Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-10-30

in trouble ever applied to him in vain !:
no one ever left his door hungry, and
he has never failed to extend charity in
the most transformations way. He is a
faithful and prompt officer. and there
is no reason for any one voting against
him.
AS sheriff, George w. Stevens has
never unnecessarily harrassed any per-
son. He lis naturally kind-hearted, and
the men he has come in contact with
during his term as sheriff, invariably
commend him for this necessary quail
fication. No man ever yet asked Judge
Stevens for reasonable favor that he
did not get it. Who can truthfully de-
ny this ?
The land department has ordered
re-hearing in the case of the Cancelled
entry of Albert D. Faxon, OF Barber
county. Thirty days notice will be
given to all interested parties, a special
agent to be present to hear the evidence.
In this case the burden of proof will be
on the government to show that the
land was taken for speculative pur-
poses.
D. j. Aber is the only competent sur
veyor Barber county has ever had. 1t
will not be business or policy to trade
him off now. His opponent, Mr.. Hill,
is only theoretically surveyor. and
every one around Medicine Lodge knows
hn h1c
for this city. A vote for Aber is vote
for straight lines, correct boundaries,
honest estimates and safe plans.
Rev. G. w. Owens, of Sun City, pas
tor of three Baptist churches in the
western part of the county, was married
in this city, last Friday afternoon, at
the home of Mr.. DOrgan, to Miss Mary
Rathbone, of Writ county, West Vir-
ginia, Rev. Cain, of the Baptist church
of this city, officiating. The lady ar
rived here with her brother the day of
the wedding. Rev. Owens had known
the family for many years.
Now IS good time to talk up the
fair. Many of our people were at Kio-
wa, last week, and saw what big
crowd the fair attracted there, and
they are ready to get up one for Medi-
cine Lodge. The grounds can be bought
cheap now, and if the business men
know what is best, they will at once
buy 4O-acre tract, and commence to
improve it. Stop talking politics long
enough to think of this.
Judge Hardy told us yesterday that
his fate was sealed and that he had giy-
en- up the postoffice contest. He said
that all that he knew about the winner
was that he, or she, would not be an old
soldier. This will be pleasant news to
the veterans who have been sat down
on so often this year. The pin-feather
republicans are running things sure
enough. They are demanding the off,
ces, the hOnors and the glory and the
old soldier has the satisfaction of being
told to ''vote as you shotl''
Public school is running along with
a good attendance, the five rooms being
full. 1t does not now appear that the
new school building will be ready be-
fore Decembe 1st; but the district will
get, or should get, $40 per day from Oc-
tober LIST, from the contractor. and that
will add quite little sum to the school
district treasury. Of course the direct
ors will retain the fine from the contract
price, or they will be individually re-
sponsible. Don't forget this.
| DR.. E. p. Miller's ten Holsteins, un.
der the management of Julian o. Clark
are producing more milk for the cream
cry than any other ten cows in Barber
county can produce on the same feed.
Now "a the time to make money from
milk. The farmers have plenty of teed
and plenty of time and if they have the
disposition, they can do well. The
creamery is now giving ST per hundred
and certainly that should be an induce
ment to the owner Of COWS to pay some
attention to 1t.
Let Frank Gordon get hold of the
treasury books for one term. The re-
publican party has had complete pos
session of the treasurer's Office ever
since the county was organized, and
the Taxpayer know that is too long a
term. Mr.. Gordon is a thorough &C
countant, competent bOOkkeeper and
an acknowledged first-class business
man. He Is large property-owner
and taxpayer, and his interests are all
in Barber county. He comes from Lake
City township, and his neighbors are
all for him,
Louis Bissantz is a competent and
obliging young man, whose every dol
lar is invested in Barber county. He Is
the only county officer Sun City town
ship is asking for this year. He is a
German, and the only German before
the voters this year. In every way he
is we'll qualified for the Office of county
clerk, and, as before stated in these
columns, he is willing to accept the
office for the salary allowed by law, ac-
cording to population, and he IS willing
to pay his own deputy hire, and save
| the county that expense.
/ d. l.. Pierce is all right. The voters
of the third district know him and they
know Fred. EIKlor. One has every
qualification for commissioner and the
otner is wholly disqualified; one has the
confidence of his neighbors, the other
has not; one is an honest farmer, the
other is an alleged speculator one is
under tine epntrpi OF bank while the
other is free man under no promise
except the promise to faithfully guard
the interests of the taxpayers. Pierce
| is the man to elect.
| The Kiowa fair claimed good at