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Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
CHEROKEE COUNTY RESORT
;pring River Summer Resort Rival
ing the White and Green
Mountains for Beauty

You may know all about it but We
dn't-the summer resort built by
v. P. Cleveland over on the bluff OF
;prings river across from Riverton
asst year. This isn't an advertise
lent but having seen this imposing
utlay of Missouri money within
tones throw almost of Baxter
;prings we thought it deserved some
omment. The array of cottages, no
els, swimming pools and dancing pa
illions are plainly visable from the
ar line at Lowell or this side. 1t
GEMS the natural beauty of the site
nfluenced Mr.. Cleveland to choose
his site, which is very much on the
rider of Baxter Springs. Seven
eautiful modern bungalows, furnish
d in Fifth avenue style with beds
hat fold into the wall and forestry
fleet furniture that must have cost
ozens of dollars, have been built. A
,ravel bottomed swimming pool, wir-
d in and with shaded bleachers run
ing several yards out into the water,
fine hotel building and dancing pa
lillian are a part of this outing equip
nent. The bungalows are built upon
oundations of native stone and Gem
mt and over this the siding is slab
ed with spruce slabs. Electric lights
;as, water, and sewerage make the
,ntire establishment modern. Peo'
Die at Lowell say that Mr.. Cleveland
las not realized any handsome prof
is yet from his investment but eX'
,ects to do a good bushes this year,
A road has been graded in from the
highway to the farm house and thence
% the resort.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
ANOTHER RAIL-
ROAD COMING
Miami Mineral Belt Will Build
Last Lap Into Baxter Spgs.
the Coming Week, Says
Matthews

w. Matthews, head construction
nan for the Miami Mineral Belt r.
Z. Company, was in Baxter Springs
,oday and said that the last mile and
half of steel would be laid into
Baxter Springs next week. The Min
,ral Belt has been handling their bus
ness over the Frisco, but the direct
line will do q greater amount of bus
mess and be q great help in connect
ing Baxter Springs with the field OF
operation. The company is laying
steel out on the Naylor branch now
and making swift progress. The last
lap into Baxter Springs is but mile
and a half in length and this will be
put down in a hurry. The Mineral
Belt is doing a land Office business
on the southern end of the line and
indicates the same success
on this end of the line. Without COM
hitting themselves very much the Of
ficials of this company say Baxter
Springs is really the gateway to the
''Komspelter" mining fields.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
BUREAU MINE
INFORMATION
Sarchet Complies Bureau Of
Mining Information for Use
of the Public mt c. of
G. Rooms

C. M. Sarchet, secretary of the Bax-
ter Springs Chamber of Commerce,
has almost completed a file Of in
formation on the mines Of this dis
trict. Mr.. Sarchet is listing every
mine and quite a deal of information
about each in a big ledger and has it
all indexed so that any one wanting
any information as to location, own
ers, etc., of any mine in this district
can get it in the space Of few min
utes. This is very good plan. Daily
many business houses in town try to
give someone information relative to
the mines, which is hard to supply.
Now, all that is necessary is to send
them to the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr.. Sarchet will try to keep up with
the changes of ownership and other
items of information that the town
has been badly in need of. He now
has 240 mines listed.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
MORE DOGS POISONED

Out in Omaha addition several peo
pie are very much incensed over tn'
poisoning of dogs and vengeance Ii
going to befall the person or persons
putting out the poison, judging iron
some of the remarks that have beer
made by persons who have lost pets
The last mentioned is the poisoning O.
a fine Ayredale dog belonging to U
W. Fail. Fail was able to save hi'
dog BY the use of warm milk. TWO
phone calls have come to the Dali!
Citizen about warning people to IRON
persons who have lost dogs by poison
This is something similar to what
occurred up at West Mineral some
years ago when a couple Of vicious
persons cut up q bucketful OF small
pieces of meat and put strychnine IT
each piece and drove down the streets
at night in a buggy and threw the
pieces in the yards. Nearly every
dog in town was killed.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
Ellis Imposes Patriotic Parole Upon
COlOred Boy Who Robbed Nc
AbOy Meat Market

