The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-02-11

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T. L. Gray made business trip to
Gu!mon Monday.
Comedy, talking, singing and novel
ty dancing at the Majestic.
FOR RENT-Two unfinished
rooms, close in. Phone 1921 Ut
Mis- Stella Cox left Monday for
Kansas City, where she will spend a
couple of weeks.
CHOIR CONCERT AT CHRIST
IAN CHURCH WEDNESDAY
EVENING, FEBRUARY %.
Mrs. j. E. Weber of Hugoton was
visitor at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
W. o. Nelson the first of the week.
Miss Bessie Bullock returned We'd
nesday from months visit with rel
atives in Oklahoma. She has resum-
ed her position at the Economy.
Miss Minnie Bishop of Tyrone was
among the out-Uf-town shoppers in
the city Saturday
Frank u. Boles left Sunday morn
ing for Lawrence, where he will at
tend The merchants short course
given by The Kansas University.
County Treasurer Smith of Stevens
county and Attorney + A. Mccoy, OF
Hugoton, were here on business the
first of he week
The OH .homa legislature must be
through with the special session call
ed by gov vernon Williams last month.
Representative Cuas. Williams of Tex
as county passed through here Sun
day on lis return to Hooker
H. w. Nagruder made business
trip TO Plains, Fowler II d Green's
burgh Mo day. Mr.. Nagruder ha>
the engineering contract for the new
municipal light plant at ? aims, which
is sutficient guarantee that the jub
Will h. done ia tirst-claSs style.
j. ID. Pearce and son, Cecil, have
rented the basement Of the George
grocery store and have opened a bar
ner,shop therein. They will run four
C airs and conduct an up-tu-date shop
in every respect. and invite the pat
rynage OF the public to their new
quarters.
DR.. Chas. Weir, who has held down !
DIR. Welch's chiropractic office while |
the latter spent about six months in |
Iowa, lett Saturday for Kinsley, Kan |
sas, where ne will start practlcing for
himself. DR.. Weir is a good hombre |
and the Democrat hopes he gets rich
cracking backs" in his new location.
The dusty streets this week are Il e |
OSSb dIS ulllCuO III 0llC "Ol u lOl Ulle |
necessity OF sprinklmg them with oil. |
With two wholesale oil houses in !
town, a deal should be made al a fig
ure that would be cheaper in the long |
run than the present old.fashioned |
and useless water wagon.
The entertainment given by the
Christian Young Peoples federation
Wednesday evening at the Christian
church was a decided success. The |
excellent literary program rendered |
by he members Of the different En-
deavor societies gave evidence of |
much literary and musical talent |
among the young folks of Liberal. |
After the program a delightful social |
hour was spent by those present and |
a delicious lunch was served before
they departed,
The official liar of the Hutchinson
News got hold OF our Joe Bryson duck |
story, re-wrOte it and we scarcely rec
ognized our own handiwork when we
saw its mangled remains in the News.
In the rewritten story Joe is accused
Of selling the feathers from The ducks
and feeding the carcaSses to the hogs
On the ranch. The slain ducks make
far too good eating for humans to be
thrown to the swine, and the idea of
A plutocratic mortal like Joe fooling
around with the feathers after he had
extracted the GOLD is nothing but an
insult. He has our permission to
work on the Hutchinson reporter in
my way he sees fit, if he ever meets
aim. I