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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12
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How seldom private owner starts
his engine with the switch off,
though the professional driver may
often employ this procedure when
his motor is cold. The average own
er floods his earburetor, or pulls the
choke, switches on, and presses the
starter button Intellectually five or
six times. Then he opens the bonnet,
perhaps, floods the carburetor again
and at last gets an explosion.
1t is obvious that the idea of flood
ing the carburetor is to obtain a tenn
porary enriched mixture, but the
value of the flooding is lost if it be
done when the cylinders and Undue
ton pipe are full Sof MIXTURE, any
petrol vapor left IN this overnight
having long since evaporated.
If the engine be turned over a few
times with the switch off, the air is
expelled, and thin mixture Of air
and petrol inhaled in its place. Flood
ing then gives temporary rich mix
ture in the cylindars and the engine
will start at the first trial. lex.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12
GLAD TO SEE THE ''' '.''
BRIGHT LIGHTS GO

The autoists are pinning for the
day when the bright lights will be a
thing of the past Bright lights
take all the pleasure out of night
driving. -i.-af-. .If.. .t. ..f...r
4 Unfortunately it is not the fellow
with the bright lights who suffers.
1t is the other. .tUlgs. I.
The bright lights blind the view of
the man driving towards them. He
can't see the road or the bitches on
each side. If there is team between
himself and the bright-lighted car he
cannot see it. The only safe thing to
dois to come stop - ~.
But it isn't pleasant to stop every
few minutes for bright light car to
pass by. Usually when one goes, an
other bobs up. -
There are laws against the use of
the brightlights but these laws are
not obeyed. Many autoists believe
that the manufacture of brightlights
should be prohibited, If not by law.
at least by manufacturers Of lights;
Exchange.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12
RAILROAD BUILDING
pod STARTED IN OKLAHOMA

Railroad meetings have been held
at Ochiltree, Texas, Gray, and Balko,
Oklahoma, and at all of these meet
ings the people were enthusiastic
over the extension of the Beaver,
Meade & Englewood Railroad from
Beaver City to Ochltree. At all
three places committees have been
formed and all are working in unison
to secure this railroad. At the Balno
meeting j. H. Morgan, of Alva, rep-
resenting the railroad company, was
present and stated that the company
were willing to extend their road if
the people here were willing to do
their part He stated he was pleased
with the manner in which our people
were taking hold of and the enthusi-
assn shown in The proposition, and
that he could make a favorable re
port to his colleges and that several
of his company would return here
within ten days or two weeks prepar-
ed to submit definite proposition
to- our people. SsaEg N
We have had various railroad prop
ositions but this one is the most feas-
able one ever submitted to our peo-
Pile and every one here should join
in and boost to secure this railroad.--
Beaver County Republican N
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12
First Published March 20, 1871
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior. U.

Department of the Interior, u. S.
Land Office at Dodge City, Kan
sas, March 27,1917}lJ 'Nf'i 7e'
Notice is hereby given that Robert
B. Newkirk, of Moscow, Kansas, who
on October g., 1918, made Home
stead Application, Serial No. 011S3O,
for Lots 3, 4, Ek SWA, Section 81,
Township 3ls, Range 34w, 9Th Prin-
cipal Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make Final Three Y ear
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the Clerk of
the District Court of Seward Coun-
ty, Kansas, at Liberal Kansas, on
the 18th day of May, 1917. o
Claimant names as witnesses: John
German Alvin W. Downing, August
j. Schmoock, Fred R, Brownell, all
of Moscow, Kansas. = T., ''io
Not coal land. '"7i> ~ i'-'
:, R. r. WILSON,
Mar'29-6t, Register.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12
DON'T H0W 'UPi WHEAT \
..ogb, URGES ONE FARMER

''Don't plow up your wheat, \
urges W.. De- Prose, & of Pawnee
county. at may seem dead, but
hear my story" -. \
St"Onel April, after season like
this ! examined the wheat and found
no green root. An seemed dead and
dry In July l harvested II bushels
per acre"
"In Illinois, in war time, l bought
twenty acres, Of fine growing wheat
in November K In May not green
root could be found. All seemed
dead and blown away. In Septem-
Der / threshed and sold the twenty
acres of wheat for $1.9O per bushel,
and got eight hundred dollars for it..
"Save your wheat until the middle
of May, then use what you must for
feed, but leave all you can for sum-
mer fallow. ~,'7 ---eg.s--.,.,.--,.--.-.-.
Don't pillow the ground, but cut
it just often enough to keep weeds
down and you win have fine seed
bed in the fall and can almost guar
antee next crop"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12

