Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-18
Sun and Lake City Happenings
Hot and dry,


Frank Hart is the victim of typhoid fever.
DR.. Ginger is his physician.
Walt Fulton was in Lake last Tuesday get
ting repairs for his corn binder.
Mrs. Frank Buck spent the day at Coats last
Saturday. with her sister. Mrs. Amos McAdoo.
Without the slightest ceremony. Cliff Hat
field departed for Oklahoma last week for
few days visit
Our Lake hotel has new helper who ar
rived from Coats Saturday. She's widow
but not grass
Three car loads of Lake ladies and gentle
men went to the hub to see the Boomers ca
per last Wednesday,
Mrs Jan Skinner was down last Tuesday
and participated in the festival given in hon.
or of Mrs Frank Gordon.
Peter Hon. wife and daughter. Miss Bessie,
of kiowa have been the guests OF Mrs Minnie
Meaders the past few days
g. g. Shigley has built a cement sidewalk
in front of his residence which helps out won
derfully. Who'll be the next?
The location of the alfalfa mill is south and
east of the depot. Parties from Wichita viii
begin its construction right away.
Redwine & Sallee sold fine driving team
to viii South last week. VIII has taken
charge of the Deerhead mail route.
John Laff. the Lake painter and paperer
returned from Cunningham last Tuesday.
where he has just completed a big job.
Miss Bessie Stewart is visiting Mrs Clara
Coffee for a few days. She will teach the
Sunfiower school south of the Eodge.th year.
Wesley Triton recently purchased herd of
COWS of Jim Gano. This is well bred bunch
of stuff and will yield the owner good profit
Another ice famine struck Lake last week.
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dered for several days but for some reason
has not arrived. "
Rev. Timmons will begin q series of meetings
at Deerhead in the near future. He will very
likely go at it single-banded US it is quite diff
ticult TO get help.
Everett Phillips. John Purdy & Co.. return
ed from Colorado last week. Their anticipat-
ed fortune was only an air bubble which is
already burSted.
Ralph Massey. our banjo SolOist, can't re-
strain himself from going up toward the old
gyp occasionally. Keep it up, Ralph, that
looks all right to Willie
Lake now has three real nice merry widows
and II Charley Marsh and Scott Buck don't
begin to show their colors they will not be
considered game at all
So far as we know, Tom Sallee is getting
along all right. He has already taken one
term OF evening buggy rides and everything
continues to be favorable.
o. ). Corliss, the Jersey fend, will put some
OF MS fine mich cows on exhibition at the
Pratt fair this week. He expects to leave for
Vermont Sunday morning
Nerd Thrasher the popular manager of the
sun lumber yard gives us nice ad to begin
with this number Of the Index. Look it up
and then don't forget to act wise.
Quite number of the boys left here last
week Tor the kngman picnic. pretty we'll
staked' and with plenty of good clothes
They returned without either
Jim Olmstead has been furnishing the Sun
market with melons. He surely keeps the
patch up in the air or in the cellar. as we
have been unable SO far to locate it.
The Sun postofice has been changed from
saunders'S store to the Bissantz Block John
Lamport who has had much experience as
postmaster. will have charge of the Office
. Albert Redwine. Tom Sallee and Misses De-
lilah Martin and Lou Hawkins made drive
to the natural bridge Sunday They accom-
panied themselves with plenty of fried chick
en- and pickles.
George Campbell had spasmodic attack of
sickness last week. caused by an overdose of
gyp water. but by the time Dr. Conner got
down to see him George was out chastising
some unTuly hogs
Those interested in the Lake cemetery are
requested to come out next Thursday at o.
clock p. m. to clean off the grounds and to
make any improvements necessary Please
don't forget this
For the first time since the city of King was
founded, we passed through her streets last
thursday. The most attractive thing is a
hail
Killing people have level heads.
Bill Henderson. q Spare-made, good-natur-
ed gentleman who lives miles east of Lake.
is putting up Quarterback" modern farm
house. Bill keeps in touch with the times and
Will no doubt be there when the roll is called.
Ralph Walker. lad from the west end, was
riding at high speed last Tuesday when his
horse stepped into hole. throwing the rider
and making very bad flesh wound on his
left arm. Ralph will be out of business for
few days on this account.
Boone Redwine cut loose from the monoto-
ny of store-keeping last Saturday and board
ed Frank Bucks auto for Pratt. He says the
country over there looks good to him but the
girls look better. The probabilities are he'll
make another trip soon
We learned today that Chas. Anderson who
went to Colorado last spring. was recently
married and is engaged in the barber BUSH
ness at Colorado Springs. Charley has many
friends in Barber county. especially in this
part. who wish him abundant success
The Ice cream social which was pulled of
at the Hatfield residence last Thursday even
ing Afforded good time and plenty Of cream
Tor everyone. The. Sun City choir.furnished
some goodmusic Tor the evening. and as an
Appreciation Of same Mrs. Massey set 'em
up" to the cream
Earl Smith recently purchased s4o acres OF
land 8 miles southwest Of Sun and will begin
TO build residence and make other improve
ments right away. Earl like his father-in-
law. has good deal of snap and we predict
that In few years he will rank among the
best farmers of Barber county
1t is quite amusing to hear some people talk
and then notice their actions. For instance
FRED waltz was at basket dinner recently
and he claimed to be sick. but when the din
nor was SDraa6 he only So,,.