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. JNTY IMDE VOL. XXX. MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS," SEPT. 28, 1910. NO. 20 f CO FIRE AT GERLAXE Five Buildings destroyed Sunday Night. Cause Unknown. The little village o Gerlane, ten miles south of this city, was the victim of a big fire Sunday night and the following buildings were de stroyed. Mel Strong, general merchandise, restaurant and residence; loss about $2,500, insurance $1000. Clarence Martin's granary con taining 2000 bushels of wheat, part ly insured. Two dwelling houses and black smith shop, no insurance. The fire ariginated in Mr. Strong's store at midnight. Mr. Strong was not at home and by the time it was discovered it was beyond control and it was impossible to save anything south of the store. There was a liigh wind from the north and ,all the buildings in the fire's path were consumed. This fire, following so soon after the big fire at Sharon the previous Sunday, Indicates incendiarism and it would be well for people to be ou guard. If there are "fire bugs" in the land there Is no limit to th damage they might do. The fire la a great loss to Gerlane In her infancy. lion. Geo. A. Neeley's Speech Hon. Geo. A. Neeley of Hutchin son, Democratic candidate for con gressman of the Seventh district of Kansas, made a very strong speech In this city Wednesday night of last week. He was armed with Congress man Madison's complete record and showed plainly where Mr. Madison lias been unfaithful to his truBt. He proved from the congressional rec ord that, while Congressman Mad ison is rated as an insurgent, he Toted with the standpatters on every important measure and when , it came to a show-down, was working shoulder to shoulder with Speaker Cannon after pledging his constitu ents to oppose Cannon and Cannon Ism. Mr. Madison has always strad dled ever since he has been in politics. He has never taken a posi tion. He is a. standpatter when in a standpat crowd, and an insurgent when in an insurgent crowd, and pliiya politics all the time. He has carted company with Victor Mur- dock, the real insurgent of the house, on every decisive measure and yet has been an undependable quantity in the standpat camp. "Mr Neelev also took up the Pavne- Aldrich tariff. He read the schedules and showed that high du ties are Imposed on the necessities, while nnused drugs and unheard-of niihstnnrps are nlaced on the free list such as arsenic, borax, cat-gut, radium, chloroform and "divy-divy He said he had spoken In fourteen counties, had interviewed thousands of people and has not yet found one man who had heard of "divy-divy." And this is the way in which our Republican friends figure that the ariff has been reduced. It is so patent to all that it Is a sham and It needs no argument. Mr. Neeley then took up his plat lorm and told why he was In favor of the initiative and referendum and thA recall, abollshlne thousands of useless offices, requiring officehold ra to work or resign, ecomony in ' public affairs, election of senators 1 . oy direct vote and many kindred re forms. He had an attentive audience and his speech was appreciated, j The man who votes against Mr I Neeley is simply voting against his own interests. "Worth Considering Dr. HenTy Wisner of Sharon has offered to Install a public drinking ? lountain in the the school park and ' ti watering place adjacent, as soon as the city gets its water system in , better condition so that a public 1 drinking fountain would be practl cal and sanitary. The city should take advantage of this offer. It is a common complaint among i tanners that there is no place In town where teams can be watered nor where people can get a drink of water without going to private wells or cooling tanks, and on this ac count the city loses a great deal of . irade. i We are strongly in favor of ac cepting Dr.Wisner's offer the soon er the better. I Heating Stove Bargain I One 16-inch hard coal base burn er; one soft coal heater,, first class condition. At a bargain. Inquire i this office. A False Report Editors of The Index: As there is a report being circu lated, as is shown by a copy of my letter hereto annexed, and as the re port is false, as is shown by the an swer to my letter, from Mrs. Bul lington, of Brush, Colorado, and as this is the first and only. "kick" since I have held the office of Pro bate Judge, I will ask you to please publish the letters so the voters of the county may, if they have heard the report, know the facts; the land referred to was sold October 30th, 1907, and the party who started the report did it to hurt me at the coming election.and perhaps thought that Mrs. Bullington was out of the land of the living. Yours Respectfully, S. P. GARRISON. Medicine Lodge, Ks., Sept. 