Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-18
By w. Z. Afford

l.. M. Landreth spent part of last
week at the county seat. He was a wit
ness in damage suit.
j. F. Gamble spent part of last week
at Wichita, and while there bought a
few car loads of building material.
]. II. Knorp was a Medicine Lodge
visitor the last of the week and on his
return he brought Ed Kuntz home so
he could work that corn.
The Ladies Aid Society served Ice
cream and cake at the M. E. church on
Saturday night to raise money to help
finish paying for their piano.
Uncle Jake Keller has been out on
his claim the past two weeks with some
teams breaking sod and getting the
ground In shape for wheat this fail.
After being idle for some time the
old creamery building is again said to
be in use. This time they are handling
the liquid in bottles instead of ten gal
Ion cans.
Since the hail storm last week about
every man that has wheat or oats has
taken out insurance. It has been a
business maker for r. I. Keller and F.
l.. Dicks.
A firm down at Cherokee is advertis-
ing a fine grade of summer coal for sale.
Wonder if it Is some new kind that
doesn't heat the rooms upon hot days
COW chips, perhaps.
During the past week our streets
have been wonderfully improved under
the direction of S. H. Dicks. There is
still good deal of work to be done be.
fore it is complete job.
The damage thought to have been
done the crops by the hail storm last
week is not half as bad as first reported.
The wheat is coming out in many
| fields and will make it all right.
tits whispered around that little
trouble is brewing In the Odd Fellows
lodge here. We hope 1t is of such ma
ture that brotherly love will continue
| to guide them in all of their actions.
Already several farmers are looking
out for farms to rent for another year.
This is poor place to find farms fol-
rent as most Of the farms are being
farmed by the owners. Very few farms
are for rent.
If there is a person In the world that
doesn't deserve any of the good will OF
a community it IS the person who is al
ways trying to get others into trouble
Such person ought to go and live
among the heathens or commit some
great crime and be imprisoned for life
80 as to not be In a position to make
others unhappy by his constant med.
ding in other peoples affairs.
One day last week about 20 of the
neighbor women assembled at the resi-
dence of Mrs. w. HI. Robinson and
quilted couple of nice quilts and sew.
ed wagon load of carpet rags. You
can't get to say more than about three
words to any one Of them now but what
they begin to brag about the fine din.
ner they got on the occasion. If Mrs
Robinson will continue to set up those
kind of dinners she can get all the work
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what would become of us poor mortals
that were left out by not being good
with the needle?
A good many and among others the
State Bank of Hazelton, are being no
titled that they will be sued in the U. S
court or some other court of justice, or
account of having paid w. L. Henson
or receiving pay from him on or about
the time he became bankrupt. Those
people have one of our most busy citi
zens to thank for the U. S. receiver be
ing Informed of these matters. Some
people are never happy unless they car
see others in trouble, but fortunately
the Lord permits only very few oil
this class to live, just for an example te
others, and there is good reason to be-
lieve that we could get along with ever
less than we now have.