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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07
.Manatt made a business trip
to Beaver the first of the week.

1t is taxing the capacity of the
ice plant here these days to provide
enough ice to supply the demand.
The plant has a capacity of Is
tons per day, but has lately been
running sixteen or seventeen tons
daily.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

A number of the younger set
were entertained at the beautiful
Craig home on South Grant Ave.,
last Thursday evening in honor of
the fourteenth birthday of Earl
Craig. The evening was pleasant
ly spent in games on the lawn and
refreshments were served at a late
hour.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

Mrs. Whims of Wichita is here
this week visiting her daughter,
Mrs. J. E. George and her son,
Bert Whims of the Economy.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

Stevens county has had some
little trouble in selling her bonds
for the artesian we'll there, but it
it is thought that the issue has
now been placed, and they hope
to get the work started early in
August.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

Gardner & ShinkIe have moved
their real estate Office to new quar-
ters, first door east of the White
House. They will be glad to meet
their customers in the new office,
and will appreciate share of your
business.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

The first new wheat was brought
in Monday morning by the Hosk-
inson boys. The wheat tested
fairly well, and brought Is cents
on the local market.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

o. H. Foster, who also ran for
judge of the Thirty-second Judicial
district last November, has moved
from Garden City to Eugene,
Oregon.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

One-tenth cash and one-tenth
per month is the way Ellsaesser &
Henry are selling those choice
town lots.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

E. M. Anderson of the Hugoton
Hermes was in Liberal Wednes-
day on his way home from a bust
ness trip to eastern Kansas.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

Mrs. S. H. Pitts, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. L. c.
Yocum, left for her home in Hut
Crimson on the limited Thursday
morning.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

Mrs. w. A. Custer and little
son, Paul, spent Friday and Sat
urday with the Forbes family on
the river.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

Mrs. W. H. Vickers visited over
Sunday with her son, Auldrid,
who is employed in a drug store
at Cimarron.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

Have you picked out your town
lot yet9 See Ellsaesser 6 Henry.
They have some choice lots on the
payment plan.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

Mrs. H. Hobble and mother,
Mrs. McGregor and sister, Miss
Gladys McGregor left Tuesday
night for an outing in Colorado.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Edison re-
turned Friday morning from the
Stewart Hospital at Hutchinson.
Mr.. Edison is slowly improving.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

Miss Houser of Mama county
is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Priestly of the Priestly confection-
cry III Liberal.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

Contractor l.. H. Sutton expects
to break the ground for the new
Jail next Monday morning.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07
Standard Oil Will Pay

E. S. Irwin, clerk of the district
court has received a stipulation
from the Standard Oil Co. of In.
diana, asking him to enter judg,
ment. against them for $500 anc
costs, which includes $3.50 attor.
ney's fees. This will swell the
school fund of Seward county
$500, with no cost to the county
at all.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07
Additional Locals

The excavation for the new
Christian church has almost been
completed.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-07-07

For quick sale list your farm or
city property with Gardner 4
Shinkle.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28
Teaching pairymen.

Aberdeen-W. White and o. L.
Pier Of Bookings. members of the
state food and dairy department of the
state government, are here examining
applicants for license to act as buy
ers of cream for creameries. The men
are part of force authorized by the
last legislature to improve existing
methods Of producing butter at cream
cries. The dairy and creamery indus
tries of the state had suffered hereto
fore because of carelessness, ignor-
ance and lack of sanitation in hand
ling the product. Under the new law
the men who buy the cream for cream
cries are required to show that they
are familiar with the handling OF the
Babcock test; that they keep their
surroundings in clean and sanitary
condition, and that every care is taken
to see that the cream is manufactured
into butter at the proper stage. It Is
believed the law will result in great
improvement in the creamery indus
try in the state, and will also encour-
age farmers to enlarge their dairy
herds because of the increased oppor-
tunity the new method will give them
of disposing of their cream to advan-
tage.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28
SEARCH FOR GOLD.
Treasure Said to Have Been Hidden
Thirty-Three Years AGO.

Treasure Said to Have Been Hidden
Thlrty-Three Years Ago.
Deadwood.-For over quarter OF q
century, Matthew Byrnes, resident
of Crook City, between here and
Whitewood, and once prosperous
settlement of 10000, has been conduct
ing futile search for pot of hidden
gold near his premises. Thirty-three
years ago, when Crook City was just
commencing to become town, Byrnes
claims he learned of the secretion OF
the gold by some placer miners who
were driven out of the Hills by Unit
ed States troops and were unable to
carry all their dust with them. Ac-
cording to the story they buried a
portion of it in a cannon about mile
and a half from Crook City, the spot
being marked by large rock, about
$4,000 worth of gold. being hidden
there. Ever since Byrnes has spent
his summers digging for that gold and
his winters at blacksmithing. He has
removed the earth six feet deep from
space 300 feet around the rocks, but
has found no trace of the gold which
he is sure that he will ultimately To-
cate. He is now GA years old, but is
undiscouraged in his search and Is
now digging more vigorously than
ever.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28
THAT SCHOLARSHIP
DR.. pARkIN SAYS NO CHANGE
WILL BE MADE IN SYSTEM
OF SELECTION.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
What 10 Going On Here and There
That is Of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.

