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Evening journal., 1917-12-21

There were very few scoutmasters
in attendance at the association meeting
Monday night. Fellows there arc a few
rules given 10y one Of The Scoutmasters
on how 20 make any association fail
ure Here it is:
i.-nont come. 2.-1f you do, come
late. 3--If too hot or too cold, ii too
wet or too dry, dout think Of comne.
i.-kick IL You arc not appointed to q
committee. and il YOU are appointed,
never attend any committee meetings.
5.-Don't have anything TO say when
you arc called upon. 6.-lf you do at
tend a meeting. find fault with the pro-
ceedings and the work done by others.
Never bring q friend YOU think may
ioin the association. S.-Dont do any
thing more than you can possibly help
30 further tho association, then when
a Jew take off their coats and do things
howl that The association is run by q
clique
Troop No held q very short meeting
last Friday evening prior 10 going TO
the banquet at the odd Fellows Hall.
We arrived q little ahead Of time allow
lng us q little drilling practice. When
the banquet was over the pass word Of
our fellows was some Eats or "Joe's
some cook All Of the eighteen mem
,bers Of our troop who attended the
banquet were very much pleased with
IL and are now awaiting the second.
On Saturday basket ball game was
PLAYED between Eagle and Beaver Pa
Al. Nrs Ia Of
Rickenback and butcher starred for
Eagle Patrol while Gibbons and Albers
were the bis boys Of Beaver patrol
Ben Blatman and "Eggie' Flankle
PLAYED "a good game for the Fox Patrol
AS they defeated The Engineers 1871.
Troop No. S has am honor roll and a
service flag Of IFS own. The honorable
members for which stars are in the
flag for arc Alfred Smith, L. s, ~.
Bfnest Webb J. S. N. and Frank Spin
ken, Of the Hath T. S. Infantry. On Fri
day evening we will attend IN uniform
the Christmas entertainment at Union
Church.
Scribe Wallace butcher.
Troop No. % Instead Of meeting at
their headquarters attended the first
annual banquet last Friday night.
Scouts Of his troop are urged to be
present at all meetings in uniform.
Awards for tests passed are being Of
forcd by tho troop.
Scribe Homer Vincent
Troop No. 2s held regular meeting
last Tuesday. After roll call about three
fourths Of the fellows In the troop took
ana oath not to eat candy. cake or ice
cream more than twice a week. Mr..
Schagrin also took collection from the
boys so that he could start a United
states Government Thrift Card account
for The lrnnn Mnal Of The hnvr In nllr
Evening journal., 1917-12-21

There We're very few scoutmasters
in attendance at the association meeting
Monday night Fellows there arc few
rules given by one Of the Scoutmasters
on how 60 make any association fail
ure. Here 10 is
Evening journal., 1917-12-21

troop have started individual accounts
but this collection was taken for the
beneht OF the troop.
Scribe Joseph Breur.
Evening journal., 1917-12-21

You may open an account
with the purchase of holiday
gifts for your friends or your
family without extra charge.
Tell us where and when YOU
want your purchases and
they will be promptly de-
livered and you can pay for
them next year on small
weekly or monthly payments.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-18

@Dr. and Mrs. r. C. Wear and
daughter, Priscilla, returned to
Baxter Saturday after a visit Of
about a month in the East. The
time was spent mostly in sight
seeing. While Mrs. Wear and
daughter were visiting in New
York the Doctor took post grad
uate work in Philadelphia. Many
interesting places were visited,
among these being Washington's
headquarters at Valley Forge.
The return trip was made through
the mountains of West Virginia
and across Tennessee and Ken
tucky. One of the sights of
especial interest was the Blocksley
hospital in Philadelphia, a build
ing that accommodates 1000
patients. Mrs. M. /. Nichols,
who went to New York with the
Wears remained there for a little
longer visit with her daughter,
Miss Scottie.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-18
Look Out for the Cars.

All railroads are headed our
way and ere long, II the proposed
lines all get built into town, well
have a railroad on every street in
the city.
In December the council granted
q franchise to the Southwest
Missouri to come in from Joplin.
Early this month a franchise to
Bartlesville, Okla, men was
passed for a line from Bartles-
vile to Baxter.
Now the O. K. & M. Ry., at
present operating a line from
Miami to the state line near Blue
Mound, are going to apply to
the city council for a right Of way
on city streets. The company
has decided to extend to Baxter.
1t will make a junction with the
M. o. & G. line about where the
latter road crosses the state line
and will run into Baxter over the
M. o. & G.. tracks. The COM
pany will. ask for a franchise to
extend a track from t. M. o. &
G. crossing east on South street
to Military, where it would take
on and discharge passengers. The
company. it is understood, will
agree to run cars every hour be-
tween Baxter and Picher, Cardin
and Commerce.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-18
BIG ADDITION
TO GAS SUPPLY
Quspaw Gas Company Win Lay
New Six Inch Main to
This City.

