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HE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT
VOL. XVI. NO. 1
LIBERAL, SEWARD COUNTY. KANSAS, JUNE 22. 1922
By J. B. MILLER
T
PROMINENT OIL MAN
VISITS LIBERAL
Interest in Liberal Field .on Increase.
Some Gaa Line Material
In Transit
C. R. Hannaman of Bakersfield,
California, a heavy Btock holder and
director in the Commonwealth Oil &
Petroleum Company, was here ,the
first of the week, looking over the oil
,-and gaa situation and. attending to
business for the company. His com
pany have a number of leases in
this territory and they are watching
the Liberal field very closely. Mr.
Hannaman told a Democrat reporter
that he was surprised and more than
pleased with the prospects here and
that the lay of the country and the
charts reminded him very much of the
California fields. He visited the De
fenders Oil & Petroleum Company
wells west of the city and 8&id that
the smell of gas there also made him
think of California. H ' a member
of the firm of Mead, Lawton, and Han
naman. Mr. Hannaman would not
disclose any of his company's plans
for the future, but said that he would
visit Liberal again soon.
' Mr. McQuigg, of the Defender Oil
& Petroleum Co., who are putting
down the test wells west of the city,
states that they have Hced orders
for material for the gas line to the
city and that the material will begin
to arrive in SO or 60 days. .
They are at present lowering the
2-inch gas pipe into the Boles test
and this work will be completed today
or early in the morning and then they
will be ready to continue work on the.
Bunting test.
W. G. HARNDEN FOR
. COUNTY TREASURER
Popular Farmer Northeast of Liberal
j Will Make Rice on Repub-
ncan iicHat
We are authorized this weik to1 an
. nounce the candidacy of W. G. HnH
'den for the nomination on t ehRepub
Ilea ticket, for x Treasurer of Seward
irtunty. mr. Harnaen nas never Deen
in county politics before, but he neds
no introduction to the people of Lib
eral. He homesteaded about 16 years
ago, 8 miles northeast of Liberal and
now owns a section of good land in
that neighborhood. He has served on
the school board of Superior District
almost continually since coming to
the county and has held the office of
Treasurer of Liberal Township for
several years'. Mr. Harnden was a
member of the building committee of
the new Methodist church.
The voters cannot go wrong by in
vestigating the record of Mr. Harnden
beore going to the polls in August.
LEGION BAND GIVES CONCERT
The American Legion Band that was
organized a short while ago gave a
concert on the main business street
of the city last Sunday afternoon.
The boys played a number of, fine se
lections to' the enjoymnet of a large
concourse of Liberal's citizens. That
they have progressed in a remarkable
manner in the short time that the
band has been in existance is manifest
We are sure going to expect a lot of
fine concerts this summer and we feel
sure after the showing they made Sun
day that we will not be disappointed.
TAXPAYERS LEAGUE
ORGANIZED SATURDAY
A meeting of the tax payers of the
county was held at the Court house,
Saturday evening at five oclock, and
a good many of the farmers of the
county were present R. M. Gilbert
was elected president Bernerd Lemert
Vic President, and W. Cutout, secre
tary. After passing resolutions, the
meeting adjourned at the call of the
president.
MAJKSttN 6RGAM2E" A
LOCAL RIFLE
CLUB
few people of
I TIT HIT
the city perhaps
i ..... . .
Know mat mere nas been a govern
ment rifle club organized here, but
such is the case and at present there
are about 20 members. :
The fellows have made requisi
tion and are in receipt of about 6000
rounds of ammunition and have five
or six government Springfield rifles
and two of the government 22 target
rifles.
.. The purpose of the club is to prac
tice marksmanship, to hold contests
and to possibly send their marksmen
to state and national marksmanship!
vice president; Ira Salley secretary,
meets. The officers of the club are
C. M. Light, president; W. L. Ekel,'
and J. I. Darst, executive officer.
ASSISTANCE NEEDED AT
THE ATHLETIC FIELD
While planB are being considered
whereby Liberal may be assured of a
good ball team of home ' players,
whether these plans work out or not
it is desired that the field recently se
cured from T. J. Smith be put in con
dition to be used. All ameteur teams
will be allowed to use this field free
of charge, as well as games played
with charged admission.
We now have a contract with Mr.