Vermillion.-President Gault, chair
man of the South Dakota committee
of award for the Rhodes scholarship,
has just received letter from DR..
Parkin of London, the executive off,
Ger of the Rhodes scholarship trust,
with reference to the continuation OF
these scholarships in states where but
little interest has been shown. DR..
Parkin visited President Gault last No
vember at the time the state educa-
tional association was in session at
Huron. At an informal gathering OF
a number of school men DR.. Parkin
intimated very strongly that unless
South Dakota showed more interest in
these scholarships the basis of the
award would be changed. DR.. Parkin
says:
Since my return to England this
question has been very carefully con.
sidered by the trustees. They feel
that in several states of the Union
these valuable scholarships have fail.
ed to attract the attention among stu
dents that they deserve and that more
satisfactory results would probably be
obtained and a stronger representa-
ton of the United States at Oxford be
secured by some change in the system
of selection or distribution which
would throw the scholarships more
fully open to competition among the
students of the whole Union"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28
The Old Order Changeth

A critic declared that twentieth century people
tell their private affairs much more readily than
used to be the custom. II marriages turn out un-
fortunately the world learns 1t from the parties
chiefly concerned and what the oldfashoned
woman would have called the secrets of her in
ner life not to be confessed even to herself. the
new woman tells boldly in order to surround her
personality with a halo of interest, for 1t seems
certain. II you do not say you have troubles. no
body will notice them. The instinct Of family
loyalty is diminishing, that clannish sentiment
which caused relatives to hide their internal dis
sensions from others as carefully as they would
bodily infrmities; children crticse their parents
and vice versa; brothers and sisters quarrel in
the street; the black sheep Is openly discussed
by his relations. No federation is granted on the
score of blood, and as all of us require az much
federation as we can get, 1t seems pity 80 fruit
full means Of supply Is cut or Yet, II ma
has a brother BLACKBOARD, why should he nr
say So Just M much as If he were q stranger
There seems no real reason, except that
does not sound nice. and public opinion long as
decided that family disgrace must be shared
ell the memberA
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28
Editors Adjourn.

Sioux Falls.-The South Dakota
Press association concluded it's mid
summer meeting here after two days
session. Regarding the advisability
of indorsing a member of the associa-
ton for nomination to the Office Of
governor at the primaries next June
it was decided not to take definite ac-
ton on this until the winter meet
ing of the organization, which will be
neld at Yankton the fore part of next
January. Hot Springs was selected
as the place for holding the next mid
summer meeting of the association. At
the meeting just closed number Of
applications for membership were ia
vorably acted upon. Over eighty mem.
bers attended the meeting.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28
(. Court Settles Controversy.

Bonesteel.-By decision of Judge
Williamson, given GU at Dallas,
Bonesteel no longer has two active
school boards. ]. r. Cash and J. M.
higgins, appointed by the county SUI
perintendent, will hold their offices.
X. Klishram and G. J. Alexander,
elected on June co., are deposed. The
decision rests on the proposition that
an official appointed to fill a vacancy
holds for the full period of the unex-
pired term, in certain instances. The
rival school boards at Bonesteel have
both been doing business since June
20 and two full sets Of teachers have
been employed.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28
To Build City Hall.

Brookings.-Thec city has awarded
the contract for the new city hall to
a local firm, there being three other
bidders. The heating and plumbing
contract also went to Brookings
company, there being one other bid
der. Work will be commenced at once,
the specifications calling for the com.
pletion of the structure by January
/. It will be a two-story brick and
stone structure, so by 100 feet, with
offices for the city officials, council
and assembly rooms, fire department
commercial club. 1t was provided for
by $4,000 bonds on which the people
voted at the coty election in April.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28

paign which has been conducted by
President H. X. Warren of Yankton
college for the past six months, the
board Of trustees of that Institution
have announced that the amount re-
quired to clear the college of debt has
been raised and that shortly a cam
paign will be launched looking to the
increasing Of the endowment fund to
$250.000, for which subscription. Mr..
Warren has several large givers
throughout the country in line for do
nations which were conditional upon
the old debt being cleared up.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28
pxnamiter Pay. For III. Fun.