14, 1910. Mrs. Lizzie Bullington, Brush, Colorado. Dear Madam and Friend: I am a candidate for re election to the office of Probate Judge of this county, and I have thought that I have acted fairly with all who have had business in the Probate Court; there is a re port being circulated, however, that at the time you made a guardian s deed of your minor childrens in terest in the real estate south or town, that you did not get a fair deal through the Probate court. This is something I do not understand. You will remember that your attor ney told you that as I had made out all of the papers in the case, he would not charge you any fee for his trouble. If you thought my fee too large, that is a matter fixed by law, for the statute of this state fix es the fees of the probate judge in all matters, and the parties who do business pay only the amount fixed , ar uy law. in juu iitoiow - this letter as I would like to know the facts In this case, and aon t want anyone to take advantage of me on account of your absence. Please answer by return mail. Yours Respectfully, S. P. GARRISON, Probate Judge. MRS. BULLINGTON'S REPLY Brush, Colo., Sept. 18, 1910. Mr. Garrison: Dear Sir: I received your letter late last) evening so I will answer it today. I am sorry that such a report is being circulated, that I was not treated fairly by you. As for myself I was well satisfied with the work you did for me and your price was not as much as I ex pected it to be when I paid you. Yes I remember well my attorney said that you had made out all the pa pers in the case and he would not charge me any fee. I hope you will be re-elected by a big majority this. fall. Yours Respectfully, LIZZIE BULLINGTON. Jim Miller's "Double" J. M. Miller of Kiowa who attain ed state-wide fame in his splendid Barber county agricultural and hor ticultural exhibit at the state fair at Topeka the first half of the present month, added a few more brilliants to his crown by locating his double The incident is related in the To peka Capital of September 20th, as follows : Tvo men walked up to the office door of Commissioner Roy L. Bone in the city building yesterday. The first was James Miller of Kiowa Kan., who was a heavy winner in the grain exhibit at the Fair and was in search of Mr. Bone to get orders to take charge of some of the prizes which he had won. The second was James Grant, who did not give his mission. Grant who thought he knew Com missioner Bone, grasped the hand of Mr. Miller and said, "Well, Bone, I've been looking everywhere for you." Mr. Miller looked blankly at Grant for a minute and then said: "So have I been looking for him.' Grant understood and walked straightway down the aisle out of the building. Miller however enter ed the office and inquired for Mr. Bone. "At the Fair," ws the reply of the clerk. "Well, what kind of a looking man should I look for to find him?" Inquired Miller. "By George, look In that glass there and you will see," was the re ply. "He looks like you." "Great. Out hunting my double. Beautiful chance to flatter myself, eh?" s-id Mr. Miller as he .started on his search. BARBER COUNTY'S DISPLAY Tom McXeal Pays a Fine Compli ment to Old Barber in last Week's Mail and Beeeze Tom McNeal did the handsome thing by Barber County, in an edi torial way last week, in commenting on the exhibit made by Miller & Bu chanan at the State Fair, and The Index takes pleasure in reproducing the article which is as follows: "There were a number of fine dis plays of agicultural products made by counties. Wyandotte had an es pecially fine display as did Jeffer son, Shawnee, Anderson and other counties. I will frankly own up, however, to having been especially tickled over the display made by my old county of Barber. True, it was not so extensive as some of the others, but then Bax-ber county has uce.i regarded as strictly a grazing county. "There are a good many people who do not know that there is some of the finest agricultural land in the state down there in Barber. The display that was made at the fair was an eye opener to a good many people who saw it. It was the work of two men for the most part two Kiowa men, Mr. Miller and Mr. Bu chanan. The arrangement showed taste that amqunted to genius. And they carried off first premiums on wheat, oats and alfalfa seed. "When I landed in Barber there were only three or four deed ed quarter sections in the county. The man who insisted that it would ever be a farming country was look ed on as a person who ought to be confined in some lunatic asylum in stead of being permitted to run loose among his fellowmen. Fur- thermore.at that time it looked as if that position was correct. "Now, after 30 years, to see the county carry off first premiums on three different kinds of agricultural