Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-09-14
HAzELToN ITEMS

As usual, it rained while they were
town last week with new one.
]. o. Webb and family were over
from the ranch part of last week,
as usual, it rained while they were
here.
The NJ. E. church folks are hav-
ing their church building repaired.
w. H. Ham is doing the work which
insures good job.
The rain has stopped threshing
for perhaps the balance of this
week, but has put new life in the
wheat sowing business.
The Mo. P. Railway folks have
at last decided to put in a section
house at Hazelton, and have sent
foreman here to take charge
Of the section.
Mrs. j. B. Simpson has leased her
Hazelton residence to the parties
from Okla, who are starting the
auto garage, and will remove to
Wichita in a week
Tuesday evening Hazelton had a
fine rain and some hail, and the
way the wind did blow for a while
was no fun. 1t done up" several
nice peach trees for us
r. D. Brakey is still at work MAX
ing our roads and bridges just a
little better than any others in the
county, and nothing he could do
would be of greater benefit to the
farmers than making good roads.
l.. NJ. Landreth has returned
nome from Gueda Springs, and is
talking of sending Mr.. Jonsing" a
challenge for 10-round bout. He
thinks the Springs have made him
just little better than Jeffries was
on the Fourth of July.
School begins to-day (Monday)
at District 90, or Pleasant Valley
with Miss Christa Landreth welding
the birch, and we are betting our
loose change that she will make a
success. Miss Landreth seems to us
to be admirably equipped in every
way for a successful teacher.
The Hazelton Herald states tina
j. c. Dimmick is getting over his
illness; but the way we had it was
he wasn't only i'll but actually cross
and who wouldn't be cross with
about bakers dozen of Jobs com
forters to carry around all summer
Being cross is no name for it.
One of G. NJ. Martins cards OF
Identification accidentally fell into
our hands Saturday, and we have
read it with great care, trying tc
find out if it really does fully and
completely identify G. NJ, and if so
whether it marks him in any way g
superior being, and one eminently
fitted for the office, and a better
equipped person than others who
have preceded him. Now G. NJ. men.
lions some seven or eight particular
things that he will or will MOI
do if elected, and not a single on,
of them is different or a mark
ed departure from what others have
done for years. On first readine
one would think that Barber coun
ty has been electing men to the of
flee who have been doing thes,
things that G. NJ. says he won't do
but we who have been here for +;
good many years are not so read,
to swallow this implied charge, for
as a rule, we have had pretty fai
men in the office. Of course, we al
know that Barber never has had G
NJ in that important office, henc
Barber has from his standpoint sui
fered a very great loss on that &C
count.We have often wondered our
selves just how Barber has manage
to get along without G.. M. in som
important office. That he is hones
capable, and we'll equipped in ever
way, even G. NJ. himself admits
) that there are no others ever ye
, elected who were absolutely honest
absolutely qualified, and perfect
willing to give the county value re
ceived, G. NJ. admits also. But G
NJ. as usual, said too much for thi
card would have just as completed
identified him if he had left numbe
seventhly out, for after the vote
were counted two years ago it wa
not supposed that anyone would fal
over himself trying to get hi1
to make another try for the office
Now we don't make any claims t
being one of these real extra brigh
fellows who are so much more hon
est than others, but we do claim
know when people have had enoug
of us, and for that reason we hav