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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

We submit the following specimen of
English composition to the teachers of
the county. and recommend its careful
analysis. 1t will prove a good drill in
the parts of speech: A duel was fought
in Texas by Alexander Shott and John
s. Mott. Mott was shot and Shott was
not. In this case it was better to be
Shott than Mott. There is rumor that
Mott was not shot, and Shott avows that
he shot Mott, which proves either that
the shotShott shot at Not was not shot,
or that Not was shot Notwithstanding.
Circumstsntial evidence is not always
good. 1t may be made to appear on
trial that the shot Shott shot shot Mott,
or as accidents with firearms are fire.
quent, it may be possible that the shot
Shott shot shot Shott himself, when the
whole affair would resolve itself into its
original elements and Shott would be
shot and Mott would be not. We think
however, that the shot Shott shot shot
not Shott, but Mott; anyway it was
hard to tell who was shot.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

The revised edition Of the Old Testa-
ment bids fair to evoke as much criti-
icism among the sticklers for verbal
inspiration as the revised New Testa-
ment. Joseph's coat is no longer a .'coat
of many colors," sort of crazy bed
quilt style, but a "tunic with long
sleeves" The hippopotamus no longer
"drinketh up river and hasteth not, :"
because " he trusteth that he can draw
up Jordan into his mouth, but though
a river swellshe is not afraid fearless
though Jordan be washed into HIS
month" The" chariots with flaming
torches" seen in Isaiah's vision, turns
out to be chariots with fiashine
Wheels" and the woods are no longer
fuu of ''satyrs" and dragons, but
=" goats and jackals." The "nation seat
tered ana peeled whose land the river
has spoiled,n is " the nation tail and
shaven whose land the river diyides.''
In short. the new tefsien, In comparison
with the old, reads as if the modern
proof reader had gone through the an
dent book and changed it TO suit him
ssjf.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

Ithas been quite noticeable for year
or two past that the New York cattle
market has made fewer advances and
has held them less steadily than former
ly. That market was once the regula-
tor of prices for the whole country, and
the condition Of trade everywhere de-
pended upon the intelligence received
from Jersey City. Chicago has since
assumed the position of arbiter Of
trade, and the country looks to that CEN
ter more than any other for the indica-
tions of what is to come. The uncer-
tainty of New York prices has been
greatly increased by the phenomenal
growth of the trade in dressed beef. So
constant and large are the supplies of
this product kept available that they
act as a brake on the movements of
stock on the hoof. The consequence is
that the nature of the New York mar
ket and its relation to the live stock
business of the country are undergoing
permanent change.-National Stock
man.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18
Among the improved breeds of cat,

Among the improved breeds of cattle
seeking the favor of Texas ranchmen.
there is not one but in the eyes of the
owner is best adapted to improve the
Texas long-horn. While we admit that
all have special qualities tending to the
desired aim, yet We do not think too
great care can be used in the purchase
of bulls, to see that the animal is robust,
hardy, beefy-lOOking and compact. A
bail whose ancestors have been reared
to depend upon out door life, that has
been accustomed to exposure to wealth
er, that can live on grass, survive sum-
mer's heat and winters cold without
stablihg, although he may not have the
extreme weight in carcass, OF rank as
the highest type of beef producer, will
add considerably toward improving the
quality Of beef and increasing the ear
ly maturity of our cattle without i'm
pairing the hardness and constitution
which adapt otIr native cattle to the
range.-Texas Livestock Journal. :.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18
Kansas Names.

We are glad to see that the Medicine
LOdgers protest against the idea, sug-
gested by outsiders, to change the name
OF their town to Lodge or Lodge City.
Medicine Lodge means something |;
Lodge or Lodge City would be meaning
less. Medicine Lodge calls to mind the
Indians who once attached a signifi-
canoe to the spot, either as good or bad;
for medicine" means either one or the
other TO an Indian or that the Indians
came there to make incidence" with
them very important operation. But
Lodge would mean no more than
Hodge" or "Podge," and "Lodge
City" would be piece of silly affecta-
tion, already too common in Kansas
for there can be nothing more ludicrous
than ealing some place which win
never amount to anything more than
decent village; "city."
Kansas names of towns, ETC., are, as
a rule, copies, and are neither original
nor suggestive. Where historical names
have been supplied, they have, with a
stupidity which deserves q leather
medal made out of whole cowhide,
been changed to something else. There
IL q stream near Abilene originally
called Armstesd creek, IN honor of q
gallant army officer, which is now called
SMnd'' creek. The change OF Medicine
Lodge to Lodge" or uLodge CITY,"
would be a similar piece OF thick head
sdress. Champicc.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

