Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-07-05
SEES N BAXTER
A BRIGHT FUTURE
F. W. Scott Newspaper Man
Gives His Impressions OF
the Most Famous
Town in the Ore
Field


Tuesday from Mr.. Strong, a Fl.
Scott newspaper man, who was
returning home after having
visited the several towns in the
new mining field. He had a few
minutes to spare and on request
sat down to the typewriter and
pounded out the following, which
we are glad to print as voicing
the opinion formed by most
people who visit Baxter now,
after having known the town in
earlier years:
81 have not visited Baxter
Springs for over two years and
Baxter to me now is quite a
revelation. | formerly had an
intimate acquaintance with Bax-
ter, its population and its bust
ness, but | find myself in a new
municipality "a rejuvenated
community full of life and aggres-
sive progress.
"Ifind this change in new build
ings, hundreds of new people and
a general air of prosperity. Dur
ing my brief stay in town ! have
found a disposition to welcome
new people and new capital.
Baxter Springs appeals to me as
the feasible point of residence
for the great working population
of the new mining field of Okla
homa-Kansas. Feasible because
of central location, beautiful
location and a genuine hearty
desire on the part of the town to
welcome.
Baxter, the new mining center,
does not intend to surround the
corporation lines with barbed
wire entanglements or any OBJ
stacle in the way of its progrest
or the progress of the districs
tributary. Baxter has always
been a pretty home town with a
stable business and an excellent
business personnall and was
better equipped to handle the
immigration into the district
than other towns claiming metro
politan foundations within the
territory of mineral development
incorporated in this district.
Contrary to general express
sion in this district, ! find that
the people Of Baxter appreciate
that this is a wonderful time-a
time to build and build well.
That this is a time for urban
expansion, an opportunity in
generations of opportunities.
That expansion to be of real
value to the town, should come
regularly and should not be Of
the pell nell, haphazard' variety
one finds so generally elsewhere
in a new mining field. Baxter
now has numberless assets and
untold resources and bids fair to
become a thriving city of 10000
before the year 1920 is ushered
in, with every improvement and
accommodation to offer further
growth. 1t is easily recognized
that Baxter is building more
permanently, with more regard
to the future and what the future
may bring forth than any of her
neighbors. Baxter is receiving
praise of a flattering variety
from the outside.
When / came into Baxter on a
Frisco train / found three of four
men occupying the smoker (!
being the fourth conversing OF
Baxter in a very complimentary
way. In the course of the con-
versation all of the three men
announced their intention OF
making Baxter their home be.
fore the first of the year. Not
one of the three men lived in the
state and they all lived IN differ
ent town in other states and had
met by chance.
People of Baxter appreciate
that it is of vital Importance to
make Baxter a good place for a
home and a better place to raise
a child. Business men appreciate
their advantage in prestige where
they are dealing with home resi-
dents, people they know and
trust and in trying to bid for
trade from residents of other
towns.
Baxter's good schools, good