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it ThTVD "Successor to The liberal Independent" Vol. 5. No. 15 Liberal, Seward County, Kansas, Friday, August 11, 1911 $1.50 Per Year V CONTRACT LET The Waterworks To Be Built By Brooks & Co. For :$27,685.00 At a meeting of the city council Tuesday evening, the contract for installing., the new waterworks system was awarded to T. C. Brooks & Co., of Jackson, Mich igan, who submitted the lowest of six bids. The contract was sign ed Tuesday evening, and a few changes were made in the specifi cations. The altitude valve was cut out of the contract at $225, and a different type of task was substituted, at an additional cost of $550. The contractors bond will be filed within ten days, and according to the contract, work wilL start by August 28. The plant must be completed within 90 days after the construction is started. - ABOUT THE BIDS Several weeks ago the council requested E. T. Archer, the engi neer employed, to draw up the plans and specificatiops, and notify the contractors as soon as possible. This he did, and six bids were made on the, job. The bids were as follows: .. Commercial Construction Co $28,675 P. M. Clark....: 29,490 Hoosier Construction Co 27,915 Squire Construction Co 27,877 - T. C. Brooks & Co. 27,360 Kass-Cralg Construction Co 29,300 1 All of the contractors who came here gave us the idea that work was scarce in their line now and that they needed the job here. - This is in a greatmeasure, probab ly, responsible for the low bids submitted. .. . THE EQUIPMENT GOOD ' Besides W. B. Bash, IV M. Brooks, A. Bickel, and W. J. Squires who were here bidding, .there were several men looking -after the sale of material. All of the contractors agreed that the plans and specifications would give us one of the best plants in the state. P. A. Ivy of the American Cast Iron & Pipe Co., E. J. Mer kel of the Merkel Supply Co), and M. J. Trees of the Chicago Bridge & Iron Works, were also here and spoke very highly of the plans and specifications of the plant. The tank selected is known as the railroad type, built by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Works. It is 26 feet in diameter, with a total depth of 22 feet. - ThisL. will be - erected on a tower, 85 feet high, measuring from the top of the cap stones to the bottom of the tank. The capacity of the tank will be 80,000 gal' '.'us. The advantages THOS. L. HIGGINBOTHAM,iVI.D. ... Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat MILLER BUILDING LIBERAL. KANSAS City Property MUST SELL Price for one week $1500.00 House and Lot Must Go Five room bouse, electric lights, city water, big barn, hen house, coal shed, etc On a good street only, two blocks from principal business corner of the town. See , . DAVID CURTIS Office Phone 314 3SR BETTER HAVE -83 Years Sittcesshil ES, we've been at it we have the biggest and best of its kind in this Big Southwestern Country. We have built this business on the solid rock of Quality Merchandise not cheap merchan dise. Probably you have heard someone say: "I want to buy a good suit of clothes, a good pair of shoes, a good dress." And the answer was this . "You Arc More Apt to Get it at Summers'." Take a good look at some of our new Fall Goods coming in. Quality Merchandise v of the railroad type over that des cribed in the specifications are briefly as follows. The railroad type has a greater diameter and is not so tall, giving a more even pressure, which is desirable to the consumer of water, as well as be ing a desirable condition for the best work by the pumps. It has a metal frost casing instead of a wood casing and is more durable. The type selected has a washout valve and settling basin at the bot tom of the overflow pipe -which makes it possible to clean the tank at any time without letting' all the water out and it may be done in a few minutes by . one man. , This feature is not included in the tank 4. . Liberal, Kansaa YOUR CLOTHES since 1878 and now THCOtOWAY Sterling Clothing Edwin Clapp Shoes W. L. Douglas Shoes American Lady Shoes Corticelli Silks Liberal, Kansas ; Ouymon, Oklahoma ,' r Dalhart, Tsxas s described in the specifications. An eighteen inch balcony will be built around the tank at the. top of the iron supports, a trifle over 85 feet from the ground. The well is to have a casing 8 inches in dia meter and will be equipped with a Luidwieler six-inch pump. It is estimated by E. P. Archer that this well will furnish 145 gallons per minute. The storage capacity is nearly double that of the pres ent plant and should furnish an abundant supply of water. The council was anxious to have a tank with a capacity of 100,000 gallons, but was unable to do so with the amount of money voted at the bond election. The mains will be 4, 6, and 8 inches in diameter. Contractor Talks The successful bidder, Mr. II. M. Brooks, of Baooks & Co., said after the contract was awarded: "I was not surprised to get the contract; we needed the work and I cracked the bid pretty hard. I do not intend to even ship a ditch ing machine here, but will use your men in digging the pipe lines. The only men we will ship here will be our foremen and machinist. Liberal men will get all the work we can sire tnem n tney are willing to do the fair thing. A Chang in Mains Mr. . T. Archer, the consulting engineer from Kansas City, and the council, after thoroughly going over the ground,-decided to run the main, which was laid out on Washington avenue to Pennsyl vania avenue, a block further east. This will give some fire protection to the ice plant and flouring mill, and will put a row of hydrants one block further east. The out side limits of the new pipe lines will then be as follows! Begin ning at the corner of Kansas avenue and First street, north to CLEANED. AND f 1 ' I fHt NEW WAY I; ) Quality Merchandise What CFlimmtrt j"577Tmn. Second street, east to Pennsyl vania avenue, north to Seventh street, west to Kansas avenue, north toeighth street, west to Sher man avenue, south to Sixth street west to Jordan avenue, south to Second street, east to Sherman avenue, south to First street, east to Kansas avenue tothe place of beginning. To Rent One quarter section to put in wheat; 3 miles west, 10 north of Liberal. Inquire, Liberal Dairy. 