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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
A POLITE LITTLE KICK

The following polite complaint
comes to us from Stevens county and
1t appears that the writer Is about
right in what he says:
"Say, do you not have good roads
booster club in Liberal? II so, could
they not do some work on some OF
the roads that lead into Liberal?
About 20 rods Of road just east
of the old LeMonnier place, and west
from the dairy farm, that is the
worst piece of road between Hngoton
and Liberal, and when 1t Is wet at
all, 1t is almost impossible, and no
way to get around 1t, when a grader
used on 1t one day would make q
good road OF it. Then, another mud
hole Just north of Schmitts' place,
that the only way to get around this
mud hole, land 1t has been mud
hole almost all summer. Is to take
down the fence and go through the
field, when one team and scraper,
one day, would fix 1t In good shape
AS most of Stevens Co. people have
to go to Liberal more or less, and as
the merchants say they appreciate
the trade OF Stevens Co.. they ought
to show It by having the roads In
shape so we can get there with as
little discomfort as possible. At best
1t is a long road, even when 1t Is
good travelling. In our county we
have enough pride in ourselves to
fix up our roads. II you have such
ol,,h hnw, mould n do m aali fhnir
attention to this fact?"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
0 MERCY GIRLS! CAP
TURE THIS ONE

G. w. Light bought drill at the
Liberal Hardware Company's store
last week. Mr.. Light inspects ma
chinery very closely before he buys.
AS he was inspecting his purchase
he found little note tucked away
in a little crevice inside the drill.
1t must be from some big maunfac-
turer or something. 1t isn't a new
story, but tits interesting. The note
was as follows: Canton, Illinois. [
am nice young man twenty years Of
age with ample means for two. II
any nice girls would like to corres-
pond with intentions to marry please
write to me as | am very lonesome.
/ have about $4,000 that some nice
young lady could share with me.
Yours truly,
VICTOR NEGLEY.
P. S. Please hand this to a nice
young girl, old maid or widow. Best
wishes"
Looks like he ought to be able to
get three or four of the best for
thirty thousand dollars.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
Broom Corn Will Be Good

The broom corn raisers of the
southwest have been prompted to
real activity during the past sea-
son, and the result will be a heavy
harvest of good quality Four men
from near Lorena, Oklahoma, last
spring rented from John w. Baugh-
man his section 2-34-34 (which is
about Ave miles north and three
miles west of Liberal, and put out
$50 or 400 acres OF spring crop on
new breaking. OF this, some 225
acres we're planted to broom corn,
and the owners report that 1t will
make them q ton to every five acres
at the lowest estimate, and part OF
1t will make fully 500 pounds per
acre.
These men, who are Clarence Ras-
Ter with 85 acres; George Haight,
with SIS acres; Grover Clevenger,
with 80 acres, and Ed, Gray with As
acres, are now the busiest men in
the county. They are pulling their
corn, and want to hire a seeder and
baler, and will put their product in
attractive, marketable shape to bring
the very best price possible. They say
they will pool their crop and sell to-
gether.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
JUDGE THOMPSON IS
NOMINATED

The race between Thompson and
Farrelly has been a close one, and
the outcome has been rather doubt
ful up 10 today, but the following
telegram received from Albert
Jones who has gone to Topeka to
find out, settles the question in
favor of Judge Thompson: Re
turns: Thompson rs, Farrelly 50.
Allen 9. Bond s. Doubtful II.
"a will nominate. See statement
in Jotrnsl."
The article in today's journal
confirms this statement.
1t is az almost sure thing that
Mr.. Thompson will be the next
U. 5. Senator, for Stubbs, the
nominee on the Republican ticket
IS the most unpopular candidate
ever on a ticket, aud it was only
the thinly populated counties of
The short grass country tLat saved
MIN from utter annihilation. And
hat means that the voters who
were against Stubbs in the prim.
sry are going to vote for Thomp-
son at the election. There is not
one little village nor one city in
the state of Kansas but has repub.
hcan hackers of Judge Thompson
In it. Fifty thousand republicans
will vote for Mr., Thompson this
fall and every good progressive
democrat-and why shouldn't they
vote for him.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
BOOSTER EXCURSIONTO
tine new RAILROAD
Overhaul Your Cars and Plan
Your DinnerrGet All
Ready for an Early
Start n Week from
Friday, Aug. 20

