Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-07-25
QUAPAW NEWS.

Hark! that doleful sound. Nute's
bulldog in the cellar.
1t has been reported that Wess
Halter has been hauling coal on
Sunday.
Mr.: Milne, one of our hay men, is
having two new hay barns built in
Quapaw.
Quapaw is in the midst of sugar
famine and there has been an ad.
vance in the price of this commodity,
but Floyd says he has had plenty
of sweetness since the Holiness
meeting began, and at the old
prices.
Nute's pup is rather lonely now
as Clarence does not play with him
any more, but appears to have
formed great friendship with old
Tige, Ike Bingham's dog. He feeds
him beefsteak from the butcher
shop every day, but we think as
Clarence is some older now he has
an eye to business. Later reports
have just come in that Clarence
says he will not give old Tige any
more beef If he starves.
The Oil Company are loading
their machinery preparatory to
leaving Quapaw.
Quite number of hay buyers in
town this week representing Chi
cago. Kansas City and other points.
Ball playing, whiskey drinking,
gambling and horse racing seemed
to be in order last Sunday. While
we have no objection to ball play
ing, we do object to the others, so
please take warning as this is the
last occurrence of the kind that will
be tolerated.
Mr.. Charles Ed.gington and wife
are visiting relatives in Scammon
this week. MARK HAMMER.
Mark Hammer is sick and his
private secretary takes his place
this week.
Cap. Butler went fishing Sunday
morning early and returned about
noon with a three-pound bass and
a couple of fine crappie. Cap says
when he goes fishing he always
gets them.
W. I. Bingham went to Baxter
Wednesday on business.
Some one said the Quapaw ball
team and the Staten nine played
ball Sunday, but we beg to inform
them that It is a mistake. Well,
you can judge for yourself; the
scorc was Ga to 81 in favor of the
Staten team.
Ex-Governor Crawford was in
town for a short stay Wednesday.
We continue to have some nice
thunder showers every few days;
little rough on hay, but good for
corn.
Wes.-"Say, Jack, Floyd came
near getting badly hurt the other
night. ~Jack-"That so? Wes.-"Yes
it took three of 'em to hold that
bulldog off him.
Mr.. Talbot was up from Miami
Tuesday to see Bingham & Co., on
business
Arson Chubb, from up in the
state, was in town Wednesday with
a load of corn. We saw him leave
ing with a load of bale ties.
The population of Quapaw has
increased to about two hundred
and eighty. Quite half of them are
living in rag houses.
Quite number of our men went
to Baxter Sunday but returned in
time to see the ball game. They
were pretty shakey, but seemed to
be in good spirits.
Ike's big dog Tige, has been gett-
ing 30 fat lately that he won't run
the cows. Ike's wife didn't know
what was the matter with him. She
finally put him on short rations for
q few days. That didn't seem to do
any good. George Boggs finally
discovered that clarence had been
fedding him on steak every since
he has been in the shop. Clarence
when questioned about, sticks his
thumbs in the armholes of his vest
and says, II amt been feeding old
Tige beef for nothing. See!"
The work on r. Mines hay
barns is progressing nicely, onebe-