Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
Sun and Lake City Happenings

Merry Xmas for the thirty. sec.
ond time, "sez L.
Charley Larkin was in Lake last
Saturday with load of farm stuff.
Miss Nina Hoagland visited with
Miss Blanche Adams last Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Lena Shigley visited rela-
tlves In the eastern part of the
state last week.
Who said Ralph Massey didn't
like chicken? Chicken pie am
hard to beat" says he.
Prof. Fields left Saturday for his
home at Shenandoah, Iowa, where
here he will enjoy his vacation.
Consider we'll the log that is in
thine own eye before raising an
alarm about the atom in thy broth
er's eye.
Misses MaryMills andGoldie Dorr
and Dan Lake gave an exhibition
of their piano skill last Saturday
afternoon.
If "Adam Cod doesn't stay on
the inside hereafter he is likely to
be converted into carcass; SO let
it be with all such.
Claude Clawson had the mis-
fortune to have a runaway last
Sunday. 1t will nearly take a new
buggy to cover the loss.
Eben Douglass has some beauti-
full calendars for his patrons and
friends. He will also be ready
with an "ad" for the Index soon.
If you don't believe Riley Lake
can make good "flapjacks' just try
EN-. Bill Marquand SAYS Riley is
a cook from who-laid- the chunk.
The Sun Baptist church has call
ed Rev. Bailey for another year.
Rev. Bailey is somewhat radical
along some lines but otherwise a
AAAO plOo(llCl.
Tom Richter of Oklahoma is
making his annual visit among his
Sun City friends. Since here last
year he has taken unto himself a
crib" to the surprise of many.
A party at Albert Helms last
week is the latest social occurrence.
MIR. Heflin adjusts himself to the
occasion when necessary and has a
good time along with the rest.
The Christmas program which
will be rendered at Sun City to.
morrow evening promises to be a
good one. Plenty of time and care
has been taken to prepare a good
entertainment and you will miss a
good thing if not present.
An educational meeting was
held at the Sun City school house
last Friday night, in which pa
irons, pupils and teachers partici-
pated. Superintendent Thomas
was also on hand and added much
to the interest of the occasion.
At the last moment Lake
City decided to have a Christmas
tree. Before the distribution OF
presents nice short program will
be rendered by the pupils of Mrs.
Walsh's room. All we'll behaved
people are invited to come. Pro.
gram will begin about 7:3o.
Green Adams who has been in
Pratt county the past week push
ing the stock business, says in all
his experience he never saw cattle
so hard to buy, that there seem to
be but few and those who have
them don't care to sell at any reas
able figure. By the stock papers
we see this is quite general COM
plant, which is pretty strong evil
dence of healthy market in the
future.
Late Saturday evening Scott
Buck, Frank Gordon and DR.. Con-
nor were coming home from the
Lodge and met Ed Kimball who
was returning from Lake City.
The usual salute was exchanged
and Ed seemed to be enjoying life
first rate. This was between and
7 o'clock and at 9 o'clock the fol-
lowing morning report came that
Kimball was dead. Such an unex-
pecfed occurrence as this brings
sadness to the hearts of the most
Indifferent and his family that
seemingly needed a husbands and
fathers care more now than ever
before have the sympathy of all.