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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-17

First Published in Baxter Springs
News, May 10, 1871
BEFORE JOHN JONES, JUSTICE
OF THE PEACE, CITY OF BAX-
TER SPRINGS, CHEROKEE
COUNTY, KANSAS.
j. Ben Russell, .......................Plaintiff.
VS..
Commerce Motor & Supply Com
pany, a corporation, Defendant.
NOTICE OF ATTACHMENT
The above named defendant will
take notice that on the 18th day Of
April, 1918, an order Of attachment
for the sum of SEVENTY FIVE
(S75.00) DOLLARS, was issued by
the above named Justice Of the Peace
against its goods, in the above entitl-
ed action; and that said cause will be
heard on the 1st day Of June, 1918,
at 8 o'clock A. M.
r. E. Rosenstein,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Attest: John Jones,
Justice of the Peace.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-17
A NEW GARAGE At LOWELL
Baxter Springs Men Have Garage at
Lowell Almost Completed
Have q Garage Here

Nicholas & Branstetter, Of Baxter
Springs, have built and equipped a
good garage at Lowell. The garage is
almost ready for business. Messrs.
Nicholas and Branstetter have q gar
age in Baxter Springs and are of long
experience in the business. They will
no doubt do a good business at Lowell.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-17

The new town of Leadville, Okla,
only few months old, located in the
rich Sunnyside Field, is making a
rapid, steady growth. A grocery
store, d tOwnsite office and several
dwelling houses have been erected and
n big hotel has been contracted for.
The main street of the town has been
chatted and 1t is understood that a
campaign Is to be carried on to make
Leadville a good place in which to re-
side. From the fact that there are at
least eight mills within a half mile
of the townsite It is certain that as
soon as they all begin to operate and
others begin building there will be a
lot of migration to Leadville.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-17

CHEROKEE COUNTY, KANSAS.
SITTING AT COLUMBUS.
+. E. Edwards, ...................... Plaintiff.
VS..
]. H. Carney, w. H. Ingersoll, ]. ].
Goble, George Goble, Arthur Burn
ey, C. Henkle, Charles Henkle, E.
c. Henkle, Carl Schiffendecker,
Henry Henkle, Charles w. Patton,
w. Westlien, Bernard Gong, Leroy
II. Cherington, w. A. Botkin, D. H.
Wilson, Z. F. Botkin, and Eli F.
Botkin, if they be living, and if not,
their unknown heirs, executors, ad-
ministrators, devisees, trustees and
assigns, and Howard Smith and
Moses d. Palmer, co-partners, do
ing business under the name of
Smith G. Palmer and P. Hayden,
p. Wilson, l. A. Wilson and c. H.
Allen, co-partners, doing business
under the name of Hayden-Wi
Allen, if they be living, and if not,
their unknown heirs, executors; ad-
illustrators, devisees, trustees,
successors and assigns, Defendants.
PUBLICATION NOTICE
The State of Kansas to each of the
above named defendants:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the said plaintiff, E. E.
Edwards, filed his petition in said
cause in the District Court of Chero-
kee county, Kansas, sitting at Colum-
bus, on the 9th day of May, 1918, and
that you have been sued in said Court
and must answer said petition so fill
ed against you, on or before the 21st
day Of June, 1918, or the said petition
will be taken as true and judgment
rendered against you. The nature Of
which will be that the Court enter
judgment quieting plaintiffs title in
and to the following real estate, sit
uated in the City Of Baxter Springs
County of Cherokee, and State OF
Kansas, to-wit:
All of lot eight (s) in Block five
(5) Original Plat to the city Of
Baxter Springs, except the follow
ing described parcel of ground to-
matchmaking at the south.
west corner Of Lot eight (8) in
Block five (5) aforesaid, thence
running east fifty-two (52) feet
along the south side of said LOT
eight 49,, thence running north
four (4) inches, thence running
west fifty-two (52) feet, thence
running south four az inches, Il
place of beginning, all in CherokeC
County, Kansas.
and declare all claims of estate or in.
terest in and to said land of all Of
you, the said defendants, to be null
and void, and of no force or effect
against the estate of the said plain
tiff and barring and excluding al Of
you, from any rights, estates, or in
terests therein, and for such Other
and further relief as to the Court
may be deemed equitable and proper
in the premises.
Dated this 9th day Of May, 1918.
Z. E. Edwards, Plaintiff.
By Grant Waggoner,
Attorney for Plaintiff
Attest: Fred Simkin, Clerk.
(Seal)
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-17

