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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-12
What Cows Are DoIna.

Use the Babcock test and know
Just what your cows are doing, turr
of the poor COWS and fill their place:
with good ones. Every dairymar
should know whether he is keeping
Improbable cows or not. The quick
est, cheapest and best way to deter
mine the value Of cows is by the Bah
cock method. 1t will not lie or cheat
but will tell the truth every time. II
frequently shows the dairyman how
little he knows about COW individual
ity. 1t has opened the eyes Of many
a man and started him on the road to
prosperity.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-12
Not Yat OuaIifiad.

Mrs. Rivers with delicate sarcasm)-
You say the kitchen chimney needs re-
pairing and that man will come and
attend to 1t this afternoon. Why don't
you repair 1t yourself? You're a ma
son, aren't your
Rivers fequal to the emergency)-Tm
not a master mason. Lena. l don't
take the third degree until the first
Tuesday evening after the full moon.-
Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-12
Grading Sheep.

Sheep should be graded according
to size, putting the prime ones in a
lot to be fed by themselves and If you
determined to keep the poor ones, put
them in a different lot and do the best
you can with them. Better sell them,
though.
II your ewes drop their lambs and
are in need Of attention which their
mother cannot give them, dilute a
cows milk with about one-third wa
ter
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-12
Care Of Animals,

Much is said about the health of
hogs, cows and other domestic AMI
mails, and there Is some ground for
the agitation. All will admit that our
domestic animals are not as robust
and free from disease as they should
be, yet we believe that conditions are
such that our animals might be as
healthy as they ever were in the his
tory OF farming.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-12
BeSf Extract,

What are the sad cows moolng, mamma
Mooing the whole day long?"
The coo Of the cows (comma) darling
(comma)
Is the wall of an ancient wrong.
Each bovine pet
IL a suffragette
With full heart overbrimmin'
Long years In vain
They've voiced their pain.
They're mooing Votes for womenr"
Life
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-12
SeIllnu Stock.

In selling breeding stock. male or
female, never let big prices tempt you
to let the top-notchers go. II you DO
you will in time not be able 10 pro-
duce anything but second-rats AMI
malls.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-12
Willing 70 Compromise.

willie, II you will promise not to
eat another piece of candy for a month
I'll give you \ dollar"
"I'll tell you what I'll do, pa. I'll
compromise with you"
You will compromise with me7
What do you mean"
"Give me 80 cents and I'll only eat
half as much as I've been eatin'"-
ChicngO RecOrd-H Hernld
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-12
Rye Meal for Dairy Cows.

The Pennsylvania experiment sta
tion has discovered that rye meal as
a part OF a properly balanced ration
for dairy cows Is as efficient in milk
and butter production as an equal
weight OF cornmeal
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-12
= LIVE g
STOCK
COLLARS CAUSE OF SORENESS.
Shoulder Lameness In Horses Caused
by lll-Flttlng contrivance.

SHOu'uST 1dHencss IN T1OTSeS OduScu
by lIl-Flttlng contrivance.
1t is known fact by those who
have made the study of the anatomy
Of the horse a special study that a
large per cent. of the shoulder lame
ness that horses are afflicted with is
due to the use Of collars that do not
bring the bearing on the shoulder
whore 1t should be, writes c. D.
Smead, a veterinary. And the result
is, undue strain is brought to bear
upon the ligaments. (See No. in IL
lustration) which support the top Of
the scapula shoulder blades), and,
sooner or later, In case the horse is
made to do steady work. these liga-
ments become so affected as to make
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
|. O. o. F. and Rebekah Installation

The joint Odd elbow. Rebekah
installation in this city Monday
night was a most pleasant affair.
There was large attendance of
members of the two orders and a
great many guests had the good
fortune to be invited.
Mrs. Olive Thomas was install
ing officer for the Rebekahs and
Allen E. Herr oficiated in a SINH
lar capacity for the Odd Fellows,
and both carried the work through
without the aid of a ritual and
without a single halt or Interrupt
ton.
After the ceremonies, brick ice
cream and cake were served and
nobody was neglected.
The rain made it very comforta.
BILE and all in all everybody had a
splendid time. The Odd Fellows
and -Rebekahs never do anything
by halves.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
Wing-Green

