The Liberal democrat. [volume], July 07, 1911, Image 2

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The Liberal Democrat
(Successor to The Independent)
Th Seward County Publishing Company
CARL G. EOOY
Editor and Publisher.
Published every Friday morning
at Liberal, Seward County, Kans.
Entered as second-olass matter January 0,
11)1 1, at the cost office at Liberal, Kansas,
u nder the Act of M arch a, IH7.
. "There's so much good in the worst
of us, and there's so much bad in the
best of us, that it doesn't behoove any
of us to speak 111 of the rest of us.'
One of the easy and inexpens
ive ways to make a town attractive
to one looking for a location, is to
make it a clean town. Not only a
clean town morally, but a town
with clean streets, cleau alleys,
and clean yards. A great deal
might be done here in Liberal to
make the town very attractive in
this respect. While the residence
properties are probably the best
in the West, there are a number
of alleys that need to be cleaned
up. Make it a point to see that
the alleys abutting your property
are clean and sanitary. The rub
bish heap in your- neighbor's yard
may be the baeeding place for
flies that will carry typhoid fever
to you, your wife, or your child.
Therefore you are your brother's
keeper also and it is up to you to
see that he cleans up too, It
doesn't need a special day to clean
up your premises. Make every
day clean up day, if you can only
spend an hour a day and it will
help. It is almost criminal these
days to let a heap of rubbish lay
in your back yard or alley, for it
may cause an epidemic of typhoid,
with the direst of results. Be a
.good fellow and get busy and clean
up.
June Broke Record
Lawrence, Kansas, July il: If'l I .
Because of the rather large num
ber of years covered by our obser
vations it has become somewhat
unusual to find a record broken.
But June, 1911, was far enough
from the ordinary to break four.
It had the highest mean tempera
ture, the greatest number of days
in which the termometer went to
90 degrees or higher, the lowest
relative humidity, and the heaviest
earthquake yet recorded here.
The mean temperature was 80;
the next was 70.14 in 1901. There
were 19 hot days (90 or higher).
The previous record was 16 in 1901.
The relative humidity was 54 3,
tin) next lowest being 59.8 in 1901.
From this it may be seen that
June, 1901, was very much like
that which is past. ,
The rainfall was markedly defi
cient, but in the years 1870, 1872,
1876, 1892 and 1901, it was small
er. In 1876 the precipitation was
only 1.21, inches.
Ode to a Street Sprinkler
Sprinkle, sprinkle, little cart,
How I wonder where thou art.
When the dust is high and dry,
Never can I tind thee nigh.
When the clouded sun is set,
And the streets with rain are wet
Then you wing your little flight;
Sprinkle, sprinkle, left and right.
Boston Transcript.
$100.00 Reward.
I will pay the above reward for
the arrest and conviction of any
person or persons illegally hand
ling, driving off and disposing of
tcor buhering any of my stock.
C M. Light,
Liberal, Kansas
Remember the Palace Cleaners,
all work guaranteed. East side
Kansas Avenue. t-f.
Insure your crops against hail.
We represent good companies.
Kllsarsser & Henry.
The Photoplay is the real popu
lar place these days for those who
like moving pictures.
For Sale
A span of young black mules,
weight about 2200. Terms.
J. J. Calvert,
6 26-tf Liberal, Kans.
Russian Thistles as Stock
Food
Much has been said of late re
garding the use of the Russian
thistle for stock food. The fol
lowing is a testimonial of a Raw
lins county, Kansas farmer regard
ing his experience with the Russian
thistle as a profitable hay crop.
"Russian thistles have grown on
the same land in this neighbor
hood in considerable quantities six
or seven years, although they
have not been regarded as of value
for feeding purposes until two or
three years ago. We had former
ly noticed cattle eating with ap
parent relish the few thistles that
happened to be in sorghum or
other feed, but necessity first in
duced us to make hay of them in
a year when dry weather and in
sect pests gave them a decided ad
vantage in a sixty-acre field of
"bottom" land sowed to wheat the
fall previous, but which did not
come up until spring, and made
such slow progress that the thist
les got the better start.
Thistles, wheat and sunllo'wers
grew together ou this land. Grass
hoppers cut the heads of the
wheat, and insects killed the sun
flowers; hence there were left
wheat straw and thistles, which
stood about three feet high, and
covered the ground very densely.
