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Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-13
CITY MANAGER FOR Or
#: BAXTER SPRINGS
Special Election to Be Called
on Petition Of Citizens for.
Vote on a Change in ''.-'
Government

Baxter Springs is on the way
now to take its place among the
progressive cities of Kansas. 1t
may go further and become a
leader.
The step necessary to make 1t
such will be a change in the form
of our municipal government from
the obsolete and crude mayor
and ward councilmen plan now
in force to the new commission
plan that provides for a paid city
manager, who must give his en-
tire time to attending to the city
business, under the direction Of a
board Of commissioners.
Briefly stated it places city
management on a business basis
exactly the same as a bank, min
ing company or any other pri-
vate corporation. The manager
is hired and may be discharged
at any time.
A petition signed by nearly
100 Baxter Springs voters will be
presented to the mayor within a
few days asking him to call a
special election for the adoption
of an optional form of govern
ment passed by the legislature OF
the state of Kansas at its last
session.
The commission and the man.
agerial form of government is
combined in this new law which
may be adopted by the cities OF
the second class in Kansas. This
form of administration provides
for a man to carry on the busi-
ness of the city under the super
vision of a board of three or four
commissioners, like a cashier in
executing the business of a bank
under the supervision of a board
of trustees.
Such a method is found sufti-
cient and has boen adopted by
several cities in Kansas. The
circulators of the petition and
the signers believe that the time
has come when the city should
have an efficient form of govern
ment and no matter how sincere
the present administrator may
be the method of government is
too slow and cannot meet, quick
! ly and effectively, the demands
of the day.
! Up to going to press the petit
tion was signed by 86 legal voters
of the city. This is in excess of
that which is required to call a
special election for that purpose.
The law provides that one-fourth
of the number of votes cast for
mayor at the last election is
sufficient to secure the election.
There were 292 votes cast and
one-fourth of that number equals
| 10
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-13
Certified for Service

Among the 43 men held fol
service by the district board the
names of the following Baxter
Springs men appear Clare Au,
gust Rehm, Claude Lowe, Orva
Foster, Orley ]. Thayer, Robert
Jellison Yost, James Henry Hay
wood, Henry Shanks, and Charles
Hudson.
Last Saturday the local board
certified the names of 40 men tc
the district board and thosefron
Baxter whose names were In
cluded in that list are: Ionic
Leroy Mishler, Burrel Scott Col
Inns, Moran Howard Lawson, Johr
Wesley Twente, John Napier and
John Brasch.
The name Of Fred Howard
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-13
BIC SHELTER
IN BAXTER FIELD
SITE South of City Purchased
and Construction Work
Begun-Will Add 500
People to Community

By the purchase of 40 acres OF
land from H. E. Imbeau, two
and one-half miles southwest oi
this city last week by the On
tario Smelling company, a lead
smelter became a reality for this
mining field. The work upon
the buildings was started Mon
day. The smelter will cost
$150,000. ,oo
The bag-room will be SOxlOO
feet and 50 feet high. The fur
mace room 34xll0 and n feet
high. Fan room 50X60, blast
furnace room 40X90. For these
buildings $4,000 feet of lumber,
100000 bricks and 1000 sacks
cement have already been order
ed. Steel and all other material
have been purchased subject to
orders for shipments.
The company will operate the
plant on a three shift basis and
will employ nearly l30 men. 1t
expects TO turn out Loo, 600
pounds of lead each week. Pig
lead is expected to be turned out
IL weeks from the time IT, rail-
road switches are put in. The
Frisco railroad will come from
the east and the Mineral Belt
from the northwest.
It is said that the smoke
nuisance is partly done away
with by the bag room method
where the smoke is gathered and
it's 80 per cent metallic lead Is
extracted from it.
There will be five open hearth
furnaces and two of them of the
latest type. They will install
one of the largest e&'aust fans
in the country which will be l6
feet high, 1G feet long and will
have a capacity of 100000 cubic
leeL OG alr.
c. V. Jones is president and
the treasurer of the Ontario
Smelling company. Frank F..
Madison and associates of To-
ranto, Canada, hold about hall
interest in the project.
The carpenters are now work
ing on the bunk and kitchen.
A deep well will be sunk to pro-
vide pure water and every pre-
caution will be taken to offer the
workers a sanitary environment
in which to live and work. II.
F. STANCE is experimenting the
work.
Forty acres on the east of the
track purchased is also leased
and the company is now negotlat-
to lease 100 acres more on the
north side.
This company is capitalized at
S250,000 and it expects to pur,
chase a good portion of the lead
produced in this mining district
it promises to be lively
competitor of the Eagle-Pichel
Smelling company.
As a complement of the smeltel
there will come with it probably
500 people, the workmen anc
their families and make then
homes in Baxter Springs.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-13