TIE following is from an Ar
Kansas City paper. Mention of this
marriage was made in The Index
last week but at that time full
particulars were not available:
Sunday morning there was a
very pretty home wedding at the
residence of the bride'ssparents, Mr..
and Mrs. S. F. Wing at 313 South
B street. The contracting parties
were Miss Ruby B. Wing, and Guy
B. Green of Long Beach, Califor-
MIA. The ceremony was pronounc-
ed by Rev. J. c. Holmes at. 8
a. m, in the presence of a few
friends and relatives. After the
marriage vows had been pronounc-
ed a delicate three. course breakfast
was served which was greatly en-
joyed. The wedding was a most
pleasant affair. The house was ap
propriately decorated for the oc-
casioR and Mr.. and Mrs. Green re.
ceived many nice presents. The
new couple left on the noon Santa
Fe train Sunday for Medicine
Lodge, where they will make their
future home. The bride is the
esteemed daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
s. F. Wing and has lived here
many years. She has many friends
here who will wish that her we'd
ded life will be filled with happi.
ness. The groom is said to be a
splendid young man and-is engaged
in the railroad business. The Trav-
eler extends congratulations.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
Entertained at Silver Springs

The ladies of the Sans Souci
Club were entertained by Mrs. c.
w. Ellis at her Silver Springs sum.
mer home north of this city last
Wednesday. Transportation was
provided in automobiles.
The party enjoyed a day of ex-
ceeding pleasure of wide diversih'
cation, not among the least oi
which was bathing in the fine
lakes. Mrs. Ellis served an excel.
lent dinner and supper for hel
guests and at the close of the day
the Ellis ranch contained a score
less of spring chickens.
Judge and Mrs. Ellis have the
incest summer resort in southerE
Kansas. The crystal waters, the
magnificent trees and the scenery
are all grand. The sun never
shone on nicer spot for summel
rest and recreation,
To say that the Club enjoyed
the days outing fails to even faint.
ly express it-Mrs. Ellis's guest.
were overjoyed.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
A Small Fire

Mrs. May Lytle's barn in the
northern part of the city was des-
stroyed by fire shortly after dusk
on Tuesday evening of last week.
When the whistle was blown at
the pumping station nobody paid
any attention to it. 1t was thought
to be whistle on an automobile
and nobody ever suspected a fire
until the alarm was spread
tt Ugh the central telephone
Office. The barn was almost gone
when the hose cart got to the
scene, and it would have been no
different had the fire company ar.
rived sooner for the barn was too
far away from the water main.
The cause of the fire is mystery.
No one had been in the barn since
the previous Sunday, when Roy
Lytle took the the team out to the
harvest field.
Insurance in the amount of $40
was carried. 1t was worth about
$500.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
615 Students Passed

E.T. Fairchild, state superintend-
ent of public instruction, announc-
ed yesterday that 6I5 of the ZIG
high school students who took the
examination for teachers certih-
Gates had passed the examinations.
There were Io4 who failed entirely.
The 7Io candidates were from go
high schools in SO counties of the
state. The Legislature two years
ago passed a law providing that
where high schools did work of a
certain standard and had a COM
petent staff of teachers that a nor
NAL course could be given in the
senior year. Those who took this
normal work and passed the final
examinations were to have certif.
Gates good anywhere in the state
and which could Be renewed after
two years. The addition of the
615 new teachers is big addition
to the Kansas teaching force, and
they are especially equipped for
the work. Each one has had four
full years of high school work and
normal training for one year
Topeka Capital, July 9th.
The Barber County High School
of this city is represented in this
list by Misses Cynthia Mcclure,
Allie Murphy, Grace Richardson,
Blanche Johnson, Mary Slane,
Florence MacGregor, Hazel Tucker,
Frances Axline, Ruth Copley, and
Mr.. Bertram Burton. None of the
class failed which is all the more
remarkable when it is remembered
that six of them also carried the
last year of the regular high school
course.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
Fine Specimens of School Work

At the close of the Normal In.
stitute last month first and second
prizes were awarded the school
districts making the best display
Of school work specimens, which
includes drawings, paintings, de-
scriptive literature on different SUBJ
jects, domestic science and art.
Fourty-six F districts competed in
the contest and the honors went
to the Sun City schools. The first
was won by the first room taught
by Miss Bernice Woodward, and
the second was won by room 2
taught by Miss Hattie S.. Arnold.
The prizes will be given the re-
spective rooms by County Superin.
tendent Thomas at the opening of
school next fall.
These specimens are on exhibi.
ton at the county superintendent S
Office. They are excellent in all
respects and reflect great credit on
the pupils of the Sun City schools.
Misses Woodward and Arnold
are entitled to unstinted praise
for this distinction. The schools
taught by them the previous year
also won in the contest and the
fact that each held her place this
year is proof that they are prof
cient instructors.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
The Ford Leads Everywhere

