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Baxter Springs news., 1917-10-11
THE STATE OF KANSAS


l. IL Williams Elinor Reuther. HELEN Reuthef.
Helen Reuther Sofa Relther. Florence Smith.
Ellen Mann, +. " Felt, and the unknown heirs
executors, administrators. trustees, cevisees, and
assigns, II they. OF any Of them, be deGd.
You and each Of you are hereby notified that YOU
have been saed in the District Court Of Galena
County Kansas, sitting a; Galena, by the said
plaintiff whose petition file in the office OF
the clerk Of said court IL Gslenz, Kansas, aud that
you must answer the said petition Oh or before the
22nd day OF November, 1917, said petition vii he
taken A. true ard judgment will be taken rs CON
icssed aud rendered in favor Of the plaintiff and
against you. the said defendants. oi the folloHing
nature, to-NIt:
Plaintiff will be decrced 10 be the legal anu rquit
able owner oi the real estate described in said petit
tion. to-Nit. The south one-kalf l.2I oi Lot ten
10, in Block ten ,lOl VI the original plat Of the
City Of Baxter Springs. Cherokee County. Kansas,
and the title " said real estate will be queted IN
said plaintiff and you and each OF YOU will be
wholly excluded and forever barred from any
ntefest therein aud you wll he stopped from setting
dy claiming an! right, title or interest IN or TO
ssid real estate or any par. thereof, anc plaintiff
viii he given .Ich other relief that she may be
entitled 10 N law OF equity, including The costs Of
this action
Dated a, Galeaa Kansas. this 9TH day of October
lal.
CATHERINE McGAURAN,
iiy: q " Earnshaw, Her Attorney.
Attest FRED SIMKlN.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-10-11

sidewalks constructed under this ordinance shall he
four iil it. In width.
SECTION D, II any property oNnen oi any lot
or part Of lot adiaccn, to or abuttng any side walk
herein mentioned fails a. build any side walk within
the time prescribed 70 lhs ordinance, such side walk
may b. built undur th- dirrcton Of the City Street
Commissioner and the expense Of the same paid by
tbs Cay Of Baxter Springs.
SECTION d. All expenses Incurred aud paid by
the City oi Baxter Springs m the construction oi
any aide walk herein mentioned. shall he cctiri
together with penalty OF twenty Five perc'utum In
the County Clerk OF oL,rokcC County, Kansas b.
the City Clerk ol sa, Cay, a. taNs, against any lot
or pirccs Of ground adiaN'nt TO- or ahuttlng any
side walk herein mentioned.
SECTION z. No property owners shall build, or
cause To be- built, any side walk rs herein provided
until the Street Commissioner shall have been
notified of the time when such side walk shall be
built
SECTIONS. 5. Ths ordnance shall take effect
and be In force from and after It's publication In the
official city paper.
Passed, signed and approved this 2sth day Of
September, 1917
ATTEST: E. l.. WRIGHT.
o. NJ. SPRATT. Mayor
lSeall City Clerk
10. VI. sprtt. City Clerk, hereby certify that
the above 10 true and correct copy Of Ordinance
No. l72, as the same waI passed b. the City Coun-
ell at . meeting held September 2s. 1917. and Es
tbs same now appears On Gle in ny ofhce.
Q. VI. SPRATT
Seal City Clerk
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20
sHE WENT AND THEN
 WENT TO PIECES

A recent issue of the Nome Mug get gives the following account of a tryout of Scotty Aliens new aerosled,
 which resulted disastrously to the
 machine:
 "She went anyway. AS one Eski. mo said, when he stood on the bcsch and watched her smoke: That skins
 dogs" Which is only another way of saying that Scotty Alien gave his motor sled a tryout yesterday. He turned her loose in front of Darling
 & Deans place on Front street. and had some difficulty in steering. After
 missing the buildings on the south side of the street by narrow margin
 he nursed the cavorting critter down
 to the ice on Boring sea, while the ex- pectant crowd stood in the lee Of the buildings to escape the biting north
 wind. On the level ice Scotty opened Ter up bit and in jiffy had speed
 of about 20 miles an hour. Then 6 1 12-iDch shell exploded right il, the bow of the craft. The propeller blades went high in the air and flew a hun dred yards to either side. The hood of the engine few into the air aHd other parts were scattered about. Ev
 crybody ran down fearing that Scotty and his two passengers were hurt, but luckily they were not. The dejecia imembra were gathered together and a post mortem held. It developed that the forward timbers under the engine had broken down and the col lapse caused the engine and propeller to foul the bottom. The propeller is only splintered and can be duplicat- ed. Apparently the expensive motor lis not seriously injured and can be fixed by local machinists.
 MT. Allen Is going to make some changes it is understood, widening
 the sleigh and strengthening the un- derpinning. He is convinced, and so
 ere many others, that he is on the
 right track towards solving the win
 ter transportation problem in Alas
 ka by motor sled and after repairs
 are made he will give his invention
 another trial. He made twenty miles
 an hour without turning on the full
 power and picked up this rate of
 speed in less than a hundred yards.
 His run covered only a quarter of a
 mile before the accident occurred" !"
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20
Huge Monument Placed

