Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-03

If you want good pair Of husking
gloves or hooks, go to w. E. Stout.
He has nice collection.
For sale. Registered Shorthorn bull,
four years old, weight 400, price $50,
if taken soon. Claude StockstiIl, Sharon,
Kans.
! The Halloween social given by the
Epworth League Saturday night was
well attended and pleasant time is re-
ported.
j. Thomas went to Coldwater last
Wednesday where he is doing brick
mason work for several business men in
that city.
The big storm promised by the wealth
er bureau on Saturday failed to material
ize. Kansas weather never gives ad-
vance notices to anyb ody.
The Willing Workers will have an
all day meeting at the home Of Mrs.
Clayton tomorrow { Thursday and every
member is urged to attend.
The new rate on registered letters
went into effect on Monday. 1t now
costs 2 cents to mail registered letter
10 cents registration fee and 2 cents
postage.
Alvin D. Yewell and wife Of Clifton,
Texas. arrived on Tuesday of last week
to visit with Mrs. YeweIl's parents, L. T.
Williams and wife, and other relatives
and friends in the city.
C. H. McBrayer, C. c. Shilling, F.
]. Van Wrinkle and Attorney F. F.
Perry all Of Kiowa were in the city on
Monday. The principal attraction was
the Missouri "hoss doctor" perjury case.
D. w. Stone and party Of his friends
were over from Barber county Monday.
They were trying to buy coin, but our
dealers were out Of that commodity at
the time. Mr.. Stone is one Of the larg-
est hog feeders in Barber county.-At-
tca independent.
If the warm weather continues suf-
hciently long DR.. Tedrow will harvest
second crop Of apples before the old
year passes. He exhibited a twig from
one Of his apple trees bearing four BIOS
SONS. Evidently Dr.. Tedrow's trees
have been fooled into believing this is
springtime.
Mrs. H. H. Case entertained the
Whist Club on Friday evening Of last
week. Mrs. Blanche Griffin held the
high score card Of the evening and was
fortunate enough not to be compelled to
contend with tie score held by some
other person but was awarded the prize
and was in position to aacept it with
clear conscience.
Sam Lard received letter from c. N.
Marshall last Thursday stating that he
and Mrs. Marshall are having the time
Of their lives hunting in Montana.
Charley has an elk, two bears, several
wild goats and sheep to his credit. not
counting the great quantity Of small game.
They expect to be home the latter part
Of next week but are making no prom
ises.
w. L. Unerback's sale which took
place at his farm two and one-haIf
miles east Of this city last Wednesday
aggregated close to $500. 1t waa
one Of the most largely attended sales
ever held in the county. Col. Mac.
Gregor, our versatile auctoneer who is
always Johnny on the spot. even surpass-
ed himself at this sale and seemed to ex-
ercise hypnotic influence over the crowd
T which made them bid right up to the
top notch.
McCracken & Williams were notified
in Mondays mail that their new bus was
loaded and shipped. at St. Louis on Sat-
urday. They are looking for it to ar
rive any day. 1t is warranted to be a
hrstclass vehicle in every respect and the
6m expects to combine courtesy and
} good servic. with i. so that they will
merit the patronage Of the public. Their
prices will be as low as is consistent
with good service but in no event will
they operate free bus.
Probably great many people do not
know what the day Of HoHowe' en- sig
nihes; In looking it up people will find
that the festival Of All Saints was in,ti-
/ tuted in 635 by Pope Gregory ", be-
cause It had become impossible to keep
a separate day for every dead saint. Ii
early times it was believed that the saint,
returned to earth once each year and
|. made such wreckase as modem folk find
on the morning Of November lst.