Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-07-05
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| Only very few failed to get theil
harvesting done last week.
| A. M. Peck and family of Kansas
City, are here visiting relatives and
friends.
Another crop saver visited US Satur.
day night. This makes about four OF
that kind during the past week.
| The walls of the new business block
OF Edwards 81 Dicks are up about sew.
en- feet. By this time next week it will
be about done.
Frank Hardesty was in luck Ias,
week IN striking rising hog market
at Wichita, something that shippers
don't often find.
A. G. Collins don't seem to be exactly
satisfied with the way the money was
distributed in the Collins estate. as he
failed to get it all. A. G. has wonder.
full capacity for cash.
Oscar Haberleln of the Kiowa News
review. was IN the city short time
Sunday. Oscar has been unwell for
several days and doesn't look much like
entering the ring as pugilst.
| Peter Neff,has llyed in Missouri too
long to ever become reconciled to orr
country. After living here for one win.
ter and part OF the summer he blked
back to his old home, Cameron.
The Independent Telephone Com.
pany now have considerable material
on hand ready to go to work putting up
their line but just now they are all busy
with their crops, and the phones will
have to wait bit.
Inc Web-worms after doing quite a
bit of damage to alfalfa, have apparent.
ly served their time and gone hence for
the present at least, and the alfalfa is
taking new start, apparently not kill.
ed but just set back little.
j. q. Georges barn, Al miles N. E. of
Hazelton, was struck by lightning Sat-
urday night and burned down. There
were 400 bushels Of corn, so bushels of
wheat, or sets of harness, buggy.
wagon and other machines and imple.
ments, all clean loss. No insurance.
The recent rains have done a great
deal toward making the corn crop but
SO far no general rains have visited us
since about the 18th of March and we
are in need of real old time soaker tn
make everything come out in good
| shape.
The past week has just about closed
up the harvesting business in this local
lty and with most of our farmers, their
wheat is just little better than was
expected, the quality is fine and the
heads we'll filled. Those that have
threshed are we'll pleased.
The fine rains during the past week
have put new life in the corn crop and
have put the croakers in a corner. With
just little more of the same kind of
weather we will have another fire corn
crop. This is hard on the knockers but
then let them take their medicine. it
serves them right.
II. w. Fullerton, or Uncle Bob as we
are used to calling him, was visiting
his old friends last week. 1t did us
good to get a grip of his hand once
more for We felt sure we had hold of q
Missouri democr atone that never
changes. Uncle Bob looks we'll and is
doing well back there.
Our mayor has gotten to the point
where he is receiving unsigned com
munications regarding his duty. Per.
haps later on the parties will get their
courage up and let it be known who
they are, then the mayor can Judge az
to their reliability and can govern him
self accordingly, but until then he will
loose no sleep over the matter.
1t did US lots of good to get the Kio.
wa News Review last week, for I'm til
we got and read it we were under the
impression that the Masonic picnic was
not very we'll attended and thought we
had reason for it, but after reading
the News we saw at once we were all
wrong, for we had big crowd all day
and lots af all kinds of amusements.
Guess it was the fault of our lmagina.
tior. The people were here all right bu
we didn't imagine they were.