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The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11
BANK OF PRESCOTT
 Prescott, Arkansas

are glad to say, and we are sure that he didn't mean to criticese anyone for the present condition of the roads, but we feel like this is an opportune time to let it be known that on this same road, the part that passes through Geargia township, we have expended within the last ten days. under the supervision of A. F. Mum, the mail carrier. on the Prescott and Gale routes. about $7000 This is small sum isn't it? Yes. this amount is about one fifth of the road funds available in Georgia township for an entire year, and this particular road is only one of several in the township. Then, if the expenditure of one-fifth of the funds in ten days on very smal part or the townships mileage doesn't give the people a passable road, where can
 we get relief? We thave eXerted every means possible on the roads
 this year. having i'll mind all the time our limited funds. ana we nave uiSeu the overseers to call out all free labor and we are of the opinion that the free labor has been workedcloser than usual. So eager have we been to i'm prove the condition of the roads, be- fore we could hardly realize it, owing to the high cost of labor and material nearly every road district in the county had overdrawn We could easily spend before Christmas every dollar of the road funds that would be collected
 another year but would this be good judgement? We think not. It IS our iIopcy not to spend more money than the people give us to spend. When we have spent the money that the people
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11

amont to anything where business men and citizens were always engaged in telling how dead it was-lifeless and all the powers that be could not start 1t moving and building up and endow- ing it with new life. This Is enough to kill any town, while the statements are not true. Make the best of every thing. Take the progressive side of every reasonable question. Advertise your town and business in every possi- ble way, and your brightest hopes in re- gard to it will be fully realized.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11
[ OF 4. MAN TALKS ON OIL AND
 GAS FORMATIONS

The strongest possibilities of there be |hg oil and gas in the Southern and Eastern part of Arkansas, particularly
 |h the Arkansas River valley. was
 |roced by Dr. N. r. Drake, geologist
 |it the University of Arkansas. Dr. Drake, in a lecture, told of the theories
 |f formation of oil, organic from chemi- al decomposition or bacterial action of Buried remains of plants and animals,
 |,nd inorganic. when carbides of lime
 |sr iron become in contast with water Inside the earth
 Oil is not found where it is formed |sated Dr. Drake, but among sediment |lT rocks that have certain peculiar |stnctural conditions. The high de |gee of metamorphism existing in the aate are unfayorable to either gas or |d he said
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11
| MAGNOLIA AGGIES
 \ New Team In The Limelight

The defeat of the Louisiana In dustrial Institute on Thanksgiving day closed a most successful season for the Magnolia Aggies. The Aggies began their teamwork early in September with only six men in the squad who had played one full season; all the others were first year men and re- quired much effort on the part of Coach Bacot to discover and develop a full squad from this green and un- experienced material
 full schedule was early arranged with the hest high school teams in Southern Arkansas, Northern Texas and Louisiana in whose class the Az gies had remained since the founding of the Aggic school in 1909 As the season programmed and the squad con tinued to improve and to display its real merit by winning all games, the high school soon gathered ideas that the undefeated Aggies were in a class above them. and consequently began cancelling their schedules, thereby compelling the Aggies to search for new prey. This was found in Hen- derSon- Brown College and the Louisi- ana Industrial Institute. The Aggies, in these games, showed such pronounce ed strength that no doubt had they be- gun the season with such teams, they would have developed into an unques- tionable state champion team; as all the high schools simply served as second class scrmmages furnishing little valuable experience to a team averaging 160 lbs. which was rapidly coming to be recognized as worthy contender among college teams The Aggies have not only played the full season but have won every game; and therefore have the recognition of being the only school in the state, other than a high school which emerged from the season with neither tie nor de feat.
 The next years schedule will be made up largely with teams of associa- that the Aggies will lose only two men this year whose places, however will be filled with eagerly awaiting seconds or other men who prove them selves more worthy.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11

Only wind is needed to spread rumors your home paper.
 Boom your town. If you don't who will? Maybe all the newcomers and prospective residents think it is going to be the metropolis of this part of the country and soon it will he. Get in live and energetic men and the town cannot help but prosper.go forward and grow. You never saw town
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11

