Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-01-22
+ <HAZELTON NEWS.

| d. 0. Edwards spent the better part
| OF last week at Kansas City, Mo, at
tending the implement mems meeting.
Ed Goodsn is preparing to build a
business house on the north side of
Main street and will, when completed,
| open up a short order house.
Several car loads of cattle were ship
ped out of here during the past week,
and it appears as feed gets scarcer the
price of stock cattle advances
l.. G. Rugg received his portion of a
large estate last week of an uncle who
recently died in Ohio He will proba.
bly, invest it in Barber county land.
Charles Eastman, of Winfield and an
| old settler of this locality, was In the
city one day last week, and while here
he sold Charles George quarter of
grazing land.
Out at Maple Grove school house the
young people have organized literary
society. This is one of the best socie-
ties for the advancement of the young
people ever organized.
That report about Arthur Fullerton
having small poX was all wrong. 1t
was nothing but spots of pure happi-
ness showing on his face and some one
mlstook it for the small pox.
Several of the HazeltOn fellows went
over to Corwin one night last week and
assisted in organizing lodge of Odd
Fellows, and one or two of the Hazel
ton boys took their first lesson at goat
riding
Ed Julian, a former resident of Bar
ber, but now register of deeds at Law
ton, Ok, was in the city one day last
week. Ed informed US that lots of
land was changing hands in the new
country.
Ebert Wright has quit the barber
business here and has located. so we
are informed, at Augusta, 0. T., where
he will probably get lots of work. Haz-
elton IS hardly of suffioie population
for two BARRIERS.
There is plan on foot looking to the
location Of good mill-something that
would be of great benefit to not only
the merchants of Hazelton but to every
farmer for miles around. We hope the
plans will not be miscarried.
A.Hodge, the accommodating agent
on the Santa Fe railroad, presented :.
number of us with some very beautiful
pictures of Hagerman Pass, Colorad
We are going to use ours to compare
this part of Kansas with Colorado, and
believe it will do much good.
j. A. and Mrs. Hodge have left the
business of the Santa Fe Ry. Company
10 other hands and are off on visit
with relatives and friends. Jim has
certainly earned good visit and we
hope he will have an excellent time.
The masked ball at Fishers hall FRI
day night was said to have been q COM
plete success. All we know for sure is
that there were lots of young people in
town that evening. On account of the
admission fee, we were unable to be
present.
Stevens s. McBrown are probably in
the lead of all blacksmith and repair
shops in this part OF Kansas. They have
added cyclone stacker attachment TO
their shop, and will use 1t to blow the
bad accounts out leaving the good ones
on file.
The Masonic brethren of Hazelton
are going to take a few lessons of in-
structiOn, beginning next Friday even
ing. George +. Pond, who for twenty
years was chairman of the BOARD of Gus
todIans, will be their teacher, which in.
sures frst-class work.
Just as we predicted in our last. they
have gotten TO the point in that boxing
business where they can get along
without gloves but went so far as to
substitute in their stead few boards
and other smaller articles. Both appear
ed to be about half mad from the start.
A short crop feed rack is being used
by some Of our cattlemen in this local.
ity. 1t IS so arranged that the cattle
can only get certain quantity of feed
at certain hours. 1t is self adjusting.
simple in construction. cheaply built
aud is warranted to last a life time. but
we will not advertise it further without
pay.
o. ii. Dunbar is building an addition
to his house in Hazelton, and one day
last week he went on top to finish up
shingling the roof. In short time he
had the job finished, but In the mean
time the ladder had blown down and
0. III. had to stay up there till some of
the school children on their way home
put up the ladder for him IN climb