Gas troubles will soon be a
thing of the past In Baxter
Springs. In fact, companed with
service elsewhere In this natural
gas belt, Baxter never has had
much to complain about, either
as to cost or quality Of service.
We are paying the lowest price
charged anywhere, % cents per
1000, and the supply exceptin q
few instances has been uniformly
good.
And now the supply Is going to
be increased Just 200 per cent.
Local Manager j. W. Grantham
has Just received advice from
Mr.. c. Burlingame, president
of the Quapaw Gas Company,
which serves this town, that
the company had ordered a
new six inch high pressure
main to be laid from the Riverton
line to ,Baxter, to connect here
with the four inch line now COM
ing in from the south. Work
win be started at once. The new
line will enter the town at the
north end, Just the opposite from
the present main, thus giving q
pressure from both sides.
In his letter to Mr.. Grantham
the president Of the company said
they were convinced that Baxter
would grow very rapidly and his
company wanted to be prepared,
hence was running in a supply
that ougth to be adequate for a
town of 10000 to $4,000 people.
People who heretofore have
been denied service because the
supply might be short, very soon
now viii be able to connect and
all win be assured Of having a
good supply of gas at all times,
even in the coolest weather.
This provision is timely and
viii do a great deal in the way OF
sd .::ng to the attractiyeness OF
this city as a place IN which to
establish homes and manufactur-
ing enterprises.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-18
HARDWARE co.
COMING HERE
Big Mine Supply House Buys
site and Starts Build
ing in Baxter.

The Murdoch Hardware Com
pany, pioneer business men OF
Galena and one of the largest
houses in the zinc, and lead
district dealing in mining and
mill machinery and supplies, will
establish a house in Baxter
Springs. The company has Sc
cured q site on the Frisco right OF
way extending between South
and Neosho streets and facing
South street. AS soon as the
weather will permit work will be
started on putting in the forms
for the foundations of the build
ings. The main building will be
60x92 feet, then there will be q
pipe shed covering 1900 square
feet OF ground space. The build
ings for the present win house
about ten carloads of stock.
Three auto trucks will be used to
do the delivering and laying in
of stock.
Charles Opperman, of this city
has been placed in charge OF the
Baxter house and is now actively
engaged in making preparations
for the buildings. Mr.. Opper-
man was formerly in the employ
of the company at Galena.
Among many other facili ties
for taking care of the mining
trade of this district is q $1,000
pipe cutting and threading mach
| Inc that viii handle any size pipe
from IL to IL in. in diameter.
The decision of the Murdock
boys to locate here is surely
welcome news to Baxter. They
are a strong concern and enter.
prising people. They are also
experienced and wise IS to future
and it may be depended upon
that before they made up thetI
minds to come here they were
well satisfied that Baxter has q
great future.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-18
FIFTY FOOT
FACE OF ORE
Deepest Body Yet Encountered
Liss Close to City Limits
on the West.

The News has obtained from
reliable sources statements re-
rarding the ore strike made this
week IN q drill hole on the Gregg.
Wyatt farm, lying Just west OF
the Frisco station. The lacts are
that the drill ran into good shines
at 81 feet. Apparently the cut
tings grew better as the hole deep
ened and the drill went QUITO
ore at 102 feet showing a fifty
foot face Of ore that probably will
run on the average from 6 to IL
per cent metal.
The shallow depth of this body
Of ore and its great thickness puts
q new phase on the developments
lust west of the city. Other
strikes in the same vicinity have
been made at q depth of from
l75 to 200 feet, but at this depth
q higher percentage Of metallic
content has been found in the
drill cuttings. Apparently in
this fieldEwill be found two dis
tinct stratas of ore, separated by
fifty TO 4 hundred feet. 1t Is
needless to say that the excellent
strikes made lately, following
one another in such rapid order
are creating q great deal OF In
terest in the new field and
strengthen the confidence Of
people who are looking to Baxter
Springs to become soon a large
and important community.
The assayer's report on the
cuttings taken recently from
drill.hole on the r. F. Hartley
farm, also close to the west city
line, has been turned in and as
follows:
Ore was encountered at 187
feet and the drill ran out at 23s
feet showing a face of 48 feet.
From 1s7 to 195 feet the percent
age gradually increased up to 2C
per cent, and from there on as
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-18
City Awards Mining Lease.