Smith for two blocks of ground giving
us a field 300x670 feet, plenty large
for baseball, football and track.
It is not thot necessary to shim off
this ground, but just clean off the
cactus and fill up the small holes in
the ground. Also a fence robably of
three wires to be erected around the
ground.
The committee has only a limited
amount of money to spend on the
ground. One organization in Liberal
has already promised some eight or
ten men for an evening cleaning off
cactus. Any other organization fol
lowing suit, their help will be appre
ciated. " 1
If you want to help the committee
on grounds, notify Harry G. Arm
strong and Stanley Riggs.
HOOKER REBEKAHS
WERE ENTERTAINED
Hooker Rebekah Lodge Honored in
' Joint Meeting Hera Monday
Evening
Craig Hall was the scene of a de
lightful entertainment and luncheon
Monday evening, June 19th, the oc
casion being in honor of the Hooker
Rebekah Lodge. ' " , :
the guests arrived about fduf
taken td thd local lodge rooms by our
reception committee, and were per
mitted to recuperate from their trip.
They were then escorted to a local
Cafe, where they were provided with
a splendid dinner.
The evening session was opened in
(Praig Hall by the local Rebekahs,
wAd then turned the meeting over to
the Hooker Degree Staff, which con
ferred the Rebekah Degree upon 11
candidates.' These candidates should
feel proud si the fact that they re
ceived their initiation from one of
the best degree earns in the south
west. The work of the evening being
completed, a splendid tfrfogram was
given oy local xaient, ana nt woo un
usually well received. ;
: Then came luncheon, for which the
local Rebekah lodge is noted, and this
luncheon, consisting -of sandwiches',
coffee, ice cream and cake, was no
exception. Following the luncheon,
the guests departed 'with a heighten
ed respect for the entertaining ability
of the Liberal Rebekah Lodge.
The Lions Club
The president, chairman, and secre
cary of the Liberal Lions Club 'were
absent from the meeting Monday but
w had a real good meeting and plenty
of interest shown.
The following telegram was receiv
ed from Herman Salley and Joe Ber
wick, who are attending the Interna
tional Convention of Lions Club at
Hot Springs, Arkansas, this week:
Liberal Lions Club,
Grier Dining Room, Liberal, Kansas.
Just arrived. Kansas well organ
ized and leading all with Joe as cheer
leared. Hot Dogl Got them yelling,
"Whats the matter with Liberal?"
already.
Salley and Joe
The two younger Cubs, Dr . Kelly
and George New were present and
made VERY short talks. A letter
from the Rock Island officials asking
the co-operation of the Club in their
annual celebration. '
The entertainment reported that
ehey- were" arranging- for" lions pic
nic at Stouts grove next Monday even
Ing atid that the regular noon-day
me'etWg' of fhe Cluft fee adjourned1 for"
next week.
Perry Buckley gave a report of the
big doings at the Charter Night meet
ing of the Lyons, Kansas Club, last
week. Manager Taylor advised that
the Lions would cross bats with the
Rotary team that night and requested
all Lions to be on hand at 6 o'clock.
Ora Minton of the Bellview neigh
borhood in Beaver County was a bus
iness vistior in the city the first of
the week.
Miss Ardella Locke of Wichita; was
visitig friends in the . dty Monday.
Mlee Locke was formerly of themfllin
ery department of the Summers store.
LIBERAL C. OF C.
HAS A GOOD MEETING
Mattera of Interest to All Discassed
at Luncheon-Meeting at San
ford Last Night
The first monthly meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce was held last
night at the Sanford Hotel dining
room at 7 o'clock. There were about
75 of the business and professional
men present and all enjoyed the talks
and discussions. The Tucker Electric
Company had installed several radio
outfits in the building, and although
the static electricity was too strong to
enjoy the music that came in from
Kansas City, the great possibilities
of radio in a commercial way were
outlined by Mr. Tucker and Clifford
Sawyer.
The president of the Chamber, E.
D. Cooper made a few opening re
marks along a general line and an
nounced that this series of luncheon
meetings are YOUR meetings'and are
to serve as a Forum, where all can be
asked and expected to express their
ideas.
The harvest situation was discuss
ed from several angles by G. L. Light.
