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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
Buy Right-Of-Way.

A right-of-way for an electric rail-
way is being quietly purchased from
the farmers in the eastern part OF
Shawnee county and it is believed 1t
is the intention of the purchasers to
build such a line from Kansas City
to Topeka.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
In II Losing Money!

The Kansas and Oklahoma Hard
ware and Implement Dealers associa-
ton claims that the Irvine plant at
the state penitentiary is being oper-
sted at d loss and declares that it
should be shut down for that reason.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
Verbal VIII Admitted to Probate

The late John Harden Baird did
not leave any written will, but a YER
bal will was signed by his physician
and nurse. Judge Evans decided that
the verbal will was good, but that the
real estate could not be divided I'M
der it. The will disposed Of $4,000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
Pork Was Not Well Cooked.

Misses Maud and Gertrude Black,
daughters of a well-known farmer
west of BrOokville, are very low with
trichina poisoning, caused by having
eaten pork insuficiently cooked.
Mrs. Black, mother of the girls, died
two weeks ago from the same cause.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
Leasing Land Near wathena.

Agents of the Standard Oil COM
pany have been in the vicinity OF
Wathena several days leasing land
supposed to contain coal and oil.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
Cole,s FrIends Arc Anxious.

The failure of Gov. Bailey to land
George Z. Cole, ex-state auditor, in
a good Office is creating no little
friction among Coles friends.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
Now Road for Wichita.

Eastern capitalists are backing the
Wichita G. Southern railway, which
proposes to build a railroad from
Wichita southeast into the Indian ter
ritory.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
Rarc CoIns Tor Presents.

John C. Sparks and wife, of Chap
man, who recently celebrated so years
of married LIE, received smong their
gifts purse filed with gold pieces,
two of which were coined in 1883, the
year of their marriage.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
Fatal sparks From q Bonfre.

Mrs. Edward Lafever was probably
fatally burned at Salina by her cloth
ing becoming ignited by the sparks
from q bonfire
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
Only for State Institutions.

Two round brick kilns are now
building at the Kansas penitentiary.
When these are built and the new
dry pressed brick machine installed
Warden Jewett states that the Kan
sas penitentiary will be able to make
the finest paving brick in the west.
There is good brick clay near the
penitentiary plant, and this, mixed
with little coal shaft shale, will
make hard paving brick. None Of
the brick will be sold on the open
market, but will be used near Ian
sing and shipped to state institutions
to make driveways. The construction
of brick paved road between Lam
sing and Leatenworth is one of the
schemes contemplated by Gov.
Bailey. 1t is probable that work will
begin in August or September.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02

Mrs. Sarah Kirkpatrick. of Lane
after IS years of welded life seeks q
divorce on the ground of cruelty.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
Municipal indebtedness.

The bonded Indebtedness of the
municipalities of Kansas, including
all counties, cities, townships and
school districts, according to the re-
turns made to the office of State
Auditor Seth G. Wells, aggregates
1872 ,2S7, 592. Most of these bonds are
bearing and per cent. interest.
although there are few old issues
outstanding upon which 6 and Z per
cent. is being paid. The Indebtedness
Of the state compared with the mu-
inequalities within it is ridiculously
small. 1t amounts to but S632,000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
G. A. n. Encampment.

The annual encampment Of the
Kansas G. A. r. will be held at Nc
Pherson beginning May is. 1t is an
nounced from G. A. r. headquarters
that a decided gain in membership
was made during the year 1902 and
the favorable reports for the cur
rent year indicate still greater in
crease. The department is now max
ing special efforts to arouse interest
in the plan for erecting a statue in
honor of Benjamin F. Stephenson,
founder of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and that matter will receive
considerable attention at the forth
coming encampment.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
Raising Standard of Horses.

The regents of the Kansas state
agricultural college are using the leg
islative appropriation for the college
to raise the standard of the stock on
the experiment farm. 1t is the pur-
pose of the regents to have the best
in every line of stock represented at
the college. Heretofore the appro-
priation for the purchase of stock
has been used to buy cattle and hogs,
but the regents are now looking for
good horses. One of the regents pur-
chased six black Percheron mares
last week at Towanda, paying $3.50
each.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
nleane state that you saw the 81
voFtisement In thiS paper.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-02
ROBERTS N.

