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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20
Good Roads Train.
Frisco's Good Roads Train to be
in Baxter Springs Saturday,
July 6.

The Frisco railway company
is taking a wonderful interest in
good wagon roads in this coun-
TRIP, and all along its lines. So
much interest, in fact, that it
has fitted up what is known as
Good Roads Train" The writer
had the pleasure of seeing the
train down in Texas early this
spring. 1t is fitted up with ma
chinery for the making of all
kinds of roads, according to the
material available for road build
ing, and miniature roads are
built right in the cars for the
edi6catioA of people who will at
tend the demonstrations,
The News received 4 letter
Monday from the director of the
train announcing that the Good
Roads Train will be in this city
on Saturday, July 6, and we hope
all people interested in the build
ing of good roads will make it a
point to visit the train. Lectures
will be delivered, and demon
strations made. It will pay
every road overseer to See the
demonstrations,
We trust our street commis-
sioner and committee on streets
and alleys will make il a point to
be on hand.
Don't forget the date.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20
c. A. Sharp Dead.

Chas. A. Sharp, 2s years old,
who has been confined at st.
Johns hospital in Joplin for six
teen weeks, died at that place on
last Saturday. He had been in
the employ of the Empire Dis
trict Power Company for a long
time, and the other employees of
the company will miss him, as
will also his relatives and friends.
He was a very companionable
fellow, liked by all who knew
him.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday of this week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20
Is it Yours?

Some dog has been making
havoc with the chickens at the
home of the undersigned. and
this is to give due notice that a
shotgun is waiting for him when
he comes back. 1t matters not
how fine dog he may be, he is
going to get a load of shot. If
you want to keep your dog in
good health, keep him at home
Chas. L. Smith.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20
Dents Cash Grocery
Phone No. S.
Who is Next?

In response to the query OF
who will make donations for the
graveling of the road leading
from the city to the cemetery,
E. M. Michener called up this
Office the next day after the pa
per came out and said he would
give SIS. That's a mighty good
start. Who will be next? Every
body speak at once. We will try
and take the names down as fast
as they are given.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

last Sunday night it did a lot of
damage to the planning mill prop
erty. The planning mill is get
ting very tired of all this trouble
from high water, and ifsteps are
not taken to take care of the
overflow, a suit against the city
will likely result.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

A new time card will go into
effect next Sunday, June %.
There will not be very many
radical changes in the present
schedule, but a new train will be
put on. An early morning train
will reach this place about $40,
and go to Joplin. Twill seem
like old times to have an early
morning train east.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20
For Sale.

The Grace Hill school building
will be sold. and a new one built.
If you want this building, call
on J. A. Stallsmith, clerk of the
board. R. F. D. No. 2, Baxter
Springs, Kansas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

L. D. Brewster lost a barn
Sunday night by fire, resulting
from lightning. The barn was
on his farm near Blue Mound,
where Wagner and Isley live.
He had an insurance of four hun
dred dollars on the barn. 1sley
and Wagner lost a wagon, corn
planter. all their harness and a
lot of feed. The barn was al-
most burned down before they
knew it. Ransom Pigg ran to
the place and told them OF the
fire,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20
They're Off.

The Republican National con-
veution at Chicago occupies the
center of the stage now.
In the preliminary skirmisH
the Taft forces won the tempo
rary chairmanship, electing Root
over McGovern 55s to 500.
As we go to press the outlook
Is that Taft will be nominated,
and that Teddy viii head an
other ticket,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Bella Welch, one of the leading
hay operators of this section, is
going to put up a lot of hay this
year. and in order to make good
time, he has bought an /. H. c.
power hay press. With this
press he can bale very easily. 30
tons Of hay per day. Mr.. WEIGH
always uses the very latest and
best hayinE machinery.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Francis M. Brady of Oswego
is a candidate for the nomiua-
tion for congressman on the
Democratic ticket. Mr.. Brady is
a very popular man, a good
mixer. and will make a good
race.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

The carriers on Routes 8. and
4 we're unable to make their trips
on Monday and Tuesday. High
water held them back.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Geo. Roach of Alliance, Ne
braska,- was here this week visit
ing his brother, John Roach,
whom he had not seen for IS
years. Geo. left Wednesday for
the lower Rio Grande country in
Texas. He went down with
cogliner,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

The big show is on at Chicago,
and there are several first class
vaudeville actors in the cast of
characters. There are some big
doings on the program at the
windy city this week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Please no not overlook the
fact that an international Power
Hay Press will bale twice as
much hay on an average as any
horse power hay press. HOOdS'
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Tom Lees grocery stock is all
new and fresh. Call phone 252
for anything in the grocery line.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Born, to DR.. and Mrs. M. L.
Grazier, on Thursday, June 6, a
SON. DR.. Grazier is 81 years of
age and his wife is 21.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