PUYALLUP, Feb. 20.-A massive gray granite monument, weighing D. 300 pounds subscribed by the chil- dren of MT. T. Simmons, was placed yesterday afternoon on the grave of Mir. Simmons at Olympia. The plac- ing of the memorial was witnessed by MT. and Mrs. F. M. Simmons of Puyallup and C. M. Simmons, of Klaber. Mrs. F. M. Simmons said that those present stood in eight inches of snow. This is the second memor- ial for MT. Simmons, the first having been placed ill front of the old pi- ioneer's house in Tumwater by the residents of Thurston county.
 The stone was placed between the graves of the colonel and his wife. The carving on the granite shows that MT. Simmons crossed the plains in 1S44 and settled the first year in Tumwater, Facts concerning Col. Simmons wife are also on the stone Simmons built the first sawmill and grist mill in this state, and was the first to operate a boat on regular run from San Francisco to the Sound Before returning to Puyallup MT. and Mrs. F. M. Simmons visited cousin in Tumwater.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20
Dye Before You Patch,

Never patch d garment just before Ii goes to the dyers." was the advice of q young woman in u dyeing establish ment. Unless the patch and the thread it is sewed on with are exactly the same kind of material as the garment they will come out of the dye pot different shades. Here is blue skirt tEat was brought to us cream cOlored. The cloth had worn through in several places, and the owner had patched the tiny holes so palnstakingly that the patches could not be detected in the original color. but after the dyeing they show ed up darker blue. The amount of dye any material will take depends upon how much cotton. wool or silk 1t contains. It Is so hard to determine that exactly that any garment that has to be mended can be matched much better after dyeing."-New York Sun.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20
BATTLE OF cHAPULTEPEc.
k Was the Last ssrious Conflict of Our
 War With Mexico.

Chapultepec Is the name of a hill three miles southwest of the City of Mexico. rising about fifty feet above the surrounding plain. On It the Aztec monarcbs are said to have made their summer home. and here in i7SJ Gal veg, then viceroy of Mexico. began to erect an imposing fortified castle. which, though never completed. was used after 1922 as a military school Tn the war between Mexico and the United States the hill was strongly fortified by the Mexicans and was the scene. on Sept. l2 and 13. lS4I. of fhe last serious conflict of the war.
 After the battle of Moline del Key, Sept. 8. General Scott planned n move ment against Chapultepec and on the l2th opened heavy bombardment. un der cover of which. on the following day. Generals Pillow and Quitman, supported respectively by Generals Worth and Smith. made gallant as- saults, the former carrying the fortif1- cations on the west and the latter on the southeast The Mexicans. after making stubborn defense. were driven in confusion back toward the city. On the l4th the Americans en- tered the City of Mexico. and the war was virtually ended.
 During the three days Sept. l2. 13 and 14) the Americans lost S63 in killed and wounded. General Pillow being among the latter. while the Mex jeans are known to have lost a much larger number. On the side of the Americans about 7.5O0 men were en- gagged and about 4.OOO on the Mexican side
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20
Old Leather Rottles.

Leather bottles. or Dlackjacks, were common in Europe two centuries ago. The bottles were often made of one skin doubled up and closely stitched together, leaving an aperture for the neck. The stopper was made of wood. horn or old leather. A good deal or care was required in the preparation of the leather. which had to be oiled and worked with hammers to make ii supple and then washed with a lye go that all the impurity was entirely re- moved, leaving the leather clean and dry. No moisture or air had any effect on it.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20
INSECT INVENTORS.
Clever Things Done by Spiders, Bees.
 Wasps and Ants.


