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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-04
THE COST LIVING

The success attending the boy
colt on sgea and turkeys serves
to remind uS Of the remark of a
recent writer who ventured the
opinion that II was not 90 much
the high cost of living Asit was
the cost OF high living that was
troubling the country at this
time. 81
That writer placed his finger
on one OF the sorest spots in our
domestic economy.
We are the most extravagant
people on earth.s
Fifty years ago our fathers
would have sworn mighty but
righteous oaths had any been gull
ty of our extravaganza. They
lived in a manner that we Of this
day would consider the extreme
of hardship.
Our grandmothers, could they
come back, would be thoroughly
scandalized at our profligate ex-
travagance, and yet the strange
thing to us is that they managed
to extract about as much happi-
ness from life as we do-if not a
little more.
1t has been said that the luxur-
les of one generation are the ne
cessities of the next.
If this be true the outlook in a
few generations is truly appall.
ing. Given all our luxuries as
their necessities, with proper.
tionate luxuries of their own of
which we have not yet even
dreamed, to what gigantic extent
will extravaganza have reached?
The picture 10 not a promising
one. In fact, it is by no means
attractive.
1t has been said that an Euro
pean peasant family would live
in comfort on what the average
American kitchen consigns to the
swill barrel. And we haven't a
doubt of the truth of the asser.
tiou.
Here's the American pace: Mr..
and Mrs. B., worth half a million,
aspire to live on the same scale
as Mr.. and Mrs. A., who are
worth a full million. And Mr..
and Mrs. c., worth only a quar-
ter of a million, would keep pace
with the BIS, who have half a
million, and SO on down the line.
Really, isn't it time for the
sober, intelligent citizenship of
the country to call a halt on the
useless, senseless and even idiotic
extravaganza of the age?
There must be an end to every
string, and the American people
are a mighty long way from the
beginning.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-04
FACT

Local evidence.
Evidence than can he verified.
Fact is what we want.
Opinion is not enough.
Opinions differ.
Here's a Baxter Springs fact.
You can test it.
R. F. Hartley, prop. of meat
market, Main street, Baxter
Springs, says: ''Doan'S Kidney
Pills have proven a decided sac
cess in my case. This medicine
gave me results that we're salts
factory in every way and since
using them l have had no further
need of a kidney tonic"
SOC, at all dealers. Foster
Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo,
N. Y.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-04

Lime should be applied after
blowing, and preferably three
or four weeks or before seeding
alfalfa, in order that it may be-
come from frequent borrowings
thoroughly incorporated with
the soil. 1t is often practical,
especially when using ground
limestone, to apply the lime to
the crop preceding, in order that
there may be time for it to be-
come thoroughly available for
for the alfalfa.-U. S. Dept. of
Agriculture.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-04

Bmahas 70 Sell BY the POUND
Gklenl gIo>,n o. January / (
adopted the new method Of cell,
ing bananas b1}hs pount in,,ena
- 81 N, dol,i. Bskl<t
ehahlS ~ill li1hs IAN ihto liIs
soon. Not much longer shall
vienioy the privilege Of asking
for l dozen ban-nas and implor.
ing the grocer to s'please PICK
out the beat ones.
I According 70 grOcsrs. Il hka
been illb6ssible b give eIssy
rustomer 'iQhaFs daal' when
il dpmes to selling bananas. On
every stock there are ! few Urge
ones at the top and the iruit
grows SMALLER at the bsttOm.
When the large ones aregone,
purchasers bear the brunt Of
taking the smaller oues and pay.
ing the same price that large
fruit cOpld be obtained for.
The oily drawback to the plan,
merchants say, is that when .
ANAL amount of the fruit ID
desired by q customer. il will be
hard to give correct weight.
Bananas now are costing
grocers nearly 4 cents a pound.
Each bunch bears from Is to 20
per cent shriukage and It has
been estimated that a price oi
about g cents a pound is fair to
both customer and consumer.
The new arrangement benefits
the fruit jobbers, in as much al
they will not experience the
former difficulty of supplying
small fruit to the grocers.
Grocers declared yesterday that
it will be only a question of time
until eggs and other produce will
be sold by weight instead of by
count. In some instances eggs
vary as much as a pound to the
dozen, and it 10 believed that the
weight system will be applied tc
as many articles as possible with
in the near future.
Patrons will have to be edu-
Gated to buying by weight" said
a grocer, land the banana move
ment is the beginning of the
campaign"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-04

