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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01
Our Farmer Friends.

{ Riley Mast of Route is very
i'll. . He has been given up by
physicians, and his recovery il
not likely. Mr.. Mast. is afflicted
With cancer.
H. Hibbard is building a nice
residence on his farm on Shoal
creek, four miles northeast oi
this city.
Henry Needs of Route S left
last Friday for Hale, No., to Wis
it his daughter, Mrs. Chas. How.
ard. He will be gone several
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Needs OF
Route S entertained a large num-
Der at dinner Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Kain OF
Route 1 had a big number of
friends at Christmas dinner.
G. W. Simpson of Route 1 en-
tertained a lot of people at a
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01
Real NeighbOrs., These

James F. Finn has been trou-
bled. considerably with rheuma-
tism and has hardly been able to
get around, but he made prepar-
atious last week to SOW his wheat
and went out to the farm even
though be could hardly walk,
says the Farmers Mail and
Breeze. Imagine his surprise
when he found that his ueighbors
had ''beat him to it"and had his
wheat all in the ground, ready
for 1914.
This IL the third time this sea
son that the farmers in this Vi
ciuity have gone together and
done the work of some ueighbOr
whom the hand. Of misfortune
has touched. Just before bar.
vest RoY Conner suffered .
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01
3 Horses Killed.

Geo. Skies had three horses
killed by the 6:l0 evening pas
senger on the Frisco last Sunday.
The animals were killed near
Brush creek bridge, where they
had been running on wheat pas
ture. Mr.. Skies thinks some
fellow pulled up the fence along
the right of way, and the ami
mails got out onto the track.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

An important feature in the
maintenance of the public schools
of Kansas, particularly in the
rural districts, in the large cost
of operation where few children
attend, has been made public re-
Gently by Superintendent W. D.
Ross of the department of public
instruction. Incidentally Mr..
Ross has showed that it costs II
times as much per pupil in schools
where the attendance averages
only one child a day, as Is the
case in 9 schools in the state, as
in rural schools where an aver
age daily attendance of 20 pupils
Is secured. The superintendent
Is urging consolidation, and pro-
poses to ask the next Legislature
to pass a law providing for auto
matte consolidation where the
attendance falls below a certain
hgnEs, probstll snavegags Of a
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Samuel M. Jarvis, who died in
New York on Friday of last
week, was a brother-iu'law of
DR.. r. C. Wear of this city. Mrs.
Jarvis is DR.. Wears sister. Mr..
Jarvis was a member of the we'll
known firm of Jarvis & Conklin,
which conducted such an extern
sive business in Kansas several
years ago. Mr.. Conkliu for
years was fiscal agent for the
United States government in
Cuba, and we believe was heavily
interested in Cuban banks at the
time of his death. He was sig
ually successful in most all his
undertakings, and left an estate
variously estimated at from five
to seven millions.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Christmas dinner. Among those
present were Mrs. Simpsons
mother and sister from Illinois,
Mrs. and Miss Tarrerce, Geo. W.
Simpson and wife, T. J. Embry
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. A. C.
Rockey, Burl Sandford of Saliua,
Kas., and others.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Perkins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Perkins and
Miss Grace Perkins spent Christ
mas with Ira Perkins and fam
lily in Galena.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

The Modern Light clings to
the idea that the county is moi
financially able to have the coun.
ty court house fumigated. Now,
what do you think of that? But
do you believe the story2
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

broken leg in n runaway and was
in the hospital for three months.
His neighbOrs gathered and cut
his wheat while the women folks
of the community prepared aim
ner. Recently Conrad Ochs was
killed BY lightning and the
neighbors gathered and put in
the wheat crop for the family.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Miss Laura Armstrong enter
tanned the Embroidery club on
Tuesda: evening. The guests
had a most enjoyable time, and
Miss Armstrong served a most
delicious luncheon at the close of
the evening.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Lee and Charlie Thomas are
home from Manhattan, Kansas,
to spend the holidays with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. 0.
Thomas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Mrs. Jane Kiger of Indianapol-
is, Ind, is here visiting her
brother, Morris Doty.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01
Baxter 43, Columbus IS

The basket ball game in this
city last Tuesday night was
won by Baxter, the score being
43 to Is. The game was be-
tween the city teams of the two
towns.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

each day. Such a law is in eff
feet in several of the eastern
states.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Sam Abrams is home from
Omaha to spend the holidays
with his parents.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

The weather last week was the
kind that makes bad roads, moi
being cold enough to freeze solid
after the snow and rain fell, but
just right to make things sloppy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Lewis spent
Christmas with Mrs. Lewis
mother, Mrs. NJ. Harris, in Jop-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01
For Sale.