John L. Boles made a few remarks
on the question from the farmer's
point of view. A motion was made by
G. L. Light that the Chamber of Com
merce offer their services to the far
mers of the country in transporting
hands to the country when the farm
ers were too busy to come after them.
Motion carried and secretary was in
structed to call on members of the
Club when farmers call in, and want
hands brought to them.
The government building proposi
tion was again presented and Post-
master Irwin mentioned" I few ad -
vantages and conveniences flerived
from such a building. A letter from
Congressman J. N. Tincher was read
in which he stated that there would
be no government building bills taken j FoTlette,' Texas, Is holding a protract
up until the short term of Congress' ed meeting here, the flret service be
in December, and that if the appro-! ing held last Thursday evening, and
priation for the 7th district was large ' services will continue two or three
enough, Liberal was in line for one of , weeks. The singing is in charge of
the buildings. The, matter was re- of Miss Florence Leaton, of Harper,
ferred to a committee. '
The athletic situation was discuss-j Spearmore, Oklahoma, are1 here as
ed at length and the matter finally si8ting in the services this week
left to the citizens' committed repre- j A special children's service will fee
senting the churches and clubs of the ne(j gun(jay afternoon at 2:30 to
city. The Associated Charities is
of more or less interest at this time
when there are more or less worthy.
and unworthy beggers on the streets,
and tUis question was amy nanaieu
. ... 1 J1 J
by Rev. eu waiser.
A motion was made that the Lib
eral Chamber of Commerce offer to
co-operate' with the officials of the
Rock Island in the' celebration of
its 7oth anniversary. Motion car
ried. It is thought that the regular
meeting of thes body will be held on
the anniversary day and that a Rack
Island speaker be secured to' address
the meeting at that time.
Miss Isoa Clinesmith of Rolla, Kan
sas came in to a local hospital for
treatment this week. She fell from a
horse, fracturing het 'arm in two dif
ferent places.
Chas. D. Taylor, the Edelweiss dis
tributor, has a car of the product on
the track. MrV Taylor evidently does
not Intend for all of" these' harvest
hands to get thirsty.
Notice to
At a recent meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce the desire was expressed to be of service to
the farmers of the community during this, the
busist time of the year.
Heft w?tf fa frmW n" mf- f6&? of rf tW
minutes of time will mean the loss of dollaTs, and
tm's me 6M tfort misittess; Mri' 6f LiTftral
wants to be of service to you. it you rieecf a har
vest hand or two at a few minutes notice, and the
loss of your time will mean the stopping of your
crew, just call the Secretary of the Liberal Cham
ber of Commerce, V. B. King, and if the hands are
available, he will have them on the way td' your
farm at once, and there will be no expense to you.
: -This service is made possible by the offer of
about twenty-five business men to furnish cars to
bring these men' to you on short notice. .
- LIBERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AWARD CONTRACT FOR
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Work To Start Soon After Harvest, j E. M. Adams, traveling auditor of
Hutchinson Firm Gets a i the Standard OU Company, of Dodge
General Contract J City, is in the cit this week, invoic-
ing the stock and going over the
At a meeting of the school board bookg makmg tranBfer t,, the new
last Thursday night, the contracts for, xaasAt C. E. McPhaill. The trans
Liberal's new High School building jfer wa completed yesterday,
were awarded and it Is proposed that Tn.y jve had two or temm
excavation work will be started soon i po, managers at the oil office since
after harvest. Thomas Howard of reglntttion of E- a HacJmav on
Hutchinson, Kansas, was awarded the
general contract for $146,086. The
plumbing was awarded to W, T. Polly
of Hutchinson, Kansas, for $24,665,
and the wiring contract was let to the
Southwestern Electric Company of
Wichita, Kansas, for f 4,886.
There were a number of interesting
things in the figures presented by the
different contractors, among which
was the fact that there was a differ
ence of approximately $28000 between
the high and low bidders on the gen
eral contract. .... !-.-
The buildjng will be located on the
south side of the block occupied by
the Lincoln building and will be 173
feet by 136 feet, over all! There will
be a large gymnaseum which will seat
approximately 400 and an auditorium
60x80, with a seating capacity of
about 700. The building will be by
far the best school plant in the whole
southwest, of which the people of Lib
eral and surrounding community can
feel justly pround.
