Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-10-01
:HAZELTON NEWS. !

L. G. Rugg has had carpenters at his
place making some valuable improve
ments.
Two little scraps in town last week
and no blCod shed. In fact it nearly
all run to mouth and chin music
w. II. Robinson, living south of town,
has a man employed to spread a good
supply of paint over his dwelling.
D. ID. White, from near Sharon, and
said TO be mighty good auctioneer, was
transacting business in the city one
day last week.
Land buyers are getting to be an ev
Dry Gay occurrence. II is gong to be
pretty hard for some of the old settlers
10 keep from selling out.
The NJ. Z. church folks have erected
n large tent and are holding protract-
Sd meeting. Upto date no great amount
nf excitement has occurred.
George Robinson seems to be having
quite bit of trouble to get the right
kind of bond to relea SO him from the
Wichita Jail until the federal court has
use for him.
A. q. Collins will take possession of
his property bought of +. A. Eastman,
some time this week. Mir. Eastman
will move out to his farm-the u. d
German place.
Our farmers are all getting down to
work putting out their fall crop Many
are sowing more rye than ever before.
They are finding out that rye makes
awful good pasture in the spring.
School district No 53 never was in
cllned to boast bet they are now telling
1t that they have The best teacher they
ever had. This is laying a good deal
1or the present teacher, as they have
had some pretty good ones in the past.
We have few voters down here who
would like 10 know for sure just how
T.. ii. Nixon stands on the county
printer law and tax law gotten up by the
special commission to be railroaded
Through If the republicans are success
full.
School district No. So have ordered a
lot OF WOW en- wire 20 fence their proper
~. They have also ordered some heavy
screen wire to put oyer their windows
TO keep people from breaking out the
glass and making a camp house of the
school house.
1t appears that the candidates on both
tickets, or | might say On all the coun-
ty tickets, seem to think that Hazelton
Is all right. At any rate they are not
making us any visits. We know of two
or three fellows that would like can
didate cigar.
After diligent and prolonged search
we have succeeded IN locating three
voters, who if they do rot change, will
vote the prohibition ticket this fall.
But 1t is more than probable that be
tween this and election day they will
change their minds and vote to elect
some one.
w. L. Henson has bought the resi-
dence property of B. F. Henson in the
east part Of town and will soon move
AAo LILO w Al SlfC w Ol6ko
q chance to move, and his move will
enable Mrs. Burnett to get possession
of the Blake property which she bought
a few weeks ago.
There is some prospect of q certain
HaZeltCn business man getting both
feet in it this season by shipping out
game that is not in strict keeping with
the statutes made and provided for
such cases. Besides 1t is against the
dignity Of the state of Kansas and Bar.
her county in particular.
If the republicans are successful this
fall in Barber county, our representa-.
tive, E. ii. Nixon, doesn't have to do q
thing to redeem his platform pledge OK.
cept to vote for G. l. Long for senator
When he has done this he has done al
that he is pledged to do and any Other
act of his will be on his own motion
and Judgment, and If not satisfactory
10 the people he can say to them thai
he was left to judge as to what was the
best, and that they cannot accuse him
OF violating his pledge. On the Other
hand II. q. Walker is pledged to vote
against the printer law and affect It's