place in our hands, to the best advan- tage that ourjudgement dictates, we feel that we have ended ou robligation. The relieffrom bad roads must come with their labor The only means on earth whereby roads can be built and maintained are money and labor. Hot air" work perhaps serves good puh- pose but if not backed up by the real stuff" money and labor, it soon passes passes out of existence. Mir. George Westmoreland told us recently that his community was planning to get out right away, with donated labor, and assist in tn road work which is a com mendable move. They realize that with funds exhausted, the roads all ready bad, and winter not yet begun, that if something isn't done, if we have repetition of last winters weather. the roads will soon be i'm nassable sure enough. If the Pres colt Commercial Club, or any other Club or organization, has any suggest ion to offer or assistance to render, IL will be very much appreciated.
 Yours very truly,
 I. W. FRANKS,
 County Judge. I handed the above to F. ]. Johnson editor of the News, on the 22nd day of November. 1919, with the request to nublish. He has not accorded me this courtesy. Why? Ask NIT. Johnson. He maybe able to give you satisfact- ory answer, but he failed to give me one yesterday. I asked him for the article. but he said he didn't know whether he could find it. So, l told him. never mind. have copy
 MT. Johnson claims to be great friend to the farmer and also friend to the Good Roads movement If he saw anything detrimental to either m the article he was perfectly justlflable nj refusing to publish it. l am willing for the people to judge.
 ]. W. FRANKS.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11
PLAN AGRICULTURAL WORK FOR
 NEXT THREE MONTHS

As result of the quarterly meeting between the faculty of the College of Agriculture and the extension forces of the University, held here recently, plans were laid to spread the work of the experimental station over the state along the following lines Agron- omy, animal husbandry, boys and girls club work, control of animal diseases, control of plant diseases, dairy work, home economics and marketing and to cary out this work were appointed by Dean Martin Nelson and w. c. Lassetter, extension director.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11

As will be seen by extracts publish cd elsewhere the press of the state Is receiving the candidacy of Hon r. C. McRae for governor with hearty sup port Mir McRae in the eruical years of the past has proven h.s metal. The blitics have stood he test of fire and people of the state know tHf he k ma experiment, hUt q man whose capa- steel The 1eNarsanian
 We bate heca printing a .fa he 3G veare aud hHe iah fu every gubarHafmal race nomination end election If Mas P Eagle in 1888. And We feel ahs0lute-
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11

ly secure in saying that no other man within that period of time has announc- ed his candidacy for governor who en- joyed the state wide popularity, with both the press and the public, that Hon. Thos. C. McRae does And in all that time-the files of the paper will prove tive have not failed to pick and support the successful candidate, but once.-Okolona Messenger
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11
MOTHER GOOD ROADS LETTER


 We noticed in Wednesdays issue of |ae Daily News that George Westmore- |and of Gale was in town that day, |nd reporting the condition of the FsdS leading from his home to Pres |ott in extremely bad condition. annd Dat the expenditure of small sum of FOney at this time would be very |nefieial and great savings in future obstruction of roads. The article clos f calling the attention of the Prescott ommercial Club to the impossible |ahditiOn of the roads.
 1eorge is good roads advocate, we
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11
AN EXTRA GUEST CHRISTMAS
 (By Alice Manning Dickey)

Holly in the window turkey in the oven, presents weighting down the gliitering tree, Christmas cheer in the air,
 Can't you make room for one more guest in your Christmas heart-espe- cially if it hapens to be little child whose eyes are big and lonesome. and whose little body looks as if it had been hungry for q good long time?
 For just ten cents you can feed the hungry stomach of such child on Christmas Day For three dollars you can care for if the whole of the Christ mas month. And if you can dig down l in your Christmas pocket-book and pull out S3650 all in one lump, you can be god-parent to a little boy or girl for d whole year. being put in touch with it through correspondence
 What kind of q child? Well, what do you think about a little ten-year- old boy who for three years worked every day from sunup to sundown. saving up branches of trees for fuel He must support one crippled leg with end of huge cros-cut saw was pressed against his tiny breast, the other brac- ed against the groud, as with out stretched arms he drew toward him the branches which were to make fuel and earn 40 cents week for him and an old grandfather.
 Or how about little six-year- old girl who, when the Germans carried away every boy baby from her town. was thrown to the pavement by q burly German when she proved to be a girl? She is permantly cripled Her mother was taken away by the Ger mans her father was killed in the war.
 These are just two of the 3000,000 French Orpans of the war. They are being taken care of now. but thou sands of others are without help or friendship All are fatherless, many have lost their mothers, either taken away by the Germans or dead from exposure. privationS, or in the bonn bardments. The Fatherless Children of France. an American organization cooperating with a similar one in France of which Marshall Foche is the head, is trying to furnish American | niH tn hn of taY tc 1aV per child, to add to the tiny pension the French Government has been able to grant orphans of the war Every cent contributed for a child goes di- rectly to it. Not one penny is used either in this country or France for any other purpose; the expenses of the work are borne by generous friends l Cant you add one of these children | to your Christmas list? Not only the money but your friendship will mean to such child new belief in the | Providence of God, q new love and thankfulness, and will help to wipe out the memories of horror and suf- fering and the unthinkable atrocities which these children have witnessed.
 To become god-parent to child, write to Mrs. Walter <. Brewster. Chairman of the Special Campaign Committe of this organiza ton. who will mail d booklet of translated let ters from some of the little children already helped. to anyone who will yelope of businss size to her at Room DPS, 4l0 $. Michigan Ave, Chicago, Ill.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11
THE FIRE PEND SAYS