Robert r. Roberts, NJ. D., Wash
ington, D. c., writes:
"Throggh my own experience
as we'll as that of many of my
friends and acquaintance who
have been cured or relieved OF ca.
tarrh by the use of Harfman's
Peruna, ! can confidently recom-
mend IL to those suffering from
such disorders, and have no hest.
tation In prescribing 1t to my pa
tienks. "..-R0berf K. Roberts.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-04-22

In his address at Aberdeen, South
Dakota, President Roosevelt was a
little unfortunate in the way in which he
expressed himself concerning the act Of
congress for the reclamation of arid
lands. He said that the act in question
would do for the states of the great
plains and the Rocky Mountain region
lat least as much as ever has been done
for the states of the humid region by
river and harbor Improvements.
This tends to give the impression that
the federal government is about to
make donation to the people Of the
arid region similar to the appropriations
from the public treasury for river and
harbor improvements. The more people
in the East and Middle West entertain
this idea the more hostile to the proposed
reclamation Of arid lands will their set
Element be.
AS a matter of fact the federal gov
eminent will make no donation to the
arid states in building the proposed rec
lamation works, since in each case the
land reclaimed will have to be sold at a
price that will reimburse the reclama-
ton fund for every dollar expended.
To the people the advantage will be no
greater than what they derive from re-
clamation by private companies or as
sociations, except that the department
of the interior will probably undertake
enterprises Of such magnitude that pri-
vate capital will reject them. But
whether the works are built by private
capital or under the supervision and aid
of the government, they will have to be
paid by the owners of the land re-
claimed.
There are no donation features in
this; but many people not only in the
east and the middle west, but also in
the arid region, think that the gov
eminent intends to construct these
works and then turn them over to the
people as a gift from the treasury.
II would be well il all classes under
stood the facts as they are. People in
humid regions would then be less averse
to the reclamation plan, and residents
Of the arid region would not relax indi-
vidual effort through hope of having
the work done by the federal govern
ment without cost or expense to
themselves. Denver Republican.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-04-22

knave stand out in bold relief. The tax
dodger-"A slippery and subtle knave;
a finderOut OfOccasions; that has an eye
can stamp and counterfeit advantages
though true advantage never presents
itself; a devlish knave."
The editor Of the Deming Graphic is
the inventor Of a wind break that
may possibly put Westinghouse air
brake in the shade eventually, although
his is not a railroad invention. He pro-
poses to plant grove Of trees about 100
yards in width mile or two west of
Deming, to break the wind and sand
storms that usually occur there in spring
time. The break will be operated from
the Graphic officewhere, on the approach
Of a storm, the trees will be turned on
and the sand brought to a standstill.
1t is custmary for editors to make
breaks we've made lots of 'em our
self but this seems to be an especially
useful one and hence we mention it..
Clifton Herald. Thanks Brother Ben
nett we did not think you would catch
on so soon.
The public hardly appreciates the ex-
tent to which crude petroleum has dis
placed coal in steam production, espec-
tally in California and Texas, California
factories and railroads use nearly all of
CALIFORNIA; production Of 6 1000, 900
barrels. The Southern Pacific is said to
save SlOO,OO month by the use of oil.
1t builds storage tanks along its lines
and its two tanks at Oakland and Mel
rose hold l7,4SO 900 gallons. Locomo-
tive tenders, carrying oil and water ex-
clusively, run 300 miles at high speed
with out stop. Oil burning furnaces
save about SIG per 100 miles. Coal
burning has been practically abolished
on the San joaquin division of the COM
pany's roads. The Santa Fe railroad
is operating all of its western roads
with oil burning locomotives. Elk.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-04-22
Southern
Pacific
Double daily train
service between
San Francisco
and New Orlean.


