The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-04-07
PaWnee Celebrates as Leading
County In Number Of Ma
chimes Per Capita.
BIG PARADE WAS A FEATURE
Between Seven and Eight Hundred
Motors Participated In Event
Visitors swanped Larned.

WHICH COH1mcIuOTdttu Tue Idct ludl
Pawnee county has more motor cars
per capita than any other county in
the United States. The population OF
the county is nine thousand. Between
seven hundred and eight hundred
cars were In the race track center
field at the fair grounds when the
moving pictures and stationary photo.
graphs were taken at $3.50 o'clock. The
majority Of the cars belonged to farm
ers of Pawnee county, many Of whom
formerly lived In sod houses and drove
oxen in this county In the early days.
About one thousand persons attend
ed the tractor demonstration, in which
ten makes of tractors were demon
strated. A field twenty acres In area
was plowed. Among the features Of
the parade was motor truck dis
guised as huge silo. It bore plac-
ard fifty carloads Of cement were
used in building silos in Pawnee coun-
ty last year." Another big motor
truck contained about fifty children.
1t was placarded "Pawnee county's
best crop. The crop that never fails"
A big truck containing one hundred
sacks Of -four was placarded, "Pawnee
county raised enough wheat in 1914
to feed its entire population for $50
years." Another big truck contained
fifty bushels of ear corn and was Ia
beled, "Pawnee county farmer mar
keting his corn"
A local hotel motor bus was dis
guised as prairie schooner and la
beled "Pawnee county or bust" This
truck will be disguished as prairie
schooner and used in the Pawnee
County to Kansas City motor trip,
which will be taken in May and which
will be participated in by between one
hundred and fifty and two hundred
cars.
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Want Charges lgnored.-A resolu-
tion demanding that Alexander Howat
ignore the advice Of the international
convention not to assume the office of
president of the United Mine Workers
of District No. IA, until cleared Of
charges Of receiving money from OPP
orators, In connection with negotia-
tion of wage contracts, and demanding
that he take office was adopted by the
district convention at Pittsburg. How
at led the fight for the adoption Of the
resolution.
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Funeral Of r. s. Litchfield.--The
funeral of R. S. Litchfeld, late presi-
dent Of the First National Bank, Kan
sas Natural Gas Company receiver
and widely known financier and oil
man, was held at Independence re-
Gently. All business houses were
closed from to o'clock Members
Of many lodges attended. About two
hundred automobiles were In the fun
eral cortege, and bankers and oil men
were there from Kansas City, Wichita.
Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Chanute, Cof-
feyville and other points. A special
train brought many from Oklahoma
City,
Scratch Brought Death.-A scratch
on the left hand received while load
ing stone caused the death of william
Palmer, 80 years old, Of Iatan, Mo-, at
an Atchison hospital the other day.
K X X
To Try For oil.-Kellar, Nelson,
Kellar & Hardman have shipped a
well drilling outfit from the Eldorado
oil fields and are setting up the der.
rick to drill for oil and gas five miles
from Minneapolis. Several oil com.
panies and prospectors are leasing
land and 1t is expected that several
rigs will 60 up in the next few weeks
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Bourbon to Rock Hlghway.-Bour!
bon county good roads boosters have
completed the work of securing valid
petitions for rock road entirely
across the county along the route Of
the proposed Jefferson Highway. This
is-the first county so far in any state
including Kansas to make the final
arrangements for a rock road for the
highway.
4 X 4
Bows to Mandamus-When o. H.
Bentley, mayor of Wichita, learned
mandamus action against him was
being brought in the state supreme
court by the Wichita board OF educa.
ton to force him to call bond cleo
ton, the mayor called the election. He
had announced that he would not call
1t ,as there was not enough money In
the treasury to pay for 1t.
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Community Tree Plantlne.---Minera
had a community tree planting day re-
Gently. Residents Of the town, old and
young, gathered at the town park in
the afternoon and planted trees. Prof.
D. NJ Bowen Of the state manual train.
ing normal at Pittsburg. delivered the
principal address.
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High School for Marquette. After