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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10
SteUenS Co. Items

The ice cream social given at Ora
Levey's was well attended and every
one seemed to have good time.
Tom Wright's' are fixing to move
this week.
Mr.. H. L. Mills, VERSA Lucille
and Jack Mills, Linn Aheed, Tom
Wright, Ora Levey, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Levey were callers at the
Eugene Mills home this week.
Mr.. c. L. Nix and family took in
the show at Liberal Saturday after
noon.
Mrs. Harmsen is spending a few
days with Mrs. Marion Stops.
Ora Levey and wife took Sunday
dinner with Frank Levey.
Mrs. Eugene Mills and baby jun
Tor returned to their home Monday
Her sister, Miss Ruth Levey is spend
ing few days with her.
Mrs. Otis Nix is preparing for a
trip to Wichita to see her parents,
L. S. Curry.
Mr.. Otis Nix and Clarence Nix
and family visited at theBen Niz
home near Rolla Sunday.
Mr.. Eugene Mills spent Sunday
night at the Frank Levey home.
Mrs. Vance Baker and children
Misses Ruth Levey and Buelah Way
land were Sunday guests at the Mar.
ion Stops home.
Frank Thomas and family anC
Elliott Skinner and family went tt
Pratt county last week.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10


e. w. Howe: Under no circumstance
would / become a bootlegger, gambler,
or engage in any other questionable
calling. And my motives are purely
elfish; as you will admit yours are
if you are honest. I have observed
shat practically all men who have
made success in life have engaged
in creditable callings, and persisted
Of them. A man who is accepted as
(, good mercf ant, doctor, LAWYER, mech
;,Dic, manufacturer in 1922 is still
better known IN 1923, and this increas-
ID notoriety does him good, and results
IN more legl mate profit; whereas the
hootlegger O. 1922 is only nearer Jail
and disgrace in 1923; notoriety Goes
MIN harm istead of good. This is
as true of the gambler; ewindler; liar
IS it is Of the bootlegger; more PEOPLE
know of the unreliable every year
IS surely as more people know every
wear of the reliable man. 1t is the
'urest thing in life, with one excep
ton, that the efficient, fair, active
capable will increase his stocks Gnd
rofits from year to year; the excep-
habits ,isalit Item oreertaintha nsucc
ION is that allure as result Of bad
.abits, is a ;;'tie more certain success
nc a result 0. good habits.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10

Miss Belma Bond returned Sunday
night from near Wichita where she
has been visiting with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Rosel Of near
.atanta visited at the Lloyd Dunlap
rome the fl 81 Of the week;
Mrs. To,1 Porter and Mrs Baty
Porter of H ,goton were Liberia, shop
pers Saturday.
w. A. Naylor made a business
trip to Perryton and Balko. Okla
homa Monday.
L. G. Chamberlin is driving new
Essex Coach purchased from the
Mann Auto Co.
P. E. Ravenscroft and family spent
Sunday at the farm near Gray. Okla
homa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Hugert and
children drove to Perryton Sunday
where they visited relatives.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10
HAYS NORMAL STUDENTS HOME

August 5.-The Fort Hays Kan
sas Normal School closed its largest
summer school last week and the
students are back home. There were
1928 students enrolled. 425 we're
candidates for certificates and d.
plomas.
The fall semester at the Fort
Hays Kansas Normal School will
open Tuesday, September 5, and the
prospects are good for an unusual
fall enrolment.
Those who were honor students
in summer school from our county
were as follows:
Leo Ackers.
The following students were en-
rolled in summer school from this
county:
Edna Shorb, Liberal; Goldie
Thorpe, Liberal; Conner Thorpe,
Liberal; Nora Thomas, Liberal
Lucille Erb, Liberal; Effie Farmer,
Liberal; Opal Creeden, Liberal
Blanche Brown, Liberal ;Corine Ack-
ers, Liberal; Leo Finley Ackers, Lib
eral, and Sarah Snow, Liberal
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10
HAD COUNTY SEAT FIGHT
Incident Of Eearly Days in Morton
County Recalled by Recent Pro-
posal to Move County Seat