Chester Bills, confessed robber Of
the McAboy meat market some days
ago, a colored boy of some fifteen
years, is out on parole. Bills was
turned over to the probate court and
after staying in Jail up at Columbus
few days was summoned to pro-
bate Court. The boy told Judge Ellis
that he was very sorry he had robbed
the meat market of some $3.50 and
if given a chance would prove it by
doing better. A job on the section
was secured for him and every bit Of
surplus money must be turned into
Henry Horton here who will buy War
Savings Stamps for the boy. If he
violates his parole he must return to
Columbus and abide by whatever dis
position the judge may want to make
of his case.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
THE SUCCESSFUL TEACHERS
Salaries Range from S55 to $3.50 In
Rural Schools This Year

The following are the teachers who
have been elected 20 teach in the rur-
al schools of Cherokee county the
coming 191S-19 school year:
District 4-Lee Boston, Laura Mer-
idith.
District 5-Leola Sharpnack, Het-
tie Anderson.
District Jennie Hawkins.
District 9-Pauline Scott.
District 7S-Emmett Schriner.
District 79-Florence Devoe.
District 82-Lethea Scott.
District SS-Eldred Turley.
District 89-Bessie Newman.
District 91-F. f. Smith, Beryl
Hammers.
District 92-Fern Hcuser.
District 97-Lulu Stevens.
District 1O1-Hazel Spriggs.
District low. L. Browning
Madeline Llker.
District 104-Nattie Hall.
District 107-Blanch Ketchum.
District 13-Faye Anderson.
District 17-Louise Fehrenback.
District 19-Faye Wright.
District 50-Ruby Wright.
District 2O-Mona Buzard.
District 25-Ethel Horner.
District 29-Edith Smith.
District 34-Leta Hutton.
District 37-Vera Wing.
District 3S-Mary Reed.
District 49-Ethel Kuykendall.
District 5S-Maud McNemar.
District 59-Margaret Robertson.
District 6O-Nellie Rhoads.
District 61-Zelma Hayden.
District 62-Elsie Bronson.
District 63-Carl johnson.
District 64-Edith Wright.
District 65-Pauline Hutton.
District 67-Georgia Dowling.
District 6S-Gladys Duncan.
District 69-Anna Heenan.
District 71-Pauline Phillips.
District 73-Irene Mitchell.
District 74-Mrs. Mcdonald.
District 76 primary - Grace
District 77-Sadie Doyle.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
SE IL 81 TO OWNERSHIPS
OF BAXTER WATER
PLANT LITIGATION
CHARGE OF sN|NDuNG MADE
Bilger Says FOshay Owes Him
$4,000 Alleging Misrepre-
sentatiOn of Value OF
Water Plant Here

Baxter Springs people being famii-
iar with the course of ownership Of
the Baxter Springs water plant here
and with the inability Of the several
owners to secure a city franchise, will
be interested to earn of a suit filed
at Carthage by G. Frank Bilger
against Wilbur F. Foshay.
Suit for $4O,OoO.OO damages was
entered Saturday at Carthage, Mo-, IN
the circuit clerks office by G. Frank
Bilgcr against Wilbur B. Foshay'
which amount of damages the plain
tiff alleges to have sustained by re-
presentations under which he became
the purchaser of the Baxter Springs
water works plant, leases and fran
chise on September 22, 1917.
It is set forth in the petition thai
it was represented by Foshay that NJ
was the owner Of the Baxter Spring
water works plant; that it had sixteer
miles of pipe; that its earning reach
ed n total of from $3.50 to $500 PEI
month, and that its leases and iran
chiscs belonging thereto are OF TN
value of $3S,S6O.
Upon these representations, which
the plaintiff claims to have been fals'
and fraudulent, the plaintiff became
the purchaser of the plant, paying 1o'
it $4,000 in cash, executing note
for $4,000 and assuming a prior mort
gage and in addition to this assumed
other indebtedness which was not !
len thereon. He asks $4,000 for al
leged false representations.
Most people know that about o
year ago Foshay bought the water
plant from the E. K. Brown interests
plant from the E. K. Brown interests
Foshay after making a sustained ano
finally vain endeavOr to get n fran
chise from the city, sold the property
last fall to Bilger. Mr.. Bilger, since
becoming owner of the property ha'
tried in a very similar manner az
the former owners to get franchise
hut without success, or could not ge'
n franchise he could or would compl!
with. The bond was either too large
or Mr.. Bilger did not care to place 1t
Already new water plant plans arc
being made by the city and the ne"
plant is a certain thing within few
months. What course the old wate'
plant owners will pursue is arousinf
some curiosity about town.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
WHITE WAS N DOUBT
A. M. Z. Didn't Know What Effect
Presbyterian Sermons Would
Have On His Religion

