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Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
Baxter Wants In on War Loan

When the report of!the result
Of the sale Of its first issue Of
war bonds Is made the little city
Of Baxter Springs will appear in
the list Of subscribers. And the
sum subscribed we will venture
to say, will equal the amount
subscribed by any town in the
United States Of the same popu-
lation. On Saturday Of last
week the two banks Of this city
wired the Washington authorities
in charge that $50,000 worth Of
the bonds were wanted in Baxter
Springs. When received the
banks will turn the bonds over to
individual subscribers. These
bonds will draw three and one
half per cent interest.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
Quaker Valley

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Harvey
and Cleo Dobbins spent Sunday
with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. C. E. Harvey.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. J. Coyle and
family and Miss Mum Shirley
took supper with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Deem Saturday night.
Mrs. Henry Hall and daughters
spent Sunday with Mrs. L.
Mishler.
Miss Ellen Livingston spent
Saturday and Sunday with the
Misses Cools Of near Keelville.
Mrs. T. E. Harvey spent
Thursday with Miss Mum
Shirley.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Deem spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Deem Of Joplin.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. ]. Coyle and
family spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. John Coyle.
Harold Harvey and cousin,
George Greene, Of Joplin motored
to Pittsburg Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleo Spaulding
and T. K. Kennahan spent the
evening with Mrs. Daisy Ken
worthy Saturday,
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
BAXTER To HAVE
ANOTHER BANK
COmpany7Of Webb City, Joplin
and Baxter Springs Men
Apply for Charter.

Application has been made for
q charter for the third bank IN
Baxter Springs, to be named the
American National Bank. The
corporation has been capitalized
for $4,000 and the company u
composed of a number Webb
City and Joplin capitalists. In
Guiding r. l.. Walker. president
Of a bank in Webb City, George
Moore and Tom Coyne, and sew
eral Baxter Springs men, includ-
ing W. T. Apple, L. L. Cardin.
DR.. Boswell and Wm.. Langston.
Mr.. Apple will be a director.
The company has bought the
southwest corner at the intersec-
ton of Military and River streets
Of Mr.. Zeliken. The charter WIN
likely be issued within q week or
two and as soon thereafter
as it can be arranged, con.
struction work on a 50-foot, two
story brick building will be start
pd
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
HF0R.NEXT YEAR
Frame Building for Temporary
Use-Teachers for Next
Year.

A four-room frame school house
will be erected on the half block
OF ground in the southeast part
OF town recently purchased by
the Baxter Springs Board OF Ed
ucation. This action was taken
by the board at a meeting held
Monday night, as a means to
temporarily provide for the large
increase in the number Of chill
dren who will enroll at the be-
ginning Of the next school year.
The board had hoped to build a
permanent school building OF
eight to ten rooms and costing
$4,000 or $4,000, but the state
law limiting the districts ability
to bond precluded this move.
Another year, when the real
estate appraisal shall have largely
increased the aSsessable valuation
of the property of this city, the
district will likely be able to bond
for the necessary amount. When
that is done the frame building
to be erected this summer will
either be sold or utilized as a
ward school building. The title
to the lots bought by the school
board has recently been declared
and the district is now in undis-
puted possession.
The old school building will be
remodeled somewhat during the
summer, also, to provide more
room. Two or three rooms in
the basement will be fitted up.
A contract was given for 300 new
school desks and seats. The
board is providing for an increase
Of at least fifty per cent in the
school enrolment next year, add
ing six rooms to the eleven now
in use, including the two rooms
for colored pupils.
Of the sixteen teachers planned
on for next year, nine have been
elected, as follows:
J. w. Twente, superintendent;
L. H. Barrett, Minnie Young
Mabel Rummel, Hazel Rowe,
Nellie Weaver and Alma Hutch
ings, reelected, and Mildred Nc
Chic, Columbus, and Mabel Nc
Fall, Melrose, new teachers.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
Drill Cuttings

