Abilene weekly reflector. [volume], March 13, 1913, Image 1

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ABILEliE'i KANSAS,' IliUaSOAY MORNING, MARCH 13. 1913
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SO THE .PEOPLE MAY KNO
NO. 20
AKD ESST LIGHTED CITY IN TOE
- STATE SAYS a h. BROWN..
dtf Cloned Contract fop Lights' with
; EJvside Light and Powet
CW-A1I I4M in .By;.-...-.'
;tj: . .September? ,:V , .
( J ? The city commissioners closed ('s)
" 'contract with the Riverside Light
Tfciid Power company today whereby
U city of Abilene to to become one
of the beet lighted cities In the state
" of Kansas. Pour streets In the busl
r nest district will be eaulpped with
ornamental five-light posti, giving
.he city a real "white way." The
agrees to furnish, erect and main
tain, SI ornamental five-light lamp
over the intersection of the curb line
at each street Intersection where
lights are t? be installed at shown
on blue print The light company
shall furnish ' tlT the wiring, cable
and ' necessary appliances for, tae
eqlupment of the entire street light
Ing system, including the lamps and
globes on the ornamental lamp posts.
' , All other ; lamps f comprising this
street lighting - system :- excepting
those installed on the ornamental
lamp posts furnished by; the city,
shall be suspended from iron brack
ets attached to wooden poles. These
brackets to be of sufficient length
so that the lamps shall be located
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contract was Jet; for. a.. period-of, ten
posts carrying 190 , lights which are
a part' of tfoe-332 S ;bt8 rel'erred to.
to be located over the underground
outlets as have been Jntalled in the
business district by the light com..
nanT. ,
. year3 and calls for comi opeja
i tlon by the ilrst of September.
In the residence district the lights
are to be tm alternate corners in
practically every block.' ' ;VV -The
city pays a flat rate of $233.33
' per month for the 832 lights whick
' JSa Inefaltpil which la a" flat
rate of .70 cents per month per as . they , deem necessary. The rate
light. . The lights for 'the residence ' to e pal for the operation of such
section and the; middle light of the
cluster Jiff ,the business .sectloja far
to be 32 candle power or. 40 watts.
' The smaller lights on the five-light
posts are to be 25 watt and are to
burn six nights , per aaonth.; The
cost to the city for the services of
the company Is $2800 per year. v
The contract calls for a comple
tion of the system by September' 1
' but Mr. Brown said today that part
of the lamps would be in within 30
days and that the work on the whole
. system would be pushed to lts earl-
" lest possible ; completion. ; .
The ornamental light posts - will
probably be of cement. This point
is to be decided by the commisslon
ers later , v "
Abilene has long felt the need of
a street lighting system and the an-
. nouncement tf the contract signed
today will meet with the approval
of the whole' city. ' : "
- The following extracts cover other
parts of the. contract: " .
'The light company agrees to fur
nish' all necessary poles, wire and
fppliances for the erection of 332
tfreet lights excepting that the city
Dills Paas Legislature KeqalrlKj; tle
PublicMio of StsMAnettif.' ,
Two bills of Importance have pass
ed the legislature concerning the
publication of statements by city and
township treasurer. " These Pins
make it compulsory for the city
treasurer to . make statements Quar
terly snd the township treasure
must make annual statements- I
some publication In the county. Ttf
bills follow: v. V
An act requiring city treasurer
to publish quarterly statements, pro
viding punishment for the yio.
tlon thereof, and repealing all acts.
and parts of acts In so far as. tucy
are-la conflict therewith. Be it
enacted by the legislature of the
state of Kansas: ;' .;, J .
Section I.- The treasuier of eaca
and every city shall public, 'ipr
cause to be published. In some news-
oaner published In such city, or in
tome ".newspaper published in the
county Jn which such city is locaieu
and having general circulation In
such ."city, between the tenth, 'and
twentieth days of March, June. Sep
tember and December in each year.;
a full and. detailed statement of the
receipts, expenditures and liabilities
of sucn city, for, the quarter enamg
on the fifteenth of said months re
spectively. : :-' '
Section 2., Any city , treasurer
violating any of .'the provisions of
this act shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon the convic
tion thereof, shall be subject to a
fine of not" less than twentyt-five
dollars, nor fore than one hundred
dollars, or by Imprisonment in the
county Je.il not less than thirty nor
more than ninety f days, or , by both
such fine and imprisonment, - for
each '.offense, ,: . .; "..
