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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30

The result OF the Burton case
means that man in public Office
must stand for the square deal il he
would keep out OF trouble. Senator
Burton has disgraced Kansas, and
should receive a severe sentence
According to the law in such mat
tiers he can never hold public Of
flee again, which in itself lie a very
severe sentence in a country like
the grand old United States.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30
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Ounpsw will incorporate. he
literary Friday night was Simpi,
fine. Mute Edgingion and McCo,
are at swords points. We don't know
which one will win out. Mute saye
he was hunting cattle. but Mccoy
thinks diiferent....J. Il. Alexander
was In Joplin Sunday on. business.
Captain Butler has the neatest
drug store in the town and In read,
TO supply the dear people with al
most any kind Of medicines y" J. p
McNaughton was in ouapaw Iues
day. Mac says IL isn't bed bugs h.
is looking after; it's mines. Th'
Rotations by Mise Annie Martin
Miss Farris aud Miss Lee Deering,
Friday night at the literary were
simply grand....We think Joht
Martins widow has given him th'
e. b. John has not been In Baxter
for two weeks. q. Rumor has IL thai
there will. be u wedding in the
neighborhood in the near future
Sally Ann will have TO see Earnest
and talk this matter over with hin
before giving the facts in the case
-. Dick DeVill RI thinks that Ike
Bingham would make n No.
faihrriniaw. E. Miss Nellie Apple
Of Baxter was visiting ia Quapaw
Sunday with Miss Myrtle Bingham
and ] g. Fred Parish says he be
Iieves that there is something u
that Fulton ghost story. Mrs. I
r. Blu l.r OF Denver. Colorado wh'
has been visiting 5. b. Apple an
family and S. >. Butler, returned
home last week. Mr.. Butler will re-
main for some time having utter
rsts i'm the mines here aud at Bao
ger. The oyster supper given b,
the NJ. ". \. Lodge thursday nigh
was one of the most pleasant Affairs
that uuspaw has enjoyed for some
time, also u financial success 80. WI
want 10 cay To that wonld.be srec'
men OF humanity, Roy Collins, tina
the next time he disturbs II meet
ing at the school house, and breaks
out a window, he will he taken T.
Miami, and he won't be handled
with gloves either. =. Geo. Bog &c
has apparently. quit the buicht
bu -iness aud il running a shoin'
There are four barrels setting II
his show window with some kint
of hieroglyphic lab, that no on
can read but George. We know !
will make fellow feel good b..
cause Bill Apple. Clareucc Mariii
Charley Station aud several oth'
bow were in there drinking an
when they came out neither one o
them knew the road home. Bogg
il under arrest and will he trie'
Erids, night at the school house
W. X. Bingham went into M
barn Monday evening to feed hi
ponies aud he caught the giimps
of scmeihing white, and havini
iu-t read a ghost story thought !
was sure enough ghost He mad
one terrible Yell and yelled "kelI
help" His wife ran to his assis
ance and ioun Ry ley had sheere'
SALLY ANN.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30

We would like TO know, you know,
just how much poll tax was collect
ed this summer and how many
worked out their poll tax on the
streets. Also how many paid taxes
ON their dogs. II il unjust to col.
lect poll tax and dog tax on a few
who are willing to comply with Il e
ordinance, and skip those who
won't either pay or work. We are
led To believe that not one.half o.
our citizens have paid either one OF
these taxes. But we would like 10
know. you know.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30
THURSDAY, NOV. 50.
THE ROAD HONE.

