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Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17
THERE IS The RUB

Mrs. VIM. e. Cory, the wife Of the
steel magnate, has Just bought . Rus
sian sable fur coat that b announced
to have cost her $4,000. This il Just
half Eddy FOrds salary for . year.
Think Of the extraNganeei
Yet our little group of prineeling
war prOhteers, made 20 much money
out Of war profits, that they spend
Il Ike most people would pour out
water.
No wonder socialism is looming up
81 q world menace. TIE people Of the
world are not gOing always 10 toler-
ate these great inequalities Of riches
How remedy them?
. Well, there Il the rub.
In the case Of Mrs. Corey'S Rus
sian sable coat Il probably looks no
better and Is no better than one that
niEht cost the hundrsdth part Of that
sum but the precedent is bad never
thelesS. Il isn't half % bad - little
EDDY FOrdb big prOAtser salary.
Il Is stated by - good an authority
as Arthur Cappsr that apprUximateiy
1 PER cent Of cur population hogged
an cur tremendous var proats.
lIuHoaaiBss havs bseoms mulh-mil-
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17
FLU" MORE DEADLY THAN
WAR

The war, with IL long agony. cost
fifsy-three thousand American lives IN
France, 70 General Pershing eabled
November %. Il seemed . heavy toll
But At the time the report came from
France the country was In IN cpl
demic that proved far more costly In
lives than the war. The census bu'
reau reports one hundred and twelve
thousand deaths caused by influenza
In forty-six cities. These cities con-
tanned only one-Afth Of the population
Of the country. The number OF deaths
in the whole country 10 not known. IL
must have been several times - large
% the number in France.
Public health, the fighting Of cpl
denies, Il q dry subject. Nobody pays
much attention TO It. And yet .
single epidemic, lasting only four
months, may cost moro lives than .
great wari
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17
TAKE SALTS TO
FLUSH KIDNEYS
Hat lsu meat II you Eel 1aSlnehy OF
HlAddsr troubles you-Saltsb h
ens i0r KidnsyA

Neat forms uric acid which sxcitss
and overworls the kidneys In their efforts
10 filter Il from the system. Regular eat
ers Of meat must hush the kidneys occa-
sionally. You must relieve them like you
relieve your bowels; removing all the
acids, waste and poison, else you feel .
dull misery In the kidney region, sharp
pains In the back or sick headache, diz-
Einess, your stomach Sours, tongue 10
coated and when the weather II bad you
have rheumatic twinges. The urine 10
cloudy, full Of sediment; the channels
often get irritatsd, obliging you to get
up two or three times during the night.
To neutraliss these irritating aoids
and flush of the body's urinOuS waste
get about four ounces Of Jad Salts
from any phArmacyj take . table
spoonful In glass Of water before break
fast for few days and your kidneys will
then act fine and bladder disorders dis
appear. This famous salts 10 made from
the acid Of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with llthia, and has been used for
generations to clean and stimulate slug
gish kidneys and stop bladder irritation.
Jad Salts 10 inexpensive; harmless and
makes n delightful effervescent hthia-
water drink which millions Of men and
women take now and then, thus avoiding
serious kidney and bladder diseases.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17

son. Not many new luminaries have
evolved from the war as would be ex-
pected had the stuggle continued for
another year or so-true there is some
Pershing talk but the Democrats, too,
are claiming him as their Apostle and
hint that the Republicans stole their
fire-an army man of Pershing's re-
putation will hardly dare express
himself SO soon on SO delicate q mat
ter, hence we will have to wait some
time before he can be expected to an
nounce his intentions.
The business interests want q busi-
ness man of the Hoover type-the
army people will claim their deserts
and insist on q man who did some
thing for the army or navy be given
the place of honor. The extreme west
may make q showing for johnson or
Borah.
And in the mean time the Old Guard
is grooming two or three dark horses;
the central states have pony or two
"up their sleeve" and one Of these
days the bets will begin and the big
race will be on.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17
THE VOICE OF BUSINESS

