The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12
Eighty Miles Of Road Under Pc
tition in State Within
Month.
WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED
National Old Trails Highway to Be
Hard Surfaced Through Seven
Counties, Says Report.


enacted by the Kansas legislature last
winter is illustrated by comparison.
of what was done under the old road
laws and what has been accomplished
In the few weeks the new legislation
has been in force. For more than
less than fifty miles of hard-surfaced
highways were constructed in the
state.
Under the new laws, only one month
old. more than eighty miles of road
along the National Old Trails alone
are under petition"
At the annual convention of the Ma
tional Old Trails Road Association in
Harrington last September, Judge J. M.
Lowe, national president, named
commission to take charge of the work
of hard-surfacing the Old Trails across
Kansas. On the commission were C.
w. Black, chairman; W. w. Ray, ]. A.
Kesler, E. w. Hoke and A. c. Blair,
all Kansas road boosters.
After the passage of the hard"
road laws this committee, assisted by
Frank A. Davis, national secretary,
outlined campaign to first hard-sur-
face the Trail across seven counties:
Usage, Lyon, Morris, Dickinson, Mar
ion, Mcpherson and Rice, covering
about two hundred miles of the trans
continental highway.
Work was begun in Dickinson and
Morris counties, and already petitions
calling for building the road have
been circulated and the necessary sig
natures obtained in all but one dis
trict in the two counties. Petitions
are in circulation for all OF the mile
age across Marion county; in all.
about eighty miles under petition.
either completed orfn circulation. All
of the petitions are for either brick or
concrete.
As soon as a petition for any hard
surfaced road through any given dis
trict receives the necessary majority
of signatures 1t is filed with the
county commissioners and. IL found
valid, the road must be built.
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Shot Firer Killed in Mine.-An En-
pIesion in mine No. 1T Of the Weir
ycoal Company at Dunkirk recently
/Rilled J. H. Scott. shotfirer.
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Tear Down German Fiaa.-When
Hutchinson militiamen learned that q
German flag adorned the wall of the
'Grsber Supply Company there they en-
tered the place and tore the emblem
down.
y - is,.;k Il ~. - ana,
Woman Police Judge -DsSoto, went
-onsreccrd for the complete enfran-
.chisement Of women by electing a
woman, Mrs. RoKana Blaylock, police
Judge. An entire woman's ticket was
in, the field, but the men carried on
the offices of mayor and councilmen.
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GaIena Veteran Deads-Willlam H.
Coons, rs years old. is dead at Galena.
Mr.. Coons was the first rural route
mail carrier In Galena. He was q
member of the Soldiers and Sailors
Historical and Benevolent Society of
Washington, D. C.
.'Naa.. r. r. * .ssaa-
Hutchinson Swept by Gale. A
heavy gale swept Hutchinson and vi.
entity the other day, hating with a
light shower. Several persons ire-
ceiyed minor cuts from falling glass
from broken windows.
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1Town Founder Dead.-Georgs 4.
Woodward. so years old, resident Of
Geary County since 1855, is dead. at
his home in Junction City. He found
ed the town of Ashland, once a pros
porous frontier village near Manhat-
tane but long since passed from sx-
istence.
Wouldn't Salute FIag.-Anna Folk
land, 13-year-old daughter Of Wichita
Socialist, who refused TO salute the
stars and Stripes and swear allegiance
to the United States, will not return
to school there. The school. board
has. decided on expulsion for Miss
Folkland.
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Farmer Found Dead. :. Leaning
against his corncrib John J. Martin, a
rich farmer, was found dead the other
night near Augusta A bloodclot on
the brain had killed him.
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Patroiman Accidentally shot.-R. e.
Fowler, patrolman, was accidentally
shot by j. H. Dufriend at SaIina. The
men had been cleaning their revolvers
and Dufriend was experimenting with
Fowler's gun. Fowler will recover.
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Vfse-eIeet Pieasanton Mayor.-In the
city election at Pleasanton Samuel
Tucker was reelected mayor with the
following councilmen: R. w. McIn.
tyre, Julius Gottlieb. ]. A. Gentle,
Harry Mann and P. p Corby. r. g.
Coleman was reelected police Judge.
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u Raise q Guard Unit. - Recruiting
for a separate company Of the Kansas |
National Guard has commenced At |
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