Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04

Dr.. l. L. Osbom visited friends in
the city Saturday.
If you have cattle to sell list them with
RIM Smith. he'll find you a buyer.
H. D.-Fair left on Saturday to buy
ms winter stock Of goods IN St. Louis.
Mrs. Helen Carmichael visited the lat
ter part Of last week with Mrs. II. A.
Bailey at Kiowa.
Wanted-Place for girl to work and
go TO school. Wants tuition and one
dollar per week.-A. S. Huff, Sharon,
Kansas.
Miss Ethel Smith returned home from
Colorado last week. She went to Wich-
ita on Friday to visit a short time with
friends.
Earl Shannon left Monday for Medi-
cine Lodge, where he has accepted
position IN meat market-Attica In
dependent.
For Sale-200 acres Of corn and so
acres Of feed. VIII furnish lots with nun
ming water to feed out.-O. w. Rule,
Sharon, Kansas.
Miss Elsie F Faulconer Of Gerlane de-
parted last Wednesday for Los Angeles,
California. where she will visit short
time with her uncle. F. r. Surber.
WI. Murdock was up from Woods
county. Oklahoma. the latter part Of last
week. w. LIS. health for the past year
has been poor but he seems to be hold
ing his own.
Ed Barber, who has been here help
ing his father-in-law, r. D. Gaddie, In
the rlsh Of work this summer, returned
to his home in Oklahoma last Friday.
Marion and George Shannon depart
ed for their home at Carthage, Mo.,las
Wednesday. They spent their summer
vacation with relatives here and at Isabel.
They are Judge Stevens grandsons.
A. D. Shaw went to his ranch in
Comanche coaEw last Thursday to put
force Of men at work IN cutting his corn
crop. He has about 900 acres includ-
ing the crop on his own land and leased
land and it is immense.
As predicted after the rural carriers
examination, w. H. Thompson has se-..
cured the appointment under the old
soldier provision. His route is from
Medicine Lodge to Mngona, in sort
Of circuit. The service was establish
ed yesterday.
c. c. Lewis and bride returned from
Colorado last Friday and have been the
recipients Of hearty congratulations from
their friends in this city, They will re-
main here few weeks and will be at
home at Washington. D. c., after Oeto-
Der lst.
Benjamin Morlan of Cedarvale, Kan
sas. arrived last Thursday morning and
visited until Saturday with his brother.D.
N. Morlan. and other relatives. 1t was
the first meeting Of the brothers for twen-
ty years. Benjamin is about 6ve years
Dawes senior.
The following uncredited. but truthful
statement deserves a wide circulation:
"A newspaper may boom town through
its editorial and news columns, but criti-
cal investor looks to the advertising col
umns for substantial evidence Of push and
life. To him they are thermometers
measuring the intensity Of public warmth;
they are the pulse which indicates the
healthy condition Of the collective body
Of the people; they tell him whether or
not the community is up to the times in
business matters .
The D. e. & G. railroad runs IN and
out Of kiowa the same as it does IN and
out Of Medicine Lodge. Yet the road
gives Kiowasiiust twice the service that it
gives Medicine Lodge. Why the dis
criminaiona We are satisfied that i all
the people of northern and northwestern
Barber would stand together and de-