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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30
ORDINANCE NO. 24I.

An ordinance creating the office
of Water Commissioner and speci-
flying his duties and compensation.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE MAY
OR AND COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LIBERAL, KANSAS:
Section l. That the office of
Water Commissioner is hereby
created and it is the duty of the
Mayor, by and with the consent
of the council. to appoint a water
commissioner, who shall hold during
the pleasure of the Mayor and
Council, and whose duties and COM
pensation shall be as hereinafter
stipulated
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty
Of the Water Commissioner to
have supervision of the water and
sanitary sewer systems of We City,
and to have personal supervision Of
all work necessary in the repair
and maintenance of same; to have
charge of the wells and pumps.
He shall have care and custody
of all tools and machinery Of the
city used in connection with his
uulleS, ana 10 make an inventory
of all such tools and machinery and
file same with the City Clerk, and
shall turn over same to his sue
cessor in office.
Section 3. Said Water Commits
sioner shall provide a car at his
own expense to be used in the
performance of his duties.
Section 4. The compensation of
the Water Commissioner shall be
the sum of One Hundred and Seven
ty-Five ($175.00) Dollars per month
payable monthly out of the City
Treasury.
Section 5. All ordinances OF
parts of ordinances in conflict here
with are hereby repealed.
Section 6. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from
and after its passage and publica.
ton in the official city papers.
Passed by the Council Oct. "a, 1915
Approved by Mayor Oct. "a, 1919
Attest: W. V. GRIFFITH,
L. L. HOLLAND, Mayor
| City Clerk.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Mr.. Oscar Houtchen returned Fri
day from an extended visit with
relatives in Syracuse, Missouri. He
is again employed at the Peoples
Cash Grocery.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Mrs. John Forester left the last
Of the week for Topeka, where she
will visit relatives before going on
to her home in Oklahoma City.
Mrs. E. H. Fletcher came in Mon
day from Council Grove to visit
with her sister, Mrs. A. ]. Ian
caster.
Miss Eta Larue spent the week
end with relatives in Plains. Her
sister, Mrs. George Larue accom-
panied her home for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Carson re-
turned Monday from a visit with
relatives in Colorado Springs and
points in the east.
Emil Hutchinson left Monday for
his home in Ridgeway, Missouri,
after spending the summer with
relatives here.
Anna Ratliff returned home Mon
day from Ratliff, Arkansas, after
being there some time during the
illness and death of her mother.
Rev. Wells passed through here
Friday on his way to Texhoma. He
is now at Sterling and is attend
ing college there.
Miss Florence Farmer accompani-
ed the Redfern girls to Pratt Sat-
urday where the girls will attend
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Roots left
the last of the week for Wichita,
where they will make their future
home.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Miss Fern Shoup left Friday for
the weekend with her parents Mrs
Ed. Longwell accompanied her for
few days visit.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

The H. NJ Parks and W. B. Ad-
kinson families were in Liberal
Sunday.-Forgan Eagle.
L. H. Donley and wife were in
Liberal the last of the week on
business.-Forgan Eagle.
Mrs. s. A. Capps came up from
Tyrone Friday for few days visit
with Mrs. Sam Hubbard.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Mrs. l.. f. Ket returned to her
home in Tyrone Tuesday after
visit with her sister, Mrs. C. Nc
Lung.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Mrs. D. L. Filkins left Friday
after visit with her sister, Mrs.
w. ]. Pennington.
Mrs. ]. /. Stamper visited the
last of the week at the home of
Mrs. H. E. Snyder.
Charley Barbee was over from
Elkhart Sunday and spent the day
with home folks.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Grandma Switzer is very i'll at
this writing
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Mrs. E. H. Fletcher came in Mon
day from Council Grove to visit
with her sister, Mrs. A. ]. Lam
caster.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Mrs. John Forester left the last
Of the week for Topeka, where she
will visit relatives before going on
to her home in Oklahoma City.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Mr.. and Mrs. George Roots left
the last of the week for Wichita,
where they will make their future
home.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Miss Eta Larue spent the week
end with relatives in Plains. Her
sister, Mrs. George Larue accom-
panied her home for a few days.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Carson re.
turned Monday from a visit with
relatives in Colorado Springs and
points in the east.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Emil Hutchinson left Monday for
his home in Ridgeway, Missouri,
after spending the summer with
relatives here.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Miss Florence Farmer accompani
ed the Redfern girls to Pratt Sat
urday where the girls will attenc
school.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

