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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11
FIVE MILE NEWS.

FIVE MILE NEWS.
John Kidney went to Galena Sat
urday.
Burt saysfarming 10 good enough
for him.
Mrs. Conner had visitors for Sun.
day dinner.
George Archer went to town Sat.
urday afternoon.
Miss Hessie Havana 10 staying
with her brother, Everett.
Bill hurry says lent she q pretty
baby? Yes, she is fine.
Marion Marlatt 10 working In the
mines for J. Bird of Galena.
Ava says those sox must have
'ost 81 80, for they are silk. sure.
Tom Conner has moved his cattle
out of Gregg Ewers' stock field.
Bill Archer 10 to be 10 these woods
buying fat cattle and butcher stuff.
Charley Havens goes to town
with loads of hay If the roads are
bad.
Col. Gregg 10 having those hogs
hauled which he bought south Of
Peoria.
Wood choppers are not very
many. Some would rather steal
than work.
Mrs Man hurry has fine young
laughter, arrived Saturday. All
ioing we'll.
Arthur Peoples 10 correspondent
Tor the Galena Republican. Good
for you, Arther.
Uncle Sam Simmons will have to
nave come new horses. His are al
most worn out.
Some folks have axes to grind and
hey are looking for some one to
urn the grindstone free.
Henry Card is still dancing every
saturday night. 1t 10 Protracted
from one Saturday to the next.
Aiva Boman 10 the best workman
IN this part of the country. He does
oeet work in shortest time.
Henry thinks he is stout. but Al.
va can handle three OF them next
lime just for fun. Oh. how funny.
Burt Estabrook took his sister as
far az Baxter Tuesday. She went
oack to her achool west of that
town.
Mrs. Kennedy says che lost her
pocketbook 10 Galena last Friday.
Had blue handkerchief and $23 in
noney-three silver dollars and q
$40 bill.
Mrs Gregg Ewers received a letter
from Mrs. Zoe Martin. She used to
be Zoe oldsburg Of Columbus, but
now lives at Monte Ne, Ark. Her
hus band 10 a contractor and 10 do.
ing we'll.
Gregg Ewers 10 hauling heavy
lumber to George McCullaugh west
of Main street in Galena. George
has fine diggiugs and would be q
rich man If he would save his
money; but George 10 all right.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rooney went to Ga
lena Saturday on business. Fine
people; cory they think of moving
away. They have sold their farm
on Tennessee Rrsirie and are going
west as soon az weather breaks.
That woman on the state line
must not have much houee work to
do. She spends too much time try
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11
DOES THIS MEAN YOU,

Last week we mailed several hun.
dred statements of account to de-
linquent subscribers. Have you
RENTED yetf If not, please do 80.
A newspaper can no more be run
without money than any other
business institution. In the lam
guage of the poet, "come across"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11
List Of Letters


Remaining in the postoffice at
Baxter Springs, Kansas. for the
week ending with Jan. 10. 1908.
which If not called for within two
weeks will be sent to the dead
letter office at Washington, d. c.:
Mr. s J Bray lvin Order
Mrs Mary A Harris Mrs Jno Hogan
Mr. H King Hr Harry McGregor
Lizzie McCoontz Mr. Moore
Mr. Willie Monce Elder T q Pierce
Gilbert Stewart
Persons calling for any OF the
above letters will please say"AdveI
tised," & living date list.
W. 8. BAXTER. P. NJ.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11
SECOND DEGREE MURDER.

II. Stewart, the fellow who killed
Joshua Rakestraw, at the Varck
bridge about q month ago, was
tried Ia the district court at Colum-
bus last week, and found guilty of
murder in the first degree. The SEN
tence can not be less than ten years,
and maybe for life.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11
METHODIST NOTES.

