Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-15
Sun and Lake City Happenings
Good chickens at Davis.

Miss Esther Johnson is taking a
visit at the Likes farm.
John Durfee will operate central
for both the Chase and Ranch
mems phone lines in Lake.
Rev. Summers, although very
much out of order physically last
+ Sunday, delivered a splendid SER
mon.
The Lake spelling school is still
at an interesting pitch. Riley Lake
has even lined and is proving to
be a crackerjack.
Rev. Bailey of Coldwater as
sisted by another able evangelist
will begin series of meetings at
Sun City next Sunday.
Well, we'll, hello there Grandma!
We're glad you have forsaken
your hiding place and will sit
around the big family hreside once
again.
Jack Hickman purchased a span
of fine horses of Harve TedrQw last
week. 1t looks as though Jack is
going Observation-Disclosures weed
better not say it.
Not many days hence all news
paper men will send out a decree
which may wake up the delinquent
subscriber. Better get a little cash
ready for the emergency.
What about the Attica- Belvi.
dere train losing her whistle?
About the next thing we know the
thing will quit the track and go off
on jackrabbit chase and get lost
for good.
Charles Marty returned from
Kansas City last week looking
fresh and fair, but we fancy he has
sad, yet fond lingering in his
heart for the girl he left behind.
Perhaps he will bring her home the
next time.
Reaching Goats about 11:45 last
Tuesday morning, cold and hun
cry, we were in the proper mood
to test Mark Blankenship's grub,
and we're right here to say cts
good enough for me-" Mark knows
his business.
The stork has simply been tear
ing up the earth around here of
late. He made his last visit to
Murray Davis home, leaving 49,
pound boy. Davis has been "stuck
up" ever since the event and if he
don't get better some one will have
to take him down a notch.
Harry Miller, Robt. Crane, Yves
Triton and Green Adams, the most
desperate outfit of gentlemen in
this part of Kansas, "held up" the
''locomotion" last Wednesday
morning and got aboard for a lit
tie sift. The three latter claimed
to be headed for the Lodge while
Miller said he was going to Wood
ward.
We were requested to correct the
Lake City Cresset item that said
"Joe Massey was in Medicine
Lodge last Monday looking for the
assessorship candidacy, ETC." Mr.
Massey went to town that day tc
purchase alfalfa seed, which he did,
and as for the Office he wouldn't
have it were it rendered him hun
| dred times.
The annual meeting of the Lake
State Bank officials last Wednes.
day found everything in tip top
condition. The efficient cashier
Mr.. Freemyer, has been kept on the
bounce to take care of the business
of this institution, but he has done
so, and much to his credit, and a:
appreciation of his good service
his salary was considerably in
creased.
Oscar Higgins, the we'll known
theologian, who has been all over
America and was never known te
use anything but tie pass is stop
ping for the present near Sun City
Oscar has had scads of experience
along various lines but he seems t.
have more general information re.
garding church affairs than an,
other one thing.
While driving to Coats with ;
!, load of hogs one cold morning las
week Joe Massey started to climl
. on the wagon when his foot slippe,
under the wheel breaking two @
his toes. Mr.. Massey had his teet
: extracted recently and now that h.
Y has been crucihed at both extreme
$ his condition surely is not yer
| comfortable.
: There are several ways you ca
knock a fellow down. A fist or
:, club with the proper velocity Wi