The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-07-11

| ,oepL. lb-l9-Pottawatomie County Fair,
Sept. 17-2O-sterling Fair, Sterling.
Sept. 25-27-North Lincoln County Fair,
Agra.
| Oct 1-4-Jackson County Fair, Blair
Oct 14-16-Tulsa County Fair, Broken
| Arrow.
DR.. ]. c. Mahr, state health CON-
missioner, says Swat the refuse pile"
Caddo Herald reports cotton in that
neigRboorhood as being knee high"
Faxon Signal tells OF woman be-
ing attacked by an enraged bull and
severely gored.
Walter Ferguson Of the Cherokee
Republican, was awarded first prize
for write-up of Bartlesville.
Wanted-To exchange small fry leg
islators for dogs, then exchange the
dogs for brush pile to burn.-Guthrie
Leader.
Watonga Republican thinks the
bond of a state official, accused OF
embezzlement, should be little high
er than bootlegger's bond.
The Gushing Citizen tells of
young man suing for the loss of his
arm, and setting out in his petition
that it was his spooning arm and very
valuable.
An exchange is mean enough to
suggest that someone obtain a Pan
ama-Pacific brick and gold leaf it, and
sell it to Lieutenant Governor Meal
ester for $4,000.
The Granite Palladium tells of
19-months'-old baby drinking portion
of glass of gasoline, under the i'm
preston it was water, and immediate
ly becoming unconscious.
The boys of Watonga thought to
show their dads how to play the great
American game of baseball, but the
old men piled up thirteen home runs
against nine by. the kids.
Oil City Derrick of Carter county
comes from Sneed, but the Derrick re-
trains from printing the details ow-
ing to the papers reporter figuring as
the hero of the story.
Watonga Republican tells of one
Mexican who ran away with the wife
o. another, and from Ell Reno sent the
sorrowing husband two papers of
chill pepper to rub his lacerated feel.
ings.
Somebody lifted" 175 chickens,
Matched from eggs costing $50 set
ting, and shipped from Canada, and
the Altus Tribune thinks it is a pity
the owner did not see the chicken
fancier in time to empty a load of
shot into him where the suspenders
cross the back.
The Ponca City Courier wants to
know why Ponca has to guarantee
$1,40O to get chautauqua, while New
kirk has to shell down only $500.
Editor Wilfred Watt, OF Granite,
hastens to deny that he was recently
married in Hobart, and says that the
occasion of his visit to that city was
merely to watch an old friend lose his
liberty.
The Bartlesville Examiner tells Of
man who would be appointed deputy
sheriff of Washington county, and after
the sheriff had indicated the appoint
ment might be made the deputy asked
what to do in case man resisted ar
rest. The sheriff said pass him up
and 60 arrest someone who will go
without trouble"
Kinds Of the Hugo Husonian doesn't
believe anything he hears and only
half he sees. He prints an article
under protest and runs lead" as fol.
lows: 1.-THE story is an extended one
and should be reduced to smaller
space, but here it is with the under
standing that the Husonian disagrees
with most Of it." Kinds then runs
the story, and over on the editorial
page taken another wallop at it.
A "rubberneck drill" was the fea.
ture of a box supper given by the
Royal Neighbors at Pauls Valley.
A party of Ell Reno fishermen failed
to get together" on the letters sent
home regarding their trip. One wrote:
Been raining ever since we came;
have not caught fish yet" Another
wrote: Weather fine; nice place to
camp; owner will not allow us to take
any fish away for shipment" Another
wrote: 1--WE are not here yet, but will
arrive tomorrow if nothing happens"
All letters bore same date and post
marx.
where are our sweethearts Of yes
terday?" asks an exchange, and the
Cushing Independent remarks, search
us if we know and we rise to remark
that If one comes along we will care