Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-22
Sua and Lake City happenings

OI IOI Lake lily.
Everybody and their dog attend
ed the school meeting.
Last Sundays rain came in plen-
ty time to save the corn.
Banker Freemyer and wife took
in the big day at Sun last Sunday.
Miss Marie Thomas is visiting
with Misses Ruth and Rubie Mas
sey.
Lon DAVIS and wife visited at
Ions old counting ground the lat
ter part of last week.
Mrs. Harry Miller and children
left last Saturday for a visit with
home folks at Woodward.
Misses Myrtle Carr, Bernice Lott,
Nellie Roark and Orvie Mills are
recent additions to the music class
of this part.
Mrs. Will Morris came up from
the Lodge Saturday morning and
visited with her mother until Mon
day morning.
Clarence Nichols of Denver is re-
viewing familiar scenes in and
about Lake City. He arrived here
last Thursday.
Charley Marsh, Billie Rauhut's
partner, arrived in Lake City Sat-
urday afternoon after an absence
of over four months.
Frank Buck and family and Fred
Buck went to Alva last Friday in
their auto. They expect to make
the drive in less than four hours.
H. F. Lake will be many times
obliged to the parties who have
his pipe tongs if they will return
same Immediately so he can lend
them to others.
Ralph Nurse was in Lake City
last Thursday transacting business
with the bank. He will be the
clerk-in chief at Forest City union
store we're told.
G. G. Shigley doesn't pretend to
be a fisherman or fsherman's son,
but he had the luck TO catch IS
nice size cat fish last Friday after
noon. AS Scott Buck says, "that's
going some"
We Go not mean to knock Mar
quand and Woodward down with
a boquet, but the dwelling which
they have just completed for Prof.
Walsh is a dandy. Though not
large it is neatly finished and ev-
cry stick of timber in it is of the
best.
Chas. Hildebrand of Deerhead
came to Lake Saturday afternoon
in company with his wife and
daughters. 1t is quite likely that
Charles would like to beat Riley
Lake in another shooting match;
if so, Mrs. Lahey has a few chickens
left yet.
John Laff who recently drop.
ped into Lake City will put
up paint shop and will make the
old town look new. Johnnie will
be a resident of the city and it will
not be amiss to give him your work
since he is an experienced hand at
the business.
Otis Ward, former resident of
Sun City, died at the Santa Fe hos
pital at Topeka last Sunday morn
ing Of typhoid fever. His remains
were inferred at Gerlane where he
recently lived. He leaves a wife,
two children and many relatives
to mourn his loss.
Last Wednesday evening the
young people of Sun Slipped in
at the Likes home and completely
surprised Mrs. Henry Hanson, who
was visiting there at that time.
After spending a few hours in the
usual jovial way, Mrs. Hanson,
who has since left for Hugoton, was
given hearty hand shake and the
crowd dispersed for their homes.
There seems to be wrong idea
among some people as to which
Gordon the representative man be.
1t is our own F. L. Gordon who
has been farmer and rancher of
this part for the past IS years, and
not the school teacher. Whenever
two or three more democrats in
this part get right, he will be
unanimously favored in his home
township.
Last Wednesday evening the
Lake City country, one and all,
met at the Dorr residence where a
surprise was given Rev. Summers
and wife. At the proper time
some one drove up to the parson-
age and invited Mr.. and Mrs. Sum-
mers to "get in and take a drive. I"
This kindness was accepted by the
unsuspecting couple who hardly