Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-12-31
HAZELTON NEWS.
LAST WE Elk 'sIrHN.,

OF the Bank building, and will be- com.
fortably located.
The officers elected and appointed to
conduct the affairs of the Masonic
Lodge for the next year are w. C. Afford.
WIN; ElbeIt Gamble. 8. W. &C F. Betty
8. W.; 3. w. Dicks, Treasurer: ] F..
Gamble. Sec.; j. v. Patterson, 5. D.;
j. o. Webb. J. D.; j. F. Albright, S. S.;
w. E. Gamble, is; l. Nj. Presnall,
Chaplain; II. H. Brown, Tyler.
We heard good old time Republi-
can after reading that long string of
stuf about the Populists trying to steal
the legislature several years ago, that
appeared III the last weeks Cresset, that
be was unable to gee wherein this help.
ed MIR. Nixon out any. Even il they
nad stolen the whole state it would
hardly be sufficient grounds on which
to build another steal. aid that, he
seemed to think, WAS all that could be
gotten out OF this past steal exposure
And We went away feeling that there
are still good many who are Republi.
cans in principle who are just as much
opposed to steal by one of their own
party as they are when it is the other
party land 90 long as we haye so many of
this kind of people in the country.
there Is hope that time will right all
OF those kind of steals, and that homes
ty will after all rule in the affairs of
our state and nation
The literary society at Pleasant Val.
ley is making good Roadway and IS
soon going to be right up with the band
wagon. They have a good program
every FRIDAY night. and always good
house and the very best of order.
The Pleasant Valley folks, that is,
the School. gave an Oyster supper last
Saturday night. and had q very nice
time and realized a good SUN from the
proceeds of the supper. which will
be invested In buying an organ for the
use of the school.
We are going to make the assertion
that Pleasant Valley has one of the
most successful schools in the county,
at this time, and the credit is principal.
~ due Miss Luella Hull for Its success.
She is we'll equipped for this kind of
work, and doesn't ever seem to tire of
doing everything possible for the ad-
vancemeDt of the school.
There will, so We have been inform
ed, soon be new firm start up in bust
ness in HaZeltOn. This time II is to be
a furniture store, and something that
has long been needed. We wish the
new firm all kinds Of success
Tie rain and snow the past week has
done great things for wheat and rye. in
this locality. Prior to this we were
needing rain pretty badly. but now we
are fixed for quite a while. In fact it
has almost made it safe till spring at
any rate.
A chapter of the Eastern Star was
instituted at Hazelton last Wednesday
evening, with a good number of Char
ter members, 20, we believe. and the
outlook is excellent for a very large
membership in the near future.
D. 0. Edwards now wears his Sun.
day clothes every day. This is the re-
suit of his being given the highest lace
of honor in the new order, the Eastern
Star. Dan naturally wants to make a
good appearance among the ladies'.
We have known for long time that
6. w. Payne was pretty SLY but his
success in fooling every body in his last
effort IS way ahead of everything else
he has ever attempted. 1t was like
this: George had led good many of US
to believe for a long time that he was
going to quit boarding, and start
up to house keeping right, and we were
all rather inclined to keep a sharp look
out for the event. and thought we were
keeping mighty close tab on his every
move, but George out generated us all,
for on November IS, he quietly slipped
OFF to Anthony, and was made perfect
ly happy by being married to Miss
Alice Shields. of Harper county and
the first hint any of rs had that he had
gotten away With US was on Dec. 10th
when George got good supply of first
clas cigars and began to hand them on,
to bis many friends. If We hadn't got.
ten one Of those cigars we never wou Id
lave forgiven George but now 1t is all