The dance given Tuesday, Sept:
A, for the benefit of the Red
Cross was fairly we'll attended
but there would have been a
much larger crowd had it been
advertised. Jackson's orchestra
furnished splendid music. Above
expenses $3.50 was cleared for
the Red Cross.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-13
Second Mill for NaylOr

Before finishing the first mill
which is in the process OF con-
structio now, the Naylor com
pany has decided to erect another
one on its leased ground on the
J. c. Naylor land nine miles west
of this city. Nearly 100 holes
have been drilled on this property
and everyone Of them is said to
have shown a good face of ore
Some of the holes have shown
rich ore.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-13
Strike in Section 25

A strike of from eight to ten
per cent has been reported by
w. NJ. Bennett, George Brown
and w. c. Howard and associates
in their holdings in section %.
This ground lies in the center OF
mineral belt. Before going
through the ore bodies the COM
pany has started sinking a shaft
and will start the building of a
800 ton capacity mill soon.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-13

D. ]. Landers, DR.. Ross, W.
A. .MacAtee, and Prof Lynch of
Springfield, Mo-, and Jack Cole
man and John R. Hale of Am ora,
Mo-, were in Baxter Springs
Wednesday with the hoTe If
getting some mining prorersy
and erect an up-to-date mill.
]. r. Woodfll and H. r. Rsitsn-
ger of Springfield were with the n.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-13

shines were encountered at this
level. The third hole now is in
progress. This land is favorably
located and is bound to have
some good strikes. Good ore has
been encountered all around II.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-13
Deaths

Bessie NJ. Barlow, age 10
months, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Barlow, died Friday,
September 7, at 10 a. m. She
was buried Saturday at Up. m.
in the Baxter Cemetery.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-13

The Misses Winifred Haines
and Mabel Greene have return
ed to Kansas City after a brief
visit here as the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. G. H. Gaines.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cook and
the baby are away on a weeks
vacation trip down in Oklahoma,
at the Grand river bend near
Peoria.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-13
Unclaimed d Letters

Remaining in the postoffice at
Baxter Springs, Kansas, for the
week ending Sept. II, 1917.
John Bishop Mrs. Addie Love
W. &. Fisher ]. W. Ellis
Mrs Sarah Doty VIM. Duple
Arthur L. DeVaney Mr.. and Mrs. S. r. HOgns
Mr.. A. II. HALEY Ernest c. Gresham
Arthur Higp G. II. Lawrence
". J. Phelps Mrs. Lottie EvRns
Mrs. Fannie Phillips Continental Ane> Co
has L0vitt MIRA J. W. NelAnnAd
NJ. ID. Addison Tolly Wilkins
J. C. Dovney Jas II, Wstoh
W. Dawson Mrs. u. h. Lyman
Ralph Seelig MF, CoFtWTight
Nora Cameron G. W. CrAns
Clare Ballard
Mrs. ChAA Ferguson care Chs Ksne
L0gn HsmphiH care ". N. Wilson
ArS- L. E. lSmolyl ROdgun
Mis Emily Leaf care LOttis Smith 2
Persons calling for any of the
above letters viii please say,
Advertised" giving date list.
Chas. L. Smith, P. M.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-09-13

Chamber of Commerce Banquet
The News is printed Wednes-
day evening, and will be off the
press before the banquet takes
place, but it is safe to gamble
on the statement that it was a
big success.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-04-12
DOUBT DISAPPEARS
No One in Emmett Who Has Bad
Back Should Ignore This
nouhIa prnof

