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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-11-12

The work in the new mining
field west of this city is progress
ing in a satisfactory manner.
More new strikes are being made
daily, and down by the Barnes &
Mcconnell mill on Tar creek
shafts are going down. Two of
them are being sunk by Mr..
Barnes and his partner, and both
shafts are into the very richest
sort of ore. We are told they will
build two more mills.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-11-12

S. P. Schaefer is i'll at hi:
home on north Military street.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-11-12
No. SoS2.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
BAXTER NATIONAL BANK

OuNS hts UnbtVsuH6 WHUN
at Baxter Springs, in the State of
Kansas, at the close of business,
October ,Ist, 1914:
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ........$ 8,,8o7. "a
Overdrafts, secured and unse-
cured. ...............:..... I,sI627
U. S. Bonds to secure circula-
ton ....................... as.oIo.oo
Other bonds TO secure U. S. De-
posits ito secure Postal Savings 1000. 90
Bonds, Securities, etc. ......., 4,273.s8
Stock in Federal Seserve
Bank.................... 10000
Banking house, furniture and
nxtures. ................ 100000
Other Real Estate owned. ..... I,o3s.6o
Due from National banks mot
reserve agents. I,sos.67
Due from state and private
banks and bankers. trust
companies and savings banks 10000
Due from approved reserve
agents. .................... 1888. "a
Checks and other cash items... 1878
Notes of other national banks. I,25S.oo
Fractional paper currency, nick
els and cents. .........:..:.. s3.4o
Lawful money reserve in bank,
VICE..
Specie ...........: .$6.e66.7s za76.zs
Legal tender notes. 6Io.oo
Redemption fund with u. S.
treasurer Is per cent of cir
culation). .................. I,25o.oo
Total. Observation-Disclosures. $Iss,,IS.aI
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in ......... .$25, 900 90
Surplus fund .............. 100000
Undivided profits. less expenses
and taxes paid ............. 1888
National bank notes outstanding 25, ooo 90
Individual deposits subject to
check. Neutrality-suspicious.. 7o63I.6s
Demand certificates OF deposit. 500
Time deposits payable after 80
days or after notice Of 80
days or longer. ............. 2I,55o.o8
Cashiers checks outstanding. .... 32.67
Postal Savings deposits. ....... ,67.30
4otal '....' ...'..'s.......pt 9o,3to.1x
State Of Kansas, County Of Cherokee, s..
IF Hall Cashier of
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-11
Your New Hons

Won't be- complete till you have furnished It: Carrying the largest
stock Of the most staple lines Of good furniture, as we do, puts us in
a position to serve your wants in this line.
Before your home is entirely finished you will need good lnoleum
for your kitchen and bathroom; a Seeger Refrigerator built in SO you
can ice from the outside; Window Shades to hang between castings
the only correct way Solid Brass Curtain Rods that are always in
place.
When you are ready for these things come and see u.s.. Our prices
and terms on your complete outfit will please you. We are just as
anxious to merit your business as TO getit
Lucas Furniture Basement
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12
A Woman Commissioner?

Mayor elect Mitchell would indeed be
breaking a precedent if he appointed
a woman as commissioner of correc-
ton. The rumor today is that he has
virtually decided to name Miss Kath-
crime Bement Davis to that very i'm
portant post There can be no OBJ
lection to this selection on account OF
sex or experience. Miss Davis has
been for some years superintendent
of the Bedford Reformatory, which is
held up as a model institution for way
ward girls and women. She is very
highly recommended. But, of course,
the novelty of naming a woman for
such a position in the city government
will be the first thing to attract and
hold public attention.
If Mr.. Mitchell selects Miss Davis
it will be a splendid tribute to the
rapidly growing importance of wo-
men in civic affairs. They have al
ready done much unofficially and the
time is here when they will be afforded
greater opportunity by being given the
badge of uthority.-Brooklyn Stand
ard Union.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12
Government Publications.

