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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

Harry Doty, an old time Bax-
ter boy, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris Doty of this city, was
here last week to visit his par
ents. Harry has been living at
Fort Worth, Texas, where he has
been in the employ of the Amer
lean National Insurance Com
pany, but the company is OPEN
ing an Office in Fort Smith, Ar
kansas, and Harry is to have
charge of it. He left for Fort
Smith the latter part of last week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

Prices slaughtered on entire
stock during closing out sale at
Columbus Music House, COlum-
bus Kansas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

Wheat is coming out nicely all
over the country. The drouth
retarded the growth, of course,
but it is not thought the wheat
is hurt to amount to anything.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

Miss Blanch Hodson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Elan Hodson,
gave some of her friends a party
the fore part of the week in COM
memoration of her birthday an
niversary. A part of the pro-
gram was trip down to Lions
cave, below the reunion grounds,
where the young folks had a pic
mic dinner, cooked out in the
woods,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

Buy, buy, buy, anything in the
musical line during the closing
out sale, Columbus Music House.
Columbus, Kansas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

Willard Bros. are feeding tank
age to their hogs, and are hav-
ing great success with it. They
feed corn chop, shorts and tank
age, and the way the hogs put
on flesh is a caution. Tankage
is a great feed, according to the
farm journals. tits a by-product
of the packing houses, and is
blood dried and ground up into
blood meal. tits very fattening,
and one hundred pounds of it
fed with other feed will go a
long way toward fattening sew
eral hogs. 1t is worth about SIS
per ton in Kansas City.
Polster Bros. are having lots
of trouble with the basement
which they had dug under their
new building. The ground Ia
that part of town is seepy, any
way, and they knew.it when they
dug the basement. but they put
in a good cement bottom and
walls, and thought that would
keep the water out, but not SO.
The walls cracked and water
came in, and now they have 10
go to expense of taking out sew
eral yards of dirt and doing some
more cOncreting. The basement
Is going to prove somewhat ex-
pensive to them, but they are GO
ing to have it right while they
ire at II. The basement is to
'e used Tor . heating plant.
We pay car fate D Piano hny-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

Willard Bros. shipped fat cat
tie and hogs to Kansas City the
fore part of the week. The hogs
were exceptionally fat.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

Mrs. c. A. Black, sister of
Mrs. B. W. Patton of this city,
sailed from New York last Fri
day for Panama, where Mr..
Black is engaged in work for
the government on the Panama
canal. Mrs. Black was accom-
panied by her little daughter,
Bonita.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

A small rain the fore part Of
the week was welcomed. In the
language of the song Every
little bit helps"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

And now President Taft has
Joined the insurgents or progress
sives. Uucle Joe Cannon is OPP
posed to the reciprocity agree
meut which Taft wants to make
with Canada, and Taft in a
speech in Illinois the other day
gave it out pretty fat that he
would stand with the progress
sives in this matter. Will it come
to pass that the staudpat Repub-
licans will have to join hands
with the Democrats to beat the
insurgents? Looks very much
like il at present. Fact Of the
matter seems to be that the in
surgents are the Republican party
at present, and that the stand
patters have been left out on
a limb. And inasmuch as the
Democrats and insurgents have a
great deal in common, what is
going to become of the standpat
Republicans, anyway
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

Speaking of matters and
things, have you taken advan1
tage of our offer on envelOpesi
If not, you should do so.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

The bill which was introduced
in the Legislature, providing for
the recall of officers who did NOT
do to suit all kinds of cranks, was
killed last week, as it should have
been. Plain fact of the matter
is, no officer can conduct his of
fee so as to suit everybody, and
if that bill had passed and be-
come a law, there would have
been a stew in some part of the
state all the time. When it is
necessary only for a few fellows
to get together on a petition and
ask that some officer be recalled
then it is that trouble would be
the result-all the time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

