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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-12-31

Mrs. H. P. Dowty snd children,
Gertrude, Forest and Cecil, left
last week for California, where
they will make their future home.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-12-31

| Our Best Wishes.
The News wishes it's patrons
and friends a happy and prosper
Gus new year. May your every
expectations of prosperity be
fully realized.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-12-31
EYEGLASS
PROGRESS

"Watchword" with uS. We employ
every scientific and practical advance
known 10 science. Our Specialist has had
many years experience. Glasses are
guaranteed to give you complete results.
Our glasses are guaranteed whether
they cost 81, s., $ or more.
For full particulars consult W. II.
Barnes, Doctor Of Optics. when he 10 In
Baxter, Thursday, Jan. IA,
at Polster Hotel
ne Danes Optical PgIlOES,
PArSOus, Kansas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-12-31

The shotgun which was ratified
off last Friday was won by L. C.
Wells of Tulsa, Okla. Mr.. Wells
presented It to your humble SER
want, and the cotton tails would
better be very wary from now on.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-12-31

Clyde Allison was here to
spend Christmas with his wife
and son, who have been here for
some time visiting relatives.
Clyde used to be assistant post
master here, working under Capt.
J. B. Boyer. After he left here
he went into the postal service,
and is now an inspector.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-12-31
N. 0. G. Time Gard

Make your good resolutions
now. You can break them later
ON.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-12-31

Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Perkins
will have a New Years dinner a
little out of the ordinary. They
will dine on crabs, smelts and
shrimps, which we're sent them
by their son, Frank, who is in
Seattle. The shipment arrived
too late for the Christmas dinner.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-12-31

This part of the country is at
last getting a wettiug down.
And it is needed. At no time
during the year has the ground
been wee more than a foot deep.
Rains at just the right time is
what made a big crop year for
Kansas; it was not any surplus
of moisture in the soil.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
WARM WEATHER WAS
BAD FOR CHICKENS

Egg and poultry dealers are won
dering whether or not the continued
warm spell OF last summer had any
thing to do in destroying the egg pro-
ducing activities OF the American hen.
1t is believed generally that the mild
weather did have something to do with
the work of the pullets and laying hens
and that they were affected by 1t in
such a manner that they are unable to
lay as many eggs as usual. The deal
ers are unable to account for the pres
ent shortage OF eggs, under condi-
lions which would ordinarily be con-
sidered ideal
II is claimed that the egg market
should be overstocked with the hen
product and because such are not the
conditions. II is believed that last
summers warmth and continued mild
ness had something TO do with the
hens activities.
II is further claimed that the talk
about the country regarding the So
called egg trusts is absurd and that
there simply are no eggs and they
cannot be gotten.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24

have resulted in showing poor seed
corn and the committee hopes to show
that the corn of Rock Island county
this year is of better grade than in
most other counties and states.
A simple process of testing the corn
has been described in circular sent
to the superintendent and the teachers
of the county will receive these state
ments for their individual use. After
the corn has been tested the results
will be tabulated and made public.
Miss Lou Harris has received nun
Der of circulars and letters from the
board of simplified spelling who's
headquarters are located in New YORK
regarding the establishment of the sim
plif1ed system in the county schools OF
Rock Island. Miss Harris does mol
look upon this system in favoraos
light and believes that the preseh
spelling is very satisfactory. The move
for simpIified spelling was inaugural,
ed several years ago but has not gained
much Roadway. That the simplihed
spelling will never be used in the coun.
ty schools, however, :: the opinion Oh
Miss Harris and it is doubtful II any
schools are using it cny place IN inc
country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
DAY IN DAVENPORT.