Usual services next Sabbath,
DIR. Eijiro Takssrigo, s. 7. B., Ph'
D.. Professor of English Imperial
College, ssppora, Japan, 10 expected
to be with us January 20 and q, to
deliver his lecture on "The Russo
Japanese War;" Saturday evening
and preach missionary sermon
Sunday morning.
Please remember the dates.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11

The Cherokee County Medical
Society met in the Masonic build
ing in this city Tuesday evening.
There were several out-of-town
physicians In attendance, among
them being Dire. Scoles, Brown and
Lowdermilk OF Galena and DR.. F. L.
Anderson of Joplin. DIR. Lowder-
milk read q paper before the meet
ing on "Pericsrditis." The paper
was very interesting and instruc:
tive from q medical standpoint and
vas warmly spPlauded. ofacers
we're ELECTED az follows: ]. p.
scoles, presidept; r. b. English,
vice president; c. LsWdsTmiIk, sec
Rotary. DR.. AndeIson of yeRlip,
was made an honorary member Of
sc Rocisty.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11

The stockholders of the Baxter
National Bank held their annual
meeting on Tuesday night of this
week and elected the old board of
directors, VIZ: F. 8. Hall, A. r. Kane,
A. W. Abrams, J. ]. Fribley and L.
ID. Brewster.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11
Bids Wanted.

Baxter Springs, Kas, Jan. 10, lSOe.
i will receive sealed bids for my
property in the south part of Bax-
ter Springs until January 50. 1909,
and reserve the right TO reject ait
bids on said property.
MRS. ]. C. ENBRRF,
BOX "a. Baxter Springs, Kausas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11

Since Baxter Syringe was q city
there has never been such supply
of mud on the streets. As soon 40
il thaws out again would It not be
well to hire come teams and skim
off lot of the mud, dirt and flthf
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11

II you know of any one wanting
to buy or rent property send them
to Daniels & Plumb.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11

The Modern Woodmen of AmeIi.
ca are having very interesting see:
sions lately, and the next regular
meeting, to be held next Tuesday
night, will. we are told, be of espe.
cial interest. It 10 hoped every
member will be presept.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11

The case of the State of Kaneas
versus Walt Cofer, who 10 charged
with breaking Jail, has been contip-
ned. We understand Cofer made
an affidavit that II would NOT be
safe for him to go to trial unless he
could have the testimony OF the
fellows who went out of jail at the
came time be- did. And Iudes
Giaasse granted his application Tor
q continuance.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11

lanes Baifour of Illinois visited
his cousin, Mrs. ]. c. Naylor, this
week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11
THE MINES.
Fairly Good Ore Sales Last Week.
The Price 10 sim Good.

The output from the mines last
week was restricted somewhat ow.
ing to the bad weather, but the
mile which run made q lot of ore,
the Hobo and Mission doing excep.
tionaiiy we'll. The ore sales re.
oorted are m foiloWs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11

A macadamized road to the mines
10 not luxury; Il is a necessity!
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11

The mining camp 10 going to
have big boom in the spring. We
know of three or four punches of
capitalists who are coming 10 to do
business. If ore continues high,
and it will, the camp 10 going to be
very eztepsiyelp deyolopsn We
coming season. All that 10 needed
now 10 open weather.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11

Misses Grace and Carrie Perkins
have returned to school at Month
cello seminary, Godfrey, Ill.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11
A BIG DEAL.
w. T. Apple Buys the
Quapaw Tribal Lands
for Sac, ooo-Land
Will be Used
for q Town.
site.

