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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19
Blake Hardware Company
Sell To Bolin & Hall

Last Saturday one of the largest
business deals ever made in the
city was consummated, when the
Blake Hardware company sold
their hardware, implement, and
furniture stock to Bolin u Hall,
who are now in possession. The
new firm have leased the Blake
hardware building and will con-
tinue the business at the same
place. The plumbing department
will also be in the present place, but
owned by 0 p. Buckland, Arthur
Prater, and Joe Buckland. The
blacksmith department will be
done away with entirely, The oil
business will still be in charge OF
Mr.. Blake, the owner Most o,
the employees will remain with the
new firm.
When the Blake Hardware was
started, over II years ago, the
store was small one located on
Kansas ave. near where the present
Miller Block now stands. AS the
country grew, the business pros
pered, until Mr.. Blake found it
necessary to have more room, and
erected the large warehouse on
the corner of 2nd street.
This building covers $4,000
square feet, it is made of sheet
iron. and contains its own light
ing, heating and water plants. In
the stock may be found everything
made in the hardware line. 1t is
one of the largest stores of its
kind this side of Kansas City.
At the time of the erecting OF
the new building four years ago,
the firm turned into q corporated
company Of nine men, with a cap
ital of $3.50
Bolin & Hall, the new proprl-
otors, intend to establish smaller
stores in the new railroad towns,
making this store in Liberal a
wholesale house, as we'll as retail.
They will also add lumber to the
business.
In the deal Mr., Blake took over
486 acres of land in Montgomery
aud Chautauqua counties. in the
oil belt of Kansas.
They are invoicing this week, but
the store is open for business.
Bolin & Hall are the owners OF
many immense interests IN the
southwest, owning lumber yards
and Touring mills. Their head
quarters in Liberal mean great
deal for the town and country.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19
One-haIf Of the reg
ular selling price

Not only are they very much
cheaper, but it is a we'll known
fact that sample shoes run con-
siderably better than regular
goods. We have a big assortment
OF select from but they are gong
fast. Come in now and get the
first selection, This is an oppor-
tunity for big saving at time
when lots of people are looking
for 1t.
We wish also to call attention to
our big line of White Goods in l6
and Is button in NuBuck, Canvas
and batiste, pumps. button oxford
and colonial.
These are all the rage this year
and we are supplied to supply
your wants at the popular prices
Belt, the Shoe Man
Greater Values for Less Money
2nd ST., doors west Of Enterprise
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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19
$l.5oPer Year
Obituary

Jerry Lycan died Tuesday after
noon at 4: 35 o'clock, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Vaughn,
where he has made his home since
last June. The cause of his death
was locomotor ataxia, from which
he has suffered for several years.
Mr.. Lycan is an old resident of
Seward county, coming here from
Missouri over twenty-five years
ago. He was engaged in the real
estate business here for years.
He had many friends and was
respected by all who knew him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn knew Mr..
Lycan when he lived in Edna,
Missouri, and when they moved
here last June, Mr.. Lycan moved
in their home where he was ten
derly cared for during the last
days of his life. Donald Lycan a
nephew, arrived in Liberal, last
Friday, and was with his uncle to
the end. No services were held
here, but the remains we're taken
to the old home in Edna, Mo-,
Wednesday, where funeral SER
vices will be held In the Methodist
church, and interment made at
that city.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19
Prizes Given by Farmers In
stitute

