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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-05-06

Wednesday night the extemper
aneous speaking was held at the hig
school. The contestants were Bill
Edison, Leo Akers, Alvin Cain an,
Lucille Skinner The first place wa
won by Lucille Skinner.
Miss Ester in Domestic Science
BE saving with the eggs as the pric,
has gone up" Alice E :"They SURF
have" Miss E: 81 gave the grocer {
half dollar and he gave me bach
twelve cents"
Prof. Wright in agriculture: "You
have named all the domestic animals
but one, who can tell me what that
one is? 1t has bristly hair, is fond
of dirt and likes to get into the mud
Bill Levi: cts me-"
James Taylor: "Are you going to
win the mile or the half mile?"
Earl S.: don't know, I'll tell you
at the end of the half mile"
Miss Alvord: "In dramatzing this
story the hardest part is the ending,
how would you end the play, Gene?"
Gene: 81 would drop the curtain"
Miss Scandrett: Don't you know
that punctuation means to pause?"
Don q: course l do. an auto
driver punctuated his tire in front of
our house and he paused for half an
hour"
Cot to Dale "Did they find your"
Dale: "Who?"
Cot: "The squirrels"
Mr.. Wright was asking the agri-
culture class few questions. "Now
how do bees dispose of their honey?"
"They cell it announced the
clever Rufus King.
Mrs. R: Bring in the cool before
it gets dark, Chester"
Chester R: "Why | thought cool
was dark all the time"
The agriculture class was on a
field trip when the mournful note of
a COW was heard. Junita F: Gust lis
ten to that poor COW mewing for her
calf"
The literary contest at Cimarron,
held last Friday at 8:15 P. NJ, proved
to be unfavorable in some respects
for Liberal.
Liberal won first in piano. Meade
got the cups for the first in vocal and
defamation, but it is the opinion of
all Liberal that we got first in vocal
and the first or second in reading.
Mildred Cure won first in piano
easily. There were only three other
contestants for that. Agatha Printz
in our opinion, won first Her singing
was the best by far and she presented
her songs in the most pleasing man
ner. George Spradling, in his usual
wining way, held his audience SPELL
bound He should have at least taken
second place. Dodge City took second
in defamation. Liberal third and
Meade first. Liberal took first in pi-
ano, Meade first in vocal, Liberal
second and Hugoton third.
Here is a challenge for Liberal
Resolved that we go after and win
that cup for vocal which is rightly
ours
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-05-06

Kansas dust.
Miss Denning seems perplexed to
think that she cannot in any way get
geometry through the heads of somV
of the students. 1t is our belief that
geometry was not meant for mere
brains. 1t was made for the brains of
geniuses.
Why not order your winter supply
of knowledge now? The supply is
limited and the cost is very great.
Order now! For you will need all the
knowledge you can get.
Think of it, folks, only four more
weeks of nerve racking, strenuous
studying and then-oh boy! We can't
express it, so we leave it to you to
imagine for yourselves.
If anyone knows where the coun-
try "Graustark" is, phase tell US:
Somebody got his Geometry right
Proving the other that he was quite
smart
Somebody else was jealous of him,
Proving indeed that his brain was
quite dim.
Was that somebody you?
Was that somebody you?
We think it would have been a
good thing if the Seniors of L. H. S.
had willed some of their good man.
ners and judgment to the judges of
the literary contest at Hooker.
We wonder if our literary contest
wore evening dresses and suits il
they too, could make the judges think
them the best, even if they were not
Teacher Some one please tell me
the answer to this: What is it that
you can put in your left hand, that
you cannot put in your right hand
Intense silence.
Teacher: Can no one tell me? Why
it's so easy. Your right elbow.
Miss Alvord's 9Th hour English
class has finished the story of Lance
lot and Elaine, Bill Levi thought that
Elaine was not too young to get mar.
ried.
Where, oh, where are the songbooks
that we were going to have? The
Sophomores especially would surely
like to have some singing in chapel
We get rather tired Of hearing about
the Economical Boomerang.
Some of the Junirs were wishing
that Miss Meyer was here to tune
some of their rusty voices. We are
glad to say that the Glee Club is open
and Miss Meyer is very willing to
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-05-06
The High School Booster

