The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-05-01
LOCAL MENTION

| attending lne DemocTdtlc puhquet
and mixing with the politicians oil
the district
C. f.. Woods was called to Dodge
| City Saturday, where his son, who
has been making his home with an
aunt in South Dakota, is i'll in hos
pital.
Harry Adams of Hooker is here
this week visiting his sister, Miss
Eunice Adams, and o. NJ. Woods. He
came back in the Woods car. Mr. and
Mrs. Woods were called to Hooker
| the latter part of last week to at
tend Dexter Woods, one OF the twins,
who had an arm broken. The young
ster did not want to come home after
| the accident and Is still with his
grandparents and is enjoying him
self despite the injured arm.
Prof. Fielder, the piano tuner, is
in the city for few days. Leave or
ders at Taylor's Drug store. ad2t5-l
Friday Mrs. d. A. Harris left TO.
CorydOn, Indiana, to see her father,
who was not expected to live.
Monday Warren Farmer left for
Mountain View, Missouri, where he
will visit the poultry breeders Lay
ing Contest which is being held there.
He expects next year to enter his
hens in the contest, which is open to
the national breeders and the points
which he gets this season will be of
value to him next year. From that
place he expects to go to Ava, Mis-
souri,, where he will fish, shoot squir-
rels, and visit relatives.
Mrs. S. r. McCamant came home
Saturday from Goodwill, Oklahoma,
where she has been visiting her hus-
band, who is relief R. 1. agent.
Mrs. S. c. Davis, who visited her
niece, Mrs. J. H. Yarberry, near Lo-
rena, returned to her home in Guy
mon the first of the week.
Violet Creedan, who has been stay
ing with her sister, Mrs. Fred Scott,
left Friday to make her home with
another sister, in Wichita.
Miss May Stephenson and Inez
Thomas came from Hutchinson, Sun
day, to visit their brother and cousin,
Dan Stephenson, a few days. They
are enroute to Colorado Springs, Col
orado.
Sunday, Henry VanGieson went to
Fowler TO work in a meat shop. He
may decide to move to Fowler If he
gets permanent place in the shop at
that place. Mr.. VanGieson is a good
meat cutter and will secure the place
if business justifies the use of an
other man at that place.
Tan shoes dyed black at Mrs.
Burke's shoe repair shop. ad At 81 pd
n. R. Jones, water service man
with the c. R. |. & P, was in Lib
eral this week looking after the
water supply. He was accompanied
by his wife, who visited a few days
with him.
Mrs. Dollie Rollins and Mrs. Ship
ley came from Tyrone Tuesday to
visit few days with Mrs. G. E.
Mann.
w. E. Bloom and Chas. Gassaway
made a trip to Meade Tuesday to get
a threshing machine they had pur-
chased from a man at that place.
They had 1t ready for shipment few
days before but had to wait for
fiat car on account of the cars being
in use to transport the soldiers to the
Texas border over the Rock Island.
The machine will be run by Mr..
Bloom this season and will be used
to take care of the product of both
Mr.. Gassaway and Mr.. Bloom.
Tuesday Ira and Joe Garrison went
to Coldwater where they will work
for H. B. Jackson. Joe will ride
horses for the race season for Mr..
Jackson.
Con Jackson was over from Guy
mon the first of the week. He will
be shipping his race horses to Den
yer some time in the near future. He
expects to be here with some of them
during the fair.
j. F.. Funk was in Kansas City
this week, having gone with ship
ment of cattle,
Earl Cooper, and ]. G. Ault left
Tuesday for Mullinyille to attend the
Odd Fellows reunion.
Monday Mrs. R. e, Woods, who
was here visiting her mother, Mrs.
B. F. Freeman, returned to her home
in Pratt, after few days visit here.
Mrs. Otto Spradling came from
Texhoma, Oklahoma, the first of the
week to visit her parents, j., b.
Spradling and wife, a few days,
Monday Arthur Scates left for his
home in Dodge City, He will be in
Liberal often as his law practice will
demand his coming back to look after
affairs for the Dodge City firm. He
made lot of friends while here and
all of them regret his leaving.
A monthly magazine, THE Four
Corners published by L. Willstaedt
at one time one of the newspaper
men of Liberal, was sent to Chas.
Summers this week. The magazine is
neat and newsy and the editor ad-
Vocates in it the making of farmers
homes on the corners Of each quarter
section so that four families may en-
Joy greater social freedom and also
have improvements in common that
will insure more modern and labor
saving devices both for home and
farm use The ideas he has may be
worked out to a certain extent but
some people would favor the corners
being about four miles apart.
John Ennis and his mother came
from Oklahoma City Friday. They
went to the ranch near Dombey, Ok
lahoma, last Saturday. Mrs. RObt.
Hall and Burris Wright, of Arkalon,
accompanied them. Mrs. Ennis is
home from spending the winter in