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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-07

The talk is current among some of the
hlgh school boys that half the trouble at
the high school is due to the boys dis
ike for the janitor whom they accuse
of spying and being needlessly oficious
and meddesome. 1t is claimed that sew
eral of the acts complained of have been
committed to bother him and make him
trouble rather than the principal The
school board are unit in defending Mr.
Eames, who, they say, is a valuable and
efficient man who attends to his own
business and does not interfere with the
boys any further than he is obliged to
do in the performance of his duties
MI smith says the janitor has never acted
as a spy on the boys and does not come
10 MIN with reports of minor infractions
of school discipline 1t would appear
that the accusations of the boys bark
back mainly to the time last fall when
Mr.. Eames knew that bottles of beer
had been brought into the basement He
informed the principal of the fact-and
would have been promptly discharged if
he had not done so. That is where the
school board ana the principal draw the
line.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-07

On Tuesday morning John Hamilton
confessed to his father that he had cut
the halyards on Tuesday night of last
week-the night before the high school
pre- Memorial exercises. He said he went
out by himself and did the cutting, and
That no other boy was with him DR..
Hamilton promptly took his son to Rev.
Mr. Osgood, the chairman Of the school
board, to whom he made the same con-
tession and ii was put in writing The
boys case, as 1t stands since this con-
fession, has not yet come before the
school board.
The board have received letters from
Mr.. Whitney ana Mr.. Bryant protesting
against the severity of the sentences of
expulsion against their sons
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-07

SUNDAY morning service Of First Church
Of Christ Scientist at 1O45 Subject "God
the Preserver of Man" Wednesday even,
ing service at o'clock The Christian
science reading room is open to the pub
lie tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday ar
ternoon from until o'clock. Marke;
block.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-07
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
The Village District Committee
Take a Firm Stand
Repeated Acts Of Lawlessness and In
subordination Result in the Expulsion
Of Two Boys and -Four Suspensions.

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S''H were tul second time, but the
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p'I'",S present Were asked for any state
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-07

Nhlle on lot in Dorset, on which the
army of John Stark encamned few
nights before the battle of bennington,
John Lille found recently a canteen nj
stone ware. made in the shape Of ring
ana large enough to slip over the arm. on
one side, rudely carved, are the figures
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-07

tionality. cohVen-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
SCHOOL MEETING.

T. L. Lindley was reelected di-
rector of the Medicine Lodge school
district at the annual meeting held
at the school house last Wednes-
day. A levy of IS mills was voted,
which is the limit under the law
IS teachers and 10 building. Con-
corning the funding of outstanding
warrants into S per cent bonds, it
was the unanimous sentiment of
the meeting that this should be
done, and the board was instructed
to take the matter up with the
state superintendent at once. If
the movement is successful, and
there is every indication that it
will be, the district will make a
saving OF at least $275 year on
interest and discounts and IN the
course of another year the district
will be on a cash basis again. The
present bonded Indebtedness is
$I4,ooo-less than half what if
was when the school house was
built. There is an interest and
sinking fund of 20 mills each year
to take care of the bonded debt
and the present outstanding war
rants which now amount 10 over
50, ~ can be taken care of by
S much cheaper than
% their present shape.
..~ard was also instructed to
provide a suitable room for the
second primary in the basement for
next term. The addition of the
county high school will necessitate
another room in the building. The
preparing of this room together
with the immense amount of re-
pairing made necessary by the tor
nado, will probably compel the
board to secure labor from out of
town. There is work in the city
since the storm for many more
laborerS and mechanics than the
city can supply.
School will open the first Mon
day in September if the building
can be repaired by that time.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
BIG HAIL STORM.

A terrible hail storm swept over
several miles of territory south OF
Sharon last Friday afternoon. At
ter the storm the ground was COW
cred with hail and at a distance
1t looked as though heavy snow
had fallen. The hail, in places
where it lay in drifts, could have
been shoveled up in wagon loads.
Pleas Dewitt was the heaviest
loser. He had one hundred acres
OF wheat ready for harvest. Not a
straw was left standing. Compe-
tent Judges say it would have
yielded 20 bushels per acre. Mr..
Dewitt did not carry any insur-
ance and consequently loses 1000
bushels of as fine, plump wheat as
ever grew in Kansas.
G. D. Catlin on the Scho6eld
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

