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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

will poll the strength of the par
ty in their respective localities
Williams in Columbus and Bull
ger in Baxter Springs and vicin.
ity. And it is right that this
should be. Every community
should have a pride in having its
citizens run for the different
Offices, and always give loyal
support to the home candidates.
Both of the candidates for this
Office are friends of ours, and
whichever man lands the nOmi-
nation will have a hard time in
the race for the election, as the
candidates in the Democratic
ranks are old war horses, viz:
led. Sapp and w. J. Moore.
The fight for the Republican
nomination for governor is hot
One and srOm present indications
the result hinges on whether
there is a big farmer vote or not.
If the farmers go to the primaries
Stubbs will in all probability win
out, but if the farmers stay at
home Wagstaff will win. Among
the Democrats there is not much
talk except for Hodges for COVER
nor. He is business man of
Olathe, very popular wherever
known, and has served in the
state senate. He will without a
doubt win the nomination and if
the Republicans remain as badly
split as they are now he will be
elected governor this fall. Many
Republicans have expressed a de-
termination to vote for him if
Stubs wins the nomination and
vice versa. And if this feeling
| is ali over the country Hodges
may be the next governor of
Kansas. But he is qualified for
the place, all right.
We hope the voter will vote as
his conscience dictates, and not
as some self constituted party
leader dictates. This is a free
country and the voter is 4 free
man, unless he has entangled
himself With some faction which
cares only for his support.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28
The Primary.

Before another issue of this pa
per is printed the primary cleo
ton will have been held and the
tickets nominated which will be
fought over for the election in
November.
Almost every section of the
county has some candidate who
will receive the almost solid sup
port of his party in that particu-
lar spot. Baxter Springs has
three candidates for county Office.
DIR. English, who is running for
the nomination for coroner on the
Democratic ticket, has no one
against him, either for the NOM
ination or election, for the simple
reason that no other Democrat is
applying for the place and no
Republican is asking for the NOM
ination at the hands of his party.
Therefore Doc has a cinch.
Will Sweeney of this city is
asking the Republicans to give
him the nomination for county
surveyor. He is in every way
qualified to fill the Office If he
lands it. and his Republican
friends in Baxter Springs and
vicinity will not be very loyal
nor show very much loyal pride
if they fail to give him their sol
i'd support at the primary. He
is entitled to it.
Jim Bulger is asking for the
Republican nomination for dis
trict Judge, and his opponent is
AL. F. Williams, former prosecu-
ting attorney. Both men have
lots of friends and both men are
good lawyers, but of course they
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28
Good Roads.

i'll had been in any doubt con-
corning the efficacy of the road
drag heretofore, / have no doubt
on the subject now. For more
than a week l have been riding
over the country roads, and
wherever the drag has been pro-
perly used there is a good stretch
of road. If the roads in Kansas
were properly graded, drained
and dragged this state would
have the best roads in the world
at least IL months in the year.
When a dirt road is good it beats
"a macadam road, which would
cost from $1,000 to $4,000 per
mile. The dirt roads would prob
ably cost to properly grade, drain
and drag, $50 per mile. The
grades should be established BY
a competent engineer, as railroad
grades are established, and the
work of making the road should
be done by contract, the contract
or being required to build the
road according to the established
grade.
At present, roads through the
country are worked haPhazard
and without any regular system.
No grade is established, no sys-
tenn of drainage and no system of
bridges. All culverts should be
of stone or cement, cement pre-
ferred. Where the road cuts
through a hill or embankment it
should be wide enough so that
there could be a good drain on
either side of the road and the
roadbed we'll rounded and
dragged.
At present there are many
places where the road is simply
a ditch which holds the water
that runs in from the embauk-
ment on either side. OF course,
whenever there is rain this part
of the road becomes a mud hole
and stays that way after other
parts of the road are dry, for the
very good reason that it not only
gets mqFe water in the fFst place,
but as it is shaded By the RaHksi
il does not get a chance to dry.
Whatever may be said about
the wisdom Of farme.s buying
automobiles, the eff, Ct has leen
to make more people interested
in good roads than ever before.
With horses and bnggies It was
possible to pull through almost
sny sort Of 4 5osd bat The auto
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

Don't forget that we are going
to give a watch to some young
lady at 4p. m. the 9th day of
August. The watch will go to
the young lady who makes the
greatest gain in votes since July
End. Neither of the young ladies
who has won one of the other
special prizes can compete for
the special prize watch.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28
The Ice Water Habit.