The Lucky Hunch Mining
company Is putting up a 800 ton
capacity mill south Of Hooker
residence, on Mrs. Minnie Dawes
80 acre farm. It Is claimed that
they are also going to put up
their own smelters. There are
more than II holes drilled on
this place and in all but three
rich strikes have been made.
The depth of the holes vary
from 120 to 160 feet. Kid Mark
ham Is one of the associates.
The Miami Zinc Syndicate is
now operating Fl drill rigs
between Baxter Springs and
Blue Mound.
On the Need farm, west OF
Baxter Springs, a good strike
was made last week. The cutt-
ings show that the hole promises
10 be of great value.
Drilling has started on Beal's
land. Two drills are at work on
the place.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
Suspicious Characters

Suspected Of being short change
men, Porter Clark, ST., and Floyd
Reed, independently, watched
the movements of three strangers
last Saturday, and both at once
called for the City Marshal
Henry Horton and had the men
arrested.
The stangers, who claimed to
be Charles Steele from Commerce,
Jack Phillip from Joplin and E.
D. Mason, also Of Joplin, went to
the Pearl Market and bought
cigars and tried to pull off the
same stunt it is claimed as the
one did a week ago. Floyd Reed
realized what they were up to
and refused to rechange their
money. From there they had
gone to one Of the banks and
returned and walked into the
Pearl Grocery store. Porter
Clark, ST., having been acquaint-
ed with the records of one of
them, was doing a little detective
work. Meanwhile Reed was
watching them too. When
Henry Horton appeared on the
street the two called at him at
the same time. The mon were
ordered to 60 with them. One
Of them seemed willing while the
others refused. It was then
that both Clark and Horton
drew out their revolvers and
commanded the men to take
their hands out of their pockets
and proceed. The strangers
obeyed.
In the local police station
Steele declared that he did not
know the other two, that he
came in the same car with them
from Commerce and that he was
going to Joplin to get medicine
for a Commerce doctor. His
arguments for his innocency SEEM
ed consistent and he was freed.
Later Mr.. Horton verified his
statement by. calling up the
doctor.
The other two men were locked
in the jail all the afternoon, but
owing to lack Of evidence as to
their activities as short changers
they also were freed toward
evening and ordered out of the
city by Eugene Turner, the night
marshal.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10

J. o. Treece, who bought the
half block at the east end Of
Sheridan street that was former
ly the King property, is having
erected thereon a handsome resi-
dence, probably the most artistic
in the city. 1t is two full stories
in height, and besides the closets,
bath and sleeping porch, has
eight large rooms and basement.
The work is being done under
the supervision of Chas. Ferris,
who also built the beautiful King
residence that was destroyed by
fire a couple of years ago, and
which occupied the same sito.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
Unclaimed Letters

Remaining in the postofflce at
Baxter Springs, Kansas, for the
week ending May 9, 1917.
Ray Zimmerman
J. N. McNicol
H. L. Nihart
Us. Meadows
Mr.. John Stark
Box 424
Erison Long
D. Killingsworth
A. L. Lamb
Chester Colby
Persons calling for any Of the
above letters will please say,
Advertised" giving date list.
Chas. L. Smith, P. M.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
School Notes

James Fithian and Clifford
Hardy have taken advantage Of
Gov. Capper's plan of letting
boys quit school who will 60 into
productive work. The boys get
credit just as though they had
attended school to the end Of the
session.
The Sophomore class, comonly
called Juniors in this school, came
out fine in their play, "All on
Account Of Polly"
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10


Found Mineral Here
"Big chunks of lead ore were
taken out in 1870, from the well
which was dug on the Rev.
l. L. Wright's farm 2 "a miles
southwest of Baxter Spring."
says Mrs. George Peak, who at
that time was married to Mr.,
Wright's son. A<
"The well was so fest deem
continued Mrs. Peak.
Wright was afraid to allow the
cattle to drink from the water for
fear Of poison. He finally had Il
filed.
1--WE had big chunks of the ore
on the porch and did not really
know what they were. They
looked pretty. Afterwards when
ore was found in Galena, we
compared them and found them
to be alike"
By this time the Rev. WRIGHT
had died and those who sur
him did not place much & 4
dence in the discovery. Conse-
quently nothing was done to de-
velop mining.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
PROSPECTING AND
MINE OPERATIONS
Notes of Interest Concerning
Activity in the Baxter Lead
and Zinc District.

