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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
BOB WILKINSON OUTRUNS
FORD

Bob Wilkinson is telling good
one on himself these days, and he
is so sincere in his talk that we
believe what he is telling. Last
Friday evening he was coming home
from his ranch northeast of town,
and was rambling along at a pretty
good rate of speed, perhaps delving
in thoughts of a higher cattle market
when the right hand corner of his
jitney came in contact with a calf.
Bob was thrown from his seat and
lit on his hands and knees in front
of the car. He saw the jtney
approaching him and crawled out
to the side of the road. No sooner
had his jitney passed him than he
jumped up and started in pursuit,
and after chasing it for some little
distance he grabbed the back end
and pulled himself in, and within a
short time was again comfortably
seated at the steering wheel, and
rambled right along into town. Bob
does not know whether or not there
was any damage to the calf, but he
does know that his cars front fend-
er was bent and the axle bent. Mr..
Wilkinson has proven he is some
speedster, even though a short time
ago he was hobbling around on
crutches.-Garden City Telegram.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
First published Oct. 16, 1919
ORDINANCE NO. 234

An ordinance providing for the
issuance of improvement bonds of
the City of Liberal, Kansas, in the
sum of Three Thousand, Two Hun
bred Fifty-three Dollars, and Forty
eight Cents, to pay the cost and
expense of the construction of GER
tain storm sewers on Kansas Ave
nue. and Second Street.
Whereas, in pursuance of pro-
ceedings duly had and taken ac-
cOrding to law, contract has been
let for the construction of the
storm sewer beginning at the north
Avenue, running thence south
through the center of said Kansas
Avenue to the intersection of Kan
sas Avenue and First Street; also
beginning at the intersection of
Second Street and Kansas Avenue
and running west through the center
of said Second street to the inter
section of Second Street and Lin
coin Avenue, and the total cost of
the construction of said improve
ment has been ascertained and is
hereby determined to be the sum of
Three Thousand, Two Hundred,
Fifty-three Dollars and Forty-eight
Cents, therefore,
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Council Of the City of Liberal, Kan
sas;
Section /. That for the payment
of the cost and expense of such
improvements the City of Liberal
Kansas, shall issue it's improve
ments bond instead of levying their
entire cost at one time, payable
in thirty years with interest cou-
pons attached, bearing interest at
the rate of five per cent per an
mum, with the privilege for the city
to call in and pay the same at any
time after ten years, said interest
coupons being payable semi-annual-
ly on the first days of February
and August in each year.
Section 2. Said issue of bonds
shall consist of seven bonds, six
of which shall be of the denomina-
ton of Five Hundred Dollars each,
and one of the denomination of
Two Hundred Fifty-three Dollars
and Forty-eight Cents, numbered
from one to seven inclusive, all
bearing interest at the rate of five
per cent per annum payable semi
annually on the first days of Feb
ruary and August of each year,
with interest coupons attached to
said bonds; said bonds shall be dat
ed August 1, 1919, and shall be-
come due and payable August l,
1949, with the privilege incorporat-
ed therein for the city to call in
and pay the same at any time after
ten years.
Section 3. Said bonds shall be
signed by the Mayor and attested
by the City Clerk of said city, and
shall have the corporate seal of
the city attached thereto, and the
interest coupons to said bonds shall
be signed by the clerk, provided,
however, that the signature of the
City Clerk may be autographed up
on said coupons, and both bonds and
coupons shall be payable at the
Fiscal Agency of the State of Kan
sas, in the. City of Topeka in said
State.
Section A. Said bonds shall be
executed in the form and shall con-
tain recitals substantially as fol-
lows:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF KANSAS
CITY OF LIBERAL
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
First published October 9, 1919
ROAD NOTICE

