Barbour County index., 1910-06-08
Boquets for Barber

who made the Memorial address
in this city May goth, has the fol.
lowing complimentary review of
the things he observed in the
town and contiguous territory, in
last weeks Anthony Bulletin of
which he is associate editor:
"When one goes by rail to Ned
lcine Lodge, which is west of us,
one goes first to Argonia, which is
east of US. Then one goes north
to Danville, west through Harper
to Attica where a train is waiting
to carry one on west to the "The
Lodge" If one goes that way
Medicine Lodge is reached about
one o'clock p. M, and at $3.50 there
is a train on the Denver and Gulf
to Kiowa where one gets the
Missouri Pacific back to Anthony.
On fine dav, such as Monday, it
is fine trip with ney
through country rich in wheat,
oats, corn, hogs, alfalfa, cattle,
fruit, contented and prosperous
people. Monday we went that
route.
"The way into Medicine Lodge
affords a view of beautiful valleys
and timber is to be seen, and as
the road leads on towards the river
there is feeling that here the
cattleman and farmer ought to be
satisfied. Barber county is the
cattleman's paradise, and the men
who went there and stayed there,
and stayed with cattle and hogs
IRE all in comfortable circum.
stances, if they are not what we
call rich.
cat Medicine Lodge our old
friend, the v.Howard Cady, me
us and Mr.. Tincher, one of the
leading lawyers, and G. A. Bucklin
representing the G. A. R. Post
There was a fine program of mu-
ic at the opera house, the service
of the G. A. R., a reading of a
patriotic nature by one of the Med
icine Lodge ladies, and then we
talked while to the survivors oil
the Civil war. Medicine Lodge i:
growing. The town has greatly
! changed since we went there, som,
7 years ago, whenever the court wa
in session, to take judgments be-
cause of defaulted mortgages
Then the people west owned thu
land and owed the mortgages ane
wanted to give the land away
and the eastern people had tn
mortgages and could not reali z
on them and wanted to give then
away. The western people nov
own the land and the eastern peo
pie are kicking themselves for no
holding on to the mortgages, OF
the titles acquired by reason o
foreclosure. Medicine Lodge is
prosperous little city, has beautiful
homes, fine people and fame a:
the home town of the late "Jerry'
Simpson and of ex- senator, Ches
ter l. Long.
"The country is not so good tc
look upon from Medicine Lodg'
to Kiowa but there are fine look
ing farms as you near the latte
city. Kiowa is passing from {
frame town to brick city. Th'
changes there are striking. 1t ha
about sixteen hundred people. New
brick business blocks appear along
the main street. Electric light
and water are recent things. Their,
are many new homes, some of then
models in appearance, there are
many cement sidewalks and every
where there is the indication of {
busy, hustling, growing city. There
we met Judge Gillett, who made
the address to the soldiers.
"Erom Kiowa to Hazelton ther,
was much to see and many sign:
of wealth and prosperity. Hazel
ton had celebrated and people go
aboard here who talked of the day
and doings.
'It occurred to us that we hac
gone a long way round to visi
Medicine Lodge, that we had beer
in that city less than three hour
and that our day had largely beer
passed on the railroads. But il
had been a fine trip through two
good Kansas counties"