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Baxter Springs news., 1919-04-18
RDBBER CASHED
CHECK OF s32.50
Man in Uniform Who Robbed
H. p. Johnson Last Thurs
day Cashed Check at the
Bank of Commerce

Through the Stauffer- Cammack
Co., we learn that the man in uni
form who held up at the point of a
gun and robbed H. P. johnson last
Thursday of $32.25, cashed the check
at the Bank of Commerce, in Com
merce.
johnson, who lives south of Picher,
hauled load of wheat to Baxter and
sold the same to the Stauffer-C Cam
mack Grain Co., receiving their check
for the above amount. He started for
home and had gone three miles south
of Baxter when be was met by a man
wearing the regulation garb of sol
der. The man asked to ride and Mr..
johnson readily consented. Soon after
this the intruder drew gun and de-
manded Johnson's money, which he re-
ceived in the shape of the check. The
man then left johnson and warned
him not to watch after him. johnson.
retraced and came back to the city
and notified the marshal and also
Stauffer-Cammack who telephOned to
different banks to stop payment on the
check, but it seems the bank at Com
merce was not reached and this is
where the man got in his work and
got the check cashed.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-04-18

A Kansas paper speaks Of a new
amusement in rural society circles,
called the HavoirdupOis party" All the
girls are weighed, and the weight of
each is written on a slip Of paper and
put into a hat. The young men draw
the slips from the hat, and each must
20 in to supper with the girl whose
weight he has drawn; paying for Der
supper At the rate Of One-haf eent
a pound. N. N. Beck says the game is
not new, by many years. He once at
tended such party in the HOltOn
court house, and drew a girl who tip
ped the beam at $50 pounds. '1t was
In the days Of 25-cent meals" he
writes. ~and as we both believed in
preparedness, we had omitted the
home supper, and we do not believe
the church reaped any very exhOrbi-
tant profit in the transaction, 50 far
as we and our 1sO-pOunder were con-
csrned.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-04-18

y conDI1I " Chino. Calf. have
announced their intention Of feeding
100000 pounds Of beans 70 hogs this
year. thus transmitting "S-cents-a-
pound" beans into l7-eents-a-pOund
pork. 4f
The above Ia the first paragraph in
a dispatch from Chino which indicates
that the price of beans were three
cents per pound and were to be fed
to the hogs while suffering humanity
out this way were compelled to pay
ten and twelve cents per pound for
beans.
Since the war Is over, the govern
ment has gone out of the command
eering business, which reminds us
that there should be a general law
against feeding food stuffs to swine
and cattle while humanity was forced
to pay exhorbitant prices for the same
food.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-04-18
WHERE KANSAS GOT CROPS

Not a single crop grown in Kansas
today was raised in the state 25 years
ago. ~
There is a different wheat, differ
ent variety of oats, and all other crops
have been changed.
The wheat now grown in Kansas
came from Turkey, the kafr from
Africa, alfalfaN from Assyria, oats
from Texas and Canada. Corn has
been largely developed locally; Sudan
grass came from Africa and rape
from Germany.
Kansas has a new wheat called
'.Kan-Red." which yields from 10 5
bushels an acre more than the pres
ent favorite.
HUGH G. McvEY.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-04-18
STARTED FOR HOME

, A portion of the 35th division left
France April s and will land at New
port News. The installment con-
tains the 35th division headquarters
troop, headquarters detachment, the
postal detachment, the military police
company and the 10th train head
quarters.
There are All men and twenty-five
officers in the advance detachment.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-04-18
How Diptheria Is Contracted

One often hears the expression, my
child caught severe cold which de-
veloped into diptheria," when the
truth was that the cold had simply left
the little one particularly susceptible
to the wandering diptheria germ. II
your child has a cold when diptheria
is prealent you should take him out
of school and keep him off the street
until fully recovered, as there is a
hundred times more danger of his TAX
ing diptheria when he has a cold.
lessons the danger of diptheria or any
other germ disease being contracted.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-04-18
6AAAQl EIbEED
$4,000 PER mile
Experts Figure the Cost Of the Bnx-
ter.Chetopa Road At Not
Over $4,000 Per
Mile

