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11 iiAi' i-ii-V PUBLISHED FRIDAYS AT ;;;-intertd at the Postofflca at Baxter Springs aa Second Class Uattcr jTSnhscriptlon Rate , Inside Conaty, A. E. PFREllMER .; The people who .dont dare drive automobiles, can still ret kicked to death while milking the cow. ; The people who ret a four hoar . working day will be about the earn ones who only have one meal daily. It la a pretty poor day now when . the politicians dont change their un alterable views about the League of . Nation. Strange, indeed, that some, folk are always throwing cold water. Near by residents say "Joblin" and "Car- .therage." , The President 'persistently refuses to return to this country and attend to his (duty of throwing out the first ball in the league season. v Report from all over Kansas say the peach buds are safe so far and barring a heavy frost, Kansas will produce a wholloper crop of peaches. The Attorney General of Kansas has sent out notices to all the county attorneys requesting them to see to it that the anti-cigarette law is enforced. Some of the Kansas veterans of the Civil War will attend the annual re union of the survivors of -the battle of Shiloh, to be held on the battleground, April 6 and 7. Some of the men who favored Day light Saving, did not forsee that their wives would discover that this cre . ates a favorable opportunity to beat the carpet out on the lawn. The generals returning from deeds of valor In the war need not expect to have any such splendiferous regalie as Is worn by the Potentates, of the .'Noble, Order of Dishwashers. . It looks as if some of the people that have been fearing unemploy ment and consequent business de pression . wouW . soon be hollering about the high prices due to shortage of labor. ' The business men who put uj sign -boards to attract the attention of all who pass along the highway, may be among those who blame the motorists for not reading more carefully all the warning signs put up to secure public safety. Some time recently the attorney general of Missouri and .some others were arrested for shooting migratory ducks and a preliminary hearing was given them. The case was carried up to Kansas City and will be . ruled on there before Judge Van Valkenburg April 21. Eecent reports come to friends from J. A. Wade, formerly manager of the llatthews Lumber Co who, in com pany with Chas. Meek, went to Moore head, Kan, some two months ago and purchased a lumber yard, that Mr. Wade was seriously ill and not ex pected to live. Dr. E. E. Violette of the Jackson Avenue Christian Church of Topeka, declared in his sermon Sunday: "Show me a single prominent statesman sit ting at the peace table who is known for bis Christianity." Why, what in "the wold is the matter with the Doc tor and our school teacher? We had always thought that when the Supreme Court of the United . States banded, down a decision that , that settled the matter, but now the gas corporations of Kansas are going back to Washington with the same controversy, asking . the - Supreme Court for a "rehearing" in the gas controversy case. The southern pine lumber manufac turers have declined the proposal of 'the industrial board of the United States Department of Commerce to lower the rates on lumber. They give as a reason that it-would be a viola tion of the Federal anti-trust statutes. Strange, indeed. We never heard tell of '.lowering the rates on anything pinching a person ..under, the anti trust law. We have .been taught just the reverse. Probably the lumbermen think it Is a poor rule that wont work both ways; BAXTER SPRINGS, KANSAS U: Outside Cototr. f 1X0 a year Editor and Publisher A nest of easier eggs is to be found by the American hens. One will be peace treaty egg with the empire of Germany etched on It and the leader of the Fatherland signing on the dot ted line. .All the American hens with a rooster chorus 'should raise a tre mendous cackle over this particular . Governor Allen has been challenged to a joint debate by an Alabama man, on the question of the cotton growers of the south rendering a more sacti ficial service to the country during the war than the wheat growers of the west Of course he governor will not mention the price fixed on western wheat and the failure to fix any price at all on Southern cotton. Berlin, Germany, seems to be 'turned Into a veritable gambling den. Rou lette wheels are operated in the open streets as well as dice games, and the police say they are powerless to sup press it The club houses are said to be worse than street gambling. All of which indicates that the new govern ment of Germany is founded on rot