Team farm and brood mares;
weight 1900 pounds each. With
foal by Hocker's Percheron.
Baxter Planning Mill.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Miss Clara Foster, a Baxter
girl, was married Christmas day
in Galena to Mr.. Clyde Sneed, a
Galena boy. The young couple
will make their home in Galena.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Miss Rub, Gregory spent
Christmas wi .. friends in Joplin.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

The AS You Like 1t club met
with Mrs. R. M. Gilman Monday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

E. Cox is home from Carter,
Ark, to visit his mother, Mrs.
S. w. Etter.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Mrs. Will Able of Kansas City
is here visiting relatives.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01
Cooper s Grocery
Specials for this Week.
We Are Sole Agents for Red Star Flour

3 packages currauts ....... .25c
2 lib. pkgs seedless raisins. .25c
2 lbs. bleached seedless raisins 35c
) lbs. small Italian prunes >. .25c
5-lb. bag Pickwick buckwheat
nour.... sue
2 1-2-lb. can Pickwick syrup
maple flavor .25c
p 1-2-lb. can New Orleans
syrup. ............ .ZoC
2 1-2-lb. can New Orleans
molaSSeS 80. ........... .ZUc
Sauer kraut, per pound .05c
Scott brand pumpkin, per can 10c
Punch brand pumpkin, 15c
can, or 2 cans for. .25c
Good hominy, 10c a can, 3 for 25c
Punch brand hominy, 15c per
can, 2 cans for .25c
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Win Gregory is home from
Columbus to spend the, hoIiaavs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Mrs. Clara B. Roberts or Cor.
ridon, Mo-, is here visiting her
mother, Mrs. G. L. Kennedy,
and her sister, Mrs. A. L. Rehm.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Louie Rossman has returned
from a tripdovn on Grande river.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Mrs. Anna Peake spent Christ.
mas with relatives in Pitssburg.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Mr.. and MrG E. K. Brown
spent Christmas in Kansas CITY.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

W. E. Price and family of Jop-
lin were Christmas dinner guests
of Mis-. Prices father, John M.
Cooper, in this city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Miss nellie Weaver was visit.
ing in Joplin Sunday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Wilson
have gone to Sapulpa, Okla, to
visit their sons. They will be
gone several weeks.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Bishop OF
Joplin were guests of Mrs. Bish-
ops daughter, Mrs. C. n. Gaba,
in this city Christmas day.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

L. II. Watts and wife of Kan
sas City spent Christmas here
with Mrs. Watts parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Doty.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

The State House presented q
dismal, deserted appearance from
Wednesday of last week until
Monday, many of the state of.
icerS having gone home for the
Christmas holidays. Governor
Hodges went to olathe Wednes-
day and stayed the rest Of the
week, making the longest visit
home he has taken since He took
the oath Of Office. Other oIieers
and even clerks and stenosraph-
efs vent home, lesviug no one
on duty except resident officers
and . few cIsrks and utsnos who
Hvsin Topsks.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

DRY FRUIT.
3 pounds choice dry peaches. .25c
2 lbs. extra choice peaches. ..25c
2 lbs. fancy dried peaches. .35c
2 1-2 lbs. 3-crown raisins. =. ..25c
2 lib. pkgs F.F.O.G. raisins 25c
3 1907. Blue Jay raisins -. ..25c
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Perry Clemens, Democratic
candidate for state auditor in
1912, has announced his caudi-
dacy for the same Office next
year. BE will ask for the Demo.
cratic nomination. So far no
other Democrat has announced
for the place. Mr Clemeus'frieuds
urge that he made many friends
in his campaigns in 1912, which
will help him in the present race.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01
An Aim in Life.

dog with can to his tail may run just as fast asi
he chasing rabbit-but it isn't half as much fun for
the dog
The man who spends all he makes may be just as hard
worker as the one who has growing account at the
bank but the saver is the one who has the incentive to
hustle Have definite aim in life Start an account
with u.s. and while you labor watch your dollars increase
Our Deposits Are Guaranteed by the
Guaranty Law Of the State Of Kansas
The Baxter State Bank.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Skinner oi
Columbus were Christmas guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Harvey in
this city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Embree OF
Galena are visiting their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Embree, in
this citv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Nra Ida Harnon upenl Chfirls
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Mrs. Housekeeper:-
IF you buy our new furniture you Will be
happy not only on New Years day, but all the
wear. It Will delight you each time you
enter your home.
In our store you Will find the best furnt-I
tllre In style and durability, and at the
most reasonable PRICE,
DON'T YOU need some new d1n1ns-room
furniture FOR that New Years d1nner7
A. 70. G. HARVEY.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

10. Goodwin and Frank Hash
had business in Joplin Monday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

E. T. Mccarthy was here from
Kansas City to spent Christmas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01
DR.. English. Phone 1913.