The proposition to move the couh-
ty seat of Morton county from Rich
field to Elkhart, causes the Spring
field, Colorado, Democrat-Herald to
recall an incident of the early days
when Richfeld figured in a county
seat fight with what was then known
as Frisco. The Democrat-Herald re-
ports the >eccurances as follows:
at may develope big fight and
it may develope a little fight, but
anyway Elkhart has made the move
to have the county seat moved to
that town and the move will be TAX
en- this fall.
"This reminds us of the big coun-
ty seat fight between old Richfield and
old Frisco that ragged through about
a three or four year period of their
primitive existence, when men, wom-
en- and children went into mix-ups
with fists, clubs, guns and knives.
eve believe the last gun battle
of the town was in the afternoon of
the day of the election-or maybe
it was at night, when cavalry troop
Of some dozens Of Frisco braves
rode, double file down the unfenced
lane towards Richfeld, a distance of
three miles bent on their inalienable
right to capture the ballot box and
take it bodily to some safe and
shady office room in Frisco, where
the ballots could be honestly counted
and square deal given everybody.
"But the guards on the outposts
Of Richfeld, by a German system of
spies, had gotten word of the con-
templated Frisco move, so when
those painted and otherwise decorat-
ed braves had ridden into the suburbs
of the great little town, and just
as they were ready to make the big
wild whoop dash for the treasured
box, behold they suddenly found
themselves in the prediciment OF
Gen. Braddock before Fort Des
Quesnes, so after shooting a round
or two spasmodically at nothing,
they turned about double quick, as
Davie Crockett or some other wild
westerner was wont to put it, and
went "hell-bent" for Frisco.
at was probably one of the most
bloodless battles ever fought between
man and man, as likeunto the his
toric battle Of Fort Anderson there
was ont fatality, a scratch, limp
or bump on either side thus saving
their respective towns and friends
the inconveniece, the cries and the
expense of burying the dead ant
binding up the wounds and laeerateG
feelings of the warriors after the
smoke of the battle had cleared
away.
Sand now, after a reign of thir
ty-five years of blissful peace, much
of the time gravelike peace, since
the hostilities ceased Richfeld il
again challenged to battle, the tocsir
of war is sounded, the armies OF
either side are mobilizing, and the
times look propitious for some o.
the wild west stunts of We older
days when man and beast Tough
side by side for thir mates the wilt
fruits by the roadside and whatever
else both of them wanted and onl!
one of them could have"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10

Mars being only 42,000,000 miles
away from the earth, the opportunity
was seized upon by astronomers for
a closeup. They report, however, that
nothing was going on that was out of
the ordinary. ~ci
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10

It is said society women In Lontiv..
are having their small toes amputated
to enable. them to wear the new mar.
row-pointed shoes. But amputation
of toes can never make their feet as
narrow as their heads.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10
Mrs Cha, Downs was operated on
TT local hospital Monday.

Mrs Mill. Bradley and grandson
Hugh Bradley Of Wyndott, Kan. arriv
ID Sunday .or visit at the nome of
AR. and Ms. T. J. Nc Dermot. Mrs.
Bradley is sister of Mrs. McDermot.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10
To the Voter. Of Seward County.
Kansas ..- 49, + (.

I wish to thank you for the sup
port given me in the Primary, and
will appreciate your support and
vote in the November election.
H.fC. BRISENDINE.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10

Japan is taking verbal steps to
evacuate China, and asks others to
listen In.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10
FARM LAND FOR RENT: One Sec

tion of wheat land, half way be-
tween Guymon and Spearman on the
D. c. D. Highway. Must furish refer
ences. Crop payment plan. See E.
A. Evans at Evans Harness Company
Liberal, Kansas, or write G. A. Hitch,
owner, Guymon, Oklahoma. 6t2c
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10

T.J. Nc permott made TRIP top
Tyrone Monday to look after some
arm intere' IS.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10

L. v. Gar uer returned from bust
Tess trip in he east. He re reports the
condition o. the strike much worse
here
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10

George Bane was in from the farm
near Hugoton Saturday visiting
friends.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10

Mrs. Fortas Of Arkalan was shopp-
ing in Libe. Vi Monday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10
H. I. Cone Of Dombey. Oklahoms
was business visitor here Saturday.