A number of heating stoves
were put into commission Mon
day night and Tuesday when the
weather turned so cold. And
the fire felt real comfortable, too.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Art McAboy went to Kansas
City the fore part of the week
with the balance Of his fathers
hogs. he came back Tuesday
with a stiff neck, the result Of
rubbsriug at the sky scrapers.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

R. ]. Bland was arrested in
this city last Saturday night on
a warrant charging violation of
the prohibiteFy law.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Geo. D. Allen and wife left
Tuesday for trip to the north
part of the country. While away
they will visit in Iowa, Minneso-
ia and North Dakota. They will
be gone about sixty days.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Patronize Tom Lees new gro
cery if you want nice clean fresh
groceries.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Do not fail to see the Pattee
and John Deere lines of cultiva-
tors at Hoods. They are the
two very best lines.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

The Ladies' Aid Society of the
NJ. E. church will serveice cream
and cake at the home of Mrs. B.
W. Patton Thursday afternoon
and evening. June ~.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20
Bale Ties.

For bale ties 60 to Baxter Mill
& Elevator.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Don't forget that the place to
get ginger snaps by the peck at
Csc is at Tom Lees grocery.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Ed. Gaines shipped a car Oi
hogs to Kansas City Sunday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20
70 nOf 0xp0Eim0RE.

DO NOT experiment. Buy a
Blue Bell cream separator. A
phone call viii bring one of these
machines to your farm, that yon
may satisfy yourself before buy
ing. Needs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Mrs. B. W. Patton has returned
from a visit with relatives in Ft.
Scott. She was accompanied
home by Mrs. Sherman Willsey.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Pattyson
of Columbus visited relatives in
this city Sunday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Joshua Duran an old soldier,
died at his home in this city on
Wednesday of last week. Mr..
Duran received injuries during
the war from which he never re-
covered. He at one time lived
in Carterville, No., and several
from that place attended his fun
eral.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Miss Margie Gaba visited rela.
tives in Joplin the fore part Of
the week. =
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20
Good Roads Train.

The b. +. Yoakum GOOD Koaos
Train is one of the most thor
oughly equipped of its kind that
has ever been put into operation.
1t consists of four coaches es-
pecially painted and equipped
for the convenience of the Ma
tional Good Roads Association.
One coach is used for lectures
and is equipped with stereopti-
can machine. The car will seat
about sixty people. Another
coach is arranged for displaying
models of the standard types of
road construction, illustrating
the building of earth, sand-clay,
gravel, macadam, brick, bitum-
inous macadam and special drain
age types of roads. They are
built to scale on a reduced size.
All of the machinery used in the
building of roads is shown In op.
Grafton. The gasoline engine
for running the machinery is in
the baggage car. The fourth
car is reserved as sleeping and
eating apartments for the mem
bers of the party.
The Good Roads Train started
at Brownsville Texas-the south
ern extremity of the Frisco-and
has gradually moved north. I'll
will continue for the next few
months on the Frisco Lines, stop
ping at as many places as the
schedule will permit.
1t has been accorded an en-
thusiastic reception at every point
and it is believed that prompt
and marked results will be de-
rived from its visit.
The train is in charge of H. C.
Wells, superintendent of con-
struction, Bureau of Good Roads, |
United States Department of Ag-I
riculture; and H. S. Fairbanks, |
representing the National Asso-I
citation of good roads. Mr.. s. A. |
Hughes, general immigration |
agent of the Frisco is also accOm.l
panying the train as FepFesenta-
tive of the Frisco.
At Baxter, Saturday, July g.,
? p. m.
See it.
T. T. McAboy shipped hogs
to Kansas City Sunday.
Earl Abrams played ball with |
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Rhubarb &c a pound at James
Larges.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

When Spring branch got up
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20
Announcement.

| have bought the grocery stock
and business.:.Of the HOdsOn Gro
cery Company, and will continue
the business at the old stand. l
viii appreciate a share Of your
business.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Hi Raines of Columbus had
official business in this city last
Sunday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Banning of
Yates Center, Kan, visited rela-
tives here Sunday. Mrs. Ban
ming was formerly Miss Pearl
Douthit,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

The ladies of the Relief Corps
will have a picnic at Reunion
Park. Let every member be at
Cooper's corner at 9 a. m. Thurs
day, June TO-.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

Earl Abrams played ball will
Joplin in Galena Sunday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20
TO THE FARMERS:

| shall at all times pay as high
prices as possible for all kinds Of
produce, and if you will give me
. trial you viii not be disap-
pointed.
,.... a. r. N. Bailey
ROssman wants to see you ct
Bailga
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20
Are You
Getting
the Worth
Of Your
Money?