Old santa Claus is coming,
 on him I'll play a joke; His pack I'll fill with fireworks.
 And you con Watch his smoke Al Christmas time I'm hahppy
 | finger round the tree, Put cotton in the candle flame,
 And hug myself with glee
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11
NOTICE TO TEACHERS

Twlt bol3 the regular quarterly eX- Cor teachers on December IS and 19. C. M HiltSI'
 County Examiner.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11
NOTICE

l will prosecute all parties found hunting or otherwise trespasing on my farm or pasture, known as the J. R E. Moore or Hardy place. near the De Ann cemetery.
 D. C. Tippett.
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-12-11
With porfocf Safety
A GOOD C. D. TIME

Between now and January l seems to us a particularly good time to invest money in a Certi- flcate of Deposit for 6 months or longer. This investment pays per cent interest, and is one of the most convenient forms of banking your money that we can offer you.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

nue., in the City of Liberal, Kansas
between the south line of Fifth
Street on the north and the north
line of Ash Street on the south ;
and Second Street from the east
line of Grant Avenue on the west /;
to the intersection of Second Street
with Railroad Avenue on the east
and Railroad Avenue from the in
tersection of Railroad Avenue and
Second Street on the east to the
west line of Pennsylvania Avenue
on the east, in the City of Liberal,
Kansas, and the total cost of said
improvements has been ascertained,
and the protion thereof to be paid
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

known heirs, devisees, administra-
tors, executors, trustees and as
signs of such as be dead; and Ray
mond Mcclure, sole and only heir
at law of W. E. Mcclure, deceased,
and Mrs. Raymond Mcclure, his
wife, whose christian name is to
plaintiff unknown The Mckinley
and Heliker Investment Company,
a corporation, if such corporation
has a legal existance, and if such
corporation does not have legal
existance then the unknown success
sors, trustees and assigns of such
corporation; you and each of you
are hereby notified that you have
been sued in the District Court of
Seward County, Kansas, in the S2nd
Judicial District of said State Of
Kansas in an action therein pend
ing wherein o. T. Wood is plaintiff
and you and each and all Of you are
defendants, and that you and each
of you must answer the petition of
the plaintiff filed in said cause on
or before the 18th day of Novem-
Der 1919 or said petition will be
taken as true and judgment will
accordingly be rendered in favor OF
plaintiff quieting and perfecting his
title to and confirming his posses
sion of the following described real
estate in Seward County, Kansas,
to-wit: Lots % and "a in Block %
in the City of Liberal, according to
the recorded plat thereof; the
northwest quarter of Section "a,
the south half of the southeast
quarter of Section IS, the north
half of the northeast quarter of
Section 10, the southwest quarter
of section 20, the southwest quar-
ter of Section %, all in Township
81 South of Range 81 West Of 9Th
Principal Meridian, according to the
Government Survey thereof, and ad-
judging that you and each of you
and the persons claiming or to claim
by, through or under you have no
right, title, interest, equity or es-
tate in or to such real estate, and
perpetually enjoining you and each
of you and the persons claiming or
to claim by, through or under you
or any of you from claiming, as
sorting or setting up any right, title,
interest, equity or estate in or to
said real estate or any part thereof
adverse to that of the plaintiff
therein.
CHARLES NJ. TUCKER,
(SeaD Clerk District Court.
F. S. MACY,
! Attorney fer Plaintiff. 2Ot6
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
School of Music
and Telegraphy

Mrs. Molthop will receive pupils
in Music, Telegraphy and Kindergar-
ten Music from August Is to Septem-
Der l, at studio 615 West Third St.
Miss Baxter, former pupil, also a
pupil of Prof. Habekorn of Hutch
inson, will assist in first grades and
class work. Miss Baxter's Studio,
GOA N. Kansas. Phones 244 and
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
First published Oct. 16, 1919
ORDINANCE NO. 233.

An ordinance providing for the
issuance of the improvement bonds
of the City of Liberal, Kansas, in
the sum of 1921 1924 to pay the
cost and expense of improvement
of certain parts of Kansas Avenue,
Second Street and Railroad Avenue
in said city.
Whereas, in pursuance of pro-
ceedings duly had and taken accord
ing to law, a contract has been
let for the excavating, curbing, gut
tering and paving of Kansas Ave-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
G.. r. JONES
Livestock e General
AuctiOneer
Moscow, KanS.
First Published October 2, 1919
PUBLICATION SUMMONS

The State of Kansas to James T.
Dunn and Mrs. James T. Dunn, his
wife, whose christian name is to
plaintiff unknown; Gordon and
Dunn; - Gordon and Mrs. Gordon,
his wife; - Dunn and Mrs. Dunn,
his wife, whose christian names are
to plaintiff unknown; Jacob H.
Gumble and Mrs. Gumble, his wife,
whose christian name is to plaintiff
unknown; if they or any or all of
them be alive, and if they or any or
all of them be dead then the I'M
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

