Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-04-26
THE CITY IN BRIEF

Russell Carson of Tulsa, Isl
visiting Neal Satcerlee.
Misses Osa and Ola Reed went
to Miami Saturday to visit their
brother, Floyd.
c. H. Rosenstein Of Tulsa,
spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Rosenstein.
William Gregory of Pittsburg
formerly of Baxter Springs spent
the week end visiting friends here.
Miss Pearl Reed returned home
last Friday from Ottawa, Okla,
where she finished. a successful
year of teaching. She will stay
at home during her vacation.
For the best meats, sanitary
handling and prompt servicelgo
to r. F. Hartley & Sons Market.
Fresh fish and oysters, butter
and eggs. \
Miss Marie Allen and Bea
Mclaughlin were married at a
D. m, Monday in Columbus.
They will live on a farm near
Baxter Springs.
If you make promise and
wish to brake it, but could not
find a good excuse, we do advise
YOU to see Harry Stein. Exper-
ience teaches that he has many
of them on the shelf"
A FIVE months old Jersey calf,
owned by j. L. Hartley, was run
down and killed by an Automobile.
The humber of the machine cor
responds with the one owned by
a Ray Jones of Joplin.
The Quapaw Gas Co., has
installed a new 0rifce gas meter
on the town supply, between the
| high and the low pressure regula-
ton. The meter tells the pres
sure and the amount passing
through.
w. N. Love, who went to
Pochaster MINI. for treatment
under the Mayo brothers, return
ed home Saturday for a vacation
of five or six weeks. After that
time he will return to Rochester
to resume the radium treatment.
1t is claimed that not more than
lis or 10 radium treatments at
one time is given. Mr.. Love has
already had that number
The office of Long-Bell Lumber
company was entered by thieves
sometime between Saturday
night and Monday morning
The manager of the COMPANY
has not been able to locate ju I
what has been taken. SLOT
worth of tires that were lying
around were not touched. 1t is
the belief of the management
that some small thing must have
been taken.
Samuel West is planning to
build a new garage II by 20, on
the site of the one burned about
two weeks ago. The floor of the
garage will be made of concrete
and Charlie Carley is going te
do this work. The building will
be large enough to be used fol-
storing purposes. When the
. garage burned it cost Mr.. West
$3.50, besides his Ford. He is
building the concrete floor as
means of safety first. Mr.. West
has already ordered two Fords.
w. w. Wakeman, who a few
weeks ago, purchased to sixty
, odd acres south OF town between
Military street and the Frisco
railroad and surrounding the
= Omaho plated tract, is here new
t giving personal attention to the
plating of the land and having
streets graded preparatory tc
putting the lots on the market
Among other things he is plating
1876 trees this week, meaning to
give the prospective purchasers 9
good start in the line of beauti'
flying his property which has
been named Wakeman's addition
Mr.and Mrs. F. S. Mickey Of
Aurora, Mo-, were Baxter visitors
Monday. Having recently SOLD
their newspaper business in
Aurora, they are looking up 6
; location and hearing of the big
boom here they came to see the
town and consider a proposition
made by MIR. Phil Keener o.
Scammon, to sell his Baxter
Springs Herald which for the
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