Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-04-08

The Medicine Lodge Gun Club will
meet IN Seward |. Fields Office tonight
"wednesday. Business of great i'm
portance is to be disposed Of.
For Sale-A span Of mares, one heavy
in foal. See H. A. Bailey or Robt.
kenney.
]. H. Mathews Of HazeIton township
was before the commissioners yesterday
on road business.
c. A. Bumey and wife visited hiends
in kiowa and other parts Of the county
several days last week.
Farmers would like a good rain on
their wheat. The wheat is not suffering
but rain would not come amiss.
Miss Denton has just received her
material for hat work and is now ready
to clean and block hats Of all kinds.
Dr.. Donovan reports the birth Of a
daughter to c. w. Knowles and wife Of
Valley township last Thursday, April End.
Frank B. Gordon went to Kansas
City last Wednesday to consult a ca
tarrh Specialist. He returned Saturday.
Bob Nef, opera house Saturday night,
April 18th. You know Bob and you
also know that you can't afford to miss
this entertainment.
According to the greater weight Of the
evidence the fruit has so far escaped
freezing. excepting apricots which are said
to be damaged seventy-6ve per cent.
]. S. Runyan went to kingman yes
terday to attend meeting Of the Bank
ers Association. He will be home to-
morrow.
H. c. Dubois says he is at Cherokee
only temporarily finishing up a contract.
He says he will be back to Stay in a
week or two-that he is a permanent
fixture in Medicine Lodge.
MIR. and Mrs. r. II. Hall and little
Dorothy arrived from Wichita on Tues
day Of last week to visit with Judge and
Mrs. Ellis and friends. Mr.. Hall return
ed home the following day.
Rev. w. H. Moore returned from
conference Monday night. The Meth
odist people as well as or citizens gen.
orally, are congatulating themselves on
the fact that he has been returned to
Medicine Lodge for another year.
Elder Barnum has been preaching a
series Of sermons on nTheChurch and they
have been very interesting. There are yet
about four or FIVE more in the series.
For next Sunday evening the subject will
be 1chabod." the glory departing from
the church.
T. L. Lindley left last Thursday for
Denver to attend meeting of the Great
Western Life Insurance Company, in
which he is stockholder. From Den
yer he went to southwestern Texas to
look after some real estate business. He
expects to be home Saturday.
Mrs. Ella McCracken received draft
| for $6, 06 on Monday from the Bankers
Life. IN full settlement of the policy held
by her husband in that Company. There
was false report out concerning this
policy and the payment, like in the case
Of the Great Western, has put these
rumors down promptly.
At the regular meeting Monday night
the mayor and council decided definitely
to put m the water main on North Main
! street and made arrangements to borrow
$2500.00 from J. w. and T. D.Finley
for that purpose. Councilman Froman
will be home from Chicago this week.
whittier he went to examine pipes and
make purchases.
The county convention of the NJ. w.
A was held IN this city last Wednesday.
Chas. c. Painter Of the Medicine Lodge
camp was elected delegate to represent
Barber county at the state camp which
meets IN Winfield IN May. The con-
venhon was a very quite affair, the only
out Of town Woodman who responded
being John Campbell Of Lake City.
A delegation Of cattlemen and busi-
ness men struck out for Colorado, Texas,
early Sunday morning. The crowd is
composed Of Jas. Dobbs. Geo. w. Hen
dnckson. w. ]. kimbaI, Of Mingona.
VIM. Hendnckson. Sim EwaIt and A.
| D. Shaw. Part Of the crowd went to
receive cattle they had purchased several
months ago. while the others went pure
| ly for pleasure.
Geo. Heydenreich's opinion of some
Of those connected with the u. S. postal
department has been considerably lower