Baxter Springs news. [volume], June 08, 1916, Image 3

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Malie the Change Nov
YJTHY hold off from tractor farming any longer) A
W Mogtil 8-16 kerosene tractor costs lest than the
horses it replaces. It does more work than those horses
are now doing. Counting fuel, interest ahd depreda
tion at top figures, it costs less than horses to keep.
You can use it for all the heavy work your horses
do, and for belt work that horses cannot da In
these days of kerosene engines, can you see yourself
hitching eight teams to a horse power machine to run
a thresher? Then why do plowing, disking, seeding
and harvesting with horses when a Mogul 8-16 does
that work also better and cheaper. We've got one
here. Come in and take a look at it
Ask
Baxter Springs. Kansas.
After Eight Years.
Baxter Springs Testimony
Remains Unshaken.
Time is the best test of trutb.
Here is a Baxter Springs story
that has stood the test of time.
It is a story with a point which
will come straight home to many
of as.
P. Button, blacksmith, Mili
tary St., Baxter Springs, says:
"I was troubled off and on for
several years by kidney ailments.
Sometimes I bad a constant, dull
ache across my kidneys and often
had to get up at night to pass the
kidney secretions. Doan's Kid
ney Pills gave me great relief."
(Statement given February 1907)
HASN'T SUFFERED SINCE
On March 26, 1915, Mr. Button
said: "I haven't had to take any
kidney medicine nince I last en
doraed Doan's Kidney Pills."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills the
same that Mr. Button has twice
publicly recommended. Foster
Milburn Co, Props., Buffalo.
N. Y.
Always Another Side
In the formation of our views
on national, state and municipal
affairs many of us are uncon
sciously led into the error of be
lieving that there is but one side
to the question before us our
side.
When we become imbued with
this obsession we likewise become
intolerant of opposition and re
fuse to recognize the possibility
of any views except our own.
We might cite a few instances.
We favor a certain man for
president in the forthcoming na
tional election. To our mind he
is the only man possessing the
necessary qualifications for this
exalted position. All others are
mediocre and not worth consider
ation. And yet as a matter of
fact there is not a man in the
race for the presidency today but
what has bis good and valuable
qualities as well as his weak ones,
for the brains of this nation are
not centered in any one man.
We have our personal choice and
we sincerely believe that the man
of our choice is the best fitted for
the office, but we should readily
concede to our neighbor his ina
lienable right to differ from us in
this belief.
We may favor a certain system
in municipal government and our
' neighbor may entertain views
radically divergent from our own.
But this does not necessarily im
ply that we are exactly right in
our conception and that our neigh
bor is entirely wrong, for oar
neighbor, though differing from
us in our views, yet possesses in
telligence and is quite capable of
applying it in relation to any
subject before the people.
In fact, there are two sides to
every question. The preponder
ance of argument may be in favor
of one side, yet the advocates of
the other side but speak in the
light of their training and of
their sincere conception of what
is for the public weal.
They are honest in their con
victions, as we are honest in ours,
and wisdom bespeaks the utmost
tolerance on the part of all fac
tions and people for those who
oppose them in their policies and
beliefs.
It is by the careful exercise of
this wisdom that a nation becomes
great and strong and dominating
in the world of affairs, while to
pursue a reverse policy is to invite
bickering, exasperation and ulti
mate disintegration.
In our conduct of affairs let us
think as we choose, but bow
cheerfully to the will of the major
ity and work in harmony for the
common good of all of the people.
Chamberlain's Collo, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy
This is a remedy that every
family should be provided with,
and especially during the summer
months. Think of the pain and
suffering that must be endured
when medicine must be sent for
or before relief can be obtained.
This remedy is thoroughly reli
able. Ask anyone who has used
it. Obtainable everywhere.
Recital.