State of Kansas, Seward County, S..
To whom it may concern:
Take notice, that legal petition
signed by ]. B. Fackler, E. B. White
and other householders of Fargo
Township, in said county, has been
presented to the Board of County
Commissioners praying for the To-
cation of a section line road, as fol-
lows, viz: Beginning at the south
east corner of section l0-34-32,
thence north to the right-of-way of
the c. r. |. & P. Ry. Co., thence in
a northeasterly direction following
the right of-way on the south and
east side thereof to the section line
between section 2-34-32 and section
35-33-32 to the new road recently
laid out, running north and south,
thence east from said new road on
the section line between sections 2
and 1-34-32 and sections 35 and So
1892 and east between the sections
3-33-31 and section 6-34-31 to the
southeast corner of section 31-33-31,
thence north on the section line be-
tween sections 81 and 32 and 20
and 80 to the northeast corner of
section 30-33-31, said point being
to a regularly laid out and estab-
lished road, and ending with the
regular road at said point last de-
scribed.
And that said Board, acting as
viewers, will meet at the point of
beginning of said road, as petitoned
for, on the 3Oth day of October,
1919, and proceed to view said
road as the law directS at which
time and place all persons interested
may attend and have a hearing. In
case said viewers fail to meet on
the day designated, they may meet
on the following day, as provided by
law, without further notice.
Witness my hand and the official
seal of said county, this 7th day of
October, 1919.
ABE X. STOUFER,
21t3 (SeaD County Clerk.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

Ochiltree and Gray are moving
just as rapidly as they can to the
new town of Perryton and Hans
ford is preparing to get on wheels
to move to Spearman. LaKemp
has already gone to Booker and
the new towns up the line are
flourishing. Follett got hers first
in the removal of Ivanhoe to the
railroad and the map of the whole
northwest country has been chang
ed within a few months.T-Shat-
tuck Monitor.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
Improyement Bond

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, That the City of Lib
eral, in the county of Seward and
State of Kansas, for value received
hereby acknowledges itself to be in
debted and promises to pay to the
bearer the sum of $4,000, in law
full money of the United States of
America, on the 1st day of Aug,
1919, with interest at the rate of
five per cent per annum, payable
semi-annually, on the 1st days of
February and August of each year
after the date thereof until the
principal sum shall have been paid,
upon the presentation and surrender
of the proper interest coupons here
to attached bearing the autographed
signature of the clerk Of said city,
as they severally become due, and
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

Chas. and Ralph Summers of Lib
eral, Kansas and Fred W. Hood
of Larned, Kansas were in Perry
ton the first of the week preparatory
to opening their lumber yard here.
Chas. Summers and sons are pioneers
in the southwest and have been
identified with the building of Guy
mon, Oklahoma, and Liberal Kan
sas. Mr.. Hood is also an old resi-
dent of this section and town
builder. We are glad to see such
men locate in Perryton, men that
understand the needs of town and
willing to help over come the dis
advantages of the situation and
help build a city. The Perryton
Lumber Yard will be the Summers
Hood Lumber Company and will
handle all kinds of lumber and build
ing material, and we are informed
that they will start work on the
yard in a short time.-Ochiltree
County Herald.
Sc lat :
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

hoth nrincinal and interest ore nav
able at the Fiscal Agency of tbe
state of Kansas in the civ of To
peka. Kansas: and the CITY of Lib
eral is held and firmly bound, and
its faith and credit and all real
and personal propertv in said citv
are hereby pledged for the prompt
pavment of the principal of this
bond and the interest thereon at
maturity: provided however. that the
CITY of Liberal NAV call in and nav
the same at any time after ten
wears.
Tbis hord is o,e of sorios of
bonds IF lie data and taror issuod
bv 'S said c;tw of he'll 70 ro $50 for
stroot i,,,nrovononts :, and foT said
citv urdar and Lv ,ntb"rir,, % anJ
on,nI;onoo ,,;+b ~ o,;.iana
nf tbn Iaws of +So Sto+o of e.
sas ' govarn "1 citias of tbe second m
class and in comnIiance with Ordi.
na "o, No ofS d"i,, ond ' Ill,
nasSod h., .ha No. S,i &C. Sorna f"n ~
sa;J citv on tho iotb day of Marcb
1910 va WV ' y" "'' ~
And II 10 fu-+hor doo,orod and
oort;fad tbot oil ants oouJ;tion, on" on"
eps rea maI al t ae'T BE- %on Sd ana
th;s hpnd . bawa boon vi" nro ,Ssud dou Oo
onJ norforn,aJ ID 10 S;pt :, n u
iar a p dma forn, os nn",, ~ az H.,
tbo constitntion arJ Iaws &c +Io
Stoto 81 Kansoa amG 49, tho .otni
;nJeb+odrass of sod u c;t~ u' ;nclr IGr",
thiS sorias 90 borJs u dos S, no ,t'. auoonS
onT "nrst;+utioOai ~ Statmt no. In;
tat;onS '''0N' - ''N'' ''''''
IN WITNESS WHEREOF cold
oi+u 90 : hal Ronsns ~ h,. ~. M sa,u
~ ond Council hos c ny 'oS wa" th;s
bord ~ no sinnad h., i+s Wav on,I
ottes+oG hv Ire cIorL and i've
cornorate saaI 70 be boroto nff;vaS
and tb;s bond is n ha Sotad 49,
lei dav If Aua io1a 'O '''
" " CpIEETTu
A+tos+. NJ
T HOLLAND
Citv Ciarr
Soctior TIL, intoros+ oounos
IN no attached N said bords shaII
he in smhstaptiaIIy tbo foiIoYinm
form:
INTEREST COUPON
- .r;.,....,....--
1924 the Civ of liberal Kansas
will pay to the Bearer Twelve and
$4,000 Dollars, at the Fiscal Agency
of the State of Kansas, in the city
of Topeka, Kansas, being six
months interest on its improve
ments bond, dated Aug. |. 1919.
L. L. HOLLAND,
City Clerk. |
Section 6. That the Mayor and
City Clerk are hereby authorized
without unnecessary DELAY, to pre-
pare and execute said bonds. as in
this ordinance provided. and that
when executed said bonds shall be
registered with the City Clerk of
Liberal, Kansas, and with the Audi
tor of the State of Kansas, as re-
CURED by law, and shall be by the
Mayor of said City delivered to the
constructing such i'm
provided however, that
said bond shall NOT he sold or deliv-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

