Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-22

Good mich COW for sale. F. !
Wadsworth.
Jas. Dobbs made rush hip to Valley
Center yesterday. He will be home to-
day.
Sunday nights burglary on a small
scale serves as another warning that the
city is in need Of night watch.
Atty. ]. N. Tmcher transacted legal
business at Alva and Cherokee the latter
part Of last and the first of this week.
DR.. Coleman reports a handsome re-
bust boy baby born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis kinkaid on Wednesday, January
18th.
A. D. Shaw sold eight car loads Of
Steers to c. N. Davis, feeder of Au-
guaa. Kansas. last week. They were
shipped out on Monday.
E. E. Blackmore and wife Of Sharon
visited Sunday with Mrs. Blackmore' 5
parents, Thos. Murphy and wife, and
other relatives in the city.
Mrs. J. M. Whitaker Of Larkin, Kan
sas, cousin Of E. G. Williams, arrived
last Friday to visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams. She leaves today.
Be sure to see The Captives" (in
oiD Rosa Bonheur's Horse F air, "Vl-
lage Fnar, Views Of Japan" and 9th
er famous art treasures on exhibition at
the M. E. parsonage tomorrow (Thurs-
day evening.
Watch for the cast in Under Two
Flags" to be published later. The actors
will be chosen from the High School and
coached and directed by Miss Leonora
Shaw, professional, who has been en-
gagged by the faculty, and who is now in
our city.
J. M. Sherry died at the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. Clark, in Sawtelle, Cali
fornia. January 9th. Mr.. Sherpy resid-
ed IN Medicine Ledge during the Early
0O's and was well known by the old
residenters. His son. NJ. L. Sherry,
founded the Index in 1880.
Ed Williams received the welcome news
Saturday that the private pension bill
introduced in his behalf by Senator Long
has been passed. The bill fixes his PEN
sion at $50 per month. He also has a
bounty claim pending amounting to about
$275. He has been notified that the
claim will be allowed.
Henry ]. Hanson's Sunday school class
treated him and Mrs. Hanson to pleas
ant surprise Monday afternoon. The
little folks made MIR. Hanson and wife a
present Of a silver bon bon spoon and
pickle fork. Master Howard Painter
made the presentation speech and did it
in a way that would have been credit
able to an older head.
Robt. L. Groendycke Of NippawaIla
was elected member Of the Board Of
Directors Of The Southern Kansas Mu-
tual lnsur ance Company at the annual
meeting in Wellington this year. AS the
name indicates, this company is operated
on the mutual plan and its business is
confined principally to country insurance.
The bylaws will not permit an agent to
write city property unless it is detached
fifty feet or more from other property.
The company is operated on an econom-
ical basis, there are no dividends or high
salaried officers. In the year 1907 its
total expense was $500. During the
same period it wrote 100000 new,and
100000 renewal. which is very good
considering the limited territory in which
it works. The terms are exceedingly
liberal. The average rate on the initial
policy is 80 cents per 500 for FIVE years,
and this includes FIRE, lightning, tornado.
covering buildings, i've stock and grain
everything kept on farm-or a man
may insure ansly at a proportional re-