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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
First Published in the Liberal, Den
ocaat, May IA, 1915.
Notice For Publication

Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land ONCE at Dodge City,
Kansas.
May 8th, 1915
Notice is hereby given that Earl j
Rose, of Kismet, Kansas, who, on
April 2nd, 1912, made Homestead
Application Serial, No. OHIO, for
Sc /, Section 2, Township 80 S, Range
32w, 9th Principal Meridian, has
fled notice OF intention to make
Final Three Year Proof, to establish
claim TO the land above described, be.
fore the Clerk of the District Court
of Seward County, Kansas, at Liber-
al, Kansas. on the 10th, day of June,
1915 Claimant names as witnesses:
Thomas M. Kirk, Harry L. Odds,
Charley II. Shoup, Arthur G. Mutt,
all of Kismet, Kansas.
r. r. WILSON, Register
Not coal land.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28

reverence to the memory Of those who
have passed on The "boys" of the
Blue and Gray are growing fewer in
number every year, hence the present
generation will have but short time
to make their stay with us pleasant.
A veteran OF the Civil war will, in a
few years, he conspicuouspefsonage
by reason of scarcity Of numbers, and
we should make their declining years
as pleasant as possible.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28

The Packard Motor Car company
of Detroit is now making a "twn-six'
automobile, thus putting on the mar
ket a l2-cylinder car This rivalry
of adding cylinders to automobile
engines is becoming almost as great
as the contest between nations a few
years ago as to which one could build
the most and biggest battleshlps.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28

Moore and Falls have better rates,
on Farm Loans than ever before.
See them.
See our 2 row sleds-P and o Cam
ton and Oliver Wood boxes. Hard
oilers. THos. w. CAV.
q Horse gasoline engine. s55 90.
Factory guarantee. Thos. W. Cav.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28
The CIothesline is the Banner
of Home.

Twice recently the clotheslne has
appeared in the public print. A poor
old woman, dispossessed i'm New Jer-
sey, suffers the outrage of having her
clothesline trailed in the mire, and a
minister, also of New Jersey, has his
adversary arrested for pulling down
his clotheslne. Anyone who has ever
had experience with the clOthesline
knows that interference with it
while clothes are pinned to it Is the
very touchstone the quick Of human
endurance. To have ones clothes
line interfered with is like having
the home banner trailed in the dust;
the sanctuary desecTated; there is
really nothing quite like it; nothing
is the same.
1t is one of the Injuries OF opu-
lence that you never have come I'm
contact with the clotheSlne. That
is why it is never IN evidence in the
sections of New York where the poor
are not. Tenements are always
tangled up in clotheslires. You OBJ.
tain views of them at the rear OF all
tenements. Clotheslines are one of
the things that make them tene-
ments.
In rural districts your social stand
ing may be be established and main
tanned by your clothesline. The
neighbors,are largely conveTsant with
your mental development through the
medium of what the cothesline re-
veals when you hang all your clothes
on 1t on wash day.
They know whether you wear COM
blnations or lingerie, and they know
how often you make changes and
when you leave off your flannels
They know how you keep up with
your mending and theyDcan tell how
methodlcal you are by the way you
allow your clothes to be pinned to
the line. All these details help with
the psychology of your social stand
ing and form the setting of the stage
on which you perform for the con-
tlnuous audience of your neighbOrs
The clothesllne is so intimate 1t
stands in with the gosSips. 1t furn-
ishes evidence first hand.
One reason why we know so little
about our neighbors here in New
York is because we never get a peep
at their clothesline. You can never
get in touch with your city neighbors
through understanding of the laun-
dry work They may wash out their
clothing themselves for all you know,
or they may send 1t out, or the China
man may call for it, or they may have
a steam drler in the basement. 1t is
no mystery but just scheme for
getting away from the clothesline.
In some past incarnation everybody
In New York has suffered enough,
and every woman who keeps house
knows that-after the clothse lave
gone through the process Of being
made clean, through endless rubbing
and boiling and morerubbing and rims
ing and wringlng and starching and
blulng and hanging out, to have the
line come down or be pulled down
simply to have a man arrested for 1t,
is too slight an expression of human
emotion.
Lynching is too simple, too trifling
an expression, The first impulse s.
suicide and disintegratlon.
There are some trials in life for
which there is absolutely no anodyne.
New York Sun,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28