The hidden wealth in government
publications, especially as 1t affects
teachers, is described by Frederick K.
Noyes in a bulletin just issued by the
United States Bureau of Education.
Mr.. Moves has delved, as he says, into
the vast stores of teaching material
that lie embedded in government doc
uments. many of which give no in
dications, from their titles, of their
value for educational purposes, and
has furnished a guide to a small por-
ton of that part of this material which
has special significance for teachers
or others interested in education.
Tons and tons of reports. bulletins,
and miscellaneous documents are turn
ed out daily by the immense printing
plant of the government. Congress and
the congressional committees are con-
stantly having documents of various
kinds printed for general distribution.
Every department and every bureau
in the departmnts has !ts own publi-
cations, frequently amounting to mil
lions of copies annually for each Of
flee. The bulletin just published by
the Bureau of Education aims to list
a small part of the large amount OF
this material which may be of direct
use to teachers, especially material
from unexpected sources. the special
value of which would otherwise re-
main unknown.
Even an index of these publications
ought to have a concordance.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
New York Crooks Movina.

1t took just about twenty four hours
for the new police administration to
get little action on the part of the
underworld. The crooks who have
been fattening on the city for several
carefree years took the hint promptly.
A large number fitted from the city;
the rest found cover and gave the
crime records night off,
Some innocent citizens may wonder
at this simple process. Why, for in
stance, was it not adopted long be-
fore, under the rule of Mr.. Waldo? :?
Any surviving member of the Sullivan
clan can answer this question, if he
will. So, too, can any wideawake
citizen with an impartial eye toward
the late administration.
The plain, unacceptable fact is that
the Tammany System has been get
ting what it wanted from the Police
Department And the people have
been paying the price. Now that
New York has again become an un-
healthy spot for crooks the truth Of
the last four years stands out with
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12
WASHINGTON.
Another Version of the Discontinu
alton OF RazorvlIe Postoffice.

Editor Kennebec journal:
would like to respond to one of my
good Razorville friends whose article
appeared in several papers recently
concerning the Razorville postoffiee
which has been discontinued This
office instead of being established half
a century ago as stated had really it's
beginning about % years ago. 1t was
also stated that the mail arrived there
at o'clock A. M, but in regard to
this would say it's actual time of ar
rival was 11.30 A. NJ. and has always
been.
The present administration and gov
ernment was blamed wholly for the
above but the facts are that there was
no one who wanted the office when
the postoffice inspector was there,
hence the discrimination came about
by the assistant postmistress and
patrons Of your own village. This
administration is not run by the Bull
Moose party, neither is it made up
from them nor has it any Bull Moose
pins to give away, yet know of place
where you can find plenty of them.
We are also glad to say that none of
our Democratic leaders left our party
same as some of the Republicans did,
but We hear they have returned to
their former position.
You people must have been favored
with more recent map than our sec
tion has because on our last one
Razorville was still on it. l conceive
from your statement, however, that
instead of being stricken off, to use
your words that the trouble is simply
this: No one ever knew Razorville was
so large until few days ago and in
all probability on the next edition
more space will be allotted to your
hustling village.
Do you really think if RazorvilIe
was the most prosperous and most
industrious place in the whole town
that such busy Office as this must
have been to have met the demands
of all those industrious people, that it
would have been discontinued? We
also consider that our little village of
Washington could undoubtedly handle
the mail in the same efficient manner
that it is being handled at the present
time but are truly glad to know as
long as you didn't have any choice in
the matter whatever that your mail is
being handled by the very person that
would have been selected had you had
chance to dictate.
A READER.
Washington, Maine, Jan. 8. 1914.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

The Maine daily paper that copies
its editorial paragraphs startled US
some the other day by remarking,
Another record has been broken.
It's hard to believe, but it is credibly
reported that a Richmond policeman
caught a holdup man in the act" We
were about to telephone our Sagada-
hoe correspondent when one of the
staff members remembered seeing the
same paragraph in the Indianapolis
Gnd) News The clipper evidently
clipped the wrong paragraph. We
Richmond, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12
EDITORS TABLE.
Fighting Modern Evils.