LETS all buck up and make
"Some town" before another
Christmas comes ambling along
No, we don't mean only the Other
fellow. We mean you, individ.
ually, and all of the rest of the
individuals Individually and the
whole bunch Of you collectively.
VIII you buck7
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-04
SOCIETY NOTES

A watch party was held at the
C. M. Youse home New Years
eve. Those who attended are
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Convey. Mr.. and
Mrs. Len Willard, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallace Covey, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Archer and daughter Alta,
Mr.. and Mrs. VanDusen and
family, Messrs. Neal Clark and
Ted Treece and the Misses Irene
and Vera York of Adair, Okla.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-04

The Peanut Club met with
Mrs. J. w. Cook last Wednesday
evening. Three visitors were
present. Mrs. Wilsey of Fl.
Scott and the little Misses Ethel
KatherYn and Georgia Lee Nc
Cannon of Miami. The evening
was spent in needlework and
conversation, after which the
hostess assisted by Mrs. Patton
served refeshments.
Mr.. Wilsey of TT Scott enter.
tanned the guests with music on
the player piano over telephone.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-04

Miss Bertha Skies entertained
a number of her young friends al
the home of her sister, Mrs.
Frank Collins, Monday night.
The evening was joyfully passed
with games, music and social
conversation and the guests all
agreed that Miss Bertha makes
a charming hostess. Present
were: Misses Louise Convey,
Anna Names, Elsie Horton, Eth
ell Enright, Beatrice Cherry,
Stella Sutherland, Ida Vandusen,
Dorothy Plumb, Hazel Etter,
Frances Young, Bessie Kent
and Grace Fulton and Messrs.
Herbert McAboy, Lance Wene,
Kenneth Hooker, Forrest Dowty,
Cecil Dowty, Ralph Pfremmer,
Arley Shields, George Etter,
Chas. Parsons and Glen Gregory
of Pittsburg.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-04

Wichita. Kansas, has drawn
one of the federal farm loan
banks. The federal farm loan
board announced the following
cities in which farm loan banks
will be located: Springfield,
Mass; Baltimore, Nd. Columbia,
S. c.; Louisville, Ka.; New Or
leans. La; st. Louis, Mo-; St.
Paul, Mimi; Omaha, Nebr. ;
Wichita, Kansas; Houston, Tex. /;
Berkeley, Calf; and Spokane,
Wash. One hundred and forty
contesting cities we're disappoint-
ed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-04

Misses Irene and Vera York Of
Adair, Okla, left for their home
Tuesday after a visit with Miss
Alta Archer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-04
Notice

Dead and valueless stock taken
care of free within eight miles of
Baxter. Phone M. A. Patton at
McAboy's Meat Market. Tele-
phone 1875.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-04

Misses Thelma, Gladys and
Helen Riseling were hOstesses al
a party given at their home New
Years eve. Those who attended
are Misses Mary Radley, Arville
Bendon, Opal Kspple and Ruby
Gregory of PittsburR, Edna Sul-
liYah and Ennice Baldwin, and
Messrs Lawrence RiSsling, Bob
Mason. Ted Mason, Ray Sulli.
van, Edward Lee and Russell
EaEla.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-01-04

