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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07
and down.

upstairs and down.
Many thanks to the girls and also
to Mr.. Buck, who left his business
and patiently waited to give the din
ner bugle call. We certainly ex-
pected him to dine with us.
After dinner the toasts by Messrs
Light, McNabney, Hubbard, and Nc
Lehman, with Rev. Hestwood as
POSTMASTER were enjoyed by all.
We must not forget the kindness
of the Christian church people who
made this good time possible by do
mating us to their splendid dining
room.
We believe the day was real plea
sure to everyone present. After all
our greatest pleasure is in -giying it
to others.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07
INTRODUCING A NEW MEMBER
OF THE STAFF

1t is with no little pleasure that
we this week introduce to our read
ers, Mr.. Horace L. Fry, who came
the first of the week to take the po-
sition of city editor and advertising
manager of the Democrat.
Mr.. Fry is man young in years,
but old in experience. He got his
early training in a print shop, and
later was engaged in the newspaper
business. Selling his paper he COM
pleted the course in journalism and
advertising at Missouri State Uni
versity. After leaving school he
held positions ON some Of the best
dailies and weeklies in the state.
Mr.. Fry will have charge of the
advertising; and is prepared to as
sist the advertiser in the prepare
ton of his copy when desired.
He will also have the city news end
and will appreciate any assistance
you may give him. He will have full
authority to transact any business
connected with the paper.
Under the new arrangement the
editor will be utility man, working
at the desk, in the print shop or on
the street.
We believe that with the. assist
ance of Mr. Fry, we can make the
Democrat a paper that the town can
be proud Of, and we ask the assist
ance Of all in the matter of news.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07
LEASES FOR OIL

Forty-seven oil and gas leases on
total of 10000 acres of land were
filed for record with c. w. Finley,
recorder Of deeds, by the Empire Gas
and Fuel Company, of Bartlesville,
Oklahoma. Most of the land is
around Kismet. Alfred ]. Diescher
is vice president of the company.
The leases remain in force for ten
years from date and as long there
after as oil or gas is found. One
eight of all oil produced goes to the
lessor or the lessee may purchase the
oil at the market price at the time of
delivery. The company agrees to
pay 5000 each year for gas from each
well where gas only is found but I'M
til the gas is marketed the company
is to pay only 500 a year. If coal
is found the lessor is to receive Sc a
ton for all coal mined and marketed.
Any oil well that is gas producer
will bring in $50 year for its own
er. The company agrees to COM
plete producing well within IL
months or pay an annual rental of
25c an acre.
The following men have leased
land to the Empire Gas and Fuel
Company: Charles w. Shore, 500
acres; M. Olson, 4S0; j. R. Mcclure,
$50; W. C. Stout, 1920; George Car
ter, 80; ]. B. Fellers, 4sO; David j. |
Dodson, 800; D. K Baty, $50; H. C.
Reiss, 800; J; M. Cornell, 800; Rob- !
6 ert Davies, 1850; N. b. Hyde, $40;
John A. Woods, $40; W. C. Hoch-
stetter, 100; j. c. Lindsay, 100;
Alonzo C. Taggart, 100; T. H. Bot
torff, 100; Frederick Ress, 100; F.
A. Tucker, 100; W. c. Brisendine,
100; E, B, Thompson, 100; J. R.
Morris, 160; G. H. Wessler, $40; F.
W. Husser, 100; E, A. Louthan, 100;
F. R. Fellers, 100; G. D. Admission, /
100; W. c. Davis, 400; T. M. Niece
hee, 800; George D. Brace, 100; c.
w. Holt, 160; A. ]. Rheuby, 100; Ida
E. Antrim, 100; Brown Lee, $50;
Frederick Reiss, 800; C. E. Garrison,
ITO; John Malone, 480; ]. H. Light,
800.
Several other oil and gas compan-
les have been securing leases around
Liberal. j. C. Mahoney has secured
leases from the following: E. F.
Printz, Henry Gartung, Jr., A. G.
Thompson, W. A. Heston, A. E.
Musgrove, Mrs. N R. Brown, John
L.. Boles, W, H. Hall, George N.
Heston, Mrs. C. Shore, Abe X. Stou-
fer, o. W. Limaster, C. L. Atha, F.
C. Nix, Walter Lemaster. J. A. Cor
nelius, L. A. Etzold, Florence L.
Lusk, A. Seward, Gilbert J. Reento,
H. X. Mosher, Merit Fast, ]. E. Davis,
P. W. Hall, Charles Thompson, E.
G. Kindschi, C. G. Barnett, v. N.
Kenny, v. R. Harnden, Luther Smith,
C. N. Sheppard, F. E. Carpenter, H.
A. Nemnich, Charles Long, ]. W.
Preifest, A. N. Thompson, Edwin
Belief, L. N. Latimer, Mrs. S. E. Lat
inner, E. j. Graves, J. A. Jarrett, N.
E. Jennison and R. S. Graves.
The Southwestern Oil and Gas
Company has the following leases:
]. E. George, E. ]. Fitzgerald, L. v.
Gardner.
Charles w. Ellasesser has leases
from the following: C. F. Brown, E.
]. Fitzgerald, D. J. Reilly, ]. w. Pref
fest, w. E. Carson, W. C. Collett, ].
w. Nohman.
w. B. Howard has leases on land
belonging to: B. F. Parker, ]. A.
Hall, E. E. Heston, Ralph c. Nays,
Homer Kreble, John Burnett, Irene
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07

