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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
IS
CANNED

DAYTON, Aug. 2O.-City officials
do not like the idea of having an
absentee member of the city coun-
Gil. When w. l.. Jackson returned
from contract work on the Fort
Walla Walla construction, he dis
covered that he had been fired"
as a member of the local council
because he had been absent for
three consecutive meetings of the
board.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20

Ordway, election commission Of
Denver; f. A. Williams, attorney
and chairman of the republican
committee which is alleged to have
assisted in the steal; and J. Cook,
Jr., a prominent real estate man.
The four men sent to Jail refused
to testify. They say that 1t is a
matter of principal with them.
Their sheriff Is part OF the ma
chine to which the prisoners be-
long and they were not subjected
to any hardships.
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FOR LOUNGlNG.

A pretty boudoir robe is made Of
sulphur yellow silk. The fabric Is
soft and pliable, giving long cling
ing lines.
The front has a band OF embroii-
cry running up to the empire gir-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20

Superintendent Hood of the
Great Northern is enjoying a visit
from his brother, j. l. Hood of Buff
falo, N. Y.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
WIFE MURDERER ESCAPES

PONTIAC. ILL.,, Aug. 20.-Wm.
Thomas murdered his wife this
morning and escaped.
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O1 U]OkA12b WA01.
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Surplus and pronts. $50. coo
Omcers-Alfrsd Coolidge. president;
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ant cashier.
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die. This is made of folded silk
in a deeper tone OF yellow. and It
ends in the center front under 4
large rosette. The same arrange
ment of silk is employed in bands
running down the sleeves. with the
rosettes again appearing at the ell
bow.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16
Pictussque-bu good Bleeding place for Mosquitoes

"a garden sprinkling pot, after the open
ings in the nozzle have been enlarged
somewhat. One pint Of oil to water
surface twenty feet in diameter is the ac-
cepted proportion. An application will
suffice for about two weeka. when it
should be repeated.
The method by which the oil destroys
the Larvae (wigglers) is not toxic, but me-
chanical. A larva must come to the sur
face every minute or two for air. The
inland larvae approaches the surface at
right angles and gets its air by sticking
its tail, equipped with an air tube, above
water. The anopheles larva lies parallel
to the water surface and secures air by
putting its head above water. In what
ever way larva obtains air Eie oil OBJ
structs its delicate respiratory apparatus
and rapid suffocation results. An un-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16

over the south; and tie anopheles, or
malaria bearing mosquito, whose habitat
is the greaterspar of America.
It is the inland mosquito that gener-
ally breeds in or near house, and owing
to this trait, it is often called the house
mosquito. The more offensive the water
the more prolific this species. This is also
true of the stegomyia. The anopheles
prefers to breed in small pools Of uncon-
taminated water, but which are frequently
covered with green scum. The edges of
swamps, ground depressions and spring
fed pools are favored breeding places.
So, also, are unused receptacles about a
house; but, unlike the culex pungens, the
anopheles rarely enters house.
how TO APPLY KEROSENE.
The best way to apply kerosene is with
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16

broken oil film will bring death to all the
larvae in given body of water in a few
hours.
Care should be taken to keep the oil
film continuous. Kerosene tends to
collect around water grass, logs and
other foreign bodies in pond, for ex-
ample. Thus spaces of water surface
more or less extensive are left without
an oil covering, and the breeding of mos
quitoes goes on apace; the time from egg
to winged mosquito varies from twelve to
twenty-five days, according to the species.
By removing grasses and all other OBJ
structions from body of water an un-
broken oil film can be obtained. The
edges of streams, springs and ponds
should also be kept clean, as the presence
of logs and grass tends to standing wa
ter, in the shape of little pools, and in
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16

