Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-04-21

NO. 49
Barrel salt at Coles.
See Uncle Bill Friday night.
Good alfalfa seed for sale. Address
w. c. Afford. Hazelton. Kansas.
The best place m Barber county to
buy shoes is at ]. K. Richardson's, Ger
lane.
Lake and Sun City furnished nice
delegation at the cowboy doings in the
city Saturday.
Good clean ka6r corn seed at IS
cents per bushel. F. C. CoIbom, Med
icine Lodge. Kansas.
Opera House Friday night. "She
dared to do Right" Tickets now on
sale at Postofhce bookstore.
James Hine. bnckmason and stone
mason. Work done at reasonable prices.
Medicine Lodge. Kansas.
For Sale-One extra good work horse.
weight about 1850, also one good go
devil. Lloyd DAVIS, Sharon Kan..
H. H. Case returned from Kansas
City Saturday. He expects to 20 to
Alva today to bring in his new Buick
motor.
]. c. Gano has purchased c. A.
Burneys lots west Of F. w. Merins
residence on Washington avenue and
will build an elaborate house.
G. A. Thomas has purchased r. I.
TaGafenos lots east Of the Presbyterian
church and is preparing to build a nice
residence there. Mr.. Thomas is a con-
tractor and builder. He recently moved
here from New Mexico.
G. S. Beevers. from Hamilton. Green
wood county. arrived in Barber county
the first Of last week to become citizen
among US. He has purchased the form
er Marched ranch in Eagle township and
will engage in the stock business extern
sively. We are glad to have him iden-
tilted with the business interests Of Barber
county.
Mrs. Emma Rankin. accompanied by
her son, Willie, departed last Wednesday
night for Clinton. Indiana, in response
10 message stating that her mother was
very seriously i'll. Her father, Mr..
.. Weber. who had been visiting her over
a month had left for home only day be-
fore the word came telling Of Mrs.
Webers sickness.
c. F Edwards, a veterinary surgeon
: from Pratt county. was in the city last
, Thursday looking over the situation with
] view to locating and entering into the
!. practice here. He was favorabIy impres.
sed and will probably decide to establish
himself in business in the town. He wa.
= on his way to New Mexico where he
has some real estate matters to close up
D. F. Painter was happily surprisee
y last "Wednesday in meeting up with ar
e old Indiana friend and army comrade
e Joel Lanning. They served in the 5tl
d Indiana battery together and thi. wa.
their FIRST meeting in nearly 40 years
y, MIR. Lanning now lives at Parsons, Kan
= sas. He and his son happened to b,
- travelling through western Kansas ane
:. Oklahoma and hearing Of Mr.. Painter
- = living here. drove about so miles of o
:, their route to visit him.
,. We have just one little request to max,
y Of Lawyer Martin. In his two-coIuml
9 : article which is due in the Cresset thi.
week. we would like to be quoted cor
rectly or not at all. He misquoted u
v twice last week, which hurts him wors,
], than us. 1t is no longer mystery how
1t he happens to be wrong on the law
I A man who can't read small newspape
If article and quote from it correctly .houle
a, not be expected to understand law par
v agraph when he reads it.
!. Davis Gordon Of this city has returnes
to the veterinary practice. He has /,
= card in this issue Of the Index. Befor,
!. coming to this country he was regular
= y registered veterinarian but did no
;. . practice much here. When Dr.. Van
- Ness left many Of the stockmen wses
~ him to take up the practice and few
weeks ago he took the examination ans
he made fine grades. He IS now a reg
o istered veterinary surgeon and is preparet
n Il -.