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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
EQUITY CREAMERY TO
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

A. l.. Edison, manager of the Liber-
al Equity Cooperative Creamery &
Produce company, has quite a task
on hand to adjust the business to con-
form to the new company. Asked
him about the probability of estab-
fishing the trucks for gathering the
butterfat at an early date, he replied
that he had already arranged for par
ties to pick up the product, but just
at this time he cannot arrange to put
in a system of autos to gather the
milk cans. The company will, as
soon as the affairs of the Institution
have been placed in order and the Of
flee force can catch up with the ex-
ira work, put in more improvements
and in time the local creamery will
be the biggest institution in the west
Liberal is located just right geo.
graphically for the profitable growth
of such an institution as the creamery
and every effort will be made to de-
velop the territory. Some of these
days many of the people in this sec
will go into the dairy business, ex-
clusively, and will stock their farms
with a better grade of milk cows and
when THIS is done, the creamery here
will attain the degree of success that
its promoters anticipate.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
Eat War l$read
Saturday Afternoon.

Saturday aft -tnoon, Liberal will
furnish the first official demostra-
ton Of War Bread in Seward coun-
ty. Miss Ellen Nelson, emergency
demonstration agent in and for Sew
ard county, will demonstrate War
Bread to the women of the city, coun-
ty and the surrounding territory.
The demonstration will occur in
the Scandreft & Fuest hardware
store, beginning at 2 o'clock. Every
woman in diving distance to the
city should be present and hear the
lecture, see the bread in the different
processes and secure a recipe for
making the bAead.
Miss Nelson has been busy since
her advent III the county organiza-
ting classes for baking bread, prepar-
ing food for keeping for future use
and teaching the idea of conserving
food. Notwithstanding that the aver
age person has a good knowledge of
how to preserve, can and save food,
it would not be amiss to hear Miss
Nelson and zee and taste the war
bread next { lturday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
40 NEW ONES THIS WEEK.

Interest II, the Special Subscrip-
tion Price bling made by the Demo-
crat continu IS. The week closing
this evening shows forty new names
added to the list. These with the ex-
cellent resu' ; of the first two weeks
makes bie&eowing on the list The
best part of this, and the most inter-
esting to local advertisers, is the fact
that the lisA is all local. The special
offer only Spplies to papers going
within the trade territory of Liber-
al, which makes the list doubly valu-
able to advertisers.
We will in the next two weeks be
able to of. er advertisers a list of To-
cal readeI larger than any paper in
the territGrS and the fact that there
has been ao'increase in advertising
rates shosld appeal to the advertiser
who desites to get the most for his
money.
We shall live up to our motto
"The Most and the Best for the
Least Money" and leave it up to the
business men as to whether or not
they want to buy our space.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
FARMERS WANT HELP.

"Know where l may find hand"
is the usual query coming from the
farmer when he comes to town.
There is a dearth of help at this
time, and every farmer is anxious to
get his feed out of reach of the
frost.
eve want help, not advice" says
one farmer, "the papers all over have
been hading out advice to the
farmer regarding this and that, but
the needful thing with us is someone
to help US do what there is to be
done.".
There is a tremendous crop of row
stuff to be gathered at this time and
the demand for help has been strong
for some time and as yet the farm
ers are asking for help.
Secretary Hinchman of the Cham
Der of Commerce has been placing
many men but he cannot reach all of
them. He says the men do not come
to the town.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
USE THAT DRAG,

