Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-12-10
+ HAZELTON NEWS. !

$50.
s B. Blake now owns the building
used for meat mar ket, and A. L. Kel.
ley is employed to run it.
The Hazelton school has organized a
literary society and will have their first
meeting one evening this week.
City Marshal Dunbar had three fol
lows locked up in the cooler one day
last week. They were town kids that
ran off from home and on their return
were locked up by request of the parents.
Some land buyere are quietly looking
over this part of Barber now and then,
A few sales, 60 doubt, will be the final
result. They express themselves as be-.
Ing well pleased with our part of tie
county.
Next Tuesday night or the evening
before this will reach the readers of the
index the Masonic brethren will elect
new set of officers and on the evening
OF the 18th an Eastern Star will be in
stituted here.
3. b, Blake's new house is now about
ready for occupancy. When Mr.. Blake
moves MIR. Burnett of Harper county.
Will move to the property now occupied
oy Blake, thus making one more good
democrat voter for this precinct.
Since some time last March the Ma.
sons have conferred ths lst, End and
Srd degrees on Is candidates and have
three others shat have received the lat
and End and are ready for the Srd. They
also have 5 waiting for their first. Not
many lodges in Kansas can make AZ
good showing as this in this length of
time.
Quite number Of our citizens were at
the county seat one day the past week
on lvltatlon of the sheriff. They were
there to tell what they knew regarding
the sale of prohibited goods at Hazelton.
but the main man in the deal was at
home sick, the case was put off. This
will give them another chance to attend
the next term of court and the taxpay.
ers are expected to pay all the freight.
For some time Avis Kincaid has been
looking as though he would Lave to try
a change of climate for his health but
since the cold snap set in and the de.
mand for coal has been on the increase
Avis is looking all right. In fact be
has been feeling 30 much better that he
often smiles while he is figuring the
price on load Of coal to some cash pa
trou.
There is big long and strong kick
being made over the raise in our taxes
during the past year, but good many,
of the tax payers do not realize that the
bridges alone are making good big ex.
pense IN the county, besides there is an
effort being made to finally get all the
county bonds paid off. But it don't
make any difference what are causes of
high taxes the American people have q
divine right to kick and they arc going
to exercise that right so long as we have
free government.
o. 81. Dunbar was one of the witness.
es at the Lodge last week and when he
got his certificate for his witness fees be
went right off and sold it at a discount.
DE gave as his reason for doing this that
the government of the state was in
the hands OF the republicans and as
they had just been engaged in stealing
representative he was afraid if he held
his certificate they might steal the
whole state and decide to never pay his
claim, and no one that Is we'll acouaint-
ed with the present condition in Barber
county can blame him for taking this
precaution.
The literary and debating society or
ganizad at the Pleasant Valley school
house is starting off in fine shape The
meeting Friday night was a complete
success In every way. Each performed
their part on the program in a credita
BILE manner, which was appreciated by q
full house who gave the best of atten-
ton and maintained the best of order.
The principal credit for it's success is
due Miss Luells Hull, our teacher. Size
devoted all of her spare time to making
the meeting the success it was. Few, if
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