The board of county commits
sioners met in regular session on
Monday, allowed the current ex-
penses and attended to few i'm
portant matters and adjourned un-
til August. All of the commits.
sioners are busy trying to save
their crops and Strengthening up
affairs around home since thestorm
and had to cut the meeting short.
An adjournment was taken until
the first Monday in August.
The Jackson-Warren road north
of this city was allowed. ]. o.
Warren was allowed SIS and
Walter Jackson $Ioo damage.
Henderson Garten was allowed
$50 to waive damages on account
of Galloway road in Mingona
township.
Homer Hastings, H. c. Walker
and Bert Kennedy were appointed
to appraise school land-sw Sc 10
3o-15, Turkey Creek township.
Uncalled for warrants amount
ing to $7.2o were destroyed.
The county clerk was ordered
to check up the bond record and
mark all coupons that are past due
for a period of five or more years
so that they may be cancelled in
August.
The Board adopted a resolution
requiring land owners, agents and
trustees to destroy Russian and
Canadian thistles. Official notice
is published elsewhere.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03

]. I. Lawry was allowed $500
but the committee decided that on
account of his age it would be bet
ter for the committee to relieve
him of the responsibility of look
ing after building and decided to
furnish him this amount in build
ing material. All the carpenters
in the city have agreed to donate
him one days work.
Mrs. Howe was donated S2s
but she returned it. She stated
that $25 would more than cover
her loss and that there were so
many that in her judgment had
hetter claims to the money.
We understand that the citizens
of Mingona township have raised
a fund to assist Johnny Jesse who
lost his personality and suffered a
broken leg in the storm, and also
to assist Thos. Toombs who lost
everything he had.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
100000 TO 100000 LOSS.
Most Conservative Estimate OF Dam age
done by Tornado, Rain and Hail
Twice Greater than at First
Supposed.

The clouds have rolled away
and the mists have cleared but the
people in different sections of Bar
Der county are still in a semi-stu-
por not knowing whence to go or
where to take hold first. The
losses in the districts covered by
the storm will aggregate over
S2oo,ooo. Of this amount proba-
bly, fourth is covered by insur-
ance.
An insurance adjuster who is a
specialist in estimating losses made
calculations on the entire loss the
tornado did in the county. His
figures are 5 $563,ooo.oo. In this es-
innate is included all damage to
timber, fruit trees, crops and veg.
citation as we'll as property losses.
He said that the tree losses are
greater than all the other losses
combined.
No deaths have yet resulted from
the storm and the seriously injured
seem to be improving slowly. The
most aggravated cases are I. r.
Mccoy and wife, Mrs. May Lytle
and Mrs. ]. I. Lawry. The pres
ent prospects,, we are glad to note,
are that they will recover.
Specific amounts in losses that
have been reduced to figures are as
follows:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03

place southeast of this city also
loses his wheat which, in addition
to his tornado loss, is very severe
on him.
Corn in the hail beaten districts
is beaten down to the ground and
much OF it will not grow up. The
only fortunate thing about the
storm was that it covered only a
limited territory.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03

These estimates do not take into
account damages under $25, nor
damage done to trees and orchards.
Many Others have been damaged
who are unable to estimate it at
all. Thereare Others who were
tenants in destroyed and damaged
houses who lost all clothing and
household goods. Few of these
have been able to furnish estimates
of losses.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
TORNADO INCIDENTS.

Harry Terry's loss includes $45
in money which he had in the house.
Lightning struck the big lake
on the water ditch and a day later
hundreds Of dead fish were floating.
Only one man whose home was
completely destroyed has so far
concluded to rebuild at the same
place. Thos. Murphy says he will
put up another house as soon as he
can get carpenters.
Forty acres of wheat had been
put in shock on the Coryell farm
north of the cemetery, by Chas.
Alexander, the day before the
storm. To date not a single bun.
die has been seen since the storm.
F. ]. Engel who resides a short
distance southeast of the city con-
siders himself the luckiest man in
the county. His house and barn,
located between two farm proper
ties totally destroyed, were not
damaged at all.
Bob Froman and Park Moomau
went to work on the water pump
Immediately after the storm and
had the plant in operation by noon
Monday. The plant was consider
ably damaged and it required
about a weeks time to get it in
shape.
On G. R. Taylor's farm seven
miles southeast of this city, where
everything was swept away includ-
ing orchard, forest trees and fences,
a coop of little chicks in the yard,
unprotected, was not moved at all,
while trees within few feet of the
coop were carried away.
To the credit of the city it can
be said that no case of theft was
discovered after the storm which
SO frequently follows such disasters.
Sheriff McCracken had deputies on
guard several nights after the
storm but there was no indication
OF any desire on the part of any
person to molest anything.
Col. o. S. Boggs wants the peo-
pie to understand that he knows
how to build a house. The house
built by him and now owned by
Dick Fuller is the only one in
the northern section of town west
of Walnut street not DESTROYED.
Col. Boggs says he built it himself
and is ready to guarantee it against
the next tornado that may happen
along.
Mrs. Lytle one of the most seri-
ously injured, would probably have
gotten to Geo. Urton's cellar and
escaped injury had she not tried to
get her pocketbook containing
SIS before leaving her house. She
could not find the purse, however,
and left the house when it began
to move. All but S. was found
the morning after the storm and
restored to her.
The storm worked a hardship on
everybody, but there are several
families whose misfortune is great
er than others. Those most sorely
afflicted are E. P. Moomau, ]. T.
Lawry, Chas. Alexander, ]. Bell,
Alfred Luther and ]. R. Mccoy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
RELIEF WORK In PROGRESS.