up, the Larvae will die in a short time
as a result of the commotion. Still or
stagnant water, from the moment the
eggs are laid until the winged insects
are at hand, is absolutely necessary to the
development of mosquitoes. Egg, larva,
pupa, then. in two or three days, winged
mosquito-these are the four stages of
mosquito development.
The cost of mosquito determination is
trifing of itself; and it sinks into utter
insigni6cance when compared with the
benefits resulting therefrom. Several
Summers ago certain Maryland village
was laid low, almost to man, with ma
laria. The following summer forty dol
lars was spent in draining the breeding
place of the anopheles, and only one case
of malaria was reported all summer. The
presence of mosquitoes has prevented
many region from developing as it
otherwise would probably have developed,
or at least given it an unsavory reputa-
ton; while, conversely, other sections
have prospered because of, or are famed
for, freedom from the pest. What did
it mean to Havana, New Orleans, the
Panama Canal zone, when the stegomyia
was exterminated? Yellow fever disap-
peared. Less and less malaria is appear
ing among our canal diggers as the
breeding places of anopheles are become
ing fewer through the sanitary work of
Major Gorgas. And in one year goodly
portion of Staten Island, long notorious
for its mosquitoes, has secured the repu-
tation of being practically free of the
pest. Who can prophecy what effect this
new state of things will have on the tens
of thousands of home buyers in Greater
New York?
Whatever the variety of mosquito, sci
cnce has pointed out sure way to exter-
inmate it. And science says, and has
proved it, too, that the best way to be
rid of one hundred and ninety-nine va
rieties is for each individual and COM
munity to wage war on the mosquitoes
bothering him and it by draining, filling
in and oiling.
The mosquito-less age is dawning.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16
THE MOSQUITO A "HonE BODY"

THE MOSQUITO A HOME BODY
The. secret of success Of individual or
communal warfare on the mosquito lies
in the scientifically proved fact that the
mosquito invariably lives, buzzes and
bites very near the place of its birth, UNI
less, of course, it is carried away by a
strong wind. q should say, the place
of her birth, for only the female sucks
blood; the male is a strict vegetarian.)
Therefore, in order to wage successful
war of determination on the mosquito,
it is necessary, only to discover the breed
ing place or places-always standing or
stagnant water-and to remove them en-
.tirely either by draining and then filling
in the, depressions, or, if that is impos-
sible, or imprscticable, by coating the sur
face of the water with kerosene.
q Right here let it be known that the
search for stagnant water must be thor
ough. if relief from mosquitoes is to be
obtained. They breed in the most unsus-
pected places-in old tin cans, rain-flled
hollows Of trees well up from the ground,
crotches of trees and hollow stumps,
broken bottles, hidden by grass or top
ping stone walls as ornament; pitchers
of the pitcher plant, closed sewers, the
female entering and leaving through the
perforated traps; flower vases in which
the water is not changed daily, jars OF
water insulating the legs of ,refrigerators,
oofleaders that are not properly graded.
Obvious breeding places are uncovered
rain-water barrels, open cisterns and
wells, the pits of outdoor water closets,
ground depressions, unused household
water receptacles, still water along the
edges of streams, pools formed by under
brush, pools fed by springs, water along
the edges of swamps and in the swamps,
watering troughs infrequently used, and
the pools formed underneath by drip
pings.
In brief, the varieties of mosquito that
give the greatest trouble-barring the
salt water genus-will breed anywhere il
anything holding standing or stagnant
water. These varieties are the culex pun.
gems, or inland mosquito, the most com.
mon Of all the two hundred odd species
the stegomyia, or yellow fever bearing
mosquito, which is found pretty general,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16

Among the very few bodies of water
about house that can not conveniently
be treated with kerosene are cisterns.
These, however, as well as open wells,
can be screened, and in this way kept
from the mosquito. If you are averse to
putting oil on the water in rain water
barrels, fit them with tight covers, with
screened holes in the center for air, and
draw out the water from the bottom by
means of spigot.
There is no need to put oil in wa
tering trough in daily use. The animals
noses, if nothing else, keep the water well
stirred up, and it is an entomologically
proved fact that if standing water, in
which there are mosquito larvae is stirred
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16

