Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-06-23
A GRAND COUNTRY.


good to the business men of this
city NEWS representative left this
city early Sunday morning for the
Cherokee Nation to make thor
ough distribution of the extra cop
les of this paper which were printed
for that purpose. Large numbers
of the papers had been mailed to
Seneca, Miami, Fairland, Alton,
Bluejacket and Grand River on Fri
day evening.
The NEWS man on his trip to the
home of the festive Cherokee passed
through Miami about II o'clock, fer.
ried the Neosho river at that place
and proceeded on to Fairland, pass
ing through some fine country in
which crops of all kinds are big.
The wheat is most all harvested and
will turn out an enormous yield.
The oats crop will also yield well
and the corn looks fine. From Fair
land he proceeded to Alton through
rich country, arriving at that bus
Ting little city about 4:3O o'clock,
where he met the irrepressible John
Peter Hartley and stayed all night.
Copies of the NEWS had reached
the town few hours before and the
postmaster was still warm under
the collar on account of having to
distribute so many papers. The
Alton hotel which is presided over
by ]. II. Alley is a good one and
there the NEWS man rested his
weary bones.
On Monday morninghe proceeded
to Vinita where he found the town
full of all kinds of people. Thou
sands of Cherokees by blood, adop-
ton and inter-marriage were there
waiting for their precious per cap
ita." Each Cherokee-big, little, old
and young-receives $265.9S out of
the S6,740.OOO. The payment began
Wednesday morning in small
shanty about 12xl4 feet. The owner
of the building. with true Western
energy, had erected shed behind
it in which are persons who have
claims against poor Lo. The shed
cost probably $i5, yet it costs s. per
day for standing room in it. There
are about 2o0 occupants of the shed,
so the owner rakes in about $1,000
per day. He's all right. The In
dams go in the front way for their
m Dney and after receiving it are
passed out the back way where they
have to run the gauntlet of collect
ors under the she'd
Vinita is chock full of fakirs, gam
blers and amusenents. Eight or
ten merry-go-rounds are in town.
three or four small circuses, street
vendors without number and light
fingered gentry from all over the
Accommodations can not
be had. Claude Pinnick is there
acting as "end man" in minstrel
show and he is good one. too. The
show is superintelded by ". Carl
who was i'm this city few
weeks ago. Vinita was well sup
piled with the NEWS.
Leaving Vinita the NEWS man
proceeded north toward Chetopa.
About four miles north of Vinita
he met John Archer and wife driv-
ing across the prairie with a barrel
of water in their wagon. John has
n fine farm of 600 acres near Vinita.
The stations of Welch. Kelso, Blue
jacket and Russell Creek were Wis
tied and supplied with the NEWS.
Melrose and Keelville were
also visited.
The Cherokee Nation at present is
one of the prettiest sections in the
whole country. The people are
and happy and the hard
times have not affected them much.
On the trip the NEWS man met Mr..
II. T. Richardson of Alton. He is
and is one of the hardest
farmers in the Territory.
He is intelligent and perfect gen.
tleman.
Col. r. ]. Downing, formerly of
this city, is at Alton engaged in the
practice of law. He is doing well,
has the respect of everybody and is
good record. He is one
Of the most successful lawyers in
the Territory. On Monday he was
honored by Judge Crooks of the
vinita court by being placed on the
bench while the judge was away on
business. Bob is all right.
Several buildings are being put
up throughout the Cherokee Ma
ion and il is fast becoming one of
the most important grain raising
sections in the West.
Something wrong when you tire too cas-
ly Something wrong when the skin is not