The following from an Illinois
road builder tells OF something
which may be better than the King
drag" for road making. Here il
what he says:
"a great deal has been said and
written about the so-called King
system of road making and keep
ing. as though it were new dis
covery. This system, or one that
10 much superior TO il. has been in
use in Illinois nearly twenty years.
In one section particularly they
have the meanest soil for roads tina,
know of anywhere. but by using
what they call "road hone the
roads are built up and kept in good
condition the greater part OF the
year. Before they began using the
road hone they practically had no
roads. From February to April the
lanes were simply hottomless
mires through which il was almost
impossible to sc, IA horse. These
roads are not what they might be
now, but they are turnpikes COM
pared with what they were former
IL. 1.-THE hone were used more fire.
ouently, that is, after every rain
storm, they would be in good con
dition the whole year.
1.-THE hone ia made from a two
inch oak plank eight or ten inches
wide and ten long. II is set on edge
and the lower edge IL shod with
steel. % strip or share three to lou
inches wide. A pole is secured!
fastened and braced to the upper
edge. and so set that one end oil the
hone is about fifteen inches in al
vance OF the other a plank is las
tened on the top Of the hone for thu
driver 10 ride on and three or ioui
horses are hitched TO il. This i'm
piemrut works the soil toward TIT
center OF the road. gradually round
ing il up, and lille all ruts and de
pressions 40 that all water thai
falls on il instantly ruds into the
bitches at the sides, leaving tht
roadbed dry. In the section men
toned the soil becomes like wet
mortar every time il rains. aud II
the hone il run over the road TWEEN
" four TO fort.eight hours after the
storm is over the road is ready foI
full loads almost Immediately. The
farmers in this section are among
the most bitter opponents of the
gravel road system. They claim
that ia the road hone they have m
implement that makes better roads
of plain earth than can be made by
gravel at three thousand dollars
mile. InteIligent use OF the road
hone certainly does make ideal
earth roads. and have seen auto
mobiles spinuing over them forty
aud fifty miles an hour with ease.
"The pole attached to this road
hone makes IL fully fifly per cent
more efficient than the "split log
or double plank arrangement 80 OF
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30

More lumber has been sold in
Baxter Springs this year than in
the past three. We have three big
lumber yards, and they are all do.
ing large business; in fact, they
are selling lumber all over the
southern part Of the county and
down as far in the Indian Territory
an the Neosho river. Our lumber
men are all mp to date, carrying
heavy stocks, able to fill all orders
and defy competition. lyon want
bill OF lumber come to Baxter and
-you--ziIl not only get what you
want, but you will save money.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30

The construction OF the Cherokee
county Jail was one Of the bigg' at
frauds ever perpeira,rd on The pro-
de of THE county. II was improp-
erly designed and damnably ex'
cuted. Prisoners are about are
about as secure in il a. they would
ne in an ordinary feed lot, aud IL
my of them wish to escape. they
lust walk out and say nothing. This
Jail is a new one and was cor
4trucied at a big expense to th-
county. There was undoubtedly a
considerable Doodle and whole
lot of ignorance connected with the
construction. and the building u
utterly useless so far az jail II
concerned. No doubt the Coium-
bus people will soon demand an
other new jail and use the old one
for a city hall or adjunctt To the high
school. 1t il about time Tor an
other big Doodle ID at the expense
If the tax payers.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30
. BAst INuKATiiUDE.

Speaking oil ingraiiiude. the fol
low ing from the Modern Light. il
very good:
"Walt Cofcr broke Jail last Satui
dny aud three others went will
him, but that is only AN incident
The people OF this country hay
gone to great expensr and trouble
To furnish q nice home for Walt
For him To smash the floor and g
away shows the baseet iHgratitud'
HIS home il heated by "a hot air fui
mace aud kept AT the niosteNen ten
pr-aiure. His rooms at night ar
lighted by electricity and ever
care taken To provide proper venti
alton. His meals were brought e
him regularly. Bath rooms will
hot aud cold water were his 10 us'
Flowers to beautify the spaciou
grounds. and papers and readin.
matter of wide variety were fuT'
nished him. Recently, at consider
allie expense the Juveniles wer
removed TO separate department
an there could be no fault found OF
this score, aud yet he would no
stay. Il is indeed discouraging IL
the taxpayer that after going 10 al
this expense Walt and his fellows
will not remain. What more can b.
done? Wal, used to, apparently be
more conten,ed In the. gloomy olo
jail, in its crowded condition, thar
in the new, light airy and we'll ven
tiIated ouartera."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30
KANSAS NOTES.