Mrs. o. B. Christner of Liberal
and Mrs. S. L. Williams of Tyrone,
Oklahoma, spent yesterday here
visiting friends and shopping
Hutchinson Gazette.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03
To Make Statues Of Silver.

Charles T.. SWEET has discovered a
preparation Of silver which may be
made in a plastic form like wax or
clay, and also thinned down to the con-
sistency Of paint, according to the Lit
tie Journal, Cambridge. Mass. Copper.
copper alloys and bronzes may be
worked in the same manner. BY sim
pie technology the preparation may be
reduced to the pure metal without any
change in its form or shape.
A sculptor may work 1t in the round
or in the relief. just as he does his
usual materials, or in dilutiOn it may
be applied to metallic surface with
a brush. 1t greatly simplfies the prob
lem Of artistic work of high order.
although. of course. it is more expen.
sive than stamped ware. Medallions
and figures may thus he presented in
the original without the need Of cast
ing, and such articles as silver sets
may be made Of which every member
is original and unique. 1t provides a
new medium for artists. The inven-
ton has been patented.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03
Turkish Promises.

The first Of more than a hundred
treaties wrung from Turkey by which
the porte promised protection to the
Christians within the boundaries of
the Ottoman empire. was signed 145
years ago. at the instance Of Russia.
Not one Of these hundred promises has
ever been kept-whicf Is sufficiently
indicated by the fact that all the treat.
les cover practically the same points.
Every time the European powers saved
Turkey from dismemberment, the
reigntng sultan in his gratitude, SOL
emnly promised that he would grant his
Christian subjects In European Tur.
key liberty and equality before the
law with MOslems. After France and
England, at the tremendous cost of the
Cr!mean war; had saved the Turks
from the Russians, the sultan issued
the famous HattihumatOun Of Febru.
AIRY Is. 1856. in which he swore by the
beard of the prophet to give Christians
full equality. The promise, like so
many others, was but ''scrap Of pa.
per-" Abdul Hamid on his ascension
to the throne. declared that he would
make mo distinction Of creed" and
posed as the protector of the Chris.
tians and Jews, Of whom probably
more than L million were slain during
his reign Of 81 years.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03
BoLsHEvIK COURSE OF STUDY
Interesting 70 Speculate a. to Just
What Would BE Appropriate Uni.
versity Curriculum.

The former Danish minister to Pc.
trograd is authority for the statement
that the bOlsheviki have established
special revolutionary school Mt Mos.
COW under the direction of Professor
Radek, the revolutionary leader,
where agitators from all parts Of the
world are receiving instruction and
fitting themselves for missionary
work.
1t would be interesting to receive a
prospectus Of DIR. Radek's university
and an outline Of It's course of study
Presumably little attention will be
paid to bomb-th, owing. the handling
Of explosives, and the like, these being
purely elementary branches. One
would look rather for special en-
phasis to be laid upon the Theory
and Art of B"lslevizing and Ap-
proved Methods Of Dealing With the
BourgeOisie and securing their pos.
sessions without using physical force
Advanced students might take up the
problems. how to collect taxes with.
out taking money away from any
body and the counter-rcvolution and
how to counter it.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03
FISH WOULDN'T BE FOOLED
Denixens Of the Deep Simply Refused
to Be Oecoyed Into Any Net
Made Of Cotton.

