Barbour County index., 1910-08-03

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Miss Delight Strohl returned Sat-
urday from visit with friends and
relatives at Carmen, Oklahoma.
Irene XIarissa Galettly was mar
ried in the city of Wichita on Sun
day. Do you blame her for chang
ing her name?
Mrs. NJ. T Williams and daughter
Miss Minnie, are visiting relatives
and friends in ST.. Joe, Missouri.
They left last week.
Mrs. E. L, McCracken and son, Hal
and Mrs. C. IT, McCracken departed
on Monday to visit a week with rela-
tives inrsouthern Oklahoma
The heat continued revision up
ward" all@last week. The highest
official registration was on Friday
and Saturday when it was 10
DR.. Coleman reports the birth of
a daughter to MEz- and Mrs. Paul
Ritchie of this city on Friday, July
29th. Mrs. Ritchie was formerly
Miss Edna Durfee of Lake City
Miss Louise Glenn of Kiowa was
one Of the out-of-town guests at the
house party given by Mrs. C. I.Long
for her daughters, Misses Agnes and
Margaret, last week
D. W. Runkel was an Isabel visit
or in the county seat last Friday He
says corn in his part of the county
has been hurt at least fifty per cent
by the hot winds and dry weather.
why pay $1,000 for a car
that will go no faster, no slower,
no longer, no more quietly, nor
climb hills any better, if as well, as
the $1,000 Ford? Can't you use the
$500?
Rev. Claude ]. Spiers attended a
meeting of the Ministers and Dea-
cons of the Baptist Chiscaskia AS
sociation at Anthony last week. He
left on Thursday and returned home
on Saturday.
W. R. Forsyth has just added
large shipment of new goods to his
furniture and Chinaware stock Do
not forget to inspect this stock be-
fore making your purchases. First
door south Of Citizens Bank.
FOR SALE-About September 1st:
Karkhoff Wheat, fine quality and
perfectly pure; has been grown 8
years in Barber county. Price S1.25
per bushel. Under 10 bushels $3.50
MARY BEST.
c. A. Friday sold one Of his
fine young teams last Friday The
buyer, Mr.. A. c. Booth, of Engle-
wood, came through" with $4,000
for the pair. They were 3-year-old
mares and the two weighed 2700.
They are dandies.-Sharon Shield.
Miss Ruth Scott, Misses Elizabeth
and Helen Campbell and Mr. Ewing
Campbell and Mr.. Colen Campbell
who were the guests of the Misses
Long, during the house party, left
for their respective homes at Pitts
burg and lola, Kansas, last Thurs
day.
Lloyd Davis of Sharon returned
home from CloEis, New Mexico the
| fore part of last week Mrs Davis re-
mained at Clovis and will not re-
turn before next spring at least Mr.
Davis says her health has improved
very much and she is getting along
! fine.
Davis Gordon and wife are en-
| joying a good visit at their old hons
at Alexandria. Indiana. They ex-
pect to return home next week They
got away Just in time to escape the
hot winds this summer-the first
by the way we have had for a num-
Der of years.
We doubt If there is another
county in Kansas in which the pri-
mary election was as quiet as it was
in Barber county this year. Two
years ago it was very lively yet with
about the same contests fought over
again. the enthusiasm this year was
on the wane. Politics do not seem
to have the charms they once had.
sold another Ford" 1t is a COM
mon occurrence for c. N. Marshall
to greet the newspaper man with the
foregoing expression. One of his
latest sales was that of a Model T,
made to- Eben Douglass last Thurs
day. If you have the least notion
of buying car.five minutes of your
time with Mr.. Marshall will do the