A company 10 playing THE Way
Of the Transgressor" along the kero
sene circuit. That's hard.
II may not be true, but u rat ter
rirr is reported TO have really killed
u rat out la Pratt county last week
A Smith county man So years Old
had a bullet removed last week that
was planted In his back In 1861 by a
"Johuuy Reb."
A wichita boat that managed to
navigate its way along the Arkan'
ans river ne far south as Ralston,
Oklahoma. kept n "iog book
The Curtis crowd has also started
the repor, tina, Congressman Camp
b, lis boom for senator Is in the
interest Of Joe Bristow."
The Smith County Messenger is
one of the old fashioned papers
Tint still demands the free coinage
of silver at the ratio OF sixteen to
one.
The Abilene Reflector expresses
the hopeful belief that the kansns
suit against Colorado will be de-
cid.d soon-not later than the lat
ter part OF the century.
Homer Hoch-"our son homer
has resigned his job In Washington
in order TO return to Marion and
take charge OF his fathers paper
the Marion Record.
Bat Masterson is urged TO visi'
Dodge City before he returns IRON
Kansas 10 New York. He IL assured
that Dodge has changed-so'ne'
wbat-siuce he was marshal there
Tobias Larson, the Highland edi
tor, explains that since he has lived
In Doniphan county he has helped
TO build sixteen railroads-some on
paper, but mostly in the mir.
The developments OF the last few
weeks lead ex Senator Henry w
Young of independence TO exclaim
oh. for a week of Webb McNall 10
the insurance department righ'
now"
III Colonel Marsh Murdoch o.
Wichita dies before Colonel sd
Howe of Atchison does the latter
declares his purpose to ch'sel OF
The Wichita mans tombstone: "li'
published about the biggest paper
m the state aud never asked Tor the
state printing"
A Manhattan man went TO grea
pains to fix up an underground
gambling room and had il 80 wei
hidden that no officer was ever like
" 10 find il, but just about tina
time one of the gamblers jumped
i'm. pounded him TO pulp with
hair aud then stole his watch att
money.
Iohn l.. Gilmore OF Fredonia cor
reefs the current assertion that ex
Ma, or George W. Collamore of Law
renee what shot during the Guam
trell raid. He explains that Mr.
Collamore los, HE life on that mos
iateful of I.awrence's days. but HI
died of choke. damp in an old wei
which he had sought as refuge
when his fellow citizens were being
shot down on every eide.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30
SCHOOL NOTES.

The foot ball team went TO Column
bus last Saturday but had little
success Two weeks OF ideal
school we .ther have been enjoyed
:. The examinations for the month
Of No ember will b held I isweek'
-. The school will get Thursday
and Friday as holidays.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30

or proposition. With the big water
power, and an almost certain pros
pect Of natural gns In the sprinR
we are Ia q position to offer super
Inducements to manufacturers and
all others who wish TO locate la the
best town Ia Kansas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30

. Don't you think the roads OF this
country need improvement? Al any
rate, can't you get out along your
place and open the bitches 80 the
water can run off. and not soak into
th. rnaIcs
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30

II our citizens wish 10 interest
themselves Ia building mp the town
they should know just what 10
wanted, and work In that direction.
We need foundry, steam laundry.
-four mill, machine shop, opera
house. Wholesale grocery. sanitari-
um and all kinds Of factories. shops
and in fact everything that will
give employment to workmen and
mechanics. We must not let any
thing slip that We can secure, and
not throw cold water on any scheme
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30

Tom Lawson says he now has
enough proxies 10 elect new officers
in the old line insurance companies
And Tom will just about do that
very thing, too.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30

The Lawrence Gazette says fhai
Congressman Victor Murdoch said
he other day TO the editor OF that
paper that the newspapers are igno'
rant of only one thing-they do not
know their own power. "The news
papers make and unmake men every
day." he said, "but they have nh
conception of the awful power they
Weld. l would rather have a pack
of wolves after me any time than
one newspaper. When they 90 at
Ter man they get him. right or
wrong. There is not man in pub
lie life today who does not h1ve -
mighty fear OF the newspapers. 7"
their credit their influence IL nearly
alwaye for goods. But II II were not
for the wholesome dread the public
men have of newspapers and their
power, there would be ten times the
corruption and rascality in high
pIaces that there 10 now" And Mr..
Murdoch is right. The newspaper
of today 10 not the "moulder OF
opinion" that Il once wse, but IL is
the conscience Of the public off,
cisIs. And 80 the officials refuse to
obey the call Of that conscience, the
newspapers at once becomes the
auctioneer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30

ny grandfather was regular bib
iiomaniac," observed BlOwhard.
~oA. that's It. IL it," said Misc Cut
ling sT knew some one Of your ancss-
tors was crazy, but I didn't know what
6.rm II had taken. "-Detroit Free
Press.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30
PUBLIC SALE.