Auto drivers have been complain
ing about the bad condition of the
road a few miles north of the city the
last few days. They say that the
roads needs the drag very much and
if this is done now that there would
be a good road. 1t really is no use
to go to the expense of building up
good roads if those who are supposed
10 use the drag occasionally fail to do
their duty. A drag in time saves
lot of trouble for the traveller and
much expense to the county to re-
build the road. Until there is lit
tie cooperation in road repairing and
building Seward county will never
have the needful: good roads.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
STAPLE GOODS TO BE CON.
TROLLED BY UNITED STATES

lROLLED d UNI Ell , a Ed
Virtually all the staple foods con-
sumed by the American people will
be put under government control
November l, according to the latest
word.
The food administration has an
nounced that within few days, Pres
ident Wilson will issue an executive
order, requiring that manufacturers
and distributors of some twenty fun
damental foods operate under license
restrictions designed to prevent un-
reasonable profits and to stop specu-
lation and boarding.
Regulations will be prescribed for
meat packers, cold storage houses,
,millers, Gamers, elevators, grain
dealers and wholesale dealers and re-
tailers doing a business of more than
100000 annually in the commodi-
ties to be named.
"The prime purpose of the food
administration" the announcement
said, "is to protect the patriot against
the Stacker in business 1t has gen.
orally been recognized that the enor-
nous obligation imposed on the Amei-
can people to feed our soldiers at the
front and the allies creates a dis
turbing factor in trade, which al
lows opportunity to few to impose
burdens upon the many, and that it is
of vital importance that such control
should be exerted as will remedy, so
far as may be, the economic distur-
Dances incident to the war"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

"The town looks like there wasn't
much of astir," remarked a visitor,
Tuesday as he was walking along the
streets and was not threatened with
being showed off the sidewalk owing
to the usual crowded condition. We
admitted that there was not nearly
so many people on the streets as
usual; that the farmers were in the
fields with the drills or were trying
to care for the row crop before the
frost came and claimed it all. But the
days when there is not a goodly num-
Der of people in the city are few and
far between.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
THERE GOES OUR RAILROAD.

In the Topeka Capital yesterday
appeared this paragraph relative to
the C. X. & o. railroad:
The c., X. & o. railroad, the Git
ney" line running between Scott City
and Winona, will be operated until
next Monday by Ben Allen as receiv-
er. Mr.. Allen is the superintendent
of the company. Final disposition
will be made of the property by
Judge John C. Pollock, of the federal
court, at that time.
This is the line which st. Louis
man, F. W. Fordyce, Jr., represent
ing the bondholders, threatened to
SO tear up week ago, which proceed
ing Chairman Bristow, of the public
utilities commission, declared would
not take place.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
A BLAZE LAsIeNIGHT.

The barn of L. M. Cayton caught
fire last night and was burned to the
ground. A Ford car stored there
was destroyed.
The fire alarm was turned in but
before the fire engine could arrive
the blaze had consumed the Cayton
barn and had caught the Irwin barn
and it was destroyed before suffici-
ent water could be thrown on the fire
to extinguish it. The windmill tower
belonging to Henry Reib was de-
stroyed. There was some insurance,
we understand, on the Irwin and the
Cayton barns. No one knows the
origin of the fire.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
THE LITTLE SOLDIERS.

During the last few days some of
the school boys from to Is years
old have concluded to organize a
company of about fifty boys for the
purpose of learning the Manuel of
Arms, and being drilled and taking
hikes over the country with the idea
of, perhaps, later on getting guns
and being able to secure an instruc-
tor to drill them.
At present the following boys are
the ones that are trying to organize
the company:
Robert Baughman,
Richard Anderson,
Jack Miller,
Walter Maxwell,
Edmond Thayer.
They would appreciate it if boys
wishing to join would see them, and
they are particularly looking for
some young man who understands
the Manuel of Arms to drill them.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
LORENA.