The Minute Cafe-that's where
they all go. Good eats, prompt
service. Meals 25c.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-06-07

idle dream Of the past that a substitute
could be found for international shipments
of gold on the balance of merchandise ex-
changes. It is easier and safer to ship Sc
curities than specie, and the international
relations are now becoming so intimate that
bonds in safe deposit may be sufficient
guarantee of credit exchanges without shift
ing even securities from one side Of the
ocean to the other. The federal reserve
bank now balances credits by Geographic
orders on a gold fund at Washington, with
out shifting the gold. 1t is not difficult to
believe that the relations between the fed
eral reserve bank and the Bank of England
may yet justify the control of international
exchanges in the same manner, under the
safeguard of an exchange of securities as
good as gold.
"These uses give a value to the Liberty
Loan which can be shared with no other
bonds. The modest holder Of a few hun.
dreds or thousands of the worlds premier
security may consider that such uses are
nothing to him. That is a mistake. He may
not want the loan for those purposes, but
the fact that the loan has such uses adds
to its value in the hands of even the small
est holders. The Liberty Loan is a national
utility, whoever owns it, and its utility in
creases with the universally Of it's owner
ship
The Liberty Loan bonds are the premier
security of the world today.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-06-07
The Moral Effect

The tremendous moral effect OF a full and
prompt response to the first call to the
colors today cannot be overestimated. We
have seen the remarkable stimulus the mere
declaration Of war by this country gave the
allies on the battlefield I'VE nave seen the
damper the entry of the United States
into the war has put on the German people,
despite the efforts of their government to
conceal the fact; we have seen the en-
couragement it has given the anti-Prussian
party in Germany; we have seen the new
|vigor infused into the allied campaign by
the millions of money loaned them by the
United States; we have seen the French
men and the English wonderfully cheered,
inspired and heartened by the tremendous
given the commissions in this coun-
try; and now remains the final smashing
moral blow of young American manhood lit
orally '%springing to arms ten million
strong, in one day at the first call for extra
ordinary military service to crush despot-
ism, overwhelm barbarism, to save the spir-
itual essence of civilization.
The New Mexican hopes and believes that
the response today will be greater than the
most liberal estimate. The final conclusive
demonstration that this great nation is
willing to fight will hasten the end of the
war UNNECESSARILY at one blow.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-06-07
Dog6sh and Horse6sh
To Beat Living Cost

Seattle, Observation-Disclosures the United
States bureau of fisheries placed the stamp
of its approval on the dogfsh as human
food and renamed it grayfish, an agreement
was made with the Puget Sound Gamers
that they would wholesale the fish at a
price that would enable it to be retailed at
10 cents a can, which is the price that was
formerly the standard for the cheaper
grades of salmon. Keppered grayfish, how
ever, soon rose to Is cents a pound. Black
cod, formerly a neglected fish, became popu-
lar Immediately upon its Endorsement by the
United States bureau of fisheries under the
new name OF sablefsh, and doubled in price.
Whalemeat, first offered for sale here at
8 cents a pound, with the Endorsement OF
the bureau of fisheries, jumped to Is cents
in less than a month, and whale steaks now
cost 40 cents a portion in Seattle restau-
rants. All the new food fisheries Endorsed
by the government experts, on both coasts,
have become popular. and still other sea
foods are to be brought forward to reduce
the high cost of living. Attempts made at
the same time to introduce horsefish, which
the government does not indorse, have fail
ed.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-06-07
The Idea Tomorrow

The New Mexican doesn't believer that
any young men in Santa Fe between the
ages of 81 and 30 are going to dodge regis
tration tomorrow. We believe you can count
on the fingers of one hand the men OF
that stripe in this city. The important
thing for all to do is to see that everyone
understands the necessity Of registering
and the penalty provided for those who
10 not; that the young men understand
that they are not being drafted but are
merely aiding the government to make a
census of the citizens of the ages from
which the first draft is to be made. What
we need to do is to make it apparent that
Santa Fe's response to the call of the ma
ton in its necessity is enthusiastic, will
ing, prompt and patriotic; that we have no
slackers, actual or potential; that we real
lze the vital nature of the emergency which
confronts the country and hat every man,
woman and child wants to help. What
Santa Fe and New Mexico must compre-
bend is that there is an emergency, there
is a crisis, a very real menace to our gov
eminent and our institutions and our
ideals, a very real menace to democracy
and liberty throughout the world; and he
WIZ uou6SS Ills responsibility Is uellDeF-
ately asking that some one else protect and
perpetuate his right to life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness as we have it in
America.
1t has been a tremendous Undertaking
for America to transform the machinery of
peace into the machinery of war. No man
should lay one additional obstacle in the
way of his government. The least we can
do is to say to Uncle Sam, Here we are,
when you want us"-and that is what this
registration means tomorrow.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-06-07
High Duty
Inhn charn MuIia.a. IIni4a