Begin to prepare Mr.. Automo-
bile owner. to go with the bunch on
an excursion and booster trip to the
new Santa Fe cutoff S5 miles north
of Liberal. II you are not already
supplied. get Liberal pennants for
your cars. The object OF this trip
Ia to see the mighty, new tracklay-
Ing machine on this new road, work,
and also to advertise Liberal and the
inter-state fair to the people north
of here. We know Of about 5 cars
that will go. and 1t behooves every
Citizen in the vicinity to, go on this
trip--the more the merrier. 1t will
be an all-day trip and those who go
had better prepare a lunch for noon.
To see this great new machine would
be worth the trip, II no other good
were derived from it. See John
Banghman for any further informa-
zion about the trip.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
SCHOOL BOOKS ARE ALL
NEW THIS YEAR

The students this year will enter
school in the fall with a complete
set of new text books, change from
those used last year. At the recent
meeting of the state text book COM
mission a clean sweep was made OF
the old books.
"The books as a whole this year, ="
said County Superintendent C. F..
Smith, "are | believe better than
those used in the past five years.
The books though are not Of very
good material owing to the price they
sold for. neutrality-suspicious.:
are sold for. In Kansas the price Of
text books is regulated by the state
law and a maximum is set on every
book that is published for school pur-
poses. Under the law old text books
may be exchanged for Lne new ones
at a reasonable rate and the boOksell-
ers are not allowed to sell the books
at an advance of more than 10 per
cent. of the cost price.
The books selected by the commis-
sion we're.
Speller-Rathburn graded speller,
Reader-First, second and third
grades, Wooster; fourth and fifth,
University Publishing company.
Arithmetic-Smith, published by
CHM & Co.
Geography Elementary, pub
lished by Scribner; advanced, Tarr &
McMurray, published by Mcmillan &
Co.
Grammar-Scott-Southworth, pub
lished by Sanborn & Co.
Physiology-Krohn, published by
Appleton & Co.
United States Hlstory-Foster,
published by the Historical Publish
ing Co.
Civics-Miss Arnold.
Physical Geography-Gilbert &
Brigham, by Appleton & Co.
Writing Barnes system.
Observation-Disclosures Book Co
No Physics was adopted by the
commission as none of the books Of
fered were satisfactory.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
Hard on the Wheat in Stack

1t is a peculiar thing to "kick"
about in this country, but we are
having entirely too much rain the
last two weeks. Tuesday night an
other heavy downponr visited this
section. The precipitation was LBS
inches. On account of the lack OF
sufficient help, lot of the wheat
was not stacked properly, and con-
sequently it has become water-soaked
or at least part of 1t has. There
is not a great deal of damage done
yet, but the weather is delaying
threshing. The row crops are grow
ing so fast that one can almost hear
them grow and the dark rich green
hue that these crops have Is very
pleasing to the eye. Fine watermel-
ons are now coming onto the market,
and also some of the finest roasting
ears that have ever been raised in
this country Flowing for wheat
is in full blast where 1t is not too
wet to go into the field.
Another little" thing we might
mention in passing: The country
highways are In a terrible plight in
some places.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
Sucked Watermelon Seed
Into Lung

The little son of Mrs. R. Roberts
OF near Boyd, Okla, sucked a water
melon seed into one Of his lungs
last week while eating melon as boys
generally do. The lad was brought
to the city Sunday, and a local pNysf-
clan consulted. I'll was decided that
the child would have to go to hos
pital in Kansas City. The boys
uncle, MIR. Gate, accompanied by DR..
Higginbotham, took him to Kansas
City, but the boy continued to get
better from the time he left here
and by the time he reached the city
he, was apparently all right. The
physicians there could not tell wheth-
er or not the seed was still in the
lung so the boy and his uncle re-
mained at the hospital so that the
attendants may watch him.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
HAVE Y0u--YET?