An ordinance creating the office
of City Marshal, and specifying
and designating the duties and COM
pensation of said official.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE MAY.
4 Op AND TOJTNCIT nE nIIU
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

An ordinance creating the office
of Water Commissioner and spec-
flying his duties and compensation.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE MAY
Old MD CAI1AInII OIL tnIrIn
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Rev. Wells passed through here
Friday on his way to Texhoma. He
is now at Sterling and is attend
ing college there.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-30

Anna Ratliff returned home Mon
day from Ratliff, Arkansas, after
being there some time during the
illness and death of her mother.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-02

$3.50 Overcoats, now.
5000 Overcoats, now .
$1,000 Overcoats, now
$1,000 Overcoats, now
$500 Overcoats, now
$500 Overcoats, now
$4,000 Overcoats, now
$500 Overcoats, now
$4,000 Overcoats, now
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1919-01-02
Mems Coats Reduced

Men, do not overlook this chance of buying overcoat
good coat for just half-prce during this special.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
HINTS FOR POULTRY

Tenants and other persons desiring
temporary shelter for poultry would
do well to consider straw shed
house, according to T. s. Townsley Of
the University of Missouri College of
Agriculture. Such a house is very
simple to make and will serve as ex-
cellent quarters for poultry during at
least one winter. If supporting
frame is built before thrashing time it
Is no extra trouble to blow the straw
from the thrashing machine over and
around this frame to form shed
completely closed in with straw on all
sides excepting the south. A support
ing frame can be easily made by set
ting a post for each corner of the pro-
posed shed and placing across the ton
Of these posts heavy poles to form the
supports for the framework of rails,
boards or light poles, which will hold
up the straw. After the straw has
been thrown over this frame a front
such as is used on any modern poul-
try house can be built on the south
side. This front should include some
open space and some windows to pro-
vide ventilation and furnish light. The
inside OF the house may be equipped
with dropping boards, roosts and
nests, just the same as any other poul-
Try mouse. A straw shed house of this
type ~ feet square on farm near st.
Peters, Mo-, furnished shelter for 1875
mems. These birds came through with
out frozen comb and laid all winter.
Ii such house becomes infested
with mites during warm weather the
birds can be allowed to roost outside
during the summer months and new
mouse can be built each thrashing
time.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10

J.. II. Weller was ST LOUIS
visitor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Marchingt ton
left for ST. Louis.
Charley Bond had gone to Sc
attle, where he had found employ.
ment.
Mrs. nj. A. Bowman and Miss
Edith Mock went to the Worlds
Fair.
Dick White was home after a
trip to California, and had been
checked in as Wells Fargo agent.
Names on the democratic county
ticket were Vic Noxon, Jesse Jones
Albert Wood, Bert Ventress. Fred
Collom, Mrs. Carrie j. Mason,
and S. M. Smith.
A social meeting of the Discus
sion club at the home of Mrs. Kim
ball was assisted by Miss Hill and
Miss Davis. Prizes went to Miss
Varney and Mrs. F. D. Wiley.
The republican young men of
Idaho Springs organized the first
political club in the county. Men
chosen IS officers were John White,
F. A. Lucy, George Moscript,
Fred Comstock. A. D. Dart, W.
Ulrich and Bert b. Wright.
Susie Thorpe entertained at her
home Media DETROIT, Margaret
Clark, Kelso Clark, Louise Tobias.
Ruth Mellor, Lea Miller, Charley
Morrison, Hazel Mosher, Warren
Lester, Gertrude Dutton, Mayme
Petersen, Della Dumont and AL
berta Dove.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Items of Interest Taken from the S1ft1ngS OF MS
Corresponding Week Fifteen Years Ago

