The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-06-30

from here. There is very little def.
initely known of this prehistoric
city, which was inhabited hundreds
of years ago by an unknown people,
to us. However, Mr.. Cook, who Ia
well versed In the early history OF
this part of the country and Of the
maneuvers of the old Azetc race, az
we'll as of the Spanish Catholics who
built the early forts, missions and
monasteries, thinks 1t very probable
that this place was at that time a
place OF exchange between the people
of Mexico and those of the central
part of the United States, as 1t is To-
Gated near, or possibly on, the old
Santa Fe Trail" historic old trail
established at very early day, and
he thinks that 1t is possible some dis
coveries might be made by exploring
the mounds of this old buried city
that would be of much value to sci-
ence in determining more regarding
the early history of this country. Mr..
Cook says piece of an old broken
mortar was found near there, used to
prop up a fence, and that there are
evidences of old irrigation bitches,
etc., around there. He hopes to
bring Prof. Sternberg, or some stu
dents from the academy of science
with him In the fall. An expert
from the Smithsonian Institute was
here last fall and made some obser-
vations which were quite interesting,
and we hope to see men of science
make a thorough investigation Of
this slumbering abode of primeval
man.-Ochiltree News.
H. Plaster, well known farmer re-
siding twelve miles southwest Of
town, met with quite serious acct
dent during the severe lightning and
wind storm Saturday night. He was
returning from the field where he
had been listing with a three-horse
team which he had unhitched from
the lister, when bolt of lightning
struck his team and instantly killed
all three horses. Mr.. Plaster him
self was severely stunned by the
shock and lay unconscious in the
road for some fifteen or twenty min
utes after the accident. When he got
up his right hand by which he had
been driving and the entire right side
of his body was affected, but he was
able to walk and had just about re-
covered when he came to town Mon
day. The team he lost consisted of a
well matched span of horses and a
bay mare and was quite valuable
possession to Mr.. Plaster, especially
at this busy season of the year when
1t will soon be time to 60 into the
harvest field, but even with this
heavy loss Mr. Plaster considers him
self fortunate that he escaped as we'll
as he did.-Beaver Democrat.
Monday while Mrs. Irwin Beavers
was in town and Mr.. Beavers was
working around the barn their little
six-year-old boy climbed up to where
his father kept his gun shells and
with the scissors pried out the wad-
ding and emptied the shot and pow
der into tin cup. Then with
match he and his little three-year-old
sister went out behind the chicken
house and, both looking down into
the cup, he lighted the match and
dropped 1t into the powder. The re-
sulting flash scared the faces Of both
burning their eyebrows and lashes
off, and set their clothes on fire. The
boy tore the clothes from his little
sister and then tore at his own. By
that time their cries brought the
father to them and he extinguished
the flames. The little girl was not
hurt much, but the boys eyes swelled
shut and the doctor can not state yet
whether the sight is injured Hugo
ton Hermes.
The Beaver ice plant began to
freeze ice last week, and the first
block was delivered to the Mccoy &
Lewis fountain, the second going to
the Davis Drug Company. The ca
pacity of the plant is tons each "a
hours. The most modern machinery
has been installed, and the most up
to-date methods are used. Pure
water is used, and the result is pure
ice. Power Is furnished by a 10
horsepower oil engine. All in all, II
is plant of which no town need be
ashamed, and it certainly fills long
felt need in Beaver. Formerly our
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