Baxter Springs news. [volume], May 03, 1906, Image 3

About Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919

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Have a 30-acre lease on the "Maud Abratns" land adjoin
ing the "Eai-tman Land & Investment Company." They
have several drill holes all showing good ore. There are
2 shafts down to ore and they are now preparing to erect
a 200-ton mill.
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It is our constant aim to accommodate the wishes
and tastes, of our patrons in artistic styles and settings.
We can produce excellent artistic results in sepia,
rnrlAn nlllinnm nrtfl AriitO PI Jit! fill nortmitS.
We carry the latest styles and designs in Collins'
mounts.
Copying, Enlarging and Framing a Specialty.
ilsoD Bros.
Baxter Springs, Kansas
DR. O. O. ROBERTS,
Guarantee! Perfect lit and no Deception
If you want the bent eye aid, it
you want to economize within the
bounds of afety,if you want a thor
ough and scientific eye examina
tion, if you want glasses made to
order and fitted to the individual
needs of your individual eyeCall
and nee me.
My prices are very low ranging
from $1 up, according to complica
tion met and quality of goods.
EYES EXAMINED FREE
Leave orders'and I will call at
your residence if not convenient to
come to my office.
DR. O. O. ROBERTS,
Office at Up-to-Datc Barber Shop,
Arantroof Old Stand
My breeding stock, consist
ing of Percheron stallion,
VANSELLOUS,
"and Black Kentucky Mammoth Jack
Leon Junior,
one of the best breeders in Southern
Kansas, will be handled by myself at
. he Stone farm, half a mile south of
Baxter Springs. It will surely be of
interest to parties having mares to
treed to see this stock before breeding.
I. 13. "WHITE.
Mo 60110,
The savin; habit is as
easy to form a s t h e
spending habit. WHY
not form the habit that
will do you some food
This little BANK will help
you. GET ONE TODAY.
BAXTER LIVERY BARN.
Oldest in the city. Established 30
years ago. Good service and
reasonable rates.
J. BISCHOFSBEK ( J Elt. Prop.
DR. A. J. THOMPSON.
DENTIST.
Daoirla Block Bsxter Springs, Kt.
BULGER, STAR & PATTEN",
Attorneys at Law.
Rooms 4. S sod 6, Leader Bldg;.
VINITA, - - I. T.
ETTER'S WHOLESALE
BASER?.
Phone No. 98. .
For Better Highway.
Tlit iM'iifrul UNM'iiihl.v of I lie state
of llllnnlrtut the lust wssloii tMiuct-j
ml a law proxldlnjj for a Htate lilith '
way coininKsiouor, and iiovernor
Dt'iii'eii 1ms aiN)lnted aHiDiiiinlHslon
ers Ir. Kriiiiunri J. JameH, ireHl(lcnt
of the State I'lilverslty; Joseph It.
Kulkermui, rtIJent of the Yoiiiitf
r'armerii' Cliih'if IIUiioIh; and Hon.
Lafayette Funk of McLean county,
IIUiioIh, one of the leadini: fanners
of the Htate.
Jt Is not a "Hard Itoacln" mm
mission, hut simply a IUhWay com
mission. The commissioners, dis
claim any irwoncleved Mlich's ex
cept to aid in k v i i )U the state bt't
t -r puhl c roads. Tti y state In an
oM-n letter to the public tha'l over
!" per cent of the actual highways
of the state Is earth road, which Is
destined to become the prevulllnn
type of roudway. This means that
the iulliicnee of this very iiuMirtant
commission will he thrown toward
the drained and draped roud, which
seems to olTer to rural dwellers the
only hope of immediate relief In oh
talniug iN-tter roads In a country
where rock roads an practically out
of theiicstinu on account of the
cost.
The province of the commission
will he to make a thorough study of
the roud Urstloii: to furnish assist
a i ice to local authorities in the way
of advice, statistics, specilicat!o:is,
plans, testing of material, etc. It
will work in intelligent harmony
with the penitentiaries of 4he state.
An expert engineer has Wen en
i:at.'fd, Mr. A. X. Johnson, recently
connected with the ' department if
agriculture at AVashlncton, and a
uetitleman of wide experience in
this field.
