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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-16
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THE other day we walked by par
i ticularly attractive suburban res
dence. The house was good and the
broad lawn showed good taste and
care. Like a pretty little girl in a
becoming Sunday-school dress, with
her hair curled, the premises made
you think pleasantly that somebody's
affection was conferred upon it. II
was so attractive that we turned into
the cross street in order to walk along
that side of the grounds. A garage
stood at the corner of the grounds
abutting on an alley; and fairly in
the mouth of the alley, unavoidably
catching the eye of whoever passed
down the street, lay heap of junk
and ogal, evidently thrown out from
the garage and the house. The alley
itself looked like as though it might
lead to a pigsty.
That is strictly typical. The alley,
of course, did not belong to the
householder, and he did not care a
rap how it looked; so, with one hand
he ocered the passer-by rose, while
with the other he hit him in the eye
with an old tin can.
Perhaps such negligence is due to
the pioneer spirit, to which nature
was just something to be subdued,
as quickly and untidily as possible
to human use. But we have the habit
of blaming everything disagreeable
on the pioneer spirit, and the justi-
tication for it seems pretty well
played out
We do litter up the landscape
abominably. 1t is a national habit
that ought to be broken. Cities and
towns should not only have ordinance
es forbidding unnecessary litter, but
enforce them. Anywhere you will
find city spending hundred thous-
and dollars or a million to make a
beautiful park, and then tolerate all
sorts of needless ugliness.
Any woman will tell you there is
no need in wearing fine dress along
with a hat that has been fshed out
of a garbage can; for the dress simp-
ly emphasizes the hat. The more we
spend on parks and front yards the
less tolerable junk heaps and refuse
piled alleys become. What cities and
towns are insisting upon reasonable
sightliness.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-16
PLEASANT VALLEY ITEMS

Butchering, thawing frozen water
pipes, shoveling snow and digging
feed from under drifts keeps every
one busy these days.
Private Paul Packer from Camp
Funston visited his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. F. Packer, from Thursday
until Sunday
A. W. hide of Ashland is a guest
at the home of Ralph Heath's.
Services at Bethel church were we'll
attended last Sunday, both morning
and evening. All are cordially invit-
ed to attend these services. Remem-
Der! Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Young Peoples Meeting at 7 p. m.
Misses Estella and Elnora Heath
returned to Liberal Sunday to again
take up their school work after two
weeks holidays spent with their par
ents.
At the church business meeting
held January the following officers
were chosen for the new year: Supt.
of S. S., Mrs. A. G. Harris; Chorister,
Horace Molin; President B. Y. P. u,
George Chaffin. The new Sunday
School Board is made up of Ralph
Heath, ]. W. Daniels and Eli Packer.
Rev. Harris conducted chapel SER
vices at school Monday morning. He
gave very helpful talk,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-16
BUILDING THE MAINTENANCE
INTO THE ROADS is ECONOMY
A,Pohcy That Satisfies the Man Who Foots the Bills
Bonds Should Pay For Permanent Roads Only.
DoAD building vitality concerns ev-

DoAD building vitality concerns ev
IN cry tax payer and automobile
owner. A right policy makes the roaG
tax productive. 1t satisfies those who
pay and those who use. A faulty
policy antagonizes both.
This articles recites series of con.
trasts that point lesson.
Ito build at low initial cost road
that requires periodical maintenance
aggregating in few years time more
than the original cost.
Pie build at greater initial cost
a road whose maintenance is almost
negligible.
The first road is in good condition
for only portion of the period be-
tween times of repair, representing
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-16
Averse to Verse

"Ah, you're the very man l want"
exclaimed the long-haired, far-away
eyed swain. "Tve written new
poemw
"Delightedw murmured the but
tonholed one. "But the fact is I've a
train to catch"
"But listenw cried the poet. 81
will chant the first few verses"
81 should be happy another time"
flush! List! Harkw said the
poet, holding fast to his friends
button. soft in the sweet effulgence
of the eye"
The valuable moments flew by while
the poet, with closed eyes, chanted
on, waving one hand dreamily, clutch
ing his audiences button with the
other. At last, in desperation, the
audience cut the button off and fled.
The poet went on chanting to the
button.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-16

five, ten, or twenty years. Each
year of road service is paid for in
that year.
Maintenance, the heaviest expense
with the cheaper type, has been built
into the road.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-16