As there was a scarcity of other
feed, we cut the entire sixty acres,
and while we could scarcely say
how many tons of hay it produced
the. yield made several ricks on
which 200 head of cattle were
practically wintered. We also had
some bright sorghum hay, but it
was not relished, and the cattle
would invariably leave it for the
thistles. We also had alfalfa,
.which was stacked together with
an equal quantity of thistle hay,
and when fed the cattle made no
distinction between them, both be
ing eaten up clean. We have used
Russian thistles for four years as
hay, which usually is nothing but
thistles. We cut once a season,
about the time the plants blossom,
let lie a daythen rake in wind
rows, and stack. When properly
cured, the hay is dark brown and
very brittle. It is nutritious and
fattening. Cattle and sheep seem
to care more than other stock for
it, and is better for cattle than
sorghum. The young plants af
ford most excellent grazing, and
are greedily eaten by live stock,
but when hay is desired they
should not be grazed previous to
cutting. Neither cutting with
mower nor close pasturing will
straightway kill these thistles, but
if such practices are continued
they will voluntarily die out in
three or four years if the ground
is not disked or cultivated. There
is, however plenty of seed to pro
duce an abundance of thistles,
especially if the neighbor's land is
also invested, although cutting for
hay sometimes prevents the plants
seeding. In 1901 we harvestsd
sixty acres, securing about 250
tons of hay. Wherever thistles
appear we would advise their use.
For Sale
A limited number of White
House Pantries to be sold in Lib
eral at $2.50 cash' down, balance
$1.00 yer week for sixteen weeks.
No interest. Write or see U. J.
Warren, Guymon, Okla.
Moore and Falls will insure
growing crops against Hail and
your property against Lightning,
Windstorms and tire in the old reli
able, St Paul Insurance Company.
City insurance in standard com
uariies. Hay Fever and Summer Colds
Must be relieved, quickly and
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
will do it. E. M. Stewart, 10:54
Wolfram St., Chicago, writes:
"1 have beeu greatly troubled dur
ing the hot summer months with
hay fever and find that by using
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
I get great relief." Many others
who suffer similarly will be glad
to benefit by Mr. Stewart's ex
perience. For sale by all druggists.
BACTERIA NOT ALL VICIOUS
8om Are Indlapenaabl to Life and
the Sterilizing of Food May Do
Much Harm. '
We should notjump to the con
clusion that the worda "bacteria''
and "microbes" are synonymous
with disease and disaster. Although,
for instance, the word "microbe" car
ries with it the idea of something ex
tremely undesirable, it is well known
that these microscopic organisms are
a necessary part of all natural pro
cesses and that without them the
higher forms of life would be im
possible. An interesting series of experi
ments bearing upon this point has
been conducted by a French scientist,
who has communicated the results
thereof to the Academy of Sciences
at Paris. Rabbits were employed
for the purposes of these experi
ments, in order to ascertain the
value of food that had been steri
lized. The animals fed upon vege
tables that had been freed from all
bacterial life by the most careful
treatment soon died from enteric af
fections due to non-assimilation of
their doctored food. But another
group of rabbits fed upon vegetables
that had been sterilized but after
ward purposely impregnated by a
broth in wliich bacteria had been
artificially cultivated, not only lived,
but became fat under this treatment.
The inference is that there are cer
tain bacilli that are indispensable
to the digestive functions and that,
in sterilizing food we may be caus
ing more mischief than if we left it
alone.
HIS FEAR
She The submarine boats were
very successful in the Japanese and
Russian war.
He Yes, and I'm very much
afraid it will lead to a revival of
the tank drama this season.
LAW 13 LINCOLN TRIBUTE.
At little tribute to the memory of
Lincoln lies behind the Lieb house
bill, passed by the senate the other
day, which prohibits killing squirrels
within the confines of parks in the
state. The bill was drafted to apply
particularly to the Nancy Hanks
park in Lincoln City.
This beautiful little pleasure
ground is kept up within the con
fines of Spencer county by the state
in memory of the mother of the na
tion's war president. It has been
stocked several times with squirrels
and an effort has been made to tame
the little animals. Farmer boys liv
ing near the park of late have been
shooting the squirrels surreptitious
ly and because the park is state prop
erty the Lieb bill was framed. In
dianapolis Star.