The business interests Of the nA-
ton are already aloud demanding q
policy" on the part Of the govern
ment.
But the president 10 Swinging
around the circle" in Europe. engaged
apparently in . consideration Of all
manner Of Utopian ideals, schemes
for the improvement Of the world at
large, and giving little or no atten-
ton 70 the demands for the business
Of this country.
In the absence Of the president and
view Of the fact that the present
congress In in Ito dying dayS, its Life
expiring March I. Nobody seems "a
know much.
Things are just drifting!
This condition Of things was o.
course anticipated before the PTeSi'
dent left, but no little common con-
alteration Of the business interests %
the country, could be expeCted Il
weight On the mind Of . star ga1el
Ike the president
Mr.. Wilson il just now adjusting
the pendulum and winding up tn
worlds elock-he has no time MOI
thought for anything 20 mundane anS
common as American business inter
est, or the continued employment d
labor ct good prices.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17
THE ROYALTY QUESTION

Some of the lease men Of the city
have dolled up in their war paints
and feathers and gone cunning Tor
the advocates Of the movement to get
a bill thru the Oklahoma Legislature
establishing a maximum royalty basis
on mineral leases.
The Chamber of Commerce recent:
" favored such a bill; that It would
prove beneficial to the district, was
their judgment.
There seems to be some merit on
both sides of the argument; altho the
Daily Citizen has not investigated the
matter sufficiently to champion either
side.
Those who have watched develop
ments for the past three or four years
in the mining game seem to think the
speculator has paid an important part
in developing the field; the conserva-
tive operator won't play his money on
a new field but waits around the cor
ner until more venturesome spirits
have spent their cash in proving out
the ground-after the speculatOr or
wildcatter, as he is known, has OPEN
ed up q territory the conservative
man comes in and buys up these
leases at advance royalties and does
not take chances the first fellow took
and is willing to pay for what he
thinks is practically certain to prove
good diggings.
This seems to be the creed Of a
good many concerns including the oil
game as it has been played in Okla
homa. There can be no criticism
lodged against the real honest-to-
goodness-wildcatter who puts his
money in drilling and makes an AOn=
est effort to find the stuH. The man
who may deserve castigation y the
so-called middleman or "porchclimb-
er" who tolls not neither does he
spin" but who merely sits in with .
royalty Of one to three per cent-do-
ing nothing to earn It but making 1t
harder for the operator to make the
concern go. This, If anything, cOnSti'
tutes the danger to . district and lies
in the fact that q good lease not re-
stricted 90 for maximums may be sold
time and again until finally the Sel-
low who decides to play his money on
development and sinking has an enor-
nous overhead charge to pay before
he can see any profits. In other words
the farmer or land owner gets from
$50 to SO royalty while the operator
in many cases is working the ground
under q 1856 to 2os6 royalty; natuF-
ally all royalty holders between the
land owner and the operator must
have their stipend. On is face II
would seem . very debateable quea-
ton, and is Of real Importance TO the
district, one way or the other.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
CHEROKEE COUNTY, KANSAS,
SITTING AT GALENA.


s. P. Schaefer .........................Pl Plaintiff
VI.
Frank E. Weakley and B. c. Hodges,
if they or either of them be living,
and If dead, then their unknown
heirs, executors, administrators,
devisees, trustees and assigns;
The Kansas City Fl. Scott 4 Gulf
Railroad Company, corporation, II
not dissolved, but If dissolved, then
its unknown officers, successors
trustees and assigns; and the un-
known officers, successors, trustees
and assigns of the Baxter Springs
Investment Company, a dissolved
corporation; and Mary Darnell, sele &,
heir at law of R. ]. Hiner, DEF
ceased. I
Publication Notice I
The State of Kansas to the ahoye
named defendants, Frank E. Weak
lev and B. C. Hodges, If they or eth
er of them be living and il they Or
either of them be dead, then 70 theiF
unknown heirs, executors, adminiStFa-
tors, devisees, trustees and aaRlRpel
The Kansas City TT. Scott 4 Gn!t
Railroad Company, q cOrporenen =
not dissolved, but II dissolved, then
its unknown officers successors,
trustees and assigns, and the un-
known officers, success0rs, trustees
and assigns of the Baxter Springs m
vestment Company, o dissolved COR
poration, GREETING:
You and each Of you are hereby no
tilted that you have been sued m the
above named court by the above
named plaintiff in the cause above en-
titled, and that his Petition Is now en
file in the office Of the Clerk OF saln
court in the city of Galena, Cherpkoe
County, Kansas, and that you must
answer said Petition on or before the
18th day of February, 1913, or sac
Petition will be taken as true ana
judgment rendered In favor Of the
plaintiff and against you and each g
you, quieting the title Of the pleintl!
in and to the following described real
LOTS Lots zoo, ZOE, 2Os and 1S5 in Rail-
road Addition to the City Of Barter
Springs, IN CnerOkee OOu.k, 80
sas; lot IL in block Is Of WarWick
Place Addition to the City Of Bax5'
ter Springs, Cherokee County, kan
sas; and lot 13 in block 2 Of Brew.
ster's first addition to the City %
Baxter Springs, Cherokee County,
Kansas;
and YOU are required to cone IN ana
set up and have adjudicate6 whatever
right, title, interest, lien orclatm you
have or claim to have in, ON, or g
said real estate or any pat Thereon,
and the plaintiR will be deGeed 70 ee
the legal and equitable owner OF said
real estate and every part and parcel
thereof, and your apparelt claims
thereto will be held null anl void ena
of no force or effect IN lawor equity
and plaintiff viii be grantel such ON.
er and further relief as IN justice ana
equity he may be entitled Q reeve
3. B. MORGAN
Attorney Or plaint1.
Dated at Galena, Kansa, this e5rA
day Of December, 1918.
Attest: Fred SimklA, Difriet uleiS.
(Seall
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17