 Wasps and Ants.
 'The best commentary perhaps on such sentence as The inventor is just a clairvoyant who translates his forecastings to castings is that among our greatest inventors are the insects" writes James A. Ford in America. "As warning refect ton on human clever ness these insect inventors should not be forgotten. The wasp made ex- cellent waterproof paper ages before man ever thought of doing so. and made it from wood pulp. We have been using that material only for a couple of generations.
 ''The bee and the wasp used hypo. dermic needles long before man ever thought of them. and the bee uses fOrmic acid as an antiseptic to pre- serve its honey from fermentation. "The spider made the first suspep- sion bridge according to all the rules of the craft. and some spiders make excellent airships. One of them even makes Il diving bell.
 "The bee makes wax that we can- not initiate.
 'The silkworm is still the unrivaled manufacturer of silk.
 ''To these we fmight add the ant. which makes tunnels and subways. the mason bee with it's cement work. and the great peacock moth. which calls it's kind from distance by wire less telegraphy. But to complete the story we should have to reprint Henri Fabres books
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20
Moth Killer,

If moths get into closet saturate a cloth twelve inches square with for maldehyde; place cloth in the closet and close up tightly for twelve hours The same plan may be used in chests trunks or boxes where clothing is stored. The fumes will kill moths as well as their eggs.-New York Ameri can.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

The value and need of newspaper in the household was never greater than at the present time. The great war in Europe is now halfway into its third year. and whether peace be at hand or afar off the events to fol- I low will be world shaking.
 The Prospector Publishing Company offers the Thrice a Week World, The Daily Prospector and The Weekly Miner, one year for only $500 cash in advance. You get 156 copies of the World, 313 copies of the Prospec- tor and 52 copies of the Miner for this price. Can you afford to be without them.
 The Thrice-a-Week World,
 The Daily Prospector. The Weekly Miner, ALL FOR $13.OO PER YEAR The Prospector and the Weekly Miner are the only papers published at Valdez, and are replete with local and world news. The Miner makes speciality of Territorial News in con densed form. The World is too we'll known to our readers to dilate upon its field of usefulness.
 SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20
An Obstinate Family.

Cholmondeley-I thought you intend ed to marry Miss Wealthington? Dol mondley-I thought so. too. but her family objected. Cholmondley-Wha: did Miss Wealthington say? Dolmond ley-Oh. she's one of the family. yo,' know
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

Try the Cottage Dining Room for good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M. 1 Rucker. Phone 13I. tf
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20
Making It Easy For Her.

Making It Easy For Her.
 "Yes'm, I'm going to leave. I'm tire,l hearing this family quarrel
 "Please don't leave. Julia. Promise me you'll stay and I'll get you a pal: of ear muffs s"-Browning's Magazine
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20
His Disappointment,

Visitor-Poor man! Have you been in love? Hermit - Nn lady; only in matrimony.-Exchange.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

Why not a vICTROLA? We have them from $15 up. Valdez Drug Co. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

For flrst-class meals and good serv- ice at reasonable prices try the Mer- chants Cafe. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20
Prospector ads bring results.
For Sale.

Lop-Eared Malamute Dog, 15 mos. old, weight 103 lbs; price f. O. b. Val deg $75.00. Address, Box 232, Douglas, Alaska. ks-1-17
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

Rexall Drugs! Absolutely pure. Ow! Drug Store.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

Furnished rooms at Mrs Osiand's. Prices reasonable. .
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

Location notices. both quartz and placer, for sale at the Prospector of- flee.
 Complete line of Bulk Chocolates. Candy Kitchen. u Anything in nugget and ivory jew elry at Valdez Drug Co.
 Rexall! Rexall! Investigate Rex all products at the Owl Drug Store. tf Valentines, three for five cents ana upward, at the Emporium. U The best of everything in box Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen u Hot drinks are ip full swing at the Candy Kitchen. u
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

Pictures and Panoramic Views make fine presents. Valdez Drug Co. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

Rexall! Rexall! Always gets frs: call by discriminating buyers wh' know that Rexall stands for superla- tive excellence. Owl Drug Store, ex- elusive agents. tt
 Pure Fresh Drugs at the valdez Drug Store. u
 For fine Candies see eur stock. Valdez Drug Ce. If
 A new line Of heaters priced right, at Mead's. If
 Just received, 6 new line or Toilet Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
 Just Received--tho latest Popular Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. If
 CITY EXPRESS. Phone 82: ready to transfe. tat baggage for you. If
 Furnished rooms at Mrs Osiand's. Prices reasonable.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

Just Received--tho latest Popular Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Go. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

Subscribe for the Prospector.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

CITY EXPRESS. Phone 82: ready to transfe. tat baggage for you. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20
THE THRICE-A-WEEk EDITION
 OF THE NEW YORK WORLD

IN 1917 Practically Daily at the Price of Weekly. No Other Newspa. per in the World gives so much at so low a price.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

Just received, 6 new line or Toilet Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