EXTRAl EXTRA THE Soph-
omore Bulletin. The greatest paper
ever published, which tells about the
events of the past week in Liberal
High School.
We haven't seen the Bulletin fol-
a week, so we, the Sophomore class
have taken it upon ourselves to print
the greatest paper in the history OF
L. H. S.
NOTICE! We the undersigned dc
hereby give notice that in four weeks
there will be public sale of Caesar
books. These books are beautifully
clean-just like new. Next year these
books will be scarce on account of the
high cost of paper, and the high cost
of Caesars Gallo Wars.
Signed: The Caesar Glass.
Lovers of nature can take especial
delight in these beautiful spring days.
Spring is returning and everything
has heard its call, and has gone forth
arrayed in its best.
Each morning, we go to school
drinking in beauty of nature. But at
noon we change our minds for, 10,
and behold, the wind is blowing fifty
miles an hour and the sand pelts you
in the face as if you were its deadli-
est enemy.
Then, instead of drinking in the
beauty of nature, we drink in dust
and dirt. o..
Miss Scandrett's class had visit
from very prominent citizen of the
city yesterday. His name was Mr.Dog
The d. S. girls are glad that they
can now darn their own stockings.
Wanted-someone to solve the
mystery of the vanishing money.
One of the girls said they had a
little baby mule on their farm with
ears about fourteen inches long. 1t
must be remarkable animal.
We students think the dust is aw.
full now. But wait a while. When al
the recent rains have evaporated
Kansas avenue will be a street Of
dust all day long. Then what sweet
release when the paving is finished
but this one thought consoles us
with the sweet comes the bitter.
Many of the students seem pos
,ssesed of rowing spirit as was shown
by large number who went to
Hooker last Friday. We certainly
think some of them are possessed
with something for it was early-oh
very early when they returned.
Wanted-A remedy for western
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-05-06
MARY Marie"

Elinor H. Porter's new novel
has just been received at Tay-
lor's. Get your copy. It's the
best story by this popular auth
or.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-20

ductor and ground. The condenser's OBJ
ject is to consume extra current created
when interruptcr points separate. IT
makes a quicker spark and does away
with arching at the points.
5. a good paint that will prevent
rusting of exterior of engine is a light
colored paint composed of six ounces Of
linseed oil. a half pound white lead in
oil, one half ounce lamp black and about
two ounces OF turpentine
6. The sparkplug should always be
placed nearest TO the inlet valve. This
is the proper location as Il Will be en-
Vcloped in the fresh charge as it IS
drawn into the cylinder mQge readily
igniting II. and as burned gas and oil
would foul the plus were II placed near
the exhaust valve.
I. The automatic spark control is a
centrifugal governor located at the top
Of the timer shaft. which increases the
speed OF the timer contacts as the speed
of the engine increases. The weights of
the governor move outward on increased
speed causing the shaft on which the
timer is mounted TO turn farther 10 the
advance position. or toward that direc-
ton in which the governor rotates.
5. The piston in an engine which is
operating al soc revolutions per minute.
and which has a stroke of four inches.
would travel at the rate of 33s Is feet
per minute. The result is obtained by
adding the downward and upward
strokes of a piston in inches. multiply
ing this sum by the number of revolu-
lions per minute of the crankshaft and
dividing this result by twelve to set the
answer in feet per minute.
?. To remove tight fitting stud. the
simplest way without damag ing the
threads Is to screw two nuts on the
stud. lock them together by turning one
nut against the other. and placing a
wrench on the lower nut turn out the
stud.
10 A good way to find a leak in a
radiator, possibly the easiest if the leak
is very small. is to drain the radiator.
cover the filler cap and inlet. and plug
the outlet. leaving just enough space SO
that the hose of an air pump may be
inserted. Immerse the entire radiator
in water and pump air into it. y leak
viii force bubbles to the surface of the
water.
This WEEKS Questions.
/. What is the voltage Of the high
tension or secondary current induced in
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-20