A mass meeting was held at the
court house in this city last We'd
nesday evening for the purpose of
organizing to relieve the most
needy families affected by the tor
nado. Mayor Seward l. Field was
chairman of the meeting and R.
H. Faxon. secretary.
A committee consisting of las.
Dobbs. T. L. Lindley and Sim
Ewalt was appointed to investigate
the most urgent cases of need and
make distribution of funds collect.
ed. ]. S. Runyan of the Citizens
Bank and F. B. Chaplin of the
Peoples Bank were authorized to
receive donations. The $500 left
in the treasury of the Homecoming
committee was donated to the re-
lief fund. Jas. Dobbs circulated a
subscription petition Wednesday
and in the evening had $I1oo. 1t
has since grown to STATS.
A committee consisting of R. H.
Clay, H. H. Case and H. H. Mccoy
was appointed to devise plans by
which the $4,000 subscribed some
years ago to put down a prospect.
ing oil well may be turned over to
the relief committee.
A resolution was adopted that
all donors to the relief fund NAV
be privileged to suggest to the
committee on distribution in writ
ing the names of parties to whom
funds should be given.
On Saturday the committee
made the following distribution
which ct that time amounted to
more funds than were in their
hands. In the course of few days
another distribution will be made:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
". q. HAUN'S MOTHER DEAD.

Motley Ann Haun, mother of ex-
Sheriff Haun, died at Jetmore,
Kansas, June 18, 1907 at the ripe
old age 86 years. Grandma Haun
lived in Medicine Lodge number
OF years. She came here with her
son, w. H. Haun, and made her
home with him over two years.
She was we'll known here and her
death brings deep regret to all
her Medicine Lodge acquaintance.
The following obituary is from
the Jetmore Herald:
Motley Ann Blackburn was born
at Frankfort, Kentucky, July 4th,
1921, and died June 18th, 1907 at
Jetmore, Kansas. She was daugh.
ter of George and Julia Black
burn. She was educated at the
seminary at Nazereth, Kentucky,
and when little girl became a
member of the Baptist church, of
which her father was a minister,
and always believed in that faith.
After the death of her father,
which occurred when she was
twelve years old, her home was
with her uncle, Ned Blackburn,
who was also her guardian. In this
family were twelve children
among whom were Gov. Luke
Blackburn, U. S. Senator Joe
blackburn, Mrs. Buck Morris of
Chicago, Mrs. Lizzie Bremen and
Iommie Blackburn a noted crimi.
nal lawyer.
On July II, 1884 she was married
to w. G. Haun and lived in New
Orleans, Louisiana, till 1886 when
they moved into that then new
country, the eastern part of Iowa,
where were born to them a family
OF SIX children, three sons and three
daughters. They resided in that
state till February 1873 when with
their three sons and youngest
daughter they came to Kansas. l.
March of that same year they
tied on the level lands in tow..
22 range "a in Hodgeman county.
Grandma Haun was soon known
by all the early settlers as being
good, generous and liberai. The
poor, hungry homesteader, the fes-
tive cow boy, the rich cattle own
ers, the traveller, and the every. day
good citizen were all welcomed by
her with so much cordiality that
she was known, loved and respect
ed by all. She moved from her
home on the flats to the Creek,
where Mr.. Stallard now lives, where
her husband died in April 1891.
She resided on this place, her own
home, until 1895. From that time
she made her home with her sons,
w. H. and T. S. Haun, residing
with the latter from 1890 to the
time of her death. In 1906 she
suffered a stroke of paralysis from
which she recovered. In March
1897 she had second stroke which
completely disabled her right side
and she remained helpless until
death released her of her pain, Iune
IS, 1907 at 12:45 p. m, She had
been restless all the previous night
and in great pain. About five o.
clock in the morning she fell asleep
and slept soundly into death. The
dignity which was hers all her life
did not fail her in the last days.
From her dying bed she greeted
the many friends who came to pay
their respects with her old time
grace and courtesy. She often ex-
pressed willingness to go and for
years had calmly awaited the sum-
mons.
The funeral services were held at
the Methodist church June 10, Mr..
q. d. Stallard conducting the SER
vice. lnterment was had in Fair.
mount cemetery and the body laid
to rest beside that of her husband.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03

