Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-02-06

The cities of Puge: Sound are all
dead the deep harbor schemes have
ceased TO draw; the Cherokee strip
will not be opened for a year; the rain
makers have turned out to he frauds
natural gas is playing out; Kansas
City has lost the Democratic cOnven-
tiOn and it is about time we were
turning our attention TO our own state
and county. We have the most favor
ed spot of earth between the Atlantic
and the Pacific, but we have been
turned toward strange gods and neg.
lected our own country. 1t is about
time ws were beginning to realize the
fact that Baxter Springs can be made
one OF the most prosperous towns in
the west and with little assistance
would grow aud flourish like q green
bay tree. It will require little more
confidence on the part Of our own
people, little more cooperation, q
little more energy and a little less
pickering between factions. Emigra-
ton is ready to come pouring in, but
in order to draw people here and hold
them here we must all work together
and bury all personal animosities out
Of sight.
The city council should raise the
license OH auctioneers, fakirs and
patent medicine venders 10 at least $25
per day. Our merchants pay taxes on
their goods and al occupation tax aud
should be protected against Cheap
John auctioneers and fakirs. II IL u
we'll known fact that the long haired
mountebanks who sell rain water
mixtures aud auctioneers who come
here semi.occasionlly TO work off lot
of cheap and worthless goods strip the
town of q good deal OF loose change
which by rights should 20 in other
channels. The buyers receive no bene-
fit from their purchases and the legiti-
mate merchants are injured. Other
cities make the license for auctiOneers
and peddlers $50 per day and there is
no reason why the license should not
be as high in Baxter Springs.
Miss Alta B. Duncan has been at
Liberty, Mo-, now two weeks attend
ing the Liberty female college. She
entered the junior class for three
years classic course with insiru mental
music. She says that while all pupils
correspondents are limited by strict
rules of the faculty yet all are permit.
ted 10 receive letters froin friends, and
ehc will be pleased TO have letter
from all her lady friends in Baxter,
especially the d. S. DIS.
The News family feel under many
obligations to Messrs. Lyman Cole
man, j. r. Gaba and e. T. Gaba for
their valuable services in replacing
large safe or cupboard lost in the re.
cent fire. The new one built by them
free gratis is substantially made oi
poplar with large glass doors in front,
finished in cherry, and is one OF the
prettiest and best pieces Of furniturc
of the kind we ever saw. May they
live long and prosper.
The creamery opened last Monday
for business and received 1000 pounds
of milk. Secretary McFadden thinks
the receipts will increase very rapidly
and that in six weeks he will be taking
in 10000 pounds per day. A good
deal more interest is manifested this
year by the producers than before and
there is no question but that il will be
successfully operated.
The influx of Russian Jews is hav-
ing q very visible effect on the Baxter
Springs market. Hogs have gone
steadily up TO four and One.half cents
per pound and cattle have gone stead
lily down until you can buy good steers
at three cents and lumpy jawed heifert
at u cent and half per pound.
Elder D. NJ. Harris will preach al
Star school house two miles east Of the
city on Friday evening of this week
And will preach at Pleasantview
school house on the eve of Friday, the
18th inst, and at Neutral on Saturday
evening, Sunday morning and evening
of the 18th inst.
John Cunningham of Southwest
City, Mo-, but formerly one of Bax'
ter's oldest cattle men, came up from
the Cherokee nation Sunday with
herd of cattle and after disposing Ol
them spent q few days with his old
friends the stock men OF Baxter
Springs.
Senator Plumb's Quspaw bill pro-
vides for :he sale of the surplus lands
at Ladoga, Ind. Ter. We never heard
of Ladoga, but suppose it is the new
town started by Watt JennisOn on
Elm Greek, or it nay he Judge Finn:
metropolis near the forks Of Spring
river.
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