Mrs. C. E. Brown of Hutchinson,
a sister-in-law Of Mrs. Keown, spent
few days in Hugoton, the guest
of Mrs. Robert Smith. She was ac-
companied to Liberal on Wednesday
by Mrs. Smith and Mrs. j. w. Stew
art Of Moscow, who spent the day at
the Keown home.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07
Our Advice is to Buy
Clothing Now

Clothing prices have just begun to advance. New
in the history of the world has there been as
great call on the worlds clothing supply as
there will be in the next two years. With little
increase in supply and with all surplus clothing
used up in outfitting the present European armies
there be no doubt as to where prices will go
when we begin outfitting the United States
Army. The wise buyer will realize this and will
lay in supply before the advance.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07
NEW BOOKS FOR LIBRARY

The library still grows. Among
the new books this week are: "The
Boy and His Gang" (for teachers
and parents, Eur Trail Adventur-
es," Boys Book Of Bugs and Butter
fles and Beetles" Johnny Blossom"
"The Fast Mall" "The- Widow"
"O'Callahan's Boys" Modern Mono
logues," "More Modern Monologues,"
"Gold Seeking on the Dalton Trail"
Martin HYDE" "The Dukes Messen-
ger" "The Passin' on Party" "True
Story of Benjamin Franklin" and
boy Scouts of Berkshire"
Mrs. William Dillinger, of Hugo
ton, is visiting at the M. c. Trexler
home.
Miss Frances Stivers and Miss Dor
othy Boehler, of Meade, arrived Sat-
urday to spend the week with Miss
Maragret Stoufer.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07

Lloyd Bailey and Ezra Bolinger
off Bucklin were Liberal visitors
Thursday. The boys are putting out
several hundred acres of crops near
Satanic. The Democrat is pleased
to acknowledge visit from the boys.
Ezra is a member of the cavalry
company organized at Dodge City
and is awaiting orders to go to the
front.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07
TEST KNOCKERS FOR THE BOYS

Dress the boy up clothing that will make him grow up into
rather than into wax-doll creature. Let him
clothes that he feels free romp about in 1t takes good
clothing for that but
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07

Charles E. Nelson and Miss Myrtle
L.. Dennis, both of Tyrone, were mar
ried by Rev. R. v. Hughes, of Tyrone,
last Friday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07

Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Snyder and lit
tie son, of Canon City, Colorado,
spent Wednesday with G. E. Matkin
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. SnydeS
have been on tour of Kansas, and
came here from Lewis. They left
Thursday morning for Garden City
and will visit there short time be-
fore returning to their home at Canon
City.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07

Earl H. Mccoy and Miss Meta B.
McConnough, both Of Tyrone, were
married by Probate Judge ]. w.
Campbell Monday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07

If you were one of those unfor-
tunate islanders who on hearing a
loud explosion now springs to his
anti-aircraft gun and looks for Yep
pelins, you would have exactly the
same feeling that the Italian SOL
diers have in the marvellous scenes
of the night attack by Zeppelins
Shown in "Pasquale" the Morosco
Observation-Disclosures, June II.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07
Boys Blue"
Blouses

that kind They made for the boy with life They
in their class the market today We have them in
fancy patterns both light and dark blue You'll be to
find something please you Come in and look the lot
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-06-07