Have you purcha ased your season
tickets yet for the coming Chautadua2
II not, you had better do so at once.
They cost only $500, and the enter
talnment of DR., Friedrich Cook alone
wlllbe wqrth the price. Other extra
ordinary and fine numbers win be The
Royal Templars, and Shungopavi the
Indian magician. These mentioned
are not all of the numbers by any
means only few Of the best ones. All
other enterprlsing towns in the State
have successful chautaQua course and
why should not weY Don't pay by the
entertainment, but buy season
ticket,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
A LOVELY TIME

The base ball fans of Liberal had
lovely time Sunday afternoon, and
the cause of this lovely time was
two good ball games, which Liberal
of course won. Smith was in the
box and Sheehan behind the big NIT
for Liberal, and the outstanding play
ers were all up on their tiptoes and
were after everything that came their
way. Smith held the visitors to only
few hits and struck down eleven
men. Ben Kennedy for Floris
knocked some terrible big ones over
into center field which made the
crowd hold their breath but his neph-
ew, Earl Craig, fastened his little
paw around each one and grinned at
his big uncle, and motioned him back
to the tall timber Floris played a
good game but failed to do a thing
worth while when the bases would
be full, and Smith pulled out OF
some bad holes. The ground was
very rough and it made it hard to
judge anything in the diamond, con-
sequently several errors were made.
The game was a rattling good one
and everyone enjoyed it. The score
by innings:
Floris 0 0 0 / 0 0 1 ID
Liberal 1 0 2 0 03 l OF
The Saturdays game between
Floris and Liberal was won by Flor
is, by a score of 10 to A.
Before the big game Sunday the
high school boys of the Guymon and
Liberal schools played good six in
ming game ending in victory for
Liberal by score of IL to 3.
Hugoton will probably be the vic
tim OF this Sundays game
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
Commissioners View Roads

The county commissioners and the
county surveyor went over the roads
east of the city last week, looking
over the proposition to have a public
road made. This proposed road runs
east from the NJ. F. Cavanaugh farm
north OF Liberal, past the farms Of
G.. S. Erlewine, ]. s, Dodd, Geo. Chit
tenden and E. DeSelm. The gentle
men who travelled the roads say that
the crop conditions are very fine,
but that the roads were pretty bad in
places and that the machines could
not travel the roads at times and
were compelled to go out Of the
roads and into the pastures. We
hope that this road will be estab-
lished, as 1t will be a great thing for
both the country people and the
town.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
PROGRESS

Through the courtesy of o. M.
Woods, the writer, with several 9TH
eFs, took a little automobile excur-
tsi0n Tuesday morning. The party
went first over the road south of the
cityAto the state line. This road is
In pretty bad condition since the re-
cent rains. and 1t surely needs re-
pairing that Is now being done upon
1t. A large grader pulled by eight
horses is on the job and 1t will not
be long until the road between here
and the state hne will be in good
condition. Some work will have to
be done upon this road at regular in
tervals 30 that 1t will hold up. The
question Of drainage from the juno
tion just on the line Is serious one
and 1t Is probable that large ditch
will have to be dug to carry OFF the
water that collects in the low spot
at that place. Mr.. Woods then drove
the party out to the fair grounds
The poultry building Is completed
and II makes q neat appearance al
though it is not as large as the poul-
try building at the Hutchinson fair
The agricultural building is we'll
under way and 1t will be about
30x65 feet. Work on the race track
is going along at good rate, but
there Is more work about making one
of the things than we supposed This
track, we understand. will be one Of
the best In the country. The auto
mobile racing will not take place on
this track. as II is reserved for
horses only, and the track will be
carefully cared for. The we'll Is COM
pleted and Is throwing fine stream
of the best water In the world. The
grounds are place of busy scenes
now and II will not be long, until It
will look like a new town.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16

An advertisement, which Is not
one of the best the town ever had is
the bad mud hole on Kansas avenue,
up by the high school building. Sew
eral wheat wagons have been stuck
there lately, with large loads of
wheat, and we expect that the inter-
est and investment lost where this
wheat was stuck, would have been
sufficient to mend the place. And
then 1t would look so much nicer.
This place is between 9th and 9th
streets.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
Unwelcome Visitors