ing. Mrs. J. NJ. Sherier IS the chair
man OF the investigating committee.
o
Obituary Record.-Warren z. Man
uel died at q local sanitarium from
cancer OF the liver. His home was in
Leonard, No. and he had been in Dav-
export nine weeks undergoing treat
ment previous 10 his death. He was
born in Leonard. No, Dec. II. 1850.
and had resided there ell his life. HIS
occupation was that OF a farmer. He
Is survived by his wife and one son.
Evert. both OF whom were with him
at the time OF his demise. The body
was shipped TO Leonard. Mo.
Fred Welsch. the 11-months-old son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Welsch, Bet
tendorf, died after a brief Illness. The
body was taken 10 Buffalo today.
The funeral will be held tomorrow aft
ernoon at o'clock with interment in
Rose Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Kate Quistorff, aged 40 years,
died yesterday after a long illness at
a local hospital. The body was taken
to Nissen & Hartwig's undertaking es-
u blishment to await the arrival of
the sole surviving relative, a son from
out OF the city.
Mrs. Anna Boy, AZ years old, died at
a local hospital after a brief illness.
She lived at 3201z West Third street.
Deceased was born April IL, 1871, in
Davenport. Moving TO Durant, with
her parents. while still a young girl,
she received her education there. She
returned to Davenport several years
ago and has been residing in this city
ever since. Surviving are three daugh-
ters. Mrs. c. Nesbit, and the Misses
Cora and Hazel Boy and one son,
Louis Boy, all of this city, her mother.
Mrs. J. TANNER of Durant, Iowa, and
four sisters and a brother. Funeral
services will be held at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon from the home. |
3201z West Third street. with inter
nent in Oakdale cemetery. Friends |
will be welcome at the chapel, but
5urial will be private.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
PLAN POWER BOAT FLEET
FOR MISSISSIPPI IN 1915

Within 80 dRys contracts arc TO be
let for the construction OF fleet OF
power boats and barges TO be launch
ed on the Mississippi river with the
opening OF navigation in 1915, follow
ing assurances from Colonel Potter OF
the United States engineer corps that
the government dam near the soldiers
home will be- completed this year.
This information was made public
by Captain Charles Campbell of Min
neapolis, who is Interested in the fleet
and who made a tour OF inspection to
Keokuk, Davenport, Burlington, WI
mona, La Crosse and a number of
smaller river ports. He declares that
in all the cities he visited. except La
Crosse, the work of building sea walls
for terminals is either under way or
complete.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24

Denver. Colo, Jan. 24.-Wtthin a
few weeks experts from Uncle Sans
bureau of mines will be busy in the
new government radium laboratory at
Denver extracting the most precious
OF all metals from the carnotite ores of
the Paradox valley. The national rad
ium institute IS now n process OF cree
ton and the main building will be COM
pleted some time next month. BY the
middl OF March work will begin. In
the meantime, great pressure is being
brought upon congress to pass a pend
ting measure permitting the president
TO withdraw from public entry all
lands believed TO contain Iadium bear
ing ores.
The utmost advantages are to be
given to the scientists who will work
in the new radium institute. IL is To-
Gated near the main line OF the Den
yer and Rio Grande. Santa Fe. Rock
Island, and Colorado and Southern in
South Denver. The property on which
IL will stand has been leased from a
mining and milling company. The mill
OF the company 10 not more than one
hundred yards from the institute, and
the ores now being received from
Uncle Sans carnotite fields in western
Colorado are being stored in the mill
structure, pending the completion of
the governments laboratory.
As soon as the governments build
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
PLAN CORN TESTS
FOR THIS COUNTY
County School superintendent
Miss Lou Harris Receives
Literature.

Miss Lou Harris, superintendent of
Rock Island county schools. has receiv-
ed much literature of late from var
ious firms throughout the country, re-
garding the seed corn tests which are
planned to be held in the county this
year. A crop improvement committee
of Chicago will put on the tests and eX-
pect to accomplish great deal of good
with the work. 1t is believed that the
corn testing last year was directly re-
sponsible for whatever success was
reached in the raising of corn, and it
is planned to make the tests this year
even more thorough and efficient than
last season.
The tests in many states thus far
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
FOSTER

