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The Huttig news., 1908-12-19
 LODGE DIRECTORY.

ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A. M.meets every second and fourth Satur- day evenings at z:5o o'clock. Visiting Masons always welcome.
 W. R. MAUsER, w. M. w. H. WELLER. Sec.
 HUTTlG CHAPTER No. 52o. Order of the Eastern Star, meets every first and third Friday evening at z:5o o'clock. Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
 Mrs. T.C. ROWLAND, w. M. c. I. REAvEs, Rec'y.
 HUTTlG LODGE No. 54eLO O. O. F. meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting orethern cordially invited to attend.
 D. F. CoLLETT, N. G. T.R. GARTER, Sec.
 HUTTIG TENT, No. ee, K. o. T. M. meets every first and third Friday even ing. Visiting sir knights will be well come. q c pr, c M B. ScorT,. Secy.
 SWEET BAY CAMP No. 41lW.o. W. meets every first and third Saturday eve nlngs' Visitors made welcome.
 J. M. STRANGE, c. c. R. p. INFER. Clerk.
 SWEET BAY GROVE. No. 14s w oa meets every first and third Wednes- day evening of each month at 50 Q clock.
 MRS LOLA THOMPSON, Guardian. Mas. CORA BURNSIDE. Clerk.
 HOITlG COUNCIL No. 465, M. 0. p. meets every Monday evening at z:5o. Visiting brothers always welcome. AL SMITH, s. A. $. DAVIS, Recorder.
 HUTTIG LODGE, No. le4. K. Of P. meets very Monday night at Masonic nall. Visiting knights always welcome. W. A. BENSON c. c. V Il HusER, K of R. G s.
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Saturday. December ls, 1908.
TOWN OFFICIALS.

The following are the duly elected of foials of the incorporated town Of Hut tig;
 Mayor-C. A. Berry. Rec order-H. A. Finley.
 Marshal-E. M. Cabiness.
 Aldermen--J U. Brown, c. I. Thomp- son, H. w. Baskin, T. c. Rowland, and F. w. Scott
 Board of Education-A. E. Culbreath, DY. R. E. Rowland, J. U. Brown, F. w. Scott and A. w. Corkins.
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p 4 IN

Pain in the head-pain anywhere, has it's cause Pain iseongestion. pain is blood pressure-nothins else usually. At least. so says Dr. Shoop, and to prove it he has created little pink tablet. That !ablet--calied Dr. Shoops Headache Tablet coaxes blood pressure away from pain eenters. Its effect is charming pleasingly delightful Gently though safely it surely equalizes the blood circu- lation.
 If you have headache. it's blood pressure.
 If it's painful periods with women, same cause.
 If you sleepless. restless, nervous. it's blood congeston-blood pressure. That surely is . certainty. for Dr. Shoop's Headache Tablets stop 1t in 20 minutes and the tablets simply distribute the unnatural blood pressure.
 Bruise your finger, and doesn't 1t get red, and swell. and pain you? Of course it does. It's con- gestion. blood pressure. You'll find it where pain is-always It's simply Common Sense.
 We sell at 25 cents. and cheerfully recommend
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Notice of Sale.

Notice is hereby given that l will, between the hours of g o'clock in the forenoon and o'clock in the afternoon at the east door of the court house, in the city of Fl Dorado, Union county, Arkansas, on January S. 9oe sell to the highest and best bidder, on a credit of three months the following described real estate situated in Union county. Arkansas, to-
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Expensive Either Way.

Poor Tom, it cost him terrible loi to give up his sweetheart"
 Then, why did he?''
 Because 1t would have cost him . great deal more if he hadnt."-Bos, ton Transcript.
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Lodge Directory.

