Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

Mrs. Chas. Owen and children of
Wellington are visiting Mr.. Owens
parents, H. Owen and wife, in
this city. They arrived Monday.
0. Mills, VIM. Ward and Robert
Burgin, school land appraisers,
were called in from the northwest
country yesterday as witnesses in
the Cole-Reeves contest case.
Here is a small injustice that
should be brought to the attention
of the Railroad Commissioners:
1t costs $1.74 more to go from Med
icine Lodge to Wichita, leaving at
$40 a. m, than it does leaving at
$3.50 P N.
Misses Mabel Chance and Fannie
Dewitt treated their Sunday school
classes of the Baptist church to a
delightful picnic in the Elm creek
grove on the southeastern edge of
the city last Wednesday afternoon.
A dainty little supper was served
after the little folks had enjoyed
the freedom of the grove, and Just
before dark they had hay-rack
ride around town. They had a
jolly good time and every one of
them has lavish praise for theif
Sunday school teachers.
1t is not the purpose of the Index
to get into an extended argument
about the injustice done to the
citys base ball team by the Cres-
tset. We are not a base ball en-
thusiast but we believe in Justice
and we have published the facts az
the request not only of the members
Of the team but also of many citi-
zens and business men who felt
keenly the injury done them by the
Cresset in publishing them as a
gang of ruffians and thieves. The
article has had the effect to bring
out an apology to the ball players
and we think in time the paper
will apologize to the umpire. 1t is
known, of course, that the "roast"
on Umpire Gano is really directed
against Insurance Agent Gano.
The Topeka Capital last We'd
nesday published list of all cities
IN Kansas having a population of
over 1000. There are 32 cities In
the list. Kansas City is first with
population of 8I,o52; Wichita,
second, with 52,313, and Topeka
third with 45.143. The Index gets
little satisfaction out of this list
as published by the Capital. In
the spring when we published the
population of the different cities
and townships of Barber county,
we were very harshly criticised by
the Kiowa Journal for publishing
Kiowa's population at only lass.
The Capital publishes the same
figures and we suppose it is now in
order for the Journal to take a fall
out with that paper.
Geo. Chestnut of Waynoks, Ok
lahoma, visited a few days last
week with his wife's parents, r. M.
Smith and wife, in this city. Prob
ably our readers will be better ac-
quainted with the name, if, instead
of Geo. Chestnut, we say "Red
Houser," which is his old cowboy
name. In the earlier days of Bar
ber county and the Indian Territory
he was one of the most widely
known cowmen extant and while
| nearly go years have come and gone
| since he first rode our prairies he
| does not look much the worse for
wear. He now owns valuable
farm at Waynoka, has it well stock
ed and is possessed of much of this
| worlds goods. He and George
Horney of the Grand Hotel used to
do range work together and they
are built pretty much on the same
| plan. Mr.. Chestnut's visit here
| afforded him great pleasure. He
/ was accompanied on the visit by
his daughter.