Last Friday night Prof. Cal
houn of the Calhoun School of
Music of Joplin presented his pu
pil, Miss Ruth Barnes, in piano
forte recital at the Presbyterian
church. The program was excel
lent, each number being so well
executed that at the conclusion
the audience sat quietly waiting
for more. The program follows:
Prelude and Fugue, C sharp Bach
Sonata, B flat, op. 22 Beethoven
Waltz, C sharp minor Chopin
Nocturne, G minor Chopin
Polonaise, A major Chopin
Etude, "If I Were a Bird"Henselt
Repose d'Amour Henselt
Waltz, D major Stojowsky
Aeolus (The South Wind)
F Gernsbeim
For Sale.
Good prairie bay, 20c per bale
or $8 per ton. Abratns Brothers
at Sunnyside. 19
For Sale A ten-acre fifteen
per cent lease Shaft in good
ore. Call at this office.
Get on the News list
Annual Report.
Baxter Spring., Kansas.
June 5, 1916.
To the Board of Education and
Patrons of the Baxter Public
School:
I I herewith present for your
consideration the annual report
for the year 1915-1916.
The teachers wih to express
1 their appreciation for the hearty
j nupport and encouragement which
the patrons and Board o7 Educa
tion have given during the past
year and assure you that without
your loyal aid, your trust and
confidence, the school year would
not have been so successful.
j There hive been few misunder
standings between parent and
teacher, and in some few cases
where there apparently was fric
tion, it was always evident that
some boy or girl was doing as he
;or she pleased in the borne and on
luc 1 1 ilk u. iwwv v. -
attitude of the parent, these pu
pils did not care to conduct them
selves as gentlemen or ladies.
The teachers hsve, by every rea
sonable means, tried to consider
the welfare of the school ss a
whole in trying to maintain dis
cipline and decorum.
On May 9, the high school su
pervisor, Mr. C. C. Brown, sent
out from the state office at Tope
ka, visited our school and made
several comments. He said in a
letter to the president of the
Board of Education : "I am very
much pleased with many condi
tions I found in the school. The
teachers are all doing good work
and I hope yon may be able to re
tain them next year.
The students are neat in their
personal appearance and appar
ently interested in their work.
The spirit of the school, is, on
the whole, particularly good.
Your building is clean, walls
have been tinted recently, and
surroundings comfortable and at
tractive, for the most part.
I feel that the Baxter Springs
high school is better than the av
erage in spirit and organization
and that good work is being done,
and your board and your teachers
are to be commended for what
has been accomplished."
This report fixes our standing
with the state board of education
and it may be interesting to know
that all work done here is accre
dited by all the standard colleges
of the state, and our credits are
accepted for state teacher certifi
cates by the state.
The total new entries in the
grades numbered 387, while last
year it was 343 and in 1913:14 we
had 364. At the close of this
year there were on roll 264, at
the close of last year 256. and the
close of 1913-14 term 235. The
average daily attendance this year
was 92, last year it was 94 and
the preceding year 91.
Cases of tardiness this year
were more numerous than last
year. The number dropped
from roll is nearly double
what it was last year. The time
lost by being absent and coming
tardy is equivalent to 2,494 10
hour days. Granting that 75 per
cent of these cases were unavoid
able, the time lost unnecessarily
is still equivalent to about 2 years
of time. Punctuality and regu
larity cannot be too strongly
emphasized.
The state course of study has
been used as far as practicable.
The pupils have worked diligent
ly with a goal in view. It should
be noted that pupils who had been
laggards have been touched by
the teacher's personality and in
spiration and have in many cases
worked with zeal and vigor. We
cannot emphasize too strongly
that the teacher's personality is
the chief factor as a teaching
force.
During the year I gave stand
ard tests in arithmetic, reading
spelling. The results as com
pared with the standard over the
state were a little lower in some
grades snd a little above in other
grades. The eighth grade ranked
above the standard in nearly
every test. The poorest standing
iJHowthe Texas Tube test
happened I
IT nettled Bill Parr considerably I
So many Motorists had carelessly stated
that "all Tire Tube are Just Rubber."
lie determined to show tome folks the differtnee.