Every now and then, if you are a
busy person with lot of responsible
ty to bear and lot of work to do,
you may stop to wonder how things
could possibly keep on going without
you. You feel that you hardly dare
to take one day off at time. Yet
almost every week there are persons
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-16

EXPERT SHOE REPAIRING at
Burke Shoe Shop, 1st door west of
Overland Garage, W. End st. Re-
member the new location. 33t4c
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-16

"Ma, what does the home stretch
mean?"
making a $15-a-week allowance
go around, my son."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-16

perhaps 60 per cent Of maximum eff
ficiency.
The second, requiring only atten.
ton to minor faults which do not af.
feet at all the smoothness of travel
offers 100 per cent efficient service
S65 days of every year.
The first permits greater initial
mileage but heavy annual mainten-
ance charges eventually new road
being built, as road funds must be
used to keep the original mileage in
passable condition, leaving little for
new work.
The second requires little great
err investment and therefore heavier
interest charges but these amount to
but fraction of the maintenance
charges on the cheaper road-leaving
a generous share of the annual road
appropriations for new work. This
is building the maintenance into the
road.
An Economic Blunder
Building roads that are not per-
manent with long term bond issues
is an economic blunder. The roads
are gone while the bonds still demand
annual payment of interest and even
tual refunding by a generation that
has received no benefit. If, thru
costly maintenance, they have been
kept in reasonable condition, the
total of initial cost, interest and
maintenance is too great, and the
burden of refunding has been passed
on to generation already burdened
by excessive maintenance.
Bonds Should Pay For Permanent
Roads Only
Permanent Roads built by bond is
sues maturing within the reasonable
expectancy of life of the road, rep
resent least cost to the taxpayers, at
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-01-16
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK

At Liberal Kansas at the Close of Business on
December 81, 1918.
Loans and discounts including rediscounts $ss97745s
No'eS ana Dlls redlscouned ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 72,16385
o -$297,61O73
IT, s. BONDS (Other than Liberty Bonds but including
certificates of ndebedness):
u S. Bonds deposited to secure circulation o5ooooo
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS: - -'
Liberty Loan Bonds 81, A, and Az per cent
Liberty Loan Bonds, 81a, A. and Az per cent
BONDS, SECURITIES ETC (Other than u S.:
Bonds (oher than U. s. bonds pledged to secure
postal savings deposits 50 100000
Securities other than U. s bonds mot including
Total bonds securities etc. other than u yOYy !, 900 70
Stock of Federal Reserve Bank subscription
Value of banking house, owned $500 90
Furniture and fixtures 2975 90
Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank. 25348 "a
Cash in vault and net due from 4495O
Checks on other banks in the city reporting
Total of the twoi items above w $4646657
Checks banks located outside city of reporting
bank and other cash ems - 5O59 90
Redemption fund with U. s. Treasurer u S Treas
urer ~..~..-..-...... $4,000
Bills Receivable not past due 74515
Other assets if (pad for
Liberty Loan BOnds) 1,7O5oO
s447 ,se884
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in so 900 90
surplus fund .....~.-....... 25,OOO.OO
Undivided profits ,~..~..~..~..~..~... s177ss85
Less current interest paid .. 152l688
2,5e9.97
Interest and discount collected credited of
turity and not earned approximate ......... 374515
Amount reserved Tor taxes accrued
Circulating notes outstanding 100000
DEMAND DEPOSITS (other than bank deposs) subject
Reserve deposits payable within 80 days):
Individual deposits subject to check
Certificates of deposit
money borrowed) 6,7S777
Cashiers checks outstanding 17,S9761
Total of demand deposits (Oher than depOss)
subject to Reserve -...-..a..-.... $82s,sSOO7
TIME DEPOSITS SUBJECT TO RESERVE payable 80
days or notice. and postal savngs):
Certificates of deposit (ote than
POSTAL savings deposits 672.54
Total of time deposits subject to Reserve $9,66s2S
,39834
Liabilities for rediscouns including those with
Bank .-""..". 2,163.S5
STATE OF KANSAS, COUNTY OF SEWARD, SIS:
c. E. Woods Cashier of the
that the above statement the
c. E. WOODS Cashier
Subscribed and to before this
(SeaD JENNIE KARAU. Notary Public
my commission expires February g. 1927
Correct-Ates
J. E GEORGE,
W. H. FEATHER,
"A. FARMER,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18
MINERS WORTHY
OF HIGH PRAISE
Colorado Increased Coal Output
Despite Decrease Of
Working Force.
MEN HAVE WORKED STEADILY
Custom of Frequent Laying off
Largely Abandoned and Individual
Efficiency unprecedented
Labor News of Interest.

