Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-06-24

of pure living water underlying the
town which may be reached at any
point by sinking down to the depth OF
rom seventeen to twenty feet, thus,
rendering the question of water sup
ply settled fact.
With all these natural advantages
Haley City and the surrounding cOun-
try offers to the enterprislng business
man, or home hunter, peculiar attract
ions, and this brings us naturally to the
PRICE OF LANDS.
Considering the fertility OF the soil lands,
may be bought very reasonable. Rich
rolling prairie or timbered lands unim-
proved may be had at from eight to ten
dollars in tracts of forty acres or up
wards. while improved farms, may be
bought at from Is to 40 dollars per acre,
Owing TO locality and improvements.
HISTORY.
Haley City as before stated is less than
six weeks old. Sometime in the early
part of May plat OF the town was
made and the lots were put on sale and
although the owners haye steadfastly
refused to sell lots to Spectators. only
conveying to those who would agree to
speedily improve them, more than two
hundred lots have already been sold.
The people began improving at once,
and though the track was not complet-
ed to this point until two days ago. the
life. hustle and business already gives
it the appearance ola city. The first
thing of course is to erect business
houses and dwellings. but the people
are already discussing the project Of
erecting schoolhouse and churches.
those standing evidences of refinement
and civilization. In addition
to this there is talk Of
several buildings being erected this
fall which will cost from three to five
thousand dollars each There is one
thing sure, the men who have the mat
ter in hand are able. confident and hl-
eral and are determined to make Ha-
ley City town of note.
J. NJ. sTHINGEE AND BROTHERS.
Among the business men. the estab-
lishment of j. NJ Stringer and Bro
thers is perhaps the Oldest. But 5usi-
ness houses in the town of Haley can
not claim much merit on account of
their age when the oldest has perhaps
not been in existence more than four
weeks: vet the Stringer Brothers have
nice building twenty feet wide stock
ed with choice groceries. everything
usually found in first class grocery
store. They are thorough in their busi-
ness qualifications and Just the men to
help boom town. wide awake and
square in their dealings they at once
inspire confidence, and are having a
splendid trade. These men also own
four-thousand acres of choice land inn
medlately adjoining the town, inclu-
ding large portion of the
present town site. This four
thousand acres of land they will sell if
desired. or at least larger portion of it
lots to suit purchasers either ordinary
| town lots. two acre lots, five or ten,
acre lots or going further away forty
acre lots if one desires It, Their object
in common with that of every other
citizen of Haley is to build up the town
and to the man who goes there, mean
ing business they will do the fair thing.
and make an inducement for him
to cast his lot among them. There
was one thing We noted while there,
which was exceedingly gratifying: that
there was no petty iealousies, but all
the people seem to work in unison for
the prosperity of the town, and again
there is no disposition to skin or
"gouge," the only thing necessary be-
ing, to know that a man is bona fdc
settler, and not speculator, and he
receives every encouragement and
reasonable inducement.
J. S. MoBERLY.
Mr.. Moberly has a good substantial
building, sixteen feet front and fifty feet
deep, filled with dry goods, and his
store makes fine appearance. His
business is such that he has to already
employ two clerks. He has every.
thing, and displays taste both in the
selection and arrangement Of his goods
and will soon build up an immense
business
l.. Z. CARROLL.
This gentleman has been waiting for
the completion of building to fill
it with a magnificent stock Of general
merchandise. He expected to get in
to his new building by yesterday. The
building is twenty-five feet front