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Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
ACCIDENTALLY POISONED

Pat Dunn, who lives in q small
house near the Wholesale grocery
house, was accidentally poisoned Sat
urday and for several hours he was
close to death, but is reported by his
physician as somewhat improved to-
day Dunn swallowed a bicholride Of
mercury tablet. It appears a friend
gave him the name of the tablet as a
cure for some internal disorder and he
went to q drug store and bought q
quantity, intending to take them as he
needed them. He became i'll shortly
after the first dose and was violently
i'll all night before he called a physi-
clan.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
CHERoKEE's WHEAT CHOP

Kansas has q place in the wheat
crop for this year that win rank
among the first with nearly ons-Afth
Of the total wheat crop Of the United
States.
Cherokee holds a place in this Stats
also as one of the first counties IN
production Of wheat, while there are
many others which have q higher
rank.
The acreage Of Cherokee county iS
376,960 acres, and the amount Of this
acreage that is in wheat q 0e,A ,Ao6
acres which makes nearly one-fourth
Of the county's acreage in wheat.-
Galena Times.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
LEGISLATION OUTLINED
House Republicans Favor Repeal of
Luxury Tax

washingtOn.-LegislatiO to be Civ
en- consideration by the house mined
lately after the annual appropriation
bills are disposed Of have been agreed
upon by the Republican steering com
mittee, subject to the approval Of the
conference of Republican representa-
tives.
As announced by Representative
Mondell, chairman Of the committee,
the program includes immediate re-
peal Of the tax on semi-luxuries, legis-
lation for the return Of telephone and
telegraph companies to private con-
troll, railroad legislation, determine
ton Of a national shipping policy
passage Of the women suffrage amend
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

There q more CatarTh IN this section
Of the country than al other diseases
put together, ana Tor yoars u Nas sup.
local remedies, and by constantly falling
70 cure with local treatment, pronounced
Il lncurablo. CatarTh n . local disease,
greatly Influenced by constitutional con-
ditlon1 and therefore requires constitu-
tionai treatment Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine, manufactured By y. J. Cheney q
Co. Toledo, Ohio, 4 q constitutional
rsmody, = taken internally and act1
thru the Hood on the 4ncou1 surfaces
Ward a offered for any cauo that Hairs
CninFrh Medicine fnil1 % cure. Send tor
clrculnrl and teltlmcllnl4
=. ~ CHENEY q Co. Tolodo. ohio.
Sold by DfurEIltl, ltc.
Halls Family Pil1 for oou1tpatoA
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
TROUBLE BREN|NG
OVER Co. BRIDGE
Landowner Threatens to Secure
Injunction to Prevent County
Engineer from Diverting
Waters Of River Over
His Land

County Engineer Calvin Cooper hai
a crew Of men ut work putting In
new bridge at the foot Of the Twelfth
street hill. This bridge spans q nat
ural runway for the overflow waters
from Spring river and in dry weather
no water runs through It. A detOuT
passage has been provided by plank
ing over the bed Of the channel and
in dry weather vehicles can pass to
the north around the bridge, but the
rain has made the temporary road
almost impossible and diverted the
Joplin and Galena travel around to the
north of Baxter. Mr.. Cooper expects
the bridge will be finished in about
thirty days.
Legal proceedings, however, are
threatened, and this may cause the
work to be suspended for a time.
Bird Willard, one of the principal
owners of the land on either side Of
the road between the two bridges,
stated to a Daily Citizen reporter to-
day that he intended to 60 to Colum-
bus today to make application before
District Judge Boss for an injunction
to restrain the county engineer from
proceeding with his present plans for
the bridge until the matter might be
inspected and passed upon by the state
highway commission or some other
competent authority. Mr.. Willard
contends that if the bridge is put in
according to the present plans it will
damage his land to a great extent,
and more than that it will have the
effect of making the road impossible
in times of high water.
Mr.. Willard gives as his reason the
fact that the blue prints for the bridge
show that Mr.. Cooper proposes to
CLOSE up the channel with the excep-
ton of a run way 16 feet wide for
the water to pass under the bridge. |
The runway for water under the old
bridge is about 100 feet, and Mr.. Will
lard declares that there have been
times, during high water, when the
water came down the valley in such a
huge volume that it stood several feet
above the floor of the bridge.
The effect of closing this channel,
all but 16 feet, Mr.. Willard contends,
will cause the water to be still higher,
and instead of following its natural
channel will be diverted to the east
where it will cut its way through the
road between the bridges and cut a
new channel through a valuable field
belonging to the Willards. Mr.. Will
alrd requested the Citizen to ask the
townspeople to go down to the bridge
and see what Mr.. Cooper's plans are,
and Judge for themselves whether or
not Mr.. Cooper's plan for narrowing
the run way under the bridge does not
appear like a big mistake. Anyway,
he declared he is going to exhaust ev.
cry legal process in his endeavor to
prevent the natural channel for the
water from being closed and a new
channel being cut out by the overflow
waters in time Of flood.
The plan of Mr.. Cooper is to cut
down the hill on East Twelfth street
and make fill with the dirt where the
present bridge spans the overflow
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