A baby daughter was born to Mr..
and Mrs. o. X. Nelson, of Hugoton,
on Sunday, June 3, accord
ing to announcements received
by friends here. Mrs. Nelson was
formerly Miss Bertha Bell, and is
well known in this city.
Miss Zula Weidensaul is a dele
gate from the local Christian church
at the Christian Endeavor Conven-
ton which is in session at Haviland.
Miss Weidensaul will continue her
visit to Pratt, where she will visit
relatives before returning home.
Mrs. ]. M. Pratlier, of Dodge City,
is here spending the week with her
daughter, Mrs. T. J. Layton. Mrs.
Pratlier is a neice of Mr.. and Mrs.
Childers, who are old residents of
Liberal and will be remembered by |
many people here.
Mrs. o. C. Armstrong left Sunday |
for Enid, Okla, to be at the
bedside of her husband who is in the
Hospital at that place.
Word was received here by relatives
that Mr.. Armstrong was operated on
Tuesday and is getting along as well
as could be expected.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28

If you have a cow. a horse.
chickens. piano. household
articles or in fact anything to
sell. try an ad. in the Review.
II you do not have faith enough
to pay for an ad.. offer us a
commission and we will do the
without charge.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28

In conversation with the local
baker in regard 10 the charge
of ten cents for n loaf of bread
that formerly sold tor halt that
price, he said under present
conditions there is really not as
much profit in a ten cent loaf as
there was in the five cent loaf
of former times. Then. he
stated. flour could be secured at
$i.60 per barrel. sugar at SO. 40
and lard, and other ingredients
were much cheaper in price.
He said when people registered
vigorous protest on price of
bread in the belief that the
baker was realizing an immense
profit, they were laboring un.
der a misapprehensiOn. As a
matter of fact he said at the
present time he was making
and selling bread at actual cost,
realizing his profit on pastry.
So there seems TO be two sides
TO the loaf of bread question.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28

Try a local ad in the Review.
if you have anything to sell.
You will not be disappointed.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28

The strike situation is still
standing pat. The steel workers
have united with the wooden
ship builders. and with the ex,
ception of the Columbia Ship,
building Co.. and the Coast
Shipbuilding Co.. all the ship
plants of the city are practl
cally at a standstill. lt is ex.
pecte1. however. that an agree.
ment will be reached this week.
The striking workmen. appar.
emily, are anxious to go back TO
work, but they want their de.
mands acceded TO before so do.
ing. President Wilson has be.
came interested in an early ad.
justment. and the probabilities
are that matters will be so ar.
ranged that work will resume
not later than the first of next
week, The hope is general that
IL may be so.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28

An assistant barber who had
been working for the day at
the Colfey barber shop on North
Jersey street last Saturday met
with quite a mishap. While
Mr.. Coirey was working at the
chair he noticed a pool of blood
on the floor. Not comprehend.
ing where il came from he ask.
ed his assistant about il. He
replied that he did not know.
but on looking down at his feet
he noticed the blood oozing out
at one of his feet. II was then
discovered that a vein had
burst in the barber's leg.
A physician was called and the
injury cared for.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28

Dollar wheat used TO be the
fond hope of the farmer. but
now he is making a big holler
because the price is only $2.05
instead of more. IL seems hard
to satisfy human nature. more
more" is the constant cry. II
is the cry of the millionaire as
well as the man of moderate
means. There seems TO be no
limit. When one million is Sc.
cured another is desired. The
richest man in the world is still
grasping for more. Why is il
so?
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28

The newspapers of the west
have a good friend in Senator
Chas. l.. McNary of Oregon.
Publishers have brought up the
subject of receiving pay for adj
vertising the next government
bond issue. The commodity for
sale 10y the publisher is adver.
tising space and from this he
makes his living. Without thou.
sands of newspapers the gov
ernment would be helpless i'm
disseminating news relative to
draft numbers, Red Cross activ.
tiles, etc. This always will be
run by the papers free of charge
and as a matter of news. Thou.
sands of columns of news and
editorials will he run on the
bond issue free of charge The
steel manufactures is paid for
his product, the farmer is well
paid for his produce, the muni.
tion manufactures is paid, the
railroad is paid, the ship own
ers are paid and the money to-
foot all these bills comes through
the assistance of the papers in
floating the bonds and the pub.
fishers figure that the only com.
modify they have for sale should
be paid for when il is used. !
Senator McNary has in no un-
certain manner pointed out that
the publisher is as Justly enti-
tied TO payment for his advertis-
ing space as any other industry
for It's product. and if provision
is made for paying the publish
ers for future advertising il
will be largely due to Senator
effort. He empha-
sized particularly that the rural
press which reaches the masses
If the people should not be ex-
,eeted TO do all this work graf
5. Industrial News Bureau.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28

London Training
Available for Concerts aud Recitals
06S Lombard Street, corner Wall
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28

