Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-05-11
Route No. 4.
(By Raw Hand)


tribulations of an editor, ant
how easy it is to impose on him
we send you a few lines to fur
ther try your patience.
We live on Route 4 out of youl
city and the congenial Sam West
comes to bring our mail, regard
less of weather conditions, anG
seldom makes an error in any o.
his duties as carrier. i
AS stated, we are on Route 4,
and in Ottawa county, Okla,
right among the many romantic
hills and dells, where the clear
water breaks from the bowels OF
mother earth to quench and re-
fresh the sons and daughters of
men. Nature here at this time
is scenic and grand. At the foot
of high bluffs and cliffs may be
seen the city-tired and country
hungry from Baxter and Galena,
sitting in profound silence and
! with the patience of a Job, hold
ing a hook in the limpid waters
in sweet anticipation of a catch.
He sits there from early till late,
and when the sun is sinking low
behind the western hills he is re-
minded by his wife Cor would-be-
one) that it is time for depart
ure. He riseth up stiff in limb,
but glib in tongue, and goeth
back to Baxter bigger and bet
ter liar than when he came.
To the south of us is the pic
turesque little city of Peoria,
hidden between two hills and on
Warren's branch. The hills on
the north and south are cut to
pieces by men who are hunters of
mineral. The hills are full of
lead and jack, and all one has to
do is dig the mineral out and
sell it and he is a rich man.
Sometimes the city gets a little
behind on money matters and
rents itself out for pasture. The
city has three stores, yes, four of
them, and a blacksmith shop.
There is enough garden stuff
raised in Peoria to supply Bax-
ter Springs and save the editor
from getting his shirt wet and
dirty working in that Sx16 patch
of earth.
To the north of US are the
clear and pure waters of the Five
Miles, Big and Little-the camp
ing and fishing resorts of hum
much beer and
other bottled goods are consumed
in large and small quantities;
where love matches are made
and the happy fires are k;ndled,
resulting in happy unions; where
gloom and misery are dispelled
and bade to return no more;
where you eat what you have
and at times that of your neigh
borS, then plunge into the hidden
thickets and become lost to man.
kind for a while.
What beautiful and romantic
to live in! to fish in! to
starve in! to die in! and when
the end comes, peaceful and
tranquil as a May breeze, one
slips off into the Great Beyond
to reap what he has sown.
Pardon us for infringing on
your space and time on our first
appearance. We will now side
step and walk in a zigzag way
short time.
Ed. McConkey made a trip to
Joplin Sunday.
Sunday school at Elgin every
Sunday at 10 o'clock.
o. P. DeMoss will preach at
Elgin on Sunday, May IA.
Old Crawdad and wife were in
Galena Monday.
Mont and Grace Clark of West
Side were over Sunday.
w. W. Scott of Baxter is do
ing a lot of improvement work
on his land north of Peoria.
If you are not a reader of the
News you'd better be. Subscribe
and try it.
Being a raw hand at this kind
of business and fearing we have
completely exhausted the pa
thence of the editor, we quit
right here, and if this breaks in-
to print we'll be almost scared to
death