The establishing of this highway
commission is the beginning of a
greatly needed and far reaching en
terprise. It will place the con
htrtift ion of the country roads upon
a business basis and enable county
and district orticcrs to work effect
ively. An extract of a letter from Mr. II.
F. Workman, in commenting upon
this matter, is indicative of the gen
eral temper of the people of this
state on this subject :
"Such a commission confronts a
hard proposition. There are many
theories with more or less merit, ac
cording to the local conditions: but
here in central IlTinois (Sangamon
county) the question of hard roads
is very remote. The cost of trans
imitation of material makes it al
most if not altogether prohibitive,
but permanent road work is a mat
ter that has been too long neglected.
"The arch enemy to good roads on
our deep soil is water: we have at
some seasons of the year the best
roads on earth: and the roads have
been greatly improved by the tiling
of farm lands adjacent to the roads,
even where road improvement has
"not bet n considered, but done to
benefit the farms.
"If our roads were properly tiled
under the direction of a competent
civil engineer and properly const ruct
ed intakes for the water during ex
cessive rains, or when the ground
was frozen, would we not see the
same improvement in our roads that
we do in our Helds when properly
an I systematically tiled? The in
takes of six Inch tile placed at in
tervals of thirty rods, joined to t lie
mains with cement to prevent water
washing into the mains from the
outside, the intake to extend a few
inches aliove the surface of the Mad
side ditch, the top section to be so
constructed that the water will en
ter from the side Instead of the lop,
which should be entirely closed.
"The whole problem of dirt road
makng is the disosltiou of wafer.
The time or year when the split-log
drag is most effective is in the
spring when rains are excessive and
the economy of labor Is seen in the
fact that when spring work is halt
ed by showers and a wet soil, that Is
the proper moment to get out the
drag.
It is plain that 1 lie success of
tliis highway commission is absolute
ly dependent Umiii the hearty co-operation
of county, township and dis
trict ofllcials, and we earnest ly -soeuk
such co-onerat ion and suoisirt ,
so that by the combined efforts of
state and local officers in this de
partment of public administration
the interests of the people of this
commonwealth may tie most fully
served.
Baxter Springs Newspapers.
liaxter Spriup is lilesstd with two
an good local papers as can l found
anywliere. They are txttli loyal 1
tlie town and to their iinces-dm
efforts Is largely due the itrowth of
our little city. Kadi i.-wue they
have printed ulowiim accounu of the
growth of tlie niiiiiiu; camp, and the
city. Itotli papers have a very pood
circulation, and have done and will
continue to do great good for the
town and the sun-curding country.
Tlie newspapers are tlie News, owned
and edited by Chas. L. Smith, and
tlie republican, owned and edited
by Mr. Geo. W. reterson. Tlie sub
scription price of either paper Is one
dollar per year in advance, and now
js the time to sutscr!be.
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DR. JONES DR.
A. J. THOMPSON, D. D. S.
Dr. Thompson has practiced den
tistry in Baxter Springs very success
fully for ten years. As he owns his
home and other properties he is con
sidered our permanent dentist. The
increase in his practice has been com
mensurate with the growth of business
along other lines.
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Xotarv Public.
Insurance.
Taxes collected and remitted.
Rental Ajjent. Legal
Papers Executed.
Special Attention Given to
Abstracting.
Real estate, bo-.ight, sold and ex
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ENGLISH DR. WEAR. DR. BOSWELL
Baxter Springs' Physicians
THE BLUE FRONT
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CLOTHING STORE
Is the Great Clothing Center.
Alert and watchful, with cah in hand, we buy rlotliingr
cheaierand have a wider range of selections. As a tore
buyx. so it sells. When we are able to own our goods be
low the market price our patrons invariably share in the
savings. That is our policy fixed, well defined, a rule
from which we never deviate.
MliX'S AND YOUNG MMVS
HAND MADlv SUITS
$10.00 and $12.00
When we offer hand made suits at these prices it
simply means that the manufacturers are the
losers, and you are the gainer. We want you to
see these suits the best bargains ever sold for
the money.
CIIlLDRfv-VS ANT) HOYS'
SITTS THEY START AT
$1.00 $1.50
$2.00 $2.25
and un Wc have
'jthese goods: Come
Xo trouble to show goods.
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Baxter Springs, Kas. '
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RESIDENCE OF E. K. DROWN
a full line of
and see them.
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