tenness and sooner or later must falL In discussing the. federal highway act, Secretary Houston points out that it placer only three limitations on the tiroes of roads to be constructed. These are: . That the roads shall be substantial in character; that the amount contributed from the federal treasury in connection with any road shall not exceed $20,000 a mile and that the road must be a "rural post road." Few important roads will be barred from receiving federal aid. Kansas has Just emerged from a winter that was a succession of deep snows and warm eunny days.. The re sult was that in some places for three months the rural carriers were un able to cover their mail routes. When the farmers complained to the Post masters, they were silenced with, "We have warned you about that road many times." Now road plans are go ing forward everywhere, because no Kansan will tamely submit to being cut off from his newspapers. Senator Johnson of California says we are under a "spell of hypnotism and cannot progress industrially, That's true, and as long as the big interests of the country refuse to es tablish a lower price for those things which are used in stimulating build ing, well still remain under that hyp notism. The lumber interests, the steel interests, the cement interests, the wire interests, and others, are standing pat for war prices. In the conferences at Washington we can see no immediate relief to the country along the industrial line. ' It is hoped that if the new mayor and council see an occasion to once-in a while haul some clay and rock and fill up a deep mud hole on Military inat wiose aoing uiv wvi nu structed to level K and not bujld up a mound two feet high for autos and vehicles to pass over, and go off and leave it in this shape. This condition of the street might cause an accident with an auto turning over. And then it is extremely hard on the axle of the machine in swerving from left to right and vice versa to miss these piles of obstruction. The garage shops ought to do a good business in straightening auto axles. WANT AGRICULTURAL EX PERTS FOR WORK ABROAD The United States civil service com mission is asking for men for the po sitions of investigator in foreign mar keting of agricultural products and agricultural trade commissioners, at entrance salaries of $1800 to $3000 a year and $2400 to $3600 a year, re spectively. Full information as to re quirements and the character oT the examination is contained in announce ments, received at the Chamber of Commerce. The examination occurs on April 29. J. Wise Brown and family and Mr. E. Tedford motored to "Noel, Mo, Sunday. - Mr. Brown has a summer re sort home on Elk' . River and went down to make preliminary arrange ments for the summer outing. He r ports fishing fine and the roads good. ByJ.W.K. May 4th, next, is Victory loan Sun Ay,: All preachers over the United States are expected to preach for the sale of the bonds. , 1 Once more Kansas comes into the limelight Ex-Representative Shouse, of Kinsley, Kan is now assistant Treasurer for Uncle Sam. Judging from the way in which some of our dtlsens are getting into the rabbit business, they must antid pate a shortage of fried chicken this fall. Old Pert Nye, who has a tnulti family of thirteen kids, says he isnt sure but that a wolf at the back door is preferable to a pack of coyotes on the inside. ajaaamaBaBauae Senator Thompson took one parting shot at his constituents before leav ing office; our package of free seed arrived tnis weex. a The Daily said yesterday that Ford was still operating; we take it from that that certain other makes of cars have shut down. . From the chronicles of the police court it would appear those colored fellows Ham and Kitchen had sand wiched in a little frame up on friend Bunn before the wsr thoBe old fel lows were great cronies. ' ' With the fish stories floating into town and the fine array of bass heads shown in the Nichols Drug Co. win dow, it's our guess the fishing tackle business is going to pick up pretty Lshortly. ', " Headline: "Feed Children, on Kul tur." It takes something heavier than culture to satisfy the kids of our clan. After reading such headlines the simplest reader should be able to re tire at night knowing all was well and the goose hanging high. Victory Loan medals 1 are being struck by the government from three German cannons and will be dis tributed to people who help to put over the fifth loan drive. The opin ion is there wont be many of them reach this far west Some folks always get things back wards; in the school procession the other day the last fellow in the line was a small colored boy and be car? ried a base