No. l0-SUNSET LIMITED, via the
Coast Line-leaves San Francisco Z D.
M, Deming 1906, arriving at New Or
leans 6:46 p. m.
This train carries dining car, observa-
ton, compartment and drawing room
sleepers through Chicago, New York.
and New Orleans, also tourist sleepers
to Washington, Cincinnati, Chicago,
Memphis, st. Paul, st Louis, etc.
No. 8 - CRES SCENT CITY EX-
PRESS, via San Joaquin valley line
leaves San Francisco 10 q. M, Deming
$3.50, and arrives at New Orleans $3.50
a. m.
This train carries drawing room
sleeper to New Orleans. also tourist
cars to st. Louis, st. Paul and Chicago
West BOund
No. 9-SUNSET LIMITED, via San
Joaquin valley line-leaves New Or
leans 1l:45 a. m, Deming $40 a. M,
arriving at San Francisco 8:25 a. m.
This train carries same equipment as
No. 10.
Mr.. Z. PACIFIC EXPRESS, via the
Coast Line = leaves New Orleans at
9p. M, Deming 5:35 p. M, arrives at
San Francisco 1880 p. m.
This train carries same equipment
as No. 8 and in addition a chair car
Los Angeles to San Francisco.
Trains 8 and 10 carry free reclining
chairs.
For further information call on or
address C. M. BURRHALTER,
D. F. & P. A., Tucson.
c. B. BoswoRTH, Agent, Deming.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-04-22
For Women and Children

The majority of women and all children like to travel
Many ladies dread the imagined hardships of long
railroad journey For such the personally conducted
tr-weeky excursions over the Santa Fe to California
Chicago and Kansas City will prove boon. An excur-
sion agent is employed by the railroad company to
look after the comfort of ladies and children under his
charge Others will also find his attention welcome
Leave Albuquerque for California Mondays Thurs c. A Z
days Saturdays Leave Albuquerque for Kansas City S0AAS0E
and Chicago Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-04-22
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I Church Directory
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. c

METHODIST Preaching services every Sunday
ut II a. m. and TSO p. M. Sunday school at 10 a.
M, Junior League at D. M, Epworlh League
at $3.50 p. M. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 7SO. ARTHUR MARsToN. Pastor
PREsBYTEMAN-Pr Preaching services every Sab
bath at II a. m. and 7:S0 D. M. Sabbath School
at 10 a. m. Christian Endeavor $50 D. M, Week
Nay Prayer meeting Wednesday evening ut 1850
w. J. MAGICIAN. Pastor
81 LUKE's EPISCOPAL Sunday school every
Sunday at 10 a. m Holy communion and preach
ing eveny third Sunday in each month.
REV. II. W. RUFFNER. Pastor.
IGLEslA METoDisA EPISCOPAL -Escula Domin.
ieal eada domingo las dos de Ia tarde Sc ofreee
invitacion todas personals venry alludar con 81
trabaio Dbl senior.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-17
The Magnetic North.

The belief in the constancy of the
magnetic compass to the North Pole
has not the least foundation in fact.
At every different place on the globe
it points in different direction, and
only one of two Of them are due northJ
Besides, it is always changing. I'M
London. for instance, it points to a
place about seventeen degrees west OF
north. 81
Seventy-six years ago it was still fur
Their away, being then twenty-four and
one-quarter degrees, or quarter OF
the way around to the west. In the
year 1880 it pointed eleven degrees,
east Then it began to move north
till 1859, when it pointed due north1
But it remained thus only for mos
ment, passing around to it's greatest
DETECTION in 100 years.
Again it turned in 1920 and is stir
moving nearer the north. 1t will not
reach that point for nearly century,
and half, and so it will SO backward
and forward forever.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-17

which he would not let any one else
do. He called her Weeping Cloud, be-
cause she cried so much.
Terence and Jacky and Sir Lancelot
were very suspicious Of Eagle Eye, al
though they pretended they were not
afraid Of him at all. But BERTHE, who
was a funny little boy doll in Nor
folk jacket, loved Eagle Eye very
much. He would lie down at his feet
for hours, listening to Eagle Eyes
stories about the days when he lived
in tepee and went hunting bears and
jack rabbits.-New York Tribune.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-17
By Prockhorst. 1926.

terror run over her, which dried up
her tears
''Oh, Eagle Eye, you mustn't talk
like that, she said; you brighten me.
You must remember you are in New
York nov, and we don't scalp people
in New York"
At the same time she felt comfort
ed, and stopped crying. Eagle Eye
was an Indian doll. His clothes were
all of leather, fringed down the legs,
and he wore great feather headdress.
His face was painted red and black,
and he carried tomahowk in his belt
He looked so fierce that all the rest
Of the dolls were rather afraid OF
him. He had come all the way from
Santa Fe, and sometimes he looked
quite sad and lonesome. He said that
be missed the sunshine, and that it
made him sick to live inside house
al the time. But hen the dolls had
their good times at night, he would
always steal up softly in his mecca
sins. In the dark, and sit down beside
Jenny This comforted Jenny very
much, for although she could not help
being little afraid Of an Indian, she
liked to feel that there was one who
liked her best Of all. He would even
ct her take his picture with kodak,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-17
A Fireless Steam Locomotive.