It is thot likely that the building
will be completed and ready for oc
cupancy for the fall term in 1923.
CAMP MEETING IN
PROGRESS HERE
, Nazarenes Holdifig Meetings' in Tent
Comer of Kansas and
Fifth
. Mrs. L.W. King, evangelist from
i Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. M&rtindgle of
1 wnlch an children are cordially invited
. n. -,..,. services beirln Bromntly
t g g 0uite a crowd have been at-
fon,IiMft, tn- m.-tw and considerable
,ntarttst ueins, manifest.
MUSICAL ASSOCIATION
The Musical Asociation Is planning
to entertian its members and friends
at a reception and musical in the near
Future. To complete the arrange
ments, Mrs. Molthop requests inai
all the members of the executive com
mittee and other committees to meet
Friday evening at eight o'clock at the
Methodist church. Please be on time
so that the business can be transacted
promptly.
New Ulysses: W. C. Morris was
here this week and began work on the
depot for this place. He will put In
the foundation but the building will
not be put up until the material can
Iva tnt.1 aI ft nt 4-Via fwoin TTa Innrma
., . . ,. ,. . - . 1
us that the building will be 64x24 feet. ,
..
Farmers
! NEW MANAGER AT
STANDARD OIL CO.
Mav ,r wno oniy -haree until
Mr. McPhaill could make arrange
ments to come and take over the man
agement permanently. Mr. McPhaill
has had the management of the Ford
agency at Minneola for several years
and comes very highly recommended
by the officials of that company. A.
M. Russell, formerly of Hugoton will
be field salesman for this territory.
Mr. Russell is well known to the farm
ers of this section and needs no (ntrg-
ductlon,
LIONS CLUB WINS
FROM ROTARY CLUB
Large Crowd Attended Game Monday
and Report One of Best of
the Season .-"
The Lions Club baseball team took
the Rotary Club into camp last Mon
day evening to the tune of 5 toll.
Fans who attended the 'game report
that it was probably the best played
here this season. There were a num
ber of very exciting times during the
playing of the seven innings when the
final out come of the game was not
very certain, ' " 1 " ..V
Of course, it would be impossible
for us to mention all of the players
who made grand-stand plays and im-
possible catches but the home run by
Rindolri deserves sDfcial mention,
j When RindOni got up to but, someone
heard him say 'fore . Walker, tne maiea at iw Dusneis, ana tney are as
Rotary pitcher put one over, Rindonil1116 1 at Bs an" we have seeiu.
took a good long swing and knocked1 in this country, and V have raised
a single to center field. We don't! 40-bushel wheat in this Country...
know how he could have made a home ' several times,
run out of a single unless the RoUrys I Tne Merchants 0f Liberal have ex-
were so Interested - in - watching him
run that they dldnt want to put him
out and spoil the fun. Chjas. D. Tay
lor, another Lion hit a home run, but
had to stop and rest at second base.
There will probably be-more4 games
between these two teams this summer
and everyone should turn out and see
the fun. The largest crowd of the
season witnessed the game Monday
evening.
rrlj -j yyj i
1 tlC KOtCIVy ClUD
The chairman annnintaH tnr tho
day was not present s0 President
Jack Evans acted as chnirhnnn.
Paul Light, delegate to the Inter-i PeoPle of the mid(I,e west aB the Con"
national meeting at Los Angeles vention will not likely return to this
gave an account of his trip. He and Part of the country again in many
Mrs. Light were on the train with vear8- Thla is the first time thttt th
Wichita Rotarians and Shriners who meet has ever been held in the Missi
performed various stunts, and they siPPl Valley and the nearest meeting
came thick and fast. They stopped place to Kansas was in Chicago about
a day at the Grand Canyon, and sixteen years ago.
want to go again for a longer visit. ) The speakers and workers at the
The crowd of Rotarians at Los An-, convention will be from all countries
geles was much larger than at Mus- of the world and will represent prac
kogee, but quiter and more dignified, j titically every denomination. The
The guava jelly which the Havana j program will probably be drawn to a
Rotary brought from Cuba and dis-1 climax on the last day, when William
tnbuted among the delegates was a
, f
novelty. Paul had some served at
lty.
our luncheon. I
The report of the Committee on a !