1t having been decided in the c0un-
ty Farmers Institute TO have a milo
and kaffir growing contest, a com
mittee waited on the business men
of Liberal and succeeded in raising
the neat sum Of $94 to be disbursed
In prizes, Six first prizes will be
given consisting of a free trip to
the state Farmers Institute to be
held at the College OF Agriculture
in December, also weeks free en-.
tertainment and the return trip,
The following 50 firms contributed;
j. w. Baughman Clyde r. Commons,
Land-Thayer, J. +. Fuest,
George Grocery, Summers & Sons,
w. o. Woods CIR. Enterprise Mere,
Liberal Light, Ice and Power Co.
Beyer Il Gray, EllsaesSer- Henry
Blake Hardw., Eagle Mercantile,
Central Grocery, Big Joe Lumber,
Craig Bros. bOlln-Hall MIL,
Liberal Creamery, f. S. Irwin,
G. w. Finley, R. 7. Nichols,
Chas. Taylor, ]. B. Spradllng,
Citizens Bank, HOskinson--Titus
J. A. Black, M. H. Scandrett
T. w. Cav. W. H. Feather,
L. V. Gardner, RI. Terwilliger,
Z. d. Cooper. T. A. Tegarden,
J. W. Camebell, Geo. Smith & Bro
T. s. Locke, Frank G. BOles,
Cash Dept. Store, Abe X. StOufer,
Ezra Shorb. Ralph NJ. Heath
s. A. Fields A. A. Farmer,
c. W. Edison, Lib. Cold Storage,
f. K. Sutton, c. s. Jarrett,
Mary f. Todd, LA. Etzold,
J. N. Evans, o. NJ. Woods,
First National Bank,
20. D. Nickel,
Committee I Vim. Hubbard,
W. G. Harnden.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19

ton, and other towns as the count
ry settles. This is not just rail-
road talk, but the truth, and those
owning land in Stevens county
will do well to hang on to it, and
buy as much more as they can.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19
10. D. Nickel.
Committee Wm. Hubbard,
W. G. Harnden.

Lee Norton, who has been with
the LeMonnier Transfer during
the past year, left with his wife
and baby, for Chicago, Sunday. to
make their home there.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19

Gustave Berenger of Liberal,
and Martha Dose Of Chicago, were
united in marriage Sunday, April
IA, by Rev. ID. d. Proper, pastor
of Baptist church of Sioux Falls,
S. d. Mr.. and Mrs. Berenger
will make their home in Lib
eral through the summer.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19

For rheumatism you will fin.
nothing better than Chamberlain's
Liniment. Try it and see how
quickly it gives relief. For sale
by all dealers.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19
Big Sample Shoe
Sale

We recently received a shipment
of 400 pair Mems, Woman's and
Children's shoes for spring, re-
presenting all the various feathers
and owing to the big discount at
which this fortunate purchase was
made, we are prepared to make
you q price of about
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19
Married

Clayton Hoover and Elsie Goats
both of Tyrone, Okla, were mar.
ried April II, at the Office of the
probate Judge, by Judge Camp
bell. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Young
relatives of the bride. we're pres
ent at the ceremoney.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19

Don Wood moved his family
from Penn. Ave, to the Carson
on north Grant, Tuesday
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19

j. Bever of the Bever u Gray
furniture store, was called to Mis-
souri,, Wednesday,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19

Sam Jones, an attorney in the
Pellette case. returned to his home
in Lyons, Wednesday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19

Messers, Neathery and Ridpath
of Stevens county, were ia town
last week on business.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19

Mirt Newhouse Of Pratt, was a
Liberal visitor Saturday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19
House for rent

Five room house for rent. In
quire of V. II. Grinstead.
4-19tf
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-04-19

Farm Loans S. W. SMITH
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
Pointed Paragraphs

A gift horse gets you in just as badly
as the feed store.
The pitcher that goes to the box too
often is knocked out.
All the worlds stage. but it lacks an
asbestos drop curtain.
Is it blow to spiritualism when q
man strikes happy medium?
When woman drives a horse WHY
does she whip him with the lines?
A woman can be just as proud of her
store hair as il she raised it herself
The chap who takes things as they
come doesn't get as many as the other
fellow.
Anyway, the theory that marriages
are made in heaven can't be much con.
ISOLATION to spinsters.
1t is easy for girl to pretend to love
an old millionaire and fool him into
thinking it is real.
No doubt many a woman's happiness
would bubble over if she could only get
thin worrying about how fat she is.
In some parts of Africa men buy theiI
wives by the pound. Iu this country
IL is the husbands who are usually sold
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
FRED SKINNER RECApTURED


