Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-07
. Hazeton Items.

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh While
Feb. 18th, a son.
+. l.. Dicks Is seeking the necessary
preparations to build uice dwelling
on the lots recently bought of W. B.
Combs.
we have seen good many wheat
crops in Kansas, but never saw one that
made better appearance for March
than the present one.
Ii Is one of the unsolved Problems
why the people are worth SO much mole
In july than they ara the 1st Of March.
Spring ra.ns,ot course, help some.
On account of a shortage of evidence
| the parties who were arrested last week
charged with stealing chickens, were
released and allowed to 60 and sin no
more.
The past week has been rather a
boisterous one, but the old adage if
March comes in like a lion it will 90
out like lamb. is helping us keep our
faces straight.
! e. +. Gamble has bought the G. G.
Perry property in the west part of town,
and will take possession i'll few days.
The price paid was about $500 and dirt
cheap at that.
L. d. Sparks of the Lodge did the
talking act at the public sale of A Fl.
Robinson. last week, and acquitted
himself to the general satisfaction of
the parties Interested.
l.. z. Graves, our new Mo. Pacific
agent, is fixing up his place in fine shape
aud is going to have one of the most at
tractive and desirable city residences in
the city in year or 50.
A Mr.. Webster of Omaha, Nebr, was
here last week looking for place to
land about so families on good farm
land. He was we'll pleased with the
appearance of this part of Barber.
Well now doesn't il look innocent this
Sunday morning after all of that dust
and buster most of last week. No one
not acq tainted with the facts would
ever suspicion that we ever had a dusty
day.
jesse Webb has lost fine Shep herd
pup and is now figuring on what to Of
fer; whether reward to get him back
or one to get the other fellow to try and
keep him, something Jesse has so far
failed to do.
w. r Williams expects to make a
visit soon to his old home in Illinois,
anu when not visiting he will give few
sickles the Kansas twist, and show the
Illinois fellows that we have passed the
grind stone age out here.
w. L. Barley and w. B. Combs will
leave here soms time this week for
Colorado. They are going out there to
twist sickles for the alfalfa fellows this
season, and expect to come back loaded
down with money this fall.
BIZ. Bennett expects to start for his
new home in Texas this week. He will
drive his stock through, and the only
trouble about it IS that Bud will be at
the expense Of moving twice, as he will
sure come back before very long.
Chas. Piersall and John Wright will
start in few days for avisit with their
old home folks back IN the Blue Grass
Country, and while there will probably
twist few sickles for t. e farmers just
to show them what can be done by our
Kansas farmers.
Postmaster Dan Edwards has ordered
new postoffice outfit, and is now pre-
pairing his store room to receive 1t.
When it is set up and in running order
Dan will be right up with such towns
as Medicine Lodge and Kiowa. We
look for him to advance the price OF
stamps for while TO get even.
The time has arrived when the farm
ers all have old horses, poor cows, no
bank account and but little farm i'm
plements. and the merchants have a
small stock of goods. the banker small
amount of cash, and everyone generally
in an awfully poor condition. The as
SCISSOR is what has caused this state OF
, things.