Does yiur back ever ache?
Have you suspended your kidneys?
Backache is sometimes kidney ache.
With it may come dizzy spells,
Sleepless nights, tired, dull days,
Distressing urinary disorders.
Doan's Kidney pills have been en-
dorsed by thousands.
You have read Emmett proof.
Read now the Emmett sequel.
Renewed testimony; tested by time.
S. H. Reed, fruit grower, Second
St., Emmett says: "Now and then, my
kidneys got out of order and l had
backache. Rheumatic pains in my
joints bothered me and my muscles
became sore | knew that the trouble
was caused by disordered kidneys and
| finally used Doan's Kidney Pills.
They gave ME prompt relief"
ADDED PRAISE.
OVER TWO YEARS LATER, Mr..
Reed said: 81 am only too willing to
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills again.
still think they are the best kidney
medicine to be had"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's kidney Pills-the same that Mr.
Reed has twice publicly recommended.
FosterMilburn Co., Props, Buffalo,
N. Y.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-04-12
Canadian Fox Industry.

A very large number of fox skins
are being taken off by the ranchers
of the Charlottetown district writes
Consul William A. Pierce, Charlotte
town, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
This will continue until the end of the
killing season in January. The pelt
of the Prince Edward Island black fox
reaches prime condition for length,
luster, and thickness about December
Leading fur buyers of New York
and London, who have recently visited
the island. have spoken highly of the
ranch-bred fox pelts. Values up to
$500 have been placed on single
skins.
Quite a number of this years pups
will be kept and ranched for another
breeding season. but most of the ranch
ers will pelt the equivalent Tin num-
ber) of this years production. APP
proximately s30OOO.OO0 is invested
here in foxes Few companies or ranch
ers have paid dividends for two years.
The market is still much below prices
of former years for breeding pairs.
Figures carefully compiled by authori-
ties give 1000 pups as the 1916 pro-
duction for Prince Edward island.
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Order to Show Cause Why Order OF
Sale of Real Estate Should
Not Re Made.

In the Probate Court of Gem Coun-
ty, State of Idaho.
In the matter of the estate of Rachel
Tanner, deceased.
J. P. Reed, the administrator of the
estate of Rachel Tanner, deceased, hay
ing filed his petition herein praying
for an order of sale of all the real
estate of said decedent for the pur-
poses therein set forth.
1t is therefore ordered by the said
Court, that all persons interested in
the estate of said deceased appear be-
fore the said Probate Court on Tues
day, the End day Of May, 1917, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at
the Court Room of said Probate Court,
in the County of Gem, to show cause
why an order should not be granted to
the said administrator to sell so
much of the real estate of the said
deceased as shall be necessary.
And that copy of this order be
published at least once week for not
less than four successive weeks IN The
Emmett Index, newspaper printed
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-04-12
Copper Had a Heart.

Here is potato theft which
showed the cop to be a real humani-
tartan: A little, frail, white-haired
old woman, her bent shoulders COW
cred with a small shawl. came down
an Eastside street toward the corner
grocery store. In front of the store
she stopped and glanced hastily
around. Her trembling old hands
came out from under the shawl. seized
two or three potatoes on the top of
basket and were drawn back under
the shawl again. For second she
stood there, her thin lips moving as if
in prayer. then she went on. Not ten
feet away stood big patrolman with
his back turned resolutely toward the
store and his gaze fixed across the
street. The storekeeper was singular
ly unobserving. As soon as the little
old woman had gone the big cop
turned to the storekeeper and re-
marked: "She's fixed for the day.
eh?" "Yes. all right for todayl"
laughed back the storekeeper.-New
York Times.
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Notice of Contest.

Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Boise, Idaho,
March "a, 1917.
To Henry o. Null of Pearl, Idaho,
contestee:
You are hereby notified that Charles
tombstone Smith, who gives Emmett,
Idaho, as his post-office address, did
on February 81, 1917, file in this Of
flee his duly corroborated application
to contest and secure the cancella-
ton of your homestead Entry No.
O1426O, Serial No. 014260, made April
4, 1913, for NWA, Section 80, NJ
NEA, and NJ NWA, Section 80,
Boise Meridian, and as grounds for his
contest he alleges that "Said Henry
%. Null never established residence
upon said tract, nor placed any i'm
provements of any kind thereon; that
he has never cultivated any portion
of said tract; that he has abandoned
the same; that his failure to estab-
lish residence thereon, improve and
cultivate said tract was not caused by
military service, or enlistment in the
Army of the United States or the
militia of the State of Idaho
You are, therefore, further notified
that the said allegations will be tax
en- as confessed, and your said entry
will be Cancelled without further right
to be heard, either before this office
or on appeal, if you fail to file in this
office within twenty days after the
Fourth publication of this notice, as
shown below, your answer, under oath,
specifically responding to these ale
cations of contest, together with due
proof that you have served a copy of
your answer on the said contestant
either in person or by registered mail.
You should state in your answer the
name of the postoffice to which you
desire future notices to be sent TO
you.
FRANK HER, Register.
f. B. KINYON, Receiver.
Date of first publication, March 20,
1917.
Date of second publication, April s,
1917.
Date of third publication, April II,
1917.
Date of fourth publication, April
g, 1917.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-04-12
FIRST HUMANS BLACK HAIRED
Interesting Theory Formulated by
American Expert on Conditions in
the Tropical Regions.

