Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-25
Hazefton Items.

Many fields of corn are about
ready to crib and it will not be
many days until farmers are husk-
ing corn. =
! H. 0. Davis of Anthony was here
on the 18TH and checked up Chair
ty Lodge at their regular commun-
ication that evening.
L. M. Presnall left over the Santa
Fe Saturday on business trip to
| Woodward, Okla. He will be gone
several days.
Fred Harrington has sold his bar
Der interests here and will move to
Sharon and engage in the pool bill
lizard and fishing business.
Mr.. Eastman is building a very
nice barn on the property he bought
OF 0. P. Combs last spring. Still
/ Hazelton is growing a little.
Frank Baker built a barn for
school district No. 81 last week for
the use of outside pupils who have
been tieing their horses to the fence
IN the past during school hours.
Those wishing to sow more al
falfa this fall are waiting for rain
! and every day is making it more
risky to sow as it stands good
chance of winter killing if put out
late.
Some few have begun to put in
their wheat but on account of the
dry weather a great deal of land is
yet to be plowed and it is now get
ting late to plow for wheat in this
locality.
A. H. Carpenter has bought the
Presnall property in town for a
consideration of $1,000. 1t is one
of the best places in town. Mr..
Carpenter expects to move here to
educate his children.
Twelve subscribers in one week
to the Index from Hazelton is not
very bad when we consider that so
many were already taking it. This
would indicate that the Index is
getting to be a desirable paper
with Hazelton people.
w. H. Robinson and Ed Pfaff
spent part of last week viewing the
fine stock at the Hutchinson fair.
w. H. came home and wanted us
to sell our hogs because they were
not as fine as those at the fair, but
we haven't sold yet.
Mr.. Editor, we have learned that
on account of some of our remarks
during the past two or three weeks
that one or two persons have quit
the Index. Now we don't have any
desire to injure the Index or any
other legitimate undertaking land if
we are hurting the Index by our
course please let us know and we
will call halt. Our only object
in doing as we have is to try and
benefit our. community, and if pos
sible, rid it of some of the evils that
anyone can see, and many have
asked US to take this matter up and
get 1t before the people that they
might get interested and try and
better matters. Nearly every bust
ness man in the town has said that
he wanted matters of the kind we
have written about bettered if it
could be done. There are only one
or two business men not touched
by our remarks that have not en-
dorsed our course, and want it con-
tinued, threats do not deter US, if
they did we would have quit be-
fore this. We now leave the mat
ter with the Index as to what shall
be printed on this line, we have
but one object in view and that is
to, if possible, make our city one
of the cleanest and best towns in
Kansas. 1t may not look reason
able but it is a fact that some of
our business men are in a position
that they hardly dare say what
they think on these matters for fear
of giving mortal offence, and hav-
ing their business injured, SO is it
not reasonable and just that some
one should set matters right before
the public?
For the past two or three weeks
we have been making a few re-
marks on certain matters concern
ing the lettering of society of our
town, and have so far made them
in general way, have not been
personal, for the simple reason that
we have no personal enmitv
against any one in Hazelton; our