Sec. 3. All acts and parts offsets
In so far as they are . In conflict
herewith are hereby repealed. .'."-,
Sec. 4 This act shall take effect
publication lh the statute book.
An act requiring township treas
urers to publish annual statements,
providing a punishment for the vio
lation thereof, and repealing section
9599 of the General Statutes of
1909. Be it enacted by the legis
lature of the. state of Kansas:
. Section 1..: The treasurer of each
and every township shall publish, or
cause to be published, In some news
misdemeanor, and upon the convic
tion .thereof shall be stbject to a
tine of not, less than wenttr-flve
eollara nor more than one hundred
dollars, or by Imprisonment In the
county Jail not less than thirty days
nor more' than ninety days, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment,
for each offense.
. Bee. 3. Section $51$ of the Gen
eral Statutel of 190$ -and all other
acts and parts of acts In so far as
they are la conflict herewitn ars
hereby repealed.'
Sec, 4. This act shall taae ef
fect and be In force from and after
Its publication In the statute book.
SIGN THE CONTRACT
FOR PUMPING WATKB.
Drown Company to Pump f lOOO
Cheeper Thaa at Present.
The ', city commissioner closed a
contract with the Riverside Light
and Power company this .morning
whereby the pumping of the 'water
for the -city water works Is to be
done by electricity after he first
of July. The Brown company t'.kes
(the contract for pumping the water
at a price $1000 cheaper for the
rear beginning July 1913, and
ending July .1. . 1914. than the ex
pense to the city for the year ending
July 1, ,1918, such expense to pe ne
tftrmlned br the cost of fuel, .labor,
the cost , of oil and repairs at the
pumping station and: the cost -oi
handling oil. The company and the
Mtv bt a to Jointly Install a meter
it the plant and the price per gal
lon during the firBt year is to be
the price paid during the other years
the contract, providing it snau
not cost more than 3 cents per
thousand eallons.
The contract had been practically
closed for several weeks and only
$ie formalities of signing the con
trtrct was- on the program this
jnornlng. "-
iFJRE PAMAGE8 A RESIDENCE.
C. M. Garver, who Is known as
one of the best cattle . feeders In
Dickinson county, IS enthusiastic
over the value of the silo. ' Writing
for the Mall and Breete he says: -
"My experience with the alio has
been very satisfactory. In the sum
mer of 1910 I erected two 1$ by
3 0-foot wooden .stave silos, so this
Is my third season's experience in
feeding ensilage. I have never used
anything but corn la filling my alios
and have fed the silage almost en
tirely to fattening cattle. After
msklna several tests, I have found
that a ration of 20 pounds of sllsge
and 20 pounds of corn will maxe
as great or a greater wij m " .
cattle than 28 pounds of corn wlth-jsaccwis in farming
Fire Company IM1 Good Work
Extinguishing Flames.;;
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A fire in the C. L. Brown house
on Kuney street Saturday afternoon
burned through from the basement
and damaged the house and its con
tents to the amount of about $300.
The G. E. Caspey' family occupied
the " house and none of them were
Cause lO DO phujwubu, IU BUIIIC uo- , . . . .y.'
- , . . . . . . - at home at the time of the tire.
Daner published in the township of . . , iV.
- - , - Toe lire starieu in ine mnunut
which he ,1s treasurer, or In . some !-f fhnnhrthitt
-..mi. u .mmtv'and for a time It was thought mat
newspaper published In the county . ... . , ;
. . i v. . it naa oeen set dx iue iuru wui
in which 4Mich township Is located (11 '
Andrew Klrchner died at his home
In ETntornrlnA Into Rllhrlnv flVPtllnir
in which uch township is iocatea(- . , . .. ifc.
. m v'. - ......1 -.Lii.n inLcHW examination proved that there at the age of 60 years. Pneumonia
uu m s.... vww "- ..- m..,r. in tha fnrnace and . hi. .k"fH.
such township. If mMSatelyouaw-r"R 'rv1.:' T-;T;;. .
ing the annual settlement, in Octo-
that the fire was started from some
tot.H?1. 'fWrr Wdiy. .moked: "no and !wlir have to L ., d X.
