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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-04-19
DON'T RISK NEGLECT

Don't neglect a constant back
ache, sharp, darling pains or
urinary disorders. The danger
of dropsy or Bright's disease is
too serious to ignore. Use Doan's
Kidney Pills as have thousands
of other kidney sufferers.
H. Hardaway, plumber, 800 e.
Walnut st.; Columbus, Kans.,
says: 81 have used Doan's Kidney
Pills at different times for years,
as have needed them and they
have always relieved my back
and fixed my kidneys up in good
shape. This medicine strength
ened my kidneys SO that of late,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-04-19
Pioneer Citizen Called


f. Morris Kitchener, pioneer
citizen and prominent business
man of Baxter Springs, passed
away at 6 o'clock Sunday morn
ing, April IA, 1917, following a
protracted illness. The funeral
services were held from the resi-
dence on Sunday afternoon. The
sermon was preached by Rev. j.
K. Browne, of the Presbyterian
church of which MIR. Kitchener
had been a member for fourteen
years. The ceremony was per-
formed after the rights of the
Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons, assisted by the Com
mandry Masons and the Grand
Army of the Republic local post.
The attendance was large includ-
ing several old time friends and
brothers from Galena. The inter-
ment was in the Baxter cemetery.
Mr.. Kitchener born June 4,1841,
at Dolystown, Bucks County,
Penn. He entered the Is Indiana
Infantry in the year of 1865 and
served two years and nine
months. While in the service
his parents moved to Muncie,
Ind, in which city he was married
to Amanda ]. Williams, Nov. %,
1864. She departed this life June
q, 1901. To this union were
born ten children; three died in
infancy. Those surviving are:
o. NJ. Kitchener, Clifton, Okla;
Mrs. Halle B. Cecil, Denver,
Colo; Mrs. d. Mckenzie, Neu-
trial.; Homer G. and Walter A.
Kitchener of Baxter Springs; Mrs.
John Vickery, Francis, Okla, and
Mrs. Rio Hodgkins, Riverton,
Kans.
On September %, 1915, MIR.
Kitchener was married to Mrs.
Lucy Smithpeter, who survives
him.
Mr.. Kitchener came to Kansas
in 1881, and resided on a farm
three miles northwest of Baxter
where he lived for 10 years.
After selling out he moved to
this city and engaged in the
hardware business at which oc-
cupation he was faithful until
sickness called him away.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-04-19

without reservation apply my
efforts.
Our citizens are wide-wake,
and fully conscious Of their oppor-
tunities.
Our city clubs composed of the
good women of the community
are displaying an nusual interest
in our civic improvement, and we
must give them our hearty APP
proval and support.
Our Board OF Health will be
composed of able and efficient
en,who conscientiously hold the
health and personal comfort of
our community as paramount to
individual interests or savings,
that they may be fully supported
in the discharge of their duties,
| ask YOU to unreservedly extend
to them your official aid, and !
hope for and desire the coopera-
ton and assistance Of every
citizen that we may accomplish
all of our undertakings.
| shall endeavor to call your
attention from time to time to
things pertaining to the affairs
of this community and hope each
of you will be alert to do like
wise with me, trust our council
meetings will be pleasant and
effective.
Remember all men truly zeal
Gus will perform those good works
which are incumbent because OF
their obligations.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-04-19
Preparedness.
Mr.. Auto Owner:

Mr.. Auto Owner:
Preparedness is very necessary
for protection against accidents.
Preparedness is a membership in
the Midwest" and this means
the assuming of your liability for
accidents resulting in damage
claims for injury to persons, and
damage to property. The cost
has never exceeded $4,000 per
year payable quarterly. The
Midwest Automobile Indemnity
Association. Fail & Bartlett,
Agents.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-04-19
MAYOR WRIGHT
OUTLINES POLICY
Acceptance speech Gives Hope
for Speedy Improvement
in Water and Sewer
Conditions