By WILLIAM A. McKEEvER.
University Of Kansas

What are you farm mothers doing
for your growing daughtsrsf In what
ways are yon acting either individual
ly or together to make your girls feel
that the rural community IL the best
place Of all in which to grow up, and
to live permanently II ! were called
10 Judge your home, or score your
community I should vote II first in
terms Of It's service 10 the lives Of the
growing young; and second, In terms
Of your housekeeping ability and your
success in doing the plain work Of the
ordinary farm woman.
You have a 14-year-Old daughter,
let us say. Now this girl is in the
stage Of social interest and your first
duty to her is to provide for her social
well-being. Most certainly, you should
require her to do her part Of the house
work but you should most carefully
safe guard her against an over
amount of household drudgery. II is
exceedingly important that the ordin-
ary girl become mistress Of the COM
mon duties Of the home and that she
never be loaded 30 heavily with 1t as
to make It seem burden. ! now Of
fer q suggestive outline Of social di-
rection for your daughter.
First of all, plan that she have the
pleasure Of mingling happily with the
young Of her age on an average Of
about once per week. A simple party |
with Old-fashioned plays and games is
best of all. The social dance is in
volving the parents of this country in
endless worry and trouble. It is hard
to manage and keep within the bounds
of propriety and moral decency. It
is constant source of neighborhoOd
dissentions and quarrels.
But you farm mothers must not ex-
pect to get something for nothing.
You must not expect your young peo-
pie to succeed with their social af-
fairs without your help. You must
attend their parties as happy and
sympathetic chaperons and as prOvid-
ers Of their party programs.
In many country neighborhoods the
church is the director Of the social
life Of the young, an arrangement
much to be desired. It is a wrong to
your girl to try to bring her up with
,ut an intimate relation to the church
md the Sunday school. But these in
,titutions are at their best only when
hey extend their services into the ac-
;ual interests and needs Of the young.
AS further means of making your
yirl happy and .contented with her
'ural life, it is most helpful to provide
ler with q room Of her own or at
east den Of her own. She must have
! place into which she may take her
huns when they come to see her and
vhere her personal belongings may
'ecome the fond topic of conversation
or many a happy hour while these
re together in seclusion.
Also your young daughter must I
ave her romantic dreams. It is very 3
ecessary, therefore, that you provide !
er with few choice and high quality I
tory books, such as will indulge her '
ay-dreams wholesomely and make |
er think most cheerfully toward the /
ime when she is to become wife and '
1other. Ii
Finally, even if you have to neglect q
ONE of the work, resolve to make \
our daughter a free-hearted, whole s
earted farm girl-One who will at Z
ength be glad to take her turn as a 3
nature woman in making the rural
ommunity even better than you made {
for her. I
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23
4HR BIC JOB Is FINISHED. LET
Us HOPE FOR LASTING PEACE

