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"Successor to The Liberal Independent"
Vol. 5. No. 27
. Liberal, Seward County, Kansas, Friday, November 3, 1911
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MORE RAILROAD NEWS
Prospect Gets Better Each
Week.
The time for action od the part
of Liberal people, if the expect to
procure the Wichita Falls &
Northwestern is rapidly approach
ing. The jjonstruction is being
pushed on the northern end of the
road, while the work south of
Woodward is almost at a stand
still, according to the latest re
ports, The contract for laying
the steel north of Woodward has
been let, and is to be completed on
the south end by January 1st,
1913. On the northern extension
the work is being pushed as rapid
ly as possible.
Mr. Gleason, who is known
here as "Bat" Gleason, returned
the first of the week from Wood
ward, and after spendiug several
days around the camps of the con
- tractors on the northern exten
sion, was very familiar with the
actual conditions of the work.
Where They Are
The steel of the road is about
two miles this side of Woodward,
to the river. They are waiting
the first of the week there for the
arrival of the pile driver, so that
work might be pushed on this side
of the river. There were several
miles. of grade then ready for the
ties and steel, and the contractors
were working ahead. As soon as
one of them finished he was sent
ahead, and cut out a contract for
another mile or more, depending
on the size of his outfit. There
are a number of independent con
tractors work ing on the line, and
Mr".'' Gleason said it was a hard
matter to get ii on the contacts
at this time. Mr. Kell said' that
they intended to work only the
original force on the job, until
they made the jump back and be
gan on the south line.
Coming Toward Liberal
The right of way from Gate to
Knowles has been pledged by the
citizens of Knowles, that being the
only think asked. The surveyors
have set the stakes as far as Gate,
and hare turned the map over to
the committee which is doing good
work now. The surveyors moved
camp last week to a point 14 miles
west of Knowles, and will then
work east into Knowles. The road
is surveyed now two miles south
of Gate. It is rumored that Pres.
Kell intends to start a town on the
Salt Plains, and another rumor has
it that Hooker will get the road.
However, neither of these theories
has any support from the officers
of the road.
Beaver is this week, to submit
her very best proposition to the
W. F. & N. people, and upon the
size of the bonus, will probably
depend Beaver's chances for the
road. An idea of the propable,
or possible cost of securing the
road may be gained from the situ
ation Woodward is now in. Wood
ward, in order to secure this line,
put up a bonus of $10,000 in cash,
and $40,000 in real estate, in the
shape of terminal facilities and
right of way through the town.
Their contract is said to require
that the steel be laid out of Wood
ward both ways, north and south.
There may be nothing for the peo
ple here to do at this time, but it
is certain that the road is going to
invade Beaver county, from which
much of the valuable trade of the
town of Liberal comes, and that
being the case, it will be better to
have the road come here. Judging
from the correspondence with
President Kell, when he gets
ready to talk the matter over, he
will came ' here, and ask us for
some sort of a proposition. When
that time comes, it will be the
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to the front, and while it may be
a year before such a time comes,
it is not too early to begin to con
sider the matter, and be prepared
to give the thing the support nec
essary when the time comes. With
a road on the north and another
on the south we will need to make
this a wholesale distributing point
in order to retain our commercial
center. To do this, we must have
railroads, and a good , method of
getting them will be to avail our
selves of the very first opportun
ity to land a second road for the
town.
Homer Eidson went to Beaver
Monday on business.
fre TrAr riaitarl cnhrtnle in
the eastern part of the county the
ast of last week.
Mrs. Cbas. Hardin and daugh
ter came in Tuesday night from
Meade where they spent the sum
mer.
Miss Edna Stevesson, who is
teaching near Kismet, spent Sat
urday and Sunday with home
folks in Liberal.
Mrs. A. O. EJmonds was in
from the ranch Tuesday and at
tended the meeting of the L. W.
Club in the afternoon.
Miss Kate Wright is visiting
Mrs. C. G. Stevenson of Pratt
this week.
Mrs. T. S. Barton and children
arrived Tuesday night from Meade
and will make their home in Liberal.
A number of the fellows here
have been out after the ducks the
past ten days. Most of them re
port good luck with the birds.
Evangelist O, L. Adams-' and
his singer who have been holding
a meeting at Sunshine in Beaver
county, visited Pastor Cornelius
Tuesday afternoon.
President Taft in a speech in
Chicago the first of the week, ad
mitted the possibility of a repub
lican defeat next year. He is some
what behind the times. We ad
mitted that fact several weeks ago.
The three children of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Wheeler, who have
been visiting relatives in eastern
Kansas, returned home Friday.
Senator Langston of the first
district of Oklahoma, was here
Tuesday on his way back from
Beaver City. He is now holding
a commission as deputy United
States Marshall, and was making
this trip from Beaver in the inter
est of the government. He ex
pressed himself as being much
disappointed at the contracts for
the artesian wells in the pan
handle counties of Oklahoma by
the Board of Agriculture.
' L. M. DaWeese of Richfield
who shot and killed a man there
a short time ago, was tried and
acquitted by the Justice of Peace
there last week. So far as the
history of the county shows, this
is the first murder trial ever held
there. The plea was self defense.