That local, state and nationa
needs call forth concerted anC
unselfish action on the part OF
the city officials of Baxter Spring:
for the purpose of rendering
material and substantial aid
wherever there is a demand, was
the key note Of the address de-
livered by Mayor Wright to the
new council when he took up his
official duties on April 10.
The Mayors address follows
in full:
Gentlemen of the Council: !
consider it a move not out OF
place to address you briefly at
this time. 1t is just as important
for a'small city to get right and
keep going right concerning its
interests and all matters pertain
ing to its present and future
welfare and its obligations to the
State and Nation as it is for
larger cities.
The establishment of homes
creates communities. towns,
cities, states and nations. No
state or nation ever created or
established a family home Of
family circle. They have only
made it permissible. Upon the
other hand, the creation of
families, theaggregation of homes
have founded completed and
perfected every community,
town, city, state and nation of
which the world has been blessed
or cursed.
We as a small city bear this
relation to the state and nation
proportionately and according
to our population. The great and
momentous question now con-
fronting us nationally is, that we
are at war. We are in it; it is
not a question now as to why or
how we got in, its a question of
getting out with victory and
honor, and the vindication of our
national rights and privileges
and the rights and privileges of
humanity.
Numerically we as small city
will play but a small part in this
great war drama. Many of our
citizens, in fact, a great many of
them are too old to fight. Many
of them did their fighting for the
Stars and Stripes long ago. The
fighting force which this COM
munity, this city will furnish,
must come from the ranks of the
young. Its our source of strength;
the source of our viral blood, and
it is for them to make the sacri-
flee while the older ones must do
their duty as they see it.
There are a great many things
to be done as well as to fight.
The world must be fed the
people of this little city and Of
this community can do a great
deal to assist our government
during the great crises, aside
from fighting. 1t is our duty to
raise everything possible which
can be used for food, not an acre
or an inch of ground should be
allowed to remain idle. We may
need every bean, every grain Of
corn, or wheat or other cereals
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-04-19

before this crisis has passed
away. Money win not buy food
when there Is no food.
J There are other things which
we can do. It'is imperative that
this community produce every
! pound of zinc and lead possible to
be produced. II will be needed.
We being situated as we are in
the geographical center of this
great mineral district, should
bend every effort to encourage
this industry. 1t is our duty to
assist by providing homes for
men and their families who are
engaged in the recovery of these
metals.
Strangers are entering our city
in great numbers seeking homes;
yes, they are begging for the
privilege to pay rents or to buy
lots and sites upon which to build
homes. Families are living in
has aments of churches, barns,
and other buildings. Under
these conditions it is incumbent
that the strongest efforts be made
to render assistance, encourage
ment and to use every endeavor
to meet the demand and relieve
the situation.
Less than twelve months ago
our banks held deposits insig-
nificantly- small compared to the
amounts held now. The improve
ment and advancement of the
city should be commensurate
with this great development and
progress, and it must so be.
Our official duties gentlemen,
in connection with these existing
conditions, must be arduously
discharged so that we may assist
in accomplishing the things for
which we are striving.
Let's get away from our self
conferred interests, away from our
selfish motives, lets set aside our
individualistic actions to the eX-
tent that we may take on the
sober and progressive thought
concerning the interests Of the
whole community.
This is no time for any person
or citizen to bend every energy |
and effort to the end of making |
all he can at the expense OF the
interests of the whole city and |
our country. The man VINO does
so is a traitor to the interests at
stake.
Gentlemen, to the end that we
may accomplish something it is
necessary that we in our official |
provide ways and means
to establish the local conditions
necessary for the successful up
build of this city and community,
it is an imperative necessity |
which we face concerning the
establishment of adequate water
facilities and sewerage privileges.
We cannot expect to grow, and
we will not grow, to any extent,
unless we provide the modern
demanded by the
people who desire permanent
homes in municipal communities.
In this respect | ask your undi-
vided and effective cooperation,
and also, as to all matter apper-
tanning to our city's interests and
as to our duty to our beloved
country.
Gentlemen | am opposed to
any and all violations of law. |
believe in the highest degree of
public morals, and an ideal
citizenship.
II am unalterably opposed to
the illegal sale of intoxicants,
am in favor of a clean commun-
ity, morally, lawfully and SAM
Larily and to these ends, shall
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-04-19
Rheumatic Pains Relieved

