Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-04-23
NO. 46.
I kHAZELTON NEWS.

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There came very near being a scrap
between couple of parties Saturday
but better judgment prevailed and
peace was finally restored without any
damage being done.
S. s Kincaid went over to his old
home in Sumner county Saturday and
will bring the balance of his cattle out
to his Barber county ranch, located "a
miles due west of Hazelton.
w. 7. McClung has leased his farm
for year and will take years rest
and try and build up his health little.
He is going to spend the time visiting
friends in the east.
After long time and lots of hard
work and the expenditure of a good
sum of money, j. p. Caudill has his
hotel finished up in first-cIass shape; in
fact 1t is in better condition than ever
before, and the best of it is that J. p.
is first-class hotel man.
On account of the steady rain last
Tuesday the people were inclined to
stay at home and consequently w. w.
Fain had no bidders at his sale. which
will enable us to have Mr. Fain with
us for another season and no one re-
grets it unless it Is he and his family.
On account of the large amount of
repairing and fixing up that is be-
ing done in HaZeltOn, j. n. Hodge had
to send off for men to do his paper
hanging and preparing his new home
for occupancy. He expects, however,
to be at home for sure by the latter
part of the week.
AT the time j. G. b. Hargis lost his
building by fire we were informed that
there was no insurance, but last week
we learned from the agent who wrote
the policy, that he had $500 on the
building and contents including some
grain, hence the loss will not, as then
reported, be total loss
One more week will complete The
present term or the Hazelton school.
| and II all reports are true it is the last
term one OF our teachers expects TO
teach. Hazelton Is noted for the way
4 h.
| While IT makes it difficult for the Board
to keep good teacher any length of
time, 1t does not prevent others from
| applying, in fact there are ALWAYS
good many who are willing to take the
risk.
Some OF those fellows who are in ths
habit OF sending off To the departanef
| stores for most of their goods whit "A
they have the cash are going to have :,
hard time getting In at the peari
gates IT they don't succeed In work.
in when Peter Is busy IN some Other
part of the kingdom, for ST. Peter
knows just as Well as we, that if they
ever did get In they would be forever
harping on the way things were run.
and would if permitted send their or.
ders to b for what they wanted If
they thought they could save q penny
| by 1t, regardless of what had been done
| for them to make heaven a good place
to live in. Nothing but the almighty
dollar Will ever appeal to this class of
people.
We visited Kiowa one day last week
| and found the situation about as fol.
lows: Last spring the prohibitionists
| elected their ticket and for about 65
| weeks during the year the other fel.
lows kept up hot fight on them and
never gave them moments rest. day
nor night. Ibis SDring the prohibition.
! lsts were defeated and now the other
| fellows say '.the fight is over, let us
| have peace;" in fact they are as much
In favor of peace as the prohibitionists
| were year ago. but the prohibitiopists
| say that the fight has just got a good
start and that there Is no such thing
| AS their compromising with what is
| against the law. Ii this fight is kent
up, as it now looks as though it would
be, KiOwa is going to be a real liyeIy
place to live in, and the man who gets
| good drink this summer will have to
take himself to the city water works to
do it or stand good chance OF hayin9
| to visit the Lodge as a witness.