Since the entry of the United
States into the world war made the
production of coal a subject of nation
al vital interest, coal operators in
Colorado and the intelligent leaders
among the miners have co-operated in
efforts to keep the production up to
a maximum. This has been difficult
in view of the inroadS made upon the
working forces by the draft, voluntary
enlistments and by inducements Of
fered in other lines Of industrial
work
Facing the necessity of mining more
coal than ever before with a decreased
number OF men in the mines, leaders
of the industry in the state concen-
trated their efforts on securing steady
work and maximum efficiency from the
men. The effort has been distinctly
successful.
Through the efforts of local produc-
ton committees and the appreciation
on the part of the miners Of the need
for more coal, the custom of laying
off at frequent intervals has been
largely abandoned. Steady work has
increased the output per man, and in
consequence has raised the tonnage
produced in the state. With very few
exceptions, Colorado miners realize
the responsibility that is placed upon
them and are doing their part by
working steadily and faithfully.
The miners of the state also have
made extremely creditable records in
their subscriptions to the various Lib
erty loans and other contributions to
war work funds raised by various or
CARNATIONS.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18
CAPITAL AND LABOR In UNITY
eonpers Tells Conference Of High
Hope for Future Of the
United States.

Capital and labor met at confer
ence of the Council on Foreign Rela-
tons at New York when Samuel Gone
pers, president of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, told the assembled
capitalists, educators and large EN-
ployers: 1--WE are in hearty accord
in the wonderful possibilities before
us, and with the right spirit we are
going to work out the problems con-
fronting the American people. The
conference was called to discuss rad
ical experiments in foreign lands and
their influence on investment of Ainei>
lean capital"
Mr.. Gompers was invited to express
his opinions on the relations between
capital and labor and told the mem
bers that organized labor hoped for
better relations between employer and
employee and would work with you
if you'll permit u.s." The Federation
of Labor, he said, is constructive Or
ganization and wants to aid in solving
the problems now before the nation.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18
TOP Speed HARD
ON AUTOMOBILES
Rushing Car Over Rough Roads
Means More Than Incon-
yenienGe Of Occupants.
some EXAMPLES ARE CITED
Rubber-Shod Wheels Absorb Small
Shocks and Deaden Larger Ones
Siedge-Hammer Blows
Are Most Destructive.