Prof. John Von Prosky, who
for the past few years has so ably
conducted the bands and orchestra
at Meade, left tnat little town last
week, and is now in his new loca
tion in Idaho. With the departure
of Von Prosky, Meade loses a man
who has done an estimable amount
of good for that town both as an
advertising medium and as an in
spiration to the musical talent of
the town. Even Liberal will miss
Von Prosky, and we will miss
him for some time to come.
Democratic Congressional
Convention.
Headquarters Democratic Con
gressional Committee 7th District
Hutchinson, Kansas, October 26,
1911.
By order of the committee at
delegate convention of the Demo
crats of the Seventh Congressional
District of Kansas is hereby call
ed, to be held at Dodge City,
Kansas, on Saturday, November
11, 1911, convening at 1:30 p. m.,
for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for Congress. The ap
portionment of delegates as fixed
by the committee is as follows:
Barber 10, Barton 19, Clark 5,
Comanche 4, Edwards 8, Finney
6, Ford 12, Grant 2, Gray 4,
Greeley 2, Hamilton 4, Harper
12, Haskell 3, Hodgeman 4,
Kearney 4, Kingman 14, Kiowa 8,
Lane 5, Meade 5, Morton 3, Ness
5. Pawnee 10, Pratt 11, Reno 31,
Rice 13, Rush 9, Scott 4, Seward
5, Stafford 10, Stanton 3, Stevens
5, Wichita 3.
It is recommended by the com
mittee that such delegates be chos
en by delegate or mass convex
tion, or in such a manner as best
suited to the various counties in
the short time allowed.
Sam S. Gratbii.l, Chairman,
Will E. Stoke, Secretary.
Misses Georgia and Mabel Glenn
gave a delightful hallow'een party
to their Sunday school classes and
other young friends, Saturday
evening. Many of the guests ap
peared in fancy costume and
masked, which lent a charm to
the hallow'een festivities. Games
especially invented for the night
of October 31st, were enjoyed by
all. Refreshments were served
and after a social time,' the guests
left with a happy remembrance of
that evening.
THE CONTEST STANDING
Many Candidates are Getting
Started Now.
The standing of the candidates en
tered in the piano contest when the
votes wera counted Wednesday af
ternoon at four o'clock was as fol
lows:
Dott Briley 1,870
Anna Vaughn - 1,340
Clara Childears 2,010
.Miss Brier 1,850
Opal Jennlson , 1,71)5
Mrs. S. R. McCamant 8,570
Bulah Stamper 3,120
Kena Booher 2,610
Maude Saunders 14,8(0
Minnie Swlnk 2,550
Vanda Cross 7,200
Ethel Hantla 11,440
Bessie Odneal 2.6O0
Grace Gleasen 2,372
Gertrude Carpenter 2,300
Jennie Karau 1'200
Ruby Hamilton 1,120
VI via Jones 2,fi0
Freda Harris 1,010
Elsie Montgomery 1,340
Miss Sinclair 1,240
Archie Fields 1,380
Ida Hayes l.no
Alene Clearman 2,500
Gertrude Andrews 1,770
Laura Wood 2,850
Minnie McCold 1,300
Susie Ellsaesser 1,210
Miss Lett Rhodes 1,250
Lizzie McLarty 1,100
TlllaTlndle 1,000
Clara Wiods ,000
Emma Ragsdale 1,100
Ida Wilhelra 1,000
El ma Wilson 1,000
riessa Prints 1,220
La Faun Wllklns 1,140
Miss Bryant 1,370
Mary Akers 2030
Jessie Jordan 1000
Carrie Reed 1000
Sarah Lane 1000
Mae Gainson 1200
AudraGerkln 1100
Sarah Thompson 1150
Zula Weidensaul , 1310
Lottie Flnley 1000
Eldeara RlgRles' " ' 1000'
Wat Postponed.
The Equal Sufferage meeting at
Mrs. Grinstead's was postponed
until Friday, November 3rd, at 3
p. m. A representative crowd of
our women is expected and urged
to come. We want to make a
splendid showing for Seward coun
ty.
Lecture
Isaac T. Headland of Pekin,
China, will lecture at the Method
ist church next Saturday evening,
November 4th at 8 o'clock.
For years Mr. Headland as a
professor in Pekin university came
in touch with Chinese life in that
great city. He is an author who
has produced several books of mer
it. He is a splendid lecturer. In
fact, he has turned down an offer
of fifty dollars per night in order
to engage in the work of interest
ing people in the great task of
bettering the world. His wife
was for fifteen years physician to
the Dowager Empress of China.
Prof. Headland's opportunities to
gether with the use he has made
of them fit him admirably to pre
sent his theme. Those who avail
themselves of this opportunity to
hear him will not find a dull min
ute. There will be no admission
or collection.
The Baby Show and Popularity
Contest is postponed until settled
weather.
Kemp Funk was busy the first
of the week organizing the danc
ing club for the coming season.
I. B. Jordan and family moved
the first of the week into the house
just south of their former home
on Jordan avenue.
Mr, John Douglas of Wallace,
Kansas, has brought his daughter
here for treatment, The unfortun
ate young lady has not been able
to walk for a year.
J. Kimbal of Texhoma, arrived
in this city Tuesday to take his
Sid position in the Blake Hard
ware Co. Mr., Kimbal's family
are still on the farm near Texhoma.
For Rent
I have a large, airy room, well
ventilated, to rent to two gentle
men and will give dinner and sup
per if wanted.
Minnie J. Grinstead.
THOS. L. HIGGINBOTHAPil, M.D.
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