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1 Historical Society LIBERAL, SEWARD COUNTY, KANSAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1913 $1.50 Per Year SafA Year. Number 41 ONE ROBBER CAUGHT TURNED OUT KATZANJAMMER .CLU mi AT TTY fe GOODS RESTORED TO STARVE 111. 1 J..v NEW SPRING GOODS Our buyers are back from the eastern market, and as usual, we are in a po sition to show you the larg est assortment of QUAL ITY MERCHANDISE this GREAT SOUTH WETERN COUNTRY. We would like to call your sttention to every department in our store, but we haven't the space. But, remember, whether it's DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES OR MILLINERY. YOU'RE MORE APT TO GET IT AT SUMMERS.' 35 years successful merchandising. R m 1 1 it' w rw w m w m 1 1 . iTfe-feSv : 7y v vi I 1U1 OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Again we're "Johny on the spot", in our Millinery Department. We're coins? to show you some nifty styles for Spring and Summer. Nothing but new, up-to-the-minute hats. LIBERAL, KANSAS, v CUYMON, OKLA. DALHART, TEXAS" 1 Local and Persona D. E. Reeves of route 1 was III Sat urday and boosted his subscription another year, F. D. Erwln of lirena was in Fri day and boosted his subscription up a couple of years. Bob Robinson has returned from Wichita where ha has been managing the broom corn warehouse. D. F. Ross of the northwest part of the county was a business visitor in Liberal a few days this week. Classic Item from the Dresden Runllower: "One of the Freshmen vas translating the Latin sentence, 'llaec In Gallia est importantus," aiid he made it 'Hike Into Oual its im portant.' " Chas Taylor was in Hutchinson last week attending a two days' ses sion of the Rexall drug store men's convention. Mr. and .Mrs. A. . Oasklirand Miss Cora Gaskill of Ottawa, are making a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Gaskill of this city. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian church will give a food sale, alap apron and Easter novelty March 22, at the Star grocery. L. W. Stevesson and wife are down In New Mexico this week for an outing. They are in the Pecos river valley. Their stay is indefinite. A man and woman were arrested Friday, up stairs in the George building. They are now being held at the Jail. They will perhaps he tried before the justice of the peace soon They were both charged with lewdness. A NEW STORE Will be opened In the building formerly occupied by L. A. Fields SATURDAY, MARCH 8,10:00 a.m A new firm, new goods. All use ful articles you need every day. A 14-quart dish pan for ten cents, one to a family, for this opening day only. The Liberal Variety Store COMPANY Mrs. F. A. McCoy and baby of Hu coton were over visiting with her mother, Mrs. J. F. Funk, the latter part of last week and this week. Miss Golda Nelson of Liberal vis ited friends here last week. Hugo- ton Hermes. John Lahey, the Stevens county auctioneer, sent In the cash Monday and asked that his name be again placed on our subscription list. We are receiving many new subscribers and only a few of the delinquents have failed to pay up. At a congregational meeting of the Presbyterian church members Mon borhood of $2,500.00, perhaps a trifle parsonage. The structure and the site will cost somewhere in the neigh borhood of $2,50.00, perhaps a trifle more. A committee has been signed the work of selecting a site and upon the architecture. As soon as this committee has reported we will give more authentic details of this building. THINKS WHAT'S HIS BELONGS TO HIM Last Saturday night the Scandrett & Fuest hardware store was robbed. The thieves entered a little side win dow, high up against the ceiling. They climbed on to the Eldson har ness shop and entered from that roof, using the shelving In the Scandrett & Fuest store as a ladder, They gutted the knife case of several hundred knives of various prices. They took eight revolvers, thirty-six razors and all of the German money on display in one of the show cases, this money being samples Mr. Fuest had but lately brought from Germany. They did not touch the silverware, nor the cash register, nor the safe. There were several other things among the signs of the litter the next morning that led Mr. Eldson, the sheriff, and Mr. Long, the secret service man for the Rock Island to believe that it was a noy, or boys who committed the deed. Messages were immediately sent out in all directions describing the goods, and cautioning all officials td notify every one in this country about the goods. With the telephone, the telegraph, and men who have studied criminol ogy so thoroughly that tliey read otiier men's minds, it is very hard to get away with a "Swag" these days. Although, to the