yI~LAD tidings of great JOY" to the mos
quito-ridden household and COM
~ munity! Excepting the salt water
variety, every species of the buzzing, Bit
ing pest can Be exterminated by individ-
ual or local effort, with comparatively.
slight expense of time and money. &
In the early days of mosquito study,
{. o. Howard, now Chief Entomologist
ofthe Federal Government,visited fam
lily summering in the Catskill mountains.
Mosquitoes were so numerous as to make
life almost unbearable to any one ven
turing off the screened-in porch after
nightfall. Under the porch Mr.. Howard,
found a rain water tank from which wa
ter was drawn off, as required, by means
of a spigot at the bottom. The tank lit
orally. swarned with mosquito larvae or
"wigglers." Over the surface of the
water the entomologist poured pint of
kerosene. This, forming in an unbroken
film, the wigglers were divorced from
their air supply and speedily died. There
was no other body of still water any
where near the house. The winged mos
quito will not go near kerosene, and so
the female no longer had place in which
to deposit her boat-shaped batch. of eggs,
three to four hundred in number. Re
suit, before the year was month older,
the mosquito had persisted practically
from off the face of the earth, as, far as
this particular household was concerned.
Il was in the summer of 1901 that the
question and methods of mosquito exc
termination first came prominently before
the public. The mayor of the little city
of Winchester, Va, at that time was N.
s 7. Barton. Mr.. Barton's fad was ento-
mology. About the time that he had be-
come deeply interested in the scientists
warfare on the mosquito the mayor was
visited by an out of-town friend. The
latter complained loudly against the Win
chester mosquitoes and exhibited his son
as evidence Of their bloodthirstiness. This
determined the mayor to wage little war
all his own on the mosquitoes, that the
fair name of Winchester would not be
\ sullied by strangers reports OF the fero-
ciousness of the pest.
b In the face of harsh newspaper criti-
I cI sarcasm, he got the Council tc
r. ordinance authorizing the appli-
z, of kerosene in the city limits
ever stagnant water would be found
len he saw to it that the city was thor
oughly oiled. The result was so unsatis-
factory-to the mosquitoes-that the
Council did not hesitate to amend the
original ordinance by providing a pen
atty, to be imposed on any citizen who
failed to apply kerosene in the necessary
places on his property. An inspector wa:
also authorized for the enforcement o.
the ordinance. Long before the summer
was over Winchester had been PRACTICAL,
freed from mosquitoes, and the citizens
had taken down their nets and screens
a thing they had previously studiousl!
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-11-29

will be ready for occupancy next
week. The Western Land Co. is
one of the companies promoted
by the Ayres-Sloan syndicate,
which is mining in this camp.
The land of Mrs. Mary M.
Wilhoite, deceased Quapaw, will
be sold by sealed bids. The land
consists of 231.3s acres, and lies
right in the heart of the Baxter
Springs mining district, being
Just north of the Old Abe. and
adjoins the land on which the
Diamond c mine is located. Bids
will be opened on the 18th of De-
cember, and any information
wanted can be secured by writ
ing to Horace B. Durant, U. S.
Indian Agent, Wyandotte, /. T.
The legal description of the land
is as follows: N. E. quarter and
the N. w. quarter of the S. E.
quarter of section Sc, township
%, range . east, and lot No. 4,
section 4. township %, iange ?;
east.
H. Dening of Chanute, a mem
Der of our mining exchange, is
here looking after his holdings
He says that Messrs. limerick &
Clifford of lola are sinking a
shaft on their lease north of the
Joanna mine, and have it down
to a depth of IS feet. They ex'
pect to encounter ore at any
time. Also that DrS. Mitchell &
clearinghouse of lola are ready
to begin sinking a shaft. They
do not consider it necessary tC
drill so surrounded as their lease
is, by development and drill
tests made by other operators, sc
will sink a shaft without first
drilling. Chas. Hahn and Johr
Wood, also of lola, have a five
acre lease with this company ani
have shaft down 20 feet. They
tested the ground by drilling
and found ore at &c feet. Tht
lola men are taking hold in this
field in a substantial way, which
is gratifying to those already il
the field.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-11-29
PROF. EBERT O. NOBLE

