Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-12-20


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job and he said he did not want to
waste seven years Of his time.
Baxter needs Young Blood-it is
surprising what 1t will do. ! know Of
a corporation that will not have men
over az years of age. / do not think a
man is useless at that age; but this
goes to show you the necessity Of
bringing young blood into commun-
| ity. Most Of US think, perhaps, that
the young man cannot be depended
upon-that his ideas differ-But, why
not give him a chance. Young Blood
is good for any community. When
we reach the age where we won't take
chance, and start decaying, then it
is time for US to step aside and let a
young man shoulder responsibilities.
New blood, or young blood, spells
prosperity and If you do not get it,
you are going to decay. If Baxter had
more young blood, the development of
the community would surprise you.
Results would be accomplished that
you never thought of-you would say
that you never thought that your
sons had it in them. Try it, get young
blood and see what the result will be.
One other thing that Baxter lacks is
comfortable place to eat and sleep.
You may be satisfed-you have your
homes, nice fire places to keep you
warm-a pleasant home-but, how
about the stranger that comes within
your midst. Most Of our capitalists
are used to modern conveniences
which cannot be had in Baxter
Springs. The auditor from New York
would not stay-because he was used
to better accommodations-modern
conveniences. The men with capital
will never be satisfied with what Bax-
ter now offers. 1t is surprising how
they invest when they come-many a
deal has been made over the dinner
table and many has been lost-SO,
Ladies and Gentlemen, we must have
a hotel. If you get these young peo-
pie in the harness you will have ho-
tel. You must make it comfortable to
encourage others to come. If we had
a few paved streets, sewers, nice ho-
tel, sidewalks, etc., it would give Bax-
ter the appearance of real town, and
it would look prosperous-and, we
must look prosperous. It is going to
take time to get these things. Colum-
bus subscribed fund to build a road
to Picher-suppose Baxter built q
road to the NaylOr farm. What would
be the result If we were to do this?
People would rather live in Baxter
than in Joplin on account Of its prox-
unity to the mining field, and the min
ing men would swarm to Baxter.
A great many people came into this
territory with lots money to invest.
Promoters get hold Of them and they
are shown land beautiful-cOrn and
wheat, and they convince those peo-
pie; but, to q man who understands
the mining business, it does not look
as good as some other lands.
There should be q reliable source
for such men to come to for advice be-
fore investing. The Chamber Of Com
merce could have in connection, min
ing bureau, and that mining bureau
could collect reliable data, and 1t
could give any men who came to Bax-
ter an idea as to the value Of this or
that land. We do not desire that mon
ey be spent on valueless lands because
there are plenty Of good lands around
Baxter Springs. Such a bureau would
be q great help to the investor and
would do wonderful things for Baxter
Springs.
We were forced into the farm bust
ness in Blackwell, Oklahoma. We have
700 acres, and thought the proper
thing to do was to get technical and
practical agriculturist. We put the
man on the farm, improved it, ETC.,
and the second year, we made $4,000
net profit. That was last year, and in
1918, after paying all expenses, we
will make over $4,000 net profit. We
have another farm Of 626 acres near
Baxter. It was rented on shares be-
fore we took it. Our profit last year
would have been about 100000, but
we put it back into the farm. We got
an expert agriculturist to take over
this farm and have made several i'm
prOvements, and have made soil an
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