Miss Emily Fisk returned Thurs
day night from Haviland where she
has been visiting relatives.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Roehr and
children of near Moscow visited here
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Roehr's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Boles.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10

Rev. c. D. Hestwood delivered the
sermon at the Methodist church Sun
day evening. Rev. EASTWOOD was a
former pastor here.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10

Miss Mary Wilson returned Sun
day evening from Hutchinson where
she has been attending business col
lege.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-08-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Macy visited
several days this week in the city
with relatives. Mr.. and Mrs. Macy
are returning to their home in Hutch
inson after anextended trip in Colo
RADIO and Nebraska.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-05
Practical Work Done by Food
Problems Class at Stephens

for 20 cents. for the number Of c~alorie.
in each lunch has averaged between fiv.
and seven hundred.
Other problems have been taken up in
cooperation with other departments Of
the college. For instance, on April Il
the food problems class served a formal
banquet to the public speaking class, the
latter class wishing an opportunity to
gain experience in after dinner speaking
The are department decorated the room.
There were thirty-nine people present.
Again, on April Is, the food prob.
lens class served a Roman banquet to the
Latin siudents,-a banquet Stimulating,
as far as possible, those of the ancient
Romans.
The girls are also gaining experience
in the preparation and serving of meals
through 4 series of six l~lncheons which
they are offering to faculty members and
their guests at IS cents a plate. Three
of the lunches have already been served,
on April %, April % and May 4, and
the remaining three will come on May
IL, II. and l9. The planning and mar.
keting for each of these meals is done
by a small group of girls.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-05

The class in food problems at Sephens
College, taught by Miss Jeanette Gar
reit, has been turning its attention to
practical problems during the last term
problems hat the student will meet In
her post-college culinary experience.
One of these has been the planning OF
a twenty cent luncheon in such a man
ner as to get the maximum number OF
calories. The class has served luncheons
to the members of the Home Economics
Club, an organization Of all the Stephens
College people interested in home eco,
Monies consisting Of more than ninety
members at each Of their bi-mOnthly
meetings during the last term.
The luncheons have been served, cafe
terra style. at noon, Immediately proceed
ing the meeting of the club, in the labo-
ratory and class rooms of the home eco
Monies department. Everyone pays 20
cents for the meal; and anyone, whether
a member Of the club or not, can partake.
The average attendance has been about
s~cyeniy-five.
A small group OF girls is designated TO
plan each of the lunches. The girls have
found that an ample meal can be served
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-05
MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE

|. P. D. Wilkerson returned to his hom,
in Mokane yesterday.
Mrs. Ida Ragsdale went to jefferson
City yesterday where she will transac,
business.
Mrs. Bella Kirkbride went to St. Louis
yesterday to visit her sister, Mrs. MAY
Samuel.
Mrs. ]. Fl. Waugh left yesterday for
Monteclair, N. j., where she will spend
the summer.
A. J. Estes, of the firm Of Batierton
Estes &'Long, left this morning for Mex
leo on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Mock returned to
their home in Hallsville yesterday after
visiting friends in Columbia.
William Rose Of Mexico was in Co.
lumbia yesterday on a business trip.
While here he visited ". B. Class.
MIR. and Mrs. C. c. Woody. who for
merly lived near Ashland, left this morn.
ing for Kansas City, where they will
live.
]. P. Fromme, superintendent of the
Prudential Insurance Co., spent yesterday
in Columbia checking over the local
business here.
j. ]. Dollman, foreman Of the White
Eagle Dairy, spent yesterday afternoon
in McBaine where he secured material
for a story which he is writing for the
Butter, Cheese and Egg Journal.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-05
SUPPLY OF THE WORLDS
DIAMONDS is CORNERED
AmalgamatiOn of AnglO-American
and South African Companies
to Raise Price.
By CHAS. NJ. MCCAIN.

United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, May 3.-Anglo-American in.
terests have effected a corner in dia.
monds. and the worlds supply is now
controlled from two buildings in Hol.
born Viaduct. 1t is stated to be impos.
sible for rough diamonds in any appre-
ciable quantity to be purchased anywhere
in the world outside the two buildings
in Central London.
An immediate result is expected to be
a permanent rise in the price of dia-
monds, made possible by restricting the
supply.
The corner was brought about by the
~amalgamation of the South African Dia-
mond Syndicate and the Anglo-American
Syndicate, in which the powerful Nor
gan interests are largely represented.
Between the Anelo-American and the
South African syndicate there is a work
ing agreement. An arrangement has
been made for London TO be in the fu-
ture the only channel through which a
rough diamond from any of the worlds
great mines shall reach the jewellers.
There are more multi-millionaires in
this new great diamond trust" said a
leading j~eweler. than in any other con
Germ in commercial history. The output
is now entirely in the hands and at tie
mercy Of the two syndicaies."
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-05
UNIVERSITY NEWS