The Zuni Lead and Zinc company,
testing out a lease in the Ss of the
SWk of Section 3S-29-24, east Of
Sunnyside, struck another shallow
run of jack at its third dri,lhOle Sat-
very shallow depth, 40 feet and con-
urday. The metal was found at a
tinued to the 65-foot level, as it did
in the first hole, which was brought
in only few days ago. The second
hole was q blank. The 2uni is an
Oklahoma City company of which r.
F. Helm is field superintendent. Mr.
Helm states that if two more holes
show as good stuff as the two above
mentioned a shaft will be sunk at
once.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-17

The Red Eagle mill which has only
been in operation for one week,
averaging only seven hours a shift,
made a wonderful record, enough
lead being sold to pay all expenses
and quite bit over, to say nothing
of a carload of jack that has been
left in the bin. The Red Eagle mine
came into prominence several years
ago when the company operating it
made $4,000 in a few months by
hauling their dirt to the Miller Gus
tom mill a mile away to be ground.
The Red Eagle people are developing
n 10 acre lease in the SWA Of the
NWA of Section 32-29-24 immediate
" north of the Hawkins lease east Of
Leadville. A shaft has been sunk
there for several years which is said
to contain good lead and jack. A
hole sunk a few feet from the shaft
showed splendid run of lead at the
depth of % feet, which continued to
the 46-foot level. It is thought that
as soon as the Little lease is thor
oughly tested mill will be built there
also.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-17

The new mine on the Charles Dou-
that land in the NWN Of the NWh
of Section 31-29-23, which is some
times referred to as the Montreal No.
. is to install IA hand jigs at once.
The owners, C. F. Dyke, of Joplin,
Wesley Smith, of Baxter Springs,
George Potoff, of Commerce, and
Mike Evans of Pitcher, say that there
is no name for the mine as yet but on
account of several of the owners be-
ing interested in the Montreal, the
richness of the mine and the fact that
the same number of hand jigs are to
be used as in the Montreal, it is hard
to get the name out of the peoples
minds. 1t is probable that enough
ore can be jagged out to build a mill
in q few months.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-17

Leslie Meyerding will soon move
his jewelry store from the Reddy
drug store diagOnally across the
street south to the new Grantham and
Halsell building that is nearing com
pletion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-17

which is in no way connected with it,
the Buffalo company will develop 9TH
or leases of its holdings. 1t will be
the policy of the Redskin Mining COM
pany to go ahead with the construc-
ton of the mill planned by the Buff
falo on the site already tested out on
the south half and to develop the
north half as soon as possible. The
new company will make its headquar-
tiers in Miami. Offices will be open
ed at once and thorough mining or
gan will be effected. Judging from
the location of the Redskin leases and
the ore bodies located by the devel-
opment work it appears probable that
the mine will be one of the big pro-
ducers of the field.
The Lincolnville lead and zinc COM
panv, whose holdings are located in
the NWA of the SEA of Section 81
1924, Immediately west of the Bill
kin has made a surprise strike in a
haft that is being sunk on one OF its
sites, the ore being found at q depth
n little over half of that expected.
The ore body seems to tip shariy ut
that point for hole fifty feet from
the shaft shows ore at so feet and
one at rs feet shows the top Of the
run at the rs foot level but the sink
ers found good stuff in the shaft at
30 feet which is getting much better
at 35 feet and it is believed that 1t
is the 35 foot face registered by the
drill at so much greater depth a few
feet away. Three mills have just
been built within a quarter Of a mile
of the Lincolnville lease and several
others are to be built, but the strike
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-17

just made in the shaft is the shallow
est in that particular field and one Of
the shallowest in the district.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-17

Mr.. Parrish, shaft man for the
Quapaw Mining company, drifting
from second shaft southeast to con-
meet with shaft No. 1, struck an
opening or cave and went into ore
which shows a great deal better than
anything ever struck before. Mr..
Parrish says that it will run thirty
per cent. The open ground indicates
Il water course.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-12
BILLY SUNDAY IN CHICAGO.