Charlie Paxson was in town
early Monday morning looking
for a key. Now, do not get ex-
cited, you fellows. He wanted
a key to corn some beef in.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

On Wednesday afternoon, Feb.
IT, "Washington's Birthday"
Mrs. W. J. Bishop, Mrs. o. NJ.
Youse, Mrs. A. B. Willard and
Mrs. M. l. Nichols will give an
entertainment at the home of
Mrs. Nichols. No intimation as
to the nature of the entertain
ment will be given out. Pro-
ceeds will go to the Ladies' Aid
Society of the M. E. church, and
you are invited to attend and
take a dime with you.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-02-16

The docket for the March term
of the district court is a very
heavy one, and it is not unlikely
that court will last very nearly
all the month.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

were from two to five years apart. turned
around, and there was the present Mrs. Sutton
looking at me with smile on her face.
Look pretty, don't theyg she said, You see,
Ben likes to sit out here on the porch and look
at the tombstones and tell me what a good wife
Annie or Kate or Maggie Jennie was to him.
1t doesn't hurt me- and he gets lots Of fun out of
it.
But you can bet your sweet life there is no
place there for me. In the first place made
him promise me before we were married that he
wouldn't put me there II / died before him In the
second, mean to outlive him. You see, Ben
looks pretty husky, but he Is nearly 60, and am
not yet 80.
"Oh. no, don't mind the tombstones or the
graves For one thing, they keep negroes away
froH@our place You there is the chicken
coop on one side OF the yard and the watermelon
patch on the other, and you could't get darby
to go into either after shutdown for any number
OF chickens or watermelons.
The only thing mind about it is that people
try to tease me and tell me that Ben's already got
my tombstone ready lettered and all, except as
to the date Of my death, but guess I'll fool them
ALL
She did, too. Poor Ben was gathered away to
her numerous predecessors within year or two
after that have never been down in that part
OF the state since then, SO don't know what she
did with the tombstonas. !"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
CRADLEOFCONGRESS
Building Where Sat the First
Senate and House.
Congress Hall, Philadelphia, as 1t 10
Today and as 1t Was in $780,
Where Washington Was
Inaugurated.

Philadelphia, Pa-After 16 years OF
neglect or of futile attempts to start
work, the Philadelphia city govern
ment has finally appropriated 100000
for the restoration of Congress hall,
located at Sixth and Chestnut streets,
and for the erection of memorial
lamps in independence square.
The first Of the more recent attempts
to restore the historic structure was
made in 1898 by the Colonial Danes,
who spent great deal of time and
considerable money to place the old
senate chamber in the hall in approx
mately the same condition it was in
century before. The work was COM
pleted and reception held to COM
memorate the work in 1896. And that
ended all work on the old building for
another decade --4.
About eight or nine years ago an
other piece Of restoration was under
taken. The entrance. on Sixth street
was bricked up to make the exterior Of
the building coincide with it's earlier
design. This patriotic work was not
without it's comic aspect, for in brick
ing up the entrance the stairway lead
ing to the restored senate chamber
was cut off and since 1902 access to
the historic chamber has been barred
to all. .......
Since that time there has been q
continual hue and cry to have the old
building restored to its pristine condt-
t1on as far as possible and a commit
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
HIS BELOVED WIVES

Ever hear of Bucklesberry?" said man from
North Carolina the other day. WELL it is dis
tr1ct in Lenor county about twenty miles from
Goldsboro Twenty years ago it used to abound in
curious characters.
Almost everybody in the neighborhood was
named Sutton. At the time of which I speak
about the most representative citizen Of the com.
muntty was Ben Sutton. Ben had one Of the
incest, neatest little one story houses you ever
saw, and when one day met him on the road
and was invited to partake Of his hospitality at
midday dinner accepted with alacrity.
We entered the house from the rear and al
most Immediately sat down at a table that lit
orally groaned under the weight Of ham and
sweet potatoes, collards, corn pone, turnips and
huckleberry pie. Ben's hospitality made him see
that got away with the whole of an enormous
second helping.
i strolled out upon the front porch after the
meal and to my horror there stood In the yard
Just In front of the house, a row Of four handsome
tombstones, each with grave attached. NY
host had fingered inside, so I went out and in
spected the stones. One bore the inscription
To my beloved wife, Annie The second was.
4 To my beloved wife, Kate The third read TO
my beloved wife, Maggie and the fourth, TO my
beloved wife, Jennie
Good heavens, have ! struck a Bluebeardr
I exclaimed.
Then looked at the dates Of decease They
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
Congress Hall, Philadelphia.