The Barber County (Kansas) INDEX
devotes much attention to the interest
OF stockmen. In a recent number It
urges that national convention of
stockmen. be held as early as next May
or Jtine, go be composed Of delegates
from the grazing regions of Montana,
Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mex
leo, Kansas, the Indian Territory, and
Texas. This congress, cothposed of
men thoroughly familiar with the feeds
Of stock growers, would, be able TO 6iss
cuss their interests intelligently and
make such recommendation as to leg
islatiOn which would be of great value.
The proposed convention should, of
course be held at Kansas City, the great=
est and most convenient live stock mar
ket in the West. The INDEX favors
Kansas City as the proper place for the
stockmen to meet, but complains that
our hotel facilities are not sufficient to
accommodate the number who would
attend. In this the INDEX is mistaken.
Kansas City can readily accommodate
more than Thousand guests at her ho-
tells. We admit that we need a first
class hotel, with all modern improve
ments and large enough to afford oppor-
tunity for crowd of three or four hun
dred people to congregate in its rotunda;
but at the same time, with present ac-
commodations, we can take care of all
who would attend the first stockmen's
convention.-Kansas City Journal and
Agriculturalist.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

The storm was not severe in the Ter
ritory, consequently no cattle are re-
ported lost. 1t is to be expected, how
ever, that many thin old cow quietly
succpmbed to the biting cold.
That genial gentleman and thorough
stockman Col. w. r. Coleord, on Mon
day made his frst t,yisit to Caldwell for
over a year. 1t is like inhallng breath
OF pure, fresh air to meet the Colonel,
and we wish his visits to our city were
more frequent. The Colonel has chang
ed his pOst-office address to Oklahe-
ma, Kingman county.-Caldwell jour
nal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

The Barber County INDEX is agitat-
ing the holding of national conven-
tlon OF stock raisers, and proposes St.
Louis as the most suitable point for
holding such meeting. A good scheme.
which we heartily endorse.
Our stockmen on the south of us are
already taking steps to prevent through
Texas stock from encroaching upon
their rights in the future, as they have
done in the past. AS long as there is no
regularly established trail our people
Will have more or less trouble with
through herds. The indiscriminate driv-
ing of through Texas stock over ranges
stocked with domestic cattle works a
great injustice to our local stockmen,
which shouidbe prohibited.
On Sunday there arrived In this city
nineteen head of Scotch Polled Gallo
ways for the Francklyn Land and Cat
tie Company, comprising ten bulls, one
and one-half years old J; four cows and
four calves; also one magnificent three
year old bull. The above cattle are The
finest of their kind ever imported into
this country. They are in charge of Mr..
E. Y. Lancaster, who has had consider
able experience in the purchasing and
handling of blooded stock. 1t is the in
tention of the above company to.fmport
large number of this breed of cattle
they are very hardy, and will make a
grand cross with our native cattle. Mr..
Lancaster, who trades to and from Eu-
rope five and six times a year, takes
charge or will purchase upon commits
sion. The stock may be seen at the
stable of III. B. Bell. They arrived in
excellent cOndition.-DOdge City Globe.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18
Snc'w on the Range.