On Wednesday, Dec. q, Mrs. NJ. i.
Bulger will sell at auction, at her
farm, Z miles west Of Baxter, 3 III iles
east of Keelville, on the Chetopa
road; beginning at 10 o'clock a. M
One 8 yr.oid horse; one mule and
one horse colt. Six 2yr.old steers;
@ yearliug steers; = vrnrling heiiers,
22.yr.old heifers; I calves; 4 cows; !
bull. Fifteen hogs weighing abou'
l25 pounds; 10 shoa,s weighing n
pounds each; I brood SOW: male.
A lot of farming implements and N
ton of baled hay on 10 months cred
il. w. T Hartley. anr,ioneer. Nor
ris Doty clerk Lunch will be served
Ifyoa are hunting bargains, pa.
tronize these merchants who ust
the columns of this p Iper. All the
up. TO. date merchants have good
s,c cks of goods this season, aud
their offerings can lie ioun in this
paper.
"Where are you gong my pretty
maid:"
II am going a shopping, SIR" she
said.
"And WHO gets all your valued
trader"
"The store that q ivertises, sir,
she said.
Ihave for sale u mighty good
residence property in this city
House of six rooms; horse barn
cow barn: lots OF fruit; new poultry
house; fine grape arbor; good cis'
tern; corner property; will sell very
reasonable, IA wish to build II
larger house. Call on Chas. /,
Smith.
Many a man has his coffin cover
ed over with flowers whose heart
was breaking for little rosebud
while he was alive. II you have an!
boquete send them before the un
iertaker gets in the game. A deno
man has about as much use for
flowers as side saddle has tor two
stirrups. Hate never injuree your
energy but il makes You unhappy
Cut IL out. As rule the man thai
has the least religion makes the
most fuss about IL. Empty vessle.
make the most noise. The world is
fact approaching the time when
poverty will be considered felony
n don't lack much OF IL now.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-30
nevoud Hope.

Proud Father-ws have spent tb.ooo
on our daughters voice.
Nslghbor-Dear me, and d Il incura-
hIai-N. Y. SUM- >
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
Rigging a Thir11blerigger

6%~HIMBLERIGGIN',o or the shell game" said
the sailor-'it's the same thing-three
IN halves of English walnut shells, and a
VIZ pea."
MJR ''Last time went to the races with
GrTVA Uncle O 'Musgrave, the actor, he was
wo dressed like a.divine He had no real rea-
son to be dressed SO. It was just
whimlet o. hisn. 49,.
"a man with a she'll game outfit lit
on uncle the first thing. He put up his little table,
got out his pea and three walnut shells, and says
sng-song: xii .." 49,, r7E..
''Here he is, the little joker. Now you see
him and you don't. Which shell is he underq
That one9 Correct. The boy guessed right the
very first time. But, gentlemen, m bettin' five to
one, all the same, that none O. you can find the
little JOKER 80" -. -. ....s~.
cit looked easy. The thimblerigger would put
the pea under shell, you'd bet it there, and,
by crinus, it would be somewhere else. = i :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
HE HAD A HAT.

PROFESSOR G. A. HILL, Of the U. S. Naval OBJ
servatory, said, before sailing to study the
sun IS eclipse:
s'I have high hopes of this expedition, but
cloud may ruin all. I desire to come back over
loaded with priceless solar photographs, but every
thing depends on chance, and perhaps will return
as empty-handed as go away. <s
High hopes, great expectations-in the end,
nothing In this aspect eclipse expeditions are like
the expeditions of young men from the country,
who give up the pillow and haste cityward, expecting
in little while to become bank presidents, cap
tains Of industry, and miionaries.
ALAS, hopes high enough accompany the ex-
petitions of these youths. The boy departs bravely
His honest father and mother while away the long
and lonely evenings on the farm with dreams Of his
future They recount to another his in
Vulnerable virtues Such virtues they say, must in
evtably lead him to the governors chair, to
atorial toga, to mayoralty, and SO .
High hopes, great expectations-in the end,
nothing.
"a farm boy from Elizabeth my native town,
went to New York to seek his fortune. For six
months not word was heard from him. Then, one
winter afternoon, his father got this note:
"'Dear Pa: Meet me under the old bridge to-
morrow night after dark. Bring with you blanket
or suit of clothes. have hat. "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
HYpNoT1sM BEfoRE-DRUGs NOW.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEROME was discussing
- the absurd defenses that criminal lawyers
sometimes induce their clients to set up.
"A while ago. he said, fit was hypnotsm. If
you killed man, some one had hypnotized you. If
you robbed bank, hypnotism again. even heard
Of schoolboy who, detected in the act Of play
ing truant, claimed that he would have snned
il he had not been hypnotized first.
To-day the favorite defense is drugging. A
woman elopes well, she was drugged. A clerk robs
his employer one had drugged the poor fell
low. A clergyman disappears for week--we find,
his return, that he drugged and his mind is
blank
An elderly woman was walking along 5ne street
the other evening with her son, boy Of IL. Sud-
denly she halted, enraged.
:" Look at that intoxicated brute across the
way she exclaimed Did you ever see anything
so disgusting? Where are the policef Of 6oufse,
never at hand when they re wanted That drunken
beast ought to be locked up for a year.
1.-THE boy, who had been looking intently thru
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
A NATION OF SUICIDES.