J. E Drugg of Webb City, Mo-, who
arrived Tuesday of last week paid a
visit TO his sister, Mrs. ID. A. Rieist
and family. Mrs. Kleist then accom-
panied him 20 the home of his father
in-law. c. Il. Chase. where they spent
Thursday and Friday. Saturday Mr..
Drugg was operated on for fiboroid
tumors. DR.. w. s. Morton. who per-
formed the operation, removed three
tumors from the right limb below tho
knee.
Miss Goldie Sissel of Muscatine is
visiting at the home of the Misses
Sarah and Mary Shirley.
Rev. and Mrs. Edwards and family
returned home to Muscatine Friday
after having spent the week with
friends in this vicinity.
Fred Kleist sent Monday and Tues
day with H. and c. Monson near
Eliza. Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard McGinnis are
the happy parents of son, born Jan.
20.
NJ F. Van Malta of Graceville, Mimi.
arrived in Muscatine Saturday and
spent Sunday at the d. A. Kleist home.
He will visit relatives in this viciniey
and Buffalo Prairie before returning
home. Mr.. Va Malta was formerly a
resident Of this vicinity.
Mrs. Anna E. Foster Is spending
the week at the home of her sons.
Arch and Guy Foster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
HIGGINS is HELD
FOR GRAND JURY
Alleged Wife Murderer Valves
a Preliminary Examination
at Aledo.
HEARING Is HELD IN JAIL
No Action Toward Prosecution of Julia
Flake Is Taken by States
Attorney.

Aledo,' Ill, Jan. 24.-Robert P. Hig-
gins, arrested at North Henderson
Monday for the alleged murder Of his
wife, Nettie Flake Higgins. waived
preliminary examination yesterday aft
ernoon before Justice w. d. Emerson
and was held to the grand jury. The
brief hearing was held in the jail.
States Attorney Wilson las taken
no action toward the prosecution OF
Julia Flake, named in the same war
rant on which Higgins was arrested.
The girl is in charge of probation
officer and is not in jail.
No probable line of defense has been
indicated by Higgins attorneys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
eaIdwIn's Petition is First.

Springfield, Ill, Jan. 24.-Francis T.
Baldwin of Jacksonville, democrat,
former county judge of Morgan county,
was the first candidate to file his petit
ton with Harry Woods, secretary of
etate yesterday in the race for nomina-
ton for judge of the seventh judicial
circuit to succeed Owen p. Thompson,
who resigned to become : member of
the utilities commission. One other
petition was filed on he first day, that
of William n. Hargrove democrat al
so of Jacksonville.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24

| Ing Is finished many of the nations
most famous radium experts will carry
on all varieties of research work there.
Experiments and tests will be made by
cancer experts Here, also, the gov
eminent will enlarge on the work of
the bureau of mines in Denver for the
last year or more whereby DR.. r. B..
Moore, physical chemist, has been in
charge of laboratory tests of ores.
Foreign Agents Active.
The withdrawal OF possible radium
fields from the public domain so the
government may mine its own radium
has raised something o: a storm in
Colorado, but the government experts
say this was necessary in order to pre-
vent Europe from getting a complete
radium monopoly. Foreign gents are
said to have been in the western field
investigating every new promising dis
covery and buying up such claims
without delay.
Only trifie of the radium bearing
ores OF the western slope of Colorado
and of the pitchblehd ores OF Gilpin
county has been treated in this coun-
try. According to official report, there
is only one company in this country
preparing radium salts of a high de-
gree of radio-activity, and it's product
only recently has been offered for sale.
Yet in two years there has been OBJ
tanned from American ores nearly two
and one-half times as much radium as
from all other sources combined.
5ooms Long Tagging Field.
The Paradox valley in western Colo |
RADIO is at present the greatest radium |
producing center in the world. These |
feds have been known since 1881, |
yet only within the last three or four
years commercial development has
taken place. In 1896 ten tons of ore
were shipped to Denver and sold for
5000. this being done soon aft
Smithsonian institution experts had /
tho Paradox ores 10 contain
Uranium.
There are from 500 to 1000 claims
n the district. many OF which have
pen pronounced worthless. the re-
nainder being OF great value. The |
IRE Is found l. pockets. and only
he surface has been scratched" !
What remains at greater depths only
an be Eurmised. but Il IS the gen
raj belief OF experts that the field
VII prove more valuable as depth Is .
ttained-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
Girls Death Saves Brother.