7-ll-2t LOCAL NEWSPAPER AN- NO U NCEMENT. CIVIL 8KBVICE EXAMINATION Clerk An examination for cleric will be held at the postofllce In this city on Sept. 2nd, 1911. Age limit, 18 to 45 years, on the date of the examination. Married women will not be admit ted to this examination. This pro hibition, however, does not apply to women who are divorced or to those who separated from their husbands and support themselves, but they are eligible for appointment only as clerk. All applicants must be physically sound, and male applicants must not be less than 5 feet, 4 Inches In height without boots or shoes, and weigh not less than 125 pounds without overcoat or hat. For application blanks and for full information relative to the examin ation, quallBcatlons, duties, salaries, vacations, promotions, etc., address immediately: J. N. EVANS, POSTMASTER Postofllce, Liberal, Kansas. The last service will be held in the old Christian church Sunday morning, August 20th. Thereaf ter the Christian church services will be held in the city hall until the new building is ready for oc cupancy. Beds, 15c at 302 Lincoln ave. 12-tf PRESSED AT PEARCE SUITORIU-Phonc 266 Bond Forfeited A few weeks ago, Fred Hullel went to Oklahoma on businesr. The next day Earl Staphenson pro prietor of the City Meat Market, went to the farm of Mr. Nass three miles east of town and paying the the pasture bill oh two steers be longing to Hullot, drove them away, lhatsame day Mullet re turned unexpectedly, and Steph enson was much embarrassed when he knew Hullet was in town. That night te took his meat cutter, Smith, went to the slaughter pen and butchered the two steers. It was unusual to take Smith as he was not the regular butcher, and it was out of the ordinary to butch er more than one beef a day. Hul let heard of this and asked Steph enson what he knew of the steers. Stephonson finally said that a fellow in Oklahoma had taken the steers, and offered to pay for thorn, and finally gave Ilullot a check for the steers. O. T. Wood heard of the case and being interested in the cattle business began to inquire into tho transaction. He finally collected the evidence and presented it to the county attorney. Stephenson was asked to produce the Oklaho ma man who stole tho steers and, being unable to do so, was arrest ed. Ilis bond was first fixed at $500, but was raised to $1,000 later on, and S. K. McCamant and Leonard Matthews signed the bond Stephenson giving them a bill of sale for the butcher shop hero. Stephenson did not appear here for several days, and the bondsmen, becoming uneasy, several horses and some money were attached. On the day set for the prelimin ary trial, August 7th, he wa9 not here and the bond was declared for feited. On August 8th Charles Stephenson of Kingfisher, Okla and a brother of Earl Stephenson arrived here to helpstraigbteu oul the difficulty. The horses and the meat market have been taken b.y the bill of sale and the attachment, which still leaves the bondsmen on the short end of the string. Dressmaking. Wanteds Sewing to do for adics, misses and children. Ten years' experience in shop and home sowing. Prices reasonable. At residence one door north of Dr. 'Cnisoly's on Prospect Ave. 8 4-4t Mas. David Cuktih. THE MAN MONEY IN THE MNK MARSHALL FIELD clerked in a store when he was a boy. He put in the bank enough out of hia salary to start a small businessof his own. Today his establishment is the finest in the world. His two grandsons will get 400 million each, when they are given their share of his estate. Make OUR Bank YOUR Bank. Deposits Guaranteed by the Guaranty Fund of the State of Kansas CITIZENS STATE BANK - Liberal, Kansas CLARK COMING Speaker of the Lower House to Lecture" Here. The Hon. Champ Clark, repre sentative from Missouri, and sneaker of the House of Represent atives will lecture in Liberal on October 11. The engagement was made by the local lecture course committee, but it will not be u number of the course. There is probably not a man in the United States whose political popularity has risen as rapidly as that of Champ Clark of Missouri. He is very gonorally being talked of for presidential candidate in 1912. While Speaker Clark has denied any intention of making the rnce, the support is coming from many quarters. He is one of tho great men in tho Unitod States today a man of national and inter national reputation. The seats for his lecture here will be put on salo on September 1. Stand ing room will probably bo at a premium, and the seating capacity of the opera house will bo greatly increased. Notice Having given reasonable notice, all owners of dogs must pay tax on their dogs or the dogs will be killed. John T. Gray, 8-4 2t City Marshall. "Stub" Boyland has returned from a short visit at Piatt. , Geologists Coming. Mr. O. E. Moinzer, assistant United States Geologist and Prof. E. Haworth, State Geologist are expected Thursday evening on No. 3. They will spend Friday in and around Liberal, looking over the ground, and various formations here, .including the different kinds of clay. A trip to tho well now being drilled at Hooker will be made, and their opinion on tho probability of securing artesian water here will have much to do toward organizing a company to drill at this place. Liberal will not be behind the times, but the opinion of these experts may save a costly experiment in drilling for artesian water hero. James Mahoney, wife and little daughter went to Dodge Citv Thursday to the Soldiers' Reunion. WHO HAS