Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Sun and Lake City Happenings

how much business the meat mark
ct is doing.
The new liveryman at Lake will
pass in an "ad'' to the Index next
week. Let 'er come.
Harry Campbell subscribes for
! the Index to be sent to his father
who lives at Odessa. Mo.
! The late increase in Tom Marsh's
family has given him occasion to
build an addition to his house.
Dave Freemyer, q. w. Purdy
and G. w. Harper attended lodge
at Sun City last Saturday night.
| John Durfee will have one of the
warmest and most substantial
dwellings in this part of the woods
when completed.
Joe Lahey has stalk of corn on
exhibition at the Lake bank that
is II feet high, being s feet to the
ear. Lahey leads.
Marie Thomas came up from the
Lodge last week and took a romp
with Ruth Massey. Marie always
finds cordial welcome in this part.
| The Junior League is going to
have box supper in Lake next
Saturday evening. The grub will
be on sale Immediately after spell
ling is out.
Take notice-Bert Strickland is
taking pattern after Tom Marsh
by providing more house room.
Bert's castle will be made of &C.
ment blocks.
Miss Clara Warnstaff who is
teaching her initiatory school, is
getting along fine. She CLARA bids
fair to become one of Barber stop"
teachers in the future.
Lake City is coming to another
crisis in the eating line. Who will
have the sticktoitiveness to take
hold of this business and make it
count? People must eat.
Ed Smith has purchased a large
bill of lumber to be used on his
ranch IS miles south of here. The
Metz Lumber Co. of Lake City is
enjoying a paying business.
The Lake City barber shop has
changed hands again for the forty
seventh time. Albert Redwine
will lather (when he gets warm
enough) and shave hereafter.
Adolph Bissantz made trip to
the old home place last Sunday.
Adolph's Sundays seem to be most
ly employed about Coats. Of
course, we don't wonder why.
New York bankers haven't shak-
en- business any on this part of the
globe the slightest. All kinds of
traffic is going on and the goose
hangs high. Bring on your stuff.
Ralph Massey who is attending
the Salt City Business college,
writes home for them to send him
the Comforter" knowing Ralph
as we do we will send him the In
| dex and risk it.
Ed Hoagland is packing his
"duds" and household furniture
with view to leaving Kansas for
Oklahoma. Ed has good place
there and we don't wonder that
he's going to dig out.
A little fracas was recently stir.
red up between ]. c.. Jackman and
Shell Gray concerning the owner.
ship of a shotgun. Will cut the
story short by saying that honesty
seems to be poor policy for some.
people.
William Roark who has been un-
able to work for several weeks will
probably soon be able to hit the
same old gait again. William is
man who was never known to
lose a day if he could help it and
the layoff is doubtless going pretty
hard with him.
We neglected to mention last
week that Mrs. Chas. Redwine's
niece returned with her from Ken
lucky for an indefinite visit here.
The boys are already taking
s'glances" and it probably won't be
long before they will be taking
chances"
Take peep at the Lake State
banks new "ad" the first thing.
In it you will find what every en-
terprising man is looking fora
safe place to deposit savings. This
bank has one million dollars to
guarantee its stability. Who could
ask any more? ga house built up
on rock will surely stand"
Now that Bert Carr is going to
blow himself for a Jewell auto
mobile there will be more jealousy
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