Among other items of business TAX
en- up by the new house committee Of
the Presbyterian church recently is
the hiring of a janitor. One Of the
best janitors about town is Ross
White, colored. Mrs. White also has
reputation for being an expert at
cleaning and taking care Of things.
Ross was offered the job. Rev. Gar
retson wanted some body to stay in
he church during the services to open
and shut windows, doors, ETC., in re-
gulating the draft. Ross was little
,on-plused about this staying during
he services. C. M. Saichet accident
lily hit the nail on the head when
ne remarked: "0h, that will be al
light, u few good Presbyterian SER
mons will help you" Ross replied,
Yes sir, that's Just what is wor-
wing about. You see / am a Baptist
nd don't know about hearing these
Presbyterian sermons" 1t seems,
lowever, that Ross scruples have
,een overcome and he or Mrs. White
will become the janitors of the Pres
,yterian church. Ross is a southern
olored man of the old school and
anne here two years ago and mar
led a very estimable Raxter Springs
olored lady and settled down here to
nake this his life home.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
FROM THE FRENCH FRONT
Max Friend Writes To His Former
Employer from the Blood Soak
cd Battle Fields Of France

Mr.. Gus Lundgren Of the Long
Bell Lumber Co., received the follow
ing letter from his former employee
Max Friend recently which he has
kindly permitted the Citizen to pub
lish:
Somewhere in France, April 4, 1918.
Dear Gus:-Just received your nice
letter of the 18th of January and you
must know that | was glad to hear
from you. Your fears about the news
report was we'll founded for ! was on
the ship (Tuscania) you mentioned
and had some very solemn moments
before / knew that all was well. l
thought at the time what you said
when you gave me the. identification
tag locket. Hoping that it would new
er have to be opened for identity. l
was thinking that maybe it would.
wrot Mr.. Deal when / landed, and
would have wired but I came off with
very little more than my life. The
Postal service in the country where
we were is very poor and / do not
know if he received my postal. /
asked him to write you that ! was
among the living.
can tell you very little except that
I am well fed, fairly well bedded and
am feeling o. X. and not likely to
overwork soon. Shall have some real
tales to tell when l do see you again.
Tell Mr.. Baxter that have not been
able to attend TO that little matter
which he requested that day on the
yard in regard to the Indies.
Difficulties in conversation do not
keep me from enjoying every minute
of liberty that l get in town. Give
all the boys my best regards and tell
them that | often think of the Baxter
days.
Hope that the Company is enjoy
ing prosperity. We have nine Long
Bell men in this Battalion and they
are all fine fellows. We are going to
have our photo taken if possible to
send to the respective yards and Of
fees where we worked.
Give Rube regards. / do not find
much time to write but that is no sigr
that / have forgotten him.
With best wishes for yourself ano
family, Fraternally yours,
Address Max.
Sergeant Major Max W. Friend,
Hq. 9th Bn. Goth Engineers, N. A.
A. Z. F. via New York.
o. X. Censored by T. W. Baur,
Lieut., Att. C. Bait. Goth Engrs.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
HUNG THE JURY
Jury of Six Could Not Agree On
Speeding Case Tried Here
Before Judge English

Quite an amount Of interest
was centered here Thursday OF
last week around the trial OF
W. f. Conklin. Conklin was charg'
ed by Sheriff Bob Frazier with speed
ing on the Lowell road. Quite num-
Der of witnesses were subpoened. +
B. Morgan, of Galena, defended Mr.
Conklin and i. VI. Resler, assistant
prosecuting attorney, prosecuted the
case. Later in the evening county at
tomey Don Elleman came down from
Columbus. The trial was held before
Judge English in police court here
and attracted a large crowd OF peo-
Pile. After hearing the evidence the
Jury of six voted four for acquittaI
end two for conviction. The jurymen
were: jim Goodwin, Gus London,
Dick Fancher, VIM. Harvey, Harry
Marley and Sam Schaefer. The case
will be tried again in a short time.
It has not been decided whether it
will be tried in Baxter Springs at
elsewhere.
The sheriff maintains that Conklin
was travelling at a dangerous rate OF
speed when the two cars collided and
Conklin says the sheriff was travel
ing too fast.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
RELICS OF THE PAST