products simply shows that the early settlers did not appreciate ' the pos sibilities of that soil. "Barber county has various kinds of soil, but there are two in particu lar that deserve particular mention. There is a brick red16ain that at first sight does not appeal to the ob server as being fit for cultivation. As a matter of fact however, it is wonderfully fertile and with reason ably favorable seasons will yield tre mendously. I have never seen veg etation grow as fast on any other soil as on this red land in Barber county. "There is another kind of soil known as the mulatto soil found in Medicine Lodge Valley between Med icine Lodge and Kiowa. This soil is also marvelously rich and with favorable seasons will produce any kind of crop ""grown in the north temperate zone in the way of cere als. This year the land produced an oat crop of 92 bushels per acre. "Some of the finest alfalfa land in Kansas is found in the Medicine valley and there are men getting rich down there who are never men tioned in public print. So I am not so much surprised as gratified at the showing made by Barber county. The people down there ought to feel proud of it as I do and the two young men wno are .principally re sponsible for fixing up the display deserve to have a public reception given in their honor." ; mm ' Buy a Shady Home I offer for sale 200 acres, in Van Buren county, Arkansas. This is a rich peace of land especially produc tive for fruit, such as peaches.pears strawberries, blackberries and all varieties of fruit. Strawberries and blackberries flourish with very little cultivation and reach all the early markets. This season's market opened at $3 per crate of 24 quarts each, deliver ed at the station. Large fortunes are mjp.de in the raising of rice in that portion of the country. N Fouxty acres under cultivation, balance in fine virgin timber, such as oak, hickory, pine, etc. Pure spring water, and he who once drinks it will never forget its thirst quenching qualities. Conven lent to postoffice and daily mall, al- i so good schools and a desirable I neighborhood. I Rural telephone service firstclass, good connection to all cities. Clear title, no mortgages or back taxes. Will sell cheap. A good in vestment. Land has doubled in val ue In the last five years. For further information write. J. D. McKEE. Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Hats off to Sharon The people of Sharon and vicini ty have every reason to feel proud of the Sharon Valley Fair which was held in that growing little city on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week. The exhibit of live stock, poultry, agricultural and horticultur al products, the art department, do mestic handiwork all were superb. We have attended various fairs be tween Medicine Lodge and Chicago, but we desire to say here and now that we have never seen a better quality display than Sharon ex hibited last week. It is true, nat urally, that larger places have larg er displays but when you get down to individual specimens it is Sharon Valley against the world. All premiums were awarded as advertised and in most instances there was little room for choice. And these exhibits were not all. Each day's program was great.' The various riding and driving contests, the Mounted Quadrille and the va rious amusements were entertaining. The races at the close of each day's program were splendid as good as can be seen anywhere. The crowd was orderly and there was nothing to-mar the pleasure and success of the occasion. In a. few Instances there were evi dences of u slight Intoxication but these cases were promptly taken In charge by the marshals and there was no excitement. Sharon deserves unsparing praise for her thrift and progressiveness. Her people are all right all the time and they. want the outside world to know that, they are alive. We think" that, other cities could profit by Sharon's example. The Laugh, is on G. M. Hear ye! Hear ye!! Hear ye!!! The Hon G. M. Martin asserts that Seward I. Field was elected county attorney in 1907 and that about that time he had a transaction with the county involving some lots in Medicine Lodge, which he mlsde scribes. If Glover should be elect ed county attorney and should make as many mistakes as he did in this article published in last week's Re publican rgan, he would have the county in bad straits. Mr. Martin was trying to refer to a sale of some town property made by the county commissioners to Mr. Field some years ago. The taxes on this property had run for years and years and amounted to much more than the property was worth. The house was about to fall down and the party who owned it refused to vacate. Mr.Field paid more than it was worth, straightened out the ti tie and later sold the place for