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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04
A Marked, Differences.

It's so hard to spread a good idea
through community, and 81 easy to
spread measles, mumps, smallpox.
chicken-pOx and lles.--Atchison Globe.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04
Good Advice.

Germs, says the United States
public health service, are usually a
hand to mouth affair, Better wash
up.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04

Mrs. Fred Macy of Hutchinson,
is in the city this week. visiting
with relatives and friends.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04
The Jury.

The trials of life would not be so
bad If we could render our own YER
dlcts.-CartOons Magazine.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04

our motto; "Be Prepared
fft
BE PREPARED--BE A SCOUT.
JOIN NOW.
Charlotte Gasaway,
Alice Nichols,
Scribes.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04

Reed White of Joy, Colorado, has
accepted position as special trac-
tor man at the GRADER Supply Co.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04

W. o. Nelson and family left
Tuesday on business and pleasure
trip to Medford, Oklahoma.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04

Mrs. Pearl Clark returned the lat
ter part of the week from a short
visit at Hutchinson and St. John.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04

Miss Wanda Cross, bookkeeper
and cashier at the Summers store,
returned Wednesday from short
vacation to eastern points.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04

Mrs. M. A. Shuler and children,
who have been here for the past
week, left the first of the week for
their home in Gray, Oklahoma.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04

Mis- Ardella Locke, milliner at
the Summers store, writes from st.
Louis, that she is thee and will at
tend the fashion show being held
this week.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04

Miss 10 Randles made business
trip to Dalhart, last Friday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04

C. w. Wells of Arkalon, was here
on business the first of the week.
The diamond drill., 1921-10-29
The Community Newspaper
By BOB ADAMS.

lOF ALL the sheets from Eas'
~ 10 West the local paper ia tn
best. Deep Is our love and dee
our debt 20 Record, Journal o.
Gazette When first I landed OF
this ball. BIZ Of flesh wrappe
round squall, Il welcomed m
with Joy and pride my life ha
never justified. II follows me M
whole life through, with words Al
kind and mostly truei and eve
after arm hearsed twill tell m
best and hide my worst. When
Oshkosh or Wickiup wands
homesick az a pup, or il in foreig
lands roam, il brings me plea
ant news Of home. Across a.
sands, across the sea, the old HON
paper comes TO me. IL is a frien
both true and tried, and TO l.
gents, ! point with pride, yea, I
win hook my Sunday pants to pa
mp six years in advance.
The diamond drill., 1921-10-29
FOUND HOME PAPER IN
HEART OF THE R0CKl-- ;
And Through II Peddier Learned 7
Family He Had Known for Fli
tssn Years Were HE Relatives.

Publishing q country newspaper -
minds me OF tossing pebble [,
the ocean. We never know how
the circles which II sets In motion I
reacb." said Willitson Manley. pub. .
er of The Plaindealer OF Canton. =.
Y, the other day, In speaking OF "S
scribe for Your Home Town ~ +
Week. which is to be observed =
country over the week OF Mover :
7-12 II had a good reminder OF i, :
not long ago." he went on.
zone day there appeared In
.Plaindealer Office a short. stubby,
bust man OF probably sixty. Ii.
the minute saw him that he ND
come in from the big outdoors In e
section. lie told me that he had q .
the paper for many years, prob. ay
forty, ever since he had left Car n.
where he was born. He told me W >
would find the paper going, al
found II. His post Office was in
little town way out In the Rockies
said he had come back 20 the old %
60 live. He paid what he owed ~
a year over for good measure, and ~
no sat down and knew something tas
coming
Forty Years In the MountaInS.
"'Say, said he, newspapers are
great things. You can never tell vial
they are going 10 do for you. n.v-
been peddler ont In the nouns
for forty years, making my trip
and the little burro. about on
six months. There were lot o. ~
Jumps between houses. For ilf' -
years I had been going out 0
ltrail, about FIVE miles 20 one Sic. 80
sell 10 q family that had moved ln.
You get rather well acquainted 1
people II you see them once g. .S
months for that long, so when ] e,t
there one afternoon and didn't f'li
anyone home-just the door unlo ,ql.
as all doors were there-I went d al
made myself comfortable, and Nneu
supper time came I didn't hes nie
about hunting around for grub. aud
while was doing II found D'y
OF the Plaindealer on the kitchen sic r.
md one or two more arounc he
Dhouse-the Plnindealer. mind yoi, re
paper was taking right fror ie
old home town. And wonderec bo
these flfteen-year-old friends OF iaine
were. suddenly realized We had
never talked over our pedigrees my
-When the family got hom' f'at
evening l asked questions. and 10
DO you think7--that wife was q irt
OF grandniece OF mine. She lr, .f
heard OF her old uncle or ST. lsf
around In the rocks of the Re- =.
and / hadn't ever heard tina N.Y.
one related 10 me had ever ar.
ried and was out there living unir
another name Your paper intrc's,ed
us 70 each other Just though sou
might like TO know about It."
The diamond drill., 1921-10-29
October 18th. 1921.