The snow which fell OH the Western
cattle ranges about the 1eth OF Decem-
Der remained until Christmas, but theirs
was so much bare ground in places that
no particular suffering was entailed OFT
cattle by loss of fooc. Chr. 1 as morn
ing, however, we are advised, the whole
region was swept by a fierce westerly
wind, which prevailed without inter-
mission for about sixteen hours, and;
except in some sheltered situations, re-
moved the last vestige of snow and left
the range again bare. These winds on
the western ranges are something mar
velous. They arc rarely very cold, but
are generally of temperature suflfcient-
ly high to melt the snow d tfife, and
their intense velocity drives Currents Of
air into the cells and inequalities in the
snow, cutting it away with surprising
rapidity. If there is no crust on the
SHOW it is caught up and whiiled about
in the air and over the ground until re-
duced 10 an in1palpable powder ,in which
condition il seems to be blown out Of
the country OF absorbed by the atmos-
phere. fla crust has formed the process
is slower one, but the stems Of weeds
ana grass projecting above the top are
swaSed back and forth and twisted
about until small space is worn away,
and into these spaces, of which theirs
may be several in square foot, the
warm atmosphere is driven and honey
combs the softer material beneath until
in an incredibly short space Of time, the
bare grotnd appears in little spots, here
and there, which, extending, join each
other until the Whole surface is clear.
In the more eastern states even moder-
ate SHOWS disappear more slowly; but
nature has provided a more active agent
for their removal on the western plains,
without which cattle Erazing there
would be an impossibility. A few hours
wind will thus dispose of a very consid-
erabfe snsw fall. II the raDchnyan can
have for his cattle plenty Of grtiss, wa:
ter and wind, he Cares very little what
the altitude Of the range may be, or how
far north.-Breeder's Gazette.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

The county commissioners let the con-
tract for the buildingof the court house
to Smith & White, architects, of this
city, Monday evening, and the contract
was entered into Tuesday. Workmen
win commence getting out the stone at
Winfield Immediately, SO as to get
Through great part of it before the
rush OF spring worh commences. Work
on the foundation will be commenced
as soon as the ground is thawed sufi-
GENTLY. The building completed is to
cost $50. County Press
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

The latest dodge assumed by which
the prohibitory amendment is beat has
just come to light at Perryville, a sta
ton on the Union Pacific railroad fifteen
miles west of Lawrence. tits called the
Intelligence Office racket. Parties who
thirst tor the beverage ask for a drink.
In reply the person questioned says he
hasn't any, butthat he can put the par
ty onto place where he eaR get a pint
that is If the party is willing to part
with IL. After getting the money the
person is directed to = certain place,
about quarter of a mile in the timber,
where, under log, Is found pint bot
tle. 1t Is said the only objection to the
racket is that only one bottle can be left
u one time under the log.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18
The 0fher Aida.

1t is not every one who can or does
make a success of the cattle business,
A writer in an eastern agricultural
paper, tells how he was taken in" by
investing in Colorado He says:
My first task had been TO verify the
number of cattle in the herd, and 1
found was eighty short, even counting
the yearlitg5 ftfnfiing with their moth
ers. Here was loss to commence with
Of over 81 600, and 1 had no way of re.
covering, as the seller had disappeared
foot" who had thus been takeTf I'm, and
/ am not the last; purchaser 10 nearly
always caught in this. This yerifica-
ton took me considerable time and
trouble to effect, and at the rounding
up" in June was sOrry to find my
count confirmed. These round ups -
are fearfully hard and firing work, ffd-
ing night and day, securing the plains
for stray cattle, and gathering them all
together at some predetermined point.
Here the calves Sre branded with the
owners brand. A common. triek or
theft as It should be- called, was 70
brand with your own brand stray cattle
over the old brand and thus secure the
cow and calf. or course this was only
done by unprincipled men, still 1t was
done to very considerable extent. At
ter the branding we drove our herd back
to the old feeding grounds. These we
found had become parched, % we NOV
ed further on towards better. grass, Of
tentines riding for twenty-fOur hours
without cessation after stray cattle.
And so the days passed, the same mon
Otony Of work day after day, only varied
by a ride to Foft Collins or Denver.
The autumn came on with its cold
weather. and we moved our herd up in
to the hills TO be protected as much as
possible from the winds. And now came
the trying time for the cattle. The her
sort of hay, with the niftritive qualities
dried, in great measure, out Oft. Un-
less the calves have done well during
the simmer, a great many before winter
is through succumb. Snow falls, and
the cattle have TO paw and scrape
through the SNOW 10 get at the dried
herbage underneath. And If, as hap
pens but too often, a very heavy fall Of
snow comes, or mild, thawing days are
followed by sharp frost, the cattle cans
not even get at the dried grass. Then
the loss by starvation is great, your cat
tie grow thinner and thinner and your
to the guileys and cannot get out again,
others wander of in spite of all your
care, and are never seen again. 1lost
200 head the first winter.
In the spring; after et;ch q winter.
your herd will look like walking bone
yard. But they fatten up quickly on
the young, green grass, and come ali
right again. 4 severe winter like the
above does not occur often enough TO be-
o very serious drawback, and Che fur
ther north you 60 the more intense thg
winters are. ] led -four years Of such .
life, and came out In the end not o cent
The gamer, although cattl6 Ead advanc-
I'd In value ten dollars 4haod. az I so3h
out my herd at twenty-five dcilzxs .
ssad al ycuS5.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18
THE KANSAS CITY
WEEKLY TIMES
One Dollar a Year
Until March /, 1884.
The Leading Democratic Paper.
PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN 1884,