Even fish knows that when an out.
slider tries to monkey with American
business he makes t>ouble.
1t was decided at Washington by
the powers that You should he coaxed
into raging fish hunger. Pieces In
the papers We're written to make your
mouth water for fish: posters showing
beautifully colored fish. lying in beds
of parsley, and cool, fresh vegetables
were stuck up in your town railroad
station and post Office. Ry all the ex-
pert calculations Of the pr"pagandists
you were soon shrieking for fish i; you
were turned into man who would
perish If he couldn't have his fish
every day.
'Kighto!" they said. "Cotton isn't
as strong as linen, but Wen make our
nets of cotton. with larger threads.
We've got folks hungry for fish and
now we must get the fish,"
SO down into the clear waters Of the
Great Lakes and into the cold depths
Of the sea on the Pacific coast where
the salmon disport went the cotton
nets in place of the linen nets that
have been used through the centuries
by all fishermen.
1t was a secret in war time, as 7
have said, but I can tell it now:
The fish struck. 1t was a linen net
or nothing with them. Linen mesheS
are almost Invisible to fish in wa.
ter, perhaps entirely so, judging by the
number of fish caught in them every
year. But cotton meshes-
"Why cotton net looks like
white rail fence to fish," said an ex-
pert in Herbert Hoover's Office In
Washington. Gle turns around and
goes right away froE1 it."-Exchange.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03
"Radio- Compass" New Invention.

The naval communication service is
perfecting a new and important inven-
ton called a ''radio-compass"
To illustrate its use: A ship. let us
say. is 200 miles out at sea. Owing
to persistent bad weather, her navi-
eating officer has not been able for
many days to get sight of the SUM-
He has lost his bearings. and can only
guess at his latitude and longitude.
But he has on board ratiio-compass
an instrument otherwise called "di.
rectfon-finder." His wireless outfit en-.
ables him to receive messages from
shore stations. The radio-compasy
gives him the directions Of the sta
tions from which these messages come.
Thus he can locate the position Of the
ship with exactnesS. and the problem Of
navigation is safely solved.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03
ON LOFTY ARAFAT
Beautiful Mountain Is a Long.
Extinct Volcano.
lt Has Been Scaled, and, Contrary to
Tradition, No Proof That Noahss
Ark Ever Landed There Could
y De Discovered.

The recent appeal made by the
newly established republic of Ararat
for recognition by the United States
will be better understood, ut least geo.
graphically, when 1t is explained that
the region In question /: province
Of Armenia.
1t takes its name from the noun
tain on which the ark made land
Ing after the food-Ararat meaning
Noah's mountain.
The whole world. according to the
Bible story, was submerged during the
period Of the Deluge and Ararat's top
most peak was the first dry land to
appear above the waters. for the SIM
pie reason that 1t was the loftiest-
in Armenia, at all events.
As viewed today 1t gives q notion
Of the depth of the food, inasmuch
as the peak is more than three miles
above sea level. It Is dome-shaped.
and its slopes for 1900 feet from the
top are covered with everlasting snow
and great fields Of glittering icc.
The climb down must have been
rather difficult for Noah, his family
and all the animals Gisembarked from
the ark. AS for an ascent to the top,
1t was formerly believed to be i'm
possible. The Armenian monks lie
clared that remains of the Noaclian
bark still existed on the summit, and
that by reason Of their sanctity SUI
pernatural influence forbade approacl
Nevertheless. in September. 1929. a
bold climber. DR.. Johann Parrot, sue
ceeded in reaching the top Of Ararat.
and on coming down stated that he
had found not even the keel Of the
ark up there. Since then the feat has
been repeated by several other adj
venturous persons.
Ararat comes pretty near to being
the most beautiful mountain in the
world. 1t Is lons-extinct volcano,
standing almost isolated save for a
lesser peak called Little Ararat, which
treally part of it) Is n cone of exdui-
site symmatry-an ideal volcano Of a
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03
THE REASON