On Tuesday OF this week the Que.
paw Indians held q council meet
ing and accepted the bid made
them by W. T. Apple of $4,000 for
the 100 acres of tribal lands. The
land 10 part of the old Quapaw Mis-
sion place. and 10 very valuable.
Mr.. Apple says his company will
lay of TOWNSHIP at once.
The N. X. q T. mine and the Ward
mine are located on this land.
NEW YEARS PARTY AT LOWELL.
Four ofLowelPs prominent young
folks gave New Years party at
the home of Addie Vickers. The
evening was . most enjoyable one.
Games of various kinds were
played, among them q ring was
hidden, the finder being Mrs.Singer.
She. was rewarded with q boz Of
bon bons. Mamie Newman, Helen
Bloom and Harry Lane proved
themselves entertainers. At about
ten o'clock they were Ito their sur
prise) asked out to a beautifully
decorated dining room, where .
lovely lunch was served. Among
the out of town guests were Katie
Moore and Walter Sheed of Galena,
Ross Carter of Quaker Valley, B. 8.
Shields and wife of Baxter Syringe.
At eleven o'clock the guests de-
parted, wishing every one Happy
New Year. A GUEST.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11

Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Morrow wertte
Kansas City Sunday, They will re-
main away for some time, a. Mr..
Morrow has some business matters
in Kansas City which will require
his undivided attention for several
weeks, and perhaps longer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-11
Baldwin pays cash for poultry

Three 50-foot residence lots in de-
4irable locality for sale by Daniels
< Plumb.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26
"PARsIFlL" IN ENGLISH
Win be Seen IN Oklahoma City Tues
day Evening.

Since Wagners celebrated draua
Of "Parsifal" has been announced
for its presentation in the Overhol-
ser Theatre, Oklahoma City on
Nov. 27. quite considerable de.
gree Of interest and expectation is
evidenced among all classes of our
theatre goers. There Is no doubt
but much of this IS caused from
mere curiosity occasioned by hav-
ing heard of the tremendous excit-
ment that was stirered up at its in
itial production in New York City.
But by far the greater and keener
interest is shown by the intelligent
reading class of the masses and the
more refined and cultivated citizens
comprising the better grade of low
ers of all that is good in thertrical
offerings. The play of "Parsifal''
essentially appeals to the intellect,
aud one whose best enjoyment is
gained through that medium can
not find more worthy vehicle than
"Parsifal, 'as presented by Messrs.
Martin and Emery's capable com
pany. The spectacle however, can
not fail to please all classes. There
is something in its production that
will appeal to every individual taste
But there is that something in this
drama of all drama" sweetly per
vading its four absorbing acts, tha
never fails to hold its auditors from
beginning to end spellbound will
intense interes tand pleasure. Thi
something is its sweetly human
story, told with its expressive sym
bols and allegory, and enhanced an,
heightened with the air Of mystic
ism and orientalism surrounding
a nd permeating it all. ''Parsifal'
patrons should bear in mind tina
the 6ist lift of the curtain will ot
cur promptly at 745. Owing I
the auditorium being in darkne.
none can be seated after this time
till conclusion of the first act. Tel
minutes warning of the approac
of commencement time will be give
by uniformed Heralds blowing
"Parsifal' motif on their clarios.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26
DARING TRAIN RODDER
COMES TO Grief

Kansas City Nov. 26.'-A robbery
committed hundred miles from
Kansas City early today between
Slater and Armstrong Mo. was one
of the most unique and daring
train holdups in the history of the
southwest. A masked man single
handed robbed twenty passengers
in three cars of the fast eastbound
combination Alton-Burlingtou pas
senger bound for St. Louis and
Chicago. He secured approxi-
mately two Thousand dollars be-
sides several watches and other
pieces of jewelry. The man was
finally over powered by w. B..
Haywood conductor, who knocked
the raised revolver from the rob-
ber's hand and forced him to the
car floor. Passengers then came
TO the aid OF the conductor, At
Armstrong he was taken from the
train, bound. made disgorge, and
four hours later landed in Jail at
Glasgow. Money and valuables
were returned to the excited pass
engers. The robber said his name
was Trueheart, and his home in
California. Said his brother had
robbed R. I. overland limited at
Glasgow, which was held up in an
exactly similar manner to that this
morning. Engineer of Alton train
insists that Trueheart is the man
who committed R. 1. robbery also.
St. Louis Nov. z6.-Conductor
Haywood reached here today. He
said that the robber admitted to
him that be robbed the Rock Island
near Glasgow on Novem-
Der seventh.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26

