Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-02-15
-ouApAw NEWS.
OuAPAw, IND. TER, Feb.

ED. NhWos 4hG OAB AS's'S' ~
Ouapaw 10 still under full Roadway
and much good has already been
accomplished. Many of our lead.
| ing citizens have found their way
to the mourner's bench and many
of our hardest drinkers have "sworn
off" The road to the meeting house
10 literally lined with broken whis-
key bottles of the Baxter brand, and
If this thing holds out your boot
leggers will have to take up some
other line of business.
There has been something do
ing" in Happy Hollow, bot since
the death of the Republicss CORES
pondent no one 'knowswhet 10 hap
pening. We give q few issms from
the Hollow.
Red Ike has leased 20 acres of
mineral land and will prospect in
the spring. Uncle Ed. Bingham 10
going to mine his lease. Willis
Harbour took a mining lease on
George Vailier's 20O,acre tract and
will commence prospecting within
90 days. -" ID
I understand a big mining com.
pany has been formed In which
VIM. Grimes of Oklahona, E X.
Brown of the Baxter National Bank
and A. w. Abrams are the principal
stock holders. This company has
several hundred, acres to work on
adjoining the land where the big.
strike was made with the drill.
This means business and will bring
Baxter Syringe to the front.
We have a Solomon in Happy
Hollow and like that old sanhedrim
of old is talking of taking unto
himself a plurality of wives. O!
Solomon! Solomon! o!
Col. J. E. Simmons, the new gov.
eminent farmer, will take possess
ion of the Farm" March Let. Bax.
ter society will lose an amiable cit
izen, but what is their loss is our
gain.
We thought when Naylor got his
rural route and could get his relig.
ious journals daily he would do
come better, but the country is
again afflicted with one of his hired
men. MAYORS moral teachings
seem to have an opposite effect on
his men as they are always getting
1 into trouble. The latest is Tom
Williams. the desperate who went
] wrong in Baxter last week. This
man has been acting up in Quapaw
and other parts of the Territory for
some time and ought to be sup
pressed.
If the Territory people want to
know what is doing in their own
country they should take the BAx-
TER NEWS, which has correspond
ents who never die.
The big hay barns at Quapaw are
nearly all empty, the hay men
having given up the notion of ex-
treme high prices. Shredded corn
fodder has proved a good substi-
tute for prairie hay.
, Mrs.. Tousey has leased her land
to some eastern capitalists and the
MONEY is up to work 1t. A few years
ago Mrs. Tousey struck some very
rich lead and jack "shines" while
digging a we'll, and it 10 believed
there lie big mineral in the vicinity.
Charley Haskell of Baxter 10 inter
ested in the lease. :: g..
At aspiritual seance held at Tom
Crawfish's Sunday night the ghost
of old "Whiskers" was materialized
and made the statement that Hap
py Hollow would within a year be
the biggest mining camp In the
Southwest. He says there 10 good
paying stuff from Rock creek to
Buddy Huut's claim and that 1t ex-
tends from the river to the railroad.
He was asked about oil and gas
and said they would be found on
Tar creek, good and plenty. "
The recent decision of the U. s.
court 20 to long leases 10 playing
havoc with some of those who have
paid their rentals six to nine years
ahead, Indian agricultural leases
are good for but three years and
mini ng leases ten years. The judge
decided that all advance paymente
arc forfeited.