Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23
:HAZELTON NEWS.

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Joseph Pfaff hao one fine COW killed
and three others badly crippled up by a
Misscul Paclhc train Friday morning.
Mrs. Lena Keller and Miss Carrie
Brown, OF Cherokee were visiting with
old friends part of last week.
Book agents, insurance agents and
all such are getting to be about as com
mon III town as flies AID are about as
Dothersome to say nothing of what
they cost the people.
That X owa Lane that is wanting to
be elected sheriff from the present ap.
psarances, was in the city a few DAYS
ago, seeing If his political fences were
III good repair.
G. +. Wheaton has been driving till
he and his team ale bout as tired as
though they were in the harvest field.
Z. f. is hunting farm to lease and
this is something PEI ple can't find here
any more.
John Wright has gone back to his
old Kentucky home TO see how it looks
and TO get little rest. John has been
in poor health the past two months,
and needs change and rest.
f.. +. +. Sullivan unloaded a new
steam thresher at HaZelton Saturday,
and by about Tuesday will be ready to
dhresh anything that comes in his way
AS Ed is an old hand at the business 1T
is likely that he will give excellent sat
isfactiOn.
Mr.. Rule, of Sharon, the candidate
1or county treasurer on the republican
ticket, was in HaZelton Saturday. and
while III reality On business, he did not
let any opportunities pass to further
his interests in political way.
We now have telephone connections
with both the Santa Fe and Missouri
Pacific depots, and can sass the agents
and have plenty of time to make our
escape before they can get up town, be-
SIDES 1t is proving TO be great conVen-
fence to the public.
Dan Edwards has his elevator up and
IS ready for business. The Alva firm
have theirs we'll along toward compile
fion and these two additions to the
other advantages already possessed
Will give HaZeltoD a mighty good lever.
age 10 draw trade from quit distance.
j. L. Hardesty of Corwin was in the.
city one day last week. He had Just
returned from a visit with relatives
and friends in Iowa. He informed us
that in trip of over 1000 miles he new
er saw.any crops anywhere on the route
that were equal to the crops anywhere
IN this country.
That rain Thursday night has fixed
the corn crop for sure this time, and it
Is going to be one of the best, If not the
best, in the history of the county. And
when IT comes TO estimating the kaffir
corn, millet, sorghum and other rough
iced crops we have never had anything
set to compare it to. 1t Is simply a
hummer.
There is likely to be another lumber
yard in Hazelton sonn A party was
here SATURDAY. looking oyer the ground
and expressed himself as being very
strongly in favor of irving the expert
ment. our fine crop prospects are going
10 result in a great advance IN the bus
iness interest of HaZelton.
After irving for quite "A while 70 con-
vert the SINNERS at HaZelton with only
one church running, the good people of
have decided 10 use all of their ma
chiDerv. and on Sunday organized a
PRESBYTERIAN sunday school at the
PRESBYTERIAN church. and by this
means they hone TO catch some that
otherwise would be overlooked.
When fellow gets hot under the
collar and warts to abuse someone he
wants 10 stop and think ahead just a
little and decide as to whether he is ex-
pecting at any time in the future to be
q candidate for office At anv rate it is
not safe to say that the - MethodiSts
were the cause or the whisky prosecu.
tion and then expect them to vote the
ticket straight.
What threshing has been done in