Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-05-21
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I HAZELTON NEWS. i

Dan Morton has had his coat off for
the past few days digging acellar where
he intends to erect a new business
house on the block west of the hotel.
We haye sure enough tip that a
wedding will take place IN very short
time in our locality. Ii we were not un-
der oath we would name the parties.
Once more the rain has for sure
made the wheat crop ana this time
there is no no one to deny the fact.
The only question is as to the amount
it made.
Since our big wheat making rain,
quite number of our farmers, have
decided to hold their wheat no longer
and have been delivering it to the local
buyers as fast as teams can get it there.
Avis Klncaid has bought the lumber
and coal business OF D. 0. Edwards
and Is now in charge. This makes an
other good business man In town, aud
one that we have known for good
many years and are sure the people
will like.
f. A. Eastman and family are hay
ing about with the smallpox and are
quarantined. No other cases have
been reported aud 1t is the hope OF our
people that it will not get mixed up
with other families. Mr.. Eastman's
folks got it perhaps while at Aiva visit
ing.
And still it rains. and the wheat con-
tnues TO get there. Two weeks ago
We had the average down TO six bush.
els, the first rain raised it to ten, the
next to fifteen, and now there is no
limit to what it may make, but any
where from fifteen bushels and up to
all you may want.
Or. Burnett & Brothers have their
drug store all in good running order,
and from al appearances are going
to do good business. DR.. jacobson
has opened up dentist Office IN the
back room Of the drug store and is al
ready getting lots Of work and giving
good satisfaction.
Competition is said to be the life of
trade, but nothing was said as to the
effects it would have on dance. How
ever. the matter is going to be tested
this week, as there is to be a dance on
each side of the street on the same
night, no hall rent to pay on either side
you just pay the fiddler and take
your choice.
There is said to be regular gam
bling outfit being conducted in a GER
tain hay NOV in the business part of
the city, and if the report proves cor
rect some one is going to hear some
thing drop and drop hard one of these
days. as our people are decidedly Op-
posed to anything of the kind being
carried on to ruin the young men and
boys.
AS proof that the HazeltOn mer-
chants are selling goods right, we will
mention the fact that one firm here has
sold and shipped to Lamar. Colorado,
during the past eight months, DO less
than four mowers, and the moving
season is not yet opened. Men could
not do that and compete with the Colo
RADIO merchants if they were not first
class business men.
At the ball game Saturday between
Corwin and HaZeltOn. one Of the Nc
Broom boys, who was standing back of
the back stop, was struck by foul ball
just above the temple and Knocked
down. and for time was apparently
badly hurt but DR.. Burnett was called
and made an examination, and decided
that there would be no serious results,
or so.
The Corwin and Hazeltor ball teams
are in the habit of crossing bats about
w
ually wins, but while they are able. to
win by being composed of much strong
er men. they can't bluff the HaZeltOn
team off the track. and every time our
boys lose they pull themselves together
and resolve to try it over. They believe
in the old sayihg-lf you try and don't
succeed, try. try again. If they keep
this up. some dav they will come back
crowned with victory
A bet was made one day last week
between two OF our citizens as 10 just
who was the real owner of certain
shepherd dog and before the matter
was finally DECIDED one of the parties
had his knife out and the other was ap-
parently willing and had it not been
for some of the disinteGested bystand.
ers there is but little doubt but what
the next bet would have been as to
which was the best man. The Ques
tiOn of who owns the dog is still unde.
cIded, and all bets have been declared
off until further notice.
From present appearancesit will soon
be necessary to put up more hitch
racks in front of the business houses
Alter the city dads had put up, as they
thought. all that would be required fol
a long time. 1t now turns out that the
hitch rack question is still one of the
unsettled questions. The truth of the
matter is that HaZelton is drawing
trade from good distance in every di.
rectiOn. 1t doesn't take the people long
TO learn where they can do the best
but with little judicious advertising
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