tee from the Philadelphia chapter of
the American Institute of Architects
has been collecting the necessary data
from which to base the proposed res
toration. The architects literally have
had to feel their way. They have con-
suited historians, old magazines and
even an old caricature which contains
the only known view Of the interior of
the house Of representatives. Walls
and partitions have been torn down
partially in the hope Of gaining knowl-
edge as to their original construction,
but there have been so many changes
that the work has been a gigantic puz-
zle. The architects, however, believe
that now they possess data from which
it will be possible to reconstruct the
interior of the building as it was when
Washington was president
Back in 1852 Pennsylvania, then
province, acquired the land for the pur-
pose Of erecting there building in
which to hold courts. Not till 1885,
after Pennsylvania had become a
state, was money appropriated for the
erection of a building, but the actual
work was not begun till a later date.
In 1897 the lot was enlarged and con-
victs were put to work excavating. The
building was completed in March, 1889.
While the building was in course Of
erection the question Of changing the
seat Of national government came up.
New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia
were bidders and the latter city strong.
ly laid before congress the advantages
Of the new building. With this end in
view the building was completed, not
as intended with rooms for courts and
civil officers, but with one general
room occupying the entire ground floor
for the house Of representatives, and
on the second floor senate chamber
and rooms for the vice-president and
other officers.
Congress moved to Philadelphia in
1890 and occupied the building, since
known as Congress hall, for the next
ten years, when the capital was re-
znoved to Washington.
After the removal Of congress the
building for many years was used as
court building, for the district court
Of Pennsylvania and the court Of COM
mon pleas. The last court was re-
moved from the building In 1895 and
for q few years thereafter it was occu-
pied by part Of the law school Of the
University Of Pennsylvania.
The exterior OF the building will not
need to undergo much change to re-
store 1t to what it was In the days Of
Washington. After the changes are
made in the interior it will be pre-
served purely as a historic place OF
national interest.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

Eust make the best Of it until their ship comes
round again to revictual them. The three-mile
rule does not obtain on the Persian side and a
dhow may be destroyed on the beach If she has
carried arms and the arms may be followed up
by landing party if necessary. Few dhows sue
coed in getting across with arms, and the num-
Der which attempt the passage is growing beau.
TRULY less. Still the blockade must not be re-
Taxed.
The wireless station at Jask is of great inter-
est, having been recently erected by the Indian
government inside concession obtained from
Persia. It Is the 'bete noire" of the Afghans, as
1t betrays all their doings, and they have threat
ened it with destruction. It is guarded by de-
tachment Of Indian troops and surrounded by
wire entanglements and earthworks There is a
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS MINI. SATURDAY, JuNE3 1911 -
VESTS GREAT DAM ]
shoshone Structure in Wyoming
Is Worlds Highest.
Erected In an Effort to Reclaim the
Arid Valleys in the Region
Thereahouts-WilI Water
Thirsty Crops.