From Germany comes news of loco.
motive worked by steam and yet in@,
dependant Of fire Of its own. The en4
CINE has just been completed at the
Hohenzollern workSat Dusseldorf, and
is one of type designed for shuntingI
in explosive factories. Instead Of carr
rying fire in its own boiler it is filed
with steam from stationary boilerSa
and when so charged is capable Of sevS
eral hours work. The first warmingi
up occupies half an hour, and subses,
quent recharging can be done in al
quarter of an hour. The apparatus Isl
so simple that an unskilled workman3
is able to look after it. The absenca
of fire in place where dynamite or
gunpowder is being handled is the realI
son for the invention of this type oil
engine, which is know to engineers aa1
the Lamm Franc system. The workingl
of it is said to be only half as expen-'
size as that of an ordinary locomotiyssl
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-17

Faith, an it's awful to be boys
doll. How I wish / belonged to a
girlv'
1t was Terence who started the dolls
talk with this remark the next night
Terence was little Irish coachman, in
a green suit, who had come riding
around to the Baby in his cab the
Christmas Eve before. His voice was
very loud and complaining. The Baby
had twisted one of his ankles that
day, and left it turned around in the
opposite direction from the other foot
"Oh, 1 don't know, Terence" said
Lady Geraldine, in her soft, silvery
voice. Boys do let you alone once
in a while, and go off and play with
something else They don't keep at
you every single minute dressing and
Maud changing my dress. How many
times do you suppose | was dressed
to-day? Sixteen times, on my word"
sixteen times? And in a different
dress each time?' exclaimed Jenny.
Jenny was an old doll, who had come
two Christmases before. She was
rather neglected now, and she grieved
of it very much.
ooh, certainly" said Lady Gerald
inc, politely.
"And how nanny trunks Of clothes
ave We got, Lady Geraldine, dear"
inquired Terence, respectfully
"Only ten," replied Lady Geraldine,
languidly.
"Ten," said Jenny, sadly, "and I've
only one dress left, and that's get
ting ragged. All, can remember
the time when I was queen of the
nursery
Eyes, indeed, Jenny" said Aunt Pa
tience, sympathetically, "you were a
beautiful doll when you first came"
"And now they have tea parties and
never ask me to the table," said Jen-
ny, bursting into tears. All the dolls
looked uncomfortable. They were sor-
ry for Jenny, but she did cry a great
deal.
Suddenly a hand slipped into hers
in the dark.
"Never mind, Jenny" said whis
per. II like you, and if get a chance
I'll scalp some Of these palefaces who
are so bad to YOU" This was wills
pered very fercely.
Jenny felt delicious little thrill of
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-17
A Wish.
EDITH ROBERTS.

EDITH ROBERTS.
A hope is born this day,
And Ger the drifted snow
Speeds on it's loving way
To someone dear / know,
That peace and gladness may
Irvine with the mistletoe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-17
A Christmas Tale.

A pretty Christmas tale is told of
Hermann Joseph, little clockmaker
OF Germany. He was a very poor
lad, who loved to go to church bet
ter than anything in the world. One
Christmas eve he entered the Cathe-
dral with a little gift for the Christ
Child. 1t was all he had-a rosy ap-
pie which some one had given him.
He went UP to the image Of Mary and
the Child and held out the apple Of
the little one, placing it at last in the
chubby hand. Instantly the little mar
BILE figure closed upon the apple, and
the Child and held out the apple to
the poor boys gift.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-17
DON'T DELAY.