who. at the present time is selling
Jackson autos. has the following to re-
port as recent Jackson fans: r. 1.
We'll. Hammond; Silas Reflect. Ham
mond.
We read somewhere that a bundant
crops will make for better times
Well auto sales are pickink up fast
and people are buying cars just as
though they needed them.
Automobiles may be a luxury. but
you can't make one-legged enan
think that way about it.
At any rate the following recent
buyers reported by Ed Boiling would
be willing TO wager a sum that the
automobile aint no luxury: NJ. ).
Rothschild Hammond. Cadillac sedan
Jack Guzik. Burnham. Cadillac sedan
Harry Manner. Hammond. Cadillac
touring. James Anton. Indiana Harbor
Dodge sedan. BakeRite bakerq. Dodge
truck; Frank Reselle. Burnham, Dodge
sedan: Pete Porcora. Indiana Harbor,
Dodge touring NJ. j Bieriger. Dodge
touring; Joe Ursjkew. Dodge touring
G. Cesaretti. Dodge touring; Joe Re
val Dodge touring.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-20
Auto Quiz
Ansvors "a r.ast week's Questions.

Answers to Last weeks Questions.
l. To test a magnetic armature con-
rect test wire from six volt storage
battery with the primary lead. located
opposite the drive end Of the armature-
With another test wire touch the arma-
ture core an instance The armature is
good if a spark jumps the secondary
sap and if another occurs at the point
Of contact This test is similar to the
action which takes place when the mag
neto is in peration-immediateiy upon
contact of the two battery wires the cur
rent flows through the primary winding
ard condenser and is then induced into
the secondary winding
. The aywheei of four cylinder en-
gine is required to do more work and Is
usually heavier than that If six or
eight because there are certain periods
IN cycle of the four during which very
little pressure is exerted on the crank
shaft by the pistons. An explosion oc-
ours every half revolution, and during
tho lapse between power strokes the fly
wheel must carry over the shaft In
l six. as in engines Of more cylinders
explosions overlap--an explosion or
power occurs before a former has been
completed therefore a lighter fiywheel
is just as effective.
g. 4 v type engine Of eight or
twelve cylinders may have one or two
camshafts. but one only being the more
popular single shaft may have an
individual cam for each valve or may
have each cam operating two valves.
Both kinds are in use.
= The condenser OF an induction coil
or magnetic armature consists of two
sets OF sheets Of some soft electrical
conductor such as tinfoil, each sheet be-
ing insulated. usually by mica insula-
ton. These sheets are all connected to
each other one set alternating with the
other.-and are shunted across the in
tor-upter of the magnetic or coil by con-
nectien with the primary winding con-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-20
SQUEAKS

Mat Ludwig, the life insurance man.
has the fever TO go west in an auto
mobile and il now looks as though
he will not be satisfied until he sees
the sun sitting behind the Pacific hori-
zon.
Chas. Lauer, of the Lauer Battery
service. amt kickin- atall since he is
now conveniently located in his new
building on South Holman street.
While Charles is not deaf and dumb.
he believes in making signs. for his
place is plastered with Presto-olite
sign boards.
Now since we have good cemented
street connecting East Chicago and
Hammond a fellow can get over TO Z.
c IN about o:57. provided Lutte is in
another part of the city.
And provided further the I. H. B.
s. railroad isn't switching cars over
the crossing at l50th and Calumet
avenue.
Billie Stromberger, the man who
showed John D. how to make oil. and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-20