An exchange gets off the fol.
lowing: There is a woman
living in West Virginia who
has been married three times.
Her maiden name was Partridge,
her first husband was named
Robins, her second Sparrow. the
present Quale. There are now
two young robins. one sparrow
and three little quales in the
family. One grandfather was
a Swan and another a Jay. but
he's dead now and a bird of
Paradise. They live out on
Hawk Avenue. Eagleville, Can
airy Island. and the fellow who
wrote this is Lyre and a re-
lative of the family"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28

A bill to put the lumber i'm
dustry on an eight.hour day
basis was introduced Monday
by Senator Jones, of Washing
ton, and referred to the COM
merce committee. II would pro.
hibit interstate shipments of
lumber products upon which
there has been labor of more
than eight hours a day.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28

congregational church morn
ing theme. Fellowship with
Christ and what il Stands for." Z"
Sunday school at 10 n. m. Even
ing theme. Sowing. or the
Wonderful Story of One Stan.
ga. Mrs. Gabriel Pullln will
sing at the evening service.
Thursday evening service at
Z 7:l5.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28
Send in your news items.

"You do not need to pay until
| get through. said the dentist
TO the man to whom he was
about to administer gas. as that
person was fumbling through
the contents of his pocketbook.
81 know that" said the man.
81 was only counting my
money"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28

Wearing a flag on your col
lar may be all right. but how
about the feelings of the laun-
dress who is obliged to throw
the flag into a tub with a lot
of soiled clothing.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28
In the End

Last night | dreamed ihat DER
The brightness of my sunny
world
A shadow passed.
So dense. 80 deep. u hid
Ny MONDAY sun.
! cried unto my brother worlds.
"a light A light"
or all. replied not one.
Not one. Oh Lord | scarce
Had breathed the word,
Nor cen had voiced
A plea. When lol
A Presence bore me from
The trampled sod.
engulfed my soul.
] lay at rest.
For in the end is God.
Meg Merrilies.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1917-09-28

Anybody who wants 60 be a
real rival of Thom as A. Edison
is hereby advised 10 turn his at.
tention 90 a U.boat extermina.
tor rather than perpetual mo.
tion.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-24
BOYS RESPOND TO
SCOUT 0RGANIzAT'N
ENTHUSIASTICALLY

When at the conclusion of a talk
by Lester A Hall. scout master of
the Seabreeze and Daytona Beach
Boy Scouts. given at the Palmetto
club last night. ROLAND +. Stevens.
as chairman. called for enrollments
Tor the Daytona Boy Scout organiza-
ton, AZ eager boys, ranging in age
from II to Is. responded. Out of
the SO boys present at the meeting
only six did not enroll.
After Col c. NJ. Bingham had call
ed the meeting to order ROLAND Z.
Stevens was elected chairman and
Prof II. Clay Marks. secretary
Lester A. Hall made an excellent
Zo-minute talk TO the boys. explain
ing the activities and aims of the or
ganization and dwelling on the twelve
scout laws. An excerpt taekn from the
scout handbook and read by Mr. Hall,
gave the boys a clear and concise
knowledge of scout activities. which
include wide range of outdoor
sports. camping trips, hikes and the
learning of useful trades
or the AZ boys who enrolled, Is
formed themselves into patrols 4
scout patrol consists of eight boys.
and four patrols form a troop Eight
high school boys formed the Hound"
patrol, making j. Gamble Rogers pa
troll leader and William H Pope. as
SIstant patrol leader. The other mem
bers of the patrol are: Carlyle Moore
! Richard II. Whipple. Clarence NJ
| Nash. kaare Espedahl, Duncan Mills
and William milford Edwin Nab
| bette IS patrol leader and Charles Mes
| sing, assistant patrol leader. of the
| Panther" patrol composed of a group
of younger boys who are: Banta Hill
yard, Robert Wallace. George Archi-
/ bald, William II. Freeman. Jr.. Wal
| lace Smith and Jacob Boris
! Other boys who enrolled are: Earl
| Price, William Talbot. Frank Robert.
Nicholas Boris, Charlie ]. Reese. How
| ard NJ. Armstrong. Bob Meyers. Schef-
fel Wright, Findlay Young, Wallace
Meachum. Ernest Pollitz Lawrence
Wetheren Claude Johnston. Gordon
Gould William Dermody, Leonard
Shear Randolph Bradshaw, Walter
McGrain, Kermit Brokaw. Forrest
Norton, Kenneth Brokaw, Floyd Klock
John Fromberger. Francis R. Mills
Roy Brokaw and Fletcher Tice.
Lester A. Hall has consented to act
as scout master for a month or two
until the organization IS perfected
and the boys have become familiar
with the scout activities ROLAND +
Stevens and Frank Turnquist were
elected assistant scout masters
Application will be made to the
} scout headquarters in New York fol
} membership blanks and the Daytons
organization will be completed at tht
earliest possible moment The mem
bership fee is SIS. the scout hanC
book is $.25 and a years subscup
tion to Boys Life, magazine deal
ing largely with scout activities il
S100 However. to the boys en-
rolling as new members S100 vii
cover the cost of the three if the mag
azine is taken.
Another meeting will be held mex
Monday night at the Palmetto clu
at 100 p. IN. Any boy over the az
/ Of i is eligible to membership.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-24

