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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
HE CARRIED AWAY THE JACKPOT.

City Marshal ] B. Stockstill got
into his first poker game Saturday
night and is now pretty well fixed
financially. He has two blues, a
red, a white, one table and several
chairs and he would like to find
the original owner. He made the
find in the old Leeshanty on Spring
Creek at the foot of Washington
avenue. He scented the den sew
eral days before the capture but his
desire was to find the proprietor or
proprietors at home. On the event
full night he walked quietly down
to the place of action but it appears
he was spied before he got to the
house and human forms went out
of the several apertures at a rate of
speed never before made by human
energy, and by the time he got to
the improvised poker room nothing
remained but the paraphernalia
above mentioned.
The marshal says he would like
to cash his chips but he is unable
to find the cashier.
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SMALL POX AT ISABEL.

Sheriff Haun and County Health
Officer Coleman were called to Isa-
bel last Thursday to quarantine
several families who had small pox
patients in the house. 1t was learn
ed that the Eckelston family who
own the Isabel hotel had been af-
ficted for some time but it was not
known to the people of the town
or the community until last week
when Mrs. Eckleston's condition
became very serious. During this
time great many people in the
immediate vicinity became expos
ed and the officers were inclined to
quarantine all who came incontact
with the disease, as far as they
could learn, but they could find nc
place to house them. DR.. Coleman
took the matter up with the State
Board of health and he was advised
to quarantine such families as are
now afflicted and to keep a close
watch on those who have been ex.
posed and quarantine any who
might contract the disease. Under
the law any person who has been
exposed to contagious disease
may be quarantined but it is up to
the county to provide a suitable
place for such persons which in
this case was impossible.
The people of Isabel are very
reasonable in the matter and are
doing all they can to stamp out the
disease.
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TO EXTEND TELEPHONE LINES.

The Medicine Lodge Telephone
Company began this week to build
new rural telephone lines tributary
to the city and also to improve the
Medicine Lodge-Lake City-Cold-
water line. On the Lake City
line the old poles will be taken
down and new and larger ones will
be supplied. The line will be built
along the public road instead of
the old railroad grade over which
it now extends, and rural 'phonse
will be put in and connected along
the route wherever desired, between
Medicine Lodge and Lake City.
Another line will be built from
the city northeast to connect with
the Wheatley line out of Isabel
which will connect Pratt and
other north and northwesterly
points. Party lines will also be
extended out into the Iliff neigh
borhood and up Elm creek, while
still another rural line will be ex-
tended to a point twelve miles
south along the Medicine river.
They also intend to place phone
at Sharon for the benefit of rural
phones east of Medicine Lodge.
When this work is completed
Medicine Lodge will be connected
with all the rural territory within
radius of ten miles and in some
directions even farther than that.
These extensions will entail
great expense but the Company
thinks it is due the business men of
Medicine Lodge to be in close COM
munication with the trade that
rightfully belongs to them and
they say they are willing to take
the advanced step, feeling that it
will ultimately rebound to the mu-
tual benefit of both the company
and the public.
The company, in making this ex-
tension, does not desire to be placed
in the attitude of antagonizing
other companies. Its sole purpose
is to bring all portions of the city's
tributary territory in closer busi-
ness and social connection with
Medicine Lodge. The public, we
feel confident, will welcome this
improvement.
Last week the institution was
incorporated under the state laws
1t is capitalized at $4,000.
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HOME AGAIN.

Editor and Mrs. Chas. G.. Painter
returned home from Kansas City
last Thursday evening, where, as
stated by the Index last week, Mr..
Painter underwent a surgical opera
tion at the Agnew Hospital for alb
scess of the bone in the leg. Since
his return home he has been get
ting along fairly well, all things
considered, but he will not be able
to be at work as soon as predicted
Immediately after the operation.
He still suffers considerable pain in
the leg and hip periodically which
may not abate entirely until the
wounds caused by the operation are
healed. These aches are said to be
of a sympathetic nature peculiar te
such cases. The wounds appear
to be healing nicely.
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SCALP BOUNTIES.

