The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-07-04

Sept 16-10-Pottawatomie County Fair,
Shawnee.
Sept 17-2O-sterling Fair. Sterling.
Sept 25-27-North Lincoln County Fair.
Agra.
Oct. I-4-Jackson County Fair, Blair.
Oct. H-16-Tusa County Fair, Broken
Arrow
A "rubberneck drill" was the fea-
ture of a box supper given by the
Royal Neighbors at Pauls Valley.
John zedick, aged 80, Bohemian, un.
married, was found dead, hanging in
tree, five miles north of Perry.
Judge Lynch will ever be hustling
competitor to Judge Delay when it
comes to getting and disposing of
criminal court business
Watonga Republican thinks the
bond of state official, accused of
embezzlement, should be little high
er than a bootleggers bond.
Ponca City Courier tells of a local
citizen being arrested for carrying
concealed weapons, and says he was
given a fine of $25, which he paid.
Wheat threshing is now going on in
Kay county The yield is ranging
from to 30 bushels per acre and test
Ing from 81 to 60 pounds per bushel
Caddo Herald reports cotton in that
neighboorhood as being "knee high"
FaXon Signal tells of a woman be-
ing attacked by an enraged bull and
severely gored.
The Johnson County Capital-Demo.
crat says Oklahoma temperature diff.
fers from its taxes somewhat in that
the former occasionally goes down,
but the latter never.
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.
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.
County Assessor w. p. Burks, who
has just completed the work of as
sessing Tillman county, finds that the
total property value of $l5,S22,345.
which is $4,000 greater than last
year
Country editors spend consider.
able part of their time fighting the
mail order houses in behalf of the
local merchants, but who ever heard
of a merchant fighting for a local
newspaper
]. II. Baird, the tax auditor in col
lecting for Tillman county taxes
which were not on the tax rolls, has
succeeded in gathering S7,99245.
Wanted-TO exchange small fry leg.
islators for dogs, then exchange the
dogs for brush pile to burn.-Guthrie |
Leader.
A young man down east hanged him.
self because some persons found fault |
with him, says the Carney Enterprise,
which adds that II the practice were
to become general in Oklahoma the
trees would be full Of teachers, preach.
ers and editors.
Apropos republican gubernatorial |
candidates, the Hugo Husonian says:
Republicans are grooming John Bur
ford, but the leaders have promised |
the honor to Amos Ewing and that
as Ewing is a much more handsome
man he is more qualified for the nom
nation.
The Pawnee Times-Democrat says
that a summer resort is Issuing a
pamphlet on how to behave in ca.
noe" and things that if you have to
behave in one, all the fun Of canoeing
is taken away.
At meeting Of the directors of the
Kingfsher Commercial club it was de.
cided to- hold a country club meeting
at Omega on the evening Of July Is,
the club meeting held at Keil June
II having been such pronounced sue.
cess.
The Canadian Valley News of Jones
City got into the metropolitan clasI
last week by having all page one heads
printed in red, and lead ALI line
in red across the top of the page. II
is the first country paper in the
state, so far as we know, that has
attempted the feature.
Oil City Derrick of Carter county
says the first fish story of the season
comes from Sneed, but the Derrick re
Trains from printing the details ow
ing to the papers reporter figuring as
tho har0 of the story