On the James Murphy estate
good shines were encountered II
two holes. The first lease or
this land Is held by DR.. M. I,
Nichols.
DR.. Rutlege, H. ]. Allison and
]. c. Tucker, Of Alton, Okla,
were in Baxter Wednesday. They
with Others, from Alton compose
the State Line Mining company
This company recently came In.
to the Baxter field and have be-
gun prospecting on q 40 belong.
ing to w. w. Scott and lying
south of town on the Oklahoma
side OF the state line. One drill
Is down 1872 and has encountered
two runs Of good ore, the lower
face being about twenty feet in
depth.
On the A. Gritton farm on the
Chetcpa road about two miles
west of the cemetery, where the
Tri State company is prospect
ing q drill ran into good zinc ore
at a depth af 100 feet. This
strike was reported on Wednes-
day.
A stike that assayed above 6
per cent was made on the Anna
Beaver Company's land a half
mile from Cardin.
The Big Squaw mining proper
ty east of Lincolnville, has been
taken over by the Rose Mining
company which is, composed.of
Chicago men. The concentrat-
ing plant has been thoroughly
overhauled and repaired and will
be put in operation this week.
The mill is of 200 ton capacity
and has a large amount Of dirt to
handle that already has been
brought to the surface. The
property is located on the Peter
Shapp land. It has been mined
for a number Of years but the
mining has been mostly from a
shallow level. W. c. Collins,
the manager Of the comeany, is
in charge of the operation.
VIM. Grimes was here last
from Coos Bay, Oregon, for the
purpose Of joining his associate,
A. W Abram, in the sale of their
lease holdings on several hundred
acres of land around Sunnyside in
Oklahoma. The purchasers were
Tulsa parties and the considers
ton was $4,000 cash. These are
the same leases sold last August
to the I.& O.Mining company, but
later turned back to the owners.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
Attending Good Roads Meet.


Walter Apple left town Tues.
day with Galena people for Tope.
ka where he will represent Baxter
Springs in the State Good Roads
Commissioner meeting to be
held today. A few days ago no.
tices were received that the state
is going to make allotments TO
the different towns for good roads
and the delegations from Galena
and Baxter Springs went with
the hope Of getting something
toward the building Of q concrete
road from Galena through Baxter
to the Oklahoma line.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
Up Town Telegraph Office

It appears likely that the West
em Union Telegraph company
will soon establish an up town
telegraph Office in this city. The
business has grown Of late
to q point where the Frisco h un-
able to take care Of it and Il b
reparted that plans are nearing
completion for the iSeparation q
the commercial business from the
railroad Office.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
WAR BONDS

Subscriptions will be received
now for the United State Bonds
at either Bank.
Baxter National Bank
Baxter State Bank
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10

Marshall Jennings viii start
the construction Of his residence
the first of the week. It viii be
located on the east end Of Sher-
man street and Chas. Ferris win
Eupsriutsud the Job.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
MASSIVE BRIDGE TO
SPAN SPRING RIVER
Construction Company Rushing
Work for the Southwest
Missouri Railway Co.

In case one doubts the sincerity
Of the officials Of the Southwes
Missouri Railroad company, n
the statement recently made thai
the extension from Galena tt
Baxter would be pushed with al
practicable speed, all that person
needs to do Is to take q stroll
over to theriver, where, just a few
feet north Of the mouth Of the
creek, q mammoth reinforced
concrete arched bridge is under
construction. The false work OF
timbers already spans the river
in fact and the concrete has been
run into the molds for about half
the distance.
The contractor for the first
bridge is the Topeka Bridge COM
pany, and the superintendent in
charge is Mr.. Chas. Slusher, a
very pleasant gentleman, but in
tensely interested in his work.
He expects to complete the con-
tract by July first. The bridge
across the river will have four
spans of 75 feet each and three
Of so feet, and with the exception
Of about 200 feet Of earth fill
these concrete arches will be car
ried entirely across the island and
across the old mill race. Ten 80
foot spans will be built across the
island, of a height that is calcu-
lated to be above high water.
But even If water should rise
above these bridges they viii not
be carried away, since the con-
struction used here has fully
demonstrated its resistance to
flood writer's.
The bridge across the old mill
race will be two 75-foot spans and
will be built by the Midland
Bridge company Of Kansas City.
c. w. Doble, the superintendent,
IL now on the ground with his
men and is erecting camp build
ings and getting in material pre-
paratory to going to work.
Another bridge, crossing Shoal
creek, will have five 6O-foot
spans. Work on this bridge Is al
90 in progress. Here the builders
have a problem with the water,
which is about thirty feet deep in
the middle of the stream. To
erect . coferdam and lay the
foundations is not q small under
taking.
In viewing this great pile of
concrete and frame work the
News reporter was impressed
with the magnitude and expens-
iveness of the undertaking, and
improbability Of the company's
making Baxter Springs the ulti-
mate terminus of the road, after
making so great an outlay to get
from Galena to Baxter. That
the road will be extended fro m
here down into the mining terri
tory and on to Miami seems to
us q foregone conclusion.
The marked beauty Of this mas
sive stone bridge with its grace
full arches, contrasted with the
cold appearance Of a steel struc-
sture, was another feature that
impressed the writer. 1t harmon
izes charmingly with the pictur-
esque river valley and the wood
ed landscape lining the stream
and altogether will provide a
scenic route that will add much
to the pleasure Of the everyday
traveller and also induce many
people to make trip for the ex-
press purpose Of seeing our beau
tiful country, than which nothing
more delightful can be found in
Kansas. The News would sug-
geSt that Baxter people all stroll
lOvr the hill and get q view Of
fho nsw bridge.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10