The county commissioners OF
Clark county have quit paying
bounty on coyote scalps. They
claim that since other counties sur
rounding them do not pay a bounty
it is hardship on them to do So.
There is good logic in the reason
ing. For many years Barber coun-
ty has been paying bounty on
scalps and is doing SO yet. All the
surrounding counties get as much
benefit from it as this county does,
yet, if Our information is correct,
only one of our neighbors is now
paying a bounty. For this purpose
not far from 5000 a year is ex-
pended and the heaviest bills in
variably come from near the south
ern and western border lines.
This paper is not urging very
strongly that bounty paying stoT
but it does think that neighborine
counties should do their part to.
wards exterminating coyotes anc
wolves.
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DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.

There will be a mass meeting of
the Democratic voters of Barber
county at the court house in Medi-
cine Lodge, Kansas, on Saturday,
April 21, 1906, at 2 P. NJ, for the
purpose Of electing delegates to at
tend the Democratic State, Con
gressional and Neutrality-suspicious.
All persons in harmony with Dem
ocratic principles and opposed to
Republican policies as practiced by
the Foraker-Aldrich combine are
invited to attend and participate
in the meeting.
RILEY LAKE, Chairman.
SEWARD |. FIELD, Secy.
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FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.

Clarence E. Thompson and Geo.
F. Guthrie, both Of this city, an
nounce their candidacy for register
of deeds in last weeks official re-
publican organ, The Medicine
Lodge Cresset. The county seat
aspirants are getting in early and il
the outside country doesn't hurry
there will be nothing left.
The Democratic aspirants, by
the way, are not very active. The
Index would like to carry a column
of announcements at IS per.
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ST. MARKS CHURCH SERVICES.

Good Friday services, April 13th,
as follows: Morning Prayer, 9 80;
Three hour Service, II to 3; Even
ing Service at 7:3o.
Easter Day services, Sunday,
April 5th, as follows: Holy Com
munion, 7:3o A. NJ; Holy Com
munion, 400 A. NJ; Sunday
School, 3 P. NJ; Evening Service,
7:3o P. M.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend these services, especially the
services on Good Friday. You
need not stay all three hours but
can come in and stay for am hour
and then leave if you wish to do
so. The choir have arranged fol
Full Choral Communion Service
at II a. M, Sunday service, with
Easter Anthem, also Full Choral
Service at 7:3o P. m.
Rev. Geo. Belsey will be in
charge of the different services.
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JACKSON-COGHILL.

At the parsonage of the Baptist
church last Sunday evening, at 7:3o
Mr.. Alfred Jackson and Miss Maud
Coghill were united in marriage
by the pastor. The immediate
family and few intimate friends
were present to witness the cere-
mony and to start the young couple
on their happy journey and to wish
them we'll Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson
will live on Mr.. Jackson's fathers
ranch northwest of the city.
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A LIGHT AND HEATING PLANT.

H. S. Pettegrew of the Warren
& Pettegrew Light & Gas Com
pany of the state of Wisconsin has
been in the city the past month
talking up the organization of a
local Light & Gas Company.
Several of our leading financial
men have taken hold of the propo-
sition and the prospects are that it
will soon be in working order.
The plan is to organize a local
company with capital of $4,000
each share to be valued at $Ioo.
Mr.. Pettegrew, in consideration of
an agreed sum, is to- put in the
plant, equip it with twelve street
lamps and two miles of main, fur
nish the grounds and building and
put it in working order after which
it is to pass into the ownership of
the local company. Other cities
are using the plant with gratifying
success and those of our citizens
who have investigated it appear
to be satisfied that the system as
well as the installing company are
safe and entirely responsible and
if the plant is put in and proves to
be as represented there is little
doubt that the local company will
accept it,
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PETIT JURORS FOR MAY TERM.