A somewhat startling exposure of
the snares and pitfalls of the social
world, is this work by Fred S. Miller.
1t vividly depicts, in story form, how
homes are wrecked and souls des-
troyed by wiles and trickery of the
white slave" agent, the mystic cults,
the soulmate, the affinity, easy mar
riage, easy divorce, intemperance. etc,
etc. The book is introduced as "A
crusade for the purity Of the home
1t is profusely illustrated. About 45o
pages. Published by The L. w. Wal
ter Co, Chicago, Ill.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12
A Friendly Pat.

With the beginning of the new year
the Kennebec Journal will discontinue
its weekly edition. The field of the
daily and weekly cannot be success
fully filled by daily running a con-
densed edition of six issues and call
ing it weekly. This has been proven
time and again In disseminating theiI
weekly edition, the Kennebec Journal
is taking a step in advance; as daily
there is none better in Maine, and they
will hereafter devote their entire cf-
fort to their own field.-Old York
TRANSCRIPT
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

Andrew Carnegie recently reduced his
fortune by 100000. it became known
Thursday, in making a gift of tina,
amount to the Carnegie United Kingdom
Trust in Dunfernline, Scotland. This
means that Mr.. Carnegie further cur
tailed his personal fortune to the extent
of 100000 instead of calling upon the
Carnegie Corporation Of New York In
which he has set apart millions, to sup
ply BENEVOLENT funds Mr.. Carnegie last
night said that he felt the gift would be
appreciated more If it came from his
own pocket than from the New York
corporation.-News Dispatch.
Gee! Andys watch pocket must bt
big enough to make former President
Taft an overcoat.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

The officers of the suffragette
army" hiking to the New York state
capital were thus named in order of
precedent: General Jones, Colonel
Craft and Corporal Klatschken. II
there were any more, and their names
drew reinforcement as their titles
weakened, the reporter cannot be
blamed for not further informing an
anxious world.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

Stock raising is the basic industry of
northern Paraguay. The amount of capl-
tai invested and the application Oh mod
ern methods Of administration on large
scale are destined to give this part of
the republic momentum heretofore
lacking in the country's affairs ad bring
it into definite relations with the outside
world.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

At the upside down" dinners which
are the newest social fad in London
with Mrs. Claude Grahame-White, wife
guests do not sit at table upside down,
but the dinner begins with crackers and
cheese and coffee, and winds up with
soup and hors d 'oeuvres.-Boston Globe.
Just wait till the Lincoln Beacheys
are the leading spirits in upside
down dinners, We opine they'll be
the real thing.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

Amos Williams" reports the Irvine,
KY. Sun, went out hunting and killed
a yellow rabbit A yellow rabbit has
never been seen here before, and this
specimen attracted much attention and
comment" Where did you shoot him,
Amos. on the back fence?-Boston Tran
script.
No, he was eating a chicken at the
entrance to a fox's hole, and Amos
shot him about two feet back of the
eyes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12
skowheaan,s Sensible Man.

A sensible man is Charles j. Wen
dell, laundryman of Skowhegan. Me-,
who declares that he is prouder OF
being known as a leading citizen of
his town than to own the ancient
Swedish patent of nobility which
the courts have just awarded him -
Boston Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12
Editors Letter Box.

The publication of letter in this
department is not to be taken as
an endorsement of its view by the
kennebec Journal This column
is maintained for the discussion of
matters of general public interest
when kept within bounds of rea-
son and not of a lihelous or abu-
Sive nature.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

Italy intimates that it will join the
nations boycotting the Panama
Pacific exposition. Let 'em go it.
Getting right down to brass tacks we
guess we can put up a pretty good,
little exposition all by ourselves.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12
And Maybe Hiaher Cost.

Another government probe OF the
high cost of things. Simply means
an invitation to the beef barons to
take the band off the bank roll and
hire few high priced lawyers for a
few years.-N Y. Telegram.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

An interesting comparison of Brit
ish and American politics is afforded
in comments upon the retirement of
Joseph Chamberlain from Parliament
after 81 years of service. So far we
haven't noticed anyone chummily re-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

The income tax bugaboo hasn't yet
shown any influence over Maj. Gen.
Wood. His attitude toward spending
$6,000,OOo for the regulars" and mill
tia is much the same as that of
newspaperman sending the boy to buy
postage stamp.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