]. NJ. Sellman returned this
morning from ashort trip to Shaw
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26

days to properly try murder case.
Think Of the work that, by this
sweeping act. would be placed upon
one judge, and think of the length
of time it would take him to finally
dispose of all this vast amount of
business that, under the act, would
be transferred to the United States
district court" /"
1t was Judge Dickerson's plan to
have this matter expla ned fully to
the visiting committee of senators
in order that they might fully un-
derstan the importance of the
matter when It is brought before
congress this winter. The court
dockets of Indian territory have
been congested so long that their
is a general desire on the part OF
the people to start the new state
with a clean court record. There
do not want to cucumber the state
court with a lol of old business.
The only way the present courts
can be continued is by special act
of congress, and this will be asked
in bill to be introduced by Dele
gate B. s. Mcclure this winter.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26
CLEARING
DOCKETS
OKLA. AND IND. TER. JUDGES
WANT COURT DOcKETS CLEAR
ED BEFORE STATEHOOD
START WITH CLEAN RECORD
Many Criminal Cases Have Made
Courts Work Slow.

The Courts of Oklahoma and In.
dian Territory are going TO be in
bad shape when statehood comes
unless some radical measures are
taken to clear the dockets before
that time.
1t is estimated that at the present
time there are enough cases on the
dockets to keep all the eight judges
busy for two years. even if no new
cases were filed in the meantime.
Under the enabling act, however,
all Of these must be transferred to
the state courts, which would i'm
mediately congest them to degree
that would be discourging right at
the start.
rhe general impression seems to
be that the best conrse to pursue is
te ask for continuation Of four Of
the eight Indian territory judges
and at least three OF the seven in
Oklahoma until they can clean up
the dockets. This would give the
new federal judges, as provided
under the statehood act, a clean
slate to begin with, and would moi
pace the state courts at disadvan
tage.
Judge 7. 7. Dickerson, one Of
the federal judges in the southern
district Of Indian Territory, in re-
gard to this matter said recently:
1T would seem that congress in
tended to transfer all the Indian
territory criminal docket to the
federal docket of the eastern dis
trict after statehood. There will
probably be some 5000 to 5000
cases pending In Indian territory al
that time. There will be but one
federal judge. There will probab.
ly be 500 murder cases on thai
docket. It takes from two to ten
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26
THANKSGIVING DANCE
Band Boys Win Give one at Skating
Rink Thanksgiving Evening.

The Band Boys have issued in
vitations to their annual ball to be
given Thanksgiving evening at
the new Convention Hall.
The number Of invited guests
has been limited and select
crowd will have the pleasure Of
dancing ON the splendid big floor.
The floor will receive special
preparations for the event and
nothing will be left undone that
will add to the comfort and pleas
ure of the dancers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26
MATINEE PARTY

Helen and Catherine Burk en-
tertained a number of their friends
at matinee party Saturday after
noon at the opera house. Their
guests we're Mildred and Bessie
Dickerson. Retta and Norma Bay
less, Nina Darnell. Louise Leisy,
Marguerite True. Cleta Bowersox,
Geneva und Mildred Shaughnessy,
Monte and Iva Grissby, Sibel
Payne, Maurine Pirnm, Gertrude
Fisher, Edwina Ikard, Edwine
Ross, Mamie Pool.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26
CHEAP POWER HERE
A Citizen Tells Of the advantages Of
fered by the Washita.