The total cost Of the concrete road
between Baxter and ChetOpa, through
the Chetopa benefit district, cannot
exceed $4,000 per mile, with the
probable cost well under that figure.
The $4,000 figure represents the.
maximum cost of material, labor,
hauling. grading and culverts. These
items have been gone over carefully
by experts, taking into consideration
the present prices Of material and la
Dor, and then even adding a per cent
to each in order tO obtain amaximum
cost. Contractors have figured that
the road will cost between $4,000 and
$22, 900 per mile, as against the maxi
mum figure of $4,000 per mile.
The cost of the highway is divided
as follows:
Federal government $4,000
Cherokee county ........ 5000
Township ...................... 5000
Benefit district ...-..4-... 5000
The entire road will be built under
government direction, with a compe-
tent engineer in charge, and the work
is inspected every two weeks, or as
often otherwise as deemed sufficient
by the government.
The above statements are made,
following conference at Columbus
afternoon between the coun-
ty engineer, C. M. Cooper, and G. E.
Rucker and C. M. Sarchet of Baxter.
The trip was made purposely to as
certain the exact cost Of the road and
how the cost is to be divided. A. Z.
Pfremmer and Ed Fribley made the
trip to Columbus with the committee.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-04-18
How Is Your Complexion?

A woman should grow more beau
tiful as she grows older and she will
with due regard to baths, diet and ex-
ercise, and by keeping her liver and
bowels in good working order. If you
are haggard and yellow, your eyes
losing their lustre and whites becom-
ing yellowish, your flesh flabby, it may
be due to indigestion or to sluggish
liver. Chamberlain's Tablets correct
these disorders.
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17
YANKEE JOKER MADE GOOD"
But for Reasons of His Own He Didn't Stop to See the Effect He
 Made on Poilus.

One of thc "douhlesn units numbers in is ranks q practical joker who gen erally scores q hGll'S=eye because he never pulls the same thing twice. Despite his long Sojourn in France he still succeeds in putting something over on the pollus at regular intervals. Tor some months he had spread the report that inhabitants If certain DOT tiens of Amerlca's western plains had horns.
 And the first unit of horned speci- mems that comes over, will show them to you" he promised. When weeks and months passed without re dempton of the promise. the French began to doubt the Yankees word
 Then oue day he announced to a group of French friends that T dctach- meat ef Americans had arrived most of whom had horns. He led them Co spot where a concert WIS being given bv one of the rcEimcntul brass bands Most of 'em have horns he Said as he broke away to a living start From the Spiker. France.
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17
Tonight! Take Dodson's Liver Tone!
 Better Than CaIomeI For Liver Calomel sickens If bilious, constipated and head
 achy read my guarantee.

Straightcn you right up and make you feel fine and vigorous by morning. | want you to go back to the store and get your money. podSon's Liver Tone is destroying the sale of calomel be- cause il Is rcal liver medicine: entire ly vegetable, therefore if can not sall- vate or make you sick.
 I guarantee that one spoonful of Doason's Liver Tone Will put your sluggish liver to work and clean your bowels of that sour bile and consti- patcd waste which ts claggiHs your system and making you feel miserable. I guarantee that a bottle of Podson's Liver Tone will keep Sour entire fam- fly feeling fine for months Give it to your children II k harmless; doesn't gripe and they like it's pleasant taste. Adv.
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17
BRAVE AS THEIR BROTHERS "Little Things Couldn't Daunt Amer ican Girls in Their Work of
 Mercy in France.

One of The girls began to laugh. Little things k right = she exclaimed. "Cootles. and rats and nice! You know she turned to me. "our hifets are usually pretty old places, and they were full of-about everything. l re- member one night was sleeping with one of the girls and she said 10 me. all of sudden: Is that your foot that I feel?' jumped I was just going to ask you the same thing, an swered Wed better gel out the fash light r And when We did We found that there was Il big rat in bed with us-under the coyerS-'
 Smells. and wounded men. and doughnuts. and rats-under che GOV ers" I exclaimed.
 And mud up to their knees and gaS attacks" finished another voice. the voice of a man who had been reading silently in one corner of the room. And rheumatism and grip and otber little things like that They're thc little things that girls don't tell about. Margaret F. Sangstcr in the Chris tan Herald.
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17

Listen to me, Take no more sicken- ing, salivating calomel when bilious or constipated Don't lose days work !!
 Calomel is mercury or quicksilver, which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel when it comes into contact with sour bile. crashes into it, break ing It up. This is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping. If you are sluggish and "all knocked out 1T your liver Is torpid and bowels copSti- pated ar you have headache. dizziness, coated tongue. if breath is bad or stomach sour, just take q spoonful of harmless Dodson'S Liver Tone.
 Here's my guarantee-Go to any drug store and get bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone for few cents Take q spoonful tonight, and if it doesn't
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17
His Obiect.