was a black mist in his sight. His
wagon and driving team were af-
terward found in a tanglement of
barb wire and fence posts but not
badly hurt. The other team was
found about a mile from the team
and wagon and not badly hurt.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03

by insurance. They were even
compelled to borrow clothing.
The number of totally destroyed
houses in the city and vicinity is
thirty-four, more than twice that
number were badly wrecked and
very few buildings in the city and
vicinity escaped without !, some
damage. The destroyed barns and
stables will aggregate over fifty.
The loss in horses, cattle, hogs and
poultry can not be arrived at, but
the numbers will run into the hun
dredS on horses and into the
thousands in poultry. The number
of cattle killed is small.
Outside of several broken window
panes and an occasional leak, none
of the churches were injured.
The most desolate looking place
is c. B. Currie's ranch. While his
house escaped bad damage his
groves and orchard are complete
wrecks. Massive trees are uprooted.
others are broken in two and scarce
ly good tree was left on the
ranch. His timber loss alone is
estimated at $1,000. Loss in
buildings is nothing compared
with the tree loss.
Dr.. l. w. Stout's tornado loss
climbed $40 more Sunday night.
His fine milch COW that was hurt
in the storm died. His personal
effects are now limited to about a
half dozen chickens.
Speaking about the proverbial
'ill wind" the twister did a good
job of advertising Senator Long.
The pony incident excited news
paper comment from the Atlantic
to the Pacific and it has kept his
secretary and clerks busy examin.
ing and answering correspondence.
Among the unique press comments
was one in the New York Sun.
The Sun suspects that Senator
Long is striving to outdo the
famous DR.. Long who has recently
had a heated controversy withPres-
ident Roosevelt on nature stories.
1t says, in substance, that'if it is
true that the Senator's pony was
carried two miles in a storm, 1odg-
ed in a tree, remaining there
twenty hours and taken down un.
hurt, it is not difficult to credit
DR.. Longs nature stories. A man
in Illinois wrote Senator Long
that he is looking for a span of
hardy Shetland ponies. He had
read of the Medicine Lodge tornado
and he wants the kind the Senator
has.
The county will rebuild on the
poor farm. Contracts will prob
ably be let when the commissioners
meet in August.
DIR. |. w. Stout's bad luck is
more aggravated than most of
them. He labored hard and spent
a great deal of money the past
twelve years in growing a small
fruit farm and it was just getting
into its prime so that the family
was making nice living and re.
alizing a small surplus out of it
each year. The storm did not
leave a good tree, vine or bush on
the place. DR.. Stout carried $500
insurance on his house. This will
build him house about half as
large as the one destroyed, but he
is too far along in years to hope to
replace his fruit trees.
John Bradney, who now resides
at Lake City, but who was caught
On the road three miles west of
town, had more experience than
anybody on the unhurt list. He
was driving team hitched to a
hay wagon and leading another
team behind. The twister took
him off the wagon and carried him
a half mile when he was lowered
sufficiently to get hold of q post.
He held on until the storm moder-
ated and was not hurt beyond a
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03

Kramer's Wanda, high patent
-four, is the best in the market
sold by H. D. Fair.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03

Case Stout came in from Nc
Pherson Sunday night and visited
with the, folks until yesterday.
Mrs. Stout accompanied him home
and will visit until DR.. Stout ma
lures plans for the future.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03

John Jesse
Mrs. Ella Morris 100
E. P. Moomau-- acknowledgements 1C0
J. R. Mccoy ------.---- 100
]. Fl. King *
Alfred Luther 30
Jno. Bell IN
Goldie Axtell n
F. E. Knight 20
Wright Terry " 50
A. G. Lauby. 50
G. w. Alexander 20
6. W. Urton 20
MRS Lytle -------------- s5
GeO D1ckerSOn- - 25
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03

DR.. L. L. Osborn, Dentist, OF
Medicine Lodge, has the following
monthly dates in surrounding vii
lagos: Lake City, 1st and 2nd;
Sun City. 3rd and 4th; Belvidere,
5th; Coats, 9th to 9Th, inclusive;
Sawyer, 9th to 18th, inclusive;
Isabel, I4th to 18th, inclusive;
Nashville, 10TH to 2Ist, inclusive.
Woodward & Murphy are
exclusive agents for the celebrated
O.B. Flour-the best brand on the
market. It is popular with all who
use it. Try a sack.