Galesburg. Ill, Jan. 24.-Four-year-
old Evelyn Schroeder, unable to pull the
trigger of a pistol which she was point
ing at her 6-year-old brother, Gerald,
yesterday turned the muzzle toward
herself and went to work on the trig-
ger with a pair of scissors. She was
killed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
Ignores seIfDefense Plea.

Carlyle. Ill, Jan. 24.-Indictment
charging murder was returned against
Charles Wilton by the grand jury yes
terday after an investigation of the
shooting of Fred Miller. his brother
in-law, Mr.. Wilton. who is town clerk,
has repeatedly declared that the kill
ing was done in self-defense.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
3eappoints CHICAGO Artists.

Springfield, Ill, Jan. Ex-Governor
Dunno reappointed dorado Taft, Ralph
Clarkson and Frederick Clay Bartlett,
all of Chicago. as members of the state
art commission yesterday. In addition
he named John ID. York and Martin
Roche, also Chicagoans to succeed w.
CARLY Zimmerman and William Hola-
bird, respectively.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
Let Va Show You.

III you are 4 sufferer OF piles or
hemmorhoids IN any form. come to
our store and let us show you Mer-
itol Pile Remedy. II is one OF the best
preparations We have ever handled
and is sold on a positive guarantee.
II. o. Rolls. Rock Island, Ill. exclus-
i've agent.-(Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24

Decatur, Ill, Jan. 23.-Five hundred
dollars damages were awarded Mrs.
Anna Sloan in her case against the F.
w. WOODWORK company yesterday.
Mrs. Sloan charged that she bought
some kippered herring at the 80 and
10" store and it poisoned her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24

and Centralia: for library assistant,
March 81. at Chicago. Springfield and
Urbnna; for district game warden, Feb.
Q. at Springfield: for laborer, state
game form. Feb. z, at Auburn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
Slabs Decatur Man to Death.

Decatur. H., Jan. 24.-After having
been fatally stabbed by Fred Putnam
last night, Louis Foster staggered out
into the back yard of his home, fell
down, and died. The body was dis
covered today. A family quarrel was
the cause of the murder. Putnam gave
himself up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
caIesburo Man is crushed.

Galesburg, Ill, Jan. 24.-Fred Warn
ing of this city, a brakeman, was killed
yesterday afternoon near Eubanks
when. while he was coupling two cars,
his head was crushed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24

Springfield. Ill.-The state civil serv
ice commission announced examina
tions as follows: For stenographers.
Feb. q, at Chicago, Springfield, Peoria
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24

william Farmer. who live near Money
Creek, was killed by Chicago and
Alton railroad train.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
Is Killed By Train.

Is Killed BY Tram.
Bloomington, Ill, Jan. 24.-While
walking on the tracks of the Chicago
and Alton near Towanda yesterday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24

1000 Acres Of Land Soda big land
/. deal involving the change IN owner
ship OF 1000 acres OF land near Three
Rivers. Mont. has been closed by the
John Ochs Sons company OF Daven-
port The land brought $50 an acre,
bringing the total amount OF sale TO
$4,000 The land was sold by Hiram
s. Peabody OF Grand Rapids, Mich.
20 ]. y. Smith Of Omaha
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-04-29