Ebert o. Noble was born in
Westfield, Mass, Sept. 4, 1886;
departed this life at his resi-
dence in this city at 4 o'clock
Monday afternoon, Nov. 26.
Like many of our great men he
was born and reared on farm;
but even in boyhood he mani
tested those intellectual and re-
ligious traits which characterized
his later life. He attended sue
cessively the public school, Will
bersham Academy and Union
College, largely earning money
himself to defray his expenses.
The year 1862 was an eventful
one in his life. During this year
he graduated from college, en-
listed in the 46th Mass. regi-
ment, and September 2 married
Miss Mary H. Perkins, who has
been his faithful companion and
loving wife.
Returning to Westfeld after
one years service in the army he
taught for two years in the pub
lie schools. The next three
years were spent in teaching in
Tuscola, Ill. Then followed six
years of school work at Clinton,
Indiana.
In 1884 he moved to this city
and for a year was superintend-
emit of our city schools. Then he
served a year in the Indian
schools Cor the government. Re-
irfninR here fVe years more
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-11-29

to the big smelteries. This road
IL built will be an important out
let for the mining camp south OF
this city and the coal interests at
Welch and Centralia, and fur
nish transportation for the lead
and zinc ores to the smelteries,
and coal into the camp.
1t is stated upon reliable infor-
nation that one of the large in
terests now operating in the gas
and oil fields is figuring on the
building of a gas line into the
camp to furnish fuel to the rap
idly developing enterprises which
need so much cheap fuel.
While there has been no def
mite statement made by the syn
dicate which built the Lowell
dam, it is certain that in the
very near future the syndicate
will begin constructing a dam on
Spring river northeast of the
Omaha mine. This dam is part
of the plans of this syndicate,
which is composed of Chicago
capitalists, and its construction
is only a matter of a very short
time. The building of this dam
will mean cheap power.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-11-29

During the past week several
very important deals were made
in the Baxter Springs mining
. camp, which means additional
drilling and development.
The Baxter Royalty Company,
which owns nearly 1000 acres OF
leases in the heart of the camp,
made several of the deals. One
of these was the sale of ten
acre tract on the Mary Wilhoite
land.
John Merritt of this city also
took lease from the same COM
pany on 20 acres of the Widow
Crawfsh land.
lola parties through DIR. J. S.
Winkler have leased five acres OF
the Angel land. The first lease
is owned by the Baxter Royalty
Company.
The Clarissa Mining Company
has leased from the Baxter Roy.
atty Co. 40 acres of the Mary
Wilhoite land. This land adj
Joins the land on which is locat-
ed the famous Diamond c mine.
The parties taking the leases
have announced that operations
will begin at once for their de-
velopment, and as the parties
are financially able it is expected
several new shafts will be START
ed at once.
The Baxter Royalty Company
which has several very promis
ing mines already located on it:
leaues, has been very successful
in sub-leasing its lands, and it is
expected in the near future t.
have drills on the larger portion
of the lands, making thorough
tests of them.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-11-29

The Baxter Springs camp has
been suffering the past two weeks
for the want of coal, complaint
being made by the coal cpmpa-
mics that the railroads will not
furnish cars sufficient to trans
port the coal to the mines. This
furnishes additional evidence of
the need of an electric. road to
the camp from this city and from
this city to connect with the
electric road at Columbus, the
road to be built in a substantial
way so as to accommodate both
freight and passenger business.
Notwithstanding the failure to
get coal, and the shutting down
of many of the plants, there has
been recently a great amount OF
activity in the camp. Numerous
sales have been reported and
several very important ones are
now on tap.
Several very large syndicates
have recently been formed from
among a class of capitalists that
have heretofore kept out of the
field. It has been stated that
large bodies of ore already devel-
oped demand large capital, much
larger machinery and big mills,
and the indications now are that
big capital is forthcoming, and
some Of It has already taken hold
By way of purchases. and nego'
tiafions are now pending for ad.
ditional purchases.
The number of people coming
into the camp is largely on the
increase. and property is chang
ne hands at much higher valua,
lions than at any previous time.
II Is now considered reasona'
I'1 sure that an electric road
|| - k1fIf into the camp b,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-11-29