: Sheridan, Wyo.-Once wilderness
30 unpromising that 1t evoked deri-
sion in the halls Of congress, the west
has become today the land Of fortune
and opportunity. In this land of
boundless distances the altitude is
stimulating, the air is a tonic, giving
health to the 1nfirm and courage to
those who have failed elsewhere. It's
constant sunshine encourages optim-
ism and cheerfulness. The glories Of
its opal-tinted dawns, the indescrib-
able beauty Of it's sunsets and the
nameless witchery of it's twilight soft
ly melting into night are the work
of c divine painter.
It's canyons, sculptured during I'M
told centuries by wind and wave, are
unrivaled in their wonderful and
varied coloring and in their awe-in-
spring depths. Its deserts, in vast
ness Of area, in potential wealth of
soil and climate, and in rivers of con-
slant supply, are sleeping empires
awaiting exploitation and develop
ment. Here nature offers to every
man his birthright-a wide sky, the
sunshine, the wind and sure reward
for intelligent effort. It is our own
land Of mystery and enchantment, Of
crumbling ruins and of !. lost races
which have utterly vanished.
The late Governor John A. Johnson
of Minnesota well said the west SYM
bolfzes shomes for the homeless. food
for the hungry, work for the unem-
ployed, land for the landless, gold
for the penniless, freedom for the en-
shaved, adventure for the restless,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

dangers for the brave, an unknown
world to conquer and room for ALL
In the swift march Of national
events during the past decade, the
development Of the west has focused
the attention of the world. It fur
nishes one Of the most inspiring pages
in the annals Of our commonwealth.
1t is a story Of progress and human
achievements battle with nature in
her sternest and most forbidding as
pect.
But irrigation has wrought it's mir.
acle, and the wealth of that portion
Of the country which great statesmen
in Webster's day were wont to de-
clare worthless is greater now than
that of the entire nation in 1860. OF
especial interest is the project located
in northern Wyoming.
As the springtime showers and
sunshine fall upon the snowy peaks
Of the lofty mountains on the eastern
rim of Yellowstone park, q thousand
streams rush downward to fill to
trimming the swift-fowing Shoshone
river. An important physical change
will occur at such time. The food
that once, unchecked and uncon-
trolled, swept madly through the rock
walled gorge, will beat itself to still
ness against massive wall Of con-
crete with which man has blocked
the canyon. A beautiful lake, 100 feet
deep and covering 10. square miles,
will appear.
In this wonderful cash in the noun
tains, with perpendicular walls thou
sand feet high, the government has
erected the highest dam in the world.
It is wedge Of concrete 1913 feet
from base to top. It's height can
only be appreciated when compared
with that we1l-known structure, New
York's famous Flatiron building would
reach within AZ feet Of the top Of the
dam, and the tip-top of the dome
Of the United States capitol would
fall 81 feet short Of the parapet.
In the summer, when the crops are
thirsty, the big gates will be opened
and the pent-up floods will be released
into the river below. Another dam,
a low structure Of concrete, will di-
vert the waters through tunnel
three ad a quarter miles long into
canal which for 40 miles passes
along the upper edge Of q broad and
fertile valley containing 150,0 900 acres.
Two years ago It was a deso1ate
waste. Today It contains more than
200 farm houses and three thriving
towns. Last year 10000 acres pro-
duced crops on this project. The bea-
con Of hope shines brightly IN the
west. It beckons the 1andless man to
the manless land.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
MEMS PLUMED HATS APPEAR
Downy Adornment for Masculine A.
tire Is the Greatest Departure
= In a Century.

Chicago.-Plumed hats for men are
the latest They have made their an
pearance In Chicago and have caused
Q great wave Of excitement among the
fashionable men Of the city. They are
the biggest departure in masculine
adornment made In a century, and
are so decided a change from the con-
ventional that leading hatters declare
that complete transformation In
mems formal attire will be the result.
The extreme styles in mems plumed
hats will not become popular at once.
say experts. Extreme styles never do.
But observant persons have noticed
that for several years many of the
better dressed men of Chicago have
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

