Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-06
. HAZELTON NEWS.

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G. l.. Schuyler has his new house al.
most completed.
Mrs. w. IL. Robinson and daughter,
Lena. visited Medicine Lodge relatives
Saturday and Sunday.
The people over at Falrvlew district
are preparing TO organize Sunday
| school at that place, perhaps next Sun
| day.
r. Il. Webb who recently came here
from IlliEois has bought the barber
outfit that belonged to Mr.. Bowers, and
will be ready by the first of the week to
do business.
| AT their regular meeting night next
tuesday night tile Mssons are prepar
Ing for good time. They will confer
the third degree. This always lnsures
good attendance.
When you notice man standing ND
close to the stove with his overcoat on.
don't think for inmate he is sick. He
is only meditating over the fact of hay.
Ing shed his winter underwear.
The frost Wednesday night did some
little damage but not half as much as
was thought at first. The damage was
nothing to compare with the good re-
suit that has already followed the fine
rain that preceded the frost.
tertainment Friday night at the NJ. E.
church. 1t was the closing of the term
and 1t is not saying too much to say that
It was one of the best that was ever wit.
messed here. and perhaps as good as
could have been produced IN a larger
place.
We are not sure that Oliver Rhoden.
baugh ought to be fined for fast driving.
The other day he came down Main
street at lao gait. His wagon box had
worked too far forward and got on the
horses heels which they did not appre.
ciate, hence the fast driving.
A petition was circulated in Hazelton
last week with the idea of organizing
an anti.horse thief association. Every
one that had the opportunity readily
signed it. This has been found to be
one of the best representatives. against
horse stealing of any yet tried.
b. l.. Drake wants to hire a good
man to talk to life insurance men SO
he can go along and get his crops all in.
Ihey are getting to be so numerous that
b. l.. says he can't afford to lose all the
time they require, and be would rather
have man TO do the talking as he pre-
fers work to which he is better adapted
and it is not so hard on the system.
M. G. Cavanaugh was a Medicine
Lodge visitor one day last week and
now he is convert to the scheme of
having the commissioners put down
prospect hole on the poor farm at the
expense OF the taxpayers. We ell know
that this hole if put down would not
cost each individual very much, il pro-
portloned among all the taxpayers.
neither would it cost each individual
much to build good bridge across the
river west of Hazelton nor any other
one place where it is badly needed, he
sides when built they would be fol- the
full benefit of all who wished to travel
over them and would to that extent be
of actual value to each man In the
county. 1t wouldn't cost each Of the
taxpayers much to grade mile of pub
lie road in the county and when done
all could use that road free, but to
grade every mile of road in the county
would run our taxes up to something
wonderful, and yet this would seem to
be of more real benefit to the whole
people than any hole that could be put
down on the poor farm. SO why not
try the road grading first and then If
our taxes are not as high as we could
stand, and then to get rid of our sur.
plus, try the hole i'll the groand.