THB TINES has long been recognized as the
leading family paper of the West 1t has spec
lai departments for the Farm, the Household
oarden and Stock Interests and win publish
during the year serial stories, written by lead
Ing novelists; letters from farmers and for
eign correspondents, and devote liberal space
20 ITS advocacy Of equal rights for the produc-
ing closes and the proper regulation OF grasp
Ing Railroad corporations It 10 the only paper
IN the West which refuses to accept railroad
passes, preferring to pay fits way and not be un-
der obligations to monopolies now expressing
the producing taxpayers of the Great West,
OUR PLATFORM.-We believe that no man
can HONESTLY make fifty million dollars in ten
years, and II Jay Gould has made that, or even
more as reported, II has been done by jobbery
and stock watering, doubling, trebling and
Quadrupling the stocks and bonds of his rail-
roads and forcing the agricultural products of
the West to pay three or four times as much as
they should for transportation In order to pay
interest on this bloated debt. This should stop,
and THE TINES will labor to accomplish that
and other reforms, which may be briefly sum
med up:
Frst-Control the railroad and other public
corporations by stringent laws-make them pay
taxes on the value of their property as evi-
denced by their stocks and bonds on which they
pay interest. We hold, for instance that the
Missouri Pacific system, having CSC miles Of
road In Missouri, valued ut and paying 3-5 per
cent net interest on S54 s37 800, should certain
ly pay taxes on more than %. .4g7 357 valuation,
a. at present We hold that the people Of Kan
sas should not be compelled to give such rates
for transporting their products as will pay in
terest on watered stock and bogus bonds to the
amount OF tl64 600 per mile, as Is now piled up
on the Kansas Pacific railroad.
Standardization of the present Ubiquitous
tariff laws by which el5O, 600 900, more than nee
essary for governmental purposes are annually
extorted from the people. Free fence lumber
and wire for the western farmers
Third-High license and local option, In an
tagonism to prohibition and fanaticism, as be-
ing the best way to secure temperance, which
We so much desire.
Fourth The restoration Of the lands unlaw
fully claimed by the land grant railroads to
homestead and pre-emption by the people.
Fifth-The opening or the Indian Territory
70 white settlement.
For these and other reforms IL deems peril
nent to western interests THE TINES will labor
increasingly. and on these issues II appeals to
the people Of Missouri, Kansas and Of the New
West
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

DIR. ]. Willis, an Iowa veterinary sur
geon, Is in the city on his return from
the Laureies ranch, belonging to the
Texas Land and Cattle Co., where he
has recently completed the spaying of
$50 heifer calves. The company have
had these spayed as a trial, and if it
proves successful will probably spay
about half their heifer calves every year.
The Hinsford Cattle Co. have had spay-
ed about 1000 0head.-Kansas City Indi-
Gator.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18
NO. SO

According to the California papers the
northern valleys of that state are suff-
ering great damage from the myriads
of wild geese and ducks gathered there
this season. The Woodland, Yolo eorin-
ty, Mail says; 'These wild geese are
numbered In the Sacramento valley by
the million. One who has never seen
the devastation of green fields by ducks
and geese, can form no idea of its ex-
tent. On Glenn's ranch, in Coltssa coun-
ty, thousands of dollars are spetit an
nually in fighting off the marauders.
Ducks are nocturnal feeders, and if a
grain field where they are numerous is
not guarded nightly they will ruin it in
q single night.''
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18
The "a. stock Shov.