Paris has already dedicated to
President Wilson the 'WilsOn Cock
tail" the "Wilson highball" and the
''Wilson hat" The President seems to
have entirely eclipsed his wife, at any
rate there il nothing said Of the "Mrs.
Wilson hat" or the ''Mrs. Wilson high
ball. or the Mrs. Wilson cocktail" "
Those old decadent European eOun-
tries are not very ehivRlrUus to wO-
men any longer.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17

lionaires and multi-milliOnaires have
become billionaires.
The few roll and revel In riches 30
great they can't spend the aecumu-
listing surplus, in any ordinary or
sane manner.
They corrupt themselves and their
rOttenness rots the body polite.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17

citizen and one Of Baxter'S est boo1t-
ers, Is contributing an artile 70 he
Daily Citizen occasionally. Ar. Kal-
tenbach has quite . Journalists STRAIN
in his make up and his wihngl ele
not only interesting reaing, hat
ethical from . Newspaper sind polnE
which considering he Is q lyman, +
a good deal for a newspapf mn n
own up TO.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17

"HistoricalT Vic Berger, congress-
man-elect from Wisconsin, has Just
been found guilty under the EspiOa-
age act. Berger said in his trial on
the witness stand there were too kinds
Of socialists in this country, the 'hy-
sterical" and the ''histOrical"-that he
belonged to the latter class. Wonder
which class he viii now align him
self with? Also Whist will he do with
his congressional seat7
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17
New. JAn. B. i9ig.l
PUBLICATION NOTICE

Josie Williams, ......-..............-Piaintin,
The National Bond and Debenture
Co., Frank Z. Weakley, Charles X. Z
Weagley, Frank c. March, Oscar
M. Gay, George s. Green, Jno. Il.
Messen, and the unknown heira, exc
ecutors, administrator, devisees,
successors, trustees and assigns, II
they or any Of them be dead.
THE STATE OF KANSAS
to
The National Bond and Debenture
Co., Frank e. Weakley, Charles H.
Weagley, Frank C. March, Oscar N.
Gay, George s. Green, Jno. =. MesDen,
and the unknown heirs, executors, ad-
ministrators, devisees, trustees and
assigns, II they or any Of them be
dead,
You and each Of you are hereby mo-
titled that you have been sued In the
district Court of Cherokee County,
Kansas, sitting at Columbus, by the
plaintiff, whose petition is now on file
In the office Of the clerk Of said Court,
in Columbus, Kansas, and that you
must answer the said petition on or
before the 18th day Of February, 1913,
or said petition will be taken as con-
fessed and judgment rendered IN favor
of the plaintiff and against You, the
said defendants, Of the following ma
ture, to-wit: Plaintiff will be decreed
to be the legal and equitable, in fee
simple, owner Of the real estate de-
scribed in said petition, to-wit:
Lots numbered Thirteen, Fourteen,
and Sixteen, in Block numbered
three, in Solomon's Addition to the
City of Baxter Springs, Cherokee
County, Kansas,
and the title to said real estate win
be quieted in said plaintiff and you,
and each Of you, will be wholly ex-
cluded and forever barred from set
ting up or claiming any right, title,
or interest in or to said real estate or
any part thereof, and plaintiff will be
given such other relief as she may be
entitled to in law or equity, including
the costs Of this action.
Dated at Columbus, Kansas, this
30th day of December, 1918.
Josie Williams,
By G. w. Earnshaw, Her Attorney.
Attest: Fred Simkin,
Clerk Of the District Court.
(Seal)
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17