Mr.. Westfall of Haven, Kansas,
brother of Mrs. Howard Burns, is
here visiting.
Judson Nickerson is filling his silo
this week.
Mrs. Harry Vogt is visiting rela-
tives in Madison, Iowa, and in st.
Louis, she will be gone about three
weeks.
Mrs. Pete Ratzloff, who has been
visiting her parents, A. E. Browns,
returned to her home in Liberal last
Sunday.
Mr.. Duff of Gray, Oklahoma, fill
ed his appointment at Independence
last Sunday. Mr. Wells will preach
next Sunday morning and evening.
Mr.. Dalton, who was taken to Lib
eral to the hospital last week, is no
better. He is in a very dangerous
condition.
Mrs. Frank Groves went to Illinois
in answer to telegram of the illness
of her sister, writes that her sister is
very sick-and two of Mrs. Groves
nephews, one killed and one died of
injuries from an areoplane fall.
Some of the farmers are having to
replant their wheat, weeds came up
so bad that there was not enough
moisture in ground to bring the
wheat up even. Some are having to
plow ground over again. The weeds
and thistles came up so thick that the
wheat cannot be drilled.
The independence Sunday School
will observe the go to Sunday
School Sunday" Nov. 4. An interna-
tional Sunday School day when every
body will be expected to be present.
]. W. Fields and wife and Mrs.
Mericle attended church at Locust
Grove Sunday afternoon.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
Last of Quota
Go Wednesday.

On the 18th the last Of the quota
of the select draft soldier boys, nine
in number, go to Camp Funston. This
is the list of men:
Stanislaw Wrotnowski
Leland A. Nelson
Clarence Rexroad
Sidney J. Capps
August Schmitt
Herbert Foster
Ralph E. Rinehart
Lloyd Schmitt
Elijah Wright
The local draft board certified
forty six men to the district board at
Wichita as eligable for the army and
the district board certified the same
. number back, making no changes
whatever. The local board exempted
every married man who asked for an
exemption, and on the next draft
there are ten men ready to go, hav-
ing passed the required examination
and stand ready to go on short notice.
If the next draft is not any greater
than is now anticipated the board
4 will not have any more work examin-
Hing men. This is the list of men on
reserve:
Rossie R. Carr .
James R. Vaughn
Herold B. Wilkinson
Willis E. Lofland
L. E. Englishkircher
William E. Nelson
. James o. Culver
Fred Wilhusen
Oscar R. Houchen
Harry L. Moore
One of the local board informed
the Democrat that should another call
come that there is possibility of fill
ing the quota with single men as be-
fore. In the last draft the board was
enabled to find one good soldier ma
terial on an average of every third
man examined and then it was not
necessary to take married man.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
EDISON HAS INVISIBLE SHIP"

The telegraph says that Thomas A.
Edison has evolved an invisible
ship" as means of combating the
submarine menace.
In United States Shipping Board cir
cles it was said that even more
remarkable anti-submarine methods
lf1ave been invented. But like the
Edison devices, long kept secret, the
other measures are being kept quiet
as far as possible.
Navy Department officials said
that Edison's system is practical and
goes beyond mere marine camou-
flage. 1t is a plan of "knock down"
super-structure, combined with elimin-
alton of the turret-like appearance
fore and aft. The ship is also paint
ed in colors blending with the ocean
so as to be practically invisible when
using smokeless coal.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

If you have not yet seen that
Trench Shoe in the window of the
Evans Harness company, you had
better. go take peep at it. Judging
from the appearance of the said show
one would judge that life in the
trenches is anything but tame, and
the government evidently expects
these shoes to last a man a lifetime
even if he lives to be hundred years
old. The shoe was loaned to the
company for exhibition purposes only
and it will be here but a short time.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
ON TO CAMP FUNSTON.

There was large'crowd of friends
and relatives at the train Saturday
to see the boys off to Camp Funston.
The following went: Clarence Maxwell,
Jacob Vlazny, Oral D. Davis, John
Crothers, Pearl Hibbs, James Clear
man, Leslie R. Holland, ]. Leo Hall,
Bishop Jones, Roy Kirkpatrick, M. l..
Hays was to meet the contingent at
Hutchinson. Each one of the boys
was given a blanket, the compliments
of the business men. The other boys
were given fountain pens, but when
xhe adjutant general suggested that
the boys bring blankets or comforts,
the blankets were given.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
In The Stream of Life.

