Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-08-20
I EHAZELTON NEWS.


Joseph Pfaff has bought the large building
formerly built for an ice house and will move
1t to his farm and convert it into q barn.
]. r. Garner is building q large barn on his
town property. This, with one of the best dwe&
ling houses In this locality, makes a fine place.
Threshing is getting pretty well rounded UP
In this part of Barber county. The next thinE
to interest our farmers will be to put out an
other wheat crop.
One evening last week Mat Smithson aue
Ed Goodan got mixed up a little. When the
first round was finished Ed looked like he
had been monkey!ng with a circular saw, but
with few applications of raw beef it ie
thought that his wife will be able to recognixs
him. AS to Mat he has no wife and 1t doesn't
make much difference whether he looks pret-
ty or not.
There is one very important matter that iE
keeping us awake at nights and that is this
Why is it that when we have joint in towS
we have no drunks, and when we have none ana
are enjoying prohibition to it's fullest exteHt
we have so many men apparently intoxicsteds
We can't understand this and would like tC
receive some light on the subject.
Jesse Webb has been taking few lessons OF
ed into the habit by having badly bruise&
hand that assisted greatly in his effort to keep
awake, but after spending about ten dayE
with it and finding that he would feel better
after good nights sleep, he called in Dr..
Burnett, who fl xed his hand up all right.
The Hazelton school board has employed
their teachers for the coming term. Prof
Stout was given the principalship at an in
a<>R 4 u loo t~r
Josie Horton gave such good satisfaction lass
winter that she was given her old position and
Miss Hortie McMillion came with such gooS
recommendations that she got the room taughE
by Miss Needs last winter. We believe the
board has made good selections and that the
Hazelton school will continue as in the past
to keep up with the best.
The voters of Hazelton township met Satus-
day and nominated township tickes. 1t lie
democratic. populist. republican, independ-
ent and citizens ticket and Will be submitted
to the voters under the latter name. 1t is al
follows, to-wit: ]. F. Gamble, trustee; c. F.
Betty. treasurer; w. c. Afford, clerk; Jesse
Olinger anc J. Il. Garner, justices; o. II. Dun
bar and w. L. Barkley, constsbles; MarioE
Fox and S. H. Dicks, road overseeIs. Polih-
cally, Betty, Garner. Fox and Dicks are repub-
licans, while the remainder are all demo-pop-
ind-citiZens. In fact all parties are given O
place on the ticket except the prohibitionists
and none attending the caucus it is their owe
fault If they were left of.
Fl. c. Walker and Cash Heskett were in the
city on Saturday feeling the pulse of the vot-
ers. With Cash it is easy sledding.as he is pref
ty well acquainted with the people Of Barber
county. and besides having been SO long e.
p4N in a nj frQa f.,
is known to be one of the best equipped sIrx
for the office that has ever been nominssS
His long and faithful service has put hix 4
advance of any other man for the Office izuhs
county. Mr.. Walker, of course, is not 30 wei
acquainted with the people but those WHOM
he meets are well pleased with mis- appearance
and the republicans are not going to have IL
all their way on representative In this part OF
Barber.