7 V ' 'SS BW Ibadly smokei'up anCill bave;tp
statement, duly vgried ..of jbe r.,. rsnahfi :0therw;Ue there-was
cepits, expenouurea, Du . fl fc t the f,oor
of; such township for the year. nd- a .
ing at t-heime of such annual state- "naM
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Sec.. 2. Any township treasurer "aZ 7 7
C. M. Garyer Says
; ; Big Profit in
Silos
out the silage. This shows 20
pound! of silage will equal In feeding
value 8 pounds of corn, which
makes the silage worth -7 per ton
where corn is worth 50 cents. Last
winter fed silage to my brood:
mares and colts with good results.
"The use of a silo makes it pos
sible to, save the entire corn crop.
As 40 per cent of the feeding value
of the corn plant is in the stalk and
leaves, which are largely wasted
otherwise, it means a bl saving to
put tbem into the silo. The
also bakes It possible to keep stock
on the farm In much greater num
bers. This means added fertility
for the soli and there Is the key to
THE MARKET' DAY . .. '
SALE REACHED 4428.
Next Highest Sale on Market Day a
. Little Over flSOO.
After several weeks of bad wea
ther through which It was hard to
get to town for shopping the weather
cleared off and prepared the roads
for one of the biggest Market Days
Abilene has ever had. The shoppers
came early today -jand Business was
brisk all day. The public sale has
kept the record going and like the
sales of the last few months eclip
sed every sale before It The stock
entry was large. There were al
most a dozen buggies and the var
iety of goods for auction reached
both limits of the common auction
sale. ' ' ; - ,
fThe public sale held on Market
Day last Saturday went better than
$2000 ahead of any market day sale
ever registered In Abilene. The
total of the sale was $4428. A large
amount of stock and a' large entry
of farm machinery brought the sale
up to this high mark. The number
of people In town was probably as
large as on any. other market day
and the merchants report a big bus!
ness. -
BALCII fp'
J W. DeYOE OF KANSAS CITY
r COMES TO ABILENE.
Dr. Raich's Ministry of . Twd !Yeai
,'. Has. Borne Much Fruit For
Local Church New Church !
; , 'is Strong. . . .,, : .' V"J
ANDREW KIRCHNKR 19 DEAD.
Had Lived For Many Years at En
; terprise. ; , ;
leaves a wife and. two
children
The city shall have the right to J?'ZJZZ:Z . eoatrol in short . order
chente fthe size of tie lamps ana P h f. company ft
make such Additions and extensions this act shall be. deemed guilty oi a chwk fof f25 for ,ts efflcIent work
iinn? got niLtixcnt svaiz.
c 'rih of l?eTlcssi Fanls Fa'U to
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L..i',s l-a rufci "at i:.'.-;n?r'a
f re ?aSurfy evening soma of the
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the Santa Fe. The search was made
but none of the silk was found. Sev
eral Mexicans' had been trading at
the .counter frora which the s!is
u.fai ;earei and this fact lead to
tie search of the cars. Mr. Iin.1in.fspr
j r.t ir.ow how much ::i v
t !i V "5 shsfrre Izt If t ) I't
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lamnit "when lareer' than . 40 watt
.lamps' aye ;twedt to the" at the rate
of two- and one-half cents per" watt
for the rated Wattage of the lamps
per'inonth.'.. Renewals for such ex-
. . ..Ill AA
tensions ana aumou w .
piled bytthe light Company at $1 . try to make it happen.
per lamp per year. . " -j i . -' : r ' -
The city shall have the right to
extend the; service from time - to
time as the ' needs of the city' de
mands, and the light company agreea
to extend the lines for Installing
such T additional lamps as shall be
determined by the city, provided
that no lamps shall be at a greater
distance than 600 feet from . some
light already established.
It is agreed that the price for the
street" lighting "-service covered by
this contract -may" be adjusted at
three year periods at the option of
either party by arbitration or - by
direct appeal to the state utilities
commission, whose decision shall.be
final.. ' ."'; '
The property Instslled by each
party to this contract shall remain
its property at the expiration of -this
contract.' ' " ; '-. " :
in 'lKe way of success ior most of us unless we
The great majority of people are not
lucky in the : sense of having money come to
them easily. ; : ''''r,
; So you might as well make up your
mind that nothing will occur
J To iWalse If on ISich
unless you work industriously to make money
and then save a gcodlyj portion lof 'ui; income
to build up a fund for vise investment
C No man can expect to go very far or very
fast taward success without following this course
which leads ihrcugh a 'savings bank account
ABILENE , MAN IS
v ONE OF ITS OFFICERS.