DR.. Higginbotham, practice limit
ed TO diseases of the eye, ear, nose
and throat, is at his Office In Liberal,
Saturday each week. Adv.
Two cars alfalfa hay on hand. Lib
eral Produce Co.
Aerated Jersey milk and cream for
sale W. G. Young. Phone 1851.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28

Italy has floundered around, wob-
led in and wobbled out, until she has
finally decided TO take arms against
a sea of imaginary troubles, and by
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28

Suggestion for motto for high
school graduating classes: Don't
try to lead an automobile existence
on a Ford income"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28

Entered as second-class matter January 6,
1911. at the post office at Liberal, Kansas
nder the Act OF March 8. 1879.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-05-28

See our row sleds-P. and o. Can
ton and Oliver Wood boxes. Hard
oilers. THos. W. CAV.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06
T. RS VOICE STILL FOR WAR

In his letter to Mrs. Rublee de-
nouncing the plan of women to hold a
peace meeting at The Hague, T. R. re-
marks boldly that II speak with sci
entific accuracy when speak of this
movement as silly and base" He al
ways speaks with scientific accuracy.
He will admit it frankly. But why
does he qualify by adding that "this
does not mean that all those signing
and championing it are silly and
base?" Why not? The colonel is too
generous.
What does Colonel Roosevelt want
done, then? He leaves nothing in
doubt on that score. He would have
the women abandon their movement
in behalf of peace and disarmament
and hold meetings to denounce Ger
many and Wilson and Bryan. Here
is what he says:
LET the people who advocate the
platform and principles you enclosed
hold meeting spec fically to de-
ncunce the invasion of Belgium by
Germany ard 20 demand that III tie
/ interests of peace tie United States
do what it can to put a stop to those
wrongs. Let them denounce Messrs.
Wilson and Bryan fer trying to force
through the ship purchase bill, which
was in the interests of the power that
wronged Belgium and in spite of the
fact that their action might tend to
bring us irto war with the powers
that have sought to defend Belgium.
Let them do something to sllow that
they mean what they say and that
they are really striving for righteous
ness
There is no question CT the colonel
meaning what he says, Though there
is always much question OF everybody
else meaning anytl'irg by what ev-
erybody else says. The colonel is for
rightecusne ard tlcwirg off steam
Whether it gets tie country in bad
with Germany signifies nothing. If
he were president the drums would
be beating all over the continent and
recruiting stat:ors would he open in
every town and city from Boston to
San Diego. We would say what we
thought about Germany's treatment
of Belgium and make our words
good. Topeka Capital.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06
PROTEST HAD MUCH WEIGHT
Woman's Speech Reached the Con
science Of All People Who Had
Desire to Think.

We have now before us an account
in the Hereford Times of the fine pro
test made by Mrs. Davis in court at
the recent Herefordshire assizes. Tho
case was the trial of a domestic serv
ant for causing the death of her new
born child She was found guilty and
sentenced by Mr.. Justice Avory to 81.
months Imprisonment, she havfn.
been already imprisoned since Noven
ber. On hearing the sentence, Mrs
Davis, who with her husband, Rev. G
H. Davis, assistant vicar choral o.
Hereford cathedral, has done so mucl!
for the protection of women agains
injustice, rose in court and protested
against the proceedings as unfair. III
the father of the child were here" she
began, but Interruptions made her in
audible, mo man would dare to pass
sentence" she continued; but the
Judge ordered her to be turned out OF
court. While the police were carrying
out the order Mrs. Davis repeated, 81
protest as a woman and mother"
After she had been removed the judge
gave instruction that that woman"
should not be admitted again; but hei
point had been gained Mrs. Davis, by
her action revealed not only to the
court, but to the whole surrounding
district, that, in all justice, the man
who is at least equally guilty with the
woman in these cases should not es
cape scot-free while all punishment
falls on the woman. This might seen
all axiom of law, but it is not law a
all, and both judges and laymen ap
pear surprised at it.-London Votes foi
Women.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06
INCREASING PROSPERITY

