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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20
TURN COWS To
!. WINTER WHEAT
Central Kansas Farmers Turn
Mich Cows on Winter Wheat
and Make Handsome
Profits

Salina, Kas., Dec. 18.-The luxur-
liant wheat fields throughout Central
Kansas this winter are proving most
profitable to the farmer who has q
half dozen or more cows in increasing
the sale of cream. In addition to this
the farmers have the prospect Of the
greatest wheat crop ever produced In
this part Of the country. On a trip
through Western Kansas one will see
at every station u truck load Of milk
cans standing on the depot platform.
With butterfat selling to the milk job
Der at 65 cents a pound this repre-
sents some money. There Is q great
difference in the per cent Of butterfat
cOnta ned in cream, but the average
1O-gallon can Of cream. represents
about $22.5O, said milk buyer at Ma
toma this week. there's a can that
sold for $21.O6," he said. '1f the test
had been a little higher the contents
Of the can would have sold for about
$780,"
Cream at $25 a can marks a new
era in the life of the Central Kansas
farmer, although It is a temporary
condition. There are a large number
Of small producers who are In q posi-
ton to take advantage of these ex-
reptional prices, but there are no SEN
sat;Onal records Of producing being
made in this territory, according 70
he cream buyers. The wheat fields
ire proving the greatest pastures the
farmers have ever had and this pas
.urage Is producing cream. Cattle,
iOrses sheep and hogs are ell being
,astured In the wheat fields and even
4 that Il Il . difficult matter - ~
ard lie rnpid grOWth.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20
MINING CONGRESS SCORE
WILSON--OTHER OFFICIALS
Mine Operators Face Tremendous Losses
Unless Some Legislation in Their
Favor is Made Immediately.

munitions and ships. Estimated
losses, unless protected by some form
Of Legislation by which the American
market can be kept from falling to
pieces during a term Of two years,
will reach twenty millions-many
large properties having just man
aged to reach production when the
bottom fell out Of the market.
"The operators present elected
Buckley Wells Of Denver, President;
Harry l.. Day Of Wallace, Idaho; NJ.
S. Kemmerer Of New York and Geo.
H. Crosby as vice-presidcnts Of the
American Mining Congress and
promptly started a campaign TO or
ganize eight national divisions Of q
Bureau Of Mining Economics to be es-
tablished in Washington under the d.
rectiOn Of the Mining Congress.
"The first national conference to
discuss the pro-war problems will be
held in Washington, December 10th
and 18th and already committees Of
operators are arriving to study the
possibilities of saving the industry.
The War Minerals Bill which was
passed by Congress to meet the very
situation which has arisen has been
made imperative through delay Of
! many weeks in fixing the administra-
ttion. Chairman Baruch Of the War
Industries Board is being severely
! criticised because Of this delay. Pres
ident Wilson has thus far failed to
take advantage of the authority OF
the tariff clause granted in the Miner
ais Bill TO control prices through ex-
clusion Of foreign ores and Secretary
Lane in whose hands the administra-
ton was placed after long delays, Is
unable to make the bill operative
without the presidents cooperation.
1t is charged that politics enters into
, the situation and while Vance McCor-
mick, chairman of the War Trade
Board, has openly admitted that the
Government is responsible for the ter
rife losses which the miners are fac
; ing, no effort is being made to relieve
the situation. Failure of relief meas
ures means bankruptcy for hundreds
of men who entered into the war pro-
duction with only verbal agreement
with the government standing be-
tween them and foreign competition.
1t is expected that some Of the larg-
est mining interests in the country
will attend the Mining Congress Con-
ference Monday and will demand that
the government carry out the implied
contracts. Costs of production Of do
mestic ores prohibit competition with
foreign ores and as a result millions
of dollars will lie tied up in almost
worthless junk unless the government
comes to the rescue"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20