Hot drinks are in full swing at the Candy Kitchen. u
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-02-20

The best of everything in boz Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen ti
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-13

STANDARDIZATION QUESTION
COMES UP NEXT WEEK
The subway-traction question
comes to the front again next week.
William Barclay Parsons, Robert
Ridgeway and Bion ]. Arnold, the
commissioners who wrote the $780,
900 report on ''The Straphanger's
Hope or There's a New One Born
Every Minute" will all appear in
person before the council transpOTta-
ton and tell US what we need and
how much and what it will cost.
Parsons is the chief engineer Of
the New York marlborough Co. Of
New York. He has worked with, for
and through the Belmont Morgan
utilities group of Wall street. He
knows what they want. They know
how he works. A record of ten
years engineering shows Parsons
projects pumping nickels from strap
hangers jamming aisles and plat
forms of cars amidst a congestion
that Parsons is slated to tell the local
transportation committee how Chi
cago congestion is to be relieved"
What it will cost and how to pay
for it-how to amortize and sinking
fund-what to do with the nickels
of the millions of car riders on Chi
cago streets every day the next fifty
years-alI this will be told to us by
Parsons direct from Wall street.
Bion ]. Arnold, the street railway
capitalist who is president of the
Elgin & Belvidere interurban, will
also tell the aldermen and the pee
pull of Chicago how to pay for what
we are going to get. Arnold is the
big man (beega-beega MANI who
solved Chicago's transportation prob
lem in 1907 and is again on the job
solving it.
1870
SHOT IN SCHOOLBOY FIGHT
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-13
SHOT IN scHooLBoY FIGHT

Jos. Mahoney, 10, 1117 E. 47th st.,
an employee of The Fair store, was
shot probably fatally in a gang fight
of schooIboys at AID, st. and st. Law
renee aY., last night. Louis Bass,
10, 4154 Wabash avY was arrested
with ten others
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-13
MAN WHO KILLED BRIDE SAYS
MIND WAS A BLANK

J. Maurice Petit, who says he
slew his young bride to keep her soul
clean and send her to heaven, took
the. stand in Judge BaTrett's court
yesterday in his defense.
He described incidents occurring
on the day of the murder, but said
he didn't remember cutting his wife's
throat.
my mind is a blank" he declared.
81 don't remember much until got
downtown and found a razor in my
pocket; then telephoned the house.
I realized something had happened,
but I didn't know what My mind
was bouncing like a rubber ball."
Dickinson, N. D. - Mysterious
81. c. R." again fails in court to es-
tablish proof to his claim that he is
missing heir of wealthy -ranoher,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-13

BRITISH GAIN FOOTING ON !
GERMAN LINE
Berlin, via Wireless to SayVille.-
British forces gained footing in one
place north of the Ancre, following
number of attacks against Serre.
StoPming and capture of Ruma-
man town of Mihalea, with Russian
garrison of 400 soldiers, number of
other Russians being drowned in at
tempting to escape across the Sc
Veth, reported.
Petrograd. - East of Monestirka
and KachinuI Rumanian forces sue
ceeded after violent struggle in
throwing back Teutonic troops and
occupying some of their trenches.
Three machine guns were captured
in the RUmanian attack.
BerVIin, via SayViIIe.-RepuIse of
hostile companies east of Cerna bend
which were advancing toward Stra-
Yina, announced.
Successful attacks north of the
Slanic valley reported with capture
of four officers and 10 soldiers of
other ranks together with seven ma
chine guns, seven mine throwers
and large quantities of rifle ammuni-
ton and hand grenades.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-05