81 have used Chamberlain's
Liniment for pains in the chest
and lameness of the shoulders
due to rheumatism, and am
pleased to say that it has never
failed to give me prompt relief, y
writes Mrs. S. n. Finch, Batavia,
n Y
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-04-19
EYE SICHT-

the most valuable faculty that
you possess. Most people think
their sight is all it ought to be
because it has given them little
or no trouble. Those people who
have taken the trouble to ascer-
tain the true condition of their
eyes, have found it to be to their
advantage, because if glasses
were not needed, they were told
so. But if their sight proved not
all that could be desired, they
have reached very valuable in
formation, afterwards probably
securing eye aids which both
give clear, comfortable vision and
preserve it. Consult w. H.
Barnes, Doctor of Optics, when
he is in Baxter Springs, Thursday,
April 26, at Polster Hotel.
Office Hours 1890 to 500
Barnes Optical ParIOrs
Parsons, Kansas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-04-19

| have had very little need of a
kidney medicine"
SOC, at all dealers. Foster
Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo,
y. Y.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-04-19
Notice

People who are owing me old
accounts will do me a favor
while l am sick if they will pay up.
Loves Grocery.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13
BEANS NOT DIFFICULT CROP
Trouble Comes at Harvest Time When
Work Must Be Done by Hand or
Special Harvester.

Beans will grow we'll on almost any
good corn soil. They are fairly easy
to plant and cultivate, and would be
grown in far larger quantities than
they are, were it not for difficulties at
harvest time. At that time, beans must
either be pulled and punched by hand,
or the work must be done by a special
bean harvester. The vines must be
left in the field for several days, to
dry out, and during that time there is
the risk Of wet weather. Beans may
be threshed by hand, but that is slow
work. Some have tried threshing them
with the ordinary grain thresher, but
that breaks too many beans. The only
satisfactory method seems to be to
use a special bean thresher. Special
bean machinery which is really neces-
sary for properly harvesting the crop,
costs several hundred dollars.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13
TOADS ARE VALUABLE ASSET
OF Special Value to Gardener Because
Of Cutworms II Devours-They
Are Not Poisonous.

That toads are of economic value,
particularly to the gardener, is the as
sertion Of DR.. j. e. Ackert, associate
professor Of zoology in the Kansas
state agricultural college.
1T has been estimated that one toad
is worth S19.44 in a single season be-
aus Of the cutworms it devours,"
said Doctor Ackert. Approximately
IS per cent of the food of the toad con-
sists of garden pests.
'The toad Is nocturnal in habit, COM
ing out In the dusk to search for food,
which consists mostly Of insects and
their larvae. During the day it sleeps
in its burrow, made by backing into
the soft earth or dense vegetation.
"Toads are Of special value, since
they are accustomed to live in gar
dens, where insects are most injurious.
In some sections Of the United States
the gardeners even buy them to aid
In keeping obnoxious insects under
control.
1.-The popular belief that toads are
poisonous is erroneous. They possess
q rough, warty skin, which, however
does no cause the formation Of warts
upon the hands Of those who handle
them, as is often supposed"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13
AVERAGE FOR DAYS FLOWING
Much Depends on Size Of PloW and
Number Of Horses Used-Fi0ures
BY Missouri College.

Farmers frequently want to know
how much land can be plowed in O day
and how much work 1t requires to
break an acre. Records at the Mis-
souri, college Of agriculture, on 2,122
acres Of land, show that 1t required
3.4 hours Of man labor and 9.3 hours
Of horse labor for each acre. OF course,
the time required to pillow an acre will
depend on the size Of the pillow and the
number OF horses used. A four-hOrse
gang pillow with two Pinch bottoms
will average about 4.12 acres a day Of
90 hours, when it is running 8 inches
deep. The same pillow running 8 inches
deep will break a quarter Of an acre
less. A three-horse sulky with a IA or
16-inch bottom will average about 20
acres at a 6-inch depth, and about =
Of an acre less for the 8-inch depth.
A two-horse, 14-inch walking pillow Will
break about Its acres c day at a g.
inch depth, and about ? Of an acre less
at the 8-inch depth.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13
SYRUP Of FIGS FO
A CH|LOS bowl
Il is cruel to force nause;
harsh physic into a
sick child.
Look back at your childhood