misunderstanding fish in the
streams of South Dakota comes high,
as was discovered by resident OF
Hanson county whose name has been
withheld by the authorities owing to
his prominence, who with three COM
panions were arrested on this charge
by County Game Warden Martin.
The principal offender entered a plea
of guilty and was fined 500 and costs,
or about $125 in all, and this amount
he paid and was released from custo-
dy. The other three defendants were
able to prove that they were only spec
tators of the dynamiting, and had had
no hand in setting of the dynamite
themselves, so they were released with
a warning.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28

Vermillion.-The operation of the
new road law passed by the last leg
islature of South Dakota will be held
up in Clay county for year at least.
Under the provisions of the law in
any county where 10 per cent Of the
freeholders petition for vote on the
proposition the law shall not become
operative until vote has been taken
and this at general election. Such
a petition has been filed with Auditor
Anker. Of Clay county. signed by 400
freeholders, living in nine Of the
twelve townships Of the county.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28

brand won't be the least bit like the old-time
event that was awaited with more anticipation
than was bestowed even upon the Fourth of July
or the annual visit Of the monster and mas
todonic united shows" Perhaps this cherished
idol of youth may not have been q really and
truly county fair" for not all county fairs can
enjoy the prestige Of location at the county seat,
but after all, that Is q minor matter In the eyes
Of the outsider and no man can ever be convinced
that the world ever held more important "agri-
cultural exposition" than the one at which as
q youngster he exhibited his chickens or peddled
peanuts or sold scorecards.
That, as has been said the oldfashioned county
fair hasn't been changed beyond recognition even
to this day, is all the more a matter OF surprise
when we take into account the revolutionary
changes that have taken place in other phases
of rural life The introduction Of rural free de-
livery, for instance has done away with the
necessity and the opportunity for those friendly
gatherings at the crossroads store when the larm-
ers who drove over for the mail stole little
leisure in which to swap stories. Similarly
photograph in every farm house has somewhat
duled the appetite for those periodic concerts
1t the little red school house. even as the presence
on the roads of those tipping, screeching automo-
biles has knocked all the romance out OF those
buggy rides in the moonlight when old DoDDin
was allowed to find his own way and set his own
pace
Not only has the county fair wlthstood the
ravages Of time and the onslaught OF modern
invention, but in some respects 1t has benefited
by a lapse of time. That lie, many a fair of the
present day is vastly bigger and better than was
the corresponding event on the same grounds
score or more of years ago. 1t is not due solely
to the natural increase Of population, either nor
yet to that "backto-the-soil" crusade which has
swept over the land. The latter has helped. how
ever because 1t has added to the population Of
many rural district men and women who are
engaging in farming for pleasure as well as for
profit and who enter their products at the near
by fairs as matter Of pride just breeder of
fine dogs will travel all over the country to dis
play his blooded CANNES at the big dog shows.
even though the prizes would not pay the express
charges the animals.
The automobile, despised though 1t be in many
quarters. has had a big influence in bringing
greater prosperity to our latterday county fairs.
The advent of the horseless vehicles and the fad
for touring taken in conjunction with that i'm
provement Of country roads which has been 60
ing on this past decade SO. has made 1t possible
for farmers to travel greater distances to the
fairs. The tiller of the soil who in the old days
was content to take his family to one fair-the
one nearest home, may now II he has one of
those automobiles that are constructed especially
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28

for the use Of farmers take in" anywhere from
three to half dozen fairs held within a radius
of say twenty or thirty miles. OF course, this
swells the gate receipts and 1t also results in
the exhibit classes being better filed.
On the other hand, the motor car has brought
to the county fairs certain patronage from city
folk who almost never attended these rural exhibit
lions In the old days. Some Of the city folks are
those who have friends relatives in the country.
with whom they hold reunion at the fair.
Others are one-time rural residents who, having
gone to town and made their pile" find that
they can come back via the automobile when
they would not take the trouble If it meant getting
up early in the morning to catch an excursion
train. And finally there are the city folk who
have neither kith nor kin nor the ties of old
associations to draw them to the fair, but who
motor to the autumn mecca az a sort OF lark
and who find 1t quite as novel an experience In
its way the rural resident does to journey to
the city to inspect an exposition or great amuse-
ment park. This latter portion Of the influx from
the city may not add to the gaiety OF the occa-
sion, particularly, for the country people at the
county fair, but their contributions at the ticket
wondow are well worth having and generally ap
preciated for, be 1t known, the average county
fair is conducted by farmers and other members
Of the community who can't wholly overlook the
financial side.
Yet another new influence that has helped the
county fair in our time Is the suppression Of
betting and the abandonment of racing at most
of the race courses near the large cities Racing
Of one kind another goes on at almost all our
country fairs and whereas 1t is not supposed to
be accompanied by betting there are opportunities
for quiet wagers whereas the mere racing in itself
is sufhcient to attract horse owners and others
who love the sport for itself. Just here, it may
be added, that most fairs throughout the United
States are now conducted on a clean, moral basis.
Liquor selling on the grounds or nearby has long
been prohibited in most localities and out-and-out
gambling devices have been barred from many
fair grounds these many years. but latterly, In
response to the moral awakening that has swept
over the country, fair managers are showing a
disposition to keep out most of those raffes and
games of chance which. perhaps innocent
in themselves. might have bad influence on the
youthful mind.
This Punishment of some Of the old-time catch
penny schemes has not, however. SO altered
things that the man who has been out in the
world cannot recognise the county fair Of his
youth when he Gomez back to It, He will see at
the old stand all the weight-testing and lung
testing machines. the old-fashioned merrygo-round
and the stands selling peanuts and sandwiches
and red lemonade. He can test his skill as Of
yors in tossing rings over canes OF trying to hit
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28
Was Not Quite Dead.