common citizen, the case looked hopeless Sunday morning it did nut take very long to get track of the goods and the crimi nals either. Two weeks ago two boys, aged fifteen and fourteen respectively, met in Oklahoma City and struck up an acquaintance. Young "boomers" wire they, out seeing the world. They heard about Liberal, Kansas; heard that it was a live town. They decided that this was the place for them. They came. The Job they had had in mind did not materialize as they had expected, so for over a week they had been cooking, sweeping and washing dishes over at the McDer mot rooming house for their board. Soon they were out of money; One suggested to theother- that they break into some store, get some stuff, take it to another town and sell it. At eleven-thirty Saturday night they arose from their warm bed, went to the hardware store which they had spotted during the afternoon, and en tered as above described. Using knives they cut the bottoms of their pockets in their coats so that the smce between the lining and the goods could be tilled with plunder. In this manner they carried all of the stuff to the depot, and boarded No, 33 at two o'clock a.m. They got ntTar, Guvmon. and tried to get a wooden box quicklV, so that they might pack the stuff and ship it. Tuesday a little boy about thirteen years old came trudging into town. His feet were wet and swollen. His face was tear stained and dirty. He had walked many miles from the place he had called home; the. house of his step father, a man by the name of Congrove. He was a pitiful little spectacle, and his childish heart was broken because his own mother had gruffly yelled at him, to clear out and that there was nothing for him to eat at that place. Wouldn t that break a growing boy's heart; a boy who had been born and brought up among the people of the west espec ially? According to the little fellow's story he did not attend school lite first two months of this term, at all, but worked. When he started to school, he could ride on days when his sister went to school. Monday, both brother and sister went to school. Tuesday sister didn't want to go to school, so Clarence was told to get a move on and hoot It to school. He demurred against the long walk through the snow, and at that time he was told to clear out, and ''noth ing more to eat at this place." He cleared! He walked to town. The County found him and took him in charge. The last we saw of him tie was trying to work arithmetic problems and cry at the same time, in the office of the County Superintendent. When asked which he would rather do: "Go back home or go to the re form school?" He said lie would rather go to the reform school, be cause he woul.l get a beating If lie went back. It has not been decided vet what will be done with the little lad. Perhaps his story is exagerated by self sympathy. MIGHT INCONVENIENCE The head of the post office depart ment has sent out letters. to all of tlte carriers who have to drive over country roads, asking them a set of questions. These quest ions are In re gard to the roads over which the car riers are compelled to travel. This question was discussed at Wichita week before last, at the Post Masters Convention and we believe the gov ernment means to see that some of the terrible roads over which mall has to be drawn, are fixed or they will stop hauling mail over that route. The three miles south on Kansas Avenue and three-quarter east on the state line is again in bad shape, but if the big drag was put on now before it dries up so much, it would be fine, and with much less work than if it is STUNTS DON'T GO Han's tint Fritz unt Gus UDt a couple of more of dose kind of Caucasians life of clem in all vas very scairt Tuesday, ven dey vas beckoned before der Justice of der Peace,and toldt that dem Katzan jammer businesses is copyrighted by dose funny papers. They were also told that it would be best for them, to "get wise" to the fact, (even though young) that it is no use to try to jolly the Law. For some time it has been very evident that the peaceful little city of Liberal held some boys; school boys, who were very mis- cliievious. Strange isn't it? Who would think that LIBERAL would lave any bad boys J For about the same length of time that it has been apparant that Liberal was the home of some naughty, mean boys, it has been noticed that little things dissapear ed from here and there. Also it was noted that certain persons were acting with much disregard for public properly. They were spotted", Ihey were watched, riiey were repremanded, but all to no avail, ihey went a little too far, however, when they went out to the fair grounds, wherein the citizens of Liberal have spent thousands of dollars, and there they got