The report from washington, u. u,
Of the National Mining Congress,
which follows in this article, is very
interesting to the mine operator Of
this district It appears that the mine
operators have been given bad deal
by the Wilson administration and
more than any other industry the
mining industry Is left "out on n
limb" by the end Of the war:
It" will be noticed that Buckley
Wells, president of the Anna Beaver
mine and other properties in the Bax-
ter and Miami districts, was elected
president of the mining congress.
Whether from lack of "heavy
weights" or right kind Of representa-
ton in congress the prime western
zinc business has always had "rot-
ten deal" While Mr.. Wilson is gal
wanting over Europe playing to the
grandstand, the industries Of this
country face a bad period because of
neglect and favoritism in high places.
What the United States needs at this
time is a rafting good business man
at the head Of the government instead
Of all this altruistic idealism the pub
lie is being camoufaged with. Once
the United States got in, the war was
thousand TO to one bet in favor of
the Allies, but working out the after
the-war problems is another matter.
The following is the report Of the
mining congress:
washington, ID. c., Dec. 16.-MOre
than two billions in annual production
Of minerals, coal and petroleum was
represented in the meeting Of The
American Mining Congress just closed
and which was attended by leading
producers from fifteen states. Post
war problems occupied the entire time
of the Conference and the concensus
of opinion expressed was that there
must be very close cooperation be-
tween operators and employees tc
make possible the settling back into
normal conditions both in the mines
and the market. The sudden and
quite unexpected ending of the wal
just as the War Industries Board had
managed TO secure top speed in pro-
ductiOn, presented q problem more
serious than any which has faced min
ing men in q decade and kilograms
and letters from many districts indi-
Gated that many operators and in
some cases banks which have adj
vanced money for the increased Oper-
atoms asked by the Government, are
on the verge Of disaster. Especially
serious losses are facing hundreds OF
operators who invested heavily in in
creased facilities or purchased and
opened new properties for the prOduc-
ton of ores used as alloys in steel for
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20
CONTINUED on last page)
UPHOLD
NEWSPAPER ADV'S
A Remarkable Degree of Unani-
nifty Among Chicago Deal
ers in Food Stuffs as to
Advertising

The Chicago Newspaper Repre-
sentatives association has recently
completed a trade survey covering
food advertising, with the result that
newspaper advertising is very strong
" upheld by both retail and whole
sale grocers.
There Is q remarkable degree Of
unanimity Of opinion among the deal
ers as TO the value Of the newspaper
advertising done by food manufac-
turers.
The result Of the survey has been
reduced to a classification that will
prove of interest to all those interest
ed In the comparative advertising
values offered by the many forms OF
publicity.
The following question was asked:
"What form Of advertising used by
food manufacturers do you find most
beneficial to your business?" List In
order Of preference.
Special caution was taken so that
the canvassers should present the
question fairly TO all media.
The answers were as shown in the
tables, 25s retail grOcers In thirty-One
cities In the east and west being can
,,aa-o1
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20

Mrs. J. Sawyer Cannon has return
cd from Kansas City where she spent
several days at the bedside Of her
brother ]. D. WhitsOn who was ser
iously Ill, but who Is now GONZALES
cent. Mr.. WhitsOn accompanied his
sister here and win spend several days
at the Cannon home. Miss Marylyn
also accompanied her aunt here for a
short visit.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20
GAVE MILITARY FUNERAL
State Guards Were Present at Funer
al Of Arthur Ballard Yesterday
and Gave Military Rites

Rev. John GarretsOn preached the
funeral of Arthur Ballard Tuesday
at the home southwest of town. The
State Guards attended in a body and
marched from the home TO the ceme-
terry where Mr.. Ballard was given a
military funeral. Many Of those pres
ent had never seen a military funeral,
which is quite impressive.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20
CALLED TO cOFFEYvILLE

DIR. Davis was called to COfeyville
Monday afternoon by the serious Ill
ness Of Mrs. John Phillips, who ut
that time was very low with influenza.
DR.. Davis Is highly thought Of by Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde Phillips Of this city
and hence the call to COffeyville. He
is expected home tonight. The patient
is improving.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20
NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS


C. Z. Baker
Rev. ]. J. Jones
Mrs.. J. c. Draper
J. C. Tedford
Nellie Hampton
T. L. Myers
o. B. Strong
T. s. Seagrave
Mrs. c. z. Baker
L. G. Myerding
Mrs. Jennie Winham
Sam Van Dyne, Jr.
II. d. Long
Mrs. H. d. Long
Walter Long
Miss Verna Canaday
William Garretson
E. Kenneth Brown
Mrs. Z. Kenneth Brown
Raymond Rock
w. M. Smith
A. l.. Harvey
Mrs. A. l.. Harvey
w. s. Harvey
Mrs. A. d. c. Harvey
Miss Anna Webb
C.. II. Sturgeon
Mrs. s. L. Winters
S. l.. Winter
Mrs. A. M. Green
Mrs. A. X. Kane
J. W. Barnes
Porter Clark
Mrs. Porter Clark, Jr.
Mrs. C. A. Dively
T. 7. McAbOy
o. B. Tinsley
Homer Kitchener
John Cummings
Mrs. d. S. Chubb
Mrs. j. G. Trewatha
Gladys Riseling
]. G. Tindale
S. ]. Cook
Mrs. S. ]. Cook
Mrs. ]. T. Morrison
Mrs. X. L. Koelker
]. J. Fribley
S. Barcus
J. E. Hunt
Mrs. ]. E. Hunt
p. M. Clark
C. v. High
Helen Dively
Ted Richardson
r. M. Hale
Miss Lowe
VIVA Schaffer
Elmer LOngmeyer
Fred Hall
A. II. Kane
S. A. DOuthit
Frank Perkins
Mrs. Frank PERKINS
Miss Grace Perkins
r. S. Gresser
Mrs. J. B. Pagan
Rev. John Garretson
o. M. Rhine
Karl Kane
Mrs. Karl Kane
w. E. Hiatt
C. F. Beavers
No name
All Dowty
Guy Shields
Mabel Shields
Gladys Gabler
Walla Convey
w. H. Dunno
-. ~ OnLIu
Mrs. L. A. Smith
Mabel Rummell
No name
Mrs. o. C. Rummell
Luella Schloeman
e. C. McWilliams
James Valliere
Hazel Wilson
]. C. Cook
e. +. Sweeney
Miss M. ]. Sweeney
]. B. Walker
o. B. Gerhard
Chas. POlster
F. w. Hunt
Miss Katherine Kune
Mrs. Frank Collins
Mrs. C. M. Heron
Mrs. R. C. Wear
Lola H. Hall
l.. d. Rudy
F. d. Sible
DIR. r. C. Wear
C. NJ. Heron
r. N. Marks
H. H. Mcclure
Mrs. H. H. Mcclure
Fairfax Barnes
g n Nohla
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20

The same question was asked Of
ninety-hve wholesale grOcers in
thirty cities, with the result As
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20

C. H. Murdoch, Of Columbus, was
the guest Of Mr.. and Ms. o. N,
Spratt last evening and attended the
Military ball.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20

d. Kitch's family is slowly recover
ing from the Influenza, there being
Ave sick Of the same disease.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20

n. H. Schloeman
VIM Goodwin
I. A. Elwood
Mrs. A. Connor
Bert Douthlt
Mrs.. W. w. Wyatt
Fred Bartlett
r. +. Hartley
A. G. Yeager
]. 7. Hooker
Z. N. Mitchell
A. R. Commons
J. N. Lamb
T. r. Bell
Chas. r. Jones
B. T. Hoskins
Mrs. B. 7. Hoskins
r. H. Hartin
DR.. Cannon
John Shanks
Mrs. John ]. Cooper
Ed Swalley
w. e. StoskoR
Mrs. N. J. McNeill
z. v. McNeill
Z. r. Richardson
Mrs. e. r. Richardson
Charles Clark
A. J. Davidson
Mrs. John Garretson
J. N. Griffith
w. Schley
Myrtle Pratt
Mrs. Enoch Perkins
r. o. Thomas
Rev. j. G. Carmean
C. M. Sarchet
Roy Van Horn
DR.. Boswell
w. +. Nichols
Earl Hutchins
Berrian G. Matlock
Guy e. Young
B. H. Lowry
Ben Malang
Elizabeth Jarrett
Leah Jarrett
Rene Burlington
II. b. Motter '
H. Z. Browning
Jas. Barr
Frank A. Beebe
l.. l.. Cardin
Fred Lambert ="
Baxter Gas Company
DIR. Mccormick
r. o. Yargan
Lee Keifer
Mrs. G. w. Skinner
w. Fred Adams
Mrs. Leroy Redeagle
Leroy Redeagle
G. w. Skinner
Ed Byram
B. E. TraylOr
r. ]. Oliver
]. d. DeCory
r. C. Hansen
Arley B. Shields
Mrs. r. M. Simrall
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20

Mrs. 7. L. Myers at the Empire hotel
is being ably assisted in the Red Cross
drive BY Mrs. G. Z. Scott and Mrs..
Dean ShOWaltsr.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
CANNERGRAMS.