Look back at your childhood
Remember the dose mother ID
on-castor oil, calomel, catha
How you hated them, how you fQ
against taking them. -
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found.
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach. liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup Of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy: they know children
love to take It; that 1t w fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach. and that a teaspoonful
given today saves q sick child tomor.
row.
Ask at the store for q 50-cent bottle
OF California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13
Old Looks?
(BY DIR. L. n. SMITH,

Persons suffering from too much uric
acid in the system frequently look Older
than they should. They age faster and
the appearance Of gray hair or baldhead
in early years =, indeed, often q sign 81
uric acid. The face appears lean and
haggard, lines and wrinkles appearing in
young men Or women.
The best way to combat this prema-
turo age and the obstruction to the
arteries and faulty circulation is Of the
simplest: Drink copiously Of pure water
between meals. This will not make you
fat, as it is only the water taken with
the meals that fattens. Obtain at any
drug store ! small package Of Anuic,
which is to be taken before meals, in
order to expel the uric acid from the
system. The painful effects OF backacne,
lumbago, rheumatism, govt, due to uric
acid in the blood shcald quickly disappear
after treatment with Anuric.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13
PRODUCTION OF GOOD FRUIT
Making Of Honey Is Side Issue in I'm
portant Work Of Bees-Neces-
sary for Strawberry.

The making Of honey is a side is
sue in the important work Of bees, &C
cording to DR.. J. II. Merrill, assistant
professor Of entomology in the Kansas
State Agricultural college. Without
bees there would be little fruit and
little alfalfa or clover seed.
1.-THE strawberry Is a plant for which
insects are necessary to produce good
fruit" said Doctor Merrill. I'm some
varieties the staminate and pistillate
flowers are born on different plants.
Experiments have been undertaken to
determine whether the wind could car
ry pollen. Gelatin plates were exposed
which would contain pollen grains If
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13
FIGHT CONTAGIOUS ABORTION
Annual Losses From Disease Amount
to Millions Of Dollars-6ulletin
Gives Details.

Stockmen and Dairymen are urged
in q new Farmers Bulletin, No. 100, to
inaugurate q systematic campaign
against contagious abortion.
Already the annual losses from this
disease amount to millions of dollars,
and unless Its ravages are checked 1t
is apt to equal tuberculosis, which is
now thought to stand first among ami
mails In point OF economic loss.
Details Of the disease and its treat
ment arn given In the bulletin referred
to. which may be secured upon appli-
cation Of the United States depart
Menr Of agriculture, Washington, d. G.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13

that two or Three cereal crops De
grown on newly cleared land before
the young trees are set out. The use
Of commercial fertilizers instead OF
stable manure Is suggested. Deep late
fall blowing should be Of value in
breaking up subterranean nests. The
practice of better farming methods,
with rotation of crops, will prevent
damage to field crops.
In vineyards care should be taken
in pruning operations; all dead or dis
eased vines should be removed. All
pruned areas should be painted with
coal tar, aud the prunings should be
burned promptly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why take ordinary cough remedies
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used for ffty-One years in MI
towns in the United States, Canada,
Australia, and other countries. for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the
throat, especially lung trouble. It
gives the patient a good nights rest,
free from coughing, with easy cxpec-
toration In the morning, giving nature
4 chance to sOOthe the infinlned parts,
throw off the disease. helping the pa
tient to regain his health, assisted by
pure air and sunshine when possible,
Trial size 25c, and 75c family size,
Sold IN all towns in the United States,
Canada. Australia, and other cOun-
tries.--Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13