Betsy says "why Ruben this is Sunday
Had you forgot twas Sunday starten to plow corn"
Rube felt so beat he just sot right square down.
"Wel Betsy fix the children we'll hear Parson Brown
They hooked wagon and started down the road
They all got down to church and settled in seat
And the parson preached mighty hard to beat.
Ruben says "now Betsy feel I'm quite sinner
So I'll have the parson go home with for dinner"
"My Ruben with that family, I'll do the best l can
We haven't got enough cooked to feed hired man."
All got home again you don't know how feel
Said Betsy to the children starting on the meal
"Now Johnny take the hoe, go dig potatoes
Mary get pan and pick them ripe tomatoes,
Bobby step along you'll sure get lickin'
I've done told you twice to and kill chicken.
Molly move up a little with all you've got to bake,
Lizzy get some raisens for Mollys ginger cake.
Hush yourself there baby don't you begin to cry
Willy get some berries Ann bake pie
Come, Jimmy, build fire. and get some wood
The parsons here today you children must be good"
Dinner finally ready, the children sat on panks.
Betsy says, "wel parson offer up thanks.
Did you notice Brother Smith he sit there like duke
While you read the morning lesson selected from ST. Luke
Brother he eyed you all the time yous speakn
Sister Jones she eyed him for he knows deakin
Jones's son-in law just acted like he vext,
Thought you meant all for him judging from your text
"But sister," said the parson suchpeople alert
If they lived a christian life wouldn't be easy hurt.
We have them all around US just that kind of men;
If they ever get to heaven they must be born again.
w. H.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
SEWARD COUNTY AUTOS.

The records Of Seward County
show that Five Hundred cars owned
by individuals have paid their license
tax, and are entitled to use the roads
of our country, and the license money
is available for fixing the roads to the
extent of over 100000. There are
seven dealers who have taken out
dealers license in the county, and they
have for sale and are using approx
mately thirty cars more. The max
ers and numbers of each are as fol-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

The county attorney has a letter
from La Crosse asking about one T.
P. Laughlin. The official will be
able to furnish some information in
that Laughlin, known here as "Taxie"
is under parole for having violated
the bone dry law. He was also some
talker and at Lacrosse he has gotten
into trouble by having talked and
sounded some l. W. w. ideas.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

There are ten delivery cars of all
kinds, one hearse, two motorcycles,
and among the license cars there are
81 roadsters. -
The dealers having license to
handle cars are as follows:
Liberal Auto Supply Company.
Charles Molter.
W. C. Stewart.
Griffith & Baughman.
M. C. Mann.
s. Edison Auto Company.
]. j. Calvert.
1t will be noticed that there are
something like 40 more Fords in the
county than all other cars combined
The 1909 is the oldest car having a
fcense in the county, and while there
is undoubtedly many more cars yet
thelr owners have failed or neglected
to secure license.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

L. ]. Potter who came here a short
time ago from Waynoka, Oklahoma,
has decided to remain permanently.
His family are with him and he has
established a residence here. He is
painter and paper hanger and an
expert decorator. He is a brother of
Chas. Potter who has resided here
for some time.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

Mrs. M. H. Scandrett started for
Omaha Tuesday and will attend, as
a delegate from Seward county, the
Womens Foreign Missionary society
convention. This convention is a
branch of the society and Is compos-
ed of about eight states. Following
this she will attend the national con-
vention of the Home Missionary So
ciety at Kansas City.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

H. A. Smeltzer, who has charge of
the coal chutes in the Rock Island
yards, caught young tarantula. He
had about attained his growth and is
a ferocious looking animal. Mr..
Smeltzer has it exhibited in a quart
glass jar and 1t occupies all the space
in the bottom of the jar
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Stark have re-
turned from a trip to Wilson,
Colorado. They attended the fair
there and as the fair people had
prize hanging out for the family
making the biggest mileage to attend
the fair, the Starks brought the prize
home with them.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

The banks of the city have started
a campaign for buyers of the Liberty
Bonds in one advertisement in the
local papers. Read the announcement
carefully, and then cast your dollar
where it will do the most for your
country. Any of the bankers will
consider it an honor to see that you
secure a bond.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