THE RIGHT PHRASE.
"Mrs. Duzzitt attracted much
comment "when she apeared in her
latest ampere gown," wrote the mar
ket reporter, who had been detailed
in a pinch to Bub for the society edi
tor. "Don't you mean empire
gown?" asked the city editor, glanc
ing over the copy. "Must have made
the mistake because of the way some
of those folks give the word 'empire'
the real French twist, huh?" "No.
I mean ampere all right," argued
the market reporter. "It was shock
ing." Chicago Post
AMPLE PROOF,
"I am sure Mr. Plunkins is not an
experienced frequenter of boarding
houses."
"Why do you think so?"
"He never makes a facetious re
mark when he passes the sugar to
Miss Cutely."
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
COUNTY,
1 J F Fuesl
W. W.Ai
I Ell Tayl(
J F Fuest, Chairman
CommUtilonera:
Antrim
County Clerk
or
E. D, Coooar
County Treasurer
Clerk District Court
Kexlster Deeds
County Attorney
Probate Judve
Sheriff
Surveyor
Coroner
County Suoerlntendant
Getu-tfe A Smith
E 8 Irwin
C W Klnley
C. R. Commons
J.W.Campbell
H. II. Eldson
I. G. Trlndle
A L Knixelv
Mary E Todd
.ludireifind Judicial District, Hon William H
inomuson, address, Uaruen City, Hans.
TERMS OF DISTRICT COURT
Wednesday after third Tuesday of Aril
Wednesday after second Monday of September
Wednesday aftersecond Tuesday of December
CITY
Mayor Dr. R T. Nichols
A. K. Stoufer
C. Summers
Councilman
Tom Smith
J. E. (ieorire
P. A. Cralir
H W Lane
J. T. Gray
J. Karau
E. J. Thayer
Police Judge
Marshal
Clerk
Treasurer
LODGE DIRECTORY.
Fargo Lodge No. 300
A. F. & A. M.
Stated communications first and
third Monday of each month.
E. 8. IUWIN, Sec'y.
Liberal Lodge 555
I. O. O. F.
Meets every Tuesday night
at 8 o'clock.
A. W. PANKRATZ, N. G.
E. D, COOPER, Sec'y.
Liberal Encampment 144
I. O. O. F.
Meets every 2nd and 4th
Thursday night at 8 o'clock.
FRANK WHEELER. C. P.
A. L. BENNETT. Scribe.
Liberal Rebekah
Lodge 522
I. O. O. F.
Meets every 1st and 3rd
Thursday night at 8
o'clock.
Gertrude Thierer. N. G.
Ileulah Stamper. Sec'y.
Liberal Lodge 283
A. O. U. W.
Meets every 1st and 3rd Mon
day night In the Craig lltillding
at 8 o'clock.
.1. D. LANE. M. W.
A. W. PANKRATZ. Roc.
Liberal Chapter No. 104
EASTERN STAR
Meets the second and fourth
.Monday of each month.
Mrs. J. A. BLACK, W. M.
Mrs. CREEK, Secy.
Modern Woodmen of Amer
ica M. W. A.
Meets every 1st and 3rd Mon
day nights of each month, at
Craig Hall.
.1 .A. BLACK. Consul
EZRA SHORB. Clerk.
The Royal Nieghbor of
America
SHORT GRASS LODGE
SU. 4KV4.
Meets on the 2nd and 4U)
Thursdays at Craig hall.
Visiting neighbors are In
vited MRS.J.E. MANN. Oracle
MRS. LEWIS WARD.
Recorder
Canton Liberal No. 22
The regular canton
meetings are held the 2nd
and 4th Thursday of each
month.
II. I). DAVIS. Capt.
A. W. PANKRATZ.
Clerk-
Victor Hugo Lodge
'No. 186 . .
K. P.
Meets every Wednes
day night. Visiting
Knights are welcome'
S. L. Wright. C. C.
L. C. Chamlerlaln. K.
of R. & 8
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and many other beautiful
pieces of furniture which
will add comfort to the home
and be appreciated by the
entire family.
Let Us Show Them to You.
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