Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1899-11-18
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SPAvINAw p. o. IND. TEE.
Mo- 10 1000

SPAvINAw p. o., Inn. TER.
Nov. Is, 1899.
The gang" which left Baxter
Syringe the next day after election,
and which ut this writing CON-
prises seventeen human beings, 10
camped near Watt Wests place
about three miles east of Grand
river and four miles west of Spavi.
nav postoffice. The camp ground
was reached late on the second day
of the trip. Coming down the first
stop was made on the Neosho river
at Miami, where dinner was eaten
The next stop was at Alton, where
"de gang" remained all night. Al
$40 o'clock the next morning the
start was made for "Old spav.'
Nothing of especial incident &C.
CURED on the trip.
The first day In camp was EN-.
ployed In putting things in shape,
The camp 10 composed of kitchen
and dining room tent 14xls feet
while the "nest" and sitting room is
l6xA feet. The horses have a stable
30x40feet. In the big tent there 10 a
round drum heater, but 30 far II
has not been needed. The cook
stove is an old-fashioned one for
wood, and All Sin, the cook, takes
much pride In Il.
The weather 70 to warm for good
hunting and % far not much game
has been Bumped" Friday fore.
noon Brewster got up big doe and
brought blood Ia two shots. but as
he used small shot No. 4. failed to
get meat. On Saturday Carney and
Brewster got up two does over in
the brakes Of Little Spavinaw, but
they were too far away to be hurt
by shot guns. Turkey are scarce
but as soon n Il storms they will
come into the bottom. Squirrels
are plentiful, but the leaves have
not fallen enough yet TO make them
easy to find. Fishing In the lakes
at the foot of the mountains is fine
when good minnows can be &c.
cured for bait, but good bait. is
scarce.
Nobody has yet gone out to set in
q tree top all night to watch a
''lick," but there is a legitimate
reason for this. A few weeks ago
untamable lion made
his escape from the Nickel Plate
circus at Vinita and has at several
times been seen in the vicinity of
Spavinaw. Hogs have been miss
inG from the farmers peue In this
section of country and a few PEG.
pie have been compelled to climb
a tree" The fact that a lion is act
ually somewhere In this vicinity,
and big lion, too, 10 not calcu.
lated to cause a man to have a
burning desire to stay out all night
aud furnish food for "monarch of
the Jungle" Kinney, the cook,
won't 60 a hundred yards from
camp. Tomorrow q party lie going
up the country about six miles to
chain of lakes which were written
up about two years ago in the 81.
Louis Globe. Democrat. Bass IS
inches long have been caught there
and we all want to "rastle" with
some OF them.
The health of the camp is excel
lent. We have had only one light
rain, and il we can get our artillery
in shape before the rainy season
sets In II lie believed that under the
leadership of Brigadier General
Brewster we can put the Tagalags
to flight and end the instruction.
We shall make an aggressive cam
paign and win out. News from the
of the Spavinaw ar
my is not "censored"-that is, not
all of II.
Should anything happen that
would be worth noting. the NEWS
will be furnished with full report.
Some of the gang will be home
about the middle of next week.
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