Speaking of auto registrations
a glance at few reports will show
that Ford car is the most popular
and where all the Model rs are
going. Registrations in Illinois
for March show Ford in the lead
with 167-nearest competition III.
Illinois for April gives Ford first
with 2oI-nearest competition 231.
Here's what the Northwestern Auto
Co. are doing in Minnesota. In
April, Ford led with 328-nearest
competitor 275. For the first II
days in the month of May, Ford is
ahead with 65 sales. In South Da.
kota Ford registers I41 cars, with
nearest competitor at o6. We
could GO on through nearly every
state in the union and the reults
would be, the same-Ford in the
lead.
c. Y. Marshall sells this famous
car. Get your car today.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
Another Arrest for Drunkenness

Dan Kidd was arrested last
Thursday on complaint of H. w.
Skinner, charged with having been
drunk July 5th. The complaint
was made before County Attorney
Field who issued a state warrant.
Mr.. Kidd was brought before JUS
tice Collins, entered plea of not
guilty and his trial was set for
Friday morning. He gave bond
for his appearance and employed
Samuel Griffin to defend him.
Later in the day Mr.. Griffin found
that he did not have time to hand
lie the case and G. NJ. Martin was
employed.
When the case was called Fri
day the defendant took a change
Of venue to Justice Tedrow and
the trial was set for Monday. In
this skirmish there was a lively
tilt between Attorneys Field and
Tincher on the one side and Mr..
! Martin ofstehs other, but it ended
without any fatalities.
When the case was called on
Monday an additional charge
disturbing the peace at the Badger
Lumber Company's ofice-was
preferred and at the request of the
defendant another continuance was
taken. The trial is set for one
o'clock this afternoon.
Mr.. Kidd insists that he was not
drunk and did not disturb the
peace, and says he will fight the
suit to the last ditch. Samuel
Griffin will probably assist Mr..
| Martin in the defence today.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
High School for Sharon

At the special election in Sharon
last Friday, the proposition to
maintain a high school under
the Barnes law, carried 90 to 81.
Under this law the district must
maintain a nine months term of
school, with a four year course, one
year at its own expense before
being eligible to participate in
the county fund. 1t will also have
to employ at least two teachers
who must give their entire time to
the high school and they must
teach the required number of
branches so manv minutes per day.
1t is costly venture for a small
town but we hope Sharon will
succeed.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
A BountifuI Rain

A magnificent rain visited this
section of the country Monday
night. 1t began at 10 o'clock and
rained heavily about an hour and
a half then graduateddo to an
even, gentle precipitation that con-
tinued throughout the night.
Last week there were local
showers in different sections which
with the big general rain Monday
night puts things in fine condition.
The ground in some parts had
been quite dry but corn was not
hurt. This rain will come very
near making the early corn. Do
the farmers smile? Well yes.
The rainfall, as reported by OBJ
server Garrison, was 222 inches.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
District Court

Judge P. B. Gillett held short
session of court here last Friday
afternoon and Saturday forenoon,
and the following matters were
disposed of:
Russell Marlborough. the young
Salvation Army man, entered a
plea of guilty =, to grand larceny
and was sentenced to the State
Reformatory at Hutchinson for a
term of from one to five years.
Marlborough stole a suit of
clothes, a razor and a watch at
Wellington, and a cornet from
Luther Benton at Kiowa. He was
arrested after holding a street
meeting in this city several weeks
ago, and a few days after his ar
rest he confessed.
The case of Drury and Cline VS..
NJ. F. Stewart of Deerhead, which
was taken under advisement in
May, was decided in favor of Mr..
Stewart. The plaintiffs sued for
commission in land sale but lost.
1t was first tried in justice court
and afterward appealed.
In the divorce suit of Lizzie
Brown VS.. Arthur Brown of Shar.
on, the defendant was required tc
pay $50 attorney fees, $50 tempo.
rary alimony and $40 per month
for support of the plaintiff until
October when it will be finally
disposed of.
Motion for a new trial in the
case of Skeen VS.. Lane was over
ruled and defendant gave notice
of appeal to the supreme court.
H. H. Case VS.. F. L. Gordon
judgment for plaintiff in the sun
of $500.
Judgments quieting title were
rendered in the cases of A. Lang
hart VS.. Belle Brown and John
Young VS.. Notter.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
City Affairs

