Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-29
Barbour County,
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and they were correct, as has since been
demonstrated. The rich grass that remains
nutritious the entire year and the many
streams OF pure water made the county one
% b. sought after by stOckmcn. Many OF
the early settlers tried agriculture as pur-
rtit and generally failed, though n few OH
the streams did occasionally raise some
thing like crops; but ~these soon found It
true that this was not an agricultural Sec
ton. and abandoned their experiments.
The FIRST cattle held in the county was a
bunch ofthrough Texas cattle purchased by
Solomon futile In the Fall Of 1872 and
wintered across the Medicine river about
where the saw mill now stands. These he
drove North and sold the following sum-
mer.
The first graded cattle we're driven In
from Missouri in the Spring Of 1873 by
WIN. Carl, who held them OH the Medicine,
~ miles above this city. Judge Shepler
drove few lrpad in at the same time, with
Carl.
From that time on the stock business
ha. grown rapidly. From every state came
IN men To- engage in the business. Texas
cattle found ready sale here, and in fact
any animal that wore horns and hoofs.
with that enterprise, which is always TO
~ found in stockmen, progress and i'm
troyemert were the watch-words High
grade bulls and heifers were brought here
from Kentucky and elsewhere, and to-day
the range is full Of the best graded stock
cattle to be found in the West. There are
Texans still being driven here, hut princi-
pally COWS, aud the stock shipped from
here brings the best prices offered for do
nestle cattle. $hc range is now generally
taken up and much of II fenced The range
has on II about as many cattle as can do
well..and with no more than is now here
all owners must prosper. But should
there once groN mp jealousy and greedi-
mes, auIcng the stockmen n large part Of
the business must be crippled.
Sheep raising has been tried frequently
IN this county, bit las never been consider
eel success, and those now engaged in i
are willing to change into the cattle bust
ness. Horses aud mules do well here.
The Medicine Lodge Of to-day is quite al
improvement on the small village of eigh
years ago. Now. we have substantial bricl
storcTOOms and residences instead Of few
irail structures; there arc capacious hotels
40 IL ,t,1 ufaI,I
man and beast are given shelter and food
there are churches and school houses, am
preachers and teachers; newspapers to Ell
tighten the masses lawyers and doctors b.
the score; billiards, bowling alleys an
SHOOTING gallcries-eycrything that goes 4
make ny town. Orr people live in GOO
houses, some of them fine ones they hay
money AMI arc prosperous. Everything
ou ;lr move and no one is asleep The tow
has been made what it is by the stocllmer
and they are supporting it. They are adj
Ia buy the best and pay for it and thi
accounts for the healthy financial conditio
of our mercantile firms. .Trne, we are 3
miles from a railroad, long distance I
haul freight III this fast age; but no on
complains, and there are few regrets that
Inlroad Is not here. The town wants
railroad only when it is settled that one
coming into the county.
Below VIII be found complete direct,
~ of the business men and business houst
OF Medicine Lodge. the county and city of
Gers, churches, secret orders, postal an
railroad facilities and notices Of the leat
ing business houses and men of the tow
ATToRNEYS-E. Sample, j. b. Jenkin
Orner Il McNeal, Shepler & Ellis.
BANKS-Medcine Valley Bank and Sta,
diiord, NOumau Il Co.
Books, STATIONERY AND MUsIc-Wm
NanSlykc.
Doors AND SHoEs-John Singer.
BRCK-Wclch q Co.
BUupERs-,John Nelson, Henry UJlshnf
or, y. VI Bell. , rank aFavrc. j. NJ. She
by, &. G.. nrGey, y. w. Young. OrvilI Oh
&c Williams, Underwood & Son, Norma
Gilbert.
BAEBERs-Robcrt Eckcrt and Charl,
Martin.
b''iiNhh'- ~ dlhNlNke anu SanuerSO
Bros.
BOWLING ALLEY-Sam DEM.
BAKEY-Bcn. Kaufman.
BtACN>MT1s-Dan Morris and j w Hall
CoAt--Geppert& Stone.
pEY GoOps AND CLonIING-ThompSo
4 Co Stindiford, louman x Co, l. f Pea
con and ) I.cbrccht.
DRY Goons AND No1IoNs-Sheldon Bro
DRuGs-Eli Suiih and c orner.
DENTIsT--H Nant.
FURNrTrRE-lohn Higgins.
FErD-Mcigs & Oliver.
GRocERIs-LsD Hess. Thompson < G,
Stamford. fouman a Co, ) Le6recht an
Ben kut ifmaa
HARDWARE MD IUMBER - Geppert
stone and \ q Bender.
HAfSEss AND SADDLERY-Henry BHcl
hahn.
Horrs-McLulu house and Meticir