San Francisco. Oct. 1.-THE story of
how a convict in the Nevada State pen.
itentiary feigned imbecility for weeks
until he was finally placed in a cell
whence he could effect his escape, of
how he made his way through the desert
and baffled the detectives who were
looking for him and Of how he was fin
ally captured in this CITY. was told with
dramatic effect by Llewllyn L Felkers,
hero Of these adventures, after arrest in
the city prison tonight. Felkers, who
Is known In Nevada as Fred Skinner.
was sent to the State penitentiary in
Carson City, Nevada, March s, 1910. to
await action of the Supreme Court on
his plea for new trial. following his
sentence to 80 years imprisonment for
the murder of Mona Bell, a woman with
whom he was living in Rhyolite.
Felkers was arrested tonight on Va
lencia street by Detectives Michael
Burke and George Richards, after they
had trailed him for five days. In the
city prison he admitted his identity and
told with dramatic gesture and in ex.
cellent language much OF the story of
his life and how he made his escape
from prison.
II killed my sisters husband" said
Felkers. "when l was q kid. in Butte,
Montana. He was good man when
sober, but q brute when drunk. He
came into the house one night, beat my
sister up and kicked me. Then he
tried to shoot me. so l took no chances
and killed him. | was exonerated by o
coroner's jury.
81 had trouble with Mona Bell in
Rhy olite and one night she got mad
and shot me twice. To save myself /
killed her. When they found me said
that had killed her and attempted
suicide, was a fool to say that as it
told against me at the trial and they
sentenced me to fifty years imprison-
ment."
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
Experts Able TO See
Under The Ground

Winnemucca S'ar: That experts
sometimes know what they are talking
about has been proven in tha cases Of
Professor Lawson aud Mr.. Birch, who
testified for the Mammoth National
Mines Company in the big mining case
tried in the Federal Court at Carson
short time ago. Under instructions
from those geologists crosscut was run
from station 327 on the No. Mammoth
level in south westerly direction for the
purpose Of picking up the fault which
they claimed cut off the National vein.
They estimated that the fault would be
found at q point about 250 feet from
station 327. Word coming from National
is to the effect that the fault was encount-
cred at distance OF 268 feet from the
station. The experts only missed it
about Is feet. Spectators at the trial
recall the interesting and instructive
evidence given by experts for both sides
in the case. That these men can some
times see under the ground has been
more than once proven. The case in.
wolves millions and is one of the most
important ever tried in Nevada.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
NardenShip Again Raising
Political Storm

A Carson dispatch says there is mix.
up in the affairs of the State Prison.
The present chapter concerns Warden
Cowing, and it is stated that he is billed
for dismissal from the position. as was
his predecessor. Ray Baker, who insti-
tuted the honor system. which is being
continued in force by the present War
den.
The trouble has arisen over the escape
OF Fred Skinner. murderer of Mons
Bell, who was sentenced for 80 years.
Skinner has not byen retaken. 1t is al
legged thar laxity of discipline at the
prison made his escape possible.
Ii is stated here that Captain Don
nelley is slated to be appointed to the
Wardenship. and that Warden Cowinf
will be returned to his old post, thai
OF Deputy Secretary OF State. which
was vacated Fri lay through the forced
resignation of Harold z. Hale. The
Capital City is greatly wrough, up over
the turn that patronage affairs are tax
ing, and the approach OF the election IL
given as one of the reasons for the brew
ing of the tempest.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
New Reai.tr.tion Opinion

1t has been found upon investigation
that to comply with strict interpreta'
tion of the statutes, that it is necessary
to keep the books open for the registra-
tion of voters for the general election un-
til Monday evening. October 81. at .
O'Clock. The law says that the books
shall close ON the Goth, but that date fall
ing on Sunday this year compels Mon
day to be the closing day to come with
in the limit.-Virginia Chronicle.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
LIVESTOCK HIGHER THAN
IT WAS A YEAR AGO.
Every Kind Shows An Advance Says
Report of Agricultural Department

Beef cattle. calves. hogs. sheep. lambs,
milch cows and horses brought sub
stantially higher prices to the producers
on September than year ago. tough
hogs and sheep brought less than two
years ago.
This showing. indicative of the rela-
ton OF agriculture to the high cost of
lvlug. was in report Of the Depart.
ment of Agriculture issued on the aver
age price of agricultural products.
Fruit brought slightly decreased price
and vegetable prices fiuctuated.
Beef cattle per cwt. brought $5.35
September 1. "a 43 year ago and 81. SO
in 1910; veal calves, respectively. $6.83,
So II aud So 43; hogs $7.47. $6.53 and
$S.27; sheep, SAIL, 1891 and s4S;
lambs. $5.49. $500 and $5S5. Mich
cows aud horses brought $40. .79 and $l41
respectively each against s42.22 and $139
respectively year ago.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
JOHN CAzlER NAMED ELECTOR
Elko County Man Is Placed on
Ticket Vacated by Death of
e. A. P. johnson

