Barbour County index., 1910-11-23
Shooting Craps

Medicine Lodge.
Shooting Craps
Some Of the local sports had
sitting "wid de bones on Sunday
and as the game progressed one of
the party got more than one mans
share of booze and rough
house developed. Bill Elliott was
the principal actor and it is said
that he displayed a knife and came
near cutting two men About this
time Marshall Schmidt was called
and he took charge of Elliott On
Monday morning Elliott, Vestal
Cook and E. Tedrow were brought
into police court on a charge = of
gambling. They pleaded guilty and
were fined SIS and costs, amounting
to a total of about $11 each.
Warrants are said to be out for
others but at last report had not
Been served.
Other developments are promised
but to date the guardians of the law
have nothing to say.
For Sale
My 1000 acre ranch Z miles north
OF Medicine Lodge and miles
south of Isabel, Kansas. Will sell
all together or will divide into
smaller tracts. This ranch is well
improved. I will give good long
time at low rate of interest on most
all the purchase price. Please call
on Mr.. T. L. Lindley, Medicine
Lodge, Kansas, for prices and most
liberal terms.
A. M HOUCHIN,
Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
Dwight P. Mills made a business
trip to Wichita on Monday.
Hear G. E. Lyon for one week, be
ginning Dec. 4th, at the Christian
church.
Do enjoy Moving Pictures? If so,
you can be satisfied at the Pastime
Theater.
See or write Jack Williams, Med
icine Lodge, Kansas, If you want
to buy land.
Roy White and Julius Stocker have
purchased Lum Herron's barber
shop located in the postoffice build
ing. The boys took possession
Thursday of last week.-Harpe Ad-
vocate.
Your own friends have attained
position, honor, cash. How? Opens
Sept. 6. Salt City Business College,
Hutchinson, Kansas, Box 353 P.
Catalogue free. Positions await
graduates.
Thos. Ireland came up from Alva
last Thursday and visited until Sat
urday with his brother, County Clerk
S. w. Ireland, and family. He
brought his niece, Mary Ireland,
home. She had been visiting with
him at Alva several weeks.
Out in the Eagle neighborhood
they are dying hard. The Republican
brethren have arranged for de-
bate at the country literary and the
subject is: (Which is the most. De-
structive, Fire or Democratic Rule" :"
If the discussion proves as intelli-
gent as the subject, it will be a
warm number" Evidently some
body out in that country has heard
the lamentations of somebody who
has been pried loose from his job.
Morton Albaugh, George A. Clark
and D. w. Travis, three of Kansas s
most noted political ''has beens,''
enjoyed a quail hunt in this county
last week This trio have not
missed coming to Barber county for
many seasons and they always re-
turn to Topeka with a nice lot OF
game The only unharmonious fea-
ture about their visits is that they
are plotted over the county by Jer
ry Gano, a radical insurgent. Bu1
it is said that there are certain oint
| ments that are capable of convert
ing discords of this character int
| real embracing harmony.
John Rankin and W. S. Troye
living south of town compliance
of crazy man in that neighborhoo
last Friday, so the sheriff wen
down and got him. He proved to b
a religious fanatic. He thinks h
is following a spirit, and claims t
go only where directed. 1t was in
possible to learn his name as b
says, .tthe Lord admonished me
reveal not my name to living man.
he claims to have two daughter
somewhere but he has not seen thel
, for years The probate Judge ca