Richard Williams haa left for
Montana.
Charles Baron of Ute creek had
gone TO Tonopah.
Fl B Sheldon bought two lots
from William Morgan.
Mrs. L. MacLean entertained
Mrs. S. A. Stock of Toledo, Ohio.
A. M. Hawk of Alice had gone
east to spend the winter interesting
capital in his mines.
Mrs. Harriet Hyde bought a
fifty-foot building lot north of the
Beebee hotel from Mrs. Dory.
John and Elmer Edwards leas-
ing on the Comstock. shipped a
carload of ore netting $67 ton.
Shakespeare club was to meet
with Mrs. Hill, with Miss Pendle-
ton and Mrs. Sabin on the program.
Local musicians organized the
Idaho Springs Silver Cornet band,
with fifteen mem bers. James
Woolcock was leader.
Mrs. A. A. S,elleck had been in
Fort Collins representing Idaho
Springs at a meeting of the State
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Joseph Flynn, a miner "a years
of age, whose home was in Cen
trail City, met his death here when
he tried to board a moving train.
Pierre Betheaume, who had
been employed with his brother
Louie Betheaume at the Wykoff
lu umber camp, was found dead on
a train near Hum bolt, Iowa. He
was a single man going to his
home in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
Rubies and Sapphires Are
the "JeWeIs" in Watches
Higher Value Than Diamond

There are in every good watch from
7 to 21 Jewels" Some of them are
rubies, others sapphires-two kinds
of gem stones rated much higher In
market value than the diamond. These
sapphires and rubies, Furthermore,
must, to serve the matchmaking pur.
pose, be iawless. :,
The watchmakers get them cheap.
because the gem stones used for this
purpose are of inferior color and bril-
liancy-useless even If they were big
ger. for jewelry.
A watch is said to run" on so
many stones. The more valuable the
-imepiece the greater the number of
stones used in its makeup The tiny
gems, pierced to receive the axles of
wheels, offer minimum of friction,
and do not wear out easily.
Enormous quantities of these watch
jewels are cut in Switzerland. To
each stone is given a rounded form
with hole through the center.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

A magnetic brush may be made by
rolling a piece of fine-mesh copper or
brass wire gauze into cylinder corre-
spending in size to the magnetic brush
and a carbon brush may be cut in two
to do double duty.
After you have ruined a few spark
plugs by removing them with monkey
wrench you will get a socket wrench
that just fits around the plug and pro-
tects the core from accident.
Go over the leather on the car occa-
sionally with special leather dressing
and the difference in the appearance
of the upholstery will repay you a
thousand times.
Watch your wheel spokes, especially
if your car be an old one. If the
spokes can be shaken, tighten the bolts
on the flanges of the hub.
1t is hard to restore blemished
aluminium to its pristine luster, es-
pecially is it difficult to get the frosted
finish back again.
In making temporary battery con-
nection the strands should be twisted
up tightly, forming a loop by bending
over to the right.
A cause of overheating that is fire.
ra,-Ix to rls r.,
belt.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
Promise With a Proviso.

