Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-10

w. Z. StOut mas the most COM
plete stock of robes and blankets
in the city.
For Sale:-A farm of SO acres,
q miles from this city. Good
terms. w. L. Utterback.
Miss Ruth Farley and Miss De-
light Stroll took advantage of the
short vacation from school the lat
ter part of last week and visited
friends and relatives at Isabel.
]. R. Young Drug Company are
selling frame pictures at less than
cost of the frames. They do this
in order to introduce the Holiday
Goods. Take advantage of the
picture sales while they last.
Mrs. S. l. Field accompanied
Mr.. Field on his trip last week.
She visited with friends and rela-
tives in Kansas City while Mr..
Field was attending to business
mattess there and IN Topeka.
Hunters should remember that
it is unlawful to hunt on a mans
premises whether posted or not.
The law provides that it is mis-
demeanor to hunt on any persons
land without first procuring the
owners consent.
]. w. and T.. Finley sold their
residence property in this city cd
Saturday to c. E. Jones who came
here from Montana last week. Mr..
Jones is a brother in law of Geo.
Bigham's and is carpenter.
There are five children in the fam
lily and come here on account of
our excellent schools. Finley Bros.
gave immediate possession.
Mrs. c. I. Long entertained a
group of Medicine Lodge ladies at
a two o'clock luncheon last We'd
nesday. The afternoon was most
pleasantly spent. Not among the
least of the enjoyment was the vo-
cal music by Miss Agnes, Mrs:
Longs older daughter, who is re-
markably gifted. Few girls of her
age are blessed with sush remark
able musical talent. 4
DR.. E. w. Clark sofu : his farm
between this city and Sharon to
VIM. Schiff of Earlham, Iowa, last
week. Consideration $4,000. Mr..
Schif is the man who recently pur-
chased Albert Heads farm-the
former Stewart farm-east of this
city. He also owns tracts in Shar-
on township, all of which repre-
sents probably more than $1,000
This is proof that his faith in Bar
Der county real estate is abundant.
The quail season opens next Mon
day. The essentials things to re.
member are that you must have a
license, a gun, good dog, money
to buy ammunition, a steady nerve
and good eye, if you want birds.
Also remember that it is unlawful
to kill more than 20 birds in one
day. If you get more than the
limit, bring the excess to us and
the whole matter will be dropped.
]. A. Mccoy and John Levens of
north Elm were county seat visitors
on Friday. ]. A. is about to sell
his large ranch and if the deal goes
through he will probably leave old
Barber. We would regret very
much to see him leave. He is one
of the old timers and the kind of
a man that builds up country.
Mr.. McCoy's wife died recently and
this probably has something to do
with his decision to sell,
Mrs. w. H: McCague, who is a
Past Grand Chief of the Pythian
Sisters, was in Kiowa last Wednes-
day making the necessary prelimi.
nary arrangements to institute a
lodge in that city. She secured
the requisite number of signers to
the petition and is now IN com.
munication with the Grand Chief.
Equality Temple of this city will
assist in instituting the new lodge.
The date remains to be designated
by the Grand Chief who will be
the official head of the work.
The Medicine Lodge delegation
of teachers that attended the State
Teachers Association at Topeka
last Thursday and Friday, returned
home Saturday afternoon rather
worn out physically but fully sat
ished that they got their moneys
worth and having no regrets for
making the trip. The delegation
included Prof. D. w. Major, Coun-