Billy Sunday is tacklins Chicago and
attemp ting to improve the im1norals Of
that big town. Bill will have his ef-
feet there as elsewhere for Billy has
been d great and effective force for
reform and decenter living wherever
he has made a campaign. That is Mr.
Sunday and the movement that groups
itself about a Sunday revival invari-
ably leave the community the better
for having been there. When the ac-
counts are cast finally Billy Sunday
and the Sunday meetings will be cred
tied with a great part OF the success
Iowa towns and cities have had in at
tempts to eject the saloon. Bills re-
vivals bring men out to toe the scratch
plainly on reli gion and on points Of
morals and public welfare as we'll.
Once out of the high grass there are
many who refuse to take shelter there
again. They stand openly for and
against, stand up to be counted. And
| in Iowa the list of cities where the
Sunday meetings resulted in the defeat
Of the saloon are many and notable.
That Mr.. Sunday and his Chicago
revival with it's complete organization
shall have effect on the present move
ment to dismiss the rum sellers from
| the CITY and the state is without doubt,
He will fill that auditorium day after
day and night after night to over
flowing Of those who come to scott
many will remain to pray and more
will go out with settled determination
to oppose indecency and organized
vice. 1t is always so.
| Mr.. Sunday is a peculiar study for
| the analyst OF men. He is the only
man in the world perhaps who can
draw immense audiences daily and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-12

bonds" A man with a little ready
money always finds his chance. Every.
body finds his chance. It's the fellow
without a stake that can't take advan.
tage Of it when he finds 1t.
Mrs. De Saulles, who killed her hus-
band in a dispute over their child and
was acquitted. has now been made
guardian of the child. The logic of II
Is that If the old man gets in the road
plug him in self defense and have your
own way ever after.
The more the origin and actions Of
the Nonpartisan league are studied the
more impossible it seems that It should
be able to win even cursory notice from
the sensible and thrifty Iowa farmers.
The idea of the democrats seems to
be that what's theirs is theirs and
what's republican they go halves in.
Choosing between the despotism Of a
car and the Lenine brand Of liberty Is
like choosing between hanging and
electrocution.
The Stacker may be getting by with
1t for a time but his time is short and
after the war is over and the boys
come home he'll have HI of time"
Now that Trotzky has lost his job in
Russia why doesn't Jim PIERCE run him
for congress or governor in Iowa?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-12
is HE REALLY LOYAL?

Times-Repu blican:-1n my opinion
there is no question today before the
American people of vital interest ex-
cept loyalty to the American interests
In the gaining of the war and things
that are connected Herewith 1t is a
serious question in my mind whether
a preacher addressing a congregation
of several hundred people in referring
to the war as commotion of evil
forces making no distinction between
the purpose Of the military despotsm
Of Germany and of the United States
is really loyal to his country or to
christian civilization. And complains
that cur government IS taking the
young men from our colleges and edu-
cational institutions But we can get
the younger cnes. Can any amount OF
religious feIvor excuse such express
sions as being loyal to any correct
idea of serving ones. country or the
great cause in which our country is
engaged. A Reader
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-12

nightly for weeks on end to listen 20
discussion Of religion. How he can do
lit and why they come puzzles the
psychologists. But Sunday is Pc
culiar type and his effectiveness as
preacher a peculiar effectiveness. Out
Of the pulpit he does not impress
as extraordinary. In the pulpit he be-
comes prophet, seer, modern John
the Baptist crying in wilderness OF
doubt and detection. Men turn to us
ten, are drawn by attraction ana
driven by impulse to hear, to como
again and again. The power of the
man and his meetings is marvellous.
No other in America has it.
That the Sunday revival in chicago
will have an effect upon that city OF
millions and bearing on it's future is
not to be doubted in the logic OF the
history of the man and his meetings.
I hicago has been growing toward de-
cency Of later years. 1t is in a condi-
ton to receive the seeds of a great
moral movement. And Bill is some
scotsman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-12
BERGER. TRoTSKY. AND OF THAT lIK.