Nobody can gainsay the fact that
the West is experiencing a genuine
mining revival of important proper
tions. This activity in metal produc-
ing is not confined to a few favored
camps, but extends to every mining
district in the Rockies and is daily
increasing in volume. Gold, silver,
lead zinc, copper and other mines
are being opened and worked with a
vim.
Right now the West is beginning
to feel, in no uncertain fashion, the
beneficial effects arising from this
mining activity. Money is coming in
from all parts Of the world for prec-
ious and base metals and new capi-
tai is thus furnished fer investment
in western enterprises.
The enlarged demand for equip
ment and supplies in every fine af-
fords evidence of general business
betterment. Manufacturers WHO were
doing only fairly we'll now report ex-
cellent sales; and the fcundries and
machine shops, so long a prey to un-
favorable conditions are rushed with
orders.
There is every reason to believe
that this gratifying state of affairs
is of a permanent nature-and not
mere squirt of transitory character.
Steadily increasing prosperity is as
sured by facts and deductions that
cannot be Mining and
Financial Record.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06
PREPARING FOR FUTURE

The population cf tie United States
has r,act ed tie hu ed ill on ark
1t is probably considerably past that
mark by this time. since estimates
figured there woul1 be 100 900 900 peo-
pie in the nation by Arril 2, nearly
a fortnight ago, and the population
has been steadily increasing since
then.
The naticn ncw hrs en- its hands
the problem of feeding and clothing
and looking after, generally, hun
dred million folks. And in five years
mere that population will be in
eight millions mere.
The problem ct takirg care of all
these people he's not been really a
problem so far. IT, rich soil of tie
nation has supplied food abundantly
for the inhabitants, and the United
States enjoys the reputation of living
better than any other nation en- the
face of the earth.
IL is already reSOSHlZsu. lLOuSil,
that change must necessarily come
to supply the needs of the increasing
millions. Practically al arabic land
is now occupied and under cultiva-
ton. The acreage can't be increased
but the yield per acre can.
The reEources Ct tie nation have
been little more than sacrificed as
yet, and the people are beginning, in
ample time, to study the needs of the
future and prepsre for them. With
scientific intensive agriculture. with
tie utilization OF water powers, and
with the Inventors and discoveries
that are made every day in the year.
there is no doubt Tut that the United
States can utilize every square inch
of the land, to make it support in
comfort and even luxury any huge
population the future may bring. even
as 1t means as many people to the
square mile as Peg um had before
the war broke out.-Marion Qnd)
Tribune.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06

March and April of this year have
many years and all dry farming lands
in Colorado are assured of good crops.
The acreage Of sugar beets and win
ter and SPRING whest will lie increased
at least 40 per cent and the mois-
ture already in tie ground assures a
bumper hay crop. In fact all agrdcul-
tural crops will s. ow greater per
cent than usual. while the mines
are outprtting a greater tonnage of
ore than fer many years, and II we
can succeed in tridhng the tongues
OF some of our IL ilutian lecturers,
surely Colorado will make a great
showing at tie end of the year.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06
MADE SELECTION OF NURSES
Clever Old German Surgeon Tried
Ruse That Proved Many Unfit
to Serve.

A wise old surgeon in one of the big
garrison cities of Germany was called
upon recently to select nurses to go
to the front A class of 20 had com
pleted their training and were brought
before him.
81 congratulate you," he began, "on
your willingness to serve the cause
of the fatherland. Previous expert
ences, however, have shown me that
all does not go we'll with those serving
in the sanitary divisions that the
work proved distasteful to them. Will
those who prefer to serve exclusively
in the officers ward please step for
ward?"
Shyly and blushingly, Is of the 90
young women stepped out of the line.
-whereupon the surgeon continued in
his amiable tones: Il thank you,
ladies'. OF your service I shall-not
avail myself. Your decision indicates
to me that you have not yet attained
the necessary degree of earnestness
required of those serving cur wounded
soldiers"
Then he selected the five who had
remained in the original line.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06
"rAE WAGES OF SIN is DEATH"

