Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-04
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T.W. Blake has bought the livery and
feed stable interest of b. F. Henson,
and also has the contract for carrying
the U. s. mail to and from the depot.
1t will only be few days now until
the soft wheat will be ready to harvest
and then we will hear tho reaper for a
good many days before all the harvest
10 done.
Henry Drake. brother to our b. L.,
and former grain buyer at this place
but now located at Oklahoma City, is
renewing acquaintance and visiting
relatives here.
A great deal Of wheat that was abso
lutely worthless short time ago is I'D
parently good for from Is to. 25 bushels
and some of it if it keeps on may even
do better than that.
George Shaw 10 dressing up the bank
building with . new coat OF paint and
when this job 10 done it completes all
on that block and nearly. the whole
town has new coat of paint on this
season.
b. F. Henson is now the proprietor
OF irst-class drygoods store at Drift.
wood, Oklahoma and it is our private
opinion that b. +. 10 willing to ex-
change 1t for something he can manage
at home.
1t has gotten so that when we have a
rain that doesn't measure up to about
four inches We just call it light show.
er and let 1t 60 at that, and we are hay.
ing light showers about every once and
a while or oftener.
We received letter from Henry
Hurd, of Lamar, Colorado, one day last
week. and we are now perfectly salts
fed that Henry is not greatly in love
with that country. and 1t is safe to bet
on his coming back here this fall.
The Hazelton first nine has won an.
other game of ball. They defeated the
second nine Saturday by close shave.
The way they did it they suspended the
rules and just played ball, and didn't
have any scraps during the whole time.
j. F. Betty will now receive the hon.
ors that 60 with the Office of Mayor OF
the city of HazeltoE until someone is
elected to fill the vacancy as he is the
president of the council and will have
to boss the job whether he wants to or
not.
Dan Edwards is having his store
dressed up with new coat of paint.
There are but few people IN town but
who are bit inclined to spruce up and
add to the appearance of their proper
ty, either with paint or by building ad-
ditioDs.
The Methodist church people are hav-
ing the south wall of the class room in
the church taken out and rebuilt, and
will have other repairs made while
they have good work man to do the
job. This is something that has been
needed for long time.
If some of our eastern friends were
to come out here now and take a good
look at some of the fields of oats in this
locality they would 60 home and re
port at least a 60 bushel to the acre
prospect and we are not sure that they
would not be about right either.
It is a question now as to whether
Mrs. o. H. Dunbar will know her home
when she gets back from her visit with
the children down in Oklahoma, as o.
II. has had nice porch built on both
the front and back of the house, and
has had it all painted up and papered
inside. With these great improve.
ments, no one could blame Mrs. Dun
bar II she failed to know her home.
A petition was circulated and signed
by everyone that had the opportunity,
asking the appointment of j. F. Gam.
BILE for clerk of the school board to fill
the vacancy caused Dy our having 20
get up and move out of town and out
Of the school district and it is our iudg-
ment that Mr.. Gamble will make the
district the best clerk they ever had
and rs good as can be found in tho
country.
We like the way the Bailey forces
handled the platform business 1t the
republican convention at Wichita laat