Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
OUApAw NEWS.

presentable health and bids fair to
get through the winter all o. X.
W. T. Apple, w. T. Bingham and
L. L. Cardin went to Kansas City
Monday evening on business.
The hay men say IL is just like
playing checkers trying to get the
second crop grass put up between
showers.
Omer Edgington went to Scam
mon last Saturday to visit his
brother, Charlie, and wife, Tho
moved there recently.
Mics Edna Schoolcraft went to
Baxter Sunday evening and there.
by missed peck of fun. as Jack
called to take her to Happy Hollow
to church. Oh, well, it is a long
lane that has no turn.
Jack Kincaid says it should be a
misdemeanor, punishable by i'm.
prisonment for life, where parties
residing on public highways allow
their yard gate to extend 40 far cut
In the road that fellow who ia lust
merely passing by gets his leg fast
In Anderson's front gate about LIZ
Monday morning, but with the as.
sistance of Miss Emma and her
mother and a pocket knife he was
extracted with a promise to relin.
quish oil claims for bodily injury.
but Jack says that does not include
heart ache.
W. r. Bingham & Co. have taken
the contract to pat down a sidewalk
from the postoffice to the railroad
track. We don't know their bid, but
we suppose the city council will see
that 1t is done right, and at the
least expense.
Quapaw is still gaining az our
postoffice was made a money order
Office the fret of this month.
The encyclopedia, quill driver,
type setter and brains of the Bax-
ter NEWS was seen on our streets
last Monday evening. Come again,
Bro. Smith.
Charlie Allen has accepted an in
vitation given by his brother, 3D.,
of Happy Hollow to work for him
Il few days we suppose.)
The stamp dance on Spring river
Monday night given by the Qua
paw Indians was lively scene
after they got filled mp on fire water
issued to them by a white man.
Well, we won't mention his name
this week, but he is known all the
came and will be looked after later.
We have a dentist located with us
now. We suppose he is dentist.
az he extracted his leg from Ander-
son's yard gate with his pocket
knife without sustaining a fracture,
and very little pain.
Quapaw Electric Belt Factory has
opened up in full blast again; N. d.
Hardman proprietor; good belts at
reasonable prices; extra lengths
made longer without straining the
current.
Quapaw o ffice-Hello, central.
Central-Hello, who is this talk
ing?
This lie Mr.. Chas. S. Allen of Qua.
paw; give me Webb City college,
please.
Central-Can't; message has to
be transferred at Joplin.
Charlie-No. mine don't; II goes
to Mise Coral Harbour, Webb City.
Central-Ha, ha, ha; tell me what
you want, and I will call her up and |
repeat it.
Charlie-No, you won't; If can't
talk to her now, I'll just wait till
Friday evening; then I can deliver
1t without a repeater. Good bye,
/
Mark Hannah and wife went to
Baxter Wednesday, the wife wish.
ing to make some additions to her
We called at the store
of J. C. Haskell, where everything
10 run on a purely Democratic prin.
ciple, for Mark noticed while ]. C.
was measuring off some dry gooda
he slipped his thumb about seven
inches in favor of the D-mocrat on
each yard. On leaving the store we
noticed large circle of decayed
pork, beans, cabbage, water melon
rinds, with few hand fulls around
the edges resembling aide diahes