drum. The first two men to attempt to fly across the Atlantic are riiot itarry Hawker and Mechanic Mack Grieve. Here's hoping Hawker will live up to his bird instincts without coming to grief. The legislature of Missouri has just placed a ten percent tax on cigars, shewing gum, cigarettes and cos metics. Did they overlook the tax on beer, bologna, bathing suits and bloomers? Old Pert Nye who has a passel of thirteen kids at his house says that sleeping sickness isnt anything new in his family, that some of the kids have it most of the time, especially about chore time. Tennessee has an old law that re quires two men with lanterns to pre cede a horseless vehicle traveling the public roads after night, and yet we poke fun at Missouri for trying to put her aotoists under bond to pay all their damage bills. It's about time for some one to start a story of green bugs in the wheat scale in the apple orchards, chinch bugs taking the new corn crop and foot and mouth disease again breaking out? What Kansas needs worse than an $1800 motor mechanic inspector is someone to inspect the prices that ga- rages are charging for their work and accessories. We hope to be rich enough' some day to try some kippered salmon. Speaking of harbingers of spring, the birds may return from the south land and the frogs croak themselves hoarse down in the Wakeman pond, but the safest sign we can find is to lay low until some fellow ventures out in his old alpaca coat then we know she's here. It's more exdting to read the ad vertisements for some of the big mag axines than the magazines themselves. The Latest Authentic News France up in arms against Wilson; Mr. Wilson received with great ac claim over the country: Peace in ight; Everything chaotic; progress being made very slowly; Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Wilson dine together; Friction, apparently existing between the "Big" Four;? Wilson ex pects to return to America soon; Con ference being delayed; sot certain. when terms wCl be announced. 'The prelLnlnary IvEarirs tf.Uie case against 8. A. . Kelsey, accused of shooting W. E.Jernlgan, on lrch 14, is taking, place fa Justice j Jones court this afternoon. As The Citizen id sent to press the testimony has been about all taken and the attorneys are about to begin, their arguments. As sistant County Attorney Resler handling the ease for the State and McNeill k Armstrong, of .Columbus, are attorneys for the defendant This will be remembered as the shooting that occurred at the Frisco station, Jernigan was shot twice in the lower part of hie body. . The trouble arose over aa altercation that took place the, day .before .between Kelsey and Jernigan's wife, .Attorney It E..Rosensteln was in Topeka yesterday' appearing before the supreme court to argue the case of Gregg vs.. Collins, appealed froth the district court This is the ease in which the heirs of the daughter of Mrs. Emma Gregg Wyatt are suing to gain possession of .property now held by Mrs. Wyatt. This consists of the Wyatt farm west of town on which valuable 'mineral deposits have been discovered. The Collins children are contending for an one-fourth interest The case was decided in favor of the Collins side in the lower court Marshal C " ry ' Horton returned from Joplln yesterday evening with Win. Kitchen (colored) and Chas. H. Strickland, who are jointly '.accused with trying to dispose of some hams taken from Jim Bunn. A portion of one ham was found in a rooming house in Joplin and returned to Bunn but the other ham was not located. Strickland is a white man and gave his address as Muskogee. Okie, Their case will come up this evening before Judge English but the value of the stolen property being but $20, a jail sentence will likely be the end of the case. - BAXTER WOMAN'S CLUB NOTES Law" The Moral of the Universe Is Progress Every generation that passes idly over the earth without adding to that progress remains uninscribed upon the register of humanity. And the suc ceeding generation tramples its ashej as dust Mazzini. . The club met in regular session Thursday afternoon. Reports from several committees were heard; Mrs. J. L. Nelson speaking for the Civics' Section reported very satisfactory progress of the work toward beauti fying Library Park. Plans were made and helpful suggestions offered for successfully -carrying 'on the. work. Several new names were added to the membership of the club. O. M. Rhine, superintendent of schools, was the speaker of the after noon. Wis tauc -some ways in Which a Woman's Club Can Be Help ful to the Public Schools of the Com munity" was received in the spirit itt which it was offered mutual