Suday night the town was visited
by horde of grasshoppers, which
came in one great bunch. They
clouded the streets and made 1t mis-
cradle for pedestrians. They frol-
ieked about all night. and Monday
morning they were all tired out and
thousands were smashed upon the
sidewalks and clerks were kept busy
sweeping them out of the stores. At
a signal from the King Grasshopper,
we suppose, they arose Monday after
noon about $3.50 and flew south.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
To Build Another Wire

j. P. Barnhardt, district traffic su-
perintendent OF the Western Union,
announces that on account Of the
unusually heavy business down the
Rock Island. southwest Of Hutchin-
son, another trunk telegraph wire
may be strung.
This wire will extend from down
the southwest through Liberal 10
Hutchinson. Liberal may be made q
general relay station.-Hutchinson
News.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16

Judge Thompson, who secured the
democratic nomination for United
States Senator. deserved to win II
energy and printers ink have any
value. During the last three weeks
of the campaign the Herald printed
over 10000 circular letters, four
page booklets, envelopes and cards,
and the Judge had other printing of
fices at work in different parts Of
the state. All this mass of stun
was sent out by his stenographer,
Albert Jones, who has concluded that
1t is no soft snap to be In politics
with Judge Thompson.-Garden City
Herald.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
REPAIR WORK DONE

We repair everything, sewing ma
chimes, bicycles, typewriters and all
kinds of furniture. 8-16-tf
BEAVER & GRAY NEW AND SEC
OND HAND STORE
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16
THE new STORE

Notice the Ad. this week for the
new drygoods store, to be opened
soon 10 the Tucker building on Kan.
sss avenue, Mr.. Rushton, the pro-
prletor, Is an experienced man in the
business and he will have one OF the
finest and up-to-date stores in the
country. New fall goods are arriv-
Ing for the store every day. Watch
for the opening sale.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16

Work has begun on the construc-
ton OF a new slx-room residence for
C. A. Cross. in the north part OF
town, this week.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Schuler and
daughter, Emma. left for their home
in Lincoln. Nebraska, after Q visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. H. Edison.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16

Chas. and Ralph Summers. viii
Rezeau and p. 8. Clymer went to
Dodge City last week to attend the
funeral Of G. NJ. Beeson, who died
from injuries received while riding
fractious horse. Mr.. Beeson was
an old timer In this country and many
Liberal people knew him we'll.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-16

]. W. Baughman went to Plains
Wednesday morning on the local.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-27
editorial Page of6Che Oacoma Cimes
Worried About Hodge

The Hay standpatters getting worried about
Bob Hodge, the peoples candidate for governor
The Hay gang placed Johnny Lawrence and few
other dummies in the race for governor and hoped
that Hodge would be so busy swatting the dummies
that he would overlook Hay, the putty man. But
Hodge refuses to pay any attention to the dummies
Hodge, as the spokesman of the people, insists on
telling things about Hay. He persists in pointing
out that the people of this state were robbed OF
their right to say whether they wanted Taft or
Roosevelt by Hay who acted on the advise OF his
directors. Hodge insists that the people OF this
state should not blame the crooked national com
mittee for stealing the Washington delegates for
Taft but they should put the blame where it belongs
upon M. E. Hay, the governor who has been the
willing tool of the old standpat gang.
Yes, the gang is worried and so the standpat or
gans are resortng to rdcule of Bob Hodge, but Bob
thrives rdicule from the gangsters They flooded
him with ridicue when he announced that he would
quit the mines and for sheriff of King county.
They ridiculed him right up to election day, and
THEN THE PEOPLE SHOWED WHAT THEY
THOUGHT OF BOB HODGE BY ELECTING
HIM AT THE HEAD OF THE TICKET.
Two years ago the people did the same thing, and
now Hodge, the of the people, from the people,
and for the people, is offering his services as COVER
nor of the state.
Of course the standpatters are worried. They
have good reason to be-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-27
"A Cinch On Papa