Prof. ]. S. Ankeney left yesterday for
St. Louis where he will talk to the stu.
dents in the art department of the Prin-
cipia School.
d. c. Johns left yesterday to attend
the national convention of the Phi Delta
Phi fraternity which will be held in In.
dianapolis today and tomorrow.
Miss Glenn McHarg. sienographer in
the Soils Office in the Agriculture Build.
ing has gone to Chicago where she will
spend the summer. She will return TO
Columbia in September.
W. II. Rusk of the extension service
Of the College Of Agriculture has re.
turned from a trip through Mcdonald.
Christian and Randolph counties where
he has been doing animal husbandry and
feeding work.
W. c. Lusk, of Yankton, S. D., arrived
yesterday afternoon to visit his sons,
Robert and Edward Lusk. who are stu
dents in the University. Mr.. Lusk has
been attending the Knight Templars'
Conclave in New Orleans.
A. b. Chapman, assistant county agent
left yesterday for Madison county where
he has a temporary assignment in county
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-05
PUBLIC UTILITY EXECUTIVES

The place of the college trained man
in big business has been emphasized at
the sessions of the Missouri Association
of Public Utilities, whose annual con.
veniion opened here Yesterday. The men
attending the convention represent what
is truly big business. not in the derog-
aiGry sense in which the word is some,
times used but in its connotation of car
rying out large enterprises on a large
scale. Their attitude is almost unani
mously favorable to the filling of respon-
s;ble positions with men adequately
equipped with either a technical or lib
cral education, OF both.
Through the Public Utilities Associa-
tion. many graduates of the University
of Missouri have been placed in posi-
lions where they are making notable rec
o-ds. One Of the purposes of the pres
cnt meeting is TO discuss the selection
of the highest type of working personnel.
and the university has been declared a
fertile field for recruiting future execu-
iives.
Ii is gratifying that there is co-opera-
ton Between the University and the as
sociation. Public utility corporation.
RIGHTLY managed, can do a great deal to-
ward making life worth while; it is the
Univcrsity's place TO train men with
b.oAd vision TO see that they do all that
there is TO do. Public utilities must al
ways be public utilities in fact as well as
ia name. They must not be operated al
together for profit, as President Hull Of
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-05
BART AKERS BURIED TODAY
Services by Masonic Fraternity at
Broadway Baptist Church.

Funeral services for Bart Akers. 20
years old, former slave, who died here
Wednesday was held this afternoon al
the Broadway Baptist Church under the
auspices of the Masonic fraternity.
Akers' children. Mrs. Matte d.
Crouch, Of the domestic science depart
ment of Phillips Junior School in Chi
cago. and William B. Akers, of Column
bia. attended the funeral.
Akers came To Columbia when there
was little more than a village on the site
Of the present city. In the company of
other slaves, Akers. under the direction
Of his master. a man named Robinson.
plowed the virgin soil where the Boone
County National Bank now stands and
the adjacent section of the Business dis
trict of Columbia. 1t was while Akers
was the property Of Robinson that he
came under the control of E. W. Ste
phens. who hired his master and with
him the slaves he owned.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-05
AMERICAS WONDERLAND