The regular meeting OF the Board
OF Education was held at the Office Of
1.-The Board on the above date.
Present: Holmes. Bridges. Nesbitt,
Anderson. Absent: Poyseor.
Moved by Bridges. supported by
Ncsbltt, that Eric Anderson act as sec
refary. Carried. all voting aye.
Moved by Bridges supported by An
derson that reading OF minutes OF pre-
The diamond drill., 1921-10-29
ny WRIoHr a PATTERSON.


The country communicable viii
lage, the small town and the small
city-are the backbone OF the Ameri-
can nation. They are the communities
TO which the nation turns In time OF
distress and emergency. They are
even more than the backbone OF the
nation. They are the bulwark OF our
modern civilization. Just at the close
Of the World war, Mr.. Balfour. for
elgn minister OF Great Britain, said TO
the writer In London that the entire
civilized world must look 10 the small
towns OF America TO preserve for the
world the civilization that II had taken
centuries to build, because the small
towns represented q substantial solid
ity that the tremendous upheavtfl Of
the war had not affected, and II was
only such a foundation that would
preserve the structure Of civilization
The cement that keeps the people Of
these country communities together,
working and thinking along uniformly
sane and safe lines that makes Of
them that substantial solidit" on
which world civilization can rely for
a foundation, Is the country press
the village, the small town and the
small city newspaper
Country Paper Wholesome.
The country newspaper goes to It's
readers devoid OF that sensationalism
that Is so prominent In the metropon-
tan papers. IL carries 20 Its readers
the news items that represent the joys
and sorrows OF their friends and
nelghbcVs and keeps the hearts Of the
people OF the community beating In
unison. II goes 10 It's readers with
that sane and kindly advice on local,
state, national md world problems;
advice that is the result Of thought
and study beside the hearthstones OF
the nation. and not in the selfish marts
OF trade or the brightlights Of city
frivollty II goes with the influence
OF a known and respected member OF
the comInunlty-its editor back OF It's
every word, It's every opinion. IL goes
20 people, the people OF the country
communities and the farms that are
more capable OF thinking along sane,
unseIfish and practical lines than are
those who are surrounded by the
selfish and many times evil Influences
OF the large cities.
But the influence OF the country
newspaper goes far beyond the COM
munity in which II Is printed. Ma
tional legislators In the halls OF con-
gress realize that this influence is a
power to he reckoned with. That
when the country press speaks In uni
son on any national subject II is but
volcing the sentiments OF that mighty
force the people OF the country COM
munities, the people In whose hands,
says Mr.. Balfour, rests the destiny OF
world civilization.
Flights for Entire Country.
The country press represents and
fights for those things that are OF
value TO the country communities,
realizing that In doing so II Is fghting
for those things that are best for the
nation and for the world. II works
and fights 10 upbuild the country com
munlty, 10 prevent It's failing n prey
90 the selfish greed OF the cities. II
champions the business. the social, the
educational. the agricultural, the In
dustriaI interests Of the country COM
The diamond drill., 1921-10-29

September cath, 1921
A special meeting OF the Board OF
Education was held In the Office OF the
Board on the above date.
Present: Holmes, Bridges, Nesbitt,
Anderson and Poyseor. Absent: none
On the meeting coming to order the
Secretary opened the following bids
for an addition to the Fortune Lake
school.
A. II. Proksch of Iron Rive- s6,355.00
August Larson, Stambaugh $6.320.00
Rich. Anderson Stambaugh. $5,95517
Sholander & Johnson, G. +. $5,677.83
After considerable discussion II was
moved by Nesbitt and seconded by
Bridges that all bids be rejected.
Motion carried. all voting aye upon
roll call.
On motion the Board adjourned.
w. POYSBOR,
Secretary.
The diamond drill., 1921-10-29
--Read Tha ADS.
COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION

September 10, 1921
Meeting OF the Board OF County
Road Commissioners held at their
Office in the court house this 18th
day OF September, A. d. 1921.
Meeting was called to order by the
Secretary with the following mem
bers present: Holmes, Gibson and
Smith.
Minutes OF the last meeting were
read and approved.
Moved by commissioner Gibson and
supported by commissioner Smith
that all bills payrolls and estimate be
The diamond drill., 1921-10-29
COUNTRY PAPER
GUARDS NATION
Rises Promptly and Capably to
Every Emergency.
is nor ALWAYS APPRECIATED

Clements interests Of Macs Of popula.
tion--Avoldlng sensationalisu. In
Its Clean Wholesomeness Is Its Ap-
peal to Best Class Of Citizens
Country Press a National Power.
The diamond drill., 1921-10-29

Moved by Bridges. supported by An
derson that the following bills be al
lowed and orders drawn for same.
The bin OF James Cummings and
the Ill OF the City OF Crystal Falls
being In question and left in the
hands OF the Purchasing Agent for
adjustment.
The diamond drill., 1921-10-29
BOARD + EDUCATION
81 tember 9Th, 1921.

The regular I 1eeting OF the Board OF
Education was 9(held at the Office OF the
Board on the above date.
Present: Holmes. Bridges, Negbitt
Anderson and Poyseor. Absent none,
The minutes or the last regular and
special meeting we're then read and on
motion approved.
On motion Of Bridges supported by
Anderson. the following bills be al
lowed as read:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-01-14

Little Girl (ready for bed)-"Mam-
ma, will you tell me ghost story?"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-01-14
Spots OF Sensation

Distributed all over your body, in
and Just beneath the skin, are nerve
ends which respond to touch or other
stimuli. Half million of these re-
act only to cold; 10000 convey only
the sensation of heat.
There are three or four million pain
spots, which are scattered much more
thickly on some parts of the body than
on others. Thus the left side is more
sensitive than the right, and the in
side of the arm or the leg possesses
a greater sensitiveness to pain than
the outside.
The hot spots and cold spots are
much mixed up together. Thus, if a
person be blindfolded and told to
plunge his finger for an instant into
hot water he will hastily withdraw
them with the impression that the
water reallp is hot, which in reality
it may be ice-water.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-01-14
Poor of Vienna
Living in Palaces

Proletarian families are being
housed in palaces in Vienna. The
Austrian Government, finding seri-
GUS housing problem on it's hands, de-
cided to utilize the palaces of the no
bility to provide for shelter for the
people.
Many of the beautiful palaces of
Vienna have been taken over by the
Government, and family has been
assigned to each room. The aristo-
Gratis are greatly disguised with the
whole proceeding. They not only
have to live one or two rooms of
Their own palaces, but have a score or
more of proletarian families as neigh
bors under the same roof
The mobiles retain the possession OF
their agricultural lands, but they can
not get farm labor.
A large suite of rooms in the Schoen-
brunn, the favorite palace OF former
Emperor Charles is used by the Eng
fish and American Friends for their
child-feeding work.
Austria, is confronted by starvation
unless the Allies help her. Refused
permission to become part of Germany
owing to the fear and distrust OF
France, and surrounded by hostile,
Jealous States, which have raised eco
nomic barriers against her, Austria IS
without a sea port, without credit,
and incapable of sustaining her popu-
lation. A great city has been suddenly
cut off from it's country districts, and
cannot obtain food for its populatian.
Caller-"Your sister Rose, l see, has
nice new piano"
Tommy-"Yes, she's got the piano
all right enough, but ! don't believe
she'll ever learn to work it."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-01-14
Sicily to Revive
Old Greek Tragedies

