Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-02-12
+ sHAZELTON NEWS,

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G. E. and Lew Gamble, brothers of J.
F., visited with j F. and family part
OF last week. G. E. now resides i'm Ok
lahoma and Lew in Ft. Scott, Kansas.
Both formerly resided here.
Another case of small pox or Cuban
itch is reported out west of town some
four miles, but the family Is quaran.
tined and there Is no likelihood of it's
spreading. This time 1t is Ed Fuller.
toms family.
w. j. Norwood expects to leave in
about three or four days for his new
home at Lamar, Colorado. The earli.
or Will gets away the earlier be will
get back next fall, as we only expect
him to stay about six months.
Steve Thornberry will have a sale
about the 18th and expects to quit Bar
Der for the new country. Steve is one
of the Oldtimers and will hardly be sat-
isfied to remain away from Hazelton
any great length of time.
Some of those fellows who thought
about six weeks ago that they would
have feed to throw at the birds have,
since our winter set IN, about decided
that it would be cheaper to try throw
ing gold dollars at the birds and save
their feed for their cattle.
And still they come and at the next
regular meeting OF the Masonic Breth-
| rem at this place they will have about
twenty-five names to pick from; but
then Hazelton doesn't do thugs by
halves for it is the whole hog or none
with us when we once get a good start.
Someone is engaging in rather risky
business by sending insulting letters
through the mails to couple of parties
in HaZeltOn and if we are not sadly
mistaken, Uncle Sam will be taking an
active part in the matter pretty soon,
and your Uncle Sam doesn't let up real
easy like some people do.
Ralph Keller spent part of last week
at Medicine Lodge, looking after busi-
ness for the HaZelton Land Company,
so he says, but we are of the opinion
that he was as much interested in the
future welfare and happiness of Ralph
and a certain young lady as he was
with the affairs Of the Hazelton Land
| Company.
Waldo M. Cass Is going to have
another sale the latter part of the
month. He is preparing to move to
Lambert, Ok, where he will engage iu
the livery and sale business. he al.
ready has a large barn built and is on
ly waiting to cut loose from Barber,
when he will be ready for business
down there.
AT II. G. Rodabaugh's sale last Fri
day. stock of all kinds sold az we'll or
better than was expected, and most ev-
erything was cash, only very small
portion being sold on time. Mr.. Roda-
baugh expects to leave in a few days
for his new home at Hobart, where he
has built a good dwelling and will
build business house and try his luck
as merchant.
| ''o1O ~ thO eonh 6t0 odlu W
stand fair show OF being yanked up
before the court for being rather lively
at an entertainments given by the
school taught by Miss Gussie Reynolds
northwest of town. Boys, you want to
be little careful as the law pro-
tects all public assemblies and It Is
not confined to church gatherings.
Don't 60 about them il you can't act
real nice.
Mat SmIthson is the owner, proprie-
tor, editor, printer and devil of q very
nice little paper gotten up in the inter.
est of Maple Hill Literary society at
Maple Hill school house. It il the only
paper Cow in existence, to our own
knowledge that can be had for the ask
ing-no money is demanded-and the
subscription meyer expires, but goes on
and on forever. We are thinking or
subscribing for few copies while Il
can be had at something like its real
worth.
Report OF Pleasant Valley school.
| district No. 40 for the month andin0