The Kansas City Fat Stock Stock
Show will be a permanent institution
hereafter, an organization having been
perfected last Week by which the neces-
safy capital stock is guaranteed. Fol-
lowing are the articles Of agreement:
"Wes the Undersigned, tnder aiid In
pursuance OF. the laws of the state of
Kansas, do hereby associate ourselves
together and form a body polite and
corporate, and we do hereby certify,
First-The name of said corporation
is the Karfsas City Fat Stock Show AS
sociation.
Second-The purposes for which said
corporation is formed are the encourag-
ing of the better maturing, breeding;
handling and development Of live stock
generally tire holding of Annual Fat
Stock Shows; and The exhibit of arti-
cles and appliances pertaining to the
Live Stock Interest.
Third-The. .piaces where the business
of said corporation are to be transacted
are the counties of Wyandotte, Kansas;
and Jackson county, Missouri.
Fourth-The number of the Directors
OF said corporation is thirteen, and the
frnntes and residences of thoee who are
appointed for the nrst year Sfe: W. A.
Rogers, Wyandotte. Kansas; A.Drumm;
Caldwell, Kansas Ed. Haren, Wyan-
dotte, Kansas; Jesse Evans, Kansas
City; G. r. Morse, do, Al. Snider, do;
W. S. Epperson. do, j. D. Coleman, do,
Capt. A. j. mccoy, do, Capt. j. H.
Payne, do, John Gregory, DO, and j. II.
Stoller, do.
Sixth-The amount of the capital
stock Of said corporation is twenty
thousand dollars, divided into two hum
dred shares of one hundred dollars
each"
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

All the state officers, including Cover
nor Click, Chief Justice Horton and
Associate-Ju Justice Valentine, of the su-
preme court, have signed and sent Pc
tition to President Arthur, asking the
appointment Of d. j. Brewer to the va
cancy made by the resignation Of Geo.
w. McCrary on the bench of the United
States circuit court. Judge Brewers
qualifications as jurist and his fitness
to fill the position were very distinctly
set forth in the petition.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

Chin Fow Wun Lung, the Chinese
minister, called on Secretary Freling-
huysen the other day to ascertain the
attitude Of the administration in the
Franco Chinese troubles.
belly cold, Mr.. Secretary, said the
celestial.
"What9" replied the premier.
"Bel-ly coldl"
"Oh, yes; certainly. don't wonder.
Now, if you will only take my advice,
Mr.. Lung, and tuck your shirt inside
your breeches, the way we Americans
do, l assure you your stomach will al
ways feel Warm.n
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

The Tennesseean who has been in the
habit of voting for Andrew Jackson
these many years has at last switched
on and sends letter from Cleveland to
the Boston Post, praying . for Gods
sake give us strong, courageous, old
fashioned man to vote for" whereupon
he proceeds to nominate Judge Jetre
Black Courier Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

An exchange says: There is a con-
slant and steady demand for mules in
the south and southwest, and prices
have advanced accordingly. In many
places mules are bringing almost twice
the money obtained for horses, and still
the demand is Increasing. A mule
ranch, conducted properly, and with the
right kind of jack to start out with
would be paying institution
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

The New York Sun thinks that Lo-
gan's candidacy should not be underrat-
ed. He is very much IN earnest, has a
good voice, is popular with the soldiers,
and has smart wife. 1t says there is
period of month or two at the begin
ming of the war ever which a mystery
hangs as to which side John was on.
We believe there is no doubt that he
was before the wah a loud mouthed pro-
slavery democrat
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18

Grant is said to be bitterly opposed to
Arthur. At Elberon, when Garfield was
dying, Grant and Arthur met, and Ar
thur leaned so heavily on the former
that he took it for Granted that he
could run Arthur's administration. He
wanted Arthur to appoint General Beale
secretary of the navee. Arthur appoint
ed I5illee Chandler, man the general
hates with a bitter hatred.