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Baxter Springs News
Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas
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Baxter Springs local news reports on welcoming new businessmen, impacts of interurban line and mining field on jitney drivers, suggestions for depot relocation, upcoming free city mail delivery, ongoing infrastructure projects like sewer, high school, streets, and water systems, and entertainment at Elite picture show featuring Mac and Tinnie with upcoming special shows.
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Do you remember the passing of the jitney ordinance by the city council? It was just a few months ago and at the time the city dads conceived the idea it was badly needed. But since the coming of the interurban line and its extension to the mining field south of here, the transient jitney drivers have had "slim pickin's." At the time of passing the ordinance the merchants were complaining that the jitney drivers were squawking like a bunch of geese so that the clerks in the stores could not hear an order from a customer. This has already passed into history of the opening of the great Kansas-Oklahoma mining field and the coming of the great utilities that go with it.
"How far is it to the depot here?" asked a man who got off the interurban line. "Oh, about a mile, mile and a half or two miles," said the questioned.
"Good night, do you have rural free delivery here?" asked the smart guy.
Laying aside the joke, just as soon as the railroads go back into private ownership something should be done to get the Frisco and the M. O. & G. to perfect a plan to move the depot at least as close as Murdock's store on River street.
Now that the house numbering is almost completed we can expect Uncle Sam to give us free city delivery here in a short time. The present post office equipment was no doubt placed by Uncle Sam in the expectation of free delivery soon. There is not nearly enough boxes to go around and it makes it very inconvenient for a lot of us and makes it heavy on the post office force. When this sewer system is completed; when the new high school can be dedicated for use; when our numbering is done; when our street improvement is finished; our new water system in, and we have free city delivery of mail, Baxter Springs will fast take on metropolitan airs.
We already have an interurban line and big city ideas and a whole hand full of opportunity to make a bigger, better Baxter Springs. The outlook is certainly good.
At the Elite picture show there is Mac and Tinnie (Tindale and McGruder), a Scotchman and an Englishman.
The picture men say they have some good shows booked for the near future.
They expect to have something special for the Dollar Days.
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Aggressive business man and one the follows will be extremely glad to welcome into the business fraternity of the town. Do you remember the passing of the jitney ordinance by the city council? It was just a few months ago and at the time the city dads conceived the idea it was badly needed. But since the coming of the interurban line and its extension to the mining field south of here, the transient jitney drivers have had "slim pickin's." At the time of passing the ordinance the merchants were complaining that the jitney drivers were squawking like a bunch of geese so that the clerks in the stores could not hear an order from a customer. This has already passed into history of the opening of the great Kansas-Oklahoma mining field and the coming of the great utilities that go with it. "How far is it to the depot here?" asked a man who got off the interurban line. "Oh, about a mile, mile and a half or two miles," said the questioned. "Good night, do you have rural free delivery here?" asked the smart guy. Laying aside the joke, just as soon as the railroads go back into private ownership something should be done to get the Frisco and the M. O. & G. to perfect a plan to move the depot at least as close as Murdock's store on River street. Now that the house numbering is almost completed we can expect Uncle Sam to give us free city delivery here in a short time. The present post office equipment was no doubt placed by Uncle Sam in the expectation of free delivery soon. There is not nearly enough boxes to go around and it makes it very inconvenient for a lot of us and makes it heavy on the post office force. When this sewer system is completed; when the new high school can be dedicated for use; when our numbering is done; when our street improvement is finished; our new water system in, and we have free city delivery of mail, Baxter Springs will fast take on metropolitan airs. We already have an interurban line and big city ideas and a whole hand full of opportunity to make a bigger, better Baxter Springs. The outlook is certainly good. At the Elite picture show there is Mac and Tinnie (Tindale and McGruder), a Scotchman and an Englishman. The picture men say they have some good shows booked for the near future. They expect to have something special for the Dollar Days.