Van Tose-What's this I hear aheut you and Subuhb- becoming so friendly in working in your backyard gardens that you decided "a bury the h8tehet2
 DeSmythe- Well. fine truth is IWlshs cd to have f handy when his chickens come over to visit and Scratch.
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17
PERUNA A KsndS,f'' ks"sSr
Read His Letter

"I have suffered for the last two winters with that terrible disease, LaGrippe. Having often heard of the great value of Pe- runa I decided to try it. l have only used four bottles and l do not now have any bad effects from the Grippe as it has just about entirely disappeared. and my general health is good. am satisfied that Peruna Is won derfui remedy, and I do most heartily endorse and recommend 1t for LaGrippe."
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17
Starch From Decayed Potatoes.

The department of agriculture in It's wartime experiments has discovered that starch ean te made from q de rayed potato ia~t as well f not better than From good one. The surplus stock of 1he farmer or dealer need uo longer he thrown aua} or wasted. It eaa be turned to good account at
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17
Concrete Poles,

Re.enforced concrete poles are used for a 70 2ooo-volt power line SIX miles long at Brentwood, Cal, supplying a lead of about 2.~0O horse power Tn" s4mWetrieally on two sides. and are 41 feet bong. 17 inches square at tllr base. and x inches square at the top. The spans vary from 70 to 39o feet,
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17
AlHes Rad Many ThIngs Ready.

It k generally understood n the circles round about tle army and navy n Washington that these sister services of tHa United States aud The aHr~ had various kinds of improved macllur> uith Wllch tu make warfare mare quickly 9radly ta the enemy. and ether meahautsus with which to Hcu= tr8lize tbe efforts of che Hun to over come tbe allies with new eoutrIvauces.
 Means 10 detect thc presence of sub marines. mems to destroy submarines. means to send great loads of high eX- plosives To distant points. means to lure the enemy ships to points where destruction was certain, and other con triyanees were ready ar nearly ready for use The question Is whether or not one day the world will sec all these inventions in active operation.
 BolsheVism and Politics.
 Just how congress is going to ap- praach the subject of bolshevism. or rather anarchsm, in the United States. II Is hard to say. Re publican and Democratic members of the hou~c and senate already are say ing some things that fairly may he called bold Il Is to be noticed, how ever. chat most of these senators and members represent districts ar states where the uphoaying evils are not so manifest as they are elseV here. The chances arc that some members and
  than their duties will wahble on bol- shevIsm just as they have wahhled on other things in the not dim past.
 The federal government Is limited to some extent in It's power to check mate propaganda of certain kinds. It will be a difficult task perhaps for congress to frame proper legislation. but some action Is assured.
 One word may be said with refer
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17
In. old.Eashloned Folio.

The advantage of the old-fashioned folio was that It was safe from Dor rowers.-Emerson.
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17

The tllor's goose has larger bill than a4H other bird.
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17

No man with Knowledge of law ever mistakes the will for the dced.
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17
ktandIcap Worth WhIle.

When d handicap heeomes the full crum over which wc pry out success with the leus ieou bar of drtermina- tiou it ought to make uS shake hands with the hhdranee and say. Thank 4ou fou huve helped me out tiue."
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17
Hun Equipment All Abandoned.

