The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-03-17
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT

warn people to be careful about fire
and to no longer delay blowing
guards. The heavy growth of vege-
tation last season make prairie fires
extremely dangerous and hard to
handle.-Garden City Herald.
The Dodge City schools have been
closed on account of case of small
pox developing in one of the pupils.
The county health officer is in charge
of the situation, and with the city
authorities and county commission
ers are taking all precaution to pre-
vent spread of the disease.-Buck-
lin Banner
After killing the growing wheat by
lack of rain, the fly, and finally by
the late ice that covered the fields,
the killers are now blowing up over
the splendid prospect for another
bumper crop. But that is Kansas.
the head of the reformatory at
Hutchinson, and another Herr post
master at Medicine Lodge, the "She"
family is fairly well taken care of
between the two political admins
trations, and the Index will prosper
as a result thereof.-Hardtner Press.
H. c. Stevens was in from his farm
near Jordan this week. He states
that he has already sold fifty-four
dollars worth of frijole beans from a
three acre patch, which he cultivated
last year. He also has six hundred
pounds of the "claimholders" left
that were grown on the patch. He
will put in twenty acres of beans
this year, starting to plant them
about May 1st. He says the beans
are one of the surest crops, and that
they will pay nicely If they can be
sold around three dollars per hun
Qreu.-IuCumcdTl sun.
Secretary G. A. Smith of the state
school land department has given 1t
out that the school lands in Beaver
Iand Texas counties will probably be
sold during the coming June.
Elias Allen, who with his son is OPP
ening a store a few miles southwest
of Gray, was in town Wednesday and
stated that it is sight to see the
covered wagons that daily pass his
place both coming and going to and
from Colorado and that nearly every
night from half a dozen to a dozen
wagons camp at his place.-Beaver
County Republican.
c. B. Anderson had an accident
last Thursday which might have
proven very serious. Having a leak
in the gasoline tank of his automo-
bile, he drained it and soldered the
leak. Although there was no gaso-
line in the tank there was enough
gas left to make an explosive mix
ture, and when he held a match up
to the mouth of the tank to see If
the soldering was done right, it
went off like a gun, the blast hitting
him in the left eye. His skin was
badly burned, but no serious results
were looked for.-Cimarron Jack
sonian.
Petitions are being circulated for
signers asking Senator Thompson to
use his efforts with the postal de-
partment to again establish the old
star mail route between Hugoton and
Liberal. In the days before the COM
ing of the abroad into Stevens coun-
ty this route was the main method
Of communication with the outside
world; and even yet it would afford
us quicker mail service with many
| points. The route would probably
exchange mail with the country post
Office of Lafayette on the way to
Liberal and with Ematon on the way
to Hugoton. One party who ex-
poets to bid on the contract for car
rying the mail would put on a twelve
passenger auto-bus If he receives the
appointment. This would cut down
the revenue of the livery cars, but
would afford saving to transient
ssengers.-Hugoton Hermes.
Mrs. P. F. Hanlin and little daugh-
ter were Beaver visitors from Lib
eral, Kansas, today. Mrs, Hanlin was
formerly Miss Maude Ashcraft and
resided at one time in the vicinity of
Beaver. While in town Mrs. Hanlin
called at the Herald office and in
serted an ad for her husband, who is
a chiropractor and has offices at Lib
eral. The family of e. A.
Pugh, who reside near Balko, had
a narrow escape from death or at
least being seriously injured Sunday