Rome-A revival of the old Greek
tragedies on a gigantic scale, intended
to approach as nearly as possible the
condition under which they were orr
ginally given is being planned in
Syracuse, Sicily The performances
will be given in the theatre described
by Cicero, and also in recent essays by
Professor Rosso, as the largest and
finest in the world. The revival is ex-
pected to be the finest that has yet
been attempted anywhere, and is being
sponsored by Count Mario Gargano,
assisted by Eltore Romagnoli, the
great Greek scholar. and by Cambel-
lotti, who will survive the stage craft.
The idea is to give an exact repro
duction of what took place there when
Aeschuylus directed the Persians,
when Pindar sang to Zeus of Olympia,
and Plato assembled the marble steps.
Six years ago similar representation
before an audience of 10000 specta-
tors was so realistic that the Sicilian
peasants returned to their homes so
deeply impressed that they themselves
though many could neither read nor
write, reacted scenes from the play
"Agamemnon" in the market places.
In addition to this revival, Syracuse
is TO have library and museum as
memorials of glorious age. but with
competent professors to lecture on the
Greek tragedies and the way of pre-
senting them. These lectures are to
precede the performance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-01-14
Poison Gas to be
Supreme Weapon in War,
Experts Say

Washington-Byt the passage of the
dyestuffs import regulation act, Great
Britain has definitely accepted the
theory that poison gas will be the SUI
preme weapon of the next war, and at
the same time has opened they entry
of German dyes into this country, &C
cording 70 the views expressed recent
ly by chemical experts of the govern
ment
The British act which has become
a law, prohibits the importation of
dyestuffs into Great Britain for ten
years, which government experts de-
clared, will enable England to build up
her dye industry to point of COM
plete independence from the outside
world.
Poison gas and dyestuffs both come
from coal tar, it was explained, and
from the manufacture of the CONNER
cial article to the production of the
military weapon is but another step
in continuous process. By insuring
the development of the dye industry,
chemical experts here said, Great Brit
ain has laid the ground work for pos
sible widespread use of gas war
fare.
Direct competition in this country
between German and American made
dyes also is seen by officials here as
result of the British dyestuffs act.
While the act prohibits the importa
ton of dye products into the United
Kingdom, the restriction does not ap-
ply to goods imported for expectation
after transit through the United King
dom or by way of transshipmenl.
Dyes may be imported into this
country when it can be shown they
are of German origin. An influx of
German dyes would probably mean,
officials frankly stated, that the de-
velopment of the American industry
would be hindered, and consequently
the United States would fall behind
the other nations in wartime to pro-
duce poison gas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-01-14
Rooms $S4 March 4 Week

Washington-So great has grown
the demand for rooms for the week
of March 4, thousands of wold-be visi-
tors to Washington for the days of
the Inauguration of President-elect
Harding are already faced with the
prospect of sleeping in Pullman berths
and other make-shift quarters.
Two of the leading hotels, the Shore
ham and Willard, announced today
they can make no further reservation
Virtually all hotels refuse to make
reservations for periods of less than
week before or after March 4.
While one complainant said he was
asked $3.50 for room for the week
the average rates for the week are
from $40 to $S4 for room for one
person.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-01-14
Your Childs Beatty

The beauty of a child is a natural
heritage, but it can be lost or marred
Just as easily as that of an adult. 1t
is also possible to train child to
beauty, and this training should con-
sist of two means. One is to teach the
little one the habit of personal daintl-
ness. The other is to impress upon
children while they are young the prln-
ciples of health.
AS the child's parent, guardian or
teacher it is, of course, part OF your
duties to correct any physical defects
by early attention to them on your
own part.
For instance, there is the child
whose beauty may be marred by out
standing ears. This is entirely I'M
necessary, because, if taken in time
the ears may be pressed back against
the head by compress made at home
and worn at night A bandage, easily
made at home consists of a long folded
strip of muslin, twisted first around
the head beneath the thin, then around
the neck and then over the crown OF
the head, the ends of the strips OF
muslin being drawn rathr tightly over
the ears and fastened to one of the
lengthwise strips by safety pins.
If you find the child often breathing
with difficulty he proabbly suffers from
that growth bac kof the nostrils called
adeneids. Take him to a physician
and have them removed, so prevent
ing a long train of disasters, mental
and physical, whose outward signs are
that strained, dropping countenance
we know as an adenoid face. DOM
let any charlatan try to convince yor
that thy can be cured in any other way
Look to the fact that the child's
teeth have good start. A little watch
fitness will cause the first set to be
drawn in good time for the second
to come in straight and strong.
Teach the little one to take pride
in their wilderness. Furnish a pure
powder of paste, or let her use &
powder for one cleansing and a paste
for the next. and SO on, alternating
Teach her to brush the teeth up ant
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-01-14
Some Woman Secretary

