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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
2
Jim Munson pursues a raiding party after a late night encounter on the home trail. Langford and the Three Bars cowboys rally to rescue Williston’s family from attackers and save the girl, though the father is missing and the girl is injured.
North bound trains from Frisco depart at several times to Kansas City and via Cherokee Pittsburg and Joplin. South bound services to Oklahoma City Fort Worth and Afton run through the day with listed numbers. East and west routes to Joplin St Louis Wichita depart at set times. Schedule dated December 1 1907 and issued by agent C.8 Roberts.
Madison has drawn reclamation service interest for an irrigation plan in southwestern Kansas. A basin near the Finney Haskell county line south of the Arkansas River could be dammed to create a lake to irrigate thousands of acres east of the basin. A technical expert will be sent to conduct an investigation.
The Kansans Portland cement plant at Tola reopened and about 300 workers returned to jobs abandoned December 24. Kilns at Union Brick Works also fired, with 75 men resuming duties after a two week layoff. The Crystal Salt Plant at Kanapolis started all machinery in the presence of Denver directors, who praised smooth operation. An ancient center table, 290 years old, owned by R. De Yoe of Wellington, remains in family hands since original ownership. Five of ten Shawnee county corn winners took premiums at the state contest in Manhattan. The Kansas Improved Stock Breeders association elected officers and urged direct primary and a guaranty bank deposit bill, noting many assessors list five stock at well above market value.
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