Baxter Springs news., 1917-08-30
Coal Operators Declare They
Cannot Sell at Price Fixed
{. s.. H.: = - by Government. ,.~
.WORKMtM PAID MORE THERE
Costs 30 Cents a Ton More BeOauss
Of rhinnsss Of 'vein-PrOb- -
lem to Garfield. g-1

mined except by the cooperative. CON-
panies until there is.a change in, The
price allowed for coal or until the goy-
ernment takes over the, operation Of
the mines. The Usage district pays
higher wages than any other mine In
the state. The operators there now
pay $17l ton for mining. while in
Southeastern Kansas the rate Is nine
ty.Cne cents u ton. This is on account
Of the thin vein and shale in the dis.
trict.,' ,,-'.. .. '~'
Orders from Topeka dealers. for
Usage and Burlingame coal were re-
fused by the operators. Local dealers
who. gave orders for Usage coal some
time ago were notified that the cars
already loaded would be shipped, but
that other cars would not be furnish
cd. The cooperative mines assert
they cannot get out the coal at $3.50
q ton and the privately owned plants
say the government price Is too low
for the Usage district on account OF
the high wages paid miners there.
Governor Capper will present the
problem of the Usage district to Harry
A, Garfield, the fuel administrators,
and It may be that higher price will
be fixed for the Usage district: The
cooperative companies will continue
to mine coal for local use, but they do
not expect to get out any consider
able quantity for sale outside the dis
-tf4ct. .. .4 -' arc, o. ~
The miners employed by the CO.
operative mines are on strike. They
want: an increase of fifty cents q ton,
which would make the labor cost OF
digging the coal alone $221 ton. An
effort to settle the strike by mediation
OF the governor failed 10 - '''''''''
i; 1.-THE Usage district is only thirty
miles from Topeka and thousands OF
tons Of Usage coal are Burned there
yearly. SA .-9 s.i -.Sss '''SS'
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New Depot at Junction City,
Plans for new passenger station, to
be- one OF the finest in Kansas, are
being prepared by architects of the
Union Pacific for construction at
Junction City. Work is to begin with
in several weeks. Construction has
been begun on an extensive addition
10 the Union Pacific freight depot
here. e. b'
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Editor a captaln.-Mrs. Charles H.
Browne, wife OF the editor Of the
Headlight at Holton, is getting out
the paper, Mr.. Browne having gone
TO war as captain Of a company re-
cruited at Abilene. '"".
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W. s. cadya Newspaper Owner
William s. Cady, who has been Adver-
tising manager on the Lawrence Jour-
nal.Worid, has purchased a half In
terest Ia the Fredonia Daily Herald,
which he will manage.
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Negro Gets commlSsion.-D F. M.
Pearl, a negro physician Of Atchison.
has received a commission as second
lieutenant in the medical reserve
corps He has not yet been instruct
ed where to report for duty.
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r., .LiuhtplDu Struck a, Elstern.-Light-
ming struck the cistern Of Arch Nil
Ter Of Cottonwood Fails and so dam
aged il at the bottom that the. water
IS running out. It Is believed the
lightning came down the water pipe.
.o,ys. s.1l % ~ &sl%ro.as sDJa
Built RostefflVelIin a fNighA-On
rush orders the Fuller Construction
Company,athe other night, enected1 q
postoffice building. 40 by $50 feet, at
Camp Funston Work was. begun AZ
ter 6 O'Clock by large force Gf men
and by morning the building was In
readiness.
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Rob summerfleId Postoffles.-The |
postoffice at Summerfield was robbed
early. tha other morning Of $50 cash
and stamps, Tools were taken from
The depot to gain an entrance to the
postoffice.
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Man EIeetrocuted.-J. C. Linville,
was electrocuted while work
Ing on high voltage wires at Great
Bend. Fellow Vorkmen found his body
hanging to . pole BY his safety, belt.
pulmotor failed to revive him.
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A Manhattan Bond Vote@A special
election to vote q bond issue Of s16,-
BOO to aid in the construction Of
building for the soldiers
N Manhattan has been called BY the
sity commissioners 20 Be hsId the firSt
Tuesday In September. - .; ''i' -'--in
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,olathe PleBser sbeads-AR1s WaH.
Mckee, Is yearS old, pioneer reai-
lent Of johnson county, was found
lead in her bed recently. Heart trou-
BE was the cause. Mrs. Mckee came
o johnson county IN 1870 from Penn