Get down to cases-cases of home canned products.
 A row of filled preserving jars is a good defense against winter.
 Sterilized, sealed, saved-the three "S's" of home canning.
 $. o, S.-Sterilize on stove-an- other way of saying boil those jars of fruits and vegetables so they will keep perfectly"
 The useful life of a preserving far --hlled Tn summer, ready by fall, emptled in winter-hungry to save more food next spring and summer.
 A wooden false bottom in a home canning outfit is a raft that keeps lots of perishable food from being lost.
 An all-round good thing for the Nation rubber ring on a presery- ing jar.
 A fourth-hoor apartment is a fine place to produce a canned garden.
 Persons of every level should can. the family in the top fiat as we'll as the dweller in the bungalow.
 You don't need even a foot of earth to raise a canned garden-in fact the less dirt the better in home canning.
 The colors of these jars of canned and preserved products put a service emblem in your kitchen.
 Brighten the corner in that kitchen eloset-with canned beans, fruits, berries.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
WHEAT PRICE $2.2O
 10 FLOOD MARKET
Wheat Growers Know Immense Crop Precludes a Better Price and Will Try to Get Rid of It--No Need
 to Hold Wheat.

Wichita, Kas., June 2S.-The fact that this years crop is to be marketed under the governments guaranteed price of S2.2O a bushel (with certain margins for transportation expense to market centers) occasions the fore cast that market centers will be de- luged with the grain within the next few weeks. The reason is apparent. With the governments guarantee. the farmer knows just what price he will get for his wheat and that hoarding it in his bins will, in all probability, not bring him a greater price for it, because, under present regulations, the grain speeulator is past.
 In by-gone years, before the traf- fic in wheat was put under the regu- lations of the food administration, it was customary for a minimum price of possibly fifty or sixty cents bush el to prevail, at the time of the harv- vest Many farmers, being in debt, were compelled to market much of their newly threshed wheat as soon as possible, to meet their obligations. Those more fortunately financed real ized that by holding their grain until winter or possibly until the following spring, would insure a much more de- sirable market price. Experience had proven to them that the increase in price invariably, by wide margin, offset the loss in weight of the grain thru natural shrinkage.
 But this year is different While the governments guarantee is for a minimum price" grain dealers and growers agree that such a price will prevail with very little alteration that the prospect for any advance is only slight. For these reasons, eleva- tor men and millers are planning for an avalanche of grain, such as they never before witnessed One thing in particular they are endeavoring to guard against in a car shortage which would handicap the movement of grain to the storage points of large capacity. Not only the farmer who must sell his new wheat to meet his indebtedness but many who see no ad- vantage in holding it, will rush it to market. With a $200, 100000 wheat crop being rushed to market, Kansas farmers who are fortunate enough to have wheat crop, will suddenly have lot of excess wealth with which to invest in new farming equipment not mention automobiles, pianos, new homes and brand new togs for the family.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
A COMIC PAGE FEATURE.

Germans Circulate Wondercus Re
 ports of Terror in United States.
 An Atlantic Port, June 26.-The 'blockading" of the port of New York. the ''raiding' of Boston and Atlantic City and the "aerial bombing" of American cities "as far West as S. Louis" by German U-boats or goth as" is narrated in pamphlets dropped by Hun aviators all along the allied lines in France according to passen- gers aboard a French steamship, which arrived here yesterday.
 The whole United States was rep resented as being terrorized by the German air fighters, and residents of Brooklyn were reported to be living in cellars, fearful of raids, the pas sengers declared.
 Allied soldiers laughed at the pam phlets, while French newspapers re- produced them in comic supplement-
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
This ordi
A CANNING CLUE IN EVERY HOME.
Small Small Girls Grandahers, Grandmohers May Be Efficient assisting pie Operations Necessary to Successful Home Canning.

Anybody who can do good house work and whc will make a serious eff fort to master some essential details can be successful home canner.
 It is not necessary to discuss those principles here. The United States Department of Agriculture has re- duced them to simple terms and print ed them in plain language. Full printed information on canning may be had from the Department of Agri- culture by anyone who cares to ask for it--both general information and specific information on particular fruits and vegetables. In addition to that, the Department of Agriculture has an army of home demonstrators, experts in canning, who are anxious to give practical, first-hand instruc- tions, and one of whom is within reach of practically every housewife in the United States.
 The operation is simple. Means of instructions are adequate an deasily available.
 The equipment is neither expensive nor hard to find. An ordinary wash boiler with some strips of board at the bottom is as good canning bail CT as can be found. There is no equip ment required in canning beyond the ordinary articles to be found in the average household
 The things that must not be so readily dismissed is the duty of ev- erybody to see to it that all fruits and vegetables not required for immediate use shall be canned and carried over into the winter, to increase the food supply of a world that, for some time to come, cannot be very far from the verge of hunger.
 There is, as everybody knows, a shortage of available labor for food
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
WHEN HER BACK ACHES
A Woman Finds All Her Energy and
 Ambition Slipping Away.