before. All the time that ne WUTKs
for a Western Canadian farmer dur
ing 1917, after he makes his entry or
filing will count as residence on his
homestead for that year, leaving him
but W additional years residence,
before getting title to Il piece OF land
that should then be easily worth
$1,000. The response to this offer has
been wonderful, and hundreds have al
ready taken advantage Of it.
The climate Of Western Canada is
n that breeds energy, instils life and
buoyancy, and with the soil that the
country possesses, no greater asset
could be desired. The country is past
the pioneering stage: its ability to grow
other portion OF the continent has
been proven SO often that 1t seems a
waste Of time to speak of it. The high
name that has been given the country
in the splendid class Of live stock that
1t raises, has placed it in the high col
And then social conditions, something
that every housewife asks about, are
as nearly perfect n could be wished
for. Thousands of miles Of telephone
line connect the remotest hamlet with
the principal cities Of the country and
continent, miles of excellent graded
roads, as well as the perfect natural
roads Of the prairie, make driving and
hauling easy. Gridironed as these
provinces are with railway lines
bring the farm near to Atlantic or Pa
cific, or United States markets, rural
mail delivery brings the settler still
closer to the homes abroad. Rural
and consolidated schools everywhere
are easy adjuncts to the colleges and
universities, which are said to be
among the best on the continent.
Taxation is light, and only applied
on the farm land, cattle, implements.
etc, on the farm being exempt. Many
farmers, having realized sufficient
from one crop of wheat to pay for
their entire farm holdings, have in
stalled their own electric light and
heating plants. have their automobiles
anu ilillN IHAuII1S lISy NOuIu HOt
have possessed on their old home
abroad. Life Is comfortable and ey
istence enjoyable in Western Canada.
In no country Is there Il greater per
centage Of contented farmers, and in
no part Of the continent. Is farming
easier or more profitable.
Land there will produce 30 bushels
of wheat to the acre, while there are
many cases where the yield vas
higher, rs high as 20 bushels. What
this means to the fnrm laborer does
not fully appear on the surface. He
will get good wages. he can ecure a
homestead worth ut the end OF three
years about $1,000, while working for
wages he can put In residence duties,
and can also look around, and find q
good location.
BESIDES the homesteading attraction
of Western Canada, there remains the
other fact that other lands can be
purchased at from SIS to $50, while
improved farms may be had ut rea-
sonable figures.
The desire to have Il piece OF land
Of ones W Is q natural instinct In
the heart Of every properly developed
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13

carried by the wind. In not q single
case were pollen grains Of the straw
berry found. The regular pollinators
Of the strawberry + honey bees and
other small bees.
"Bees are important In pOllinating
the cucumber. Tomatoes are sometimes
self-pOllinated, but bees are m inn
portant factor in producing good fruit.
The size Of the fruit Is slightly in
creased"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13

same language, same religion, {
general habits Of living. with /.
currency, weights and measures.
based on the same principles as I
with which he Is familiar. He "
a country where he can buy land
$1,000 to $4,000 an acre, which
produce as big or bigger crops rs 4
he has been accustomed to from
at $4,000 an acre. He wants
land where social conditions vii
attractive to himself and his fal
and where he can look forward
confidence to being In a few veal
dependent, and we'll started OIL
road to financial success.
All these conditions he will fiji
Western Canada, and nowhere
The provinces Of Alberta. Sasks|
wan and Manitoba, commonly d
Western Canada" provide thel
and only answer to the land-hu.
The land is here; 1t Is the kin
land he wants; the conditions q
nearly ideal as Is possible, AMI
prices and terms are such thai
man of moderate capital has a
portunity not available to him
Observation-Disclosures.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13
BEES IMPORTANT IN ORCHARD
Wind Cannot Be Relied Upon to Carry
Pollen From One Tree to Another
-Insects Do Il.

The wind cannot be relied upon MS
an agency to transfer pollen from ap-
pie tree to apple tree throughout the
orchard.
This work must be accomplished by
the insects, and the honey bee Is by
all odds the most important Of them
all.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13
EXPELLED-every poison and impurit,

%, and impurity
OF your blood.
by DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical
Dis c o v e
Then there's =
clear skin and
. clean system.
letter, Salt
rheum, Eczema,
ErvSiDNlAR
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13

II you cunt get Owe n matter, get
under II. for that may be the only way
Of getting around 1t.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-04-13
Marvels Of Mechanics.

Science has devised Il machine that
will measure Il millionth Of IN incll,'
said the man who Is always trying to
surprise you.
II know it. l believe my restau-
rant uses n In cutting the meat for
ham sandwiches"