Victor Berger socialist, of Mil
lwaukee, has been indicted for disloyal-
ty. Yet Berger is candidate for the
senate Of the United States for Wis
consin.
| What the courts may do with Berger
| Is, of course. to be decided; but any
man whose platform demands IAN i'm
mediate general and permanent peace
which is submission to Germany. will
be convicted by the great jury of loyal
pubic opinion as a traitor to democ-
racy the world over. Such a platform
is disloyal to the proclaimed purposes
of the government of the United States
and the determination of the American
people.
Certain publications that are being
scattered over Iowa and with which
the United States mails are being
burdened and disgraced are disloyal in
their spirit and approximate treason
in their language. Publications that
today laud Lenine and carry Trotzky's
life and Trotzky's propaganda where
they should be turning to Abraham
Lincoln and the principles upon which
the republic that weakly suffers them
to circulate and peddle disloyalty to
half baked minds. They should be de-
MED the mails and transportation in
any manner and those who peddle
| them would be the better for a session
with defense council or better yet with
the secret service of the United States.
There is place where liberty becomes
license and so-called free speech and
FIRE press lapses into disloyalty
This Berger was a congressman of
the United States as LaF'ollette is still
a senator. His indictment runs to
active opposition to the draft, efforts
to defeat the policies of the govern
ment in connection with the war, o.
structing recruiting work and by pub
| lie utterances and writing interfering
with the military plans Of the United
States.
The publications referred on the
face Of their pages seem to be guilty
Of all that, if not in actual words in
spirit and apparent purpose They
should be suppressed and denied the
mails and the tolls that peddle them
about towns and precin come under
! immediate warning and surveillance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-12
rBy David Cory. I

/
Well, the next morning after the two
! tile rabbits had told each other about
their dreams OF the wonderful cabbage
patch, Uncle Lucky Lefthindfoot looked
over his morning mail and read the
paper and after that, and after break
fast too, he went out to the garage to
get the Luckymobile.
II think we ought to have it painted"
said the old gentleman rabbit" and so
did Billy Bunny, for the long, cold
winter had made the paint all dingy,
you see, and the Lucl1ymobile looked
Ike Old Sam Hill, who never bought
a new suit Of clothes, and let his
whiskers grow down to his watch
chain. And neither did he wear any
cravat, but no one knew that, for his
long beard covered up the spot where
his cravat ought to be, you see.
So Billy Bunny cranked up the
ILuckymobile, which wasn't bit
cranky even after that, for 1t was such
a goodnatured machine that it rarely
got out Of order, and perhaps this par
t'cular morning 1t was even in bet
Ter humor because it knew it was go
ing to get a new spring coat OF paint.
Well, after a while, by and by, by
and by, the two little rabbits came to
the paint shop, which was owned by an
Old Zebra, who had once belonged to
q circus. And when he saw Uncle
Lucky he bowed very low, for he knew
tho old gentleman rabbit was president
&c tho Rabbitville Bank and the Welsh
Rabbit Club.
what color do you wish it painted
Mr. Lucky Lefthindfoot? asked the
Old Zebra.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-12
Masonic Meetings
Always Welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE No. 1os,-sta,-
ed communication Friday, March IS.
1880 o. m. Regular business. 3. T.. Eng
lish, w. M; John w. Wells, secretary.
slGNET cHAPER, No. SO, r. A. M
Stated convocation, Monday evening
March IS, at 1880 o'clock Business
meeting Ira A. Davenport, H. P;
John W. Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 90 r. G. S. NJ, Mon
day, March 10, 1918, 1880 p. m. Regular
business. I. T. Forbes, recorder; George
Gregory, I. NJ.
SPECIAL coNcLAVE. St. Alderman
Commander-yT uesday, March II, 1918
7:3O .. m. For work; order Of the Tenn
pie. I. T. Forbes, recorder; John E.
Frederick, commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER, No. 81, o. E.
S.-Regular meeting for business We'd
nesday evening, March 10, at 7:3O
o'clock Mrs. Archer Walton, secre-
tary; Mrs. Cora Wiley, W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-12
THE NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE.
[Winterset Madisonian.1

W1uIerSeC MaOlSOn1an.J
The national Non-Partisan league
loudly protests its loyalty. The records
Of its leaders do not square with their
protestations Of loyalty. A big game
Of politics is behind the league in Iowa.
A meeting has been called in Des
Moines for the purpose Of swallowing
up the Taxpayers league, the union
labor vote, the socialist vote and the
farmers vote-if the game works. I'm
ion labor and I. w. w. will be found
at one end of the big push and it is pro-
posed to put the farmer vote at the
other end. This would make a great
combination. All the farmer has to do
is to join and-pay his SIG. And If the
game works, 1t win be big idea. j.
NJ. Pierce Of the Homestead, will cham
pion the new cause, so will Speaker
Pitt, who wants to go to congress. The
big game of politics is on and while our
young men are fighting in France and
the future OF this country hangs by a
thread, clever politicians are laying
plans to win coveted positions, regard
less Of rhe life and death struggle be-
tween free government and Prussian
barbarism. We shudder to think Of
old Nero fddling while Rome was on
fire. but we have Goth century paral-
lei IN the self-seesdng demagogues who
would scuttle the ship Of state If It
served their own ambitions
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-12
Topics of the Times