what it cost him, and got virtually nothing for his work. The property is now on the tax rolls and is in good re pair. Mr. Martin and nearly every property owner has bought tax ti tie property on about the same terms. There is nothing to howl about In" this transaction at all. The records are open and neither the board of commissioners nor the county attorney is open to censure. But really, what do you think of a "lawyer ' wno can t copy or quuie a record correctly, and then ask to be elected to the responsible office of county attorney! Caught Eloping Couple Sheriff J. S. Price of Meade coun ty, accompanied by a determined father, was here, on Monday to take home an eloping couple. The couple were on their way to Oklahoma where they intended to get married and they were very much surprised when they met the father of the wouldbe bride ' and the sheriff in this city, arriving at the same time that the fleeing couple did, Monday morning. Neither the father nor the young people stated their names, but it was learned that the boy was 20 years old and the girl 14. Both of the little ones broke down and wept when they were captured and they promised never to be naughty again. The father and the sheriff took them home on the afternoon train. Eugene McMeil of Meade, Kan sas, arrived Monday to visit Miss Alice Rudolph. They were class mates in Mt. Carmel and are good (very good) friends. Mr. McMeil is on his way to Chicago where - he will attend the University of that city during the ensuing terml H. A. Schnelle of Sharon was In the city on Monday on business matters. He is settling up the affairs of the firm of A. W. Schnelle & Sons who lost so heavily in the big fire in Sharon recently, satisfactory progress. He reports -M-i-S- -i--M- - ! ! INCREASED TAXES In 1808, when Gov. Leedy retired and the Republicans wrested the state from the control of the Democrats and Populists, Barber county's share of the state tax was 87 092.98. r In 1902, the last year of Gov. Stanley's (Republican) administration, Barber Coun ty's state tax was $10,439.02. In 1908, the last year of Gov. Hoch's administration (Republican), Barber Coun ty's state tax was $14,759.99. In 1909,under Gov. Stubbs' (Republican) present ad ministration. Barber Coun ty had to "dig up" $22,102. 07. Mr. Taxpayer, how do you like It? ! V 1 I 1 ! ! 1 l 1 1 1 1 ,-, ,. ,, 1 Former Medicine Lodge Lady Mar ried Miss Rachel Robie Noble, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. No ble of Winfield, was married on Tuesday, September 20, 1910, to Mr. Clyde Logan Bowling of Omaha, Nebraska. The bride spent her childhood and young girlhood days in this city and is still claimed as a Med icine Lodge lady. Her husband is a prominent business man of Omaha. The following account of the wed ding is taken from the Winfield Daily Courier of September. 20th: The marriage of Miss Rachel Robie Noble of this city and Mr. Clyde Lo gan Bowling of Omaha, Nebraska, took place at half past eight o'clock this morning at the Grace Episcopal Church. Rev. Douglas I. Hobbs per formed the ceremony. The wedding was very simple in every respect. Instead pf the usual wedding march the choir sang "Breath of Eden" preceding the ap pearance of the bride and father. - After the benediction at the con clusion of the ceremony "Perfect LiOe : was , sung Dy the choir as a recessional. The bride wore her traveling suit, a tailored gray cloth, and with this a gray-plumed beaver hat. The chancel was decorated with palms, ferns and golden glow and the windows were banked with wild flowers In the tones of yellow, the favorite color of the bride. Draperies of clematis vines were used on the altar and chandeliers. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Bowling and a large crowd , of friends went to the Santa Fe station where Mr. and Mrs. Bowling, Mrs. George E. Bowling, Miss Ruth and Mr. Ray Bowling took the nine-thir I ty train for Kansas City. The bride and groom will spend a few days there visiting his parents after which they will go to Omaha where a furnished home awaits them. Church Wedding at Sun City While the wedding march was be ing played, Miss Josephine Meaders and Mr. Clyde Gilmore, attended by Miss Gail Meaders, sister of the bride, and James Adams, marched from the ante-room around to the rostrum where Rev. Adams of Belvi dere pronounced the fatal words a senence for life. Homer Hastings performed the part of giving the bride away without making a single quibble (good boy) while John Lamport's service as usher was good enough. Mrs. Gilmore who is an at tractive lady of 18 summers is the eldest daughter' of Mrs. Minnie Meaders and was "born and bred" within the city limits of Sun. This part of the country has not yet pro duced a brighter ' and more in tellectual