GOOD LUCK LODGE No. 259 F, & A. M meets Second and Fourth Tuesday.
 FRED HUSTON, w. M. w. H. DAVIS, Sec.
 BLUE LIGHT LODGE No l55 K. ofP. meets First and Third Tuesday in each month. ADAM LEWIS, C. C. M. B. WESLEY, K. R. s.
 EAST LAKE LODGE No. 6562 G. U. o. of o. F. meets First and Third Thursday in each month
 A. MORRISON, N. G. J. E. BoYD, P. s.
 ELECTRIC LIGHT COURT OF CA LANTHE, No. 70, meets first and third Tuesday in each month at l:45 p. m.
 c. L. JONES, W. c. QUEEN E. TATE. R. D.
 HOUSEHOLD RUTH, No. 299o, of G. U. o. of 0. F., meets the first and third Thursday in each month at l:5o p. m. LAURA SIMS, M. N. G. CoRNELIA PEOPLE, w. R.
 LEBANON. No. Al, R. A. B. A. meets first and third Saturday evening in each month at 9:5o -. A. HIGH, H. P. A. l.. WILLIAMSON, Scribe.
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Arrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fr1- day from Monroe and goes to Farmer vile.
 Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day from Farmeryille and goes to Mon roe.
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of Huttig Private school for the month ending December 5:
 PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. George Gay Grady Cabaniss Reita Reagan Lille Smith Helen Thompson Evert Waller Walter Roseman Florence Sharpe Wentsrey Lockett Hubert Boddie Herman Ashcraft Merton Ashcraft Branson Dunn Opal Ellis Archie Devault Larkin Ellis Emogene Finley Herman Gibson Earnest Henderson Edna Henderson Hugh Horn Dennis Knox Beatrice Howard Grady Knox Percy Moore Thomas Smith Mary Smith
 INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT. Fife Kicks Daisy Switzer Adeline Terrell Nettie Bozeman Harry Cabaniss George McGinty Johnnie Jeffus Blanche Caldwell Clara Bennett Florence Raybourr Harry Finley Luther Jeffus Gaston Morris Gilbert Morris Sallie McGinty Carmel Phillips Annie Bozeman Lena Jackson Floyd Burns Dewey Switzer
 SEVENTH GRADE. Floyd Wells Gladys Gibson
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Honor Roll for Huttig Private School.

The following is the honor roll of Huttig Private school for the month ending December 5:
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Entered as second class matter May 5, eoz at tts posoffce at Huttig Ark. under the act of Con z ess of March g. 1878.
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ioscription Price, Sl .oo per year in advance
 Otherwise l.5o per year.. .yertisng rates will be Furnished on Application.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
Fires Galore

The Santa Fe left trail of smoke and
FIRE behind it between Belvidere and
Atdca last Friday. Numerous small
fires were set out but the only great dam
age reported was the following:
Ben Mccullough lost 1000 bushels Of
corn on the farm owned by Thos. Muir
ply and S. |. Field east Of this city. Mr..
Murphy also lost over 100 fence posts.
In Mingona township H. A. Tedrow
lost stack Of alfalfa. A great deal Of
range was burned all along the line and
many stalk fields are also reported to
have been swept by the FIRE set out by
the engine.
Friday was very windy day. The
engine is short on smoke stack and be-
sides this defect, the blower has to put on
considerable pressure to get up steam, so
much in fact that large Goals Of FIRE are
blown out into the adjacent fields. AT
the rate fires are being started by the old
trap. the company will soon have paid
sufficient damage for property destroyed
to put in a good new engine. In the
case Of Mr.. Mccullough, especially, there
should be prompt and liberal settlement.
He had just completed husking his corn
and had it piled up ready for market
When the FIRE reached it the heat became
so intense that it was not possible to check
it. Mr.. Mccullough is hard working
young man, has had much sickness to
contend with, and is entitled to full re.
muneration for the destroyed crop.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
Mrs. Sarah j. Lane Dead

Mrs. Lane, mother Of B. F. Glasier,
formerly Of this city. died in Kansas City
the early part Of last week and was bur-
led at Greenwich on Wednesday. January
.22nd. The deceased lived in this city
during a part Of the time her son was In
business here. and enjoyed the acquain-
tance Of many Of our people, all of whom
deeply regret to learn Of her death.
The following account Of her death is
taken from the Wichita Eagle.
Mrs. Sarah ]. Lane,fomerly Of Wich-
ita, died Sunday at her home in Kansas
City. The body will be brought to this
city Wednesday morning and at go
will be taken from here to Greenwich
for burial. Mrs. Lane leaves a son, Ben
Glasier, two step-daughters, Ida Lane Of
Kansas City and Mrs. Herr, who lives at
845 East Murdock avenue, Wichita, land
three step-sons, James Lane Of Kansas
City. Will Lane Of Chicago and John
Lane Of Peoria, III"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
Reached the Climax
VcScence.