The Joplin taxis, which have here
tofore lined up at the curb at Picher
by the dozens have practically disap-
peared and in their place the Baxter
taxi has appeared.
The reason for the change is the
Interurban has appeared at Baxter
and the motor car cannot compete, so
they run to Baxter and the passen-
gers take trolley to the greater city.
In thirty days the taxi driver will
call HockerviIle car and little later
he will 20 out of business, living only
in the memory Of the Picherite as a
valuable factor in the making Of a
city who sometimes by his persist
ence, became q nuisance.-COmmerce
News.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
ARE BUILDING HOMES

E. ]. Call and ]. L. SkidmOre, Mill
tary st. shoemakers, are each build
ing homes in the northeast part OF
town. Both are putting up shingle
bungalows. Mr.. Skidmore says they
early decided they couldn't pay thir-
ty-five dollars a month rent and so
got a couple Of tents and saved
enough in rent that way to buy two
lots at $3.50 apiece. Says they were
offered $500 apiece for their lots but
that they bought them for homes and
not for speculation and are building
on them. Mr.. SkidmOre is well ae-
uuainted over this part Of the eoun-
try. He says that all the SlkidrhOres
in the country can trace their ances-
try back to Scotland. At the time OF
the Revolutionary war seven broth
ers came to America from Scotland
and Joined the American army.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
WHEN THE PAINT WORE OFF
Chas. England Lost Out When the
Paint Came OF BicyCle-Turn-
ed Over To Probate Court

The son of George Connors lost a
good bicycle some two months ago
and had given up hopes of ever find
ing it until it suddenly put in appear
ance Saturday through the police Of
ficers. 1t seems a colOred boy living
in south Baxter Springs stole the cy-
Gle from the Connor home on River
street and disguised it so well with a
new coat of paint and other slight
differentiations that he felt safe with
it and gave it constant use. But he
became too confident and when the
paint wore off in a few places expos
ing the original enamel. Some boy
friends recognized the bicycle and
turned England in. England confess
sed to the whole transaction and will
be turned over to the Probate court.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
BUY KANSAS LEASE

The panhandle Mining Company
w. H. Logan and associates, has Sc
cured a lease Of 100 acres in Kansas,
the SE1L of the NWh of the NEh
of the SWk and the Wa of the
SWK of the NEK of Section 2-S5-
"a and will begin developing at once.
The company was formed by Mr.
Logan who has several interests here,
who interested several friends from
the Panhandle in the venture, hence
the name.
The Panhandle lease joins the
lease Of the Chanute Spelter on
which they have a large cOncentra-
ton plant.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
PHILLIPs Cor HIS DOG

C. W. Phillips, of the Globe Cloth
ing Company, who lost a little woolly
cog this side Of Melrose when he
dropped some gasoline on him and
later a lighted cigar on or near the
dog. in moving over from COfeyvilie
the other day, has recovered the dog
Phillips ran the dog over a great
many acres of wheat field and then
left a standing reward Ct $3.50 with
some farmer boys. The boys ran the
little fellow for three days before
they caught him and the dog was
Grated and brought to town yester-
day. The dog appears none the worse
for wear except quite an amount Of
his wool is scorched on from the scar
ing flames Of the gasoline. Phillips
has a 7-year old yOungster that II
very much pleased WITH the recovery
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03

At the final count each of the four
contestants selected one judge and
each contestant also had a relative
present to see that the decision of the
Judges was fair. When the count was
finished and tabluated the judges
asked the representative Of each can
lidate if he was satisfied with the de-
.ision of the judges and all replied
in the affirmative. The judges there
upon gave the representative of the
paper a written copy of their decision
signed, in the presence of all. The
awards were made on the decision Of
he judges.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03

Mrs. James Page was a guest OF
honor at a birthday surprise at her
home Monday afternoon. The affair
was arranged by Mrs. Roy Van Horn
of this city and Mrs. r. B. Page and
Mrs. E. E. Ryan of Galena. The af-
ternOOn was pleasantly spent with
cards, whist being the game ut
which Mrs. E. F. Daily made high
score and was awarded a beautiful
bottle of perfume set in an ivory case
which she presented to Mrs. Page. At
the conclusion Of the afternoon a de-
licious two course luncheon was ser
we'd to the following: Mesdames ]. y.
Carney, H. C. Slough, E. F. Daily, ",
A. COlvan, r, B. Page, E. E. Ryan,
Misses Marie Page and Fay Daily,
all of Galena. Those present from
this city were Mesdames ]. w
Barnes, Robt. Barnes, Anna Page and
Roy Van Horn.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
MRS. c. 1. MARI
NER WON THE CAR
Finished the Subscription Con-
test With a Lead of 36S,5O0
Votes-Awards Made on
Report Of Judges