Did you know that some of our
greatest inventions have been diScov-
cred by men who started in other
lines? Well. it is true, and it leads
one To believe that you don't have to
be an inventor to invent. 1t is said
that the majority of great inventions
in America are due to men who stun
bled on to improvements in their work
Among many instances which might be
selected. three viii be sufficient to
prove the truth of this statement.
Thomas A. Edison. who has taken out
more than 5OO patents started work
at twelve years of age "a newsboy
on the Grand Trunk railroad. Then,
for more than ten years he was a
telegraph operator. Ii was not until
he WAS thirtY-seven years old thar he
took out his first patent a printer :
apprentice at the age of twelve, it was
not until he was forty-tive years old
that benjamin Franklin discovered
electricity. And the inventor Of the
telephone. Alexander Graham Bell was
a Scutthmau. who came to America in
1870 a. teacher of deaf muteo, and
then became professor iii the UniTer
+ sity of Boston.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-24
Delta of the Danube.

Sixty miles from the sea begins the
delta of the Danube. The kilia, the
most northern Of the branches into
which the river divides. carries more
than two-thirds of the volume Of its
water TO the sea, but il not deep enough
for the more important traffic, which
moves by the more direct branch
through the middle of the delta to Su-
lima. Here natural channel of =
to II feet has been increased to 20
and long bikes stretch out to sea and
carry off the silt Although it dis
charges less than per cent of the
Danube's waters. the Sulina chan
mel carries a shipping which null
tiplied tenfold between 1861 and 1892
1t was steadily increasing with q prom
Use of future prosperity when the war
interfered The Danube Steam Navl-
Cation company was reporting 1000
coo tons a year previous TO 1914.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-24
Famous riters' BEGINNINGS

Jack London. before he reached the
goal of one of the most popular writer's
of the day. combined the efforts of half
n dozen men in various kinds of work
ranging all the way from tramp to a
sea captain. Mary Roberts Rinehart
was to be a nurse and gained her init
mate knowledge of hospital work in
the Pittsburgh School for Nurses.
Louise Closer Hale had histrionic as
pirations, and her familiarity with
stage life is due to the fact that she
was an actress before she became a
writer
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-12-15

ter J. Anderson and Edward N. Me
loney, Councilmen; Halvor L. Harley
and w. G. Penhallow, members Board
of Education.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-12-15
ENTERTAINED BIBLE
CLASS FROM SEAVlEW.

Mrs. Selley Turner recently enter
tanned the Drexel Biddle Bible Glass
OF the First Baptist Church of Sea-
view. After the business session, the
class was delightfully."- entertained with
music by Miss Evelyn Tyson, Miss
Bayard and Professor Phillips, of At
lantic City. At a late hour supper
was served.
Those present were: Rev, and Mrs.
Tyson, Mrs. Joseph Haines, Mrs. Lin
ford Haines, Mr.. Linford Haines, Mrs
Elvin English, Miss Olga English, Mrs.
John Scull, Mrs. Lewis Shaw, Miss
Ellen Powers, Miss Ida Powers, Miss
Anna Powers, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Rob-
inson, Mr.. and Mrs. R. J. Somers,
Lawrence Force, Mrs. e. Turner, Mrs.
Seeley Turner, Masters Kenneth and
Winfield Turner, and Miss Evelyn Ty-
son, Miss Bayard, Mrs. Harper, Lieut..
Stanly and Professor Phillips, all of
Atlantic City.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-12-15

jewelers. screw driver to a moving
machine. He patented altogether over
sixty inventions, and allowed many
more to go unprotected or actually to
be patented by others who abused the
confidence with which he exhibited his
ideas to them. Perhaps the most in
teresting item of all is thai he mount
ed a steam engine and boiler on one
of his Hell Wagons. The experiment
was somewhat of a failure, not be-
cause of any wrong principle, but be-
cause of the lightness of construction
of the carrier. The motive power
shook the He'll Wagon to pieces.
Jesse Lake came of a family of in
ventors; Simon Lake, of submarine
fame, is a cousin twice removed, and
other members of the family have
done business at one time or another
with the Commissioner of Patents.