Bach Musical club-With Mia
Ruth Barnes, May IL.
"KuteeS"-With Miss Hazel
Goodwin, May II.
Jastamere With MrS. A. r.
Kane May IL.
G. W. Buckingham and family
now occupy their delightful nv
home in Chubb'S sddltiop.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-05-10
Early Settlers

ed.
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IOWA'S DAIRY
MEN WILL MEET
CONVENTION At WATERLOO n
CONJUNCTION WITH CATTLE
CONGRESS:

Waterloo, Sept. 29.-In conjunction
with the dairy cattle congress to b
held in Waterloo, October to Z, In
elusive. the Iowa State Dairy associa-
ton will hold its forty-second annual
convention here. The association has
held its yearly meeting in this city
since the inception Of the dairy show
here several years ago. The dates On
which the dairymen are to meet WI
be October 2, 8 and 4. -
One of the outstanding features Of
this years convention win be the d.
cussion Of ways and means for bring
ing about a clearer organization OF tAoi
groups representing the various dairy
ing interests. chief among which aEo
the State Buttermakers' assoc1A&1e4
the Milk Producers association, a111
the Market Milk Dealers assocaak3Gny "
1t is probable that an attempt VIM III
made to make the State Dairy ss0oGoe
ton the parent Organization, with-tA0;
other bodies as auxiliary groups.
The main reason for bringing o0o9
such movement IN a. war moa0U4
for conservation and productionl In
stead Of loosely knit groups Of ~ -
400 members each they would - oGaa
verified into a strongly ccatye1(s - y
whose membership would m -
thousands. se ASK
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things I would rather do than face
German, hate-filled mob.
Americans are treated with the ut
most disrespect In Germany. An
American girl knew slapped the face
Of German soldier who insulted her
outraeeousiy, while she was walking
through the avenue called "Untsr der
Linden" He said things to her which,
In America, would have landed him In
Jail, soldier or no soldier. But she had
no protection. The soldier called a
policeman and the result was that the
American girl was tried and given
twelve days to leave the country for
"lnsuItino the kaiser" BY shaping one
Of his officers.
As for myself-when / would get on
street car always would step back
TO let q German officer pass before me,
II he also were boarding the car. OF
course all German women do that, but
imagine what that would mean to an
American girl! would not have
dared step up on the car before a SOL
der.
Walking along the streets. the sob
diers jostle you. or step on your feet
without thinking Of apologizing. One
Is not permitted to speak English
One day, in one Of the parks in Berlin,
/ met girl friend I had not known
was in Germany We were delighted
to see each other and began talking in
English. A woman passing by, stopped
and forbade US to speak\in that lam
guage.
But what we are saying is none Of
your business, told her.
THAT does not matter" she said.
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SORGHUM IS PLENTIFUL,

Charles City. Sept. 2s.-FIe1
Carrie has sorghum mill at Brad1dg4
that Is doing thriving business thaD
season. Over 100 gallons have bean
made in the past week and enough
work is ahead to keep the mill buV
more sorghum has been raised this
year than for several years and the
farmers say they will put in additional
acres next season. MS
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CHARLTON FAIR SATURDAY.