If not, perhaps its because you
are not trading with us.
We buy in car load lots, dis
count our bills, get all the rebates
and Of course can and do sell at
prices lower than the fellows who
do not take these advantages.
If you are not trading with us,
get busy and give US an order.
Prompt delivery, best Of goods,
courteous treatment, and the very
lowest prices.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-20

T. T. McAboy shipped hog
to Kansas City Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.I
Better one hard hitter than dozen
good cutters.
Many man who knows his place is I'M
bile to keep it.
You can't always measure a good time
by what it cost.
Every man declares he likes to work,
but he can't prove it,
You may fail, but you might try to love
your neighbor as yourself.
1t takes faith to enable a man to enjoy
a meal in a cheap restaurant.
Some men never get a gait them I'M
til they see a bill collector coming.
No, Alonzo, you can't always bring
girl to time by carrying her picture in
your watch case.
The first time small boy gets into
fight and licks his opponent he loses all
interest in little girls.
1t is far easier for a man to hide his
light under pint cup than it is for
woman to hide her jealousy under
busheI.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
AN0THE,R PACE THAT KILLS.

| The life insurance business is net a
! gamble" Its risks considered in
! bulk, are not risks at all. They are
based on cold, hard rules obtained as
the result of many years close and
comprehensive study of mortality rec
ords So, in cases where life insurance
companies refuse to issue policies,
there are good reasons for it.
The national association of life in
surance men met in Chicago last week.
one of the most interesting subjects
it considered was the increasing desir
ability of women as insurance risks.
1t is estimated that there are about
100000 women earning their living
in this country, many of them with
others dependent on them for support.
The insurance companies are gradual
ly including them in their field of
operations.
But this is what one of the most
eminent insurance authorities said
during the convention: Women who
live the socalled high life have hard
time getting insurance on their lives.
Companies do not want to take them.
They eat such indigestible foods, drink
so many harmful beverages and so
weaken their vitality by an artificial
way CT living that they go the quick
route to the grave
Denunciation, ridicule and argument
have in vain assailed the mode of life
followed by many of the idle rich and
the fashionable. Nevertheless,
high society has gone serenely and
gaily on its way. But here, at last, is
something which may well make 1t
pause. The verdict of the life insur-
ance actuaries is warning grim
that it can not lightly be disregarded. |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
THE SEA SERPENT.

I.andlubbers are for the most part
convinced that the sea-serpent is a
myth Prodigious tales of it's behavior
and its size are supposed to have pass
/ ed out of science into the realm of IA
| BILE There could be no greater popu-
lar delusion, says Current Literature
! for September. Oceanography, the SCI
ence of the sea, is, in the light of re-
cent evidence. disposed to credit the old
accounts that a monster inhabits the
deep and that it is not beyond posi-
bility that sight of it will be obtain
ed before long. The whole subject has
lust been exploited by Doctor Darcy
Wentworth Thompson, professor of 20
ologv in University College, Dundee, in
book called The Science of the Sea. ;"
We do know, for certain, he observes,
that cuttle-hshes of enormous size eX-
ist in the various oceans. Professor
owen described one which came ashore
on the island of Achill, the arms of
which were so feet long while the eyes
were great globes 10 inches in dame
ter. Professor Verrill. has collected
notes of a considerable number OBJ
served from time to time, chiefly off
Newfoundland. whose arms ranged from
80 to 40 feet in length.
We have every reason to suppose
that these few stragglers that have
been stranded and measured give US
but a very imperfect idea of the di-
mansions that may actually be attain
ed Again, in Japanese pictures and
carvings we have portrayed with evil
dent good faith and accuracy, precise
ly similar monsters of the cuttle-fsh
kind The Prince of Monaco has on
several occasions discovered in the
stomach of the sperm whale the half
digested remains of cuttle-ish that
seemed as great if not greater. 1t may
be remembered that many stories of
the sea-serpent describe it as in com
bat with the whale and wrapping its
long coils about that cetaceans body.
Doctor Andrew Wilson, and afterward
in greater detail Mr.. Henry Lee, have
shown that many stories of the sea-
serpent might be so interpreted as to
correspond to just such gigantic cuttle-
fish as owen, VerrilI and the other
have proved to be in ex-
istence. Thus in Hans Egede's draw |
ing and description of his monster, |
with it's spouting head and writhins
tail, both elevated high above the sur
face of the sea, we seem to see the |
tail and one of the sinuous tentacles |
tentacles were submerged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