Since the publication Of the terms
Of the peace treaty, there is less talk
about the "dwadling" of the Peace
Conference. Even the most super
hcial examination Of the points cover
ed and the decisions made shows what
q tremendous task II was. The ordi-
nary citizen hardly gets halfway
through the briefest summary before
he finds his brain in a whirl.
Il has been n commonplace remark
that this was the most complex set
tlement ever attempted In history,
dealing with the largest number Of
nations and the widest scope Of in
terests. II was difficult, however, for
most people to gain an adequate idea
Of the whole business because Of the
scarcity Of dependable news from
Paris. Here at last Is overwhelming
evidence.
The range Of subjects covered Is
far beyond ordinary expectations. The
Conference manifestly set about not
merely to patch up a peace with a
beaten foe, but to construct a peace
that would be enduring, and in order
to further that purpose has gone into
many fields never before entered by
treaty-makers.
The organization Of League Of Ma
tions is merely the most obvious and
comprehensive Of a large number Of
innovations all tending toward the
same end. The economic settlement is
almost as important as the military
and political settlement. Machinery is
established for the handling Of labor
and capital for all the world.
Along with the rights Of nations the
Conference has undertaken to secure
the rights of women and children. The
opium traffic is to be controlled no
less than the traffic in arms. All this |
and much more, added to the enor-
mously detailed program laid down
for German observance, will have the
almost unanimous approval of man.
kind.
It may be argued that the Confer
ence might better have left some Of
these matters until later, in order to
hasten the basic settlement. But there
Is no question as to the actual value
of the things accomplished, and the
satisfaction in their accomplishment.
There is q feeling, too, that if they
lad not been worked out in the heat
md pressure of the present settle
nent, and forced through along with
he more imperative things, they
night have been postponed indefinite
y or might not have been accomplish
ID at all.
At any rate, here is the visable
roof of such body Of constructive
york as no assemblage of diplomats
II Legislators has ever produced be-
ore. The wonder grows that so much
hould have been done, amid such
conditions, within six
months from the cessation Of hostili-
les and within four months from the
Ictual beginning of the Conference.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Mr.. and Mrs. James Steward Of
South Park avenue, entertained with q
three course dinner Sunday. Roses and
pe0ntes were the flowers employed in
the table decorations. Covers were
laid for Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Green, Of
Joplin, Mr.. and Mrs. James Hunter
and the host and hostess.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Harold Rice, SON Of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. C. Rice, of 1904 East Twelfth
street, left this week for CO6eyville,
where he will take his former position
as head man in'the pumping station
Of the st. Clair Oil Refinery Of C0f-
feyville. Mr.. Rice recently returned
from an eighteen months service over
seas.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-23

Under Daylight Saving the sports
have to get up and 90 to work BY
clock time, but they stay up at night
BY sun time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-13
Today's Anniversaries.

17Gl-Sir John Moore, who conducted the
memorable British retreat to Cor
unna, born in Glasgow Died at
Corunna, Spain, Jan. Is, 1909.
1s20-Second session OF the Sixteenth
United States congress opened
1899 -Khelat was captured by the British
under General Wiltshire after Sc.
we're fighting.
l900-The Duke of Manchester and Miss
Helena Zimmerman, of Cincinnati
were married in London
1908-An attempt to assassinate Francis
]. Heney, prosecutor of the Sar
Francisco grafters, was made in thu
courtroom in that city.
l9l4--British parliament called for LEGO,
600 more men for the army
l9l5-Shah of Persia received allied min
listers and declared himself friendl.
to the allies
l9l6-Reported that most of German de
stroyer flotilla that raided nava
base in Gulf Of Finland had beer
sunk by the Russians.
9l7-Austro-German troops crossed til,
Pave river at the point neares
Venice
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-13
A Splendid Hair Grower
and Wonderful Beautifier

When your hair becomes faded, dry,
streaked and scragely, when it falls
out badly and new hair cannot grow,
the roots should be Immediately vital
lied and properly nourished. To do
this quickly, safely and at little ex-
pense, there is nothing so effective as
Partisan sage liquid form) which you
can get at ". F. Root s and all good
druggists.
It's guaranteed to abolish dandruff
stop scalp itch and falling hair and
promote new growth or money re-
funded It's in great demand by dis
eliminating women because it makes
the hair so soft and lustrous and ap-
pear heavier than it really is.
massage with Partisan sage is a
real delisht--easy to use, not sticky or
greasy, and delicately perfumed. If
you want good looking hair and plenty
of it use Partisan saga little atten.
tion now insures beautiful hair for
years to come.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-13
I oday's Events