Hays, Kansas in the heart Of the
"Short Grass" region where Buffalo
Bill won his title, has for secretary of
it's Chamber of Commerce, a woman.
Mssi Ruth Fleisbach, says the Nations
Business. In town of less than 1000
the chamber boasts of a membership
of 211 and each month has three
luncheons and a dinner. Miss Fleis-
bach manages them and if not enough
members agree to come she goes out
and rounds pthe laggards.
Hays is the convention town for
a large part of Kansas and Miss
Fleisbach manages the chambers
share in these gatherings. Hays also
boasts the largest community chorus
in the State and music festival week.
Here again Miss Fleisbach is busy, for
the chamber has music committee
and the business men sign the guaran-
tee which brings famous artists out
of their way to this Kansas town.
Another task she has handled is
building up Hays as retail trade
center Twice she has got the mer-
chants together in joint advertising
campaign in smaller, nearby towns.
In addition, she finds time to act as
president of the Kansas Federation of
Business Women's Clubs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-01-14
A Miniature Fountain

Take an ounce vial and fill it three
quartrs full of water, then make
hole in the cork and insert a small
tube or a stout piece of straw. The
opening must be as small as possible,
the tube must reach nearly to the bot
tom of the vial and the cork must be
pushed in tight.
Now, of you blow into the tube, the
air will be compressed in the upper
part of the bottle, and, when your
lips are taken away little fountain
will play from the tube for short
time.
This is one way. Another more
scientific and pleasing method is as
follows:
Take glass jar, with the mouth
large enough to go over the small vial,
and heat the inside over the flame of
lamp or candle; place the small vial
on a plate upon sevearal layers of
plotting paper, and watch the result
When you heated the inside of the
jar the air inside was expanded and
partly driven out. The plotting paper
makes a heremtical joint, and the jar
contained in the upper part of the
vial forces the water up through the
tube in the bottom of the jar, and it
falls in little cascade down the sides.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-01-14

down, not across, and to brush them
inside as well as out, and along the
crowns. Help her to form the habit
of always rinsing her mouth with
warm water, or with warm salt water,
if there be an acid tendency of the
muth, after each meal. Teach her
that the mouth must always be rinsed
with water into which pinch of bo-
rax or of bicarbonate of soda has been
dropped, after eating either fruits,
which are acid, or candy, which soon
resolves itself into acids.
Teach her that it is as necessary to
be pure of mouth as of speech. Train
her to be proud of clean nails and to
be ashamed of gray or black-rimmed
ones. Teach her early to trim her
nails and to keep them spotless, and
keep the cuticle pressed back from
them. Teach them that soiled hands
are a disgrace to little girl and Of
fensive in boy. ~
Appealing to the pardonable vanity
that is in little children, show them
that much of the expression of the
face depends on the arch and smooth
ness of the eyebrows, and teach them
how to train them properly by daily
brushings.
Teach her to watch the dainty move
ment of her pet canary and her favor
lite kitten and emulate their table man.
ners. Birds handle their food deli
! cately, and kittens seldom fill their
mouths overfull. The little girl will
want to be as fine as her pets, and I'M
consciously will develop pretty and at
tractive table manners.
Teach children not to be afraid of
fresh air Tell them the story of "The
Black Hole of Calcutta" and of the
beautiful boy who was gilded from
head to foot, to lead procession and
who died in great agony after his brief
glory.
Do not let children study to the
point of eye-strain. Better a we'll de-
veloped, rosy-cheeked little one who
knows no latin nor higher mathemat-
les than a squinty, anaemic one who
knows both.
Teach the child to love life in the
open. If you happen to live all the
year in crowded city, the roofs, at
least, and the parks are availai lie to
you. And in some part of the home,
even though it be small, you can put
up a crude gymnasium. For instance,
a horizontal bar with mattress drawn
under it for precaution, will give the
] little ones great fun, besides being a
wonderful development agent