Fourth of July picnic was approved j
and its suggestions adopted. Ro-
tarians and Rotary Anns will go to
Smith's Grove on the Fourth, each!
one to fill his or her basket to suit
themselves. Jim Ault volunteered to
take lumber in his trailer for the
tables. There is plenty of water and
good shade and a fine time is antici
pated. The weekly luncheon will be j
held there witn tne regular oruct
himfness observed. Hats, buttons,
aiVr son books are to be taken and
I used. Rotfef foil swings for the
' children will be in order.
T lie Lions, citotf. claims defeated
Rotarv in the ball game by a score
of 11 to 6. The Rotarians seemea a ,
bit hazy about the count but did '
think a few rooters would have i
fiolnAfl matters considerably. Jack
Evans reluctantly admitted that he
was the cause of the lost game. That
was most generous.
Jack Evans gave out the statement
from the Rock Island railroad that
it would celebrate its 70th anniver-
.Mf in rifftnKAw m and fnvitArl T,ih-
, . . ' ,. ,, ...
erai anu an town, on ,
sist in the celebration. Broadcasting .
radios would be nsed. a general j
1 good time is desired and looked for.'
HARVEST IS NOW ON IN
SOUTHWEST KANSAS
Harvest Hands Coming In Steady
Stream Harvest Promise to
Ba a Good One
The wheat in the southwest has
been ripening fast the past four or
five days and the headers and binders
are going into the field a day or two
earlier than had been expected. The
wheat in this part of the country has
been filling well, the season has been
almost ideal, there are very few bugs
and there has been no rust reported
here.
Quite a few of the farmers began
cutting with binders in Beaver coun
ty the first of the week, but the
wheat seems to be a few days later
here, and the harvest will not be in
full swing here until the first of next
week. Harvest hands' have been com
ing In on every train, and at present,
it is thought that there will not be
a shortage of hands, Each day bring
a few more homesteaders from Colo
rado who are out for harvest to help
make their winter's stake.
The price that will be paid in dif
ferent parts of he Southwest varies,
but as near us we can learn, tfte popu2
lar price generally is around $4.00
per day for single hands and $6.00
for man and teams. Some few are
getting in a hurry to hire their crews
and are paying more than that, and
I I 1 L 1 J
some are securing guuu Harvest nanus -t
for less money.
Of course, as always, there is a V
diversity 0f opinion as to what the
average yield will be and this can
not be decided definitely until after
the wheat is threshed. However, we
j believe the average over the country
will run between 15 and 18 buihelf
to the ncrg. There are real good
fields over the country that have
I been aummer-fallowed, that are esti-
1 Pressed surprjse at the volume of
harvest business that has been com
ing in and the outlook for the south
west is indeed promising.
REV; A: E. HENRY TO
S. S. CONVENTION
International Convention In Session
In Kansas. City This
Week and Next
Rev. A. E. Henry, pastor of the
Methodist Church, left Tuesday on
metnociisi nurcn, leu xuesaay on
No. .l for Kansas City, where he will
! attend the meeting of the Intemation-
al Sunday Scho1 Association,
He
says that this is a rare treat to the
J. Bryan will be the main speaker.
WELL AT SATANTA
PUMPING TAR SAND
Mrs. W. A. Custer, of Satanta was
in the office the first of the week tell-
ng us about a well on the old Custer
Ranch, three miles southwest of Sa-
tanta. Monday morning when the.
pump at the well was started, it pump
ed out a black slimy substance, which
Mrs. Custer stated had an odor very
much like cylinder oil. After a few
mmutes of pumping the water began
to clear up. In about two hours the
pump was started again and then
about a gallon an a half of the sub
stance pumped' out of the well.' This
was continued at intervals through
a..!.' i-U.
The well is about 200 feet dt
feep and
ja about 26 years old. Geologists who
were told about the well, presumed
that the well was seeping what is
known as tar sand. There is nothing
to be excited about, but the finding
of the tar sand there is interesting,
and might prove valuable information
later on.
Mrs. R. S. Whittenberg of Bucklin
was a city shopper Tuesday.
Dave Kile, Allis-Ch aimers agent at
Beaver, Oklahoma, was here Monday
looklng Bftr business matter and
making delivery on a tractor and
some implements. .

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