We found fault with the scarcity OF
machine guns. The thrift bond is the
machine gun of the home reserve and
the war saving stamps its bullets. And
they are as necessary to winning the
war as the others.
Better suspend luxuries for a time
and use the money in our own preserva-
ton than to abolish luxuries for all
time and pay the money to maintain a
way of putting it but there are a few
people who can't understand any but
the sordid side.
Another thing it isn't against the
Sunday statutes or the decalog for
terest goes on seven days in the week.
A flag in front of the house isn't a
complete statement of loyalty without
a thrift bond inside.
The boy will be graduated in 1924?
Then he'll want to take a special course
in college or teach school. A few hun
dred dollars in thrift bonds now means
that the lad will have cool thousand
to start on.
Bill Smith had a corking good chance
to start farming this spring-but Bill
hadn't the money to buy a team ane
feed to last until feed came again. Bill
had had a pretty good time on his
wages. But Bill told Hank Brown thai
from now on "she goes into thrift
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-12
Billy Bunny and His Friends

F, RED. White and Blue" replied the
Old Gentleman Rabbit, quick as O
nash. I'm so patriotic that won't
play pinochle any more with kings and
queens. I've bought pack Of cards
hat has Uncle Sam instead of the
king. and Aunt Columbia instead Of
the queen, and a jack tar instead Of
the knave! That's the kind of a citizen
j am" and Uncle Lucky took off his
old wedding stovepipe hat and said:
Three cheers for my country, U. s. A.,
And the soldier boys in Khaki tar away,
And the sailor lads so true
Upon the ocean blue.
Three tigers and hip, hip hooray!"
Now / feel better" said Uncle
lucky, and then he and Billy Bunny
bopped away, and tho Old Zebra got
out his paint pots and started right
IN to paint the Luckymobile.
WELL ~ and by the two little rab-
bits came to little shed where a
sheep had clipping machine to cut
off horses hair with, you know. He
was Horse Barber, and had chair
and little mirror in front of It so the
horse could see himself while having
his hair cut.
well, we'll" said Uncle Lucky; Tets
peep I'M" So they did, and who do you
suppose they saw sitting In the bar
bers chair? Why, their friend, the
Old Brown Horse. And oh me, oh my!
Wasn't his hair long? You see, he
had let it grow an winter. And in the
next story you shall hear what he said
when he saw the two little rabbits.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-12

run the commission man Is playing the
only safe game. There are exceptions.
Sometimes the commission man does
and drops his commissions. Sometimes
the SPECTATORS judgment is good and
he makes a big stake and stops. Once
in great, great while the gambler
makes money and holds on to it. Most
ly he doesn't.
There is city ordnance against
gambling; Fearless Inns" and things
are being pinched almost nightly; poker
is frowned upon by the police but
daily in the exchange building one may
see what is known as "chairwarmers"
sitting in private wire house watch
ing the quotations as they appear on
the board. They have probably bet
that May oats will advance 1 cent that
day or that May corn will decline few
cents. These fellows nearly always
trade in "johs'' G,000 busheD lots. They
pay $3.50 commission, and if the mar
ket moves from the point at which they
bought or sold, one-quarter cent they
have paid their commissions and all
over that Is velvet" Anything under
the one quarter cent Is Just plain tough
luck. These fellows are great specula-
tors after the market has closed and
could have told you, had you asked for
the information, just what the market
would do. When they have an open
trade they walk from one office to an
other and gaze fondly at the board
hoping that some other board will show
a quotation which has made them
money or lost them less. Why should
men be prohibited from sitting in a
little game of penny ante?
With John Barleycorn selling in
Sioux City at the best blind pigs" at
s1.25 per half pint. and the private wire
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-12
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason
WAsrELEss MEALS


and hush its golden eat share Of kppred and then
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oousht
nv, nain brown the cuss