Successful manufactures make
cities Of towns and villages and to
make success of any kind of fac
tory. Several things are vitality
essential first, cheap motive power,
and second, transportation facilities
for the products Of the mills or fac.
tory TO the open market and surely
Chickasha has both these at her
door to an extent enjoyed by few
towns in the west. I will only men,
tion the question of motive power
and as to motive power would
call attention to the Washita river,
stream bold and strong the year
round. With plenty of fall and its
banks little subject to erosion and
channel being very crooked. the
cutting of canals across It's numer-
our bends offers cheap opportuni-
ties for utilizing its wonderful
power now going to waste. Just
norrh of town is one of those fine
bends of the river below and near
the wagon bridge and a canal here
of hundred yards or such a mat
ter would shorten the river bed a
mile or two. To cut the canal and
build dam across the bed of the
stream would throw the whole cur
rent Of the river through the canal
whose bottom and side walls had
been protected where subject to err
osion. The dam to be made by
! building pens or cribs of poles or
logs side by side from bank to
! bank, four or FIVE feet nigh and fill
ing these pens or cribs with rough
stones ard the current will run
swiftly through the canal and the
surplus could run over the dam.
! have seen Goose Creek in Loudou
: County Virginia thus aamed and
: canalled and with an undershoI
o wheel on the canal large -four milll
s were successfully and cheaply rur
> thus doing away with the expense
OF coal and dread OF shortage
q of fuel from any cause. There is
d the location, plenty of timber or
a the river banks in sight to bulk
the pens and plenty of stone to fl
them and wall the canal if need
just above the bridge and almos
Z within stones throw of where the,
: would be used and could be cheap
ly carried by barge from the QUAR-,
: to the dam. Go out to the bridge
u look at the rocks in the river an.
= on the banks, then go up on th'
hill side and look south at the benc
3 of the river of which I write. ther
e come back to town and form
e a joint Stock Company, secure tn,
5 site and then we can invite such
d manufactures as may give the
= greatest promise of success and by
thus acting Others seeing the adv
: antages offered may be induced tc
: do likewise and make the Washits
7 river most wonderful power
S producer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26
COURT
CONvENES
U. S. DISTRICT COURT BEGINS THIS
MORNING UNUSUALLY LARGE
DOCKET
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JURY
Three Murder Cases to be tried at Thi,
Term Of Court.

Circuit court opened this morn
ing with Judge Dickerson presid-
ing.
There is an unusually large mum
Der of cases on the docket, both
criminal and civil and consequent-
ly large number of lawyers, wit.
nesses and others in attendance.
The only important business
transacted today was the selection
cf the grand jury and they are as
follows:
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26

Ben Vaughan is up from his
country home on business today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26
NOT THE HIcHWAfMAN

In answer to a message from
Cement that the negro who rob-
bed and shot fireman Sletton last
week was there the police from
here went down to investigate but
found that he was not the man
wanted. No clue has yet been Sc
cured.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-11-26

The courts instructions to the
grand jury were in part as follows;
The time has come again when
under the law we must organize for
the investigation of the condition
Of our community in reference to
the violation of law, and see how
our citizens have been behaving
themselves since the last term of
the court, and prior to that time.
After a most careful examina-
ton of the community by the jury
commissioners they have selected
you gentlemen for this purpose.
After taking your oath of office,
you are now part of this court;
in fact, a most important part, as
far as this phase of the work is
concerned; because the court would
have little TO do if it was net tor
the honesty and integrity of the
grand jury. There would be but
a small numberof prosecutions and
the law would have little terror tc
evil doers If prosecutions had to be
begun in any other way under the
system that we now have.
The Office that You have assum-
ed during these six or seven or
ten days is therefore, as / said,
very important. It is important
that each man on the grand jury
do his duty. 1t is important that
each part Of the court, petit jury,
Marshal District Attorney, AMI the
court do their duty. If any one of
us fall down in our official duty, or
if any one of us feel lightly the
weight OF the official oath and at
the critical time when it needs us
TO be brave and to be in earnest we
fail, then the entire system that we
are working under fails far as that
particular transaction is connect
ed. In other words,it takes com
plete union of all the forces of the
Department of Justice, complete
working In harmony of every
branch Of that department to bring
one particular case to trial and final
conviction. And anywhere along
the line, from the preliminary ex-
animation until the final trial by a
petit jury. II any Of these different
departments feel lightly their off