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+ HAZEL 1ON NEWS. !
CT. Henson shipped some fat hogs to Kan
sas City last week. and to be real sure that
they got through alright and brought the top
price. Q. y. went with them.
We are pleased to note that Mrs. Dicks whe
was Thought 70 be beyond the reach of medt
cal aid 10 fast recovering her former health.
and thus adding moro proof to the old saying
that there is hope as long as there Is life.
scarcity OF hitch racks has already had a good
effect, and the town Is well supplied with ali
kinds of hitch racks so our neIghbors can
come on and not be in any danger of having
to sit In the wagons and no their teams while
their wives do the trading
1t was only few days ago that the mumpe
got hold of Harry Fox. and they went at it In
such quiet and peacable manner that he
thought tLey didn't mean to be hard on him.
but now that they have gotten in good work
ing order Harry is having more than he ever
asked for or ever expected.
That new fence was put up around the Gem
etery last week. aud while il Is both ornament
al and useful. it is also an evidence that our
people have not forgotten their duty TO the
departed ones, and that they are willing to
! spend money, aud spend ii freely to show their
spect for their departed friends.
The young people had another one OF their
pleasant dances the evening of the 9TH in one
| Of the Fisher buildings and treated themselves
| to q liberal quantity of the best of ice cream
Jim Ayers furnished the music for the occa-
| sion. Harry Fox, their regular muSician. being
| engaged at home entertaining the mumps.
Now that the joints in Hazeton have been
cHmpei&lsd comp LED to go away back and sit down.
| Is a great big kick being manufactured on ac-
| count of certain place whore the boys as
| semble and take turns in getting rich and
poor over the old, old game of poker. 1t is
| going to be as il always has been in HaZelton-
awful hard for the boys to violate all of the
| laws that drag down the young men and not
| get caught at 1t, and also punished by the en-
forcement of the laws regulating such things
! The Hazelton people are generally a very
I strict DeODle for having thinRa "a 81 nd
had the least idea that we were doing anything
but keeping right up with the procession OF
! even the larger towns, but when man resid-
| ing six miles north OF town made complaint to
the mayor that there was something that
| vestigation and found that he had probably
| got onto something that needed attention
1 and now the proclamation has gone out that
| something must be done, and done quickly
Hazelton very narrowly escaped having
big and perhaps costly fire one evening last
| has one of those on-explosive, perfectly safe
and harmless gasoline lamps in his place of
business, and in lighting it, from some cause
| or other 1t got clear away from the warranty
| and exploded. Ed being Immediately under
the lamp. received baptism from the burn
ing gasoline and all of the northeast quarter
of the southeast quarter of the northwest
quarter OF his anatomy was completely and
thoroughly fabricated but by quick and time
| ly assistance the building was saved from TAX
Ing hre, and Ed aside from the scare he re-
| ceived, came out of the deal just as beautiful
6S Ne ever was anu 1act q good deal whiteC.
There are a good many thugs we do not un-
| derstand and whole lot of things that we can
never hope to understand, but one of the
| mCst pressing questions with us just at this
writing is to know If there is any good reason
why a man wnen he ia elected to represent
the people In the legislature, If he intends to
| treat all classes fair and show no fayors to
| either the people or the corporations, should
expect or even accept a pass to ride on the
I railroads. 1t looks to us like honest man
ought TO refuse pass and If he is not honest
| he ought not to be elected. He is supposed to lie
| well paid by the State for his time and service.
enough, at least, that he could get throu3 Il
without asking or even accepting favors fnss
any source, and he ought to feel guilty az ..
wrong when he accepts any such favors. ~
have AL idea that the right way to treat &
poratOns Is to deal them with just as we wa, &.
deal with the people. That is honest and 6.dT
and and IL they dom 40 not do right when treated right,
free rides that come in the nature Of q bribe.
and then let them of from paying their just
share OF taxes and bearing what they ought
toward the legitimate expense of running the
government OF the state.
For several years we have been living in
Hazelten, In fact We have lived here more
days than any other man ever did, and for the
past few years we have tried to farm and live
and caused US lots of hard work to do it and
| now we are going to reverse things and try
living on the farm and doing business In town.
and are moving our buildings out of the city
| to the farm. There is no place In the world
that we think more of than OF Hazelton. An
we have we have made here. The best friends
} found In Hazelton. No better class of people
was ever permitted TO live than the people OF
HaZelt0n, and while we are moving out OF
town We are by no means leaving IL or its peo-
pie. and neither do we ever expect to do so till
we are taken over the hill to our final resting
place The Hazelto1 people bave. without our
asking. honored us for over l8 years as clerk
OF the school board, and also have for good
, many years kept US in Office as mayor of the
city, and while neither ONCE pays any salary,
the fact that year after year the people have
constantly said by their votes that they had
confidence In US. is In itself reward that any
man ought to be proud OF and Is something
that we shall ever remember and we can say
sincerely that there Is nothing too good foY
| the people OF HazeltOn and while we shall soon
have to quit them in an official capacity, there
10 nothing that they may ask Of us if within
our power that we will not trS to do for them.
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