Custer-Believing that G. !. Sinty,
an old resident of this country who
resided near Fairburn, was dead,
neighbors sent for the coroner. When
the latter responded and broke into
Sinty's cabin, he found the old man
still alive but breathing his last, the
end coming before he could be re-
moved to a hospital. Sinty, who was
70 years old, had been stricken with
paralysis while alone.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28
Timber Lake viii Have Celebration

Timber Lake Will Have Celebration.
Timber Lake.-Preparations are
completed for grand celebration at
Timber Lake on August Is and 16
this being the first anniversary Of the
county seat of Dewey county. The
lot sale conducted by the department
of the interior was held on these days
last year. The Commercial club have
decided to properly celebrate the oc'
casion and some of the features of the
Birthday Party" will be an address
by Governor Vessey and Judge Witten
may also be here.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28
Make. Way with His Boss Money,

Wagner.-Earl Potter, young man
who had been staying around here for
a couple of weeks, was arrested at
Yankton and brought back to stand
trial upon a complaint sworn out by
John MATHS, farmer, living south Of
town, charging Potter with having
stolen $40 of his money. At his pre-
liminary hearing he was bound over
under $500 bond, in lieu Of which
he was taken to Platte and placed in
Jail.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28
Pitch Pine Turpentine.

Deadwood.-F. R. Baldwin, who
made a special inspection of the tur-
pentine plants at Bay City, Mich, for
the benefit of the Deadwood Business
club, will report favorably to the club
on the proposition to establish a
plant here for the manufacture of
turpentine from pitch pine stumps
and also wood pulp paper.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-07-28

the venturesome colored boy who pokes his head
through hole in a sheet. The time-honored side
show" or carnival is there with its snake charm
ers and giants and dwarfs and the fortune tellers
and popcorn vendors have the old elusive way OF
inducing you to part with your coin. Even the
fans and badges and tiny flags and gold" medals
Of yesteryear look and cost the same they did
as far back az memory can carry you. About
the only new things at the county fair in fact
the moving picture shows in their somber black
tents and the ice cream that have sup
planted the one-time "fve-cent dish with two
spoons"
The men who have been conducting county fairs
long enough to make comparisons will tell you
Lat, all in all, it costs just about as much to
hold fair nowadays it did decade or two
ago, presumng, that is, that you hang up" about
as much in prizes for the show and speed classes.
Some items have been cut over the expenses in
the old days, whereas other OUTLAWS have in
creased owing to the increased cost of living or
some other new influence. For one thing, the
fair managers save some money in heralding the
fair For the sentiment Of the thing, they still
have to make use Of some Of those gaudy posters
in blue and red and yellow that from time out Of
mind have filled childish dreams every autumn,
but they don't spend money to plaster these
posters on every barn and fence and covered
bridge in the county, as they were wont to do In
the old days. As the number Of country news
papers has increased they have provided better
and cheaper way Of telling the people of the de-
lights Of the coming fair. On the other hand,
the star attraction" II the fair management
wants to be right up to date and have an airship
flight each day, will cost more than In the old
days. parachute Jumper or an acrobat who
did the thrilling slide for life" did not demand
half as much money, usually, as the expert aero
pianist who wants fee Of $500 and upward
feature Of the county fair that hasn't changed
with the lapse Of time is the season for holding
the event. The conclusion of the harvest, which
leaves the farmer comparatively care-free and.
let hope. with money in his pocket. dictates the
date Of this annual festival. In some parts Of
the country September is the favorite month for
fairs, but elsewhere October has the call and
quite few Of these agricultural shows and trot
ting meets are held in early November. Active
preparations at the fair grounds begin a month
or six weeks earlier for the upto-date fair asso-
citation repants its buildings each summer and has
everything spick and span for the three or four
day attraction.