John r Cazier Of Star Valley, near
Wells, In Elko County, was last week
appointed q candidate for Presidentia tial
elector on the Democratic ticket at .
meeting Of the executive committee of
the State Central Com mittee.
Mr.. Cazier'sappointmen is to succeed
the late E. A. P. johnson. who died at
Elko on October 8.
Mr.. Cazier is q wealthy stockman
and has always shown q keen interest
In Democratic politics. The position
was given to Elko in keeping with the
expectation Of ths Democrats of that
county that the honor would remain
with Elko.
John p. Reynolds Of Sparks was ap.
pointed q member Of the State Central
Committee to flll the place of the late
w. A. Martin Of Sparks
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
S.P. Locomotive Explodes

Engineer N. L. Robinson and Fire.
man Q. O. Cool. both of Sparks. Nevada,
were killed October 3 when the boiler
OF the locomotiv on a westbound freight
train exploded Is miles east Of Inlay.
Sixteen cars were piled mp in the wreck.
All of the engine was blown away ex-
cept the trucks. The boiler was blown
over the telegraph wires and landed 20
feet away. The engineer was blown
100 feet and broken in pieces. The fire.
man was found so feet away and lived
80 inmates.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
Gun Fighter Killed At Ely

Word comes from Ely that Mike Man
j'lovic was shot and killed at one of the
Giroux Oompany's bunkhouses Saturday
night. He died while he was being
taken to the County Hospital. Mike
Olovic. a fellow miner, is suspected OF
the crime. He has escaped to the hills
aud is being searched for by posse.
Both were young men. MaDjalovic had
the reputation of being a gun-fiRh hter
He was said TO be constantly armed ano
once was convicted for carrying a con
caaled deadly weapon.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19

Passing resolutions recommending
modern legislation in medical matters,
the ninth annual meeting of the Nevada
State Medical Society closed Thursday
in Reno. The Society followed the lead
of the Utah State Society in declaring
for legislation making it obligatory upon
those who would marry to procure GER
tificates of health. The Society also
declared itself against the splitting Of
fees between doctors. declaring the
practice to be unethical.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19

The Commissioner of Industry. Agri-
culture and Irrigation. is now sending
over the State an illustrated pamphlet
entitled Nevada Potatoes" and is CIV
ing large amount of information to the
growers of the tuber. The book is got
ten out with special reference TO the
probability that the completion OF the
Panama Canal will open the Atlantic
coast markets to the Nevada potato.
which without doubt has no equal in
the country.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
DISCUSSES IRRIGATION PROJECTS

Discussing the work the Govern
ment is doing in reclaiming the arid
lands Of the West. Il. II. Newell, chief
of the Reclamation Service, outlined
what had been done during the last
% years. He told of the importance
of competent engineers and gave the
reasons for the many failures of pri-
vate capital in irrigation projects, be-
cause of lack of proper engineering
and lack Of knowledge of actual over
head charges in connection with such
ance of the laws in connection with
water rights in many Western States.
The desire on the part of many in
dividual promoters to sell land rather
than to construct a paying property,
properly financed, be said, had been one
of the greatest draw backs to irrigation
projects and had been the direct means
of many failures and heavy losses to So
called investors. Mr.. Newell stated that
there are to-day but few successful ir-
rigation projects in existence under the
management OF private capital. but
stated that with the help Of the Govern
ment and its vast accum ulation of re-
liable information. private capital could
be- made to pay well. Much depends.
however, on the kind of farmers that are
placed on irrigated lands. he added. In
conclusion Mr.. Newell stated that q
farmer with too much land is doomed
to failure. bat the farmer who buys Just
enough land to cover with brains as
well as water is bound to succeed.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
puDDANK MAKES $4,000
A MONTH FROM CACTUS
coosressman Sees A Solution To The
H;eb Price of Living Problem