AS election time approaches SO does
the optimism of Augusta Republicans
increase.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

Little question for today: Are you
wholly satisfied with yourself?-Boston
Globe.
Sass box!
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

Arc you this year contributing to the
sweeper's five dollars a day?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

c. w. Morse off the ice, seems to
be more heated about the collar.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

the river and set their lines on the Ken
nepec side and as soon as all was IN
readiness for catch they began to sing
me fish did not come across; something
was wrong. The experiment would nave
been quite unsuccessful had not Mr.. N
after listening to Mr.. J. for an hour or
SO, decided that ]. was on the wrong side
of the river. He suggested that he cross
10 the other side and sing over there
He did SO. Thus was the efficiency of the
experiment doubled for Mr. Us singing
terrorized the fish as much as Mr.. \; s
singing charmed them and between the
two of them the fish all passed-to the
Kennebec side
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

unpleasant distinctness.-New York
Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. M.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at o'clock. I
G. S. PEASLEE. Capt. !
RAY NJ. BURNS, Clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

JEPIiTHA ENCAMPMENT, NO. O..
Meetings at 7.S0 o'clock every second
and fourth Tuesday.
D. w. LOVEJoY, C. P.
G. E. STEWART. Scribe.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12
ODD FELLOWS HALL

ASYLUM LODGE, NO 70, REGULAR,
meeting at 7.30. Friday evening, Jan 26.'
Installation of officers-elect. Refresh
mentS.
JOHN C. HOwES, N. G. .
E. f. WESTON, Sec
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

Biddeford merchants and the police
force are at swords points over the
question of clean Sidewalks. oiiicers
have made personal calls on all who
are supposed to look after the walks
in front of stores and other places ana
unless they obey they will be ordered
into court and prosecuted under the
ordinance compelling people to shovel
off sidewalks and keep the clear OF
ice
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

The Biddeford Journal editor, who
wept copious tears of sympathy for
the weekly editor in Maine. may now
crawl into hole and pull the hole in
after. The editor of the Skowhegan
independents Reporter" has spoken.
Here is his daily schedule:
"out of bed at three a. NJ. First hour,
ing devotions. Third hour, exercise, in
the open air. Usually saving wood, but
tennis, club swinging, etc, may be SUD
stituted If preferred, six to siX-thirty,
seven, walk to office. three miles seven
to eight, opening morning mail includ-
ing inspection and sorting of gifts.
Eggs, berries, fruit and vegetables are
sent home for the family table; live ami
mails to the public park; cut MOVERS
potted plants and delicacies distributed
to the hospitals. Eight to eight-hFe'
complaints received and disposed of.
Coroner. undertaken. physician and
sheriff in waiting during this period.
Fatalities inferred in sub-basement'
Eight-tive to nine, conference with check
er experts of the town and move mace
in the Reporter-Ru -Rumford Times game.
Nine to ten. reports from department
heads received; instructions issued Tor
the conduct of the business Zen 10
eleven, shave. facial massage. etc, dur
ing which editorials are dictated to stem
ographer Eleven to twelve. reflection
and repose. Telephone disconnected,
sanctum doors locked. Employees ana
the public absolutely excluded. Thls
hour of perfect quiet is the most imper-
tant part of the day. Twelve to one,
lunch with stenographer. one TO three,
iron shutters unbarred, windows thrown
open in subscription department and
subscriptions received. Three to tour,
sorting and counting subscription re,
ceipts, packing currency in bales, and
coin in bags chests and barre.s ready
for deposit Four to four-thirty LOADING
funds on motor truck and transporting
to bank. Loading and unloading is done
by husky freight handlers, but editor in
yariably acts as chauffeur in imitation
of the humble days when he easily trans
ferred the daily receipts, with wheel
barrow. from his office to the pahk.
Four-thirty to six. deputations of local,
state and national politicians, and foreign
diplomats receiver; invitations to run Tor
Congress, Senator, and Governor, re-
fused; appointments to foreign legations
declined. Interviews of this nature
strictly limited to this closing perlod OF
the busines day. Six to seven, olhher
Evening passed in diversions with
motor car, steam yacht or aeropiahe as
fancy or circumstance dictate.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