In a way they would never forget
There were four Can at the door-) and their
Owner or Drivers at his elbow.
To these he said,
"Boys, how ttrong do TOU think this Goodrich
Brown Tube actually is?
"Do you believe it b strong enough to tow Mr.
Oden's five passenger Car, with four people in it, for
20 blocks?
"You don't, eh!
"Well now here's a bit of a Bet I want to make
with any, or all, of you.
"I will bet you a Dinner that this little old regu
lar Goodrich Tube (34x4) will not only tow Mr.
Oden's Car, but will tow all three cf your Con, full
passengercd, through the streets, for the full 21 blocks
(more than a raile end a half) starting and stopping
as many times ns the crowd mokes it necessary.
1 will, if ycu Gentlemen ere agreeable, Una
up all four of your Cars, right here and now, take three
regular Goodrich Tubes hsp-hazord out of their boxes,
tie one tube between each two Cars, (which means
hauling three Cars on the first Tube) and tote You
all that way to The Corners."
"Are you willing to bet a Dinner that any one
of the three Tubes will 'go broke' on the way, or show
a flaw which would leak Air, or prevent its being used
for its original Tire purpose afterwards?
"You are, eh?
"Well, the Bef s ont
"Come along, and you be the Judges.'
THE Dinner was a very Cheerful Affair.
As Oden said afterwards (when put
ting up his shore of the Bet) "you could
have bet me a Million on. that. Parr, and I'd have
taken you up, even if I had to borrote the Million.
"I don't see how the blamed Tubes ever did hold
out, especially going up Saco St under such a strain.
"With eight people in the last three Cars, and "
a total load of over 800 pounds I sure tnought to hear
umcJhing snap before Secor.d Clock.
"Whaddve put into that brown Goodrich Rubber
anyhow, to mice it bang tessiher like that?"
Frits er.id that what prclcd him most was the
brown Rubber Tubes "not being all stnichtd cut of
1
that after such S rugTeveiTB they did hang together
at the finish. .
"Look you." said he, "when we released the
load, after the Haul, they instantly snapped back
into just three-quarters of an inch longer than they
were at the start!
"And that & of an Inch, they took up again la
lest than two hours rest" "..
"W6
boya" Bffl Parr remarked. as
smoothed out a wrinkle in his well.
filled vest "that'll ston the Arvument
Shout cJ! Tire Tubes being "just Rubber,' won't it?"
"If the Brown Stuff that toted all you Heavy
weights, and your Cars, -for 21 blocks, without a
Sign of Heavy Duty afterwardajsn't something MORE
than 'Just Rubber,' like other Tubes, then you'd bet
ter buy the 'Just Rubber kind hereafter.
"I'm going to ask all of you to sign your names
to this Texas Tire Tube Test,' Just to show that yoa
have taken part in a regular Exploit which Is mighty
well worth recording." .
So indeed they did, and here Is the affidavit:
AFFIDAVIT.
This certifies that we, the undersigned, took
part In and witnessed, the Texas tube teat referred
to in the advertisement entitled "How the Texas
Tube Test Happened I "that the test waa made on
date of Nov. 1L at Waco, Texas, the distance cov
ered being twenty -one blocks and that the result
was as described.
Signed W. M. ODEN,
J. M. NASH.
b. a. FRrri
W. A. parr.
Subscribed and sworn to before me by W.
M. Oden, J. M. Nash. & A. Frits and W. A. Parr,
this the 3rd day of May, A. D. 1916, at Waco, Texas.
Signed J. G. WREN,
Notary Puttie.
McLennon County, Texas.
Now what think You of these GOODRICH Tint
Tubes that could htartrp under such a gruelling test?
Reflect that they cost you no more than the
"ordaarj" Tubes you so carelessly accept!