Dupcan E. Mckinley. Republican n
Congressman, has what is guaranteed
10 be the real. true aud only answer to
,bs ouestion how 10 reduce the cost Of
living He is willing to guarantee 1t. il
a ia tried properly. Luther Burbank
ia the answer McKi ley offers.
"All the economic sharks agree" he
said "that the chief item is the high
nrices of meats. And they ell agree
that meats are high because the western d
range is gone.
Burbank has taken cactus and made
IL 90 smooth that you can rub your face
With it as you would a glove. Aud that
ia where it's value comes in. Every
ounce of that cactus is just as good for
cattle, sheep. hogs and chickens as al
falfa.
"Now, cactus grows naturally all over
the southwestern States. IL grows in
sand and takes its sustenance from the
air. There are $500. 900 acres OF land
in the intermountain States owned by
the Government that will grow that
cactus naturally without cultivation.
This is what / saw at Burbank g
place recently: On q single acre there
we're 2,056 tons of that cactus. and the
plants were but three years old. Think
Of where the price OF cattle and sheep
wonld go il that much alfalfa could be
raised TO an acre.
Burbank told me ten days ago that
he had often had his back against the
wall financially. but that the cactus had
pulled him out. He said he was getting
1900 a month net from it."
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
Iyestigsting Elko Justice

Judge Tabor has brought to the at
teution Of the Grand Jury the alleged
failure of Ben Klatte. Justice OF the
Peace of Elko Township, to pay into the
county treasury the money collected by
him for fines and forfeitures. The
amount involved is 1921. collected since
March.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19

Curly Rob-. an Indian employed at
the Fulstone and Frederick ranch, near
Fallon. had his right arm torn off at
the shoulder when it was caught in the
betting. He was Sharpening knives at q
grindstone operated by betting from q
water power wheel He was thrown
and twisted around with the revolutions
Of the wheel
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
Sells Tonopah Miner

James Morris, who, for nearly niue
years, has had active charge Of the
Tonopah Miner. has sold his interest in
that paper aud is retiring from the news
paper game, says the Tonopah Nevadap.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
BeatifC LOdge No. 7. K. Of P.

Meets every Tuesday evening at its Castle
Hall on North Main street, at o'clock,
from October / to March 81, and at 1850
o'clock from April to September 80
All Brother Knights in good standing are
fraternally invited to attend.
DANIEL L. DAVIES, @. O.
Attest: d. K. NosrRosA K. of K. as
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19

Tonopah haa a new daily morning
paper. The Tonopah Nevadan. 1t is
strongly Democratic. newsy, and pre-.
sents neat typographical appearance.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19

The harder a woman is to please the
less man will try.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19

Legal blanks and mining locations for
sale at this Office.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-10-19
Diamond Rebekal Lodge No. 5. L0.0.T.

Meets the Second and Fourth Monday Of
each month at the +. & A. NJ. and l. o. O.. 7,
Hall at o'clock from September to April
80, 1911. All sojourning Sisters and Brothers
are cordially invited to visit
LAURA HoEGH N. G..
GRACE l. TRAvERs. Secretary.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-02
CHAPTER n-(continued.)

Ihe latter had amused herself by
u number OF English papers
IN order to find out what was said in
London about that strange crime,
winch n had almost witnessed-the
man stabbed through the neck. from
ear to ear, and the wound so small it
might have been done with a skewer.
But, with characteristic Indifference,
London paid but little heed to the
mysterious dramas of a sister city. A
brief account of the grewsome dis
covery-a %flgurative shrug of the
shoulders as to the incompetence of
the Belgian police, who held neither a
clew to the perpetrator of the crime
nor to the identity of the victim. just
Il stranger-an idler. Brussels was full
OF strangers Just now. His nationality?
who knows? His individuality:
there seemed no one to care. The
police were active no doubt, but SO
far they had discovered nothing.
Two men, the murderer and the
murdered. engulfed in that great
whirlpool known as humanity, small
units of no Importance, since no one
Seemed to car Interesting to the de-
tectiNe who's duty it was to track the
crime to it's perpetrator. Interesting to
the reporter who could fill a column
tloningS. of examinations. Interesting
to the after-dinner talker who could
eXpatiate over n moral lessons to be
drawn from the conception of such a
crime.
But the murdered mar goes to his
grave unknown: and the murderer
wanders Cain-like on the face of the
earth-as mysterious, as unknown, as
silent as his victim.