helpful' ness and a sincere desire for co-opera tion in bringing the . home and the the school into a doser relationship being the object sought "He who plants a tree plants a hope" Observance of Arbor Day. The Woman's Club, the schools and a goodly number of patriotic and pub ic spirited citirens observed Arbor Day by meeting on the grounds pt the new Baxter Springs school andl planting several beautiful shade treesjj Ten of which were especially marked to commemorate the heroic acts of the Baxter Springs boys who paid the su preme sacrifice for their country, in the great world war. Much praise is due the pupila.f the schools as they raised about fifteen to twenty dollars toward defraying expenses of planting the trees. This dub extends hearty thanks to Revs. Dr. Orton and Pierce for their services at the dedication of the me-. mortal trees; also to Mr. Willis, Dr. Wear. Prof. Rhine and all teachers j Bo Scouts for their kindly help and interest; to Mr. Armstrong, the nursery man, for the several fine maples which he presented to the high school and for his valuable work In nnerintendinr the planting of the trees on Arbor day. The next meeting of the dub prom ises to be one of unusual interest due notice of which will appear later. ; - ' . Chamberlain's Cough Remedy t The great benefit derived from the use of Chamberlain's Cangh Remedy has been gratefully acknowledged by many. Mrs. Benjamin. F. Blakeney, Decatur, I1L, writes, "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is by far the best med icine for colds and coughs we have ever used in our family. I gave it to my children when small for croup and have taken it myself." To. read Che charges issued by the southern cotton growers against our governor one would conclude that he had not only betrayed the south but the voters of Kansas, the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A, the Wichita Beacon and the Men's Laymen . movement which he boosted several years ago. (Am m Vamnt man nnrilie men who do that kind of betraying. 1 1 : Jul Today Keep To Ht ana be htalttiy, your body machanlam moat properly dlgeet your food, extract all the nourlahmat from H fti4 promptly throw off aha waat that M left. Thla la aeoornrillabM by th voenm of dlnatkm. aimllallon . and llmtnaUon -th work f tomaoh, Uvar, kldnars and bowala, Th fallur of any of th vital or- maa to do 1U Work properly affaots . K. action or au u oinara. jl, road bowal morwnent doe not halp ejonaUpatlon: It only r Uavaa far a faw hour th eon edition , that oooatliNUiaa briass ahnnt. jP,2crai Ml Mow If voa are nA to talchMr o-oll4 hxatlv plUa, oil, purcaeV aad th Ska, you know mlhtrjra4 you'r rot t b .taking than aSth ' tima. Qrforaorar. If yon atluk to any on laxallTa, yonv (ot to bJneraa mc m eoa au tit tuna .ioai do voa a lot of barm. ri'i f1I!fl'tuTS fVT'J N A lik)U) atrial, aad latfha'1 tfcop aoain- youraaii wiw wacn inmgw raaulla show th dlfraranc. . NR Tab Uta kry not star bowal movara, thatr purpoa 1 to oorract th condition that ; ladiwM ooMUptUoa and aive you real. A Howard doctor vouches for the truth of this: He had a call to the country several miles from town, to minister to a younger member of a farmer's family. After several visits at $4 per visit echedule price, he told' the farmer it probably would not "be necessary to come again, but he want ed the patien to1 continue using some of his medicine; so he suggested that the farmer might come in and get Iti thereby saving the doctor a: trip.' So after some days he called at the doc tor's office and got some more of the medicine. Some weeks later when the doctor was mailing statements to his patrons, he sent this man his account .with the usual suggestion to please re mit When the - check came in, the doctor was somewhat puzzled to' ob serve that it was just four dollars short of the full amount, but on the back of the statement he found pen- deld -words about as follows: "It is worth just as much for me to come to your office as it is for you to come to my house." So it is apparent that it is getting harder and harder to fool the farmers. Howard Courant ' ShouIdersi AU Baking! When - CALUMET a 'vcames. in, all baking; I jBwUesJakp, quick rJcave, Ycjep. right ahead and mix up oak- ing materials; for biscuits- " cakttmyiking without fear of uncertainty. Calumet makes you firgtt failure.' , AtUGET DAKiriQ POIVDSR iatb aftajMjkrbseatMltatogtve moat tnfta reaulta. It ha th bie "eat iriu&t becanat ft la the moat m. aatt aelier proveethat kie the beat, f A mwtml anil MMMnM MB that thm4a f . ikjoJi jviat M rood." Buy jcan-if yao I are not etu6ed take it back and I . got yow money back. . .v Otomet contain only suck mgra. dienta aa hare brcn approved officially by th U. & food . 