Last fall Mr.. Roger Sullivan gave
the state OF Illinois to the publican
party; this spring he turned over
the state of Illinois to the Republican
cans. Having control of the state
organization he gave the Democrats
himself and defeat-when confronted
with this alternative they decided
that defeat was to be preferred to a
Democracy personified by Mr.. Sulli-
Van and the kind of politics for which
he stands. In the city of Chicago he
also dominated the organization and
gave the Democrats of that city their
choice between a Sullivan-controlled
city and defeat-they, too, chose the
latter. Is his revenge against Pro-
gressive Democracy satisfied or does
he contemplate still further assaults?
Governor Dunne, Progressive
Democrat, presides over tie great
commonwealth of Illinois, and Mayor
Harrison, a Progressive Democrat,
presides as chief executive of the city
of Chicago, but Sullivan, an enemy
of both, deliberately plotted to deliv-
er the party in both city and state
to the reactionaries. 1t was "rule or
ruin" and, not being able to rule, he
is proving again the old trutl-"The
Wages Of Sin is DEATH
How long will it take tie rank and
file of the party in Chicago and Hi
nois to learn the folly of fcllcwirg
such leadership? The cnly hope of
ernment-lies in constructive pol
icy along progressive lines, ard in
the entrustirg of the management of
the party to those who work for tie
Democratic party has put its hand
to the plow Of reform and will not
turn back. Under the guidance of
our splendid progressive president it
is entering that new era with conf
dence; its aims are lofty, its stand
ards are high; it is time for the Illi-
nois division of tie army to change
its organization and get in step with
the Democracy of TIE nation. It's ex-
pertinent with Sullivanism is too cost
ly to be repeated; the opportunities
to render service are tco great ITO be
thrown away; tie issues are too i'm
portant to be trifled with.-W. ].
Bryan.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06

o. N. Hilton wants $4,000 for writ
Ing the will of the late William
Barth, of Denver. The will was pro-
nounced no good by the county court
but Hilton wants his pay for 1t just
the same. Hilton is criminal law.
yer, knows more about getting people
out of scrapes than writing wills. But
1t will be remembered that Samuel ].
Idlden, the greatest lawyer of his
time, wrote his own will and the
courts threw 1t out. II Is easier for
a camel to traverse the aperture in
a needle then fer a rich mans will
to be of any force and effect after
he is dead. He generally has 1t wien
he is alive. Probably the interpre-
tation of tie laws Of testaments Is
proper as being an ever-present way
of getting boards of money in circu-
lat.on.-Boulder Comera.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06
Queen viets.ia's albIe.

A revival of interest in religion is
one OF the features of the war. Sol
diers going to the front have been
supplied with Bibles and have been
given splendid advice by their gen.
erals. Churches have been filled by
those who have remained at home. for
In time Of great catastrophe like this
the mind Of mankind instinctively
turns to q Power higher than ITSELF
This serves to recall the fact that the
late Queen victoria was an earnest
student Of the Bible and deeply inter.
ested In personal religion. In the
British museum the visitor will find a
copy Of the pocket Testament which
Queen Victoria gave to Lord Cover,
on the nyleaf Of which she wrote a
couple Of her favorite texts. The
verses are Cor. 1884 and 8.-Leslie's.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06
A Ringing Reply,

Jaunting in the jungle has seeming
ly added orchids to the speech with
which Mr.. Roosevelt ornaments his So
cial repartee, as the following Incl
dent will show:
A friend Of the colonel's is the IA
ther of six daughters, who have re-
Gently acquired a sailboat. One of
the girls was showing the craft to the
former president a short time ago,
when he said. with a puzzled frown:
But l can't see the fitness of the
boats name: Chimes. Why did you
call 1t that?"
oh" smiled the girl. you see it's
named after us-Charlotte, Hortense,
Isabel, Mildred. Elise and Sylvia. We
just used the first letters of our six
names in order of age. and 1t happened
that they spelled Chimes"
Yes, yes, see. Very appropriate"
was the colonels ready reply. IN
fact, no name could be more 30. in
view Of you girls being such bellies"
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06