A RUSSIAN correspondent was talking about ST.
n IBERIA. - - -. .s-<- ~-. IT, ."z
"In that. strange land,' he said, "the strangest
thing is the suicidal tendency Of the Chukchees
Among the Chukchees, actually suicide is one Of
the most common forms of death. "a
stThe Chukchees live in northeastern Siberia.
They are small and unprecedented. They dress in
skins and ride reindeer Tallow and raw kidney are
their chief delicacies. In every Chukchee house
hangs death coat.
"a Chukchee doesn't kill himself by his own
hand. He appoints his nearest relative-his wife,
son. or daughter to do the deed And the delegate
never rebels, never declines this sad and horrible
task.
: stInnumerable are the causes Of suicide-jeal-
ousy unrequited love, an incurable disease melan-
choly, poverty and SO on
II IL knew man who prosperous and ap-
parently happy Suddenly desire for death seized
him. In three moons he said, I will go home to
my fathers And he calmly settled his affairs, and
at the appointed time bade his wife to knot cord
about his throat and his two sons to pull upon this
cord till he should be stranged He died. they told
me- joking.
'1The death coat, which hangs in every.C hukchee
house, has hood. It is for use in suicide. The
hood hides the facial contortons Of the dying
'sThere are Chukchee families wherein suicide is
hereditary, wherein it is point Of honor FOR the
sons to kill themselves, a natural death being re-
garded in such families dsgraceful and scandal
ous a sign of the most objectionable cowardice.
"The Chukchee, despite their suicidal tendency,
are happy and healthy people, moral, TRUTHFUL
\ brave and temperate. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
DID SHOOT SIX, MAYBE.

DEALS G. WRIGHT, the tennis champion, was
y eating reed birds.
ttWhen the reed bird season comes round he
said, II think Of my cousin, enthusiastic sports
man..
Ny cousin went reed bird hunt and
had excellent luck. The family, his return,
Toasted.
Ellis wife, week or 50 later said to him:
9 How many reed birds was it that you shot, do
you re1nember?'
Just two dozen, said my cousin, and all
beauties.
Then the grocer, said his wife, has made
mistake. He charges for only eighteen. !"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
FORGOTTEN THINGS.

This is. the ballad Of things forgot,
Fresh From the foundry, hot and hot,
A lay new-laid for the laity-
Give ear and listen, oyez oyer
Where is the fair Mrs. Chadwick flown,
That wonderful lady at landing a loan9
The sage Of Esopus @ where is he, 5s#
With his safe and conservative policyq
And penitent "Nan'' Of the pistol shot?- :
This is the ballad Of things forgot
This is the ballad Of things forgot, =
Hyde isNgone, but" the company's not).
Things that will never come back again,
CHas any one paid for the Slocum s slainq)
Tesla, aforetime, was talking to Mars,
But Of late we have had little from the stars.
Edison promised to patent a nice
Automobile at bicycles price,
And DR.. Schenck promised girl babies should not
But this is the ballad Of things forgot.
A ballad, ballad Of things forgot, ....@
did we ever rub out the embalmed beef blot?)
A song of subjects sunken for sure,
(The ''system still waits for the Lawson tCure y
zg4 -Estele Klauder.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
AN 1GNoRAMUs.

THEY were talking about the failure Of the Sub
way tavern
EsWell,'' said lawyer, "Bishop Potter would
never have entered into this movement if he had not
known of many similar movements that are sue
ceeding splendidly in England. Bishop Potter is a
wel-nformed, a highly educated man.
"Speaking of his education" he went on, st
am reminded Of convention where l once heard
him make an address He spoke in favor of educa-
tion and self-made millionaire took exception to
certain things he said. The millionaire declared
that he had never gone to college, and he thanked
Heaven for it.
'sThe bishop rose instantly.
!. Am to understand he said, that the gem
tleman thanks Heaven for his ignorance7'
sssWhy yes, replied the millionaire. You can
put it that way if you We mind to-
'tThen,' retorted Bishop Potter, tsall I haveAti
say is that the gentleman has great deal to thn1
Heaven for"