The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-03-23

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at the meeting.
When the last course was served
and the last strain of the music was
completed by the orchestra, which
had been industriously rendering ap-
preciative music during the hour OF
refreshments, H. w. Magruder, Pres
dent of the Liberal Chamber of Com.
merce, presented his program for the
evenings work. He offered neat
little toast to the visitors, and called
on Judge L. A. Etzold for the address
of welcome. Mr.. Etzold, in his sauve
manner, offered the city to the visit
ors and expressed the hope that each
and every one would feel that every
body in the city was willing to lool
after the happiness of those who hat
come on this occasion.
The response was made by w. A
Palmer of Canadian, Secretary of thu
Canadian Commercial Club. who sale
that his people had about concluded
to believe that Liberal was about the
biggest city OF it's size in the world
He had heard of Liberal before but
not until recently had he found SC
much of 1t. He was glad to know
that there was a prospect that Liberal
is to be on the proposed road from
the Gulf to the Dominion of Canada
Judge H. E. Hoover, prominent at
torney, responded to the toast "In-
PRODUCING the Great Highway" The
Judge said that the road was practi-
cally established to the city of Liber-
al, and now that twas in reach to go
ahead and push it through to the
northern line of the United States.
He gave an historical sketch of the
plains thirty years ago. when he says
he roamed over these prairies. He
recited a few humorous incidents Of
the frontier life; and incidentally
did not neglect to mention the fact
that Canadian was about the best
place on earth, and that 1t was going
to help make this Great Plains High
way a success. He gave a very en-
tertaining speech and won hearty ap-
plause, which was just little ef-
fervescent for the average Liberal
hearers. Judge Hoover may have a
date to speak in Liberal at any time
in the future.
How You May Get 1t and What
It Will Mean tOeYou" announced Mr..
Magruder. would be answered by the
guest of the evening, T. P. Grant Of
the Good Roads Commission. His
speech was food for the hungry good
road enthusiast. From the first two
sentences uttered to the last word in
the address there was wholesome ma
terial for the road boosters. He told
of the organization Of the Federal
roads and the manner in which the
roads have developed the country. He
spoke of the cement roads in the East
and all the National roads. When
the government roads in the Philli-
pines, Cuba, Alaska and in the Pan
anna country could be made and main
tanned 1t was reasonable to suppose
that il there we're to be an effort
made by the local people to create
good road in this particular section
that the government would take the
road under its control as in the other
cases. He has been helping in the
road construction in Texas, and is
thereby enabled to give much valu-
abel information as to how 1t is done.
One thought he emphasized particu-
larly was that the government was
not inclined to assume control of a
road where there were number Of
indifferent towns and had been in the
habit Of changing the routes in order
to avoid having dead town on the
good road. He also inferred that Lib
erAi appeared 10 have . good rating
for industry In the outside. world and
there was a very favorable opportun-