Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-30
In-Haruoniou, Hasalton.

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All 10 not peace and harmony 10 the thriv
Ing new town Of Hazelton, Barber county,
and while the "brethren" are dwelling to-
gether In great unity, some who are not
brethren are worrying the Town Company
considerably. The facts In this little un-
pleasantness, a. We have learned them, are
about these:
A number OF gentlemen from New York,
Pennsylvania, etc, supposed they saw q
splendid place in the southeastern part Of
Barber county to locate O town, and ac-
cordingiy they formed the Ha1elton Town
Company about six months ago, and pro-
ceeded with the details Of starting q town
The site was laid OF in streets, blocks, pub
lie squares, parks. ETC., the town was named
Hazelton, for one Of the company, and i'm
migration was invited to come In and take
choice lots In the new city. The. only res
friction placed on settlers was the one pro-
hibiting them from ever selling intoxicat-
Ing liquors on their premises.
A number Of people settled there; stores,
hotels aud shops Of various kinds were open
ed, and the settlers were given their lots by
the Town Company free Of cost. Very
liberal In the company
Under the law, the probate judge proves
mp on q claim intended for a town site, I'm
the name OF the Inhabitants Of the town !;
and after the title Is vested In him, he deeds
the lots to the inhabitants in proportion to
the value Of the improvements made by
each; and lots not claimed by others 90 to
the town company.
The probate judge Is not supposed to have
the time 10 go into the details necessary to
ascertain how the property should be dis
tributed, so he is authorized to appoint
three dislnterested commissioners to ascer.
tain the value Of Improvements and report
what appears would be an equitable distr.-
button.
Judge O'Bryan was fortunate In selecting
three good men to act on Hazelton-Judge
Shepler, Capt. N. B. Blanton and James
Hamlin-and these entered on their work
two weeks ago.
And now comes In the interesting epoch
In the history Of our hopeful sister city.
There are two elements down there, the
Hazelton-P Toilet crowd, being the town
company, on one side and a gentleman
named Harrington, another named Collins
and perhaps a dozen others on the other
side. This last mentioned crowd. who, in
all respect, we will call the "Kickers,"
claimed that their improvements entitled
them to considerably more town lots than
the town company was willing to give them;
and believing that the report ola majority
Of the commissioners favored the position
Of the company, the kickers applied for and
obtained from Judge Sluss an Injunction to
restrain the probate judge from making any
deeds to the town company. Our inform
and says that the kickers learned from
Capt. Blanton, one OF the commission,
what his associates would report to the pro-
bate judge, though the report had not been
completed; and it was to ''head off" the
town company that the injunction was OBJ
tained. Considerable feeling has been
worked up by the two factions, and this
will likely grow more Interesting to out
siders as the fight progresses.
This week the commission Is at Hazeltop
completing its labors, an when the final
report is made, when the lots are appor-
toned, there is certain to be some more
kicking-nO matter how fair the distribu-
ton is; for we understand that there Is a
disposition on both sides to get as many OF
the valuable Hazeltou town lots as possible.
By next week we hope to be able to give
another chapter; and In the meantime will
hope that the kickers and kickees will stir
up the animals.