First published in Baxter Springs
News, Jan. 3, 1919.)
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17

]. w. Kaltsnbaeh, realty man,
church and community worker, setivs
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-17

Miss Thslma TSaylor xitsa IN
in calsna Friday nighk
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
Mexican Government is Instructed 10
Immediately Effect Release of Amer
ican Aviators Held for Ransom
OFFICIAL WASHINGTON IS VERY ANXIOUS
United States Threatens Radical Change in Attitude
Toward Mexican Government Unless Affair
is Satisfactorily Adjusted
tBy Associated Press.7

WASHINGTON, August 18-The American ernbas-
at Mexico City instructed today by the State De
partment to Immediately call upon the Mexican govern
ment for quick action to effect the release of 1t Paul
Davis and Harold G. Peterson, American army aviators
who captured by Mexican bandits Gandelaria
Texas while patrong the border and who threaten
ed with death unless $4,000 ransom is paid today
The State Department announcement said, The in
strctions pointed out the seriousness with which the
United States Government views this situation and calls
for immediate adequate action"
The American consul at Juarez also wai instructed
to take all possible steps with the Mexican authorities
there to secure release and protection of the Officers
State Department officials said the ransom demand
ed would be paid as soon as information could be had
to where and to whom the money to be delivered It
has not been decided whether the United States would
call upon the Mexican government to pay it direct
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
MAJOR GREEN TALKS
ON ISSUES OF DAY
Diminutive Merchant Opines
That We Can't Tell
About Future.

Major Green, aged rs, the diminu-
tive West Virginian, who is widely
known in Marion and adjacent coun-
ties for his long Identification with
things on small scale, and who was
one time known all over the country
being the midget of the early days
with what was then Gigantic" cir
Gus, is Fairmont visitor today.
Major Green came up from Morgan
town where ne conducts store "on
Chestnut street." 1t is his first visit
to Fairmont in = year. He came to
Rivesville Sunday being called there
by the illness Of niece and concluded
to drop in to Fairmont for sight-see-
ing trip. The little man was the cen
ter OF interest and people spoke to him
in such great numbers that he could
not begin to identify them. He walks
along pretty lively using a cane either
for ornament or aid.
Seen at ]. W. GOGGLES store, where
he first proceeded after leaving the
street car near there, he was asked
about his opinion of the League of
Nations:
q don't know anything about it,"
Major Green agrees with most OF
the prominent men of Northern West
Virginia in taking this position. He
went on further:
"It might be a mighty good thing
and it might be mighty bad thing" !"
Major Green, whose age gives weight
tor his observations, declares:
1--WE can't know anything about the
future. All we can do is to try"
Asked about his own health, the
Major turned Indignantly as though
the question was an insult.
Il am feeling good, Of course" he
exclaimed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
No RUSH HERE FOR
ARMY FOODSTUFFS
One Woman Had Placed an
Order at Postoffice
Before Noon.

There was no rush at the local post
office this morning because of order
ing of surplus army foodstuffs, which
Acting Postmaster Clyde S. Holt an
nounced would be in order at 8
o'clock this morning. Before noon
one woman had placed an order for
foodstuffs.
Quite a number of others came to
the postoffice and made inquiry about
the means of ordering the goods, most
OF them waiting until word had been
received from Washington regarding
the postage due on eac harticle.
The price list printed last week
shows the prices for fourth zone pos
tage. A telegram from Washington
this afternoon allows the local Office
to charge only first zone postage,
which is considerably less, and which
will make difference in the price of
each article. The new price list will
be made up today and printed in to-
morrow's paper.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
BULL ELECTROCUTED BY
CONTACT WITH TROLLEY
Required Small Boy of Speculative Turn of Mind,
Chain Tie and Piece of Wire to
Bring it About.

