Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08

w. l.. Wh1ttOn OF Moore was I'D
Monday to get additional light on
railroad matters.
! ]. E. Woodward always pays the
highest market price for butter,
eggs and poultry.
Kramer's Wanda, high patent
flour, is the best in the market.
Sold by H. D. Fair.
Joe Massey was down from Tur-
key Creek Saturday. Joe was
shouting for the new railroad.
The Medicine Lodge Musical Tn,
ion has dates in Kiowa, Harper
and Attica. Our musical talent is
in the ascendancy.
Andy Richards, the political boss
of Wellington, was comforting with
Senator Long and Secretary Faxon
here last Friday and Saturday.
L. T. Williams has been down
with rheumatism the past week
and is just beginning to be able to
be up again.
Engineer Fred Merrill was sent
to Wellington by the Santa Fe
Monday for temporary purposes.
Our delayed S and 1ocent de-:
partment goods have arrived and
are now on sale. Don't fail to see
them as they are all Special Bar
-gains.-V. S. Cook.
Vice President and General Man
ager Ed L. Peckham of the Denver,
Kansas & Gulf arrived Saturday
and remained over to see h ow the
bond election went.
]. B. Gano saw Milt Hull at Har-
per the morning he was hurt and
says it was indeed very pitiable
sight. Mr.. Gano is inclined to dis
credit the theory that Milt was
"slugged".
Joe Huff, of Kiowa, who has a
state diploma as a horse dentist,
was in the city from Saturday until
yesterday in the interest of his pro-
fesslon. From here he went to
Corwin.
Medicine Lodge and Kiowa both
have individuals who pay mo re
taxes than the Hazelton Land Com
pany, and they didn't make one
tenth of the amount of noise that
the foreign corporation did.
DR.. John A. Burnett and Miss
Grace L. McAllister of Kiowa Sc
cured marriage license at the pro-
bate judges office on Thursday,
the end. They were married by
Rev. c. A. Hitch of that city Fri
day evening.
Miss Mary Best advertises eight
of her fine thoroughbred Poll-An-
gus bulls for sale in our "Miscellan-
eous column" During recent years
Miss. Best has devoted her attention
exclusively to blooded Poll Angus
cattle and sh e now has an excep-
ii onally fine herd. In the summer
Gano & Hoag bought one of her
Angus cows off of grass and it
weighed 1875 pounds, and it was
only an average of the herd of equal
age. Stockmen who want good
Angus cattle will make no mistake
in buying out of Miss Best's herd.
County Clerk Newman of Shaw
nee county who is looking around
this early in the game for delegates
to the state republican convention
who will vote for him for state
auditor, was here last week. He
was also trying to get onto the re-
publican method of ofsetting
democratic ma jorities with repub.
lican minorities. He thinks the
Medi cine Lodge politicians stand
first in the state for gall-the gen.
uine article.
President Roosevelt has issued
his proclamation designating No
vember goth as Thanksgiving Day.
There has been considerable dis
pute concerning the proper day to
be designated. The calendars have
it the fourth Thursday in the
month-the 23rd-but the official
authorities decided that the last
Thursday of the month would be
more appropriate and in keeping
with the intention of the founders |