Senator from Mississippl.)

senator from MiSSiSsippi)
The United States has entered upon the
great world conflict, which is to decide
whether democracy shall have a safe place
in the sun on the earth, or not. There Is
hardly any higher duty than that which
ought to ~actuate each citizen to help fur
nish a part of the money which will be
necessary for that purpose.
It is true that a man may be able to lend
his money out at 6, or 7, or 8, and in some
places even 10 per cent, but he might we'll
forego for the space of two or three years
the higher rate Of interest while he invest
ed in 3R per cent bonds Of the United
States. His principal would be safe. The
bonds are exempt from taxation, except the
Inheritance tax, and exchangeable for later
bonds of a higher rate of interest II the
United States later during this war issues
such, and are specially freed from any war
tax that might be levied.
Our men cannot get to France or Belgium
in any considerable numbers for a year.
The government money received from the
subscriptions to bonds may get there by
wire, the credit based upon It may, which
is the same thing, and, after getting there
takes the form of clothing and food, NUM-
tions, rifles and cannon, and may help our
allies to win. Next to the Immediate duty
of chasing submarines and sinking them
wherever they can be found, thereby re-
opening the avenues overseas for the
worlds commerce, there is nothing that can
do so much good as lending the govern
ment your money. And even in that respect
the man who subscribes to a bond, putting
what ready money he can into 1t, has the
satisfaction of knowing that his money has
helped build a destroyer, or buy an armed
yacht, which in its turn has destroyed a
submarine.
The American people are not a money
Loving people in the sense that a miser is.
Their ~money-getting takes more the form
of a game, which is enjoyed because Of
its skill and the cIash Of wits, and their
love of the possession Of money is based
more upon the uses to which the money can
be put in eIevating themselves and their chill
dren and their ~heishbors and the commu-
nifty in which they live than upon the money
Itself, or the reputation OF having it.
: We are the weaIthiest people in the
world; this wealth ought now to serve the
country. 1t will he a shameful thing chat
those who are not fit for military carviee
should allow those who are fit to 90 to the
front and be manned and mansled, and per-
haps killed, while they stay at home and
refuse to Go even so much as to loosen their
purse strings.
editorial. Note.-Senator Williams of
Mississippi was the first member of either
house Of congress to subscribe for Liberty
Loan bonds, investing several thousand
dollars in them.)
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-06-07
4FEMALE OF THE SPECIES"

The little boy was evidently a firm be-
lever in the old adage, "Of two evils,
choose the lesser" Turning a corner at full
speed he collided with the minister.
Where are you running to, my little
man?"' asked the minister, when he had re-
his breath.
"Home!" painted the boy. MAS goin' to
spank me-"
what" gasped the astonished minister
Are you eager to have your mother spank
you that you run home so fast?"
NO. shouted the boy, over his shout
der, as he resumed his homeward fight,
"but if | don't get there Before pa gets
home, he'll do it!'-Topeka State Journal
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-06-07
Uses Of Cottage Cheese

WASHINGTON, ID. C.--Cottage cheese is
richer in protein than most meats and lis
very much cheaper. Every pound con-
tains more than three ounces Of protein, the
chief material for body building. 1t is also
a valuable source of energy, though not
so high as foods with more fat. 1t follows
that its value in this respect can be great
ly increased by serving it with cream, as
is SO commonly done.
Cottage cheese alone is an appetizing and
nutritious dish, 1t may also be served with
sweet or sour cream, and some people add
q little sugar, or chives, chopped onion,
or carawey seed.
The following recipes illustrate a number
Of ways in which cottage cheese may be
served:
Cottage Cheese with Preserves and Jel-
lies.-Pour over cottage cheese any fruit
preserves, such as strawberries, figs or
cherries. Serve with bread or crackers, IL
served separately and eaten with the pre-
serves. A very dainty dish may be made
by dropping a bit of jelly into a nest Of
the cottage cheese.
Cottage Cheese Salad.-Mix thoroughly
one pound of cheese, one and one-half table,
spoonfuls of cream, one tablespoonful Of
chopped parsley and salt to taste. First,
fill a rectangular tin mold with cold water
to chill and wet the surface; line the bot
tom with waxed paper, then pack in three
layers, putting two or three parallel strips
OF pimento between layers. Cover with
waxed paper and set in a cool place until
ready to serve. Cut in slices and serve on
lettuce leaves with French dressing and
waters. Minced olives may be used instead
Of the parsley, and chopped nuts also may
be added.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-06-07
Back Up the Government
(Ry Albert Bushnell Hart Of the
WuiIantes.)