days she suffered the agOnies Of
death itself, but two days before she
passed away the pain left her and
she seemed so much brighter and
better that all were hoping that she
would regain her accustomed health.
About seven o'clock Friday morning
as her sister, Mrs. Sarah Rutd sat
alone at the bedside, the soul of Mrs.
Babor passed without moments
warning to the great beyond death
coming from heart failure. Thus the
death came as shock to her family
as well as to the community. Mary
NJ. Hammond was born at Blanchard.
vile. Wisconsin July 3, 1856 and died
at Dow City. Iowa on April q. 1914
aged SIS years, 9 months and q days.
She moved with her parents to Craw-
ford county when small child and
in a few years they both were called
by the Maker and she and the other
children of the family were cared
for by relatives and friends. On Octo,
Der "a, 1871 she was married to Rich
ard T. Baber. who survives her. She
was the mother Of ten children. two
dying in infancy; Grover who died in
boyhood and Lulu who passed away
while yet a young woman. She
leaves surviving her husband and
companion of nearly lifetime. r. T.
Baber, two daughters and four sons
as follows: Mrs. Bertha Rolls and
Mrs. Fannie Cooper, Edward. Fred.
James w. and Eugene, two sisters.
Mrs. Sarah Rudd and Mrs. Amanda
Holt, one brother, William Hammond,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-04-29

You might describe the difference in
feelings of a young man with his best
girl, plodding alosg through mud knee.
deep, or trottins briskly on we'll.
dragged road. that is. provided they
really want to get somewhere. Zen
when the road should be dragged and
why. If We can get the boys and girls
interested in all this. it will do more
towards getting good roads than al;
the acts of the state legislatures.
The people who set fashions expect
to reap some benefit in profit or other.
wise. The business men in town are
not wholly disinterested in setting the
fashion OF road dragging. They ex-
pect to sell more goods when farmers
can come to town over good roads.
This Is wise, righteous selflshness. an
altruistic ,selfishness. Why don't the
farmers join in and get, the profit for
setting the fashion? Hurrah for good
roads! Hurrah for the road drag!
Blessings on the man who helps to set
a fashion that will put money in his
purse and joy in the heart Of the good
wife, who would like to go to town
without wading through mud in a wet
time or being shaken to pieces by
travelling over rough roads either IN
winter or summer.-Wallaces Farm.
err
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-04-29
KEEPS RIVER FROM SPREADING
Willows Long Lived Under Water and
Will Last for Years When An
chorcd to Driven Piles,

The Mississippi river gets up some
queer streaks occasionally and when
| it gets tired of one place it tries to
make a new channel for itself. Just
now it is threatening to leave Mem
phis, Tenn.,: a mile or so away and
seek a new channel of its own max
ing. This. of course. ii accomplished.
! would be the ruin of Memphis; and
the river men are seeking all kinds
of plans and devices to save the city.
The latest one Is to carpet the bot
tom of the river with heavy mating
of willow trees woven together and
sunk to the bottom. held in place by
piles; and this work is being prose-
cuted now with all possible speed.
This turbulent river has to its credit
or discredit score Of towns left to
the right or the left OF it in its mad
course of seeking new channels; and
this carpeting experience, river men
say, will check it's mad pranks and
leave the cities in their normal con-
ditiOns. This danger has been noted
by experts for year or 50. and emf
nent engineers have been working on
plans to circumvent the river from
drawing railroads, houses and farms
into its muddy nav and carrying
them down to the Gulf Of Mexico,
forming new continents, as it were.
and changing the face of nature all
along its course Large stone walls
were tried; but they We're soon under
mined and SO lost their usefulness.
1t is hoped this new scheme will
work. for willows are plenty and
these mats can be made mile long
If necessary. foatcd to the desired To-
cations, and sunk to the bottom. Will
lows have a long life under water and
will last for many years when Sc
curely fastened by rock and carefully
driven piles. The Mississippi has
been OF great benefit during the cen
fury past. and before steamboats,
were plentiful and served our early
pioneers well in our f!atboating days.
Many of our grandfathers were active
in this kind OF work. and il their
stories could Lave been preserved and
written In the fiatb0at language of
those days, they would be almost as
marvellous as the Arabian Nights over
which we boys porcd with so much
delight and wonder. There was
scarcely pioneer living in our west
ern states who did'not know the Mis-
sissippi river as well as he did the
old national road Of the olden days.
The old river should be taken care of
for the good that it has done, when
1t was the royal road to the Gulf
Plain Talk.