Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-13
STATE NEWS PARAGRAPAED.

Kansas has 100000 acres of land
without mountains and without
swamps; also 80 rivers, $4,000 acres
of artificial forests and 100000 fruit
bearing trees. eu,
An early morning fire in the Good
lander hotel at Fort Scott caused q
panic among the guests, but the blaze
was soon under control and1ttle dam
age was done. e ~
At the Fourth of July celebration at
Cofreyville the orators of the day were
Senator J. r. Burton, Congressman
Charles Curtis and Chief T. NJ. BufIing-
ton. of the Cherokee nation.
The Hutchinson-Kansas Salt COM
pany will sink, q PROSPECTING well 1000
feet deep in q search for natural gas
under Hutchinson. The salt deposit
was originally found there while bor-
ing for gas. Z
The Cherryvale Brick company has
struck probably the strongest oil well
in Kansas, one mile northwest of that
city. It is 500 feet deep and the flow
is 20 strong that it cannot be shot.
This is the third oil well in this field.
and has resulted in considerable of an
oil boom.
The St. Joe & Grand Island road is
making extensive improvements be-
tween Severance and Hiawatha. New
rails are being laid and Mt Leona the
station will be rebuilt. Three business
blocks, each two stories in height. are
going up in Leona and there is pros
pcct of n large hotel.
At Eldorado the physicians of the
town have agreed among themselves
not to bid for the job of doctoring the
county poor. Their proposal to the
county commissioners is that each pa.
tient shall be permitted to select his
own physician, whom the county must
pay ut the regular rates.
For the second time a jury at Oska.
loosa returned verdict of second-de.
gree murder against Thomas c. Kirby,
n hotellseeper ut Perry. who shot and
killed G. A. Foley for the alleged be.
trayal of Kirby's daughter, Clara
Foley was station agent ut Perry and
boarded at Kirby's hotel.
Herbert Hackney, president of the
Topeka Milling company. proposes
that q bureau of flour inspection be
established in Kansas. The purpose
of it would be to give uniformity to
the -four of Kansas and put the fame
of Kansas mills where they belong
equal to or above all others.
The lola Register got an interesting
interview with the female "Abyssin.
ian snake-eater," who was giving eX.
hibitions before the wealth and cul-
ture of the big gas town. II finds that
Madame Snake-eater is an Irishman
who for several years worked in a
brickyard in the Indian territory.
The weather report for June issued
by the University of Kansas shows
that the mercury reached 90 degrees
on 16 days, nine more than the aver.
age number. and the GREATEST number
ever recorded for June. The total
rainfall for the month was only 1.3o
inches, and one-third the June aver.
age.
w. W. Martin, the new treasurer OF
the national soldiers home, will take
charge September /. In connection
with Mr.. Martins appointment it
might be mentioned that all the SOL
diers' home officials, except the gov
ernors and surgeons, covering the en-
tire periods of 16 years, have been
from Fort Scott.
Near Edna, Mrs. Lou McGrady de-
posted $3.50 in her bedtick. When
she arose one morning it was there,
but when she came to retire that
night it was gone Fortunately $1,s0o
of the sum was in the form Of a bank
draft on which payment could bel
stopped. A day or two later the pock-
etbook, minus the cash, was found in
the forks of an apple tree near the
house.
Taylor Riddle, eX-chairman of the
peoples party state committee, in IN
interview, said: 81 am still popu-
list, but expect to become democrat
or republican before the next cam
paign. I believe the only plan by
which the anti-republicans can hope
to win in Kansas again is for the pop
ulists to go into the democratic party
and obtain control of the latter's,
state organization"
Ernest Castleberry, an actor, start
ed to make trouble in Leavenworth
newspaper Offices on account of criti-
cisms of his acting, and before the po-
lice could take charge of him hose
was turned on him and he was run
out of the Leavenworth Times build
ing by Col D. R. Anthony, the veteran
editor. Col. Anthony is past n years
old, bu+ he showed that he had lost
none of his fighting ability. - I