-J
I'r'l. and i'-'-T tort the su"
c V t' c, "ortsl I ; at
ARt!o.-h. ?" a farf-jj sier of ev-
- : , e f - i'.a a r it- -
holy city from th bated Turks. At
Jerusalem were founded the two fa
mous orders of chivalry, the Knight
Hospitalers of St John, and tf?a
Knights Templars.
One of th strangest happenings
in history was the children's cru
sade, which took place in 1212. An
army ot French children, thirty thou-,
sand strong, headed by a peasant
boy, set out for tbe Holy Land. X
like army of German children, twen
ty thousand in number, crossed the
Alp at Mont Cents. A second army
ot German children numbering near
ly twenty thousand crossed the ADts
by a more easterly route, touching
the sea at Brindlsi. Their Idea was
that the Mediterranean would open
a path for them to Palestine, and
that Jerusalem would be recovered
and the Moslem mad Christians
by miracle. Some of the children
got discouraged and returned to their
homes, many -stopped by th way,
but most of them either perished en
the march, were lost at sea, or wer
sold into slavery. . . - - i
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Report for the month ending Apr.
6th: Enrollment is. Numoer oays
taught 10. Average attendance dally
18.7. Cases of tardittee . Num
ber neither absent nor tardy 15, They
war: Pearl Rnvder. WlHard Van
!-woe. Belle Hag&ns, Gula Couleon,
V'Uik llsgans, Mabel Felk, Francis
iiamm. Beetle Feik, Veima Couleon,
Jobs Feik, Ethel Hamate, Daisy
Yost John Hagans, Oracle Coui&r.n
and Otiie Bennett Number !.
by psireiKS IS. Number' tisft by
hoard 2. Total BiirBiwr visitor 05.
Report for the tnn ending Apr.
5: a, Tera opened 6ept 1 2th Ler - a
of term la v-novl day 118. Avers se
un .ment for term II. Averr.t
1 . "i-Ijnre 17. Xuxtvr c
f Un' ne for (' e iortn 0 N ,
er neiiher shiwnt nor tarJr for ti.s
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