1 Autboritiea. , Taa am wWai yaa Vw t. i la m van ye a) a ' . V 1 r I 1 1 'HIGHEST .QUALITY ' HICHZST ;-7 vAWARDS PROF. TE2KILL TO TALK Pmf A CL Tarrtn of the Kansas SUte University will give his illus trated talk on "Zinc, its properties and associated minerals,'' in the Chamber of Commerce assembly room on the evening of Friday, April 18, at : 8 'dock. This lecture will be gener ously illustrated with stereop'tican slides, showing smelters and their op eration in particular. While a heavy snow raged in Den ver Sunday, via . &oi gave us a wanning smile 'in these parts. r- "ao" ' inu" a r "To: correct cccctipcllca, helped. "Try IUI end tea howmcch better you cL th Doctcr Atoay S-analna. lasting banaflt; to lainow yocf dtgaaOon and aaalmltaUon, rou m km and rhra your colaon-cloti! bod a rood eUanlnc out r . Katura'a rtamady (Nit Tahtota) la not harah; It la mild, May, pUaamnt In ao. tioo; no sripina; me pais a Tar follow ia uaa; but it la thoronrti and aura. By It action on th airarUv) organs It promotaa aaatmilation, which maana axtracuua oi fuj .. ,s onnsninant from your food. naiiT wtv yoa naw atranath. nrrr. hatta tiimut. . atlnina? vour laav Mmr Kin mA tntm tma U9 imaamnL imsroviujr in. laatinai oiraeuon. Laattr, .by ranUy noauraalna; aaor Vigoroua bowal aa4 kidney action, MB drive polaonoua jnpurttla- out Of and- ctaana up youa Tr MatiMa nn nM.-tt "4 J" a bow much better you feel ln very way. Oat a Kc box today. nd tak on each night for a weak.' Trou'll yott never felt better in your Ufa MR la ao LI. amarantaail aiwl sooommended, by your, drusilat, " Report iGaina Circulation . That ' Federal Head Funds Have Been Exhausted for This County Reports have been in circulation over Cherokee county, and along the route of the 'Chetopa benefit road dis- trict in particular,, that the Federal aid for Kansas roads has been ex hausted ao far as this county Is con-1 eerned. The report stated' that the fund had been consumed by other por tions of the county and that, aa a re sult, the Baxter Springs-Chetopa road district would get none. There are two other road districts in the county, to be aided by Federal funds, the east and west road across the county from Crestline through Columbus to the Labette county line, and the north and south .road from the Crawford county line south to. Crestline. The petitions for the first havfe been approved and the road will be built, whilej the petitions are being circulated .on the other. It .has been, reported, during the past fe wdays, that the amount of Federal aid, "al lotted" to Cherokee county, would be used by these roads. In a conversation yesterday after noon with Calvin Cooper, the county engineer, it was learned for a fact that the reports are absolutely false. The Chetopa road benefit, so far as Federal aid is concerned, stands just where it did when it was first initiated. It is necessary to have a hard sur faced road clear - across Cherokee county and across the counties of La bette and Montgomery also. The pe titions have been completed in the two western counties, which are now hung up until Vneroaee county uoes ucr share. . ' a M A J 9L. In the meantime the petitions in Cherokee county, for the Baxter-Che- topa road, are being circulated, with the result that Neosho township is all signed up and Lyon township show- ing up aausiactoru. ,iira wva. nnw fa n'morajui in Lvon townshltft"" wiU be signed dear along the line and the road will be constructed.' It is ..... - f A 41. . .41 practically a cenainvy uuii ui tions will be approved. INTERESTED IN BIGHT. GOOD MINE A nartv of gentlemen came in Monday and are stopping at the Em pire Hotel who are interested in the Bightgood . mine south of . Baxter, which is divided by the Kansas-Okla homa line. The party . was com posed of the following gentlemen of Clay Center, Kansas: A.- S. Gollobee. W. L. Glidden. J. C Wer- nette, J. IL Merten, J. E. Keith and W. Johnston.' They were accom panied by T. S. Pooler of the U. S. mine. . GOEDON-ZIMMEBMAN Sunday after the services at the' u tl rinrcn. Hev. Orton .united in marriage'llisV) Mildred Gordon of Col-' umbus and Mr. Charles Zimmerman of -Baxter Springs. The newly wed ded are accomplished and popular, young people and are receiving the best of good wishes through life. lit. Zimmerman is the accomplished book keeper a Lowry's. Their future home, of course, is in Baxter. e i S. T. Van Dyne came up from Tara- gould. Ark, Mon. night, after visit!: j with his"1 family who are vkitif.g friends there. He wQ look after bu- mess matters here for a few days be fore leaving for Texas. r