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

| Sweet potato plants for sale. Is and
20 cents. S. w. Alfred. Sharon. Ks.
There are. or soon viii be. o67. 675.-
] 243.697. 768. 353.678.956.856 flies IN
| Kansas. Swat 'em.-kansas City Jour-
nal.
| ]. K. Richardson, general merchan-
disc. Gerlane. New store, new goods
and night prices. Kiowa Phone 1872.
Bell Phone 307.
| John Shothers and children came up
from Capron last Friday to visit with Col.
MacGresor and wife. The children
will spend several week. visiting with
their grandparents.
E. S. Crumpacker and wife went to
Wichita Sunday morning. Mrs. Crum-
packers ankle is still giving her some
trouble and it was thought expedient to
have it thoroughly examined again.
Col. John MacGregor took down
with an acute attack Of lumbago the FIRST
Of last week and was unable to be up
for several days. His FIRST day on the
Streets was Saturday and he is not strong
yet.
We observe that Bro. Haberlein Of
the Kowa ews-Review claims that his
new motor car is not $4,000 machine.
We expected it. but notwithstanding his
modesty our original statement still stands.
We want the newspaper fraternity to lead
in this respect.
The Juniors Of the High School en-
joyed very pleasant evening at Ray
mond Schmidts Tuesday Of last week.
By the time the term closes every men,
Der Of the class will have entertained his
or her classmates. The Juniors are a
very happy family.
M. L. Blankenship came in Sunday
from Wichita with new Auburn tour
ing Car in his possession. 1t is $1,000
job and dandy. and no one is more
able to enjoy riding in nice car than
| M. L.-besides it will be handy when
he wants to take crowd of his friends
and go 6shing.-Coats Courant.
Elder c. H. Brown departed yester-
day for Geuda Springs where he expects
to take treatment a month or six weeks.
Elder Brown has been in poor health for
the past two months with nervous trouble
on account Of over work. He has been
managing farm and taking care Of the
Christian ministry both at the same time
and the result was almost a. complete
breakdown. We hope for his rapid re-
covery.
Thos. ]. Best has let a contract with
F. r. Hayes for the erection of four
dwelling houses near the gypsum mill.
The exact location Of the houses has not
yet been determined but they will be
built either on Miss Best's land north Of
the mill or on the right-of-way south of
the mill. MIR. Hayes will begin work
on these houses as soon as he finishes up
the buildings at the mill which will be
about June lst The new houses will
be occupied by employees Of the gypsum
company. The working force will soon
be enlarged. and would have been be-
fore if houses could have been secured.
The State Of Kansas, to Daniel Stone,
greeting: You are hereby notified that
you are not the only wholesale dealer in
swine. and your claim to being the
champion buyer and seller will be con-
tested from this time henceforth. Vim.
Fuller drove 300 head Of hogs from
Aetna to Medicine Lodge in day and
half. last Thursday and Friday. The
distance which is nearly 40 miles was
covered without losing a single porker
and without watering on the road. A
large part Of the road is billy and very
rough. all Of which goes to show what a
Kansas hog can do with the night kind
Of driver to urge him on.
A law suit between Harry KimbaIl Of
Mngona and a man by the name Of Jean
Farley was compromised before going to