an ignition coil?
.. What Is common cause Of leak
ign in a carburetor which has had con-
siderable usage?
g. What Is a good solution which
may be used to project the interior as
well as the exterior of tire casing?
4. How is the dincrcntial on full
floating rear axles removed from the
car?
5. What Is the unit used in measur-
ing the capacity OF O. storage battery?
How IS the proper size of battery for a
car determined
o. What dry plate clutch trouble
would cause difficult shifting into low
speed when the car is standing and en-
gine running?
I. How can you determine the size
of speedometer gear necessary 10 give
correct mileage with tho various sized
tires?
s. What may cause q humming noise
in the transmission?
.. What is the average valve setting
for an automobile engineer
10. Why is current output regulation
necessary in generator?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-20
MANY TRUCKS
ROLL ON AIR

A conspicuous development in the
truck industry is the general adoption
OF Pneumatic Tires.
II have been using a 2-ton Indiana
Truck equipped with Goodyear Cord
Tires for months successfully. haul
ing lumber through a section of heavy
sand. ! am confident I could make no
progress without these pneumatic
Truck Tires" says z. S. Hickman
Howard Georgia.
Definite advantages accrue from the
use of big pneumatics on motor trucks.
East Chicago Garage & Sales co OF
East Chicago, local distributors OF In
diana Trucks. says that trucks will do
more hauling at less cost when equip
ped with pneumatics. than when equip
ped with solid tires. The cushioning
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-20

effect Of the pneumatics, not only pro-
tects the loads Of perishabIe or fragile
merchandise. but also protects the me-
chanism OF the truck. appreciably re
duces the cost OF upkeep. and greatly
lengthens its life.
Pneumatic Tires with larger surface
gives greater traction. allowing them
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-20

Some folks are wondering when the
city administration is going to resur-
face Conkey avenue. but then there
are some other avenues also that need
attention. and in view Of this. no one
is losing his patience
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-20

TO plow through mud. sand. soft roads
and saves times from tie-ups.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-20
Gasoline TO Help
Lower Food Prices

OF all gasoline E-srufactr.cd in the United
States $3.50 Is uGe: by aato.3ctvc vehielss."
(Ol News, 75-l32C, :. ~
OF all the r1Ctcr Veh;cles in use il the Middle
West, $50 CT tie total regstrs ION arc saIru.f-
owned" (Artt.u- Capc.r Acdrcce 1900. GcsS-
line is taking tic place Of vanishing Ina.-poEer
on the farms; aid no; Only docs i. reduce the
man-hours required to produce given amount
OF food, but It also reduces the actusl cost Of
production, and this despite tic advancing price
of gasoline. (H. w. Quantancc "I,accnce of
Farm Machinery on Production" Power Wagon
Reference Book, 1920, page 5ol)
Authorities agree that gasoline Is Tuos, ;nport-
ant factor in the production and distribution Of
food products.
When gasoline is employed universally to in
crease the efficiency of man power on the farm,
we may look for vastly Increased production
and a consequent decrease II he cost Of pre-
ducing food.
In the eleven Middle West states served by the
Standard Oil Company (Indanal more thar
100000 tractors are in use, and the number Is
increasing rapidly.
In the states served by the Standard Oil Com.
pany Qndiana) the number of farmer owned
motor trucks is as follows
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-20
Brazil Wants ImmInranta

Brazil is encoura gtng immigration In
the hope Of opening up uninhabited
territory and Of supplying more labor
for growing industries.
The Pulaskian., 1920-12-09


 ing but good words to say for their school and the teachers, who seem to be advancing the pupils more rapidly than has been done in years before. The name of the school is so good that children, who have been going to Little Rock are entering 1t and as result the surrounding country is settling up faster than ever. The class in history was re- citing and the professor handed me two of their lesson tablets, which happened to be those of Gladys Red and Mary Sherrod. The books were illustrated by pictures of the presi-
The Pulaskian., 1920-12-09
dents and others cut out of booLa .


 dents and others cut out of books <, papers, with a number of had drawn pictures. The work was moi only nice, itwas also very arf;st;o Next was ancient history of Greece and the class had written essays on imaginary subjects of Greece tell;na of the everyday life of that ancient time and country. This work wac also excellent. One of their teachers also teaches music. I was not sn. prised to learn that Prof. Thompson had married one of his teachers Miss Bryan. The school district col.
 (Continued on page 8.
The Pulaskian., 1920-12-09
fn the Tall Timber.