The great tendency of busy
men and women during the heat
ed days of summer is to seek sol
ace in cooling drinks" Partic-
ularly has the custom grown up
America, as nowhere else, to
have ice water convenient and to
counteract the high temperature
of the body with long unhesitat-
ing gulps, says the Boston Herald.
Mrs. Richards has given some
good advice at to hot weather
comfort, and her most sensible
word is expressly against this un-
thinking injection of freezing
liquids upon the sensitive tissue
of the stomach. Each glass is
said to lower the internal temper
ature about twenty degrees, thus
stopping, the natural digestive
and assimilative process, which
cannot recover under half an hour
from the shock. But the same
glass of water if poured over
wrists and hands would accom-
plish more good with no evil re-
suits.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

Thos. Shields, who fell from a
scaffold about a month ago and
broke his leg, is getting along as
we'll as could be expected, but Of
course, being along in years, It
will be some time before he will
be able to run a foot race.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

mobile can't 60 through a wallow
Of mud. What is more, yOu no
tice the bad grade and rOughness
of a road while riding in an auto-
mobile where it would not be
noted if you were riding in a
buggy.-Tom McNeal in Mail
and Breeze.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

G. E. Rucker and family are
going to mpve into the craney
property on Spring street. Mr.
and Mrs. Craney are going to
Idaho for a visit With Mrs. Cra-
ney's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ
S. Pelker
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

The Baxter Planning Mil and
Fixture Company is getting more
business than Il can take care of.
Orders are coming IN fromall over
the country. and full force Of
hahts Is being kept busy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

Don't forget Booster Day Aug.
ust 10. Come to town on that
day to attend to your business af-
fairs and make your purchases
for the big reunion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

On Wednesday afternoon Of
last week the Bridge Whist Club
met with Mrs. R. A. Oils. The
priEe was Esa BY Mrs, Walter
Apple.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

See the News piano at Reddy's
drug store. Have your friends
play It for you. Contest closes
September "a.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

J. w. Hunt has bought the feed
yard just west of Cooper's store,
and will fix it up and put 1t in
shape to handle lot of business.
The property will be improved
In various ways.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

Many farmers are turning the
dirt up against the corn roots now
to keep the roots from burning.
In this way they hope to save a
lot of the corn.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

Mrs. James Harmon Harmon
has returned from Oklahoma,
where she has been spending a
few days with her sister, Mrs. c.
P. Beauchamp.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

The Sunburst and Baxter Roy
atty Companies have been char
tered in Oklahoma with E. T.
Mccarthy and L. H. Watts Of
this city and C. G. Homer of
Guthrie as directors.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

Our mining correspondent be-
ing away this week our news in
that part of the paper may not be
up to its usual high standard of
excellence.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28


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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

Be in Baxter Springs on Saturday, August IS
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-04

at tram time, 1t is an easy matter for ac-
quaintance thus formed to expand day
after day.
The village bellies cherish their i'm
promptu speaking, or more likely. mere
bowling acquain lance with the postal clerk.
They talk about it. Boys hear the talk
and contract the postal clerk fever They
learn by inquiry that ailway postal clerk
jobs are given out by the civil service
plan. They devote some time to study and
at last pass the examination. Then they
are given a probationary engagement II,
after six months, they have a good record
to their credit they are placed on a regular
run. Then they are llonized when they go
back home on a visit. OF course the city
youth is also well represented in the rail-
way mail service, but large proportion
OF the men now highest in the service came
originally from the country towns. The
city youth has more opportunity to take
up other employment. Great power of
physical endurance, as well as mental
alertness, is a necessary factor in the
makeup of the railway mail clerk. and
here is where the country 10Y comes is TO
good advantage. AS a rule he is gifted
with strength OF nerve as we'll as Of
muscle, and be it recorded as a certainty
is test OF nerve power.
Omaha is a railway mail center of more
than ordinary Importance. The entire
system Of the United states is divided
into thirteen divisions, each division being
under a superintendent. The center Of
all, of course, is in Washington CITY, and
the second assistant po stmaster general
Is the Official head of this branch of the
posta, department Next 10 him ard also
located in Washington is a general su-
perintendent. Omaha is a part of what is
known "a the sixth division" the head
quarters Of which are in Chicago. This
division includes Illinois Iowa, Nebraska
and WyominG. Eckhardt l.. West is the
superintendent for the division to which
Omaha belongs. In Omaha there is To-
Gated chief clerk who is directly in
charge of the clerks who run in and out
of Omaha Government figures show that
600 railway postal clerks work out OF
Omaha and there are twenty railway post
offices running from Omaha. A railway
postoffice, treated with primer explana
ton, is a chain of mail cars operating be
tween two given points. on these twenty
postofficos ,ifty mail cars are in use
Take, for example. the Omaha-Ogder
railroad postoffice which operates ovel
the Union Pacific There, on trains
.and 10, which run five minutes apar
and are practically sections of the SAINT
train, six crews of sixteen men each ruI
out of Omaha. These carry four sixty
foot cars for handling mail matter two o.
which go TO Portland and two TO SaI
Francisco. There are also from three 4
four storage mail cars one 10 Portland
and from two to three for san Francisco
The trains mentioned are exclusive mai
and express trails and carry all the gov
ernments Transpacific foreign mail. Eacl
OF these crews OF sixteen has clerk
in-charge" These for the train in ques
tion are j. s. Hart, G. G.. WhitmoTe, w ]
Nash. 4. B. Eastand, w. II. Herbert A
w. Griffin. There are two other train
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-04
Dead" Man Talks to Family

