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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
Columbia River Basin is Vast.

The Columbia river has drainage
area of 100000 square miles. Its
source is in British Columbia, and its
basin occupies enormous areas in that
province and in Montana, Wyoming,
Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Ne
vada. Few river basins in the country
are so diverse. 1t contains some OF
the highest peaks in America and
some Of the most fertile valleys in the
world. Some idea Of the resources OF
the basin may be had from the state
ment that the navigable waters of the
Columbia and it's tributaries aggregate
length of 2,196 miles. Within the
Columbia river drainage basin are al
least one-third of the available water
powers in the United States, but de
velopments Of this resource have
scarcely begun.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
HUBBY HAD NOT FORGOTTEN
Was Right There With Wedding An
nlversary Present, and Yet Wife
Was Not Pleased.

1t was late afternoon and time to
get her husbands supper, but the
woman sitting modify by the fire
never moved.
Her heart was breaking.
1t was her birthday. She had been
married only four years, but he-her
husband-had forgotten her birthday
already. That morning he had given
her no present; not even an extra
kiss before rushing off to town.
Presently there was the sound of
a key turning in the lock. Into the
room came her husband. Still she
never moved.
He bent over her and whispered as
he dropped tiny parcel into her lap:
MANY happy returns, darling!"
Her heart was mended. She sprang
to her feet and seized him in a frantic
grasp as she realized that, after all,
he still loved her. Then she opened
the parcel.
Pipe cleaners!" she gasped, as she
displayed little bundle of feathers
Eyes, sweetheart" said the man. 81
knew that they'd please you, as you
object to my using your hairpins!"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23

ence on board.
Germany merely followed Eng.
lands example when she declared
part of the high sea an area of war.
Consequently accidents suffered by
neutrals on enemy ships in this area
OF war cannot we'll be judged differ
emily from accidents to which neu-
trails are at all times exposed at the
seat of war on land when they betake
themselves into dangerous localities
in spite of previous warnings. If,
however, it should not be possible for
the American government to acquire
an adequate number of neutral pas
senger steamers, the Imperial govern
ment is prepared to interpose no OBJ
jections to the placing under the
American flag by the American gov
eminent of four enemy passenger
steamers for passenger traffic be-
tween North American and England.
Assurance of free and safe passage
for American passenger steamers
would extend to apply under the iden-
tical pro-conditions to these formerly
hostile passenger steamers.
1.-THE president of the United States
has declared his readiness in way
deserving of thanks, to communicate
and suggest proposals to the govern
ment of Great Britain with particular
reference to the alteration Of mari
time war. The imperial government
will always be glad to make use OF
the good offices of the president and
hopes that his efforts in the present
case, as we'll as in the direction of the
lofty ideal of the freedom of the seas,
will lead to an understanding.
THE undersigned requests the am
bassador to bring the above to the
knowledge of the American govern
ment. and avails himself Of the OPP
portunity to renew to his excellency
the assurance of his most distinguish
ed consideration.
(Signed) WON JAGOW.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
HAPPINESS HAS BEEN FOUND
Thrift According to Banker, ouaran-
tees the UnattalnahIe Cor Ages,
But Does II?