The floor If Inc Hoi> dc Rour- couue waS lt,rred with Ham imrle- rncuts 1hare wore cas masks. hel- uet-. r,1eNers. rHiles belt~ blankets. and ~earc af otAer things which il soldier -arffrs or has terr.cd fur hum Tho rll-l loo.yl like- a curiu shop.
 A saaH as if ea~ safe fo enter thr wood rha >aNa-e corps nuIertook lss war5. THr Rojs de Eoar1anuc was auly aae#af hundreds of uEr plocss ia tho Gatds and forests along the feout. ,a~t and west af the Mruse rlNsr. uhsrr fhe= Americans operated Tho sgue conditions found dupica tlors Tn tNr tcI1s of The French and Briush feautS Train leadS ef seufe- ulrs Verc picked up hy the American armics after they had attended 10 the major business of driving the Hun out ef his advtnecd positions In the St Mhiel salient and the Argoune forest
 one afternoon Gen Joseph T. Dick man, who commanded the first army corps in the Argonne took the writer i hereof on flynn: motor trip froia ] Chehery, due east to MentfaHcen. The Americans had swept over th's ground shortly before driving the llun hack toward Sedan This section If thu front was lnr-ely open couutfy and one could get an lnstnnt under l standing of the wnStacr of material 1 In the wake nf rrtreating army and not an this wa>tnge is that of the army which is on the run fet men in the ea4erupss of the pursuit occasionally Mil throw awuy impedt menta In order to "ay llghtand tlehf ] light"
 In the fields between Chehcry ant i Moutfuucon there were tens "f thou sands of shell cases Han guns oui ef commission hrake the line ef yisiaH everywhere. Baby tanks. which one pounders had put out of business, werr waiting the arrival of the members al i the salvage corps.
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17

Indifference sonesHgs vins where desire staHG~ uo show.
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17

When R-hy |. Tee'Nieg GROVES RAHY RaN EI NF =ftiNH win rnr-ers thN S' mach AUi NHvv. r5" .N Perfectly ha less soss directions on ihe sutt.e
The Dermott news., 1919-04-17

Bad resolutions aro good ones that fluNr been lrnS4=A
Douglas Island news., 1919-01-03
DEEDS HERE

U. S. Commissioner John Henson has received the deeds to the lots on the Douglas townsite that have been issued to owners who made appli- cation for them and paid the pre- scribod fee. The deeds can be ob- tained by calling at his office and signing a receipt.
 The deeds are issued by the gov ernment through C. R. Arundell. townsite trustee and is final title to the land.
 One hundred and twonty-seyen deeds have been issued out of a pos sible one hundred and thirty-two. making only five pieces of land that were not applied for.
 The business of securing the deeds was accomplished in a re- markedly cheap and quick manner through the efforts of the town trustee. Mir. Arundell. of the '. s. Land onlce force. The last date for application for deeds was August goth of last year.
Douglas Island news., 1919-01-03
TRANSPORT LIFE
 FULL OF THRILLS
Former Employee of Alaska Juneau Writes of Service on the
 Atlantic

Charles Hcacock, formerly an cleo trlcian at the Alaska Juneau. who volunteered in the Navy a year or more ago. is now chief electrician of the transport Great Northern, ac- cording to word received fron him recently. He joined tho vessel at Bremerton last January and sailed for San Francisco. At that place 45O interned Germans were taken aboard and delivered at Charleston. IS. C. The vessel proceeded to New York, and soon sailed with a load Of troops for Brcst, France. Since that time he has made nine round
 trips to France.
 The Great Northern usually car ried from 3.4OO to $500 troops on each trip. The crew Of the vessel numbered $50. The vessel was classed as the fasest transport in the service. The Lcyiathan. formerly the German liner Vatcrland, the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern invariably sailed together aad were without convoy. as none of the war ships were fast enough to keep up with them. About 800 miles from Rrest. the three vessels would te met by destroyers and light cruis- CTS and escorted through the danger zone. After discharging their pas sengers and taking on sick and wounded for the United States, the vessels would again be escorted thru the danger zone and each left free to get to New York by the shortest and quickest route Early in the morning Of October 3rd the vessel had its first serious accident. It was about 3 a. m. and very dark. Sud denly out of the drakness a big yes sel loomed out. and we received glancing blow forward. A big hole was smashed in the side Of the vessel and six soldiers killed and a dozen injured. The steamer which struck the Great Northern was the British freighter Blackburn, bound for South America. and she signallcd that she was sinking and asked the transport to stand by. but the cap tain Of the troopship gave orders for full speed ahead and left the sink ing vessel to her fate Nothing was ever heard Of the vessel or crew and it is supposed all were lost. The accident happened close 10 the dan ger zone and it would have been un- wise to stop and give some lurking German sub a chance to sink the transport. which on that trip had on board 3,lOO soldiers. Brcst was made safely. and there repairs were made.
 The Great Northern is now being converted into a hospital ship. On a recent trip 3GO wounded men were brought back to the U. S.
Douglas Island news., 1919-01-03
REGULATIONS REGARDING
 PRICE OF SALMON REMOVED