In the light of what has happened
to his friend Nick Car, Old Bill
Kaiser should get out his Me and
Colt contract and make sure he did
not forget to have the junior partner
sign on the dotted line. If he does
not feel himself slipping a bit al
ready it is safe bet that he soon
will, and then he will need to work
his partnership to the lin1it.-Staf-
ford Courier. sGa,N .gs.En - n 80
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12

Messrs. J. D. Broadwell, secretary
of the Liberal Chamber of Commerce
j. G. Trindle and j. F. Fuest, good
roads boosters of Liberal, arrived in
town this morning on the Rock Island
limited to attend the good roads
today. While Liberal is not
on the Cannon Ball route, that town
is interested in seeing the road sue
cess,--Pratt Tribune
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12
Roy See is i'm Forgar and Beaver
City this week demonstrating the

Roy See, is i'm Forgan and Beaver
City this week demonstrating the
Staude Mak-A-Tractor. I0IIj1Rti +
Mr.. Engle and wife and Miss
Saunders were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. D.. Gasaway at dinner Sun
day, Ur EL,4 LII
Rufus White, mechanic at the Lib
erai Auto Supply Company, laid off
this week, on account of the illness of
his wife.
Fred Engle, Geo. Lowry and Ralph
Colvin made business trip to Guy
mon this week. C.S E!,TWoodss took
them in his Stutz.
j. G. Trindler was in Hugoton this
week on business connected with the
Hugoton branch of the Liberal Auto
Supply Company.
F. D. Zook who has been with the
Liberal Auto Supply Company left
Monday for Kansas City to enlist in
the Navy as an expert mechanic.
Liberal is a good town for the
aut tourist to stop in. He will find
the best of garages, the best of ho-
tells and the best of treatment. fi1
Take run up and down the
streets on which the garages are To-
Gated. Go through them and find
them as complete as could be de-
sired.
Liberals automobile dealers are
live men and believe in the adage,
live and let live. Competition is rife
but it is a genial, friendly competi-
ton. So many cars are, sold here,
one man cold not place them all.
They are mighty fine people to deal
with. ....-.~. -...lr ~ VI
M. C. Mann expects to open his
new garage the first of the week. He
has been experiencing trouble in get
ting equipment, but says he believes
everything will soon be here. The
building is complete with the excep-
ton of the interior decorations which
are now being made.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12
Hazel Ddwn to Appear
In my Lady hcog.'

"My Lady Incog'' which presents
Hazel Dawn for the first time in her
screen career as girl detective, is
a rare combination of laughs and
thrills. "My Lady Incog," privately
known as Nell Carroll, is sympa-
thetic and compelling character, es-
pecially appealing because Of her
self-reliance and courage in facing
extreme perils unflinchingly.
At the Majestic on April 1S.
FSN0cTSS y nv,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12
WHEAT NOT DEAD

John Dufeld called at the office
this week and said that in spite of
the fact that the ground is as dry as
bone his wheat is not dead yet'
Mr.. Dufeld dug up some of his wheat
that seemed dead, put it in a box and
soaked it with water; it commenced
to grow right away.-Plains Journal.
. S9TCSG
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12

John L. Boles, President of the
farmers Equity at Liberal, Kansas,
will speak at the school house in Elk
hart at 2 p. M, Saturday, April 7th.
Every farmer, should hear Mr.. Boiler
free lecture on organizing the farm
ers. of, this. ,locality.--Elkhart News.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12

Mrs. Clay Fulton, and. little, son
Jack of Liberal, wereS in the city
visiting Mrs. Fulton's mother, Mrs.
X. Whittet, last Thursday, returning
to their home acknowledgement
Democrat.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12

Mrs. G. N. Hoggart enjoyed,a Wis
t from her parents, Mr., and, Mrs.
J. N. Lusk, of Seward county Friday
md Saturday.=zSanta Fe. Monitor.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12

will leave in few days for their
claim in Colorado. Beaver County
Republican. DG1g 1oiT3iai E90 %
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-04-12

