Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-12
HQzeHOn Items.

HQzeIton Items.
DR.. Stallard has received a new
auto.
The fine rain Saturday night
Strengthened out good many long
! faces.
E. H. Kelley of Fisher, ILL.,, was
here last week on business and Wis
iting friends.
]. o. Webb and family came in
from the ranch last week and Wis
tied a few days.
The backward spring is making
pasture little slow. but just wait
a few days and see the grass grow
after a few showers.
]. c. Dimmick has had a new
wash or smoke house built at his
home. He is also getting material
on the ground for large barn.
The Amorita ball nine was here
Saturday and let our boys beat
them 10 to 6. That explains why
SO much dust was flying in the ev-
ening.
L. M. Presnall has decided that
he wants a good title to his farm
and city property and is suing to
quiet title and makes his son liv-
ing in Oklahoma, defendant.
Some smart boys are going to
get mixed up with the laws if they
don't be a little careful how they
use their guns on the public roads.
Such conduct is bound to get them
into trouble sooner or later.
Speaking of dry weather, we
don't remember of ever seeing a
season since being here but what
some of the farmers didn't have
the wheat crop killed some time
during the season, but has usually
made pretty fair crops. Some of
the fields have been cut short for
want of rain but not enough to
prevent fair average crop in most
fields. Corn is coming up fairly
well. 1t will all get there by and
by.
Since the ladies have organized
and taken charge of the cemetery
a wonderful improvement is no.
ticeable. They have met three
times at the cemetery and the rake,
spade and pillow have been used to
good advantage. The lot owners
ought to accept this as proof that
the ladies need money and pay for
their lots and get a deed and thus
help push the work of identifying
the resting place of our departed
friends. Let every one come right
in and pay for their lots and not
wait to be personally requested tc
do so.
Hazelton lost another good citi
zen last Tuesday when George w.
Payne died. He had been badly
afflicted for several years with kid
ney trouble and for the past two
years suffered a great deal and had
he not been a determined man he
would no doubt have died much
sooner. We have known George
for good many years and during
our long acquaintance have never
known Of him even being charged
with doing a dishonest act. He
was carpenter by trade and did q
great deal of work here and never
have we heard of him sighting hi:
work or charging more for it thar
the work was worth. He would
not take a building by contract
but preferred to work by the day
saying by this means he simply
got what he earned and was not
working as a speculator but tc
make an honest living. He was
not man that attracted much no
tice, but had established charac.
ter for honesty in his work that
caused him to be in demand when
work was wanted. He was not a
member of any church but his hon
esty, hberality and kindness tc
, those whom he thought worthy
will count long way toward
covering any faults that may be
charged to him on account of moi
being professed christian and we
believe he will have many credit
marks that many professed chris
/ tians will not have in the day Of