The mayor and council held
their regular monthly meeting on
Tuesday evening of last week.
The session was short and nothing
was done except to dispose of the
regular routine of business.
The monthly bills amounting to
$646,64 were allowed and $4,000
worth of bonds were ordered taken
up.
Something over $1,000 was
transferred from different funds
into the general fund which is run
ming short. The expense of operat-
ing the city is what in common
parlance may be said to be"herce."
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
County Commissioners

The county commissioners were
in session last Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday. Chairman
Lake was unable to be present on
account of pressing business in
Kansas City, and Commissioners
Wadsworth and Harbaugh had to
attend to business of the session
without the assistance of the third
member.
The usual quarterly bills were
disposed of and the following
other business was transacted:
Action on the road petitions
filed by O. A. Winter and others
and Henry Wisner and others,
Sharon township. was deferred un-
til the August meeting.
The road petitioned for by J. NJ.
Miller and others in Kiowa town
ship, was allowed. A. Shklar was
allowed a damage of $Ioo and
Jacob Hauser was allowed $50.
The road petitioned for by F. E.
Princehouse and others in Elwood
township was allowed but the
county surveyor was ordered to re-
survey and mark the line plainly.
The John Eckell road in Valley
township was allowed. All ad-
Joining land owners relinquished
right Of way.
1t was ordered that Riley Lake,
chairman, and County Clerk Ire
land be instructed to meet with
the State Tax Commission at To-
peka July 18th and 14th, at which
time the equalization of Barber
county's valuation will be taken
up by the State Board. Barber
county has been getting the worst
of it in this respect and the usual
hard fight is expected this year.
c. w. Ellis was granted a certif,
icate of error on a valuation of
$500 on account of being assessed
in both Medicine Lodge and Valley
townships.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
Charged With Insanity-Acquitted

Chris Koegel was taken into
custody by Sheriff Mathews Friday
nieht on complaint of Norton Bod.
en-, charged with insanity. Mr..
Boden had a select dance at his
home a short distance northeast of
the city Friday night and Chris
attended. He became offended at
some minor happening and dis
played an old Army '76 gun, maxi
ing threats, and Mr.. Boden phoned
Sheriff Mathews and County At.
torney Field. The officers drove
out Immediately and got Chris and
brought him to town and put him
in cell. On Saturday morning
DR.. Coleman examined him and
pronounced the patient insane and
Probate Judge Garrison set his
trial for Monday, and DR.. S. Ko.
ciell, Steve Mahurin, w. B. SPRING
er and w. L. Bragg were called as
jurors to pass on the matter. Mr..
Koegel was represented by G. M.
Martin and ]. N. Tincher.
The jury, after heering the evil
dence and deliberating. found the
defendant sane and he was dis.
chasged.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
Injunction Asked

Since the ice plant has been in
operation the residents on Kansas
Avenue West have been annoyed
by the smoke enanating from it
and on Friday of last week
things came to a focus when
D. S. Jones, one of the property
owners affected, instituted pro-
ceedings intended to enjoin both
the ice plant and the electric plant
from operating, or else use oil in
stead of coal for fuel.
The suit was flied by Samuel
Griffin, attorney for Mr.. Jones but
at about the time of filing it was
discovered thata suitof this charac-
ter could not be maintained by a
private individual and it was
therefore brought on relation of
the county attorney, Seward L.
Field, who must be an attorney
of record in the case by virtue Of
his official position.
Judge Gillett set the day for
hearing on July 14th-tomorrow.
The petition states that the
smoke and SCOT from the power
house makes it unbearable in that
section of the town, that the smoke
and SCOT settles on and in the
houses, ruins clothing that is hung
out and lnterferes with the gen.
eral health, and the prayer is that
it be abated as a nuisance.
The defendants in the action
are Miller and Mckinley, H. w.
Skinner, Walter Moxley and H. L.
Dobson. They will resist the in
junction on the grounds that all
possible care and caution is being
exercised to create as little smoke
as possible and that if one citizen
can stop the operation of the ice
and electric plants when the wind
is in a certain direction, then Other
citizens may have the same relief
when the wind is in another direc-
ton, and on that theory the wheels
of industry would be forever stilled
| When the ice plant first started
the smoke stack was short and i
was cleaned by the blowing proc
ess. The new arrangement pro
vides a longer smoke stack ane
the fue is being cleaned in the
regular way and it is said that
there is less SCOT and smoke. Blu
at best, it is conceded that it il
very dssagreeable toNthe people II
that particular locality although
only a few families are affected.
On the other hand, to stop th'
ice plant and electric plant, espe
cially at this time of year, would
not only work a hardship on th'
two companies but the people
would suffer.
But the matter is now in cour'
and it will have to take its cours,
and all that can be hoped is tha
the least injury possible may b.
done to all parties concerned.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
Crushed Fingers