operating surgeon, visited Bailey at 10
o clock. There was hardly any pulsauon
and the patient was rapidly growing cold.
At II 40 Bailey seemed suddenly to realize
that he was dying and began to talk with
his wife and private secretary about his
business affairs. He was perfectly calm.
At 1145 he died TO all Appearances. His
eyes became fixed, a slight tremor passed
through his body and then It became rigid
with the exception of hands and throat His
eyes nearly closed The nurse indicated that
death had come. Word was sent to friends
who waited outside
Then, in a whisper, with tremendous
mental effort TO master the inert muscles
of his throat, Bailey began again to talk.
For twenty-seven minutes he gave direc-
tions for the care Of his estate and the
education Of his daughter, Laura, Is years
old, besides uttering phrases for the comfort
of his wife. All this time his eyes were half
closed and fixed
At l2l2 his voice failed him. After trying
to master It he made a motion with his
hand indicating he wished TO write A PEN
ell and pad was brought. He scrdbbled
meaningless lines at first, but then clearly
wrote paralysis" Indicating by a motion
the cords OF the throat. a moment after
one hand, resting on the pillow was lifted
llll iluHtT lbututh lAih lbItHtdu llluital-
ing that he was still conscious His eyes
were cloGed and there was no indication OF
pulse lie had all the appearance OF a dead
person, but gradually his fingers began to
work.
In his younger days Bailey had studied
the deaf and dumb alphabet, as an amuse-
ment After the birth OF his daughter.
Laura, the family lived near a deaf and
dumb institution In Germantown. and the
little girl became proficient in talking the
inmates The wife and daughter stood by
his deathbed, the fingers on the counter
pane moved ana the little girl bending over
translated the messages that his throat
could no longer articulate They were words
of cheer and comfort for his wife and his
daughter, and a message TO the secretary;
Miss Connolly. you must be a sister to
Mrs. Bailey"
When Laura bent over and kissed her
father on the forehead thinking he was be-
yond movement. the fingers worked again
and she read:
kiss me on the mouth. dear"
AZ 1875 the fingers became still and did
not move Rgain.-Philadelphia American.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-04

- EDICAL circles and psycholo-
AA gical students are interested in
M the peculiar phenomena accom-
h.-sr4Iad panying the death in a provate
EEsSSz31ln hospital in Philadelphia Of Theo-
SsEssssV dore p. Bailey, assistant man
ager of the Philadelphia offices OF the Gen
eral Electrical company. Blood poisoning
following a delayed operation for appen-
dicus apparently caused Bsiley's death at
11:I5 o'clock last Saturday morning
At that moment all pusation stopped, his
eyes became glazed and closed, his limbs
rigid and his body cold.
But for twenty-seven minutes he con-
trued to talk to his wife and daughter till
his vocal organs became paralyzed. He
continued the conversation for eighteen
minutes more with his daughter by means
of the deaf and dumb alphabet
The story is told by his wife, daughter
and private secretary. Several physicians
today professed to see nothing improbable
in the story, though they admitted 1t was
decidedly unusual for a person to be able
to talk after his heart apparently had lost
all action.
Bailey who was A. years old, was a man
OF unusual nerve power and mentality. He
came of a brain-working family. He had
been a stenographer, law student prac-
ticing attorney and builder-up OF the great
electrical business in this country.
Never strong physically, he had carefully
preserved his health, and possessed to tho
time Of his last illness a wonderfully fine
strung and highly organized physical sys-
TEN, which responded quickly and harmonl-
ously to any demand for fadguing labor
that this busy mental life put into It, lie
was intuitve almost clairvoyant, in his
mental processes All this, IL is said. had
a bearing upon the remarkable manifesto
ton OF the power of mind over matter al
the time OF his death.
On Sunday Of last week he became ILL.,
An osteopath treated him for indigestion
but he grew steadily weaker. He was sent
TO the private hospital of DIR. Joseph Price
at No. PAL North Eighteenth street, There
II was seen he had an advanced case OF
appendicitis. His family was Informed he
had not a chance In a thousand but an
operation was insisted on and performed
The patient suffered no pain. He was cheer
ful and his mind was clear.
Saturday morning Or. J. W. Kennedy, tbs
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-04

