Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-15
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clipped from the NeWs-Review.
Ed Ii. Smith has signed contract
witt the representative of a Pennsyl-
yania prospecting company to drill
several prospect wells on his western
Barber county ranch southwest of
Sun City on the Barber Comanche
county line. The experts of the
prospecting company have made a
close search for indications of the
presence of coal or gas in western
Barber county. and have selected
part OF Mr.. Smiths ranch as the
most promising locality to begin
operations on. 1t is claimed there
are strong indications of oil on the
ranch, and in order TO find out for
certain Mr.. Smith executed lease
giving the company privilege to bore
for oil or anything of value they may
be able to find in a certain part of his
ranch, reserying ali rights not ex-
pressly waived in the instrument for
himself. The term OF the lease is for
one year. The company proposes 10
driilSbout 3 900 feet deep, if nothing
in the way of gas or valuable miner
ais are struck sooner, aud in case a
well or mine Is opened up Mr.. Smith
is TO receive percentage of the pro
ceeds. The experts are very conf.
dent they have found the right spot
to set the drill going Work will be-
gin in a short time, just as soon as
the necessary machinery can be got.
ten on the gtound. The result Of the
boring Will be watched with great
interest
The colored people ara circulating a
subscription paper TO raise funds for a
church of their own in this city We
failed to learn with what encourage.
ment the cOlored brethren are meeting.
The proposed site for the new church
is west Of the Santa Fe coal chute. and
will be donated byone OF the colored
men.
Col. 3. V. Ray left over the Mo.
Pacific on Tuesday for Eureka Springs.
Mr.. Ray was in poor health lately and
expects TO be benefited by the waters
at the Springs and a change of sur
roundings. At Wichita his son in law,
John Whelan, joined him
The Prohibition party of Barber
county met Saturday afternoon with
Bro. Geo. F. Long to nominate can
didate for county commissioner. Hon
Moses Wright presided and Judge
Chas. Rumsey acted as secretary. On
motion Pete Hearn was nominated by
acclamati on.
Clipped from the Journal
A. &. Smith returned the first Of the
week from his trip to the Indian
Territory. lie reports fine time and
says he visited Joe Erie and John
Elliott, who are doing well, but are
not overly taken in country where
the farming has to be done with a
hoe. Joe says he has worked hard r
in the five months he has been there
than he did the entire time he was on
his Woods county farm.
VIM. derrick and Jake Achenbach
nave pun CutlSCu Cu0 ~. N. Davis gem
eral stock of merchandise at Hardtner,
and will continue the business. Mr..
Davis has been very successful al
Hardtner and we predict for his sue.
cessOrs success.
Ill. ID. Records writes from ST. Louis
that hels certainly having the time
of his life and that he finds the prices
very reasonable. He and DR.. Cloud
are paying 81 per day each for their
room with bath. While everything is
not complete, there is plenty to see
and as the grounds are not now crowd
| ed it is good time to go.
w. j. Sterling has 800 acres Of wheat
which he says will yield him about
5000 bushels. For this he expects to at
least receive so cents per bushel
which will net him neat little sun
| indeed.