This is the year, month and day for the
American people to make clear that they
are the American people; that they can
prove their courage, keep their own
promises, stand by their own principles and
show the world what democracy can do.
The United States of America has DELHI
erateIy gone into the most awful war OK.
perienced by the world for many centuries.
The declaration of war is not the act Of
the president, the administration, or con.
gress; 1t is the deliberate decision Of the
men who elect representatives, senators
and the president. This country has had
two years and th~ree-quarters in which to
think this question over, and has decided
to go to war because war had already come
to us, n could not be avoided without Civ.
ing up national rights, honor and indepen.
dence.
Having once, made this decision, the
country must prepare itself for the duties
which follow. There can be no putting the
hand to the plow and then looking back.
The decision to go to war includes the de-
cision to raise the men, to muster them,
officer them, train them, equip them and
transport them where they can have some
influence in the outcome Of the war. The
act Of congress for organizing a new ma
tional army is one of many necessary steps.
Another is the taxation act, which shows
the magnificent determination of the ma
ton to take up the heavy burdens of the
great war. The next step is to show conf
dence in the government, by putting into
its hands the necessary ready money for
organizing the army, and also for paying
those advances to the allied governments
which for some time to come must be the
only direct method Of participating in the
war. The Liberty Loan is a good invest.
ment with its 3% per cent. net revenue, free
Of tax. 1t is as safe as Uncle Sam; as
strong in it's foundation as the Washington
Monument, as wide as the continent, as
permanent as the constitution, If the bonds
Of the u S. A. are not sound, no investment
is sound. In the Civil war people sub.
scribed hundreds Of millions of dollars to
the government loans and every dollar OF
interest and principal was paid promptly,
honorably and fully in gold.
Wake up, Americans, to your duty and
your opportunity! 1t is not a question sim.
ply of a safe Investment. The issue is a
safe country. You are putting your money
into the solidity Of the United States next
year and every year. Without loss or dan
ger to yourself you are placing a rock I'M
der the feet Of the army, a safe port before
the navy. A subscription to the Liberty
Loan is a support to truth, justice and free
government.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-06-07
Mexico Wants Her Bit

We may be about to accomplish the sub
~jugation of Mexico by money rather than by
troops. Just at present it might be mad
visable to take on another opponent for our
military forces, and if money can do what
troops might have done it nay be better
to allow money to do it.
Carranza is reported as leaning comfort
ably toward the gold bags Of the United
States. He sees that other nations as our
allies are being given means Of subsistence
and comfort, and a Mexican has no bitter
hatred of money.
1t might be heroic to love Germany, bur
Carranza cannot ring up anything On the
cash register just because he loves Ger
many-not now, at least. BY loving the
United States he might be able to make a
touch. 1t would be valuable to bring Mex
leo to order and keep it in order. Mexico
ought to contribute to the b%etterment of
conditions on this continent.
Conditions will not be so easy from now
on-are not SO easy now--that conspicuous
waste, such as the waste of a fertile part OF
the continent, can be regarded as negligible.
II money can conquer Mexico and reduce it
to order, at the same time raising it to
cleanliness and d%ecency, then the use OF
money will be justified.
But force of a different kind must stand
behind money. If Americans acquire new
property rights in Mexico, if American loans
be made, if American money goes in, this
peaceful invasion of productive force must
be respected, and if it is not respected,
respect must be commanded for it by a diff
ferent kind of force, expressed in terms of
Observation-Disclosures