We stated in our last issue
that we were about to move in
to our future permanent home.
We did this very thing and the
weather conditions were slight
ly against us SO it took consid-
cradle longer than we really
expected. Then, to make mat
ters worse the carpenters for
got all about a printing office
needing windows and doors
and so we worried along with
out these very necessary ar
ticlcs for some few days. The
weather for few days was
with us but then the wind blew
and after our machinery was
completely covered with dust
the snow came along and blew
III making complete mess of
the whole affair.
Finally after hollel.ing to the
four winds for days and nights
in succession the contractor
put up some doors and win
dows and then we began to feel
comfortable, but again the
weather was against us and it
turned cold and anyone know
ing the printing business
knows that one cannot work at
this trade without plenty of
heat Of some kind. The coun-
try being "dry' it was up to
us to do the next best thing
which turned ont to be a stove.
Still everything went against
us and the wind blew all the
smoke back into the office. We
finally found the door and
made our exit and waited for
further developments.
Now we are trying to make
up for lost time and rushing
things along in a hurry, consa-
quently the news items are
missing. To be frank with
YOU we will state that no local
news items appear at all so
don't look for any. We are
working under difficulties even
at this date so We will beg your
patience until we can get into
the harness again in the old
rut and then we promise to
make np for all delays and cN-
cuses. Please bear with us un-
til We get Strengthened around
again for it is our plan never to
make another move during our
sojourn in this world-in the
next we are not prepared to
state what we will do. Again
asking our readers to have pa
tience, this issue is now about
finished.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03
Where He Is,

II wonder what has become Of The
old-fasfioned fellow who tried to lay
something away for a rainy day?"
quoth the ,nusing mortal.
''Well, I'll tell You. stranger" re-
spOnded the man with the lurid nose
as he turned away, shuddering at the
mere thought of July I. Most Of him
is now trying his dIrndest to lay away
something for the dry one.'--Iud-
annapolis Star.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03
Attractive Bait.

"Mr Duhwaite is the kind Of A man
house." remarked Mrs. Dubwaite.
''I'ii tell you how you can cure him
Of that" said Mrs. Clipping.
"How?"
'Buy one Of those combination tools
at hardware store. You know what
I mean-one that has half dozen
different contrivances concealed in Il
handle. Leave it lying around the
house. I don't believe there's a man
living who can resist the temptation to
experiment with a thing like that
Birmingham Age-Herull
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03
General Gallicni's Epiaran1s.

The late General Gai!icu: WAS Il mas
.er OF epigralN;natjc expressions
Don't criticize untii you eau remedy"
$ one which Obtained great favor in
t'rance, and might be recommended tn
,ritics here. If you've got brains. use
hem; If not. plant cabbages." was an
)thcr of The generals sayings. "Se.
.A'Egs going, and keep them going"
anu Say what you want done. but
isn't say more than man can re,nen,.
Der" were two other couusels.-West-
GtnS:er Gazette.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03
Notice For Bids

Sealed bid, will be received
by the undersigned up until
Friday, October 24th, 1910. for
the erecting of a school build
ing in Broadns, Powder River
County. Montana, according to
plans and specifications on file
at \. Montgomcry's. The
Board reserves the right to re-
,iect any or all bids.
Mrs. X. Maude Blenkncr.
Clerk of Dist. No. -
Powder River Co.. Montana
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03
Their Surprising Way.

II was never more disappointed in
anybody in my life than l was in my
cousins up to Kay See" admitted Gabe
Gosnell Of Grudge. who was Just back
from a visit to the Big Burg. "Why.
with everything on earth going on and
anything you could think of liable to
happen at any moment, I'll be switched
If they don't poke off to bed at be-
tween and 10 o'clock every night of
the world !'-Kansas City Star.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03
Tire One Thina Needful.

What we need i'll this country"
howled the political orator, lis an
elastic currency" You have said
something. mister" interrupted a man
near the door. We want something
that stretches a mans income so az
to make both ends meet. See?'
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-03

type plainly recognizable as an ash
pile formed about an eruptive chin.
ney.
Relow. in the valley of Araxes, was
the Garden Of Eden, according to Ar.
menian tradition. At Marsand, in that
neighborlood. was ESQ say the monks)
the burial place Of Noah's wife. At
Arguri, village near great chasm
that runs into the heart of the noun
tain, Noah planted the first VINEYARD.