cable from Muscat to TASK and land wire from
the latter to Charbar.
- Life on board ship is monotonous, broken only
by the occasional boarding a dhow
disappointment OF finding cargo no harm
full than dates! Mails fortunately are regular,
as they arrive weekly from Bombay, and the mail
steamers are constantly bringing stores and fruit
for the fleet Fruit is literally served as pos
sible preventive of beri-beri. Leave to the ships
companies is rare whilst in the gulf, but occa-
sional parties are landed. Should the fish be
shy one may walk inland with a gun and bring
down bird two
The season" is now commencing and with a
concentration in the gulf Of all available ships 1t
is hoped that during the next few months the
traffic in arms will be brought to standstill
Early in October the Persian authorities at
Linga appealed to the senior officer of the block
aiding squadron for protection. Information had
reached the Persians that brigands were march
ing to attack the town. Marines and bluejackets
we're landed and proceeded to mount guns for the
protection of the town. To make certain of their
cash the customs officers brought their bags OF
gold on board H. M. S. Fox.
An incident with distinctly humorous side
enlivened subsequent proceedings, and something
of the kind was badly needed because the enemy
did not materialize The pirate-brigand Sheikh
Mazkur had heard of the Persians difficulty and
hurried to their assistance" Seventy miles from
Linga Mazkur landed, presumably to do little
raiding on his own account Leaving his three
dhows anchored, he plunged inland. While alb
sent H. NJ. S. Odin came along and seized the
three dhows, which were towed to Linga There
it was discovered that Mazkur had, some time
ago, taken one of the dhows from some Persians,
to whom is was returned. The other two dhows
were well saturated with kerosene and burned
off the town as warning to any persons who
contemplated following the example of the sheikh.
When the flames had attained a good hold bag
Of powder on one of the dhows exploded, send
ing up beautiful column of white smoke.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

HE HISTORY Of the traffic in
arms which goes on between Eu-
rope and Afghanistan via Muscat
dates from the year 1881, when
England, in guaranteeing the In
dependence of the amir, agreed
to supply him with rifles and am
munition from India at reason
able price, to assist him to main
tain that independence. These
privileges the amir soon began to
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
Bargains IN Bright Dollars.

Trenton Because many foreigners
IN South Trenton were parting at
half price with bright. new. silver dol
lars bearing the date of 1879, It has
been necessary for some of the banks
to announce that these dollars are not
counterfeits. The cry was raised
among the small tradespeople that
money Of this particular date was
no good, and several strangers have
been going about collecting them. 81
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

s'S
worn a ruffed feather just above the
bow of their dress hats.
Recently this feather has been made
a trifle larger until the leaders OF
fashion have accepted it as permanent
feature of the thoroughly up-to-date
hat. -..
The most striking Of the new hats
are in the shape of the foreign Alpine
hat which comes in all colors and can
be had with any style of trimming de-
sired. One shown is of light pearl
gray and trimmed with dark green
plume, with a light border Of rich yell
low. A Paris milliner would call it
striking.
The same style with a long green
guile makes another combination be-
coming to many faces The Alpine hat
admits Of almost unlimited changes
and will permit well-dressed men to
show as much individuality in the mat
ter Of hats as women do now.
The dent-crown imported soft hat
shown, with a novelty wing, is Of
dark gray and comes in many pretty
shades Of brown, which will harmon
ize we'll with the newer fabrics which
the tailors have been importing for
spring suits. Wearers Of the always
formal silk hat will also be able to
take advantage Of fashions latest
caprice and will not be denied the
privilege of ornamenttng it.
Dignihed white and gray aigrettes
and other more conservative feathery
effects can be added to the latest
French style with the fiat brim with
out defying the mandates Of Dame
Fashion.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
FOR CR0Ss-C0UNTRY FLYING
Aviators Gradually Turning Their At
tention to More Important
Phase Of Sport.

New York.-Cross-coun flying is
gradually attracting more and more
attention on the part Of aviators. This
is, of course, as it should be. Mere
racing around track, for hours at a
time, goes for nothing in indicating