The climax in our extremely bad rail-
road service was reached on Monday.
The city had no mail from Saturday at
4 p. m. until Monday at 5 p. m. The
D. E. & G. failed to connect at kiowa
with the Santa Fe Saturday night and
again Sunday night. 1t did not even
bring Saturday nights mail Sunday night.
In the face of these inexcusable acts,
there are those who will still hold out
and say the service is good and that the
railroad company is not to blame. People
who take this view are doing the city
and community positive injustice.
In some parts Of the state the people
are demanding that the government Off
cials impose penalty on the railroads
where mails are delayed as much as
twelve hours. Why not similar rene
dy for this place where mails are never
on time. often are late twenty-four hours
and sometimes forty-eight hours?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
Forest is Sow at the Bat

The location Of the Santa Fe switch
at Forest City seems to have started
something that is not easily stopped. The
hrst issue after the location this paper Stat
ed the matter as viewed by the Forest
people and we supposed that even the
Mmgona people concured IN it, but after
the paper was published we learned diff.
ferently. We then published Mmgona' 5
side Of it. as related by H. A. Tedrow
Now Forest is back at the bat and we
herewith give the view of two Forea
City partisans:
Eds. lndex:-In recent issue notice
II. A. Tedrow. who was one of the
principal workers for the railroad switch
at Mingona. claims that the switch al
Forest will not serve half as many people
as it would have served at Mingona.
think Friend Tedrow is little too broad
in his assertion. We do not blame him
or his neighdorhood for wanting the switch
at Mingona. but certainly there is plenty
of water on all farms in the Forest neigh
borhood wherever they have tried to gel
it. On the north line of the Teagle place
Il e) the 40 through which the road
goes on the south line, there has been a
well fourteen feet deep that has afforded
plenty Of water for the past twenty-five
years to my knowledge, and sswhen the
Santa Fe built the first grade from Medil
cine Lodge to Lake, right south Of this
Ieagle well the contractors in making a
little fill. scraped down to the water which
made quite pond for several years. OF
course, Bro. Tedrow was not here then
and did not know. wrote the FIRST peti-
ton asking for Station at Forest, while
the road was being built. believed
then, as do now, that it would serve
more shippers than at Mingona and be o.
more easy access to the gyp deposits both
north and south, and farther from our
county seat, and individually il was o
more easy access for my neighborhood te
get to. So. like Harve, we may be
little too selfish. Respectfully,
II. P. HARTLEY.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
DOings Of the N. E. Aid

The M. E. Ladies Aid Society gave
one Of their usually deledable and
highly appreciated sociables last Thurs
day evening at the new parsonage. The
function, besides the usual refreshments,
presented an exhibition Of art IN three
departments.
In one spacious room was displayed
over fifty examples Of great inspiration
and execution, parodies, to be sure, pro-
vocative Of much merriment.
Another department, delightfully."- ar
ranged. consisted Of unique but an6quated
photos and dagueneotypes Of members Of
the society, very puzzEne to the majority.
Minnie Murphy captured the prize in
this department.
The music room furnished variety Of
amusement. A guessing contest Of mus
ical terms with honors for prizes equally
shared by Mrs. Sim Ewalt and Master
Minis Martin. the entertainment being
supplemented by readings and vocal and
instrumental music.
The total proceeds of the evening
were $l38.20. which includes the final
gathering IN Of certain funds and talents.
The occasion was IN the nature Of a
housewarming for the parsonage. The
ladies certainly are deserving of great
commentator for their last year. efforts.
What with the compilation and
publication Of cook book Of great mer-
MT. corn huskinss. the accretion Of talents
and Ike enterprises their year. income
has melted them nearly 5000 and the
inferior decorations and improvement. Of
the church as wei as the project ol
building the commodious. convenient and
comfortable parsonage are very largely
due to theI mtrins e6orts.
Long i've the mahons Of the Ladie.
J Aid.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
William Game Across"

