Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-12-09
HaZelton Items

W. 81. Robinson has been planting a
lot of trees around his house the past
week.
Some one that didn't have time to
put up fruit during the sumrler to do
him stole about 20 quarts from Mrs.
A. j. Ayers short time back.
A s. S. convention will be held at
the Presbyterian church in Hazelton,
on tue 18th, next Sunday. ALI schools
are invited to come and take part IN
the exercises.
Mrs. L. r. Maltbie had the misfor.
tune to have some ducks stolen that
she had cooped up intending to send
them to her daughter, Mrs John Blan-
ton.
The protracted meeting that has been
going on at the Methodist church closed
last week. We understand that five or
six new members were added to the
church.
There has been here for the past
week snide show and medicine man
holding forth every night and took in
good lot Of hard cash for his Quack
medicine and stale JOKES. The suckers
are not all dead yet.
I z. Maltbie has fine bunch of cat.
tie on full feed, also has some fine hogs
to follow them. He ought to make
some money out of his feed in this way
but republican prosperity don't seem
to advance the price of cattle and hogs
these days.
Mr. Index, you can just tell 1.-The boys
around the courthouse" that W C. did
MT mix anything in that tax matter. but
simply stated what had been told to him.
Also say to them that when VIC. made
the statement he also mentioned how
and where he got bis information.
Some Of our law. abiding citizens are
somewhat pnt out over our new billiard
hall and would like to see it closed as
soon as possible. They claim, and per-
haps rightly too. that such place is
resort for the young men and Is likely
to lead some astray and not likely to be
OF any benefit to society at the nest
AT the debate Friday night at Pleas.
ant Valley it was decided 10y the judges
that the government should own the
railroads, 80 that question Is now set
tied. The next question for debate is
whether we shall deprive the Negro
| OF the Ballot" We want to get these
| questions all settled and out OF the way
before the next presidential campaign.
One would think t0 read the Cresset
that our commissioners were the whole
thing and were it not for them we
would be absolutely free from taxes.
| Now the way we look at .his matter is
that SO long as s'IEr commissioners are
making no unnecessary expense we
have no fault TO ind, 20 matter
what their politica; views. We are not
aware at this time Of any dishonest bill
our commissioners have allowed. neiGh-
er are we aware that they have made
unnecessary expense. Or In any way ex
travagans- but we know they have had
big bridge bills to- pay and also a judg-
ment against the county Oh some Of our
old bonds that they had no hand III
making. There was but one thing for
the BOald to do in these matters and
that was to meet and dispose of these
matters To the best interest of the peo
pie OF the eountv. Very few people
find fault with hign taxes if the money
is actually needed To meet the honest
obligations of the county and will no,
find fault with their servants if they
are acting honestly with the people
and we have not heard it claimed tsy
anyone that our Board was dishonest
But When 1t comes to having the people
pay for u few hundred hangers on il
our legislature and some that did nc
even hang on. and have our state taxes
raised az they have been, then the PEG
pie are disposed to find fault. We hav,
noticed that it is not one party that j
finding fault, but AL parties. 1t W,
ever have Board that is disposed I,
do business on the same lines that on
, late legislature did then .e Will all jOIl
, hands with the Cresset i'll condemnin
them.
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