Thrift" runs a banks advertise
ment in a car window, where many a
weary eye must see it night and morn
ing, "is the guarantee of happiness.
Men have hunted for happiness for
many a century, hunted for it in
wealth, in power, in knowledge, in
friendship, in accomplishment, in re-
ligion, in gratif1ed vanity, in change, in
freedom, in crowds and in solitudes.
No one has been able to fill lifetime
with happiness. 1t may not have been
Intended that anyone should. In all
lives there are oases-garden spots in
the desert, with springs of clear water,
where one may lie in the shade Of the
trees. But at the end of the road the
pain at least matches the comfort, I'M
happiness balances the happiness.
Sometimes old men say that life is
worth the trouble it takes to live it,
and sometimes they deny 1t.
But" says the advertisement in the
car, which people stare at when they
are tired of looking out of the window
Or at each other, thrift is the guaran-
tee of happiness"
Some are thrifty because they can
not possibly procure more than the
necessities of life. Others are thrifty
from choice. They worry about their
money. They wake up in the middle
of the night with cold sweat on their
brows, having dreamt that the bank
has failed. They deny themselves
pleasures which might have allowed
their lives to blossom out and expand.
For the sake of problematical future
they build high walls around the pres
ent They envy those who have more
than they, and sometimes they despise
those who have less.
With a few, thrift becomes the
noblest of virtues. 1t is so when it Is
practiced for the sake of others. But
it does not guarantee happiness. We
must go little further to find the pan
acea which shall cure humanity of ills
and relieve it of its sorrows. If we
could fudIout the secret we should put
the seal on the philosophy of all the
ages. For philosophy is seeking after
the solution proclaimed so glibly in
the car placard. Philosophy's first
question is, whether life is worth liv
ing, and its second question is, how ii
may be made most worth living; that
is, happiest,
There is happiness in being without
envy in being without hatred, in being
without fear. There is happiness il
helping others. There is happiness In
finding what one can do best, and do
ing it with all ones might. There Is
happiness in the emotion Of brother
hood, in feeling in ones own body the
flow of great forces which sway man
kind from generation to generation.
But if we try to define happiness, o.
to point the way to it, we are as futile
as the placard on the car If there Is |
road to happiness, every man mus
find it for himself, and perhaps tn
first step will be remuneration and hu
mility.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
Such a Long Time Ago.

He had just reached the philo-
sophical stage when he slipped into a
restaurant between bars for a bit to
eat. He ordered. Then he sat star
ing ahead quietly thoughtful in ex-
preston, and waited.
1t is admitted he did some waiting.
too. What happened to his order
couldn't be understood outside the
peculiar convolutions of a restaurant
kitchen, but he spent half an hour
sitting there staring ahead Of him.
At last 1t came. AS the waitress
put the order before him he started
from his deeD study, as if he had for
gotten he had an order coming Then,
looking up at the fair transporter of
edibles, he said:
"You don't look a day older!"-
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
Happiness Inspires Happiness.

The better we understand life, the
more we come to the realization Of
the fact that happiness is a duty. 1t
signifies that we are working In har-
mony with the laws Of our being. 1t
is one of the conc omitants of right
eousness. Righteousness in its last
analysis will be found to be living in
right relations with the laws of our
being and with the laws Of the uni
verse about us. This attitude, this
habit of happiness, is also benefit to
others. AS cheerfulness induces cheer
fuiness in others, so happiness in
spires and induces happiness. We
communicate this condition to those
about us. Its effects come back in
turn from them to us again. AS anger
inspires anger, as love and sympathy
inspire love and sympathy in others,
each of its kind, so cheerfulness and
happiness inspire the same in others.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23

wife and big family. people wondered
that he had ever been allowed to prac-
tice enough to become efficient
One day someone asked him how it
was his wife had never objected to
being disturbed by his ear.splitting
hobby.
We'll, you see" said Pendip conf
dentially, though my wife is, of
course, frightfully fond Of me, still
know there is something about my face
that she doesn't like, End rather
fancy she welcomed the change OF ex'
preston | had to adopt to play the
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
Woke Him Up.

The young man was rather slow.
So the girl thought it time to give
him hint.
Gracious" she exclaimed sudden
ly, 1--WE bruised my lip! Do you know,
Mr.. Jenkins, my mother always used
to kiss hurt place to make it well.
"And did it do any good?" asked
the young man, failing to see the
point.
81 don't remember" replied the girl
getting desperate; "but those old-fash'
toned remedies are sometimes very
good"
Then he got busy.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
]
Glacier Protection.