Lieut.. Col. Charles e. Woodruff,
whose long experience as chief medi-
cal officer of the American army In the
Philippines makes him an expert on
tropical conditions. has written a book
called Medical Ethnology." in which
he advances some interesting theories
On dark-skinned and white-skinned
races. The Lancet, in reviewing the
book, says:
1.-THE author holds that the first hui
man beings were black-haired animals
but not black skinned, as their seat Of
development must have been in cold
country where conditions of life were
hard, necessitating a great develop
ment of brain, since only the most In
telligent could survive. They were
originally cave-dwellers. After time.
when the earth was largely peopled
with this race, there arose a large
blond type in northern Europe-Nietz-
sche's blond beast" the Teutonic SUI
perman-who established himself in
dominating position in many countries
by right of conquest.
ITO this race belonged the ancient
Greeks, the original Romans, the rul-
ing race in Egypt, and so forth. I'm
fortunately this type tends to die out
when it migrates from its native eli
mate, and so in time the Romans died
out and their empire fell to pieces and
the glorious period of the Greek intel
lect was short-lived. In the same way
white races fail at the present day TO
establish themselves permanently in
tropical climates"
The Lancet quotes also some of
Colonel Woodruff's opinions on the eff
feet of light, which he considers al
most wholly harmful to white men.
1.-THE dark skin of tropical races
serves as a protection by cutting of
the rays of light; it also assists the
body in radiating heat, but at the
same time favors absorption from a
hot environment, so that dark races
stand such heat as that Of a stokehole
worse than light-skinned people.
Contrary to common opinion, the
author holds that bright light is bad
for children at school, rendering them
restless and irritable. The neurasthe-
MIA which affects white residents In the
tropics and their children is due, he
considers, largely to excessive light,
aided doubtless by high temperature"
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moonlight ones, for the fish can clearly
see the enemy. and. moreover, the
braziers, which are intended to attract
the fish, are of no avail.
The fishing boat is very much like
the Venetian gondola, and carries four
fishermen, one of whom stands on the
bow using u cormorants, another in
the middle using four birds, and the
remaining two control the boat with
poles. Generally one cormorant
catches seven or eight ayu every time.
How the Fishing Is Done.
To begin with the fishermen take the
birds out one by one from the cage
and put round the neck a small metal
ring, which presses a part of the gullet
so that any fish Except tiny ones)
swallowed may not reach the birds
stomach. Then they attach a long
string to the bird, which they hold in
the hand. During the fishing season
the birds are never fed In the daytime
so as to enable them to pursue the fish
with furious activity owing to hunger,
which is appeased by tiniest fishes
swallowed upright, as the band is
loosely fastened. 1t requires, indeed,
great skill and dexterity on the part of
the fishermen to control the cords with
out getting hopelessly entangled. He
must, moreover, encourage the birds
movements and anxiously watch them,
for when they have completely filed
their outlets they swim idly upon the
surface. 1t is almost incredible to
those who have not seen the operation
what activity the bird displays under
water in quest of its prey, and in a
shallow part of the river fish rarely
escapes the birds keen eyes and sud-
den turns, unless it takes refuge IN
der q stone or in the mud. The bird
then returns to its keeper, and little
of its neck effects the
delivery of the booty. 1t may then be
let loose again to recommence its
thankless task.
Generally five or seven of the fish |
ing boats are at work in company, |
making a line that usually extends |
across the river. The fishermen's |
torches make the scene so bright that |
one would think the r:.fer was on fire, |
and it is sometimes full of boats with |
spectators, who come from the neigh
boring districts TO enjoy the picturesque
sight as well as the evening cool.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-04-12
Then and Now.