The war in Europe teaches us
that We have not advanced one iota
from barbarism since the days when
Nero prosecuted tie christians at
Rome. Neither do we appear to have
advanced in social deccrum when we
read of an ex1president of tfis great
and vaunted republic, branding those
In the higher walks Of life as liars
and rascals of the first degree. Also
chairmen Of the u. s. investigating
committees branding Sunday scho ol
s,rperintendents as rank hypocrltes.
"Oh for Thousand Tongues to Sing
Our Great Redeemer's Praise"
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06
"AMERICA FIRST"

A wise, a timely and a highly pat
riotic speech was that which Presi-
dent Wilson delivered yesterday to
the members of the Associated Press.
In two words, America first" he
defined not only the one great duty
of the Government of the United
States at this time, but the one great
duty of the people of the United
States. Let us think of America be-
fore we think of Europe" 1t was
time that somebody WHO could speak
with authority gave that word of ad-
vice and of warning to the clamorous
champions of the European belliger-
ents.
The president made his appeal in
no spirit of sordid self-interest. He
did not ask Americans to think of
America first because there would be
money in it. He did not ask them to
be neutral through "a pretty desire to
keep out of trouble" 1t was a plea
directed toward tie higher ethical in
terest CT the United States in the
councils of mankind
Measured by tie test of America
first most of the disputed issues of
this war readily and easily solve
themselves so far as this country is
concerned. There can be no violent
clash of opinion between the friends
of Germany and the friends of Great
Britain and France VIXEN that test is
intelligently applied.
We have cur own work to do at
this time. and some of it is mere i'm
portant to civilization than the work
that is being done in the trenches.
We have cur own service to render,
and when the final adjustment comes,
that service may be of more value
to some of the belligerents than any
service they can render to them
selves. Not only are we the great
mediatirg nation, as the president
says, but I'VE do not want anything
that does not belong to u.s." and that
makes our position unique in the
councils of the world
None of the nations at war has any
thing that we want. None of them
has anything that we are trying to
get There will be no spoils of war
so far as we are concerned. There
will be nothing in the division of
which we shall demand a share.
Therefore, TIE time may come when
the people Of the United States, If
they keep their sense and their san
ity and their fidelity to justice, may
give a new impulse to civilization.
The loftiest ideal of American citi-
zenship at this time cannot be de-
scribed better than in the presidents
words-''not the talkative man, not
the partisan man, not the man who
remembers first that he is repub-
lican or democrat, or that his par
ents were German Or English. but
who remembers first that the whole
destiny of modern affair centers up
on his being an American first of
all"
The American who remembers that
has remembered everything.-New
York World
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06
Suspicious.
George W. Perkins said at a Dime

George w. Perkins said at dinner:
There are some people who insist
on seeing an octopus in every trust.
These people cross-question you as
suspiciously as the young wife cross
questioned her husband after the ban.
quet.
"A young husband attended his first
banquet, and few days afterward his
wife said to him:
Howard, is 1t true that you were
the only sober man at that banquet?"
mo, of course not!' Howard indig.
nantly answered.
"'Who was, then?' said his wife.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06

The Denver Post never misses a
chance to help Judge Ben Lindsey
get into the limelight 1t recently
devoted considerable space to a sen
sational story about Judge Ben in
tending to scalp cur Phillips coun-
ty representative fer criticisirg sem e
of the Denver juveTile courts meth
DDS Of doing business.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06

"a thing of beauty is Joy forev-
er." said one Of the ancient sages,
and that axiom Is most cleverly dem
onstrated ct the new Rapin jewelry
store In the Rell building. TIE store
was thrown open to the public yes
terday and let It lie said that Mr.
Rapin hes the finest. most up-to.date
and attractive jewelry store to be
found this side of Denver.-oal
Creek Times.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06

is 1t not about time the Walsh
Rockefeller cortroversy came to an
end? Colorado Is now undergoing
one Of the NEST prosperous years in
its history, and let us forget cur past
troubles and point the finger of scorn
at those who persist in unfolding our
past troubles to tie public gaze.
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to ret, TN our heartfelt
thanks to all those WHO so kindly
assisted us in iour hour of bereave-
ment, when the supreme ruler of the
universe so sudderly removed from
ing son and brother.
Mrs. Harris and family.