Howard Norman is here this week
arranging with Frank Greene north
west Of the city to care for five hun
dred cattle during the winter season.
Mr.. Greene has several silos of silage
and Mr.. Norman has concluded to
buy the silage and have it fed to the
cattle.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

An item in the Fountain Head
News announces that DR.. C. l..
Shauers, was among those sent to
Camp Funston from Cambridge,
Nebraska. DIR. Shauers is Chiro-
practor, and for time was in
charge of the Liberal office of DR.. J..
d. Weleh.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
SAYS A POSTER.
Save:

1-Wheat-use more corn. And
we don't like corn bread.
2-Meat-use more fish and beans.
Suggestion-we' cut the fish and use
beans snly.
3-Fats-use just enough. Have
dyspepsia and don't care for any.
4-Sugar-use syrups. We use
neither sugar nor syrup.
Sure we'll save.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

There was another frost Monday
morning. This time the frost was
evident to many more people. The
damage is little as before. Some
places the plant life was threatened,
but two weeks ago there was no eff
feet on the vegetation.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
land STILL THEY COME"

j. l.. Hinchman, secretary of the
Liberal Chamber of Commerce, re-
ports that these men are new men,
bers of the C. of c.:
John Fizer, Liberal Transfer Co.
Gilbert Thompson, farmer.
c. f. Murray, farmer.
p. w. Condit, farmer.
G. E. McCracken, Merchant Cafe.
A. p. Cooper, Meat Market.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

o. L. Sherwood of the Western
Lumber Company is in the city to-
day. This is his first trip here in
several weeks. He is not in the Bolin
Hall Grain company at this time. but
as yet has his headquarters at Hutch
inson
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

The broom corn dealers appear to
be in doubt at times regarding the
crop of the brush. One of them told
us the other day that he had thought
he knew about the approximate
amount of the crop but that lately he
had discovered that he did not.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

Miss Maude Thomas, editor of the
Beaver Herald, and Miss Erma Crab
tree of Beaver City were in the city
Tuesday. They were returning from
a trip to Wichita where they had been
attending a big meeting Of the Red
Cross society.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

]. P. Fuest and T. F. Hopkins were
out in Colorado the first of the week
and Mr.. Hopkins bought 500 head of
Hereford cattle. Mr.. Fuest says the
cattle is the finest bunch he has seen
for some time. The stock will be
brought to Liberal in a few weeks.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

A. L. Edison, manager of the Lib
eral Cooperative Creamery, and o.
D. Nickle were here from Liberal,
Thursday, having business with Bea-
yer stockholders in the above con-
cern. They were also making ar
rangements for an auto truck line, to
facilitate the handling of cream from
this part of the county.-Beaver
Democrat
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

The price of print paper has drop
ped 12 cents, considerable drop
in view of prices on other commodi-
ties. This is going to make it easier
for papers to meet the increased pos
tage rate.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

c. A. Brown, machinist at the
Rock Island round house, went to
Hutchinson today to consult an eye
specialist. While at work a splinter
of metal struck him in the eye and
became lodged there.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
MARRIED.

Miss Beryl Maude McConnaughey
and James Alfred Rawlins both of
Tyrone, Oklahoma, were united in
marriage by the probate judge of
Seward county at the court house on
October 9, 1917.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

F. M. Steele, the photographer,
says to get picture of your hero,
and that is a pretty good plan Read
about ID in his advertisement in this
issue.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

The Belford & Clark furniture
store reports excellent results from
their Sellers sale. Out of an entire
car of these cabinets they have but
three left on hand.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

Freeman Hoffman, brother of C.
F. Hoffman assistant cashier of the
First National Bank, is now one of
the force in the institution.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. j. Davis,
October 9th, a boy.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

Born to Mr. and Mrs. |. H. Palmer
October 2, 1917, a girl.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. George Mar
tin October 5, 1917, a boy.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-11
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

IERCTIENo ENHWIINH ION'
The regular teachers examination
will be held at the superintendent
office, October &c and 27.
EMMA THOMPSON,
Co. Supt. of Public Instruction.