D. Gordon, Sharon.
c. w. Hide brand, Deerhead.
D. S. Bruce, Deerhead.
P. A. McBroom, Hazelton.
r. l. Keller, Hazelton.
Geo. Eckert, Aetna.
w. H. Huffaker, Sharon.
G. II. Raymond, Kiowa.
P. B. Cole jr., Cedar.
Eben D ouglass, Sun City.
F w. Herri nton, Hazelton.
A. Gregory, Kiowa.
Geo. Suhler, Sharon.
A. Robinson, Kiowa.
John Bowm an, Sharon.
]. w. Storm, Eagle.
]. T. Ciawson, Turkey Creek.
A. S. Coles, Valley.
Tbos. Balmer, Nippawalla.
Joe Huff, Kiowa.
{. c. Perry, Hazelton.
VIM. Fuller, Medicine Lodge.
M. c. Cling erman, Kiowa.
@. w. Shaw, Medic inc Lodge.
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THE FRANK DIXON LECTURE.

The lecture of Frank Dixon at
the opera house Monday night was
an exceptionally strong one. Mr..
Dixon's subject was "The Man
Against the Mass, an arraignment
of socialism. The speaker, OF
course, had the advantage of hav-
ing the entire sympathy of the audi
ence. Probably not one of his hear
ers was socialist in the full sense
of the term. Yet he frequently in
dulged in exaggeration of the So
cialist position, often quoting the
extremist instead of the deep think
ing socialist. 1t is hard for lectur-
ers as class to always give all the
credit due the theory which the
subject opposes. But Dixon please
ed his audience and demonstrated
his oratorical and argumentative
mastery. He is a powerful mar
on the platform.
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HAIL INSURANCE.

AGENTS WANTED in every town
ship in Barber county. Good COM
mission paid. Farmers protect
your crops. Cost small compared
to risk. 1906 rates based on past
five years experience. You are pro-
tected as soon as you sign applica.
ton and settle with our agent.
Insure early, it costs no more.
Call on or write to
H. H. Case, County Agt.
Grain Growers Hail Insurance Co.
Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
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WILL RECEIPT FOR POLL TAX.

All parties within the jurisdic-
ton of the city of Medicine Lodge
who desire to pay their poll tax in
stead of working it out can procure
their 1906 receipt for 81 in cash if
they take it up before June Ist, and
the street commissioner will secure
men to do the work. Otherwise
the same conditions will be in force
as in former years.
B. STocKsTlLL,
Street Commissioner.
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
OF the Public Schools Of Medicine Lodge,
Monday Night, April 23rd. Nine.
teen Complete Course.


The graduating exercises of the
Medicine Lodge Public Schools
will be held in the opera house
Monday evening, April 23rd, at
$3.50 o'clock. The class represent
atlves are as follows:
p, Salutatorian. Elsie Trotter.
Orators. Paul Covert
............. ;. Herbert Hammond
Class Historians. ....... Uel Major
............. Elizabeth Fitzgerald.
Faledictorian. .Leora Flohr.
A good musical program will be
given in connection with the above.
A full program will be published
next week.
LIST OF GRADUATES.
Uel Harrison Major. Paul Dubbs Covert.
Herbert Hammond. Everett Burton,
Charles Green. Roy Flint.
Hollis Zeilor. Bernice Williams
Florence Elsie Trotter. Nettie McClain.
Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Ella Schmidt. 4.
Letha NJ. VanNeSs. Dora Haun.
Mary Mccoy. Lillian Lorton.
Amber Hunt. Gertrude Stevens.
Leora E. Flohr.
D. w. MAJOR, Supt.
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INSURE YOUR CROPS.

St. Paul Fire & Marine ms. Co.
will continue to write insurance
this year on growing crops. The
only Stock Co. doing hail business.
Walter Cushenbery will take ap-
plications at Medicine Lodge and ]
will solicit business in the country,
or see me at Waldron Chase's farm
In Elwood township.
c. w. SELBY,
HardtneF, Kans.
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GETTING ALONG NICELY.