DR.. English. Phone 1913.
E. T. Mccarthy was here from
Kansas City to spent Christmas
J. o. Goodwin and Frank Hash
had business in Joplin Monday.
Geo. Sutherland of Miami was
in Baxter Saturday looking after
business matters.
E. B. Schermerhorn of Galena
had business in Baxter the latter
part of last week.
DR.. and Mrs. r. B. Mckinney
of Columbus spent Christmas in
this city with relatives.
Mrs. w. C. Judd of Heavener,
Okla. is here visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Justice.
DR.. and Mrs. W. T. Hope are
back from Kansas City, where
they spent Christmas with rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Embree of
Galena are visiting their parents,
M. ..S Me- ~ E..heaa 80
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-25
The Exposition

Several Ely people were in Du-
luth this week to attend the Third
Annual Industrial, Dairy and
Agricultural Exposition; which is
being held at the Curling Rink
1t will close Saturday evening.
A large agricultural display has
been arranged. Large prizes for
potatoes have attracted potatoes of
exceptional quality and of many
varieties, and potatoe buyers from
the large centers have been attract
ed to Duluth by the showing.
The Industrial Exposition has
grown to unexpected proportions
this year and people are flocking
from all over Northern Minnesota
to see it. A replica of an Egyptian
city has been erected OH the second
floor of the Curling rink, and the
Industrial Exhibits are housed in
buildings of Egyptian architecture.
A canning demonstration, dis
play of pure bred dairy cattle. a
horticultural exhibit and a collec-
ton of model farm and dairy
machinery are features of the
agricultural department.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-25
How They Get Il

Over 500 mammoth sixteen
hundred-page catalogues of a
Chicago mail order house have been
received in Ely during the past
week. The advertising manager
of the concern sending the cata-
logues recently spoke before con-
vention of newspaper men in
Chicago, and said, in part: 1t is
a practice of the company to obtain
copies of the country newspapers
throughout the territory in which
the house wishes to do business.
They get these papers because they
find that that the advertising in the
local papers is the best barometer
of local business conditions that
they can get. When they find that
the local dealer is not advertising
or is advertising 1ndifferently, the
mail-order house immediately
floods that territory with their
great catalogues. They do this
because they have been practicing
it for years and have found that it
brings big results.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-25
White Iron News

1t is learned that delay in finan-
cling certain improvements, includ-
ing a concentration, to be establish
ed at the White Iron Lake Iron
company property on the Vermilion
range, has been occasioned by the
war. New York people are hold
ing an option on the property and
the present plan is for the property
to be operated by strong concern
which desires the ore. There is a
large deposit of low grade ore at
and near the surface, and below, at
depth, there is direct shipping ore.
The concentration is designed to
treat the low grade product, and
work the property down from
surface. The plans regarding this
property are said to be merely
delayed. Skilling's Market Letter
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-25
FIRST GAME
Football Boys Open The Season
Saturday With Eve|eth

The High School football boys
will open the season in this city
Saturday afternoon at 1870 O'Clock
when the Eveleth High team will
be here 20 get their first trimming
for the season. The Eveleth boys
are rated as top-notChers and while
they are heavy lot there is no
doubt i'll our minds but what the
Ely team will be able to give them
scrap that will keep them busy
all the time.
Coach Engiund has rounded out
bunch of which he need not be
ashamed and the boys will give a
good account of themselves. The
material this year for both the foot
ball and basketball squads is fast
and full of ginger. DR.. Cerveny is
assisting i'll getting the boys into
shape.
Tickets are being sold by the
members of the team and the
Athletic Association of the schools
and everyone is cordially invited to
purchase and help the boys along.
The game will begin at 100 sharp
III order to allow its finish in time
to catch the AIS train home for the
visitors. Be there.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-25
A Girls Composition ON Boys

Boys is men that have not got as
big as their papas, and girls is
young women that will be young
ladies by-and-by. Man was made
before woman. When God looked
at Adam he said to himself: well,
l guess l can do better than that if
l tried again" and then he made
Eve so much better than he did
Adam that there has been more
women than men in the world ever
since. Boys are trouble. They
are very wearing on everything but
soap. If I could have my way,
half the boys in the world would
be little girls and the other half
would be dolls. My papa is so
nice to me that / guess he must
have been a girl when he was a
little boy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-25
Agent Disappears