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-24

STOCK MARKET


New York, Nov. 14-Latest COM
plications in the railroad situation
arising from war conditions contri-
buted to the uncertain tendencies
manifested at the opening of today's
stock market. Reading broke 1 3-S
and Southern Pacific point, recessions
in other railroads being limited to
fractions. Industrials and shippings
were highly irregular at mixed gains
and losses, which ranged from one to
three points. United States Steel re-
acted a point and Crucible Steel two
points. Liberty As sold at 97.62 to
$3.50 and the 1-2s at 1896 to SO.
p Specialties were the only strong fea-
lures of the days short session. Rail-
roads led the moderate reaction in
representative issues as result Of
existing transportation problems and
numerous industrials and the ship,
pings fell back one to three points in
sympathy. The few notable exceptions
included Canadian Pacific. General
Electric, American Can and Tobacco
at one to three point advances. These
were partly forfeited in the final deal
lngs, General Electric reacting five
points. The closing was heavy.
Sales, $4,000 shares.
Liberty As sold at 1852 to SO and
the Las at 1896 to 1906.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-24
DEVICE THAT MADE
WIRELESS PRACTICABLE

The metallic coherer, a device
which placed wireless telegraphy on
a practical basis, was invented by
Prof Brandy and patented twenty
seven years ago today. This coherer
is the same as the one used by Mar
conf, with the exception that, by
many experiments, Marconi was able
TO construct a much more sensitive in
strument. While Marconi is usually
given thee redtt for being the father
OF the wireless, he owed much to
Brandy and other pioneer investiga-
tors. AS early as 1746 a German
named Winckler conducted wire
less experiment, and seventy-five
years ago Prof. Morse succeeded in
telegraphtng without wires across the
Potomac and the Susquehanna rivers
In 1885 Sir William Preece, of Lon
don, sent wireless current a quarter
Of mile, and about the same time
W. j. Clarke, a Canadian, expert
mented extensively with wireless tele-
graphy. The Brandy invention of a
coherer was the final step in a long
series of Investigations which enabled
Marcont to bring the great dream
down to earth and make it a reality.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-24
STEPNEY
Edwin Toucey visited in Bridgeport

Edwin Toucey visited in Bridgeport
on Monday.
On Friday evening an entertain
ment will be given in the Monroe
town hall. A musical program will
be rendered and Mr.. Hugh Shields
will give an Interpretation Of James
Whitcomb Riley's poems
The solicitors of the Y. M. c. A.
fund in this town report generous
contributions from the people.
Frederick p. Sherman has been
spending a week out of town engaged
IN his duties as county auditor.
Jacob Freedman of New York city
has spent a few days in this vicinity.
Thieves have been busy in Stepney
during the past week and in very
bold manner as they did not operate
their thievery at night but in broad
daylight. On Tuesday while George
L. Turney was at his work in Bridge
port his horse and buggy were stolen
from his barn. No trace as yet have
been found Of the missing team On
Tuesday a bicycle belonging to Arthur
eherman was stolen from in front of
the Lower school. A clue has been
discovered and IL is hoped the
bicycle will be recovered.
Miss Jennie Lynch spent the week.
end with her parents in Sandy Hook.
An entertainment will be held on
Dec. in the Baptist church parlors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-24
EDWARD M. BENNETT.

A large number Of sorrowing rela-
tives and friends attended the funeral
of Edward M. Bennett, held this
morning from the funeral rooms of
Cullinan, Mullins, Buckley & Co., 293
Golden Hill street, at $3.50 o'clock and
a half hour later at Sacred Heart r.
G. church where a solemn mass of
requiem was offered up for the re-
pose of his soul by Rev. Richard F.
Moore, LII. D. Rev. John A. Sulli-
van of1iciated DIS deacon and Rev.
Thomas P. Mooney. sub deacon
Schmidt's requiem mass was sung by
the church quartet composed of Miss
Teresa Ryan, Miss Catherine Lom-
bard. Mrs. Charles Ogren and William
Chew. As the body was being borne
into the church the quartet rendered
Lead Kindly Light" At the Offer
tory Miss Lombard sang cave Maria !"
At the conclusion of the services Miss
O'Brien rendered Face to Face" AS
the funeral procession was leaving
the edif1ce Nearer. My God, to Thee"
was rendered by the quartet. The
large number Of floral tributes at
tested the esteem and affection in
which Mr.. Bennett was held by his
legion of friends. De legations from
the Bridgeport lodge of Elks Court
National Wheeler, Foresters of
America, No. 90, and Crane Relief
association were present at the SOL
emn obseouies. The pail bearers
were Joseph Connors, Ricaard Gay,
Patrick Couginlin, John Babanoe, Ar
thur Tolles and Albert Schmidlin.
Rev. Father Mooney accompanied the
cortege to- st. Miehaei's cemetery and
read the conmittal service,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-24
World of Finance
DEVELOPMENT OF THE
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES
(By Consul Dewitt c. Poole, Jr.)