Protecting itself against a glacier is
the peculiar problem that confronts
the town of Valdez, Alaska. This gla-
cier, situated between mountain
masses several miles away, has proved
dangerous in periods of long sunshine
when great masses of ice sometimes
fall 70 the ground, releasing tons of
water that had been held in pools
and ponds on tbs glacier. The water
rushing to the town picked up trees
and powders on the way, often doing
considerable damage, as in 1911, when
10S structures were carried to the
ocean. United States army officers
conceived the idea Of preventing the
recurrence of such floods by the con-
struction of a dixie. An appropriation
was made by congress and the dixie
formally dedicated. The dixie is in a
general U shape, so constructed that
the town lies within the arms out of
reach of the water. 1t is $500 feet
long and six feet wide, constructed OF
earth During food times guards pa
troll the dixie, ready to give warning
II any weakness or break is discoV'
cred, says the Technical World.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
His Complaint.

you say in your paper" said the
man who had asked to see the editor,
that Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Peck are
enjoying a visit from Mrs. Peck's
mother"
Isn't that statement correct?"
asked the editor
"Oh, she's visiting us all right
enough" admitted Mr.. Peck, "and I
daresay my wife is enjoying 1t, but
you can leave me out of it. If you
put any more sarcastic remarks like
that in your paper, I'll stop my sub
scription."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
Ready to Risk Il.

"Mr, Jones wants a windy-pane
twilve inches be fourteen" remarked
young Patrick Mulrooney, entering
the GLACIERS shop.
In the shop was a smart young as
sistant who wanted to have a Joke
with Pat.
Haven't snv that size?" he replied
gravely. "Will one fourteen inches
by twelve do?"
Pat looked thoughtful for a minute.
Then he replied:
Hes wantin' it at once, and this
is the only shop in town Give me
wan O. thin. P'r'haDs If we put 1t in
sideways no one will notice"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
To XIII Llmhuraer Scent.

A Pennsylvania cheesemaker is au.
thority for the statement that 1t is the
outside of limburger cheese that smells
Observation-Disclosures If this part is cut
off in chunks. sliced and given few
seconds Immersion In hot water the
smell will be destroyed, leaving the
taste unimpaired. The inside Of the
cheese, he says, needs no treatment
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
Nearly Lost.

Shelf you could have only one
wish, what would it be?
He-It would be that-that- Oh
If | only dared to tell you what IL
would be!
She-Well, go on! Why do you sup
pose I brought up the wishing sub.
iect?
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
Constable In Hard Luck.

The special constable was chahed
bv his friends for appearing on parade
without hts badge. "You see" ex-
planned the Special" q was in rather
tough crowd getting on the car the
other night and when l got in l FOUND
that someone had pinched my badge.
They really ought to have detectives
to watch the busy spots on ram
routes. Manchester Guardian.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23
How He Did It.

To look at, Pendip wasn't the sort
of man you would have expected to
possess any particular talent, except
perhaps gift for never missing mis-
train to work. He looked the sort Of
little person who would always be at
the Office on the stroke of time.
He had face rather like dam
aged pear. and wore tie that hooked
on to his collar stud.
AS matter of fact, he played the
cornet very well. did Pendip, and, as
he live "au house with small
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23

When an old man falls in love he is
entitled to a lot more sympathy than
he gets.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23

A thornless rose would not impress
one very deeply.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23

cornet properly. That's merely my
iGea, of course, but it's the only ex-
p;anation that occurs to mel"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-07-23

A woman would rather be incon-
sistent than otherwise.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-08
HALF OF ALL FOREST
FIRES PREVENTABLE
Analysis of Reports Shows That More
Than so Per Cent. of Great Annual
Loss of Life and Property
is Due to Avoidable
Causes

With the opening of the season OF fire
] danger on most of the national forests
the forest service is sending broadcast a
warning that more than half OF the for.
est fires in the United States are due ia
Icarelessness or other preventable causes
starting from campers, railroad loeomo-
tives, brush burning, incendiares and
sawmills.
This statement is based on an analysis
OF statistics compiled from the forest
fire. records of the last season, when
more than 1000 fires were reported on
national forests alone and approximately
10000 on state and private holdings in
the Is states which received federal CO.
operation in fire protection under the
Weeks law, namely, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts Connec-
ticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland,
West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, WIS
consin. Minnesota, South Dakota, Mon
tana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon.
Forest fires destroy millions of dollars
worth OF timber and other property every
year, and in some years cause consider
able loss of life. Ii has been estimated
from the best information obtainable
that forest fires last year burned over
an area of approximately 100000 acres
with a total loss of at least S9,500,000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-08