lady than she. It was re marked by one of her teachers that "She never met. such a thing as a difficulty in her school work" and we also venture to say she is an ex cellent cook as well as handy at the piano a combination of qualities that are Indeed admirable.. It is hoped that Clyde's life will prove worthy of this rare accession, and that their union will be for the bet ter. The presents they received are both many and valuable. Their home will be in Pratt county, in the vieinity of Coats. A GUEST. Owl Sleeting The Order of Owls will meet to night at 8:30 sharp. The attend ance of every member is requested, ; important business. HOWARD CADY, Pres. SEED WHEAT FOR OKLAHOMA Miss Mary Best Furnishes lOOO Bushels of Celebrated Kharkof Seed Wheat to Oklahoma Prof. Marley Woodson of the farm demonstration department of the Oklahoma State Board of Agri culture was in Medicine Lodge last Wednesday and engaged 1000 bush els of 'pure Kharkof seed wheat from Miss Mary Best for distribution among Oklahoma farmers. This transaction has given Miss Best and Barber county great prominence. It has occupied a conspicuous column in the Wichita and Kansas City pa pers, and we are glad to re-produce the article. Miss Best has given her time and thought to producing this wheat for several seasons and she richly deserves the reward she is now reaping. The press dispatch from Guthrie to the ' papers above mentioned is as follows: A Kansas woman, Miss Mary Best of Medicine Lodge, the queen of wheat growers of southwestern Kansas is to furnish the pure seed wheat which is to start the Oklaho ma farmers on the road to greater success as wheat growers. The dem monstration farm department of the Oklahoma board of agriculture has contracted to buy from Miss Best a v car load of pure seed wheat, 1,000 bushels, which will be shippedto the headquarters of the board at Guthrie and furnished to the farm ers of the state at cost. ' This is part of the campaign for the raising of pure hard wheat in Oklahoma, which was inaugurated by the state agricultural and mechanical' college, the state board of agriculture and the Santa Fe and Rock Island Rail roads. . Miss Best is the owner of 400 acres or fine land near Medicine Lodge, and has for some years been engaged in raising pure seed wheat under the direction of the United States department of agriculture.The wheat raised by her is the Kharkof, a variety of the Russian turkey red, which is a pure hard wheat and which was originally imported about twelve-years ago from the province of Kharkof, Russia. Marley Woodson of the farm dem onstration department left to-day for Medicine Lodge to secure the wheat. ' It will be sold by his department and shipped from Guthrie to appli cants in five bushel lots at $1.50 per bushel, this price to cover trans portation charges to any part of the state. If the actual cost including transportation falls below the figure the department will refund the ex cess to the purchasers. This wheat was examined by experts from the Kansas state agricultural college at Manhattan and pronounced pure seed wheat. Mr. Woodson said today relative to the pure seed wheat and the necessity for its general introduction into Oklahoma, "Most of the Okla homa wheat is mixed with soft wheat. The millers find that they cannot make first class flour out of this kind of wheat as it cannot be tempered properly. By the timo'tha hard wheat is tempere-l the soft wheat is reduced to a pulpy pasty mass. The hard wheat produces more bushels to the acre under like conditions of soil and cultivation than the mixed seed. A tight soil will always generate a harder va riety of wheat than a loose sandy soil Some localities of Oklahoma are bet ter adapted to raising soft wheat than hard wheat but such soil Is bet ter to grow pure soft wheav than a mixed variety. Most of the soil in Oklahoma is best adapted to grow ing one of the varieties of hard wheat and the Russian Turkey red is considered superior because of the fact that it is practically impossible to grow soft . wheat in Russia,hence the varieties imported" from that country are always pure. A Fine Flower Garden Mrs. V. C. Sleeper enjoys the dis tinction of having one of the finest collections of flowers that have ev er been grown In the city. Her gar-, den and lawn present an appearance that excites the admiration of all passers and scarcely an hour In a day passes without someone stopping to spend a few minutes among the flowers. The garden and lawn in cludes endless varieties and Mrs. Sleeper is to be complimented. She has taken a gteat pride in her flow ers and has devoted much timo to them. There is nothing more beauti ful than nice, thrifty flowers and Mrs. Sleeper understands better than most people how- to Trow s them. - t