will mean cheap power.
The Omaha, which has been
shut down for want of coal, has
resumed work.
The city was thronged with
visitors last week, and this week
is maintaining the record.
The Pasture Mining Co. has
installed a new rs horse boiler.
L. C. Lennox of Colorado Springs
is manager of this property.
The Indiana Mining Co. held
its annual meeting last week, at
tended by eight men from Wash
ington and Loogootee, Ind, and
BY Chas. B. Rogers of Vinita, l.
T. They decided to build a 100
ton mill, and were well pleased
with their visit here.
The Irish Maid has shipped
its prospecting outfit back to
Joplin, and is now gradidg the
ground about the shaft for the
installation of new boiler,
pumps and holster. An Office
will be built on the ground. This
mine is on land recently bought
by Mr.. Sweeney.
Financial matters have been adj
iusted in the Monon Mining Co.,
and the work will be resumed
at once. Work has been suspend
ed for some time, but now every
thing is lovely, and from now on
the Monon will again be number
ed among the producers of the
camp.
Edward Sweeney, who recent
ly made large purchases in this
camp, has returned from trip to
Bisbee, Arizona, where he went
to attend meeting of a big cop
per company he is interested in.
He has started drilling on the 4C
acres cornering with the Nc
Alister land, which is the first
step in his plans for the develop
ment of his holdings.
M. c. French, secretary of the
Baxter Mining Exchange, begar
work Monday of this week OF
the 80-acre tract of the Grimes
mining land near the state line
east of the Peoria. Mr.. French
has an SO-acre tract adjoining
this on the west mt 8 per CEN
royalty. He also has started an
other shaft on the Terrill Hill
Mining Co.'S land at Peoria. Th'
shaft is down 30 feet.
The Spring River Mining Co
has shut down to let the builders
hasten the completion of theil
15O-ton mill, which it is though
will be finished by Jan. 1. II
the meantime they are drilling
for water, and on last Frida,
they made a triple strike by 60
ing through six feet of jack, 81,
feet of lead, which they had onl.
shines of in their shaft, and get
ting a quantity of water, all a
odd feet.
The Western Land compan,
started up this week what i
known as the old Sunnysid
mill, on which they have spen
much money in equipment AM
improvement. The company nov
has a 25O-ton mill and viii oper
ate from two shafts. The com
pany is building a number of cot
tages for the men in their mines
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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-11-29

were spent as superintendent Of
the Baxter schools.
Retiring from school work on
account of defective hearing, he
continued active in educational
| and religious work. His memory
was remarkably retentive, and
he was we'll versed in history, sa-
cred and profane. His methods
of teaching were excellent.
He took great interest i'll til
young people wherever he live
and many are they who are noN
successful in business and pro-
fessional life who owe their sue
cess chiefly to the inspiration and
instruction which they received
from him.
Prof. Noble was born Of Meth
odist parents, was educated IL
the schools of that church, and
since 1879 had held a license a.
local preacher. Though he
was never a pastor, he has sup
piled the pulpits of some of our
best churches.
All through his long sickness
he never complained. For ten
years he was afflicted with a pc
culiar nervous disease that baffel-
ed the skill of the medical fra
ternity and finally produced his
death. One mitigating circum-
stance however, was that he SUI
fered but little if any pain.
His life and character stand
out among that of his fellows
conspicuous as mountain peak.
He lived not alone for sordid
gain, but with thought and pur-
pose high and holy he dwelt in a
rarefied intellectual and spiritual
atmosphere.
In his face was continually the
light of love. both human and di-
vine. No cloud of malice or ha-
tired ever darkened his life. He
was a bright and shining light
in his day. Being dead, he yet
speaks to us through our m mo
ries of our life, and words, and
calls us to life's best things.
Mrs. Samuel Binns entertained
Tuesday in honor of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Rhodes. The ladies
played whist until 4 o'clock,
when a dainty two-course lunck-
con was served. Mrs. Horror
won the prize, beautiful hand
painted plate. Mrs. Gregg was
+, consoled with a volume of Brown
ing.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-11-29
Worry Moe Tnrn-in From
This Camp Last Week
Scarcity Of Coal Rsfards
Operations.

Total sales. ....... 352.22o $1,000
Values Zinc. 81. 3oa; lead, 5000 to-
fai, SRI, oSS.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-11-29

Prices subject to market change
ALSO BUYS HIDES AND FURs.
West of Cooper's, Baxter Springs