The Liberal Daily Democrat Seward County Friday December 31, 1920 Old Timer Near Balko, Oklahoma, Dead. Benjamin FRANTZ, aged 73 years, died at his home near Balko, Oklahoma, in the Bethany neighborhood, December 30th. Funeral services will be held Sunday. Mr. Frantz has lived in the southwest for several years and is known by many of the old-timers of Liberal and Seward county.