If you should have thing to do,
Don't delay,
But work at it until you're t. rough,
Resolving that you will pursue
1t night and day.
Whene'er you know Of one in need.
Don't delay
To help him on with greatest speed.
Remember that kindly deed
Will live Away.
Should you another hate, despise,
Don't delay
To love instead, for he who tries
To govern self will surely rise
And grow each day.
brooklyn Eagle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-17

Aot<> HE little Green Elf sat in
II d front of his doorway. He
@ @ had very nice house. A
q n \ long time ago rabbit had
tNo< lived in that hole among
the roots of the tree, but the little
Green Elf had lived there for years,
ever since the cow ate the olu Kobold,
his father.
The cow never meant to eat KobOld,
but she thought he was a leaf. She
couldn't help it after she had swal
lowed him. The animals all love the
little voolfolk too we'll to hurt them.
1t was the same cow who found home
for the little Green Elf
The house was quite tidy inside.
There was moss for a carpet. In the
corner was the pantry with clean
acorn cups and saucers. An empty nest
was the bed, with oak leaf pillows
and spreads.
Usually the little Green Elf was mer-
~. but this night he was sorrowful.
He sat in a bunch with his hands
clasped on his knees. There were holes
In his green coat and the wind blew
In.
"Pretty sort of weather." he said in
q gruff voice, because his throat was
sore. NNot much to eat, and no thistle
down to pay the Pixies for a new over
coat. Never knew such q winter
brooks empty, milkweed crop a fail
ure, no pumpkin seeds to be had at
any price. and the nuts all covered up
with snow! Whew! But it's cold!
And Christmas Eve, as sure as liver
''Chee, chez, tee, tee, Chez"
The little Green Elf stopped SILVER
1ng and listened.
"Chee, chez, tee. Fine night, isn't
1T How do you do down therew
'It's the Lame Squirrel" said the lit
de Green Elf. II thought he must
be frozen this bitter weather, or
starved. Not nut has he been able
to get since he caught his leg in the
trap. Hello. up therel How are your
"All right" chirped small voice.
Beautiful weather, isn't itT'
I'm not so sure Of that" said the
Elf. SCOT anything to eatY'
Plenty" came the piping voice.
s'There's good bark ON this tree, and
I'm chewing an iciele- I'm watching
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-17
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hung. On every twig there were nuts
There were chains of pine needles.
After it was all finished, the littl,
Green Elf and friendly Pixie went uE
the tree to fetch the Lame Squirrel
They were a long time bringing him
down. You see he was so very lame
and so hungry that he was weak
While they were gone something hap
pened. Nobody every found out who
did it. Perhaps Santa Claus passed
by; but wonderful things were left In
the little Green Elf's parlor.
When he reached the door with the
Lame Squirrel, he stood still. He
rubbed his eyes to. see if he were
asleep. The same Christmas tree stood
there, but it was ten times more beau
tiful. There were glow worms and
fallen stars to make it brighter. There
were hundreds Of nuts, hazelnuts, but
ternuts, walnuts, chestnuts. There
were bags Of pumpkin seed, and cans
Of milkweed. Best Of all was a greer
ulster for the good little Green Elf
All night long the Lame Squirrel
sat up and ate nuts. All night Ions
the little Green Elf danced around the
Christmas tree in her new green ul
ster; and the rest of the voolfolk
the Pixies, the Kobolds, the Gnomes
the Trolls, all came out and danced
too, they were so glad
When morning came, the little Greer
Elf looked out of his door. He was
warm. The sun was shining. "Beau
tfful weather" he said. "Best Christ
mas I ever spentw
'Thats SOP said the Lame Squire
through mouthful Of nuts.-Om
Young Folks,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-17
E5S
H2 OK
X TIE GREEN ELFSY
NJ CHRSTrAS n
GSJ}& gSS5l

HE little Green Elf sat in
front of his doorway. He
had a very nice house. A
long time ago a rabbit had
lived in that hole among
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-17
A Christmas Greeting.

"A SnrISImaS GrcetlnE.
What shall say to you whom / love best
Sweetheart, what secret is there yet un
told
After these dozen years-the happiest
That life can hold?
Secret there may not be; but this on,
thought
Comes to my heart upon the Christina,
morn;
What joy unto the lonely world He brought
When He was born!
A Joy like that within my soul knew
When, like white star in the sky above
Suddenly into my lonely life came you
To shine with love.
A white star still, you cheer me in tn,
way,
Lighting with love and laughter all my
life;
Let this my greeting be on Christmas Day
Sweetheart and wife.
Frank Dempster Sherman, in the Won
ans Home Companion.