The Baxter Daily Citizen and Bax-
ter Springs News subscription con-
test came to q close Saturday at 3
o'clock p. M, and resulted in Mrs
C. L. Mariner winning first prize, a
Chevrolet touring car; Mrs. Jas. Hun
ter, second prize, a silk suit; Miss
Mildred Popplewell, third prize, a
chest Of silverware, and Miss Alta
Archer, fourth prize. wrist watch.
The prizes were awarded on the
written report of the judges who
counted the ballots and inspected the
returns.
The report is us follows:
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
FOUR BAXTER BOYS NAMED

Four Baxter boys, Andrew Thomas
Lester Heiskell, Louis Martin Shanks
and Lloyd Vernon Pierce are named
in the list from which "a will be
chosen in Cherokee county for the
next call. The chances Of being cal
led is slightly more than $3.50 for
the names in the list.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
DRILL CRAWFISH LAND

The NJ. o. g. T. Mining company
has a shaft to ore on it 800 acre
lease on the John Crawfsh land in
Section S1-20-24 east Of Quapaw.
Several holes drilled on the lease
have shown a 35 foot face Of ore at
20 feet, the cuttings Of which assayed
from 6 to % per cent.
DR.. o. NJ. owensby, Of Pittsburg,
Kas., is president Of the NJ. o. & I.
and W. H. Logan. of Miami, secre-
tary-treamrer.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03

At a Liberty rally at ROseland the
other night one miner came forward
and dumped $1,000 in gold on the
table, in exchange for bonds. He
would not keep the money in any
bank, but it had been explained to
him that a government bond was bet
ter than a bank and he took advant-
age Of IL
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03
Baxter Springs, Kansas,
"April 81, 1918.

1--WE, the undersigned judges, here
by agree that the following contes-
tants received the number of votes
set opposite their names.
Mrs. C. L. Mariner. ,226, 900
Mrs. Jas. Hunter ........~.......1 ,S57 ,5OO
Miss Mildred Popplewell ..... 542,5OC
Miss Alta Archer .................. 2O5,OOO
Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-03

Ed. c. 0rear
c. VI. Sarchet
Arthur E. Van Dusen
r. II. Jensen
T. ?. Lewis
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-06
YOUTHS OF ARIZONA
 SPEND BUSY SEASON

PHOENIX.-At the close of the season for the Boys Working Re serve, L. B. Crane, director, an nounced that 173 high school boys of Arizona had worked. They earn ed $18,188, nearly the whole amount coming from ranchers by whom they were employed.
 One camp was maintained in the vicinity of Mesa, where fifty boys cleaned 1855 miles of canals and ditches, earning a net of $1.7O a day besides their cost of living. They were not overworked. Recrea- tion was not overlooked They had periods for athletic and military drills and not infrequently they "piled into" motor trucks and went to town to take in the movies"
 There were no hospital cases in the camp and only a few complaints of minor illnesses.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-06
WHALE E SEEN OA YUKON RIVER
 NEAR THE POST

Harry Owen, who arrived recently from the Koyukuk country and who remained few days at Tanana be- fore coming on to Nenana, brings the news that a whale about 35 to 40 feet long was seen in the Yukon river in the open water between the town and the mission. -.=. . The huge fish was first seen by the natives coming into town and the news, which soon got spread around attracted crowds to the spot indicated by the natives. The trail leading from the town of Panama to the Mission of Our Saviour runs along the slope of the hill and along the bank of the Yukon and owing to it's high elevation above water level, commands a good view of the river The trail which IS but little used ordinarily, is said to be crowded with people now witnessing the actions of the big fish. Mir. Owens, who brings the news, says that he went twice, but did not get chance to see the whale.
 The sight of the big mammal is said to have scared the natives, who are naturally very suspicious. They think that the whale represents the souls of the Indians and Eskimos who have died on the coast recently and say that the whales coming is a warning to them to look out for the disease.
 At the time Mr. Owen left Tanana for Nenana, the people of Panama were preparing to capture that whale, and Bill Kennedy was busy making harpoons for this purpose. The capture of the whale was sched- uled to take place last Sunday.