win Price, Of Joplin, was the
successful bidder for the mineral
lease on a part Of the city's 90
acre tract a couple of miles west
Of town, part Of which Is occupied
as q cemetery. The leased tract
comprises ''20 acres more or less
and Mr.. Price bid 15 per cent
for the lease.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-18

r. M. Gilman went to Kansas
City Tuesday to attend the I'm.
plement dealers convention and
expects to bring two new Fords
back with him.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-18

The Junior choir gave some
splendid music at the Methodist
church last Sunday night. II
you were not there you missed
q treat.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-18

Hofna Building and Loan
Ass0olatiOR assets SIS, ,S0O.s
10000. authorized oapi-
faI so, 600, 10000. Non
~ Smith
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-18

R. M. Gilman was elected
superintendent of the M. e.
Sunday school for the year 1917;
R. Gresser, assistant superintend-
ent; Chas. Polster, ruperintend-
ent of primary department; Mrs.
Geo. Harris, superintendent of
cradle roll; Marie Covey, organist;
Alta Archer, assistant organist
and Helen Dively, secretary.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-18

Dead and valueless stock taken
care Of free within eight miles 81
Baxter. Phone n. A. Patton II
McAbov's Neat Maiket. Tcle-
phona 19A
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-18

Miss Opal Kapple returned to
her home in Columbus Wednes-
day after a visit with Miss Thel-
ma Riseling of this city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-18
W. J. DHNS


Plans and Estimates Furnished.
Let me figure on your iob.
! y. cssks sid ss5lss - stsi's
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1917-08-12
WE HAVE WITH US

We have with us for the next TWO
weeks several celebrities. serving
their county and state in the position
Of Jurors. For instance. there is T.
J. Hocd of Douglas, better known as
Tom Hood. the man with the 'hiverit-
tus." a disease he contracted selling
Fords. Tom can tell more Ford
stories than ny Ford agent in the
state and they say that some Of them
you'd melt the lead were we TO at
tempt their reproduction in cold type.
Tom says he is tickled to death to
get back into Tombstone's delightful
climate and escape the Douglas heat
and sulphur fumes as well as the
flies. which tho Douglas Dispatch
says are infesting Sulphurette-
Vile. We also have with US that
man of shocks, the chief electrician
OF the Risbee improvement Company.
Mr.. Ingwald Rosok. Mr.. Rosok
saws that coming TO Tombstone Is
certainly good for his legs. That
when he is home he is so used to
climbing hills that when he gets in
town that's on the level land this
goes more ways that one), that he
" first steps eff like a spring halt
ed horse; steps as il he was climb.
ladder Mr.. Rosok will be re
membered as the gentleman who
made a survey Of Tombstone for the
electric light plant the city in goinl
to install next spring.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1917-08-12
cowsOY POSSE ON TRAIL
OF BRAND MANiPu AroRs

TUCSON, Aug. "a raid to dis
cover burned-over brands on cattle
started Saturday morning among The
cattlemen of the southwest. in a
round up that will sweep over ell the
territory south of Tucson and in
clude in its nets every ranch and
every head in the district.
The passes to Mexico have Leen
blocked with small detachments Of
cowboys and cowmen are determined
70 drive to extinction the theft Of
cattle through burning over and sub
shutting brands.
One Mexican Chico Ramoa. is in
Jail at Nogales. charged with re
branding cattle. He has maintain
ed silence however The cowmen
have a clear idea OF who has been
increasing his herd and intend to
push prosecution.
The Cananea Cattle Company has
lost some of their valuable thorough
breds and il is believed they were
rebranded and sold and killed
Persons who have sold meat and
not accounted for the hides are IN
der suspicion. Seventy-fve head of
clttle belonging to one outfit have
been found to bear burned over
brands. some crudely and others well
done.
The cowmen have been unable to
connect up with the owner OF the
brand that was used with or without
his knowledge
The roundup is supported BY tn
state livestock sanitary board. Mr..
Thompson. inspector for this district.
icing particularly eager to bring the
attic thieves to justice.
In the roundup all the cattle will
- inspected and marked by the live
''cc. board and it is believed that
aercby revelations OF wholesale
theft.
To make the roundup efficient. all
he cowboys of the Southwestern
"2ttlemen's Association have Joined
n the d: i've
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1917-08-12
WRITER TELLS HOW cocHlSE
COUNTY COTS ITS NAME
(Bisbee Review