A farmer giving the name of Oscar
Boozer and Webster as his residence
claimed the horse and pung that has
been mystifying the police since Satur-
stable last Saturday and remained un-
claimed until Wednesday afternoon
Lewiston Journal.
What could you expect with
handle like that? But his middle
name ought to be Short" or Limit
ed or something like that, else his
livery stable bills will set him back
disastrously.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12
Maine Gossip
The Level and the Square,


We meet upon the level and we part
upon the square:
What words of precious meaning those
words Masonic are
Come, let us contemplate them, they are
worthy of a thought,
With the highest, ana the lowest, and
the rarest they are fraught.
We meet upon the level, though from
every station come:
The rich man from his mansion, and
the poor man from his home;
For the one must leave his wealth ana
state outside the Mason's door,
And the other finds his true respect
upon the checkered floor
We part upon the square, for the world
must have it's due:
We mingle with the multitude, cold,
unfriendly crew,
But the influence of our gatherings in
memory is green,
And we long upon the level, to renew
the happy scene.
There's world where all are equal
we are hurrying toward 1t fast:
We shall meet upon the level there,
when the gates. of oeath are past, ,
We shall stand before the Orient, and
our Master will be there
To try the blocks we offer by His own
unerring square.
We shall meet upon the level there, but
never thence depart;
There's mansion-'tis all ready for each
trusting, faithful heart
There's mansion and a welcome, and
a multitude is there
Who have met upon the level and been
tried upon the square.
Let US meet upon the level, then while
laboring patient here.
Let US meet, and let us labor, though
the labor be severe;
Already in the western sky the signs bid
US prepare
To gather up our working tools and part
upon the square
Hands round, ye brother Masons, form
the bright fraternal chain;
We part upon the square below to meet
in heaven again.
OH what words of precious meaning
those words Masonic are,
We meet upon the level and we part
upon the square
Rob Morris, LII. d.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

The Manchester Union appears
ready to furnish the rich Mr.. Higgins
with an opera house office Tor
kitchen, il the following is to be tax
en- at it's face value:
Because the town refuses TO let MN
have the selectmen's office for kitchen,
in the opera house which he owns, but
of which the town has a 99-year lease
given long before he acquired the prop
erty. Millionaire Olney l.. Higgins threat
ems to leave Foxcroft, Me-, where he Is
one of the heaviest real estate owners
Come to New Hampshire, Mr.. higgins
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

2. s.cApEN REsEKAH LODGE NO.
81, I. O. o. F. meets End and 4th
Wednesday evenings at 7.30 o'clock.
JENNIE N. HERRIN, y. G.
SADIE f. METCALF. Rec. Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

We thank the Pittsfeld Advertiser
for its commentator and endorse its
skunk philosophy from Cambridge in
the following:
The editorial page of the Daily
kennebec Journal of Dec. 31st is
worth reading. Just as we were be-
ginning to think they had really found
a cure for consumption or tuberculo-
sis, we are informed there is no cure.
The only way is to obey GODS laws
and not get it. Then there is two
thirds of columns of comradeship, or
the Father and Som movement, all
good reading. And last but not least,
half column on the value of the
skung to agriculture and a clipping
taken from L. S. Department of Agrl-
culture news letter. Yes. they have
tried to put their foot in the farmers
egg basket, placed his potatoes on the
free list, and now they want him to
go to raising skunks for a living. And
when the farmers have got all fitted
out for the business then the wives
of the Senators at Washington will
start another boycott and refuse to
buy another skunk until they can buy
Then that will cause a worse stink
than the egg boycott, even if the eggs
We're kept until stale. If they keep on
they may skunk the farmer after a
While"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

Newport correspondence of the
Pittsfield Advertiser tells the troubles
of the brown tail moth gatherers in
that town. 1t is said that the elm
trees of Newport are so tall that the
parties having the contract are rather
discouraged.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-12

CAPITAL AERIE, NO. 1866, r. @.
Eagles. meets in F. o. E. hall. 27S Water
ST., first and third Monday of each
month at o'clock.
GEO w JENKINS. Pres.
Ill T MAGI-IRE. Sec