Drs. Coleman and Gilbert were
called to Mr.. Olmstead's home sew
eral miles west of town to ampu-
tate three crushed fingers and dress
other wounds on Mr.. Olmstead's
hand, Saturday. While assisting
at we'll cleaning at c. E. Appeps
house, the we'll pulley caught his
right hand and crushed the three
last fingers. 1t is very painful
wound and Mr.. Olmstead will be
incapacited for labor for a consid-
erable length oftime. He lives on
the former D. R. Lawry farm in
Mingona township.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
Union Meetings

The second open air meeting
was larger in attendance than the
first one. There were more auto
mobiles and carriages lined up,
while many sat on the sidewalk or
stood during the service.
During the week we expect to
have more seats so that all may be
accommodated.
Rev. Van Horn preached a fine
sermon from the words "He went
about doing good"
Service begins next Sunday ev-
ening at 8 p. m.
c. ]. SpIERs, Secretary.
]. E. Holmes and Ed H. Smith
of Kiowa were in attendance at
district court in the city last Friday.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
LOST -POCKETBOOK

LOST-Pocketbook containing
razor, letters of recommendation
and other valuable papers. 1t
was lost between this city and
Sawyer, and had compliments of
Linwood State Bank on back.
Finder please notify ]. w.
Henderson, Linwood, Kansas, and
receive reward.
Barbour County index., 1910-07-13
The Hazelton Shooting

The shooting at Hazelton, the
reports of which were very meager
when the Index was printed last
week, happily developed later to
be far less serious than at first re.
ported. And better still, the shoot
ing was purely accidental and no
malice was shown. The mans
name who was shot is Ed Bonner
whose residence is at Fort Poison,
Ok, and John Betty, we'll known
young man of Hazelton, takes the
blame for doing the shooting.
So many different rumors and re-
ports of the shooting were heard
after the shooting that SheriffMath-
ews andCountyAttorneyF went
to Hazelton Thursday and investi-
gated. What they learned there
is told in the following by w. c..
Afford who lives at Hazelton:
Seward l. Field and Sheriff
Mathews were here Thursday to
investigate that much talked of
shooting affair that took place
here Monday morning, and from
what we could learn from
the sheriff and county attorney,
Mr.. Betty and two or three others
were at Mr.. Betty's place adjoin.
ing town on the west, and Mr..
Betty was fooling with his target
gun, %, and only a 1o.inch barrel
gun. Just before Mr.. Betty fired
the gun they saw party something
over quarter of a mile from them
walking apparently from the Mo.
Pacific R. R. toward the Santa
Fe, but when Mr.. Betty fired the
gun they saw no one, but in a mo-
ment afterward they saw a party
running toward the Pacific. These,
| think, are about the facts as told
by those present. No one ever
supposed for moment that any.
one was shot, nor did anyone think
it possible, even if desired, for that
gun to shoot that far. The young
man himself did not know he was
shot nor did he know it until in
the afternoon; neither did he hear
the shot, the distance being SO
great. The wound is only slight
one, being a spent ball, and the
young man has not suffered any
great pain or trouble. He is being
cared for at the expense of Mr.. Bet.
ty,for while no one is certain that i,
/ was betty wlio shot him, all tilins
it was, for in no other way can il
be explained, and Mr.. Betty, shoot.
ing in that direction at the time
the young man was near there,
makes him believe he did it, and
no one could do any more than Mr.
Betty is doing to make good what
he thinks was an act of careless.
nesss on his part"
Bonner,we understand, complete
ly exonerates Betty and says ht
was blameless. His first impres
sion was that a snake had bitten
him and he hurried to town. HI
was surprised to learn after being
examined by physician, that h
had been shot. The bullet hi
him in the back.