at faster rate. Presently although the
hand of the dancer is grasping the bar,
the beating of the soles upon the floor
sounds like run.
Grand battement!" The instructors
voice rings out as an order to charge.
The feet of the pupils pat the floor in
front of them. They tap upon the floor
behind them. They stretch sidewise In
impatient tappings.
The body stoops forward until, sus-
tanned by the rigid clasping of the bars.
1t is parallel with the floor. The weight
rests on one foot and leg. The other
stretches as far as It can reach. The
hand slides forward along the bar until
arm, thorax and leg are parallel with the
floor.
"Change!" The order comes bullet
like from the instructors lips. The fig
ures in the ballet skirts and the straight,
plain bodices wheel about 1t Is now the
duty of the left hand to hold the bar, and
keep the uncertain body balanced. All
the wearisome beatings and pattings and
stretchings and poisings are begun again
and must be repeated to the end.
There are forty-ive minutes Of this.
until the muscles Of the spectator ache
in sympathy.
- Then the pupils in the short, dower-like
skirts desert the bars and move with
army like pTeClSlOu 10 ZIG u ING
room. The weary work begins all over
again, but this time there is no friendly
support of bar within gripping reach.
The dancer must stand or fall by her
muscular control, her power of balance.
Sometimes there's a hard, humiliating
fall, tumble, scraping OF nose tips on
the floor. Not as yet has Virginia
achieve this sorry distinction.
When it seems that the dancers must
faint from fatigue and when you feel
impelled to order tea for the refreshment
of fainting bodies, the hardest work be-
gins. 1t is the last half hour. 1t Is time
for toe work" q
For what seems and often Is an ex-
cruciating half hour the class practiscs at
resting its weight on it's toes, at whirling
on its toes, at bending far forward and at
perilous angle backward, twisting the
body as a weathervane moves. all upon
the delicate, aching, often bleeding point
Of the great toe.
So, for two hours every day, Virginia
Gitchell is learning how to be the great
est dancer In the world. As years unfold
the work will become harder, moro ab-
sorbing The two hours will become
three, four. Ave. six. And the private les
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-05

sons are harder than the class work, BE-
cause the precision is absolute.
And Them" you ask Nine. Verhoeven.
"And them" Nine. Verhoeven answers
earnestly, when she Is sixteen she can
make her debut as q premiere danseuse,
probably in this opera house. Then she
will earn $3.50 a week. After awhile she
may have her own ballet and improvise
and direct her dances. She will have the
Copyright 1917. b. ne Star Oomp
Evening star., 1917-03-11
Golden Wedding.

ON Wednesday. March :. Mr.. and Mrs
: W Wynkoop celebrated their M
.icth wedding anniversary at their
aome near Colvin Run. Va
fourteen children have blessed the
sf;v years of their welded life. ten OF
whom are living and We're present al
he anniversary, with the exception OF
.wo. who were prevented by illness.
There are twenty-four grandchildren
and the reunion held at the old home
was more than ordinarily delightful
Affair
The members of the family present
we're Mr. Fulton Wynkoop of Washing
on. Messrs Edward and Walter Wyn-
1oop. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Wynkoop and
,aby Helen of Colvin Run, Misses Bes-
sic and Phoebe f. Wynkoop, Mr.. and
md Mrs James Wheeler. Mrs. John
Bird. Mrs Marvin Sanders and the fol
owing grandchildren: Master Grafton
tones and Joseph Jenkins of Washing
.on. Amos. Hugh, Ralph and Lewis
Ienkips Waiter Paul Wilmer and
:tta stewart Archie and Russell Wyn-
xoop and Charles, Vivian and Florence
Bird
4. Willis and Miss Bertha Howell of
Washington. William Riley. Mr.. and
Mrs T. y BergerstoCk and Master
harold of Herndon. Va
The District of Columbia division,
Daughters of the Confederacy, will
give card party at the Confederate
Memorial Home. 1922 Vermont avenue.
March ~. o'clock
Mrs. Emmett Anderson Of Austin.
Tex. is visiting her mother. MIS-. Anna
Y. Dykes.
The Sis.erhood of the Washington
Hebrew Congregation VIII hold gen
sral meeting Monday afternoon at 80
o'clock, in the .vestry rooms OF the
.emple The program will include ad-
lresses by Mrs. Ferdinand Dilsheimer.
president Keneseth Israel Sisterhood,
Philadelphia and Miss Jeanette Miriam
Goldberg. past president Rodef Shaiem
Sisterhood. Philadelphia: question box.
simon; report of the committee on
ordinations: nominations from the
ioor. and social hour.
Mr. and Mrs John W. Lineberg an
7ounce the marriage of their daughter.
ethel EStella. to Mr.. Mitchell a. RouN
,s Washington. ID. c.. at Middletown.
IA. March 3, by Rev. James II. Haley.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blume and son.
Master Robert. of Baltimore, were the
quests of their sister-in-law. Mrs
Elizabeth LANCER of 18th street, over
he Inauguration.
Alpha Eta Chapter of Kappa Sigma
fraternity will give it's annual tea on
sunday, March Is, from to Z. at the
napier house at 100 Vermont avenue
The local chapter will entertain the
Kappa Sigmas at Washington and visi-
ors who may be here from other chap
e:s. Invitations have also been sent
the other fraternities of George
Washington University.
Mrs. C. B. O'Neal and Mrs. f. It. Bos-
veil of Sloan, Ga, who visited Mr..
md Mrs. w. B. johnson at 1244 Frank
in street northeast during the inau-
;ural season. returned home Friday.