How Cochise county got its name
was Interestingly told by a visitor
in Phoenix several days ago, l.. Fl.
Davis, mining editor on the Ell Paso
Times, and well known in Bisbee
Davis is one Of the pioneers Of
Arizona. having lived in Arizona in
his younger days. 1t was while no
was in Tombstone about the year
1880 that a committee met in Davis
office TO consider the naming of the
new county which formerly had been
a part of Pima county. Davis gra-
phically described the atmosphere OF
the place when the committee gath
cred on this suspicious occasion.
There we sat in this little office"
said Davis in a reminiscent manner,
and none OF us had much of an
idea as to what to call the new
county. Well sir. up stands Harry
Woods and addressed the committee
with the power of an orator He told
how the most unhaard of name had
been wished on our town, Tombstone,
and how he was going to match it with
a name just as famous, a name that
was known all over the west. And
chise,' chief VI the Apache tribe.
Well. you could have knocked the
committee over with q feather They
asked me for an opinion but | hadn't
thought Of name and so | said that
COchise suited me. and il was a fit
ting tribute to the old warrior chief,
who had now laid down his arms and
was engaged in peaceful pursuits.
There was little talking and as we
thought the matter over We came to
the conclusion that Cechise was as
good name as any, and SO she stood"
Davis then reverted back to some
of the incidents Of the early days of
he wild times with lawless men and
the opportunities that lay on every
side.
Davis is making a tour of the
state, particularly around the Wea-
yer district, where he has some gold
mining interests. While on his jour
1eys he will gather up material for
he big annual edition of the Times,
some time in the fall.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1917-08-12
GLOBE eox ATTEMPTS
SUICIDE ON COAST

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 6-Despond
ent because his parents had stopped
his generous allowance after he had
spent all ct his money in gay beach
cafes. Anton Trojanovich OF Globe.
attempted suicide twice at Santa
Monica today.
Trojanovich first threw himself into
the ocean from the Santa Monica
Municipal pier. Appalled, by the
desperate and wholly unexpected
deed, his two companions in r5velry.
George Stewart and William McCon-
nochie. heroicslly plunged into the
sea and after a superhuman effort
dragged the young men who tried TO
fight them of, to the beach, where
he was resuscitated by beach guards
and a physician, who fortunately was
within reach at the time the suicide
attempt was made.
After~a<d in a cell at the Santa
Monica police station. the Young
srizonan fashioned . rope out Of
some bedding and made an attemp,
to hang himself
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1917-08-12
OLD LAWS SHOULD GOVERN
SALARIES OF OFFICERS

PHOENIX. Aug 6-That the pay
q county officers should be govern
q by the law in force Immediately
-rececding statehood was the sub
stance Of a written opinion handed
% members Of the board Of superyi
sors by County Attorney L. NJ. Laney
yesterday afternoon.
TIE opinion was based on the de-
cision of the supreme court in th~
case OF Hunt VS. Mohave county ana
the decision Of Judge Lyman in tn
case OF stephen ct Al VS.. the board
o; supervisors OF Yavapai county
The opinion in part, is as follows:
In light OF previous decisions. !
am of opinion that in order TO be
entirely safe in its action your board
should pay the following county Of
fcers according to the law in force
Immediately prior TO statehood to
Wit: County assessor county attor
aay, county recorder. county school
superintendent. county treasurer and
hartman and members OF the board
( supervisors.
las TO the clerk of the superior
curt the sheriff. justices of tn ;
7cace and constables. am Of opinion
that these officers should be paid
hat these officers should be
id pursuant to the pro
sicns of the county classification
lct OF 1917 Under the law as il
listed Immediately prior TO state
aood. each of these officers received
his compensation through the fees
collected by him.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1917-08-12
LeLeviER DENIES REPORT