Ten years ago today occurred the great
mine disaster at Cherry, H.. in which
more than 800 men lost their lives.
The annual convention of the Empire
State Forest Products association has been
called to meet today at Albany, n. Y
Charles Courtney, the celebrated coach
of the Cornell university crews, will ceIe-
brate his 10th birthday anniversary today.
.Amercanization heads the list of topics
to be discussed at the annual convention
of the national w. G. I. T., which is to
open weeks session in ST. Louis today.
Seventeen of the larger typewriter and
calculating machine companies of the
United States have been cited by the fed
eral trade commission to appear in Wash
ington today to answer complaints charg-
ing unfair competition.
Important presentday problems, with
particular reference to the part that the
eolored race must bear to their perma
nent solution, will be discussed by prom
inent speakers at readiustment and re
construction congress which IS to meet
in Washington today under the auspices
of Howard university
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-13
Become Slender
A Simple, Guaranteed Method

II you would like TO lose, weekly, from
one TO Ave pounds Of burdensome fat while
eating and drinking all you need, also enjoy
ing life far better than at present, just follow
this advice:
Take seven deep breatkx OF fresh air each
morning and evening; after each meal take
little oil Of korein; eat all you need, but
chew thoroughly, and follow other simple
direction OF the guaranteed Korein system.
Men and women who were waddling around
with heavy, sluggish bodies have, in many
cases, reported = gradual. agreeable reduc.
ton Of thirty TO eighty pounds, with wonder.
vi benefit 10 health and figure. This very
season is the time TO become slender, attrac.
tive. yivacious and healthier, very easily.
Get oil Of lorein at the druggists; it comes
IN capsules, convenient to use and is now
sold at belore.war low price. Weigh and
measure yourSef week to week. You can
scarcely realize the Joy that awaits you in
normal symmetrical figure. with good health and
longer LIE. Show others this advertisement
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-13
Today's Birthdays.

Moses Alexander, former governor Of
Idaho, born in Germany, &C years ago to-
day.
Princess Giovanni, third daughter OF
the king and queen of Italy, born in
Rome, u years ago today
Sir Thomas White, late minister of f.
nance III the dominion cabinet, born at
Bronte, Ontario, 50 years ago today.
Louis d. Brandeis, associate justice >of
the supreme court of the United States,
born IN Louisville, g years ago today.
Duke of Marlboro, whose title is one OF
the most distinguished in the British peer
age, born at Simla, India, 48 years age
today.
Joseph D. Eggleston, the new president
of Hampden-Sidney college, born il
Prince Edward county, Va, 81 years agc
today
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-13

statute books, as reported i'll a special
dispatch from Montpelier Wednesday,
it hardly seems advisable to cali spe-
cial session of the legislature TO re-
peal the law There has been some talk
that the members of the legislature
would be willing to give their services
for special session to act upon the
woman suffrage amendment, but such
generosity can hardly be expected,
A special session to ratify the suf
frage amendment to the federal con-
stitution, enact law that would make
it practical in this state Gan impossi-
BILE thing on account of the state con-
stitution), and repeal the local option
law, would require more than one
weeks time. No member of the legisla
ture was obligated to assume such an
expense when he was elected to Office
his time and travelling and living ex-
penses at the capital for such time
An opinion is to be asked of the
attorney general whether the prepare
ton of ballots for local option vote
in the next March meeting is necessary
While the law is specific on this point
and it is the law of the state, what would
be the damage if it was ignored under
the conditionsl In any event it would
be cheaper to carry out the law at the
next March election than to call the
state legislature together to repeal it
The taxpayers do not want another SEES
sion of legislature to pay for and it viii
be surprising If our business gov.
ernor imposes such an expense on the
state
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-13
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