A Chicago boy of six was being
shown through the Art institute by his
mother. who stopped before one OF
the "old masters" and, after explain
ing the beauty and value of the pic
ture, said: "Now. dearie. won't you
promise to remember all l have told
you about this picture?" The young
hopeful said: "Yes, I will if you will
promise never to bring me here
again"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
Miracles Due to Mothers.

vent disease from attacking the child !;
medicine cannot perform miracles. 1t
is miracle if children brought up in
foul and evil surroundings grow up
healthy and wholesome men and wom-
en-. The miracle. incidentally is usu-
ally accomplished not by doctors but
by the sef-sacrifice and heroism Of
the mother of the children, who too
often loses her own health in the proc
ess.-London Times.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
@al al-:[:i::!ii;;:,,,}s THE 80
lIAUTOMObILE WORLD 4

The manufacturers of cars, trucks
and parts now employ more than l.
100000 men and women. This does
not include accessory manufacturers
or the men employed in garages, re
pair shops and new or used car sales
establishments.
If every passenger car now in use
In the United States travelled only
5000 miles a year, a low average, and
carried three passengers each mile
covered. the total passenger mileage
would be approximately 100000.
The wholesale value of approximate
Iy 2O,0OO,OOO tires to be manufactured
this year will probably exceed $780,
100000.
There are $50 manufacturers of fin
ished cars and trucks and about 1000
concerns manufacturing some parts OF
a finished car or truck.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
CURE FOR SLIPPING CLUTCH
When FuIIer's Earth Is Not Available
Borax May Be Used With Sat-
isfactory Results.

When slipping develops in the
clutch of the cone type it is usually
caused by oil on the leather facing.
The usual method of curing this trOu-
BILE Is to sprinkle fuller's earth on the
leather, but if this powder happens
not to be available borax may be used
with satisfactory results, and in the
absence of either the carbide dust or
lime residue from an acetylene gen
orator will prove good enough sub
stitute.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
The Sleep Ration.

John Wesley experimental in sleep
rationing as cure for insomnia.
Finding he woke every night about
twelve and lay sleepless for some
hours. he decided to go to bed later
and rise earlier. The first day he rose
at seven instead of eight, the next at
six, the next at five, the next at four.
BY rising at that hour he found he
slept without waking throughout his
ration" and thereafter rose at four
for good.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
United States Mints Break
Records in Making Pennies

United States mints established a
new record for monthly output in June
by turning out 9s.1610 900 pieces of
money, Director Ray T. Baker an
nounced. OF the total coins. 81, 1854.
600 were pennies, which was 100000
greater than the previous record made
in December. 1917. The remainder
consisted of 6,427,o00 nickels and 37O.-
600 dimes.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
Sea Water in Sponge.

A constant circulation of sea water
is taking place with the sponge in its
natural habitat. This flow is accom-
plished by series of cells, the like of
which is not to be found in any of the
higher animals.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
FIRST SUPER SCOOTER SEEN
Primitive Motor Car, Called "6uck-
board" Driven by Auto Wheel
Set in Rear Wheels.

Grahame White, who was at one
time the most popular aviator in Eng
land and is one of the pioneers of avia-
tion, has introduced into England the
first super scooter, commonly called the
"buckboard." 1t is practically primi-
tive motor car driven by an auto wheel
set between the rear wheels. To throw
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
Coal in the Ice Reqions.

Biologists have discovered immense
deposits of coal in Spitzbergen. and
1t is now apparent that, in spite Of
ice, cold and fog, Spitzbergen is land
fraught with many commercial possi-
billties. The coal is practically all on
the surface, and deep mining is un-
necessary.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
The Cost of Frivolity