DOUGLAS, Aug. Elves G. Lele-
yer, Mexican counsel at Douglas, q
friend of p. Elias Gales. when told
OF the report that General Gales had
resigned he goyerncrship Of Sonora.
denied that it was true.
General Gales. he said. had been
given a commission by President
Carranza. the execution Of which d.
manded that he take leave Of alb
sence for a few weeks or months
from the duties of the Sonora COVER
norhhip. At the same time Adolfo
de la Huerta acting governor during
the absence of Gales in Mexico City.
was summoned to Mexico City hav
ing been offered an excellent appoint.
i've position. the consul said
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1917-08-12
NATIONAL FOREST RECEIPTS
GO UP 40 PER CENT

ALBUQUERQUE. y. NJ, August g
'ncle Sans income from the M
ional Forests Of Arizona and New
Mexico increased forty per cent dur
ing the fiscal year just closed. &C
~-ding TO figures just made pubic
the district forester. The gross
-aceipts are said to have passed the
100000 mark for the first time in
he history CT the forests. An ac
tive market for lumber. more cattle
nd sheep on the ranges. and higher
razing fees account for most OF the
Increase.
Figures just received from Wash
ngtcn show an increase in income
rf 100000 from the Natinal Forests
roughout the country. A larg r
~olume OF business is shown in tim,
r sales livestock grazing. and es-
lecially in leases OF land for summer
ines. Sales OF turpentining priv
ieges however. fell of nearly one.
half.
II is pointed out by Forest Officers
that prosperity on the National For.
ests is shared by the states in which
they lie. OF the s615, 900 yielded by
he Southwestern forests. Arizona and
New Mexico will get about $3.50, 00C
for their roads and schools.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1917-08-12
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED

A marriage license was issued yes
tarday by Clerk James Of the Supe.
rior Court to Emil Berry TO we'd Mrs &.
Katherine Kries, both Of Benson.
Both Mrs. Kries and Mr.. Berry are
well known in Tombstone. having re.
sided here for a number Of years
Mrs. Kries having removed to Glee
son several years ago and Mr.. Der
~ removing there last month. They
will reside at Gleason.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1917-08-12
THE DRAFT AS IT
APPLIES TO A lens

The sheriff's Office today received
another telegram from Governor Thos
Campbell regarding the draft as affect
ing aliens, which fully explains the
status of the situation and will allie
viate any misrepresentation that
aliens Of citizens coming under the
draft may have had up to this time
1t follows:
Phoenix. Ariz., Aug. 8. 1917
Sheriff Harry c. Wheeler.
Tombstone. Arizona
Regarding service OF aliens OBJ
serve the following ruling reports
reaching this Office recently indicate
that in some quarters the belief pro
walls that friendly aliens who have
not declared their intention to be-
ccme citizens but who are ready and
Wiling to serve are disqualified from
entering military service Of the Unit
ed States and therefore that they
must take first papers before they
can be accepted 1t is regretted that
such a misunderstanding sh uld have
arisen. The qualifications for vol
untary enlistment in time of war are
not more restricted for service in the
new national army than for the regu-
ar army Such alien non.declar-
ants are virtually volunteers.
The selectiye service act provided
for their registration but it did not
regard them as being under any liza
bility to serve and it therefore gave
them full liberty to claim exemption
when called By Local Boards. Now
that information reveals their Will
ingness in large numbers 70 decline
this exemption and to accept service
in the war against the common enc
~ Of olr civilization. it should he
fully understood that their service is
-carcily welcomed and they should
be accepted whenever upon summons
taey fail 70 claim their right of eA.
emption.
They are assisting the cause Of
their own country by aiding the Unit.
; States TO triumph in this var
The more cf them that enter the ser
Tice the better. for in this way i'll
be removed the cause Of dissatisfac-
ton heard IN some quarters that al
though cuotG was based on total pop
-la.ion inr.Uding aliens. the acnsl
draft ra2,hed only citizens and lie.
iarants Local Eorrds are d., 4
to facilitate IN every way. the accept
nee Of friendly aliens non -declararts
isT military service and thus TO enable
.hem to do their share TO assist the
country which has given them a refuge
q. d an honorable living
'Signcd) THOS. f. CAMPBELL,
Governor.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1917-08-12
DENY THAT GALES
RESIGNS GovERNoRsHiP

NOGALES. Aug. 6-Governor p.
Elias Gales, OF Sonora, Mexico, has
resigned and his resignation has
been aceptd by the legislature elected
lately. according to a statems Mt made
here today by Adolfo de Ia Huerta,
former governor OF Sonora who came
here on his way 10 Mexico city by
way OF Laredo, Texas.