A state organization of Farmers
Elevator companies was. formed at
a convention in, Hutchinson yester
day attended by representatives from
every - section of the state. The
Farmers' Grain Dealers association
of Kansas Is launched with the fol
lowing officers and directors: Pres
ident. J. A. Lyons, Langdon; vice
president, D. Sommers, Abilene; sec
retary and treasurer, G. W. Law
rence, Larned. ..'.'
MRS. C. O. CLEMENCE
SUES FOR DIVORCE.
Couldn't Stand for 1' Rough House
I ? LC With the China, . i
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Mrs. C. O. Clemence filed suit for
divorce In the district court Thurs
day afternoon and, asked a restrain
ing order to prevent her husband
from ' creating further disturbance
home on Cottage avenue ended in
a general rough house In which Mr.
Clemence is charged with breaking
up -the furniture, china, kicking
down the stove' and in punching out
the .windows. The Clemence family
has been in turmoil ' for some time
according to information which has
come out since the Wednesday even
ing performance. . '' .
BOYD KAUFFMAN IS " .
DEAD IN NEW MEXICO.
Dr. W. M. Balch, who has been
for .two years the pastor of th
Methodist church here, has been'
transferred to the Lowraan Memor
ial church, in Topeka' and will take
up his pastorate there within a few
days Dr. Balch's place will be tak
en here by Rev. J. W. DeYoe of
the London Heights church of Kan
tm City. Kansas.-
Dr. Balch came to Abilene two
years ago from DoverN. H... and
his stay; in"AbiTene has ften the
church put on a firm financial basis-as-
well as increased materially lnr
membership. The church to which,
he goes 1j situated In the student,
district and is close to .Washburn
college. It has a membership of "
about 400,and $10,000 In improve
ments has been added to the cliurclu
the last year. -. ; . .
Rev. DeYoe is a graduate of the
Iowa Weleyan University, and the
Garrett - Biblical (Institute. He
preached for a number of Tears In
Chicago and came three years ago
to. the London Heights church In
Kansas. City. He, Is 37 years old,
has an athletic build and 1i known
in the conference as 'The Pa? toral
Evangelist He has had as inany aa
3 SO additions 4o-AW -church in a -
year from his own evangelistic ef
forts. It is not known definitely
wbether-he will be here fbr cervices
next Sunday. '
.Aimnne. the preachers In the Kan
sas conference who grew V In Dick
inson county are the following with
their appointments: J. A. McClellan, '
Everest; W. A. Keve, Hiawatha; u.
McCulloh, Lecompton; W. H.
Hertzog. Baldwin; E. E. Hollar,
Central Church, Kansas City; C. B,
Zook, Olathe; C. G. Beaf, Clifton.
JTAMEH CTLBERTSON 18 DEAD.
Prominent Ex-Abllene Man In Cali
fornia for His Health.
James Culbertson, who lived in
Abilene for 22 years and was known
. a ittn.ii
as a prominent lawyer uu
here, died at Sunland, California,
February 28. Mr. Culbertson came
to Abilene in 1871 and practiced
law tira until 1893. spending four
years of that time as probate Judge.
In 1893 he moved to New York City
.mi. L rn w.npiiii and resided there until a year u
evening a family argument at their when he moved to California for his
r
health. When a boy be enlisted as
a drummer boy in Ohio and went ,
through the Civil war. His wife, a
sister of Mrs. W. B. Giles of this
city, survives him.; :
LEFT ESTATE TO ABDLEXE MAN?
Boyd Kaufffan of Navarre, died
t tv Veztm. New Mexico. March
7. He went to New Mexico several the gentleman
wesfcs fgo lot his heHh. ' He was
2$ je-rt eld and S. .ves a wife. His
- -',. r I wr-. t to
. t . . lis body.
The police of Salina received an
Inquiry a few days ago asking for
the whereabouts of Jacob Ferbuson.
The letter stated that bis nncle.had
left him an enate. The police start
ed a search for the man and the
Union says that they think they
have blm located near Abilene. If
lives la this relgh-
borhood sr3 Ln 1 afr: 1 to te
rpons!t:i:"-' cf 1 "'- - w
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