1MMERTOEES YlBES
was made in reading, our pupils
showing beyond a doubt that they
know very little about the art of
good reading. It may be of in
terest to know that the pupils of
the Douglas school did much bet
ter in the reading tests than the
pupils of the white school. A
school cannot have good readers
unless they have supplementary
, texts which they use in addition
, to the regular text. The Board
of Education is going to meet
this need in part this coming year.
The spelling test results were
better than the state median in
nearly all grades. In arithmetic
the median averaged about with
the state standard in both accura
cy and speed using the funda
mental operations. While giving
this test only one time gives us
nothing concusive it at least gives
ns an idea bow the work ranks
and in what respect the work
( should be rearranged or changed,
j Statistical education is just
coming into use and before long
( we will be able to compare definite
results by means of fixed stand
ards.
' In the month of January the
Parent-Teacher Association was
organized by Mrs. A. L. Ying
ling. The association had four
meetings at which addresses were
; given by women and men who
are interested in this scbooluux
iliary. While the organization
did nothing definite in the way
of improvement or equipment, it
aroused a feeling and sentiment
which will mean much to the in
terests of the pupil and teacher.
The Board of Education is to
be commended for all improve
ments made. The school proper
ty is well preserved, new seats
are being put in place of the old
type, teachers are being added.
Railroad Time Tables.
M. O. & G.
EAST BOUND.
No 4 to Joplin ta.aopm
No a to Joplin 7 08 Pm
SOUTH BOUND.
No I to Muskogee 8 22 am
No 3 to Matkogee 4 5- P"
This schedule went into effect Msr. 5th
1916. Trains to Joplin connect with all
trains esst and north.
J. W. KALTENBACH, Agent-
FRISCO
NORTH BOUND.
No. 112 Meteor to K. C 1:32 am
No. 108 K. C. Special 4:01 pm
SOUTH BOUND.
No. in Meteor to Oklahoma City 4:15 am
No. 187 Alton ft Okla. points.... 7 .50 am
No. 181 Alton ft Okla. points.... 6:3o pro
No. 107 Tulsa Special 2:13 pm
EAST BOUND.
No. 312-Joplin, Springfield 2:15 am
No. 386 Joplin, K.C 11:10 am
No. 328 The Driller 1:20 pm
No. 306 St. Louis Limited 6:30 pm
No. 388 Joplin, K. C 7:35 pm
WEST BOUND
No. 309 Passenger to Wichita.... 1:23 am
No. 307 Sunflower Limited 9:13 am
No. 327 The Driller 1243 pna
G. W. BUCKINGHAM, Agent
music will be properly supervised
the coming year, the old bonds
are being paid off, all obligations
are promptly met and the interest
of every patron and pupil is con
served with all care and consist
ency. The past year has been success
ful in every respect Good work
has been done generally. Teach
ers have graded more closely and
the work is standardized to such
an extent that it will be possible
to grade pupils properly and give
them such work as they will be
able to comprehend.
CHAS. STEPHENS,
LAWYER
Offices: Columbus, and Baxter
Springs at office of A. L. Jones
DR. M. L NICHOLS
Dental Surgeon.
Upstairs in Opperaaa Boflding. Latest
appliances ased in the practice of
dental surgery.
W. T. HOPE, DENTIST.
Corner Military and Neosho.
The old Thompson stand.
R. E. ROSENSTEIN
Attorney and Connsellor-at-Law
Office with A. L. Jones.
Baxter Springs, Kansas,
J. H. BOSWELL, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office in Daniels Buildings.
Off. phone 269. Res. 274.
GRANT WAGGONER,
LAWYER.
Office Baxter State Bank Bldg.
Thanking yoa for all consider
ations I am.
Yours for better schools,
J. W. Twente,
. - . " Snpti
FOR EXCHANGE,
Good custom mill; lOO-feet
ground snd barn; clear; owner
wants Baxter Springs property;
will put in some cash. What
have jou to offer? This office.
When yon have garden produce
to sell see A. W. Lawless at Geo.
Sikes office, Baxter Spri ags, Kas.
ox call phone I9i