A visitor - q sman country toWl
iust be due. en- animal shich b. firiesI
VERY uueh-
RaskinF 90 fhs Ore - thr i1ral nrvs
rsrsr. hs hnnaef rs ar advert ssnnent nf
fsrine $3.50 rsanr1 fof tie return of hi.
dog
Half Hu hauf iafrf 10 fhgurht NJ
wunia saa a. hr asTertissmHnf ne
vardss @Nu uuesti1ns asked So ~
turies ~ 81 fhs onies arain
When - ct there tie rlses was
swrtv strs f1G e small hrr. Who locs-s1
VERY srEkr
eHkarsn 81 ssnr aatrf tts f1rr-
ist risnrfu1 raarf 10 deserted rnur.
-psH ltatfns co. Fur 60 was tts
Errrissad resa-t-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-08
Speaker at Dry Convention
Says the Saloon Is
Doomed
TELLS OF THE
FIGHT IN THE WEST
Drink Death Rate for World
Is 100000 An
&c. nually

Atlantic City July s,--The legalizec
liquor traffic is killing men in the Unit
ed States at the rate OF 1000 a day, ac
cording to the Rev A. w. Leonard, pas
tor of the First Methodist Episcopal
church at Seattle, Wash Addressing del
egates to the AhthS saloon League Of
America convention. he added that the
liquor death rate for the world is $780,
900 year.
"The liquor traffic is a greater foe to
the world than amy plague or epidemic
of which the race OF man has knowledge,
he declared, 1T is mans greatest and
deadliest foe"
The Rev. Leonard told in detail Of
the fight against liquor in the north
west
prohibition did come suddenly to the
northwest" he said. 1T came, first, as
the result of years of education, and sec
ond, as the result of aggressive but sane
temperance legislation"
High praise was paid the w 2. j. ".
by the speaker. The Sunday schools of
the states played an important part in
the campaign and education against
liquor, too he said.
"The death knell has been sounded,
Rev. Leonard concluded THE saloon
is doomed and its utter destruction viii
be accompanied at no distant day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-08
NEEDLESS WASTE OF CAPITAL.
Where to Drill for Petroleum and Where
Not

In the early DAYS Of the oil industr,
one geologist made his reputation an,
proved bis services to be invaluable Il
his company by telling the operator
merely where not TO drill. In a recent
logical survey, bulletin 602, entitled AN
ticlinal structure in parts of Cotton anc
jefferson counties, Oklahoma" by Carroll
H. Wegemann, the federal survey, work
ing in cooperation with the 0klahoma
geologicT survey, ia giving similar in.
formation TO the public but il also points
out the favorable localities for drilling
Ii gives the oil prospector valuable sug.
gestions for operating in an untried ter
ritory and puts into il the hands of the
scientist a mass OF valuable geologic OBJ
servations on the Permain RED Bed"
gathered during study of the terri
tory.
The region discussed embraces about
| 270 square miles in southern Oklahoma.
bounded on the south by Red river and
on the north and east by the branch of
the Chicago, Rock Island 4 Pacific rail
way which passes through Temple, Hast
ings, Waurika. Sugden and Ryan. IL was
examined by Mr. Wegemann during the
summer and autumn of 1918.
The geological survey does not. Of
course, promise that oil OF gas will be
found AZ any point in this unexplored
area. Only the drill can answer this
question, for the occurrence of oil is
controlled By several factors, some of
which can net be detected az the sur
face OF the ground. On the west the
area joins the Grandfeld district. dis
cussed In the United States geological
surveys bulletin 547. Across Red river,
in Texas. 10 the south and southwest,
are the old fields OF Petrolia and Burk-
burnett The development in the vicini-
" Of Lawton lies some 80 miles north
and a little west Of the field and the
Healdton pool 25 miles east Of IL.
On an sides. therefore, lie proved oil
fields, and in the area examined the
same formation u present AZ the sur
face as that through which the wells 1
Of Petrolia, Burk burnett, Healdton, and ]
LAYTON have been drilled. Il il an area /
in which few tests have been made, and /
its secrets Of success or disappointment /
for the operator are still untold. The 4
present report discusses the possibilities
of finding oil or gas in the area and in
iicates the most favorable localities for
drilling wcils. u includes . map show
nc locations Of anticlines and the local.
lies most favorable Ger the accumula-
ion IT oil and gas.
MONEY put into drilling . dry hole
n en- undeveioped area j. lost almost
is completely e. n il were burned. "a
4 en- expensive way Of lcarning where
lot 10 drill and the bsnsfts derived from
uch an expenditure are almost entire
8 negative IN character. such prospect
"a IN the region described in this report
as in the neighborheod II ss.0g0 %
Inup0 = hole 81 The report should sc-
omuiish NJ more than the saving 81 the
ssd Ioss incidental q tie drilling Of
No drv hole IN this area b WlH have
here than paid for the cost 81 the n
niuation-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-08
Washington Thinks This i
Attitude of Germany
Toward u. S.
PROPOSALS AS CALLED
NOT SATISFACTORY
Hope the Formal Note Will
Meet Our De-
mands

