Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-02
oD" and Lake City Happenings

Charley Hartley was in Lake
Saturday afternoon cutting a wide
swath for VIM. ]. Bryan.
Mrs. Dell Buck and her sister
from Illinois took in the pie do.
ings last Saturday evening.
Charles Painter, candidate fol-
register of deeds, was mixing with
his friends here last week.
Judge McCague and family and
]. NJ. Walsh and wife spent a few
days last week camping at the
I Rockefeller ranch.
Harry Clement of Wildcat was
at the pie social with a wagon
load of calico" Harry shines
among the tender sex.
Every candidate IN the county
and his dog attended the Lake sale
last Thursday, though we failed to
learn of any purchase made by any
of them.
The liveliest thing we have heard
lately was a political discussion
between Fred Lake and John Laff.
Fred got on a pretty high key but
John LATED"
A. ]. Hargis and wife and son,
James, have returned home after
several weeks visit at c dorado
Springs. A. ]. says the Medicine
Valley looks good to him.
The pie social was both fnan-
cial and social success. The boys
all wore a big wide mouth which
was especially made for pie eating
1t was on this occasion that Wal.
ter Nichols got hold of a new kind
of pie.
Miss Orrison, who has been visit.
ing at the Lake home for severa
weeks will return to her home IL
Colorado Springs this week to at
tend school. She has made many
friends here and seems to like tht
country as we'll as Colorado.
There seems to be a little hitcf
between the Sun City school boare
and the builders of the new schoo
house. Smith & Sons claim tina
no mention of belfry was made
in the contract and that they will
not put on this attachment with
out extra pay.
We got Whit last week tina
there was a probability of our wei
beloved Harry Miller and Rober
English tearing away from LAX
City and becoming COLORADO
ranchmen. This move may b.
best for the boys but it don't lool
good to "Willie." A good barbe
and a hustling musical clerk ar
appreciates even in Lake.
Keep this in mind: A Sunda,
school is slated for September 13tf
at Sun City, composed Ct Lake
City, Deerhead, Burgin and Sur
schools. The morning hours will
be given to Sunday school and reg
ular church services. In the after
noon each school will be expected
to render a short programme from
the discussion of the various sub
jects.
Hey ladies! Married ladies es
pecially, the Metz Lumber Com.
pany have a large supply o.
clothes pin aprons that are worth
IS cents and are as handy as q
! pocket in a shirt and they can bt
had for the asking. Myrtle Car
will tell you they are 0 K. They
also have fresh supply of paints
that beats anything yet. For furth
er information knock at G.. w
Harper's door.
Green Adams was riding hi
pasture last Saturday and when h,
came to a ditch which was Difficult
to cross his horse made a very I'm.
expected jump, jabbing the liml
of a tree that stood by the way
into his eye, tearing a frightfu
cash. Mr.. Adams did not fem
and fall out of the saddle like many
might have done but he continued
his course until he reached Sur
City and phoned for DR.. Coleman
When the doctor reached him TIT
eye had swollen shut making i
difficult to tell whether or not tht
wound was serious.