Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17
Sua and Lake City Happenings

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Hoagland.
John Young is here from Okla.
homa taking in the old familiar
situation.
Albert Hefin of Coats made
Lake City brief call Thursday
afternoon.
Frank Hoagland and family
Sundayed with Geo. Hastings and
ramily the 18th inst.
Mr.. Wilkins came to Sun last
Wednesday morning and stopped
with his partner, Sears, between
trains.
Sam Eager drove to Macksvilie
last Thursday, returning Sunday
laden with household supplies for
Rev. w. B. Summers and wife.
A few of the Sun City young
people went to the natural bridge
last Sunday, accompanied, of
course, with plenty of grub and
their Sweethearts.
The recent high tide of the Med
icine river brought up all kinds of
fish. G. q. Shigley caught shark
last Friday and has been feastin g
on fresh meat ever since.
Woodward and Marquand began
Prof. Walsh's new residence last
Monday. His cyclone cave is al.
ready nearly complete, bright
idea that he should build that first.
Mr.. Lemon and family of Forest
City came to Lake "on a whip
Saturday P. m.-not to get the
doctor, but to get one of Lakes
new cultivators before they are
all gone.
Tirrey Lott visited Shigley's new
furniture store last Friday and
blew himself quite freely for house
hold necessities and will very soon
begin to keep house" same as
other old folks.
The second crop of alfalfa for
this year is going to be something
immense. The average growth
since the last cutting has been one
inch per day. BY next cutting it
will be waist high.
1t looks as tho the farmers are
"swamped' with work if such was
ever the case. A large acreage of
corn needs cultivating, wheat ready
to harvest, the second alfalfa crop
to cut by the last of next week.
Gee!
George Lott has bought 40 acres
of land of Charley Douglass in Sun
City recently and will hitherto
move himself and the unmarried
part of his family. His son, Terry,
will hold forth at the old home.
stead.
Jim Smith and Agent ]. G. Jack
man proved themselves to be
marksmen of extraordinary ability
last Friday afternoon. If further
information is wanted we're in the
same old place and will gladly
answer all questions that are with
in our callbre.
Those who attended the gradu-
ating exercises last Tuesday night
at the Lodge from this part felt
we'll paid for the trip. The only
objectional thing was having to
dig out Wednesday morning with
out breakfast in order to catch the
train.
Within the past three weeks
there have been reported s or 10
cyclones or wind storms in western
Kansas and Oklahoma. In every
instance there was destruction Of
property or life. In view of this
fact we consider the man 'pruny, y
to use a slang term, who is SO
game as to make sport Of his neigh
Dor for seeking refuge from the
wild winds.
There was hot time in the old
town last Saturday night when
Claude Clawson and Monte Ward
got at the "outs." Ward accused
Clawson of speaking falsely against
him and proceeded to "get even"
The result is that Clawson was
knocked down twice, the last hit
rendering him unconscious for some
time but at this writing he is still
moving. These young men have
never been of a "scrappy" dispo-
sition but it seems that the time
had matured for this little event
and it had to be. The west side
seem to have on their fighting
breeches of late. The scriptures