(By Consul Dewitt c. Poole, Jr)
Considerable American and foreign
capital has been invested in the south
ern Philippines department of Min
danao-Sulu) during the past decade,
and despite the war there is present
outlook that still more money will be
spent and that a noteworthy develop
ment of this rich and virgin country
may be expected. The chief invest
haent fields are in the production of
hemp, coconuts, lumber, cattle and
now rubber, heretofore neglected be-
cause a scientific investigator decided
some years ago-erroneously, 1t mas
since been proved-that the region
was ill-suited to that crop. A rub
ber-growing project at present under
consideration calls for an investment
of $25, 100000.
When it was decided, scientifically,
that rubber could not profitably be
grown in Mindanao, a large American
rubber company established its planta-
ton in the Dutch East Indies instead.
A smaller enterprise persisted never
theless and its success has revealed
the entirely erroneous character of the
scientists findings. This company
now has $4,000 Para rubber trees
growing on the island of Bas1lan, or
which $4,000 have come into bearing
and yield from 80 to 80 kilos of rub
Der per day. A leading rubber expert
visited Mindanao in March, 1917. He
has stated that he was favor
ally impressed by the rub
ber-growing possibilities of the re-
gion. A well-known American
rubber company has already asked the
governor of the department to furnish
particular data.
Two American plantations in eastern
Mindanao province of Davao) have
about 10000 rubber trees of the Cas-
tilloa variety. Castilloa rubber also
is being planted by the government in
reforestation. A large Japanese hemp
enterprise in Davao conducts chain
Of stores, trading supplies to the ma
tfves for Castilloa rubber and other
Jungle products
While rubber is one Of the most
promising plantation products of Min
danao, Just now the leading and best
paying commodity is hemp Growers
are realizing prices four and five times
those which they found profitable
few years ago. The finest grades of
Davao hemp command as much as
100 pesos ($50 gold) per picul (133 1-3
pounds This phenomenal advance
is attributed to war demands, the re-
duction in the output of sisal in Yucca
tan and similar fibers in what was for
merly German East Africa and new
uses for the finer grades of hemp in
the manufacture of textile fabrics.
The most conspicuously successful
hemp plantation in Dayao is the sole
property of an American citizen who
was formerly in the Philippine civil
service 1t embraces about 1900
acres, on which there are 100000 hills
Of hemp, besides $4,000 Castilloa rub
Der trees and 10000 coconut trees.
Seven other large American planta-
lions in Davao have growing total
Of 100000 hills of hemp.
The hemp tree resembles very close
~ the banana in appearance. Two or
more stalks grow to a "hlll," this term
being used as in the United States with
reference to corn. Fiber may be strip
ped when the trees are about two
years old.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-24
ANNIVERSARY OF
THE "FATHER OF
WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS

California will celebrate today the
204th anniversary of the birth of
"the father of war western civiliza-
tion," F'riar Junipero Sierra, the Fran
ciscan missionary who founded many
of the old missions for which Cali
fornia is famous, and which remain
centers of attraction for visitors to
the Golden State. The bones of
Sierra and many of his co-workers
including Crespi, "the brother of his
SOUL" now repose beneath the altar
of the old Mission San Carlos Bor-
romeo, near Monterey, founded by the
great pioneer in ITO.
Another center of interest for those
who will pay honor to Sierra today is
the Mission San Diego Alcala, near
San Diego, the first founded of a
mission family Of twenty-one This
ancient ruin was founded by Father
Sierra in 1859, and the edifice, al
though crumbled in decay, is a mon
ument to the self-sacrifice, heroism,
bravery and martyrdom of Sierra and
his associates. Originally this mis-
sion was near the water front, but af-
ter several years it was removed in
| land about five miles.
In the seventeenth century a pro-
! cession of black-robed figures, armed
only with breviary and crucifix,
passed from Nova Scotias bleak
shores westward through the wilder
! ness of Canada to the mouth of the
Mississippi and from Mexico north
ward into California Drawing a
thousand dangers, they laid the foun-
dations of civilization in California,
as in SO many other sections of
North and South America. When the
Jesuits were expelled from California
the Franciscans took up their work
and Junipero Sierra was the acknowl-
edged leader.
Sierra was born in the island of Ma
jorca, Nov. "a, 1713, and entered the
| Franciscan Order at the age of eigh-
teen. In 1749 he went to Mexico
where he labored among the Indians
until 1857, when he was sent to Cali
fornia. He was made president OF
the order in that state, and on July
16, 1869, hec onsecrated the Mission
San Diego de Alcala, as the first OF
the California outposts of Christian
ity. The Indians were brought under
control by Sierra and his followers
and were made to serve as labohrers
The fathers. cultivated the olive anG
the vine, and the great fruit growins
| industries of the Golden State begar
with them. Mexican independence
led to the down fall of the missions
In 1A45, shortly before the American
occupation, all Of the property of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-24
Congratulations To Mrs.
Francis Hodgson Burnett

Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett,
whose novels have delighted a multi
tude of readers on both sides of the
Atlantic, was born sixty eight years
ago today in Manchester, England. At
the age of fifteen she came with her
family to America, settling in Knox
Vile, Tenn. She was only sweet
sixteen" when she began writing
stories for the magazines, and the
name of Frances Eliza Hedgson soon
became familiar to the readers of
American periodicals. In 1873 she
became the bride of DR.. L. M. Bur-
nett, and the couple soon moved to
Washington. Installed in her new
home in the republics capital, the
bride began work on the first of her
many novels, 'That Lass O. Lowries,"
tale of life in an English mining
town. 1t was published forty-one
years ago, and went far toward estab-
fishing the reputation Mrs. Burnett
has since enjoyed. In 1886 Little
Lord Fauntleroy,' by many consider
ed her masterpiece, was written, and
stage version was very successful.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-24
MARY e. Milan

Solemn funeral services for Mary
E. Milan were held this morning. The
funeral cortege moved from the be-
reaved residence, 33 Frank street, at
$50 o'clock and a half hour later at
st. Patrick's r. c. church, where a
high mass Of requiem was offered up
for the repose of her soul by Rev.John
c. Lynch. The singing of the mass
was by the church choir. At the
offertory pie Jesu'' was rendered. At
the termination of the services Miss
Mary Kelly sang Beautiful Land On
High" There was a. wealth Of floral
tributes. The pail bearers were James
Murray, Michael Clancy, Michael Man
nix, William Bray, John Clark and
Robert Manns. Rev. Father Lynch
accompanied the cortege to st. Mich
aers cemetery and read the committal
service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-24
WILLIAM F. VOIGT

Following a lengthy illness, William
Frederick Voigt, aged Ct years, died
this morning at o'clock at the Ga1en
hospital. Mr.. Voigt resided at 106
Jackson avenue and was widely known
in the North End. For 80 years he
was employed at the Frank Miller
Lumber Co. and was held in much
esteem by his fellow employees. He
was a member Of the First Lutheran
Zion church, Grand street and Ma,di-
son avenue. Besides his widow, he is
survived by one son, Otto Voigt, one
step-d daughter, Mrs. Eliza voigt, two
step sons, Gustave Sell of Hartford and
William Sell of this city. Nine grand
children also survive.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-24
The First Thanksgiving Day

Next Thursday will be the eighty
eighth anniversary of the first OBJ
sorvance of Thanksgiving Day in the
United States. The last Thursday in
November is the date now univer-
HaiIy adopted for its celebration. The
custom was inaugurated in New Eng
land in 1929. The Thanksgiving fes-
tfval, as such, dates back to the early
colonial days in New England, and
was first observed In October, 1921.
The first official Thanksgiving was
celebrated in July 1928. The first
thanksgiving proclamation of a Presi-
dent of the United States was by
George Washington in 1913. In the
south the festival was at first looked
upon as " New England suPersti-
tf0n," and it was not until 1885 that
the day was at all observed in the
South. No presidential proclamations
were issued from the time of Madf-
son until Lincoln's administration.
The last Thursday in November was
officially chosen as national
Thanksgiving Day, thanks largely to
the propaganda carried on by Mrs.
sarah j. Hale of Philadelphia, who
convinced President Lincoln of the
deHirability of such an observance.