Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-07
Sun and Lake City Happenings
INDEX.

this week.
for the past week.
Homer Hastings took dinner with
"the folks" last Sunday.
Bert Purdy is home again after an
alsenCe Of several months.
Mrs. William Freeman has been quite
sick for the past few days.
Oh Coriss goes TO Sharon this week
to purchase an Sl1 turkey.
Henry Warnstaff spent the latter
part of last week in Lake and vicinity
The box supper at Sun City was well
attended and quite nice sum realized.
Rey. r. A. Spencer preached one of
his n ost practical sermons last Sunday.
Mrs. Isaac Mccullough visited with
homefoks near f crest City last Satur-
day.
Emmett McClearey of the Lodge was
in Lake on important business We'd
nesday.
Don't forget the concert by the Smith
family at Lake City next Thursday
evening.
Robt. Crane, NJ. +. Stewart and j.
w. DeGeer of Deerhead were in The
city last Wednesday.
Ruben Lake has returned from OGla-
homa where he has been working at
the separator business.
Walter Saunders and Ed Harris went
to the strip last week where they eX
pect to make a cattle deal.
The leading Kansas City commission
men say good cattle are going to be
high next fall. Watch and pray
Noah recently purchased "thimble
skin" wagon which, with his team of
iron greys attached makes a very pleas
Ing display.
The horses Of this part have general
ly recovered from that destructive NAL
ady, distemper. Roll Ward Is up
against it now.
The Sun City mail seems to ba tri-
weekly instead of daily. Tries to make
the round trip occasionally when the
wind doesn't blow.
Charlie Marsh drove his geese to the
Warnstaff place last Saturday where he
has accepted the position as boss for
the next twelve months.
o. j. COr!iss aud Joe Massey made
trip TO Medicine last Saturday and had
1t not been for the sure anchorage their
big feet afforded they doubtless would
haye been blown away.
Arthur Ward, former Sun City
chap but now the "hello" kid at Coats,
claims the authorship of an eight
pound giIl baby. That's not very large
but good as could be expected.
The ll5 head Of cattle sold by a. J.
Hargls recently, was the smoothest
bunch of stuff to leave this part OF the
county for some time. The average
price was sos per head-$6,O95.
The committee appointed to tear
down the gates between Lake City and
Coats started OH their mission last
Wednesday morning. That will mean
sugar on Jan SINNERS bread. GooGy!
Mr.. Fulton of Protection was through
this part of the county last week intro
ducing the singer" piano; the singer
is a light, in fact is a medium grade H.
strument. II has many qualities that
are unsurpassed
John Purdy had a runaway last
Thursday that came very nearly caus-
ing the boy TO lose his scalp. The team
ran up o steep bank upsettIng the
whole cheese-nO, believe 1t was feed,
but let it be feed or augur holes, JOHN
ME landed on his Uranium, but like the
Bakers almanac boy, he stayed with
the horses.
In Tennessee the poll tax must be
paid If a man has to sacrifice his under
shirt and SOCKS. We have in mind Il
good but unfortunate fellow who STAN
mered-very badly who, upon being Sd
luted bJ the tax collector, began
"I-I-I-t-t but one a-a-n Never
mind" said the collector, who supposed
him to be crying, "I'll put up the
money"
We are not posted to a fragile on
matters pretainlng to the farm, but we
honestly believe that men who talk OF
putting in alfalfa this spring had bet
ter cut out the idea, as they will more
than likely lose the price of the seed
as well as do needless lot of work
The winds that are predicted to come
will blow sharp stick out of the
ground aud thing 50 small as a seed
will stand but little show 10 hang up.