The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-04-17
NOW is THE TIME TO
STRIKE FOR RAILROAD
Baea County's Opportunity 1t Here.
"A Right Move Now Will Mean a
Road Inside of Two Years.-And a
Right Move Now May Force a Sec
ond Road to Build.


Democrat in regard to the Liberal
Forgan road. The Herald man has
vision that should become a reality
for the mutual benefit of Springfield
and Liberal:
The road the Herald editor has had
in view since opening up the railroad
talk of two months ago is the Cada,
which we believed then, and still be-
lieve, is available.
That we were right in the move
made and the plan suggested, and
were after the right road, is evil
denced by the fact that very recently
plans have been formulated for the
extension of the Cada line from For
gan to Liberal, work on which is to
commence at once.
Read carefully the clipping from
the Liberal Democrat-that tells the
story.
The thing that Baca county wants
to do now is to rise up as one
man, and with the super-six financial
collateral proposition, go after this
man Byers and the road wanted.
Mr.. Baughman, land man and one
of the stand-bys of Liberal, was in
our Office last week and talked over
the railroad proposition. He informed
us that Byers is an old railroad
builder and that he can get money
for that purpose when nobody else
can.
You will find published elsewhere
the petition in the form of a memo
randum that is intended to be used
at every store and postoffice in Baca
county to get line up on the dollar
an-acre proposition.
Cut out the petition, paste it at the
head of sheet of writing paper, get
all the signers you can, and at the end
of each week send it into the Herald
and we'll publish the list of names.
Every postoffice and every store in
the county should get busy at once.
II all will move together-the whole
county-enough names can be Sc
cured to justify the calling of meet
ing, probably in June, and probably
at Hugoton, to organize, raise money,
and put solicitors in the field to get
this dollar-an-acre in bankable notes.
The present petition is not in the
way of contract, but simply a men,
orandum-intended to get line up
on the feeling of the citizens of the
county toward the proposition.
If this feeler seems to indicate
that the bonus that could be raised in
that way would mean anything to a
railroad company or railroad build
er-then the next step will be taken.
Just how bad you want railroad
will be indicated by just how busy
you get right now-from the east
end of the county to the west end,
and from the north to the south.
Remember-It depends on you.
And just to show that the dream of
the Herald man is not an idle one we
are also printing a list of names,
followed by the amounts that would
be subscribed for each for the road.
This list shows that the people out
there are talking in way that looks
good for the building of road.
Such line would mean more to
Liberal than anything else after the
Liberal-Forgan line is constructed.
1t would open up wholesale terri
tory second to none in the state.
This paper is of the opinion that
this road not only should but will be
built, and the sooner we do it the
better off we shall be.
Here is the list as it appeared in
the Herald:
The $-An-Acre Fund
The following is list to date of
those who would be willing to pay
dollar an acre or more for railroad
from the east into Springfield, with
the amount set after the name. The
figure (2) after the name indicates
the party would be willing to give
$500 an acre:
Sam Holt and father, $4,000; G. J.
Coburn, $1,000; C. G. Patterson,
$500; Ned Jones (2), $64O; Thos.
Flaws (2), $3.50; Chas. Howell, 500;
Will Spurgeon, $3.50; Robt. Dickey,
$50; c. C. Campbell, 1920; W. M.
Stewart, $4,000; H. L. Almon, $3.50;
F. J. Graves, $50; H. A. Caswell,
$500; j. C. Renner, $500; H. D.
Smith (2), $3.50; W. A. Fields (2),
$1,000; Joe Boyd, 312; L. C. Hager-
man, 800; T. F. ESass. 1920; Mood
Mccullough, 1920; Roy Winters,
$500; j. J. Riddle, 500; C. w. Will
son, $3.50; Guy Whitaker, 1920; G.
W. Simpson, $3.50; Archie Konkel,
1920; H. o. Blanchat, 500; R. X.
Knight, $428; j. M. Alfrey, $64O;
A. ]. Malmberg, 1920; F. T. Chris
toffer, 1920; B. H. Jones, $500; C.
P. Handley, $160; w. A. Thompson,
1920; j. L. Almon, $160; j. A. Nc
Kellar, $640; T. E. Konkel, 480;
Oscar Virgins, $160; David Konkel,
$1080-Total, $28,720.
The above names were secured to
the petition published elsewhere
during the past two weeks of those
who happened to be in our Office
and when we happened to think about
it. Cut out the petition elsewhere,
go after the names, and at the end
Of each week send them IN and they
will be published.