Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-26
HAzELros ITEMS.


to the county capital the fore part OF
the week.
Robert L. Jones, an attorney of En-
poria, was here the first of the week on
legal business.
j. w. Little, with his dogs and sever
al fellows from town, had big wolf
chase last week.
Miss Fannie Kimbali, one of our
teachers, will spend the vacation with
friends in Wichita.
The firm of Wright & Shepherd has
been dissolved. Mr.. Wright buying Mr..
Shepherds interest.
o. G. Barley returned here Satur-
day from two years visit in Missouri,
Maryland and Texas.
Since that small shower Friday night
wheat and rye are putting on much
more cheerful appearance.
Corn husking is about all done except
rounding up the rents. This part of
the work is usually let 90 to the last.
S. II. Dicks was a visitor at the c0un-
ty seat last week and while there in
vested in one of our h-priced tax re-
ceipts.
J. F. Gamble lost II head of calves
from bIackleg. This is the only loss
of this kind heard in this locality for
some time.
A Mr.. NJ. Y. Benson, of Randolph,
N. Y. arrived here Saturday to spend
Christmas with the family of z. G.
Woodwork.
Sarah S. Collins left here Friday Ia
spend the winter visiting with her sons
and daughters in other parts of Kansas
and Missouri.
E. w. Elder is now looking just lit
tie blue over the fact of his having to
eat his own cooking. Mrs. Elder is
visiting in Iowa.
That wide-awake- level-headed Sam
Stewart was Hazelton visitor Friday.
He had to come down here to learn of
Billie Millar's contest.
Our schools closed Friday till after
the holidays, hence the little folks and
some of the big ones will have & little
time to rest and find out just where
they are At.
Miss Hester Bolen, of New York. is
visiting Z. G. Woodwork and family.
Miss Bolen spent several weeks
visiting here about year ago and made
a host of friends among the young
people.
Oliver Rodenbaugh and Sam McBray-
er had little misunderstanding Satur-
day that they were unable to settle un-
til they resorted to hard knocks. Some
blood was spilled but no one was seri-
ously burt.
E. s. Wright is going to bring GRIM
inal libel suit against the kiowa News
for stating that a fine boy has arrived
at his place, unless the News can furn-
ish the boy or satisfactory reason why
1t is not furnished.
w. r. Spicknall. of Wellington, was
here Saturday, looking after his farm
and stock interests in Barber. He was
we'll pleased with the way Mr.. Gamble
was handling his interests and wants
him to continue to represent him here.
Joseph Pfiff returned from his MisSou-
ri visit last Friday and says a good
many of his old neighbors are talking
of getting out of there and trying their
luck farther west, in Kansas. for in
stance, where it don't take all a man
makes to pay rents.
w. +. Smith, of Ki0wa, was Hazel
ton visitor one day last week. He was
working up fire insurance in this part
of the county. We do not know what
our local agent is doing but think he
will make it his business to get most OF
the good risks.
Mckinley prosperity seems to work
one way. Salt and few other articles
that we have to buy are kept on the ad-
vance, while corn in the past few days
at HaZelton has advanced the other
way, from 2Sc or'shelled down to 26c
with the prospect of still greater de-
cline.
At the annual election of officers of
Charity Lodge No. 263, A. +. & A. M,
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: ID. o. Edwards, w.
NJ; w. G. Afford, s. W.; l.. w. Fuller
ton. J. W.; j. F. Gamble, Secretary; s.
81. Dicks, Treasurer. The officers
will he installed on the evening of the
18th.
There has for long time been an
oyerproduction of suckers in this To-
cality, but Saturday Guy Sparks
brought in big Indian who proceeded
to harvest about the entire crop. He
bought 8 or 5 dozen small packages of
herbs of our druggist at cost of 35cts
per dozen and sold them out to the
sucker crop for 81 a package. Both
young and old bit freely until the last
package was sold.
In closing our items for this week we
are going to bid the old century good
bye and welcome the lew. It is like
losing an old friend we have lived with
for over half his existence, and have
had many pleasant times during that
time. We have been treated as well
doubtless as we deserved, but not as
we often thought we ought to be, but
we are not going to pick a quarrel with
a dear friend just on the eve of our final
separation. We arc building great
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