disgustingly gay. They shot into the buildings; shooting one door entirely tf, we under stand. They built a large tire close to a building and then went away and left it. Five white-faced and sincere "kids" signed a little agreement, w'.th the County Attorney, some thing as follows, Tuesday after noon: First: I will not use tobacco in in any form, nor violate that law, except in the privacy of my home and by consent of my parents. Second: I will not accept any intoxicating liquor, except from my parents and in my home. I will not- purchase -any from any-- A search and seizure warrant was Issued out of t he justice court Sat urday. The officers went to the Waters Feed yard, south of the track and, tucked snugly away In a stall, were three big Juicy gallons of booze. And now tucked snugly away in a stall a steel stall is a man. Yes, he even went so far as to get strangely angry and lament with walls woeful that the county had swiped his booze. He thinks the world of Justice is topsy turvy. "Swipe a man's property, and then arrest him and perhaps send him to the penitentiary for it." The very idea. "Just like running over a man with an automobile, then get ting out and kick him a couple of cracks on the pants for getting In the way. " 'Crool World!' He did not know the Idiosyncracies of the law: he did not know when he Indignantly claimed the booze that the law states that liquor losts Its value as private property when ttorcd In a public place of business, not, In connection with a private resi dence. This same old law also de cides with unfeeling calmness that It Is prima facie (meanlug, pretty durn liquor hundred dollars worth of work done upon it. 4 ! They did not get a box but bought an ; iet K0 untu it must need several old valise, for a dollar, and packed the stuff. Shortly a cop accosted them and became very Inquisitive about what they had In the grip, thinking of course that it was booze One of the boys, the youngest, hiked from the town then and there and has not been heard of since. The other talked the cop out of his In quisitive spell temporarily, but be came so frightened that he skipped from the town and carried the grip which weighed 48 pounds, to Good well, a distance of about ten miles. There he expressed It to Ardmore. He boarded the train to Dali.art. All mitiht have been well, but he being such an awful desperado, had to car ry a gun. An otlicer in Dalhart saw the bump and arrested him, searched him and found a gun. Things might not have been so bad sven then, but the unlucky boy had a strange coin on his person. Not one or tne coins belonging to Mr. Fuest; one from Hawaii. But it aroused suspicions, for messages whispering of strange coins and guns had just been coming over the wires, uaman wireu w Liberal. Sid Long went down, and talked to the boy. The coin was no proof, and the gun wasn't a good one, but Mr Long noticed that the ex press receipt was not signed by Mr. Vn.,-n nr n Mr. 1'avton. He then tu & lnnff shot for his money ana- told the boy that the game was all up That the stuff had been shipped from Good well and that they had in tnToanteA it. at Dalhart. and had all of the stuff In their possession so that he just as wen come inrougn the truth. This was a staggering blow and the young man broke down nd confessed tne whole thing. Prac tically all of the goods are recovered except the money whicn is in pos session of the other boy who has not been caught. The reward was given to the lai hart official we understand. Th. iua cu turned over to Judge rmntK.ii. u it has to be tried In the ' lnwlnl a nnilM. MH UHO IUB will I one. Third: I will not commit any depredations on property, or build dangerous lires. All of these are to be abided by for one year, i If they are caught breaking any part of this agreement they are to go to the reformatory without any ado, and Mi. Commons says that they sure will go if caught. they will report to the proper officials every once in a while. Kemembcr! It is no use to try to jolly the Law. Ed Smith dropped Into the office for a little chat Tuesday and while here sent his subscription up a couple of years. We welcome all visitors, but Oh! how we love this kind. Citizens State Bank CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $48,000.00 aa Vnilfl iSrftffla iHFDFS ANrVTHFR mil rWItOMFV TA I If IF YOU PUT YOUR, MONEYinthe BANK YOU WILL HAVE IT WHEN YOU NEED IT. K you. k&h ymOi -kcXM m. numm & tank. wiWUL MM rwi ivJtlSiA camtotAaMti Jr. BnA Iran fn nnlawflil eant tn the reform SCUOOl fcb tlUlCil purposes. All you who are heavy Inson. The name of the boy is being j DEPOSITS GUARANTEED BY THE DEPOS ITORS GUARANTEE LAW OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. v laden, remember this bit of law.