about the railway mail service that at
tracts young men. Country town boys.
especially, standing on the depot platform
to watch odd No 81 roll in-country boys
always know trains by number-look with
snvy upon the blase fellow who slides the
side door of the mail car and losses the
sacks out to the village worthy who holds
government contract for transporting
mail to and from the railway station, The
mail clerk, If he remains long on the same
run, forms acquaintance all along the
line. Boys and girls of the villages en-
route come to know him by sight at least,
and since it is the habit in rural commune
ties for most everybody to visit the depot
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-04
INFERIOR View OF Old fashioned Wooden Car

out error. He must be a perfect encyclo-
pedia as to United States geography He
must know, without waiting to ponder, ex-
Sctly where Roaring Fork, Ark. is, on
what railroad, II any, it is located, what
terminal point is gateway to it, and all
else that pertains to a quick journey to
Roaring Fork. Think for moment OF the
vast number Of postoffices, big and little,
that must be remembered by the postal
clerk, and then you begin to realize, at least
slightly the enormity of his task, and,
moreover, you will appreciate why he must
study almost necessarily while taking his
lay off at the end of his run.
There is some indescribabe fascination
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-04

techn cal name for each trip--is about twelve
hours. On this point there is considerable
variation, owing to distances covered. Fol-
lowing run of twelve hours. there is a
lay off Of equal time But the term LAY
Off does not mean vacation. Far from it,
for while laying off at the end Of his rum
the mail clerk must study"
Go into railway postal clerks sleeping
room, no matter whether it be at home
or in lodging house and you will find
a miniature letter case, patterned after the
cases used in the postal service. Into this
case he throws cards bearing the names of
postoffices, routes, etc. 1t is his aim to
throw the cards as nearly as possible with
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-04

running west on this same line. each Of
which carries but one mail car.
Ten different men have from time TO
time been in charge of the Omaha office in
the capacity of chief clerk. OF these
Captain James e. White, later became gem
eral superintendent, and he is generally
credited with having done a lions share
in perfecting the system that now makes
Uncle SANS transportation of mail the
best in all the world. w. J. Mettlen is the
present chief clerk in charge in Omaha.
Others who have held that place, later
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-04

being transferred to other branches OF the
servica. are: Lew Hill, Paul Vandervoort,
Horace r. Shearer, James D. Stacey, J.
d. Cramer. Andrew w. Gnffen, Warren
Vandervoort and Floyd L. Keller.
The first line west of the Missouri river
was the present great transcontinental
route known as the omaha ard Ogden That
was in 1867 and the railway mail service
was then in it's incipiency. Later as other
railroads came to Nebraska and then on
west, the service expanded here as else
where throughout the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-04
A Crew OF RAILWAY
,-. MAIL CLERKS

measure OF history
space has been set apart for
thrilling recital Of soldier Draw
ery-and justly so. Volume af-
ter volume has been written
into newspapers, magazines and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-08
MRS. E. PETERSON Is
RELEASED FROM JAIL
Pleads Guilty to Grand Jury Indict-
ment and Is Fined $5OO-In
Prison Seven Months.

Mrs. Ernestine Peterson, who has
been in the county Jail for the past
seven months, awaiting trial on an
indictment charging her with being
an accessory after the fact in con-
nection with the discovery of the
so-called maternity hospital" found
in the west end of the city, has been
released from custody. She appear
ed before Judge E. c. Graves in the
circuit court and plead guilty to the
charge against her and the maximum
fine. $500, was assessed against her.
AS she had been in Jail continuously
for seven months and II days, it
was considered that she had served
her sentence and she was discharged.
States Attorney L. NJ. Magill stated
today that there might be develop
ments later in the shape of indict-
ments against the physicians who
performed illegal operations at the
place which Mrs. Peterson conducted
on Twelfth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-08
DETECTIVES TELL OF
VISIT TO A RESORT
Scott and Hulse Give Evidence
Against OrteII Woman in
Court.

w. w. Scott and Frank Hulse, the
detectives employed by the Law and
Order league to visit disorderly
houses in this city and collect evil
dence, were on the stand in the
Edith Ortell case in the county court
the greater part of yesterday and
all of this morning. Scott went on
first and told of having visited the
Ortell place at 1907 Second avenue
and of having been received there
by Mrs Edith Ortell, the defendant
and two other girls who were in the
rooms over the saloon. They spent
a half hour there, during which
time they bought beer at the rate of
81 a quart and were solicited for
their patronage. The cross eXamina-
ton was principally confined to ask
ing who il was hired, instructed and
paid the witness for the investigation
which he claimed to have made.
Frank Hulse followed Scott and he
his associate in prac-
everything that he had said.
The two detectives were at the place
on two different occasions.