Historical Society
"Successor to The Liberal Independent"
Vol. 5. No. 10
Liberal, Seward County, Kansas, Friday, July 7, 1911
$1.50 Per Year
Big Celebration
Good Crowd Was Kept Busy
All Day Taking In Program
Probably the most successful
celebration ever held in Liberal
. occurred last Tuesday, when the
merchants of the town took it up
on themselves to entertain all those
who could come here for the
Fourth. From early morning till
the morning of the fifth, there
was something doing. The vaude
ville artists who were secured from
Kansas City were very clever and
their three performances here were
credible, Much interest was at
tracted to the balancing act, which
was performed by a small French
boy dressed as a woman. Imme
diately after this came the boys'
and girls' races. In the race for
boys under ten years of age, Carr
Schanlow was first, with Warren
Swan second. In the race f6r
girls under ten, Larla Vaughn
was first, with RadieZink second.
Clara Evans won first in the race
for girls over ten, with Mary Ken
nedy second. Carr Schanlow also
won the egg race, with Odell Ma
honey second. The sack race was
very interesting as well as amus
inir. In this event Nelson Davis
was first and Phil Habiger second.
In the free-for-all foot race Otto
Wallace won the prize. Alfred
Rawlins won first prize in the race
for boys under 14, and Homer
Reece second.
Promptly at eleven the marshals
cleared the streets and the parade
started from the corner of First
St. and Kansas Ave. The floats
made a very pretty showing for
the business men of the town, the
total of the parade being nearly
three quarters of a mjle. longvThe
Blake Hardware Co.; had by far
the largest display of any firm in
town. They advertised every
thing from a needle to a thresh
ing machine and most everything
between the two was represented
in their eleven floats. C. A. Hub
bard was awarded the prize for
the prettiest float in the parade,
wbile'J. C. Rogers with his horse
less carriage took the prize for the
most comic float. There were
many others that deserved special
mention, but all were unique, and
made the parade one of the best
features of the day.
After the parade a goodly num
ber of people went to the opera
house where the address of wel
come was delivered by V. H.
Grinstead, the response being ably
delivered by R. M. Scarlett. The
address of the day was then given
by Honorable Wm. H. Thompson,
judge of the thirty-second judicial
district. His subject was" Loyalty
and Patriotism", and in spite of
the fact that the address was sched
uled right at the noon hour, a
goodly crowd went to dinner late
in order to stay and hear his
speech. In his pleasant manner,
the Judge impressed a number of
Dependable Merchandise
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Showing
Inside
Construction
of a Sterling
Bench-Tailored
Coat
Represents shrunken
canvas.
B Best of hair cloth.
C Best quality of felt.
D Wool sleeve head pad,
soft and pliable.
E Genuine felt snoulder
pad.
Cloth to cover edges of hair cloth.
Pocket support.
Special stay for pocket.
Binding tape on edges of entire
Coats retain their shape because
of the care and attention we give
to the inside details of workmanship.
A customer of ours for years
said to us recently.
"Hike to trade with you
people because I can depend
on your goods and what you
say about them."
We would rather loose a sale
than misrepresent an article,
and we impress this point on all
of our help.
The more you know
about our Sterling Suits
the more certain you are
to like them well enough
to buy. Satisfy yourself
by getting inside one of
our High Class Hand Tail
ored Suits. $15, $18, $20,
$25, $27.50. Any one
of these prices buys a
Sterling Suit We'll back
'em up to the limit.
- Thirty-Three Years of Successful Merchandising
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good thoughts on the minds of
his hearers, and mixed in enough
anecdotes and stories to keep them
in a genial good humor. The ad
dress was indeed good and all
were glad to have the privilege of
hearing Judge Thompson.
A number of people who lived
a long distance away did not ar
rive in time for the morning's
sport but were present for the
second act of the vaudeville troupe
in the afternoon. The crowd then
went to the Athlethic Park where
LaKemp and Guymon crossed bats
in a fair game. LaKemp easily
rambled off with the long end of
the purse by a score of 8-2. The
boys played ball from the first,
and showed themselves to be mas
ters of the game besides being a
crowd of mighty pleasant fellows.
The motor cycle race was won
by Guy Heckman of Tyrone, with
Mr. Mann of Tyrone second. In
the pony race James Woods won
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MUST SELL
Price for one week $1575.00
If not sold before July 15th price will be reduced
$25. It will be lower each week until it is sold.
House and Lot Must Go
Five room house, 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 Liberal, Kansas
BONDS CARRY
Very Little Opposition to the
Waterworks Extension
Liberal showed her progressive
spirit Thursday in the election to
decide upon the bond issue of
$30,000 for extension of the water
works system here. There was
no organized opposition to the
bonds, but several had expressed
themselves on the negative side of
the question, and the friends of
the improvement were worried all
day over the outcome. The real
estate men were most active dur
ing the day, and helped cet out a
good vote for the proposition. The
couDt was completed by seven
o'clock. There were 284 votes
cast, of which 252 were for the
bonds, and 29 against, three bal
lots being thrown out. The prin
cipal objection on the part of those
who opposed the issue was because
the amount was not large enough.
It is expected that the work will
be started as soon as the contract
can be let. The bonds are already
sold to Sutherlin & Co. of Kansas
City for a small bonus. This will
make it possible to start the work
at an early date. This redeems
another pledge of the present ad
ministration and shows the con
fidence the people of this city have
in the city officers.