i Washington, July S.--Indications yes.
terday We're that the United States
would await the receipt of the German
reply to the note ON submarine warfare
as finally delivered to Ambassador Ger
ard before expressing view on the ac-
eeptability of the recent German pro-
posals. Officials here generally declined
TO express any opinion on the sugges-
tons made by Germany in the tenta-
tive draft informally submitted to Am
bassador Gerard. Ii was not under
stood that Germany had requested Am
bassador Gerard to learn the views of
this government, but merely had trans
mitted a rough memorandum of the pro-
posals SO the United States could, if it
chose, make comment. 1t Is considered
likely that the United States will de-
cline to enter into a discussion while
awaiting Germanys reply. Thus far no
instructions have been sent to Ambassa-
dor Gerard, although of his own initiative
he asked if there were any, and it is not
altogether certain that any will be sent
except, perhaps TO make inquiry as to
when the final draft of the reply will be
ready. Officials here are hoping it will
be ready shortly. Almost month has
elapsed since the American note was
sent.
The further message from Ambassa-
dor Gerard were yesterday transmitted
to President Wilson at Cornish. The
dispatch tended TO show that Germany is
anxious to bring about compromise
on the question of her submarine cam
paign and there were indications in Off
cial quarters that the proposals in their
present form are not acceptable to the |
United States Just what means would |
be adopted TO inform Germany % the
OF the United States is not |
apparent.
Although from press dispatches and
other sources il appeared that the Ger
man proposals were unsatisfactory the
was not regarded in well.in-
formed quarters as hopeless, much en-
being drawn from the fact
that tentative draft OF the note was
TO the American ambassador.
This, il was believed, indicated that If
the preliminary draft was not sstisfac.
tory there might be changes made 20
meet the American point OF view on sub
marine warfare,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-08
SEVEN PLEAD GUILTY.
Charged with Election Frauds in In
diana.

indianapolis, July s.--Seven of the 1872
men who are facing charges of election
frauds in the registration, primary and
election of 1914 pleaded guilty when
larraigned in criminal court here yester-
day One hundred and thirteen others,
including Thomas Taggart, Democratic
national committeeman, Joseph Il. Bell,
mayor of indianapolis. and Samuel Per
rott, chief OF police, asked for a change
OF venue from Judge James A. Collins.
OF the defendants, some are in pris-
on, some sick, one dead, Others have not
been arrested and three were not ready
for trial.
The court room was crowded with de-
PENDANTS, their friends and attorneys
Thomas Taggart sat in rear row of
seats with DR.. r. c. Mcdonnell, one of
the indicted, Judge Collins told these
who had asked for change OF venue
that he would select five members from
the Marion county bar, from which list
one would be chosen next Friday to try
the cases, In asking for change of
venue, attorneys for the defendants said
that they understood that Judge Col
Inns had been a witness bSfore the grand
jury which returned the indictments
against the men. Judge Collins remark
ed that there was no need of referring
to his personal acts in asking for anoth
er Judge. Indictments charging eonspi
racy to corrupt the ballot at the primary
registration and election in 1914 were
against l2s men by the grand
jury on June D -Four additional names
were added TO the list on July ?. The in
dictments followed an investigation
which began early last January. Nearly
two thousand witnesses were examil>d. !