Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-17
CAR TRACK A LITTLE SOG-
GY BUT MAKE TRIP
ON TIME
PASSING or THE JITNEY'
Daddy Hooker" Rides Car and
Chats With EverybOdy-A
Clean Little Town Is
HOckerville

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smiling genially he turned from our
query to assist a lady aboard the
Hockerville car at the corner of Neo-
sho and Military streets Sunday af-
ternoon.
The last time the reporter visited
Hockerville previous to Sunday,
big Mutt" and Little Mutt" were
attending county high school at Col
lmbus during the term and assist.
ing their father, L. c. Hooker, cut
nay, tend the stock and do genera
farming in the summer time, with
,ut thought Of royalties, selling
thousand dollar lots like pan cakes
or riding in Super skis. Things have
hanged considerably out there along
he state line, where one could looE
iouth across an almost unbroken Wis
a of old Indian territory prairie
Scarcely a tree disturbed the view,
It was u great big tout o doors" look
,ut what q transformation! If Mrs
locker could have been away on q
.isit for the past two years and come
aome today the boys and 'the daddy
If Hockerville would have to show
her the way home. The town Of Hook
,rville, mills, the interurban ant
what not! Old landmarks are badl!
INITIATED by numerous new ones. Any
attempt at description is lost on
newcomer. That scope of country
which is the site of Hockerville, was
Is typical q piece of the great clean
western prairie as is to be found in
he whole U. S. A. 1t is striking
Example of modern industry brought
light here at home. Everything is
lew and clean and look over the
own is just a little refreshing; il
sort of feels good and gives fellow
added faith in the greatest lead anG
inc district in the world. Hockerville
1as not the appearance Of the ear
Ter boom towns of the district. The
main street has been treated to a
heavy coat of chat and there is nc
rash or refuse lying about Ever
he mills, some of the largest in the
district, look "spic" and "span" ant
ire pleasing to the eye.
Getting back to the trip: One is
+ irst impressed with the great num-
,er of pretty new homes along south
Military street as viewed from the
,ar window. From "he time the cal
urns west until arriving il Hooker
lille the time is so short the towns
almost seem to meet.
Quite q number of people were out
sightseeing Sunday and the car line
vas doing a good business. Quite o
number of boys and men were gath
cred around the interurbaE station
Quite an amount of repartee and bad
mage was being exchanged and one
Young man rushed out to the car and
called Baxter car, three more and
we 90. Going to Baxter, just two
more and we go. Baxter hack" A
iitney man had come up and was be-
ing "jOshed" little.
Coming back, at the state line eros
sing, L. C. Hooker got on the car.
He exchanged salutations with nearly
evsrybody-being acquainted with
nearly all the passenger list. The
Rockers have been blessed with great
good fortune, but it hasn't hurt then
bit, hence everybody rejoices in
their prominence and good fortune. 1t
is said the family will sacrifice a
business deal to show some old friend
special attention in fear that they
may be thought snobbish. We are
proud to say that this is pretty gen.
orally true of our many fortunate
people in the Baxter district.
If Baxter Springs keeps expanding
to the south and Hockerville to the
north the two towns will be almost
together in a few months. There arc
many good people at HOckerville who
have been prominent in the organiza-
ton Of the town, that space will not
permit us to mention. The News
takes this method Of paying COM
pliment to the new town and the peo-
pie who have played a leading part in
the transformation Of the prairie to
seats of industry, places Of residence
schools, interurban conveniences ant
marts Of trade. Hats of to Hooker
villel It is substantially on the map
A small army Of ticket agents ant
several thousand postal clerks arr
memOrizing Il and perhaps wishing
the town hadn't happened, but that II
because they haven't seen it yet