Methodist Church
Rev. T. B. Lawrence, district
missionary of the Pratt district,
will preach next Sunday, July 9,
both morning and evening. Sun
day School 9:45 a. m. Class meet
ing, 12 m. Epworth League, 7
p. m. The evening services will
be held on the lawn. We bid you
wel iune.
Pe Wm. T. Ward, Pastor.
Street Lights
The present city administration
redeemed an other platform pledge
this week when the street lights
were installed. There are now 21
tungsten lights in tlio business dis
trict, each being 80 candle power.
There will be eleven more of
these lights placed as soon as pos
sible. It greatly increases ttie
beauty of the business streets after
dark, besides being a good adver
tisement for the town, as three of
the passenger trains arrive after
dark.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. A.
Tegarden, Wednesday, July 5th,
a 10J lbs, boy.
The Canton Pilot put one over
in red and blue on the Fourth, in
the Daily Pilot, Vol. 1, No. 1.
As a result of the enforcement
of the dog tax, Marshall J. T.
Gray has killed more than 40 dogs
in the past month.
Workmen started the founda
tion for a new residence on North
Washington Avenue this' morning
for Mrs. Abe Long.
Miss Carrie Ennis, who has been
in charge of the millinery depart
ment at the Economy this spring
left Wednesday for her claim on
the Beaver.
II. E. Belt of Waynoka, Okla.,
has located in Liberal and will
open an exclusive shoe store in the
building formerly occupied by the
Taylor produce store on West
Second St.
The lawn social given by the
Ladies' Needle Society at the
Longenecker home Friday even
ing was well attended, the people
enjoyed a good social time and the
affair was a success in every way.
Wheat Special
Will Visit Liberal Next Thurs
day With Noted Wheat
Experts.
Every farmer, farmer's wife and
farmer's son within driving dis
tance of Liberal should be here
bright and early next Thursday to
attend the meetings which will
be held at the wheat special, which
is being run through the wheat
belt by the Rock Island people.
There will be a number of wheat
experts along as well as a big
bunch of exhibits, and we believe
it will pay everyone interested in
farming to be here. The speakers
come largely from the State Ag
ricultural College at Manhattan,
and include President Waters, Di
rector E. H. Webster, and Super
intendent J. II. Miller, and a num
ber of Professors from farming
departments and various experi
ment stations over the state. It
is probably th'e greatest meeting
of wheat experts held in the state
this year, and their ideas are at
least worth hearing and probably
worth trying. The state, as well
as the railroad is spending a great
deal of money in an attempt to in
crease the yield per acre in Kan
sas, which ranks first in total pro
duction and thirty-second in yield
per aero. The train will arrive
here in the night, and will be open
for fifty minutes Thursday morn
ing for the meeting. There will be
bread, flour and wheat exhibits
and lectures for the ladies in the
first coach. The boys and girls
will have lectures, seed sorting,
and exhibits of wheat, flour, bread
and machinery in the second coach.
Farmers and business men will at
tend the demonstrations arid ex
Wbits in tlie third and -fourth roach
es, Every boy and girl who can
is urged to bring a handful of
wheat as a sample for the use on
the train. We need things of this
sort here and we trus't that the
farmers and wheat men will be en
terprising enough to come and get
the benefit of this meeting which
will be held at. 7:45 a. m. Bo a
booster for our farming, and come
in, bring your familv and as many
of your neighbors as possible.
Mrs. C. W. Hardin and baby
daughter came down from Meado
and spent the Fourth with her
husband, who is foreman at this
office.
DISTRICT COURT
The Suit Asking For Injunc
tion to Stop Building Jail
Dismissed
An adjourned session of the dis
trict court was held here Monday
for the purpose of hearing the jail
case of 0. T. Wood vs. the Board
of County Commissioners. After
considerable argument by the
lawyers of both sides, the issue
settled down to the question of
the value of the present jail. The
court held that the basis of valua
tion should be the value of the
building as a jail and not on a
basis of physical valuation. The
plaintiff called two of the commis
sioners to the stand. J. F. Fuest
was asked what he thought the
value of the present jail here was.
He answered "about $50." That
practically settled the case. He was
a witness for the plaintiff and the
plaintiff could not impeach the
testimony of his own witness. The
court held that the law was consti
tutional, and denied the injunction
asked for by the plaintiff in the
case. The commissioners will go
ahead with the building of the
jail. It is possible that the case
will be carried to the supreme
court.
John Riggle, Dr. Grimble and
Walter Drummond were fined $25
and costs, having plead guilty to
one count each for gambling.
Frank Brandom plead guilty to
selling liquor on one count and
was fined $100 and costs and sen
tenced to thirty days in jail. On
the recommendation of the county
attorney he was paroled but up to
this morning had not given bond
for $500 for his parole.
- George Young "plead guilty to
grand larceny and was sentenced
to from one to fiye years in 1 the
penitentiary.
Frederick Dcppink was granted
a divorce from Sadie Deppink on
the ground of desertion, and was
awarded the custody of the minor
child, Nellie.
Iown Ferguson was granted a
divorce from Troy Ferguson on
the ground of desertion, and was
awarded the custody of the minor
child, Walter.
The new Eddington residence
on North Sherman Ayenue is al
most completed.
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