Mena women know how the aches and pains that often come when the kidneys fail make life burden. Baekache. hip pains. headaches. dizzy spells, distressing urinary troubles. are frequent indications of weak kid neys and should be checked in time Deans Kidney Pills are for the kid neys only. They attack kidney dis eases by striking at the cause. Here's proof of their merit in Mena wom- ans words:
 Mrs. Mary MuIlikin, 1918 Church Ave, says: For several years suf- fered from kidney trouble and I grad ually became worse. My back became lame and it seemed that the ineessant dull ache would kill me. I couldn't bend over, sit down or get up without sharp twinges thru my kidneys Nv kidneys acted irregularly, also. I was nervous and all run down. I 6nallv decided to give up the treatment I had been taking and try Doan's Kidney Pills. used two boxes and they cave me complete relief. Occasional use since then has prevented any serious trouble"
 Price 60e at all dealers. Don't simply ask for kidney remedy.-pet Deans Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Mullikin had. Eassat- llll,t,r,, Co. Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y. Ady,
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04

production. All people cannot do all
 the kinds of labor that are necessary
 to produce food. But here is an op-
 portunity for those who cannot plant and blow, harvest and gather into the
 garner--an opportunity to make available large quantities of as good food as there is in the world.
 Probably the house wife. in most cases, will have to be the director of the canning operations. But in most cases, she will not have to do all, or even the greater part, of the labor In most of the processes of canning, boys and girls-even comparatively small boys and giris-can be efficient helpers. Old persons grandmothers who have ceased to be active heads of houses and grandfathers Seho have long ago retired from business-can do excellent work in helping along the canning operations can render as real and efficient sevice to the nation as their starlwart sons who are grow ing food crops or making munitions of war or building ships.
 There might very we'll be canning siGb in every house In few cases, If course. the club must consist just # husband and wife. But the great majority of cases there will be a large nembership-some boys and girls,
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
MORE CANNED GOODS
 THEN EVER.

First Step-Get jars and tops, clean them and, and have them ready for use.
 Second Step-Have new rub her rings ready to put the seal on your canned products.
 Third Step-COnveniently ar range canning outfit and other equipment.
 A determination to save food and help your country, coupled with plentiful supply of fresh vegetables and fruits, if careful ly managed by safe and sani- tary methods, will give results that are successful and satisfy ing.
 Bulletins containing directions for canning. preserving, jelly making and other conserving methods will be sent free on re- quest to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Washington. D. c.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
Howss This7

We offer One Hundred p,ltar. p. ward for any case of Catarrb fhas can not be cured by IIaI's Calarrh C,ire.
 hslFs Catarrh cure has been taker. py e4iarrh sufferers for the nAst thiFtv-hFe years. and has become Aaown as ti4e most reliable remedy for L&thrrh Falls CataTrh Cnre acts thrn tns Hood on the Mucous surfaces. cx osiiins the Poison from the Blood and aea.ing the diseased portions Cure for sacrt .infa son sx4li Ssa a great improvement m ygmr renera5 hes m sssft takiue Ha.rs Satarrt sure at once aud rid u. catarrn Send Tor tes3w 4ais 5. free
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The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04
AUSTRIAN SITUATION IS GRAVE BUT ALLIES MUST BE CAUTIOUS

DAHNA"h AuN-
 tria Has Allies to Furnish Troops
 to Quell Any Reyolts.
 Paris, June 27.-Austria is in var;- ous difficulties but there is great dan ger in hoping too much from them, says French official summary to- day.
 Little hope is seen in the possibili- ty of successful revolt.
 The French summary says Austria cannot negotiate for a separate peace and 1t would be bad to extend a hand to her now.
 Tt is admitted in responsible cir eles," the summary says, ~that the situation in Austria is grave, but it IS great danger for the allies to over- estimate the consequences.
 Austria has allies who could easily provide troops to re-establish order if revolt should occur"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-04

interesting organization. because, in the first place, it would be military organization fighting for the freedom of the world. Think of itl Mother as the general in command, directing a campaign against the Kaiser, and all the other members of the fam fly constituting units in the army, each with particular and important duty A thousand times you have wished that you could have tough. b.s.@e grandpa when he was soldier in great war Here IS the chance. Three generations fighting shoulder to shoulder on the right side of the greatest war the world has ever seeni