Hammering car at top speed over
rough roads involves more than in
convenience to the occupants. There
is law of physics which reads that
the energy of a moving body varies
as the square of its velocity. Just
what this means in relation to the
rough handling of an automobile can
best be explained by few examples
cited by well-known engineer.
Examples of Velocity.
Double the speed of a projectile
and its capacity for delivering blow
Is multiplied by four. Triple the
speed and the energy Is, increased nine
times. If one bullet has twice the
speed of another bullet Of similar
shape and weight it will penetrate a
target four times as deep. II you
drop weight out Of a first-story win
dow it will develop certain velocity
In its fall, but you will have to carry
1t up three more stories and drop it
out of the fourth-story window in or
der to give it twice the velocity ut the
time it strikes the ground. If an OBJ
ject falls from ninth-st0ry window
III will be travelling when it strikes
the ground at rate Of speed only
three times as great as IL 1t fell from
the first story, but the blow will be
nine times as violent. And, SIMILARLY,
If the speed of q car is increased from
ten to thirty miles an hour, each ir-
regularity In the road will strike a
blow nine times as violent as before.
Reckon Increased Velocity.
Engineering problems. which are
simple when low speed is involved, be-
come enormously difficult when an in
crensed velocity must be reckoned
with This is the reason railroad
trains running eighty or ninety miles
an hour have not proved practical
success.
While the automobile has the adj
vantage over the locomotive In that
Its wheels are shod with rubber which
absorbs small shocks and deadens
larger ones, it is at a much greater
disadvantage with respect to the sur
face over which It travels. In COM
parison with the steel rails, the av-
erage road is literally a series of bills
and valleys.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

The advent of women into the in
dustrial world marks another phase Of
the changed conditions which the
United States and the whole world is
undergoing.
At a big plant in Indiana women
have been employed for the last six
or seven years in the trim-shop and
similar departments. They may now
be found in many parts of the factory,
assembling small parts, operating drill
and punch presses, keeping stock rec
ords and serving in countless ways on
the lighter work.
Women Are Competent.
To see these hundreds of women for
the first time, attired in their neat
drab-colored bloomer garments; seri'
ousIy and competently handling their
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18
EXTRA COMP ARTMENT
PUT in AUT0M0BlL lie
Ingenious Method Of Slowing
Away Luncheon Equipment.
Table Is Handy Feature and When
Eating in Car Insects and Other
Annoyances Are Avoided
Place for Other Materials.

An ingenious method Of construc-
ton and manner of slowing a folding
table, and other details Of luncheon
equipment, is used by the owner of a
light five-passenger car. The table
consists of two nearly square boards,
secured together by two strap hinges
on the under side. Two metal slides
and two screw hooks are provided for
setting it up in the rear Of the car, as
shown, writes G. A. Luers of Washing
ton, d. O., in Popular Mechanics. AT
the rear of the upper edge Of the front
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

tasks in the industrial world, is a reve-
lation.
The workaday clothes worn by the
women are businesslike, trim and mod
est in every way. The upper part is a
blouse, with the sleeves buttoning
tightly around the wrists to serve as a
protection against oil. Similarly, the
boomers are gathered around the
ankles as a safeguard against being
caught in moving machinery. These
clothes are made Of tough material.
Workers Are Happy.
All of the woman operatives seem
happy and contented in this newer
sphere of work. The most satisfactory
part of the proposition is the thorough
ness and competence with which WON
en- are handling the work.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