rugs and books and things, a cupboard
full of blue dishes, and a kitchen. These
are the mems cabinS-some of them
have wives and children. They have
only me to look to, and I can't do-a
woman's work. There is no school for
the children, L'Iere is no one to show
them a higher standard of living. And.
this he concluded soberly, lis the real
workaday II" 1t was kodak of him
SELF in work clothes, tall and strong and
unconventional He rose, and taking
her by the hand, helped her to her feet
These pictures represent all I am
and all have, except a few thousands
IN bank. I have no relatives nearer
than the Fosters. I brought you out
mere in the wild to tell you of my wild
lie before-I offered you the whole
outht. Do you want it?"
something compelled her to look ur
at TINS serious, resolute face, and yet
sne couldn't answer.
GU know I want a wife, a COM
fade' helper-not a toy or a mere
ornament, though heaven knows you're
sulilciehtly ornamental fora kings
court! It's wicked to ask you-but l
want you, Nancy. Do you know
yet-Just what you want?' His voice
was Whimsically tender
Nancy remembered her aunt's
words, and smiled as she stood fac
ing TINS big young fellow and his odd
Iasn!on of offering himself
On, she said suddenly. truth and
Eourage coming with a rush to her
lips, lido know what 7 want 7 want
you! and all the things you have,
ana what you do and-what you are.
hou-nust know 1 want you'll"
AS they went happily back to the
Inn she said amusedly; Il wonder
what auntie will say to a II hour no
tee for a wedding? I'm afraid I
haven't been exactly a comfort to her
The man laughed. From her con
Versat ton on the porch after 1 left
you this noon l gather that Mr.. John
Norton will not have his last trv,'
Nancy looked at him reDrovinpIv
Were you listening, too? went |
purposely into the parlor. I heard |
it all. Did you? Did that make Won |
tell me?"
You We're due to be told sooner or |
later-but it didn't make me any slow |
er about it!''
They looked at each other and smfl- |
Copyright, 1912, by Associated |
Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
SAYS UNCLE CIV

To see beauty and to love it is to
be beautiful. To recognize valor and
to admire it is to be brave. To know
efficiency and to desire it is to be eff
cient. Our ideals. plus little courage
and persistency. equal the sum of our
hands, heads and souls.
They that revel in the beautiful. al
though nature has fashioned them
wry-faced and forbidding, finally i'm
print upon their unprepossessing coun-
tenances a beauty not of line, nor of
color, but of sOul-an effulgence of
soul. 1t is no fiction that the soul
shines in the face, if the soul be capa-
BILE of shining.
The ideal produces within US fruit
after its own kind, evil or good. Hence
he that dwells admiringly upon the
valOr of others. himself becomes brave
and rises to the test when il comes.
We're it not for the example of heroes,
this world were craven place.
The practical side of the matter is
the blessed fact that if you wish to be
master of any art or craft, if your
hand itches and your heart hungers
for efficiency. and Itches and hungers
hard enough, you shall attain. No
normal man need go through life an
incompetent. Skill is to him that de-
sires it. and skill, backed by brains,
holds the world in the hollow of its
nalO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

elected by the Republicans to be gov
ernOr of Maine, denies that he prom
ised Mr.. Roosevelt he would come
out in favor of the Bull Moose ma
tionaI ticket in the event of his cleo
ton and on the understanding that
Mr.. Roosevelt would not put a Bull
Moose state ticket in the field in
Maine. With his usual emphasis Mr..
Roosevelt made an announcement to
this effect on hearing about the re-
suits in the Maine election. Fur
thermore, Mr.. Roosevelt said that Mr..
Haines had already announced for
the Bull Moosers. Mr.. Haines says
this is not so, and that he has not
decided whether he will support Mr..
Taft or Mr.. Roosevelt, Now watch
the colonel make some fur fly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
GLOBE SIGHTS
Nv THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE

proba b1v voNr time isn't so valuable you
need a wrist watch
And SO much of the litigation seems I"
be of the endless variety.
A woman had rather lose money thaiI
her hair. but it's different with man.
If A man really enjoys Jealousy, as
some seem to, he should marry an &C
tress.
There aren't as many valuable papers IN
the world as the villain in the melodrame
imagines.
Outside of his immediate relatives, there
isn't a great deal of mourning at speed
manfac's funeral
You are mistaken in the Assumption
that the night clerk owns the hotel; ne
just acts that way.
If a man is particular about behaving
himself, he doesn't often have to go out
in search of a vindicaton.
Perhaps Russians run to whiskerS De
cause it would be impossible to speak
their language without them
Some men can remember the ex-vlce
presidents and other unimportant details
of the nations history.
There is no general rule of spelling
uroper names. which seems fairly effec-
tive excuse for misspelling them.
This is dull world at times. but one
can usually get a suffragette angry when
other amusement is lacking.