Fifty years ago 4 bill was passed in
Congress to set apart a certain tract oil
land living near the headwaters Of the
Yellowstone River as 4 public park for
the bencf; and enjoyment of the people.
The anniversary will be. COMMUNICATED
this year.
Not 50 long ago the only way of enter
ing this wild fairyland was in the pic
iu.eslue stage coach. en- foot or on
horseback. To-day the park has four mod
en- highways 50 that travellers need no
longe- fear the discomfort of old, aud
besides they have a variety Of roads to
choose from 50 they can see much mare
Of the country. The motor car, once
forbidden in the park, can enter now
and is the ~favorite way of transportation.
Yellowstone Park also affords five mod
e-.l hotels and inns built in a rustic
S.y'e which gives them charm, and ye:
the are not without the hot and cold
wafer 10 which Americans are SO attach
cd. Camping outfits made by those who
know Just what the outdoor lovers will
need are easily available.
Cc,,in. away from personal things
the very names of the natural marycls
sUs stst ~s;rangeness, weirdness and fasci,
naiion. Firehole River, Emerald Lake,
Cathedral Spires, Amethyst Mountain,
Sleeping Giant, Tower Falls, Inspiration
Point. Old Faithful Geyser. all terrestrial
manifestations Ct God. Then there ar.
wild animals. We; not so wild since they
do not move from the roadside as a car
spins By. Instead they will eat from
ones hand. Colonies of beavers, deer,
ok, antelope, mountain sheep, squirrel
and buffalo are there, all free from tine
fear Ct man.
Yellowstone has much TO offer both
10 the lover of nature and to the pleas
ure seeker.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-05
THIS rs SOFT WHEAT LAND
Anderson Says Hard Variety Does
Not Thrive in Boone County.


Farmers in Boone County will make
a mistake if they try TO raise hard
wheat" W. T. Anderson, former presi.
dent of the Boone County Milling Co.
I've been in the business long enough
to learn that this is strictly a soft wheat
country. I've tried it Out myself in, a
practical manner and find that the best
results come from soft winter wheat. II
not only grows the best here. but il CON
iains more nuirimeni. from WHICH better
bread may be made.
In my mind the best grade Of wheat
for Boone County is the Fulso-M editer-
annean. 1t is bcardless wheat and for
this reason is easily harvested. And the
best part of i, is. it yields. | can recall
several farmers near Columbia who have
;ried this high grade wheat and have
crown forty bushels 10 the acre, with
enough left over to take care of the
seeding for the next year.
Mary farmers lcse their wheat after
it is harvested from the weevil. In all
the years I've been in the milling bust
ness | haven't been bothered with the
pest. After | have the wheat in my bins,
| move i, every twenty days. ! continue
this process until cold weather sets in.
Weeyil is born in the wheat just as the
germ is born in an egg. When the wheat
begins to heat. it matches out. Then the
trouble starts
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-05
ALL GOLD IS NOT IN u. S
Bank of England Has More Tha.
Half Billion Stored Away.
3T United Press.
BY p. NJ. San,

Df 4 q. W. .NAii.
United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, MAJ 3.-With frequent re-
ports, backed by official statistics, show.
ing that the United STATES has accumu.
lated something like two-thirds of the
worlds store of gold, Englishmen were
quite cheered to learn that the Bank
OF England has in fact the comfortable
sum of l~26,9l2,275 pounds in gold stored
away in its cellars.
The bank is required by law to have
this sum to back its note issue. The
last bank figures showed that the total
value of Bank of England notes in cir
culation is l45.392,275 pounds. and I'M
der the banks charter the above men,
! toned sum of gold must be on hand TO
back them.
1t is frequently forgotten that the
Bank Of England is not a state bank.
but I private joint-siock company with
certain privileges and obligations. The
to help finance a Continental war. and
Bank of England was founded in 1894
in return for a cash advance of ll.0l5.-
100 pounds the government permitted
the bank TO issue notes TO that mount
without cash backing. This sum was
never repaid and the notes are still in
circulation.
The bank was also permitted TO issue
notes against securities TO the extent of
7.43i,O00 pounds, making a total of 49,
100000 pounds worth of notes not back
ed by cash. Every note printed above
that figure must Bs covered by gold in
Ithe vaults.
II is one OF the curiosities of British
banking that Bank of England notes are
legal tender for any amount everywhere
in the British Isles-except at the Bank
Of England. The bank cannot pay its
debts with its " notes. and every
holder OF a Bank of England note is
legally entitled to demand gold. regard:
less Of the size of the note or notes:
Other banks may tender any kind of
change they like.
England also has another AZ. $4,000
pounds in gold on hand, this being the
treasury's backing against 298. 697 ,304
pounds worth of onc-pound and ten
shillings treasury notes.
Bank of England notes are Cancelled
Immediately they get back to the bank.
regardless of condition or period OF cir
culaiion. If a depositor draws brand
new notes from one counter of the Bank
of England and pays them across an
other counter they are automatically
cancelled and never go out again.