The Federal Food Administrator for Alaska announces that effective January !. 1919. an regulations In rc thc price of salmon In Alaska, as announced from time to time by the Federal Food Administration win be removed.
 This removal of oll salmon prices iu Alaska does not affect Che matter o' licenses for cauuerics. fishermen. etc.. such regulations being stlI in force and effect
 Following Che u,tiug of Che United States Food Administration regula- uous concerning Che prices of fresh salmon In Washington and Oregon. Che Federal Food Administrator for Alaska recommended Co Che United States Food Administration that an restrictions and regulations as Co prices or salmon iu Alaska be rcmov- ed. che Food Administration approy- ed this recommendation hence Che above announcement of che removal of an prices covering salmon in AL aska.
Douglas Island news., 1919-01-03
NEW WAR SAVING
 STAMPS ARE HERE
The New Issue of Stamps That su- per oedes old Ones Have Ar
 rived and Are for Sale

Up until recently there was some doubt as to just what would be done about Che Thrift and War Saw lngs Stamps that have been issued by the government
 Recently the matter was an sot straight by the receipt at tho local post offices of a pamphlet telling an about it, and after that Che of- rIccs received the new issue Of stamps.
 The previous issues of War Stamps were green in color, bearing the head of Washington upon them. They were placed on sale the first Of last year at che price Of SI.l2 each. with a raise iu price of one cent for each month, being sold for &A23 In Che month of December 1918. At maturity on January l, 1923, they will be worth SD each. They were affixed to certificates that held 20 stamps
 The new issue of 1919 i8 blue in color, slightly smaller than tho 1918 issue and bear Che head of Franklin upon thcm. They win bc sold dur Che month of January for S4.I2 and will raise in price one cent each month. They will mature on Janu- ary 1, 1924, one year later than the previous issue
 The little green thrift stamps costing 20 conts each win Doc cone tnued to Doc issued Che same os for mcrly and they arc perfectly good and may be exchanged at any time for stamps Of Che new issue when the difference In price between the value of the full card and Che going price of Che War Stamp is paid. No one need Co redeem their cards until they wish to, as ample warming win bo given before thc issuance or stamps ceases.
 War Savings Stamps of the issue of 1919 can not be affixed to ccrtif- icatcs having stamps of thc issue Of 1918 upon them. but new certificates win Doe 1ivcn with tho new stamps
 Douglas Island folks have pur- chased nearly s5O.OOO worth or tho War Savings Stamps in thc past year and no doubt will continue to buy heavily during Che coming year as they gro among the safest and best Investments now ou tho market They net about 4ii per cent if kept until maturity and are rodoomohle at any time at a raise iu price of one cent per stamp per month for thc time kept.
Douglas Island news., 1919-01-03
WIFE OF WELL
 KNOWN MAN DIES
Mother of Three Children Passes Away With Pneumonia at
 St. Ann Hospital

Last Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Elizabeth Ubcru. wife 3f Emil Ubcri of this city, passed avn, ot st Ann hospital from pneumonia which followed am attack of nfu- cnza. She was very sicl, for several days and her death was not uncX- pectcd.
 Mrs Uberti was a native of Pia- monte, Italy. and for many years had resided on Douglas Island, where she was married Co Mr. Ubert She was we'll known and universally liked. She is survived by a husband and three children, a boy and two little girls.
 The funeral took place from Che suuy Undertaking Parlors on Tues day, December 31, at D. m. and was held under the auspices of thc Fraternol Order of Eagles, to which Mir. Ubcrt belongs
 The body was escorted to its last resting place at the Eagles ccme- tery by the Channel band and a large number Of friends