The American head of the family may have his
troubles. He may thing it awful to have to dodge
14inch pat pin every time he comes within speak
ing distance of wiley. He may be scared stiff in
feeling around for babys collie the table and
putting his hand into a 20-lb wad of hair that feels
alive and creepy. But let him turn his eyes China
the reformed China.
Vice President Ii Yung Hung is one of China IS
liveiest reformers and he has decreed that there
shall be am end to the binding of Chinese female
feet Observe that he attacks feminine fashion by
law. Tough undertaking in any country reformed
or unreformed, isn't itf But please sit up and
notice that Mr. Ii Hung isn't going to punish women
for infraction of his foot reform law He's going to
fine husband or papa ten days. wages for each vi
olation by the women Of the family. You read
lily see where the women of the household have papa
can't you? You can realize what nice quiet little
busy bee papa is bound to become when all that
mamma has to do is to appear with feet fashionaby
bound and away papa goes to the caaboose in de-
fault OF fine OF ten days. wages. Huhl What
China aiming at may be reform all right, but it
smacks of petticoat government and it makes such
American institutions manslaughter hat pins
rats" and infantile collie appear like pretty easy
troubles for the head of the house.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-27

So, for this reason, as we'll as
for the ''sayso," women must or
ganize. Woman's labor Is worth.
in her lines, as much as mans is
in his lines, and must be paid for
at corresponding rate. And the
women's labor union is the one
means for securing such pay.
"The long day" is another thing
that Women have got to fight. Get
ting legislation is slow work. The
women are going to organize and
cut down the long day themselves.
In many factories girls work,
in rush season, twelve to fifteen
hours day. AS one girl worker
says: This isn't work-it's just
serving a life sentence, with no
time off for good behavior"
So the women are going to fight
for their rights-for the right
to be treated as human beings In
stead of as machines. OF course,
it will be a desperate fight, for
the employer, as soon as his
rights" are infringed upon, will
doh' Sdn ' L w d6 i llhS VIII
my own business2"
And the organized working
woman will answer:
Not just exactly, MIR. Employer.
Because, you see, it's OUR busi-
ness too. You have put in your
money--that's YOUR capital. We
put in our strength and skill
that's OUR capital. And we both
put i'm a common factor - our
BRAINS. And can't you see, Mr..
Employer, that our brains demand
some ''sayso" In this business I'm
which we are as much employed
as your"
And the 100000 women
workers of the United States win
stick to their guns until they get
a real acceptance of their answer
until they are allowed a sayso
in the conducting of their own
lines-which they sell, but do
not GIVE AWAY to their en-
ployers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-27
~ VS
N|, IN, INSIDE BASE BAL:
~ sssSssssll1rcI es sEKros eRAL1r

The catcher calculus in signaling "out"
The batter figures algebraic,
For the former vulgar method
And is considered less archaic.
The coacher helps the with voey
And the fieders utter Spanish in defiance,
But they the old
cheese"
As they did before the became a sciencei
They have catalogued the
Till they haven't left chance
And the players mental
Till each member of the team is called Professor"
On their planes and and segmen and their geomec
And their mathematic plans they place reliance
But their yels
As they before the became science.
And tell plain and truhful-its the
And the players aren't a lot bullying highbrows;
They're bunch of
And whose
There Is still the old excitement and the roofing
Whether watching arrant 'bushers"
And love to sit and boiler the beaehers
AS we did before the game became science!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-27
by the Junior Office Boy.


n. y, jooly 27.-anuther bust
ed romanse, anuther shattered
dream
gerls. If you are thinking of be-
ing farmers wife don't do II
until you have read this sad tail
its about mary brady, witch let
john gillen slip the wedding hand
cuffs on her shapely rists one
fare day in june
mary she lived up In harlem
with her pa and ma and 6 or z
bruthers and sisters, and john he
had farm in rockland county
with a flock of cows and nice
little famely of pigs and duck
pond that you could smell from
the railway station If the wind
dident happen to be blowing from
the slauter house the uther side
of the tracks.
well, mary she was crowdin 27
and getting dollers a week in a
harlem department stoar, and she
had made up her mind she would
marry anything that looked
human and had money enough to
pay for the permit
so when john blew along and
asked her would she accept him
and the pigs and the rest of the
rockland county live stock, she
made Just one swift grab
now she is back in the little
old harlem flat and trying to
think of some way to jolly the
boob who owns the department
stoar into handing her back her
little old job at the notion
counter
john he got sore when she