1t gives us pleasure exquisite to be able
to herald the news to the world that the
Hon. William Gesner. representative of
Barber county, has reformed-washed in
the cleansing stream Of public sentiment.
When the Stubs primary law was voted
on in the house last week there were on
ly nine out Of l40 votes recorded against
it, and William was not among the nine.
In the committee Of the whole. he wav-
cred, it is true. but when the crisis came
he hoped into the and wagon and
looked as wise and )leasant as though
he had slipped square deal tonic from the
Stubs bottle from the first hour Of his
political birth. There are those who are
ungrateful enough to say that our repre-
sentative was not ssncere. that a large
and well developed hare had been trip
ping the light fantastic up and down his
esophagus and hence he tumbIed. 9th
ers say that he would have voted the
same way that he did at the regular ses-
sion had he no, known that he was in a
hopeless minority. and that his seeming
reformation is for campaign purposes only.
These questions we leave with Viii
liam and his conscience. Suffice it to
say that last Wednesday we gave him an
extention Of time to make record and
now that he has made fair start we are
going to extend to him the right hand Of
fellowship, with the admonition to keep
on voting for democratic and square deal
measures. William has never had the
reputation for being extraordinarily shrewd,
but we believe he is wise enough to rec
ognize that the old Kansas machine is
too dead for exudation Of morbid efer-
vescence.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
Another Forest Cityite writes as

Another Forest Cityite writes as fol-
lows:
Eds. Index:-Permit me to say few
brief words in justification Of the Santa
Fe people in locating the switch at For
est City. have no quarrel with my
Mingona friends on this point. : admire
the hard effort they made and would not
have felt sore" i they had won out.
But few days ago | inclined my ear TO
the grass roots and they tell me that a
movement is on foot to petition the rail-
road company to reconsider the matter
and grant second hearing on, the ground
that new evidence has been discover
ed. This is all wrong. You must not
go behind the returns. Now,I Aatter
myself as one competent to give expert
testimony on the proposition as to whether
or not Forest City is practical and suit
able place for depot. AS you know,
Il have travelled about bit Of my tim"
and sites (and sights) have seen few,
and am willing to stake my reputation
against Neighbor Tedrow's best horse,
that Forest is an ideal place for Station.
1t is nicely located. easy to get IN and
out and has some Of the gandest natural
scenery on the Makers footstool. 1t will
serve as many. and more, people than at
Minsona and to prove that Forest peo-
pie are made Of as good clay as Mingo-
mates | have only to cite myself and
NeighborsG Cant and Newt Martin as start
ers. If that doesn't close the argument,we
will organize company. get our photos
took and present them to the Mmgona
boys. propose to continue to "holler
down" Mmeona's rain banel and my
sweet temper shall endure forever. Thi.
controversy may not be settled until the
millennium but through it all you viii find
me meeting harsh words by turning the
ether cheek" and coming up smiling.
T. L. SALE.
Nexh
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
County Assessor is Busy

The county assessors Of Kansas, I'M
der the new tax law, are burdened with
more dutes than the law itself prescnbes,
according to letters and circulars which
they have received recently from the
State Tax Commission. One among
these new duties is to forward to the
Commission statistical record taken from
the records Of the register of deeds. The
information desired is statement Of FIVE
actual yearly sales Of real estate during
the past FIVE years. in each con-
gressional township, giving consideration in
each sale, together with the assessed val
ue Of each such tract during the same time.
The presumption is that the Commis-
sion intends to use this information on
which to base real estate assessments this
year, and if that be the case, there is
certain to be an enormous increase.
However, that should alarm nobody for
an increase in valuation means decrease
IN levy, the only bad feature being the
amount Of labor and consequent cost Of
securing this information, which, in the
final analysis is footed by the taxpayers.
In this county Assessor Bailey, assisted
by Deputy Stout Of this township, have
been busy since Monday Of last week
and the report is not yet ready to for
ward to the state board When it is
considered that they are required to fur
nish almost 900 hundred Statements Of
conveyances and that these must be dug
out Of the records, it is no small task;then
add to this the additional duty of going
through the county clerks records and
finding the assessed value of these tracts
for FIVE years and the task comes near
being doubled.
The Commission has probably Started
as near right as possible and yet it is not
altogether a safe guide in determining
real estate values, for farms and lands in
the same locality differ very widely in
values and it is s6Il for the local assessors
judgment to settle.
Until more thoroughly tried, the law is
a mere experiment The great expense
attached to putting the law into opera
tion will probably more than consume
the additional tax secured from people
who now escape taxation. Eventually it
may prove the right thing. Time only
will demonstrate.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
Things Look Brighter

