Barbour County index., 1906-03-14
Sun andLake City Happenings
What beautiful weather.
Cor. INDEX

Rev. Martindale was in the city last
Thursday.
Chas. Nolan is shot to pieces with
the mumps.
Miss Tracy Likes is home again to
stay for awhile.
Miss Lena Shigley visited few days
at the Lodge last week.
! George Holley has his underground
mansion about completed.
Another case of smallpox is reported
in Coats and still another in Pratt.
Marie Thomas visited with her little
friends at the Lott home Friday night.
The entertainment given by the
good.
People are getting wild again. Just
because cattle are high they must buy
or die.
The dedication of Deerhead church
will not occur the 3rd Sunday IN March,
as was stated.
Mrs Meaders and family were the
guests of her sister, Mrs. Smith, of
Goats last Friday.
Messrs Holton and Blankenship,
Turkey Creek children, were in Lake
Saturday afternoon.
Last weeks snow has put new life IN
the fields of wheat and even caused the
grass to take q peep
Trotter and Nichols, two soggy in
dependent farmers of the south, were
in Lake last Wednesday.
Oysters roasted, fried or stewed were
plentifully furnished the "Star" folks
after lodge Saturday evening.
Prof She'll rem aimed in the city over
last Saturday, tho not because of the
Other mans wife-snowed under L sup
pose.
A thousand head of cattle are likely
to change hands in the Lake vicinity
this week probably have before this
item goes to print.
Fred Waltz IS expected here from
Kentucky next week. Blue grass is
very attractive but Kansas short grass
is more desirable yet.
Mngona deserves a compliment for
that splendid wrlteup he gave his neigh
bOrs in last weeks Index. 1t struck us
as being rather funny.
John Campbell marketed $4,000
bunch of steers last week and faced
about before the cash had time to get
cold and bought 1876 head.
We understand Mr.. Bckle of An
thony is going to get the gyp mills i'll
order again This will be a very i'm
portant spot along the new line.
Get busy. No time for loa6ng!
There's fence to build, sod to break,
barleJ to sow, listing to do and corn to
husk. Gee whiz. Get busy fool!
Rum0rs say that John Purdy had an
other runaway last week. Believe they
attributed the cause of this one to too
much "tauglefoot." They will do it.
Quite a number from this corner of
the field attended the rag" at Coats
last Wednesday evening and report "a
time for the cats to rest upon" No
doubt.
The editor of the Coats 1.-TWO leaf"
seems to be a better rustler than his
predecessor. However, he will have
to annex four pages yet to fulfill his
promise.
Noticed by the Wichita Star that the
SedgwIck county farmers are making
roar on high taxes. They had better
move to Barber county whsre they will
receive royal treatment.
Hastings & Lake haye just received
Car of John Dsere implements consist
ing of buggies, plows. stackers and
sweep rakes. Tney also have the well
known "Peler Schuttler" wagon.
Now Noah, there isn't but one way
you can keep that long haired duck
from crossing Sand creek and that will
be to-tO-moye the creek-no not that
you know what, move the other.
Used to know young man, lazy
sort of fellow, who was constantly re-
citing this verse: "Old bee makes the
honey, young bee makes the comb;
old man makes the money, young man
carries IT home.h What a beautiful
thought
4 Once l knew a man, a Methodist
preacher by the way, who said" never
get tired OF good trsatm snt." This re
minds u s of the fact that there are peo
pie who are neither Methodists nor
Methodist preachers, who enjoy good
treatment too. This Is demonstrated
sometimes in the fence partnership
business where one partner expects the
other to do all the building and repair
ing while he is enjoying good treat