A dispatch from Virginia of
Tuesday says the following regard
ing an insurance agent who is
claimed to have worked the range
towns. The dispatch said:
Fifty business men, manu-
facturers, hotel keepers and work
ing men here and at Ely are today
making inquiries concerning life
insurance policies held by them
which they believe do not insure.
A young and energetic solicitor,
who gave the name of G. A. Ebert
and presented a card bearing the
name of the Merchants Life and
Casualty company of Minneapolis,
came to Virginia several weeks ago.
He made friends rapidly and in a
little while he had taken the appli-
cations of several persons. Then
he went to Ely and was equally
successful. On his return to Vir-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-25
FINE TRIP
Large Party in Autos Visit Cook
and its Farming District

On invitation of County Com
missioner Grant McMahan large
party from Ely and Tower took an
auto ride to Cook Sunday and
enjoyed the trip in every way
The trip was arranged as a booster
visit and those who went were
most handsomely repaid in the
sights seen and the enjoyment of
riding over roads that are of the
firstclass, "McMahan-built" kind
The party left here at about 8
O'Clock and went to Tower where
they were joined by a large party
of Towerites. In all there were
about "a automobile making the
trip to Cook Sunday. The Ely
party was made up of the cars of
John Dinsmore, 1. c.. Cox. Adolph
Schroeder, Louis Larson, A. J..
Fenske, H. E. White, Chas. Ander-
son and R. c. Coombe. In the
cars were Mr.. and Mrs. Grant
McMahan, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Schaefer and daughter, Lillian,
Arthur Mattson, L. G. Cox, Mrs.
]. Goldsworthy, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
A. Rothnan, Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph
Schroeder and son, Henry, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. L. Brozich, Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Larson, Mayor
John A. Harri, Mr.. and Mrs. H. ].
Leckhart and daughter, Marinette
Ann, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Shep-
herd, A. ]. Fenske and son, Earl,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. White, son
and daughter, Philip and Dorothy,
Miss Lenore Sletten, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Anderson and two guests
from Duluth, AL. Coombe, Will
son Carlson, and Walter Hedloff
and Misses Mabel Prisk, Bessie
Tonkin and Eva Coombe.
The Ely party went directly to
Joyce's Landing on the upper end
of Lake Vermilion where launches
were at hand to convey them
to Goodwill's Summer Home. The
trip down the lake for distance of
nearly niue miles was indeed a
pleasure, the large launch of Mr..
Goodwill riding the heavy sea like
a duck.
On arrival at Goodwill's dinner
was served to which all devoted
particular energy, the trip to
Joyce's landing having sharpened
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-25
Amendment No. 9

The State Forests Amendment
to be submitted to your vote Nov
ember 3rd, will mean tremendous
increase in Our school fund. If the
state timber lands which are unfit
for farming are sold, as the con-
stitution provides, they will bring
perhaps $4,000, 900, and then,
owing to the destructive methods
of numbering. all revenue ceases.
This seems like a great deal of
money; but when we stop to con-
slider the possibilities of this land,
we find that we are neglecting our
duty as trustees of the school fund
if we permit it.
If these non-agricultural school
lands are managed as provided for
by No. 9. the State Forests Amend
ment, they will produce an annual
revenue of $1,000, 900; and this
revenue is permanent-it will go
on forever, enriching our school
fund.
Under the present policy, the
timber is cut down without any
provision for the young growth and
the forests are destroyed accord
ingly. The State Forests Amend
ment provides that all those state
lands which a soil survey shows
are unfit for farming shall be used
as state forests, managed under
forestry principles. The timber
will be cut off, it is true, but care
will be taken to reforest these
lands; and by means of this policy
we can add annually 100000 to
our school fund, and this revenue
will be perpetual.
The state still owns 2R million
acres of land. One million of this
area is better suited for tree growth
than for farming. 1t is this area
which will be affected by the
amendment. One-third of these
non-agricultural lands is cut over;
third is coming up to sapling
pine; and the remaining area bears
virgin timber. The State Forests
Amendment will put these forests
under a business-like management,
which will perpetuate their useful
ness to our State and not destroy
them by exploitation.
As two-thirds of this area is
timbered, the revenue will be
immediate and the forests will be
self-sustaining from the beginning.
This policy of forest manage
ment is practiced in European
countries with success. Prussia
with an area scarcely twice as large
as Minnesota, and with a popula-
ton of 100000, has 5000, 900
acres of State Forests, which pay
an annual net profit of $12 900, 900.
Our forests are going fast, and
we should act before it is too late.
No. 9, the State Forests Amend
ment, provides for the business-like
utilization of Our forests. 1t
stands for good business and a big
ger school fund. Not to vote at all
is to vote against this measure.
Remember this November third!