The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-10-27
CUTS HIGH COST OF LIVING
Some Simple Suggestions for Taking
Care of the Surplus Orchard
and Garden Crops.

DO hui pay WiHlSi piiSOS ioi NUNS
and vegetables" said Professor
Ahearn, when by a simple reorgani-
cation of the cellar or some digging
in the garden, storage room can be
provided for the preservation of large
quantities of this class of food.
IF the fruit shrivels or becomes
spongy and decays the fault in most
cases can be traced to the storage
room and may be corrected wholly
or in part. The cellar must be well
ventilated if fruit is to be kept sue
cessfully for any length Of time. Tenn
perature and humidity are factors
quite as important as ventilation. The
best temperature for fruit is 80 de-
grees or a little above"
Favorable conditions Of moisture
| and temperature are obtained by bury
ing the fruit in pits, points out Pro-
| lessor Ahearn. To prevent apples
tasting of the earth they should be
placed in boxes, barrels or other con-
tanners which keep them from direct
contact with the soil, or the pit may
| be lined with boards.
Storage requirements for vegetables
differ widely. The sweet potato and
the squash are kept successfully only
when the temperature is high and con-
slant and the humidity is low. Root
crops and cabbage can best be stored
in pits. For storing cabbage in this
manner the heads are pulled with the
roots and leaves attached, and placed
upside down. Earth is placed on the
pile until the plants. including the
roots, are entirely covered.
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| Woman a Motor Wctim.-In a mo-
tor car accident near Baldwin Miss
Mary Taylor of Dwight was danger
ously injured. With her brother, c.
H. Taylor of Oklahoma City, she was
going to Gardner. The car overturned
at Black Jack, four miles east Il Bald
win, when the steering gear broke,
pinning Miss Taylor under the car.
She is fatally injured, it is believed.
Taylor escaped with minor bruises.
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Married Fifty Years.-Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Ziesenis celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary with family
dinner at Eudora. They were mar
ried in Plymouth, Wis, and have lived
In Eudora twenty-five years. Nine
children were present for the celebra-
| ton.
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Bolt Struck OIL Tank.-Lightning
struck a 1,600-barrel oil tank on the
| McMann lease, a mile west of Au-
gusta the other morning, and the
flames are shooting 100 feet into the
air.
Dictagraph In Mayors OffIce.-A
dictagraph arrangement was taken
from Mayor Bentley's office at Wich-
tia recently. City firemen saw two
fine copper wires extending across
the street from the city hall to hotel
and informed the mayor. Investiga,
tion developed that the wires led |
from the mayors office to a room in |
hotel nearby. No instrument was
found attached to the end of the |
V Tres.
Fever Among X. U. Students
Nineteen cases of typhoid fever have |
developed among Kansas university |
students The source has been traced |
to boarding house. Seven of these |
students are in the University hos |
pital, while the remaining twelve left |
Lawrence for their homes.
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A New Teachers Magazine.-West- |
ern Kansas has a magazine all its |
own now. The first issue of the Gold |
en- Belt Teacher appeared recently
1t is edited for the schoolboards and |
school teachers Of the Short Grass" |
country exclusively.
Memorial to Carry Nation.-A me-
mortal to Mrs. Carry Nation, former
Kansas prohibitionist crusader and sa-
loon smasher, will be erected on Cap
itol Square in Topeka. At the an
nual convention of the Kansas Wo- |
mans Christian Temperance Union at |
Hutchinson delegates voted to erect
the memorial. 1t will consist of a
large drinking fountain, including a
trough from which horses can drink.
Part of the money to pay for the me-
mortal will be raised by the sale of
Mrs. Nations autobiography.
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Art Show at McPherson.-The an.
nual art exhibition Of the Mcpherson
city schools, marked by the showing
Of paintings by many well known
American artists, opened there re-
Gently The exhibitions held at Nc.
Pherson every year are beginning to
attract attention all over Kansas.
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Katy Fireman kiIIed.-Guilford 30
lander Katy fireman, 20 years old,
was run over by train and killed in
the yards at Parsons recently. He is
survived by his wife and three chill
dren "