Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-18
Big Kick for Baxter.
"Optimist" Makes Talk.
Qotinist Believes Baxter Springs has Glorious Future
N-Urges Everybody to Line Up.

springs 10 the mining eamps al
once u our people will take $4,000
Of the bonds Of the company. The
10 Q fair and liberal proposition,
aud should be accepted ut once.
These bonds are worth their face
value, and can be readily negotiat,
Cd 30 soon 40 the road 10 completed
u holders do not care to keep them.
Every business man, property
owner and mine owner should i'm.
aediateiy' subscribe for come Of
these honda. just ~ soon ~ we
construct . road 10 the mines other
roads viii be knocking at our doors.
Nov 10 the time TO make . "Ten
Strike" for Baxter Syringe. When
the dark days came We stood TO.
gether through thick and thin, and
when the bright days come, ne
come they will, let each and every
one stand up for old Baxter springs,
the best old town In the state Of
kansAs, or any other state.
-. oPTINIsT..
We are mighty glad somebody
hss q little faith, but faith without
~orks will NOT accomplish q great
deal. II 10 all right to cit back and
say lot Of good things. but doing
q whole lot of good things would
accomplish more good. The good
book Gays the Lord helps those who
help themselves; We believe that.
There II uotA town In this whole
country that ever amounted TO o
tinkers darn where the people Of
that town just sat down and waited
for somebody 70 come along and
make big town out of Il. There
will never be q thing of that kind
happen, either. The people Of q
town must show some faith in the
town BY doing something them.
selves.
We all have Q desire to see our
town grow and become thriving
little city. Bot how 10 Il going to
grow Il On outsider who comes In
and wants 70 build home can not
dad any property for. sale on which
to build HE homer II will not do
this sort Of thing. Other towns are
DOT built thst Wsy. In pushing,
hustling towns when Q stranger
comes within the gates an effort 10
made to End out what he wauts,
and then Q big effort 10 made TO see
that he gets h. In hustling towns
the people make Q special effort to
land every man who comes there.
The nswspsper men are proud Of
Baxter Syringe 10 q way, but the
business men are not up-to-date;
they are not progressive. True,
there are few, and you all know
who they are, that have the proper
business spirit and hustle. Seven
out Of every ten are content to exc
out . miserable existence. They do
not try to keep up with the times.
We have business men In this town
&ho have never contributed to any
public entsrprize. They are per-
fectly willing that some one else
should; 10 short, they were born
when the sign ~as In the hog. "Op-
timist" knows this; we all know IL.
Il 10 q shame, but such 10 the case.
Il does NO good to 60 to such men
and ask them to do anything. The
only way you can get anything
lone, and we found Il out long ago,
10 to give them the devil; make
them ashamed of themselves.
Baxter Syringe has come of the
finest and best people to be found
anywhere, but she also certainly
has her share of the smallest
and rnost hoggish. We sincerely
hope they will zee the error of their
ways snd "get into the collar" but
until we see them hustling we shall
coutinne TO see things ass we zee
them nov.
A good mscsda mizeds road 10
needed down into the mining camp.
Will We get together and build 1t,
or will We continue 70 sleep2 What
10 you cay. MI. Optimism
We have . good Touring mill
proposition. Do you suppose some
man can be found Ia this city who
will take hold of the proposition,
Mr.. Optiunistf
The News has always stood up
for Baxter Syringe. We have yelled
until We were black 10 the face. 90
70 spesh. and shall cpntinue to cay