Latest reports from Mrs. w. H.
McCague from the Wichita Hospi-
tai say she is getting along nicely.
The diagnosis is in harmony with
DR.. Donovan's theory and no surgi
cal operation has so far been found
necessary. The Index hopes that
favorable reports may continue to
come from her bedside.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11
For Sale.

One American hydraulic cemen
rock machine which can be had at
a bargain. Write or inquire at
the State Bank of 'Hazelton, Haz-
elton, Kansas.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF TREE CULTURE.

Nothing pays like raising trees
for posts and poles. From various
sources we gather the following
information regarding the propa-
cation of catalpa and black locust
trees for fence posts, telephone poles
and various other uses to which
desirable timber is put. 1t is esti-
mated that at the present rate of
consumption the natural forests
will not last to exceed fifty years
and as the demand for lumber and
other products of the forest has in
creased many fold in the past de-
cade it is probable that another ten
years will see all kinds of timber
greatly increased in price and val
ue. 1t is estimated that one acre
of hardy catalpas or catalpa speci-
ocia will in a period of ten years
produce fence posts and telephone
poles of a value of $1,000. This
estimate is based upon the follow
ing. figures:
No. of trees planted per .242o
Deduct for possible loss 42o
1000
Estimated No. of posts per tree. S
Total No. posts per acre. 10000
Present Est. value each post..1o
100000
The trees planted as above are
set 3 feet apart in rows 6 feet apart,
and can be thinned after five or six
years growth, making good mark
etable posts. The same figures
will apply to the black locust. The
young trees should be cultivated
the first year and if possible once
or twice the second year. The
above figuses show a net profit Of
500 per acre per year for the first
ten years, after which the old roots
will produce from two to three
times as much during the second
period of ten years.
We are informed that practical
experience at the Yeaga Planta-
ton at Hutchinson, Kansas, has
demonstrated that the above fig
ureS are not much out of the wav
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11

County Clerk Wilson went to
Kiowa on Monday. He promised
us to look up the political situation
down there and report to us on his
return.
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New Spring goods constantly
arriving at A. B. Wilkins s. Cos.
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Corn chop, bran and shorts at
A. B. Wilkins & Cos.
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Wall paper at Adams @ Cos.
The very latest and all qualities.
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DR.. Donovan reports a fine boy
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Frank
c. Ward. The young man arrived
on Friday, April 9th. Congratula-
tionS.
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Take your chickens, turkeys, eggs
hides and furs to the Gordon Poul-
try Company.
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Kramer's Wanda, high patent
-four, is the best in the market.
Sold by H. d. Fair.
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For SALE-A span of good work
mules. Inquire of w. S. Rhoades,
Medicine Lodge, Kans.
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w. H. McCasue returned home
from Wichita last Thursday even
ing.
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H. T. Woodward & Son always
pay the highest market price
for butter, eggs and poultry.
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The topic which will be discussed
at the Baptist church Sunday even
ing will be Amazing Stupidity"
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For the best Red River seed po
tatoes go to A. B. Wilkins & Co.
Bliss, Triumph, Early Ohio and
Early Rose.
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For SAIE-Rose Comb Brown
Leghorn eggs. SO cents setting or
800 per hundred.-Leonard OFT,
Medicine Lodge, KS.
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WANTED-2oo or 300 cattle to
pasture for the season. Plenty Of
good grass and water. Range on
Cedar Creek. Address H. ]. Park
er, Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
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Will Fuller shipped four more
car loads of his full fed steers and
one OF hogs, 10 Kansas City on
Monday.
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Speaking about Incubators, when
you get tired of the one you have
go to Chase Hdw. Cos. and get
one that is guaranteed to do the
work No sitting up nights or
worry; it is self adjusting-just
feed it little Oil once day and
watch results.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11

The Christian church will OBJ
serve Easter exercises on the even
ing of April 18th, beginning
promptly at 8 o'clock. All are in
vited
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-04-11

