Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-12-22
Sun and Lake City Happenings

| Louis Bissantz was on the sick list last
Friday.
| Mrs. Stafford visited over Sunday at
the Lodge.
Worhe BIB returned from Wichita
the first Of last week.
John Campbell shipped car Of hogs
to Wichita last Tuesday.
Yves Urton sold team Of mule colts
to Vim. Shuts for $40.
The crushed toe Of John Lamport's
seems to have taken backset.
Mrs. Joe Hargis left last Thursday
morning Tor kinsley to visit with her
people.
c. S. Marty is building shed for his
cattle 25Oxl2. This man puts his ideas
into practice.
Seward Field was out from the Lodge
last week and took advantage Of the
last day Of the quail season.
The meetings which closed at Sun
City last Sunday night resulted in about
htteen accessions to the church.
Miss Z. Stewart, teacher of the Lass
well school, was in Lake Saturday laying
in supplies for Christmas tree at that
point.
Scott Buck has harvested his mustache
and we predict that he, like Sampson, Of
old will lose his strength, especially with
the ladies.
! DR.. Martindale's lecture Saturday ev-
ening at the Lake Nj. E. church was
very fine but the crowd was slim, owing
to the weather.
Dean MCGEE has been promoted a
notch. He is now agent at Belvidere
which brings him in more of that dearly
beloved cash. A. w. Duncan is now
agent at Sun.
Bob Wilson, a young man working at
the Shay anch,while caring for a team Of
mules last Thursday, was kicked, break
ing his leg below the knee. DR.. Cling
er fixed him up and he will be able to
navigate IN few weeks.
Claude Clawson started to cross the
icy rubicon last Wednesday night and
when about the middle Of the stream his
team got down and came very near
passing in their checks" After some
desperate efforts they finally managed
to get back to the side from whence they
started.
Let us remind you that on Christmas
eve at Lake City M. E. church an ap-
propriate exercise directed by Mrs. ].
M. Walsh and Mrs. H. F. Lake will be
given. This will be followed by a dis
tribution Of presents in which everybody 5
baby and sweetheart will be remember,
en-. All such fellows as Scott Buck and
Tom Sallee should dig up quite freely
on this occasion. Program will begin at
J p. m.
The infant boy of A. w. Dor and
wife which was born only a few days
ago died last Thursday morning. The
little fellow had gained considerable
strength and there was hope Of saving
its life, but the great care and anxious
hours were rewarded by disappointment.
A brief service was held at the home
Friday afternoon and the remains laid
to rest in Lake cemetery. The Dorr
family have many friends who deeply
sympathize with them.
The old residence on the Bib ranch
which is occupied by Bloyd Latchaw
and wife, caught FIRE last Thursday night
and it would have been licked up had
it not been for some neighbors. There
was no one at home except Mrs. Lat
chaw and little girl who was staying
with her. She used the phone to notify
the neighbors and then set about getting
out the things. Geo. Hastings and his
man were on the spot within FIVE minutes
and the FIRE was soon under control.
Bloyd arrived after the frolc was all over.
Another defective Aue was the cause.
There seems to have been a business
upheavel among the Redwines and Tom
Sallee for the past week or so. The
! livery outfit which changed from Alb.
Redwine to Tom Sallee as we mention
ed last week, had hardly been affected
when Sallee purchased the BAN which
was owned by Chas. Redwine. Tom
now has the livery business in Lake by the
tail and the way for him to keep his grip
on it is to keep good lad" in this paper.
After Chaslasold his livery barn he
purchased the gents furnishings and gro
Gerry aore Of his brother. Boone Redwme,
which will be under the management Of
Fred Waltz. =
Harry Clement was hauling oil cake
from Lake City for M. F. Casio last
Monday week and when near The e.
sea school house the wheels struck hole
| and the cake which he need az = yv;nd