Charlton, Sept. 2S.--On account Of
the Indictment weather on Wednesday,
the first day Of the fair. the manage
ment has decided to continue it until
Saturday night, in order that everyone
can have the. opportunity Of seeing
the exhibits. which are large and
varied. The attractions are good and
many. The aviator. Larry Brown,
made two splendid flights yesterday.
and will also be here until Saturday
night.
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to write him today and say that a
client who desires to be nameless Is
prepared to advance him thousand
pounds for Ave years. free Of interest
II he can use the money probably.
You understand"
Certainly, Mr.. Bliss Wen at.
tend to the matter this morning. And
now with regard to
"Good-by." Bliss said pleasantly
and rang OF.
ITO be continuedJ
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(copyrsht, 1917, by the Pttsbur0h Press)

ferent tune. They began 10 DC more
fearful. Not 30 many laughs ana
sneers were heard, although the news
papers and the soldiers tried to make
the people think that our men would
not Give q good account Of themselves
In battle. And with the passing OF the
German sslf-confidenee, eame~a great
or dearse OF hate toward 10. -,
OF course no American In Berlin
dared to show an American nag. !
had one in my room. beautiful silk
one. and my landlady begged me to bs
sure and take it with me when l went
II would be afraid even to try to de-
stroy It," she said, "for fear some per
son would see me with it."
SLAPPED SOLDIERS FACE.
Toward the last, when ] went SHOP
ping. never went into the smaller
stores, for fear would be insulted or
not served. My girl friend. who was
from South America, had lived for sew.
en- years in Germany and she could
speak German so huently that no per-
son suspected her. But ! never got
rid of my American accent. and, frank
", I was afraid, for there are lot OF
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ing toward Paris we lived daily in ex-
pectation Of hearing that Paris had
fallen into their hands.
But, when the blunder of the Ger
man commander saved the capital Of
France the hopes of the German PEG
pie took a sudden drop. They never
hear, III Hindenburg had been leading
the army we would haye had Paris
and the war would have been over in
short order"
GERMAN PEOPLE DISCOURAGED.
The second year was much like the
first, but the third year saw the be,
ginning Of encouragement creep over
the people.
Few Of the German common PEG.
pie" even read the newspapers any
more. They had come tosdisbelieve
the glowing reports of German victor
les which seemed to get the Germans
nowhere. From the great world out
side bits Of news filtered in telling
that the German armies were far from
being as victorious as the military
rulers would like people to believe.
Now the people are apathetic. Few
things stir them Into excitement ex-
cept when they have to pay exorbttant
prices for food.
One Saturday morning saw a riot
in the market "A man was Offering
carrots for sale-at what in our
money would be Is cents pound. The
people tore his stand to pieces and
confiscated his vegetables. -.
And. in Berlin, the people arc kept
more under subsection than In the
other towns-what 1t Is like other
places can only conjecture. 1 feel
sure It must be much worse.
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LONESOME kEc UNCLAIMED.

Fort Madison, Sept. 29.-There still
reposes in quiet and unobstructive
corner at the police station, an inno-
cent and harmless appearing keg of
beer, recently captured by the police
when they posed as invited guests At
an informal party by local residents
and made OF with the liquid refresh
ments. The barrel awaits someone to
appear and claim it's ownership
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ALBA 70 OBSERVE WEEK.

Abba. Sept 29.--Albia Is to cels-
brate Greater Iowa week. The meet.
ing to be held in Abba is scheduled
for II q. m. Thursday, October 4. The
speakers will be Messrs. G. 8. HarpeD
Of Ottumwa, J. H. Morrell Of Ottumwa,
H. c. Taylor Of Bloomfield, and r. b.
Louden of Fairfield. II favorable
weather prevails these will be out-of-
door meetings. Otherwise they will
be held>in the club rooms of the Bush
ness Mems association.
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HOSPITAL RECEIVES GIFT.

Sioux City. Sept. 29.--The Samari-
tan hospital has received gift OF
500, O08 from N. c. Davis. Sioux City
is to raise the other 100000 needed.
Excavation for the proposed building
will begin soon and erection will start
in the spring.