seat, two screw eyes are secured. A
leather strap through them serves as
robe rack. The hooks on the edge
of the table are placed through these
screw eyes, and the slides are extend
ed, resting on the doors. The slides
are wooden strips set in sheet-metal
straps, fastened to the Under side of
the table.
Under the rear floor Of the car is a
shallow container, and the floor
boards have been cut out and fastened
together to form a cover. The COM
partment accommodates the table
when folded, and also other materials.
The preference for eating in the car
arose because Of insects and other an
noyances, when the luncheon is spread
upon the ground.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Regina, SaSkatchewan.--The trades
and labor council of Regina has in
dorsed the proposal to hold west
ern conference Of labor to discuss re-
construction and er-the-war prob
lens. A committee consisting of rep
resentatives from labor organizations
in each of the four Western provinces
has the matter in hand. 1t is proposed
to hold the conference at Calgary next
February.
Announcement was made at the
Monon railroad shops at Lafayette,
Ind that the employees of that es-
adjustment would 90 on an eight-hour
working schedule at once. Under the
new order all overtime will be cut off
so far as it relates to machnists, boil
er makers, bacEsmlthS, pipeftters,
timers and helpers. The new sched
ule will reduce the shop mems pay
dollar day.
Resolutions protesting against the
action of the war labor board in order
llls tllC h4SllilSoStl VI lOO NOIluu ClEtCl
railway conductors in Cleveland at
the request Of the street railway EN-
ployees' union and calling for the re-
opening of the case were adopted by
the committee on social and industrial
construction of the National Womans
Trade Union league.
The novel plea that shorter work.
day would provide employment for re-
turning soldiers won strike conduct
ed by the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers Of America at New Yors. The
firm which agreed to the reduction is
j. Samuels & Bros, 122 Fifth avenue,
and the truce brought 1900 men and
women back to work.
Replying to charge by the nation
that the Bethlehem Steel company de-
sired to repudiate system of collec-
tive bargaining previously agreed to,
f. G. Grace, president of the steel
company, issued statement denying
this was so.
Winnipeg labor unions voted on the
prohibition question. The brick ma
sons carpenters, Canadian Pacific and
Canadian Northern railway machin-
lists unions have voted in favor of le-
CALLING the sale Of beer. They voted
also for S per cent kick in the
amber fluid.
The wages of railway telegraphers
will not be reduced under any circum-
stances under the new schedule being
prepared by the board of railway
wage and working conditions, it was
announced at the railway administers
ton at Washington.
A strike said to be unsanetioned by
local labor officials was declared at
the plant Of the Libbey Glass company
at Toledo, Ohio, as the result of agi-
tation for nationwide suspension Of
labor activities to free Thomas J.
Mooney.
All MOnon railway freight house
men at the station at Bedford Ind,
were put on an eight-hour working
basis against nine and half hereto
fore in force This reduces their pay,
some S15 and. some $40 a month.
An official message received at Ha-
vaEa from Camaguey announces the
signing Of an agreement by both sides
to The Cuban railway strike. The
message says traffic will be resumed
immediately.
British shipbuilding employers have
not yet agreed to the request of the
employees regarding the proposed
shorter working week after the war.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

Automobile That Is Not Too Heavy on
Purse is Most iDesirable--At
Same Time Speedy.

What the average man wants is an
automobile that is light on the purse
to begin with and to continue with
light on tires, light on fuel consump
ton, and at the same time the best
thing on wheels to light out with.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

II is said there is no precedent by
which the kaiser can be punished as
an individual malefactor Cor his
crimes. But this is time not SO
much to study precedents as to create
them.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

A supreme court jury has awarded
literary and theatrical agent $685..
339 as commission for aiding cele-
brated movie star. Evidently 1t costs
something to travel the pathway Of
Pickering flame.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

II is now officially announced at
Tokyo that the recent riots in Japan
were caused by the extravagances Of
the rich. The rich in all lands please
take notice.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

Life is full of contrasts. While there
are thousands Of persons here "just
crazy to go to France" there are thou
sands of Americans over there as eager
TO get away.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

In the event of a restoration of the
railroads to private ownership, some
of the returning directors will feel as
much mystified as Rip Van Wrinkle.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

People Of former monarchies will
have q much better appetite for per-
manent peace after their everyday APP
petite for food has been appeased.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

1t seems to be the happy notion of
the Russian bolsheviki that by aboI-
ishing the producer they can solve all
the troubles of the harassed consumer.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

Settlement of the varied questions
that will come before the international
peace conference will require a CON-
mission of SolOmons.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

II is said a suit Of clothes costs s400
In Vienna. We do not know whether
to marvel at the high price of clothing
in Vienna or the low price of paper.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

Gas mask factories are closed and
peach stones are no longer collected.
One of the worlds nightmares is gone,
let us hope, forever.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

If the Germans are hungry we ought
to be firm with them and send them
some of the victory bread Friend Wife
baked during the late unpleasantness.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

Deposed royal personages can still
crafty their taste for the gorgeous by
becoming doormen in the Swiss hotels
where they lodge.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

Uncle Sam has a lot of friends, and
former enemies, over in Europe who
will need much help in the next few
years.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

Speaking of kings, the abdication of
Albert of Belgium isn't requested by
anybody. He's sort of king of hearts
for civilization.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-01-18

1t will be proper enough to refer to
it as the 'late war;" for we who were
late getting into it were the deciding
force.