We never heard the word efficiency
in those days, so far as l can re-
member, outside the physics labora-
tory. Would to heaven it had stayed
therel 1t must not be supposed, how
ever, that we did not work when we
did work. AS 1 look about me, 1 do
not see many young men under our
present efficient systems who seem to
be working harder. Somehow we de-
rived from the old men a thirst for
knowledge, a restless curiosity, joy
Gus knight-errantry in the quest for
truth. Surely, that teaching which
can induce students TO pursue their
researches voluntarily outside Of the
classroom is the best kind of teaching.
I get the impression today that
most of the joy of college life is con-
fined to the student body, and that
that is often hectic. The faculties
seem to me overworked, over-serious,
lacking in what we call pedagogic
that the student may be
trusted to get some good out of leis-
ure. I suppose that we shall have TO
blame, as usual. the Zeitgeist. Crowd
ed curricula, multiform student ac-
tivities." and all the full-steam and
throttles of modern eff
cheney are pushing out of college life
just the one element that should be
of it-time; time for ru-
mination, day-dreaming. thought
Robert NJ. Gay, in the Atlantic.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-04-12
Constipation and Indigestion.

These are twin evils. Persons suf-
fering from indigestion are often
troubled with constipation. Mrs. Rob-
ert Allison, Nation, ILL.,, writes that
when she first moved to Nation she
was great sufferer from indigestion
and constipation. Food distressed her
and there was a feeling like a heavy
weight pressing on her stomach and
chest. She did not rest well at night,
and felt worn out good part of the
time. One bottle of Chamberlain's
Tablets corrected this trouble so that
she has since felt like different per-
son.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-04-12
Notice to Creditors.

In the Probate Court of the County
of Gem, State of Idaho.
In the matter of the estate of David
Basye, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned, administrative of the es-
tate of David Basye, deceased, to
the creditors and all persons having
claims against the estate of said de-
ceased, to exhibit such. claims with the
necessary vouchers within ten months
after the first publication of this no
tice to the said Administrative, Fran
ces Basye, at Emmett, Idaho.
FRANCES BASYE
Administrative of the Estate of
David Basye, Deceased.
Dated-First Publication at En-
nett, Idaho, March 20, 1917.
Geo. F. Zimmerman, Attorney for
said Administrative, residing at En-
NETT, Idaho.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-04-12
Plant PopIars.

Poplar is a quick growth and is in
good demand for the making of
matches. Recently two steamships
have been loaded with the wood for
European ports and the cargoes
brought large profits to the shippers.
With all kinds of forest trees rapidly
disappearing from the face of the
American continent. this tree might
be made a paying crop for many sec
tons of the country. The time is COM
ing when we shall need wood and
there will be little wood to be had.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-04-12
Easily Traced.

"The plot of Dasher's latest book
has sort of vague elusive familiar
ity."
mo doubt: he wrote it from the mo-
ton picture that was adapted from the
stage success translated from the dra-
matized French version Of Russian
problem oovel."-Life.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-04-12
Remarkable Fertilization.

An ancient fertilization, declared to
be more remarkable from an engi-
neering viewpoint than the pyramids
of Egypt, has been discovered in the
Andes. 1t is an enormous edifice, COM
posed of stones weighing thirty and
forty tons, which had been transferred
from Il quarry across a river and car
ried up a steep slope.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-04-12

and published in said Gem County,
Idaho, and that said publication be
at least five days prior to
said End day of May, 1917.
A. o. SUTTON,
Judge of Probate
Dated March Goth, 1917.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-04-12
Nature Cures, the Doctor Takes the
Foo

There is an old saying that Mature
cures, the doctor takes the fee," but
as everyone knows you can help Ma
ture very much and thereby enable
it to effect a cure in much less time
than is usually required. This is par
ticularly true of colds. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy relieves the lungs, liq-
uifies the tough mucus and aids in its
expectoration, allays the cough and
aids Nature in restoring the system
to healthy condition.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-04-12
RenovatinQ SerQes.

To take spots off serges and similar
fabrics put teaspoonful of quillaia
bark into pint of boiling water and
let it stand till next day. Pour off,
strain and bottle. A little of this ap-
piled with clean rug To tweeds and
serges acts like magic.