in his stall. At first the presence Of
the chain suggested nothing, but since
they were dying OF ennui and here
was the bull-why he must entertain
them in some manner.
Then Clayton saw long piece of
wire. Now bull boy. and piece
of wire are susceptible to many COM
binations. Clayton. with the aid OF
his compatriots, Immediately came to
life and formed one of them.
The bull, probably disappointed in
some love affair and for that reason
Indifferent was carefully led onto the
street car track. With their mania
for scientific discovery now alive, the
boys carefully fastened an end OF the
wire 10 the chain, then with "heave
ho' the other end of the wire was
thrown across the trolley.
The bull Immediately departed for a
land where pastures are always green
and where the cost of beef steak and
the scarcity of shoe leather are OF NO
consequence to the bovine fraternity
The boys, satisfied that their exper-
ment had been success, rapidly de-
parted
An investigation was made by the
Traction Company.
1t is reported that number of pain,
full scenes occurred in several Grant
Town wood sheds, proving that in his
own country even the greatest scien-
tist Is without honor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18

This is the sad story of a bull, some
domesticated lightning and young
disciple of Benjamin Franklin at
Grant Town.
The young Disciples name is Clay
ton. His age is that of adolescence.
Many time had he gazed curiously
at the trolley wire over the car tracks
of the Monongahela Valley Traction
Co. So far as he could see there was
nothing very impressive about it al
though he had heard many times that
it was a bad thing for little boys to
play with.
Last Friday evening young Clayton
with group of boys of his own age.
were wandering around disconsolately
reflecting on the imminence OF the
first day of school.
Enter the bull.
The conventional entrance Of the
bull would demand that he come with
head down. tail waving and with
snorting nostrils. This bull however
must have been reflecting on the high
cost OF beefstak or the scarcity Of
shoe leather or something of the kind
for he strolled nonchalantly from his
pasture field, and with benign ex
preston drew near the group of young
scientists.
With a calm reflective eye young
Clayton inspected the bull, noticing
that about his neck he wore pieci
of chain, with which he was fastened
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
Woman's Club Bent Upon
Forcing Uniformity
in Food Prices.
whole TOWN TO HELP
Demand for a Rest Room in
the Court House to
Be Renewed.

This morning the Woman's club
campaign against unsatisfactory con-
dttions in the sale OF food here. which
has been brewing for some time,
reached an action stage and at an
officers conference 1t vas decided
that the members of the Civic and
Home Economics departments should
hold meeting in the very near fu-
ture at which plans for definite cam
paign will be made.
1t is the present intention to call
mass meeting of the women of the
community to divide the work of fore
ing reforms. The principal COM
plant against the local dealers in
food is moi that they are all profiteer-
ing all along the line, but that there
is such gerat disparity in the prices
they charge for different articles that,
il is physically impossible for women
TO keep down expenses by buying in
the cheapest market. Investigations
made last week show that the East
side dealers, who used to be cheaper
as a rule, are now as bad as the mer-
chants on the West side when it
comes to erratic price ranges.
Location as a matter of fact has
nothing to do with prices. On some
things Jackson street is higher than
Main street and so on. What the wo-
men want is uniform price and they
are going to force the local merchants
toradopt one or know the reason why.
They are also going to renew their
fight for a Rest Room in the Court
house. They say that they need a
place in which they can meet with the
women from the small towns and the
farming districts and come to some
understanding with them with regard
to the local stores.
No date has been fixed for the
meeting Of the Woman's club COM
mittees that have the war on hand,
! but it will be soon and the women say
that this. time they intend to cut
through TO clean finish.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
]. w. Kight is in
Fairmont Today

James W. Kight, former general
secretary OF the Fairmont Y. NJ. G. A.
and at present still in army Y. NJ.
G.. A. work at Atlanta, Georgia. came
to Fairmont yesterday and will leave
here tonight for the Southland. Mr..
Kight is here to take care of certain
business matters prior to his return
hosAtlanta.
Mr.. Kight expects to be connected
with the army "Y" work probably un-
til January /, after which date he
will probably be connected with Y. NJ.
g. A. work in an executive capacity.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
PITTSBURGH TROLLEY
COMPANY SUESUN|ON
Will Endeavor to Secure
Judgement for Dam
ages Caused by
Strike.
lBY Associated Press. }

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1S.-Receivers
of the Pittsburgh Railways company
announced this afternoon that they
would file suit today against the local
division of the Amalganated Associa-
ton of Street and Electric Railways
Employees, its officers and members.
"to recover damages for losses caused
through the breach OF contract which
resulted in stopping of carsY as their
first step towards ending the trolley
strike here which started last Thurs
day.
The alleged breach of contract 1T is
comprised action of three
thousand motormen and conductors in
failing to abide by the decision of the
national war labor board which re-
Gently awarded them a five cents an
hour increase in wages against a
twelve cent raise asked by the men.