This AFTERNOON me and Pubs Simkins
was wawkmg home frum skool, feeling
glad OF it, and we saw sine in a big
grocery store saying on it, , willing boys
wunted to werk after skool hours.
G, Puds, me and you, we're ,. sed.
And we went in and told the man we
was the boys, and he sed, | Jest fired
> because they got the striking fever
here , munths, are You boys willing
workers?
Yes sir, sed me and Pubs.
That's good, III give you each 80 sents
an afternoon, You can start in rite away
on those boxes over there agenst the
wall. | wunt them piled in that corner,
sed the man.
Wich me and Pubs started to do. the
boxes looking pritty heavy and feeling
mulch heavier, Pubs saying, Holey
smoaks, wunder eats in them!
1t says canned soop on the boxes,
sed.
And we both moved about more boxes
each, me saying, Jimminy crickets, it
feels more like canned rocks.
If Id of known this ! wouldent of bin
sutch willing werker, sed Pubs. And
we moved 2 more boxes each, and then
| sed. Hay this is too hard let's don't
werk for less than - cents AFTERNOON
All rite, you go up and tell him,
sed.
No, you, its my ideer, | don't make
them up and tell them too, | sed. and
Pubs sed. Well then you come with him
while | tell him. and / sed, All rite, lets
take our coats and hats in case he don't
like it. Wich we did, the man being be-
hind the co~1ter rapping up sugar in
bags, saying watts the trubble. wy the
delegation? Meening me and Puds and
Pubs sed. We decided we wunt 10 cents
AFTERNOON.
I've decided to kick your pants both
out Of heer, sed the man. Wich- he
jumped rite over the counter and tried
to do. missing us both by at leest yard
on account of us running so fast.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-13
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ID. 1919.
NOT EFFECTIVE ENOUGH.

Deportation of the radical revolu-
tionists and enemies of all government
is the demand of the hour following the
revelations of the arrest of several hun
dred of these characters in several
cities of the country. We are assured
by the attorney general of this country
there will be "no let-up" in the prose
cution OF the deportation of these dan
gerous persons The American Legion
in national convention has adopted a
resolution calling for the deportation of
Victor L. Berger who has just been re-
fused a seat in the house of represen-
tatives because he vigorously opposed
the war and thus aided the enemy of
the country in time of war.
Mr.. Berger, no matter how undesir-
able he is, cannot be deported because
he is an American citizen. In 1910 he
was elected member of congress and
served full term. was elected a second
time in 1918 and it is said will try
again at the special election to be held
in his district this year to elect a sue
cessor to him. Having accepted him as
a citizen and allowed him to serve as
member of the government, this
country cannot send him to any other
place on the face of the globe Some
thing besides deportation must be I'M
dertaken in the case of Mr.. Berger. The
most fitting thing this country could
do would be to send him to prison to
serve the sentence that has been i'm
posed upon him for crime against his
country. His appeal should be given
precedence in the courts that the coun-
try may be rid of his disloyalty for q
| time
Is deportation the proper remedy for
other plotters against this government?
| What other national government would
| merely send an assailant to the country
from which he Cameo We believe the
| least offensive of these radicals should
be imprisoned here where any further
| plotting and propaganda on their part
would be impossible. The worst offend
ers should be tried and sentenced to be
shot for treason. They are murderers
in intent and in far too many instances
in deed. They have no legal right to
live and the government should execute
the law against them
II The government has not done its full
duty in the detection and punishment
of anarchy in this country. According
Samuel A. Berger, deputy attorney gen
eral of New York, who has made a
thorough investigation of the nearly
nifty extremely radical foreign Ian.
guage newspapers printed in New
York, all but two are largely supported
by subsidies from rich amateurs of rev.
olution of the boudoir Bolsheviki type
Mr.. Berger reported last month: "'With
two exceptions the editors or publishers
have admitted to me that the income
from their papers would not pay OK
penses, that they would be bankrupt
except for gifts from wealthy people OF
this city" Deportation would be in
sufficient punishment for anarchists OF
this nature The government must learr
the identity of these enemies and give
them the punishment they deserve.
a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-13
Vermont's Record.
Barre Times.

1t is no slight distinction to Vermont.
on top of her record in the world war,
to have the banner come to the state
for the largest percentage of membership
in the American Legion of any state in
the country. Vermont sent a large mum
Der of men into the service, considering
her population, and those men are CON
tinuing their patriotism and their broth
erhood by joining that organization
which is probably destined to carry out
the spirit aroused by the high ideals of
the United States in that war. The Yer
mont branch of the American Legion is
to be congratulated on the honor which
it has brought back to Vermont