Baxter Springs news., 1918-10-25
WONDERFUL THINGS
FOR BAXTERsPR|NGS
Glowing Description of City
Written by Local Boost
er for Wichita Eagle
Baxter Springs, Kansas

most stirring early history.
The main street Of this town, which
now boasts of 5000 people, was at one
time the government military road
from Fort Leavenworth, via Fort
Scott, to Fort Gibson, Okla.
The famous hill called "Blue
Mound" also the woods and ground
over and through which Quantrell
made his famous raid years ago, are
all within q short distance Of the town
of Baxter Springs. .
Increase in Population
Two years ago the total population
of this town only numbered 1900. tn
great increase has caused the people
of the town to be able to show you
that there are more new buildings in
the town than there ore old ones. This
is quite a distinction for town that
is numbered among the oldest in the
state.
Located in what is expected TO be
the middle of the zinc and lead dis
trict of three states, Baxter Springs
has the most enviable location of any
of the towns in the entire district
And that is probably why business
men of the town tell you that Baxter
Springs is the hub of the worlds
largest lead and zinc district, the best
located residence town in the field
the chief material and supply point
for the field, and the best location in
the country for wholesale and job
bing houses" Those are large state
ments, but the business men are sin
cere when they make them and such
pride and effort is what is building
Baxter Springs.
About Baxter Springs
There are four railroads running
into the town with S6 mails daily. Ar
interurban service to the fields with
ears every 30 minutes. 1t has trebeld
its bank deposits in year and has
natural gas, water works and an elec'
trio light and power system. They
are building ten miles of sidewalks
hundreds of new residences, erecting
many new business buildings, getting
new and important railway connec'
tions, building a s25O.0OO iron and au'
tomobile works, going 10 put in six
miles of street paving yet this year
and build 100000 high school and
n 100000 N. f. Church.
Baxter Springs, while enjoying the
distinction Of being one Of the Oldest
towns in the country, also is the new
est town in the mining industry. II
was stated that something like 20
mills are on the Kansas side Of the
field and that that many more arc to
be constructed soon. The total pro-
duction for the Baxter Springs dis
tr'ict for last week was about 500. 900
pounds, according to the turn in fig
ures. But mining men state that the
total ore mined for that period would
reach 2,250,000 pounds, as several of
the mills had made no turn in report.
State School Of Mines
The Chamber Of Commerce, through
the efforts of C. NJ. Sarchet, the sec
retary, has just recently landed the
Kansas state school of mines for
Baxter Springs, and the school will
he opened and all the classes started
The school is to furnish foremen and
supcrintendents for the mining in
dustry.
Many new companies are going into
the field, which promises to take on
proportions as large, if not larger,
than that of the older districts, such
as Pichcr and Miami. The ore is
there and it only means that in a
short time the field will be covered
with mills, all going at full blast,
digging up the ore that will soon
swell the pocketbOoks Of all interested.
First Exclusive Lead Mine
The Lucky Girl company on the
Ballard farm, west of Baxter Springs
one mile, is opening the first exclusive
lead mine in the entire field. This
is because Of the great demand for
lead that has been caused by the war.
And rs the lead vein comes first the
company ia going to let the zinc ore
underneath lie until later and only
mine the lead now. There is also an
other reason, and that is that lead
brings 500 per ton while zinc is SELL
ing at SIS.
Permanent Buildings
The building in Baxter Springs is
more towards the permanent style
than in some Of the mining towns
that have sprung up on the pasture
lands. Most Of the business blocks
are Of brick and those that are 10 be
built are Of the same material, while
the residence run to the two and five
thousand dollar class. Large trees arc
in abundance, something that Is lack
ing in the newer towns.