In a letter to metropolitan
newspaper, a disgusted citizen in
sists that a great deal of the alleged
high cost of living is due t'
the "high cost of frivolity." Ht
makes out an impressive case fol
New York, at least.
"All the theaters before the
strike" he says, "were nightly
packed to the doors. The burlesque
shows, the hundreds of movie
houses, are filed to overfiowlne
day and night by crowds that are
evidently never at home.
ssShort hours bring them all to
the streets and shops, where they
suuander all they get on clothes
and gewgaws. The shop ladies'
dress like duchesses in silks, laces
and pearls, and go to business
in filmy garments suitable for a
ballroom.
"Then at evening they fill all
the restaurants. All the table
d'hotes are crowded, and in many
cases parties of young girls with
out escorts fill the tables, feasting
and guzzling.
"After this come the shows and
then the carbarets, to say nothing
of Coney Island and the show
inns. This they do nightly, and
then sleep in the morning on the
way to work. 1t is nothing for
them to spend in a night $40,
which would keep the family in
food for several days.
"How can they get on with this
way of living? If people in more
comfortable circumstances wasted
their money the way these people
do in proportion, they would soon
be ruined. 1t is no wonder food
is high, the way money is squan-
dered on it and other things by the
very people who are bowling be-
cause they can't spend more.
This is probably an over-drawn
picture of New York life, and it
would certainly not fit the average
American city. Yet there is
enough truth in it to call for seri-
GUS thought. There has been
much talk about the extravaganza
of the rich causing high prices
1t is time something was said
about the extravaganza of the poor
Certain it is that many once
humble workman, or workman:
wife or son or daughter, has los
all sane perspective as a result O
wartime wages, and is indulgins
in scale of expenditure no
merely ruinous to the individual
or family concerned, but encour
aging dealers of every sort t.
charge "all the traffic will bear
Profiteering is only one side o
the story. There is the other sid
of reckless spending. Both mus
be checked. If we are to have
return to honest, old-fashione'
profits we must also return to hon
est, old-fashioned thrift. - For
Collins Courier.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
Quite SURE.

Patricia came tumbling down flight
of stairs, and her mother, badly fright
ened, inquired if she was hurt. When
Patricia reganed her breath she loud.
1y proclaimed her feelings: 81 is killed,
motherl / know / is killed !"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
The Enemy Seal.

In Labrador the fishermen regard
seals as their deadly enemies. One
authority says that he has known a
seal to haunt net so persfstently that
to get any fish at all the owner had
to watch all the while at one end.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
USE SPONGE ON WET TIRES
Wiping Them Off and Then Carefully
Drying Them Will Prevent Annoy
ing Rim Rust.

After driving in wet weather If the
car owner is careful to sponge off the
tires when he returns to the garage
and then wipes them dry, especially
along the beads, he will do much to
prevent the formation of rust. This
advice is particularly applicable dur
ing the spring months of frequent and
copiouS rains.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
Pompey,s Pillar.

This is the name of celebrated
column on a slight elevation in the
southwest section of ancient Alexan-
dria. 1t is a monolith of red granite
upon a pedestal. Its total height is 9S
feet 8 inches. The inscription shows
1t was erected by Publius Eparch Of
Egypt in honor of the Emperor Dlo-
cletian, A. D. 302.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10

The Rural Mail Carrier is playing
Pilgrims Progress, which stopped Just
Now when the Dastardly Engine up
and Quit like a Dawg. The Carrier
will Get Out in the Mud and Twist
'Er for the Steenth Time this morning,
and then he will Sing Pean of Praise
for Muddy Roads.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
AIwaYa Carry a Rome

One of the most useful things to
carry In the car on tours is 25 feet
of half-inch manila rope, which has
almost endless uses.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
FIossy Gelatin.

An Englishman has discovered a
process whereby iridescent and moth
er of pearl effects can be given to
sheets of gelatin, useful for many pur-
poses.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
.Fue Oil in Colombia.

Fuel oil of a good grade and suffi-
cient quantity to supply the river
steamers Of that country has been
found in Colombia.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10

Pay day is always month off
for the spendthrjft, and he is never
able to realize more than sixty
cents on any dollar that comes to
him. It's the man who keeps
saving up and expenses down that
buys an interest in the concern.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10

League of Nations orno League
of Nations, the United States
should, of course, never again be
in the state of unpreparedness in
which the Wilson Administration
permitted it to remain from the
summer of 1914 to the spring of
1917.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
To Shine IsinaIass.

Use flannel rag moistened with
Vinegar to shine isinglass.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10

Gold.
More than two-thirds OF the gold
now in use in the world was discov.
cred during the last 20 years
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-10-10
Necessary Adjustment.

Why is an adjustment necessary?
Do not make it unless 1t is.