As l stated in my last letter, l was on my home stead a week ago last Monday. I went by Esq. McNeeley's and got Dan to go with me. We blazed a way through the woods over a long unused trail. By cutting out a few tree tops and moving few rocks l will have a road autos can travel over after they get across the Big Maumelle. But there has been but few times during the past year that an auto could ford it. One of my first duties up there will be to gel the neighbors 10 help fix the road.
 In amongst the tall trees the grass was still green. This is the finest body of virgin pine l know of. The trees are from two and half feet down to one foot and there are scarcely any saplings amongst the pine. If Dan does not change his mind he will have one of the old log rooms fixed up so l can move into 1t by the time I get back and then if can afford it l will have another room or two built nearby and use the old building for a stable Dan showed me nice site for a house. There Is a branch runs south of the old house and further west is another branch running into 1t from the north. There is a spring in each branch and they both have high slate bluff walls on the sides next the house, each some thirty feet high, but down to the junction of the branches there is narrow strip. with a gradual descent as though left for a road. Thus by placing a gate there l will have two sides of my yard fenced. But 1 will have to be careful of nights and not get scared for 1 might run off or fall off my yard. It looks to me like it would be a nice place to tunnel from a eel lar under the house and have secret passages, and as soon as 1 ever get located there l am sure 1 will have lots of visitors from the revenue de- partment, for those guys will imagine l have located there for no other purpose but to wildcat We'll, there are lots of bobcats and wolves around 1t. Both Dan and John Me Medley have recently seen wolves in their fields. Once their sister, who then lived near my homestead, step- ped to the door to throw out the dish water. She saw what she supposed was big dog and threw the water on it, but 1t just stood there. Then she saw it was a wolf and slammed the door to, but an old COW in the yard was not satisfied with its being there and ran 1t away. We'll, my land is very rough, but the timber is fine and when l get the timber cut off if 1 care to l can raise fine grapes and other fruit, but 1 do not intend to farm it much, for 1 have seen too many town men fail on a farm.
The Pulaskian., 1920-12-09

was there he had a very severe cramp in 1t, the first in about two weeks, but they are becoming less frequent The elder Haydens' loss in the fire was about $20,000. This was the second house he has lost at the same place by fire. The other burned just few days after the in- surance ran out, twenty years ago, and this one had not been insured for some time.
 They have fifty head of fat hogs, which they could not sell for any, where near what they are worth, so they are butchering and selling them out in town at retail. They divide the price they were offered for them between the butcher shops retail price, and they go like hotcakes. When met him he had just returned from Little Rock, where he had sold three large ones.
 l met John 1art Tor the IlrSt tune since he joined the navy in 1917. He entered the service as a musician but also learned the bakers trade. Now, girls, if you want good cook, here is your chance. He is farming and taking lessons on the violin in Little Rock, I cannot help but have lot more respect for one of the boys who returns after getting an honorable discharge to the farm, and John is not an exception to this rule of mine. They had just finished baling their sorghum hay. He farms with his father, J. M. Hart, who says that this Is the best country in the world. They have a good crop of sweet DO tatoes and plenty of soudan and oth- CT kinds of hay. They have the first buff leghorn hens have seen and they are beauties.
 Wishing to see Prof. W. L. Thomp- son, principal of the Mabelvale school I called on him just before the noon hour. Before reaching Ma belvale, however, l had begun to hear good reports of the school. Everyone who spoke of it had noth-