CtCllOH -. ne llJtItSl COupOhS
to be attached to said bonds shall
be in substantially the following
form:
INTEREST COUPON
No................... S......................
On the first day of May, 1920,
the City of Liberal, Kansas, will
pay to the bearer .........................
Dollars, at the Fiscal Agency of the
State of Kansas, in the City of To-
peka, Kansas, being six months in
terest on the improvement bond,
dated May /, 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-
quired by law, and shall be
by the Mayor of said City delivered
to the contractor constructing such
improvements; provided however,
that said bonds shall not be sold
or delivered to said contractor at
less than their par value nor in a
greater amount than the whole
amount due and owing said con-
tractor under his contract, or, the
Mayor and Council may sell the
bonds at not less than their par
value, and out of the proceeds there
of pay said contractor the amount
due him; and that the Mayor and
Council shall annually make pro-
vision for the payment Of the
principal and interest on said bonds,
as they severally become due, by
levying an assessment and tax on
the property liable therefor.
Section 7. This ordinance shall
tape effect and be in force from and
after its passage and publication
in the official city papers.
Passed by the Council, Oct. 8, 1919.
Approved by Mayor Oct. 8, 1919.
d W. V. GRIFFITH,
Attest: Mayor.
L. L. HOLLAND,
i City Clerk.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, That the City of Lib
eral, in the County of Seward and
State of Kansas, for value receiv-
ed, hereby acknowledges itself to
be indebted and promises to pay
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-16
, the bearer the sum of S

to the bearer the sum of S
in lawful money of the United
States of America, on the 1st day
of May, with interest there
on at the rate of five '(5) per cent,
per annum, payable semi-annually,
on the LIST days of November and
May of each year after the date
thereof until the principal sum shall
have been paid, upon the presenta-
ton and surrender of the proper
interest coupons attached hereto at
tacher bearing the Autographed
signature of the clerk of said city,
as they severally become due, and
both principal and interest are pay
able at the Fiscal Agency of the
State of Kansas, in the City of
Topeka, Kansas; and the City of
Liberal is held and firmly bound,
and its faith and credit and real
and personal property in said city
are hereby pledged for the prompt
payment of the principal of this
bond and the interest thereon at
maturity.
This bond is one of a series of
bonds Of like date and tenor issued
by the said city of Liberal to pay
for street Improvements in and for
said city under and by the authority
Of and in compliance with the pro-
visions of the laws of the State
of Kansas governing cities of the
second class, and in compliance with
Ordinance No. 21S, duly and legally
passed by the Mayor and Council
of said city on the 4th day of Feb
ruary, 1919.
And it is further declared and
certified that all acts, conditions
and things required to be done and
to exist precedant to the issuance
of this bond have been properly
done and performed and do exist
in regular and due form as re-
quired by the constitution and laws
of the State of Kansas, and that
the total Indebtedness of said city,
including this series of bonds, does
not exceed any constitutional or
statutory limitations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said
city of Liberal, Kansas, by its Mayor
and Council, has caused this bond
to be signed by its Mayor and at
tested by its Clerk, and its corporate
seal to be hereto affixed, and this
bond is to be dated the LIST day of
May, 1919.
W. V. GRIFFITH,
Attest: Mayor.
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Observation-Disclosures
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Attest:
AJleSI
L. L. HOLLAND,
City Clerk.

Section 5. The interest coupons
to be attached to said bonds shall
be in substantially the following
form:
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-08-16

years younger thnn l supposed
thought she must be mt least seven or
-eIght7 Why? Why. because l have
heard her practlcing on the piano. and
she does wonderfully well for child
OF her agc!"
And she smiled brightly and passed
on. But the second ludy frowned nnd
said:
1.-The cat! She knows perfectly well
TINT my little girl doesn't touch the
piano, and that am the only one In
the apartment who plays !"-Ex.
charge.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-08-16
Bacon. Place In History.

Francis Bacon was the foremost
philosopher. statesman and essayist of
the sixteenth century. His influence
was felt more by succeeding genera
lions thnn In his own time. He was
never able to be financially at easc,
though he held many positions of trust.
He was the close legal adviser to both
Queen Elizabeth and her successor.
James. He attained the position Of at
torney general after waiting for 1t 20
years. However, he was not idle; as
many of his essays were setting new
standard Of reasoning which led scien-
lists into more practical results.
He was born at York house. in the
Strand. London; was delicately reared
and surrounded with every luxury. He
never found way to live other than
his rich and titled relatives did. yet.
withal, he was able to lead the minds
Of his contemporaries into constructive
philosophy after centuries Of immature
generalization.