1t is practically assured that Medicine
Lodge will not suffer on account Of the
new tax law. The effort of Mayor
Field to have the tax levy regulated has
already been fruitful. A bill has been
introduced in the legislature to cover the
defect and doubtless will pass. But even
If it does not, there is no immediate dam
ger Of con6scaton. Investigation has re-
vealed the fact that the 1907 tax viii
more than satisfy the judgment now pend
ing against the city and there will be no
immediate reason for an enormous levy
Some Of the bonds are falling due but
at best cannot go to judgment shorl
of two years. There is no reason to be-
Iieve that any Of the bond holders vii
force another judgment anyway. Those
who have been in touch with the holder,
OF bonds against the city say that they
are ready to make and reasonable con-
cessions any there is no reason to fear
that settlement will not be made on such
a basis that taxes will be no greater IN
ahe future thnn they have been in the
past.
In this tax matter many Of us were in.
.clned to be unduly alarmed. Thinei
are ironing out very ageeably.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29

Following the dismissal Of school, the
city council met and adopted a stringent
resolution. directing that all children be
kept off the streets except In case Of run
ming an errand; that all people knowing
themselves to have been exposed, refrain
from mingling with other people: thai
people refrain from congregating in the
postomce or In stores and that merchant.
are requested to cooperate with the
authorizes in enforcing the order. ]. B.
Stocksdll has been appointed to act a.
special marshal to see that the councils
orders are obeyed.
The council also requested H. H.
Mccoy to close the billiard hall and the
request has been complied with.
With all these precautions and the
general public cooperating to a common
end. it should be only very short time
until the scare has disappeared.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
Came Home to ROOst

Jess Molian returned home last Friday
and on Saturday morning was arrested on
a charge Of crap shooting. Jess was one
Of the bunch who was IN the revelry at
the time Of the Kenneriy shooting last
month. He had been away ever since
that evenful night but finally decided to
return and face the music with his com
paliots. His sisler. Mrs. Galland. quail
fed on his bond for appearance in court
next month.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29

Mrs. 7. A. Coleman entertained the
Whist Club last Friday night. ]. N.
Tincher surprised the assembled guests
by changing his usual tactics. He won
seven games consecutvely. or in other
words. didn't lose a game. and carried
away the award and the glory. This.
together with his spread eagle act at
Topeka tonight. should round out his
fame
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
The Small Pox Situatioa

During the past few days there have
been some new Developments in the
smallpox situation and. as usual in such
cases. those Of the more excitable peo-
pie have become unduly alarmed.
On Sunday Carl Rankin had a small
breaking out on portions Of his body and
on Monday Harry White was in the
same condition. Both had gone to the
new pest house on the county poor farm
before the breaking out. Neither is in
serious condition. they are up and able
to take care Of themselves and if it can
be called smallpox, is in the mildest pos
sible form.
The fore part Of last week H. H.
Mccoy was slightly sick and it was re-
ported that he, too, had the smallpox.
The report was not well founded. He
is attending to business and has no ap-
pearance Of having been sick. Howev-
er, he renamed at home during all the
tune that there was any doubt, which
was very commendable.
On Monday Port E. Unger had a
beautiful case to contend with and yes
/ terday there were rumors of several new
ones, though nothing definite was known.
In view Of the prevalence Of the NAL
ady. the County Health officer deemed it
advisable to instruct the school board to
close the school temporarily, and yester-
day morning Supt. Major dismissed the
pupils. The length of the period will
depend on developments, it may be a
week and it may be a month. Due
notice will be given when school resumes.
This order will be followed by an
order to suspend all public gatherings.
such as church services. public entertain
ments and social functions so far as posi-
bic.
The malady. whatever it ;s. j. ir a
very light form and there is no cause for
alarm, yet the quickest way to stamp it
out is for every person to do-his and her
duty. We think the closing of the
schools was unnecessary but it was done
to satisfy those who have been agitating
ii ever since the "unwelcome guest"
struck the town, and now that it has been
accomplished the order should be made
sweeping. To allow other places to
continue as they have been, would be an
outrage.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29

B. F. Glasier was in the city from Fri
day until yesterday mixing with old friends.
having come down from Wichita where
he had taken the body Of his mother for
burial. Ben is now engaged in the real
estate business IN Kansas City. He is
not as strong and robust physically as he
was when he left Medicine Lodge and
he admits that it would be the sensible
thing to do to come back and enjoy life
again. Financially he has done well
since leaving.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
Best Record Of The Season

The most successful shoot of the sea-
son, Of the Medicine Lodge Gun Club,
was on Sunday. Otto Southworth
made the best record ever made in this
city by resident citizen.