Tom Gallagher has quit farming
and has enlisted in the hammer ane
saw brigade under w. L. Parsons
Mr.. and Mrs. Gallagher have NOV
ed into town.
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WANrED-6oo cattle to pasture
steers preferred.) Good grass and
plenty of running water. Pasture
near Isabel on Spring Creek.-W.
P. Gibson, Isabel, Kansas.
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Mrs. Geo. Larkin of Deerhead,
who has been taking treatment at
DR.. KocieIl's Offices in this city
several weeks, departed on Satur-
dav for a visit at Cleveland, Ohio.
her former home. She will proba-
bly not return before fall. Mr..
Larkin accompanied her as far as
Kansas City. The Index is glad
to learn that Mrs. Larkin has re-
gained her health and is feeling as
well as ever again.
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| have pasture for IS or SO head
of cattle. Range on Dry Creek,
6 miles west of Medicine Lodge.
Abundance of good grass and wat
era. A. Marched, at City Hotel.
New-York tribune., 1906-09-07
HARVARD STOCK SCARS.
Tiuian NickalIs Says american Creso
Should Beat CAMBRIDGE.

London. Sept. TT plump wholeheartedlv
for Harvard" writes Vivian Niclalls the we'll
known oarsmsn. TO The Daily Mail" this morn
ing. My reason for so doing is because 7 con-
slider that in nearly all their trials the Americans
have shown more speed and staying power than
their rivals
Mr. Nickalls expresses the opinion that the
leg work of Harvard will bring victory. There
is likely to be rough water. Mr. NickaIs saws.
and ne prefers the Americans to the English
men on disturbed surface
The Harvard and Cambridge crews wera botb
on the river twice to-day. Neither die any bara
work, the Cambridge men especially taking
things in easy fashion. The critics have been
commenting on the danger of staleness if the
Englishmen try TO do too much work after their
long period OF training. and Muttleburv. their
coach. has needed this advice.
Harvard tried a few sharp sprints. and seems
20 be improving daily I'm the important partic-
ulsr OF starting. in which the Light Blue was at
first conceded 70 enjoy a distinct advantage A
scratch Leander eight was on the river to-day
and paced the Harvard men whenever they
seemed inclined 10 hit up the pace. but TO timing
done.
great crowd was out to-day to watch the
work. and the river bank from Putney 10 Ham
mersmith was thronged Many well known oars
men were out. including Vivian Nickalls. the
veteran. who rowed in the Leander eight that
beat the Vesper crew. GOldie. a famous Cam
bridge oar in his day; Escombe. Lehman. the
man who has in turn coached oxford Cambridge
and Harvard and several others. were also
among the spectators.
The betting OF the race went from II 20 on
Cambridge to-day 10 even money.
Cambridge is expected TO try to wear down
the American eight before Hammersmith Bridge
is reached. while IL is thought that II Harvard
wins victory viii be in the long. heart
breaking stretch from the Thorneycroft Tor
pedo Boat Works at Chiswick. to the finish at
MOrtlake II is here that Ragden. the Harvard
coNsw2in, will meet his severest test. and II is
not too much 20 say that the victory Of the
Crimson is likely to depend on how thoroughly
he has learned the twisting. turning river be-
yond Hammersmith.
The Harvard men have maintained their
weight during the last few days or training, but
some Of the friends of Cambridge are anxious.
fearing that the latter becoming a trihe
fine"
During tO-day's practice Of starts Wray, the
Harvard coach. was heard telling members of
the Harvard crew that they were missing the
beginning Of the stroke. but the fault WAS rem
edied in subsequent attempts, and Vivian Nick
alls. the veteran oarsman. remarked that the
Americans were improving daily I'm this respect.
Harvard will go out tomorrow morning and
will be out again IN the Afternoon. The Cam
bridge men will only go out in the afternoon to-
morrow.
The weather has become less settled. much
cooler and somewhat cloudy.