Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-03-13
IOWA.

Otis Davee spent few.dass in Kio-
The auction sale conducted by e. w.
Noah closed last Saturday evening.
The teachers association SATURDAY.
was not prominent success owing Ia
the disagreeable weather.
Inc residences In process Of con.
struction at the present time are those
OF Messrs Reid. Ives and Heckard.
Others are sure to follow.
The York-Key Mercantile are re-
modelling the building east OF the gro-
Gerry store to put IN q full line OF hard
ware.
It is reported that the Choctaw road
Is being pushed rapidly this way from
the south and that it will not be MANY
months till it will connect with the
Pacific at this point.
The Kiowa News and one OF the min.
listers OF Kiowa are at present engaged
in exchanging compliments. All the
out-spring OF wet" and dry" agita-
ton.
j. B. Cramer and Will Julian have
fitted up an Office in the west end Of
w. F. Smiths building. This firm is
known as j. b. Cramer & Co. and they
Will devote their attention to real estate
and law business.
The usual Saturday crowd was not
visible on the streets Saturday owing to
the disagreeable weather. Kiowa has
the appearance of city of no small
population when the weather Is favor.
able. The low prices literally adver-
vertised by Kiowa merchants never fail
to bring crowds.
The Fl. G.. Waltner Nero. Co. report
an ever increasing trade, showing q
large per cent OF gain over the CORE
spending period of previous years.
This firm believes in thorough and sys.
tenn attic advertising which never fails
to weld good returns.
Pursuant to a call issued in each OF
the KiOwa papers. mass meeting was
held in the opera house last night for
the purpose of placing In nomination q
business mems" ticket to be voted on
st the April election. Particulars will
be given next week.
The entertainment In hypnotism and
mind reading given by Carnaveaux at
the opera house last week was we'll at.
tended throughout. Everyone 10 at
speaks very highly of the per-
Torrance and it Is undoubtedly the best
OF It's kind ever given at Kiowa. The
street drive Friday afternoon was wit
messed by large crowd aud all unite in
1t great feat.
A proposition was submitted to Kio.
wa Dy the commissioners OF woods
county to build q bridge across Medi.
cine river in the strip near the state
line. They ask Kiowa to give bonus
of $500. The matter was brought be-
fore the commercial club last Wednes-
day evening and it was agreed to raise
that amount on certain conditions the
most important of which provided that
the bridge should be built 1T q distance
not to exceed two miles from the state
line.
Last Tuesday afternoon E. W. Noah
was placed under arrest for refusing to
pay $3.50 license to the city Of Kiowa
as provided in an ordinance governing
auction sales. The failure to pay the
above amount carries with 1t q penalty
Of $50 for each day the license remains
The total amount ran up to
about $500 which Noah refused to pay.
He accordingly telegraphed to Medi.
cine Lodge and secured the services Of
G. w. Ellis and upon his arrival the
case was continued till Saturday. Fri.
day afternoon, however, compromise
was reached whereby MIR. Noah agreed
to discontinue his auction Saturday
night and pay the CITY certain sum
together with the costs.