Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-07-03

part as desirable as another. Water il
found here in abundance and it is noted
for its purity:
Surrounding Country.
There is Some good country near
Medicine Lodge. The valleys of the
Medicine river and Elm creek are very
productive; the hill sides and rolling
prairies are prolific PRODUCERS of every
kind of fruit; there are numerous ever.
lasting cool springs and around here is a
natural garden spot, good dairy coun-
try and lovely place for suburban res
idencs.
The town commands a trade for miles
around in every direction, and in fact
has no competitor nearer than 40 miles.
a railroad will be here this year when
this will be distributing point for the
entire western country. A wholesale
and jobbing trade will naturally build
up here.
Medicine Lodge is the permanent
county seat and is so near the geograth-
ical center of the county that an appli-
cation for change will never be made.
A study of the county map, published
in this issue will show what an advant-
ageous location we already have.
Work Of SIX Months.
Six months of this year has passed.
and it may be of interest to note the
improvements that have been made in
that time and the houses built.
The Grand hotel, 60x90 feet, of solid
brick, 4 stories high, has been finished
and furnished, and is now occupied. 1t
Is the most extensive establishment of
the kind within 200 miles of here,
The addition to the First National
bank building, as shown in our columns,
has been completed.
The Chase building, 25x6O, in the
poStofiice block, has been erected.
The Mammoth livery barn, 5Ox12O,
has gone up and is a credit to our town.
The foundation for the new brick
block, picture of which appears In this
issue, is now completed, and it will be
ready for occupancy by September, it is
now hoped,
On Main street the burst building
has been enlarged and improved to
twice its capacity; the Rigg building has
been remodeled. Additions have been
built to Aliens hardware establish
ment, Flemings' store, Petit's market
and Finney & Woodward,s shop. Jas.
Boutwell, has built two store rooms near
the Lebrecht block.
The GObeille building, 25x6O, in the
north part of town, has been completed
and is occupied. In the same vicinity
additions have been put OIL Aliens hide
and wool depot; Ingraham & Simpsons
livery barn; Chase has built shop and
so has the painter, Hubbard; j. w. Nc
Neal has enlarged his residence Fur
Their down the same street d. A. Nc
Candies has erected neat cottage,
IL. NJ. Ingraham has doubled the ca
pacity of his residence.
Still farther up on the north side,
Sheriff Rigg has built tasty residence,
and south of him Mr.. Bell and Mr..
jameson have each built comfortable
houses in the McCleary addition. Mrs.
Payne has doubled the capacity of her
brick residence, and near by o. p. Pool
has completed a comfortable brick
4-room cottage.
Cornering on Second avenue is the
new house built by Geo. Fishback; east
of there are the houses of j. w. Hale,
John Singer and Geo. Ellis, all put
there within the last 60 days.
On First avenue, west, is the Badger
Lumber Co.'s Office, Larash & Hoff-
mans shops, and the Schuler's rink, the
largest in this part of the state.
Farther west, on Second avenue are
the residences of Mrs. Mcclure, Mart
Updegraff and G. NJ. Martin, and north
of these is the home of Mr.. Shreaves
On Kansas avenue east is the resi-
dence of j. w. Hale, an addition to the
gypsum house, two cottages built by:D.
VanSlyke, and another house, the prop
erty of j. w. Hale.
On Kansas avenue west is the INDEX
office, of brick, c. T. Freeman's office
and shops, Lee & Viele's shop, Ben
Kaufffnan's residence, Pete Aliens res
idence and the house built by Allen
Smith.
On Washington avenue west is the
addition to Dudley Eldred's residence.
the addition to Mrs. Doran's house, and
farther on is a neat cottage, the proper
ty of Mr.. Grant. w. w. Cook has also
enlarged his house.
In the same vicinity, on Oak street
four beautiful cottages, two the proper.
ty of Sherlock & Mills, and two owned
by d. W. Wing-al built alike.
On Washington avenue east is the
beautiful residence of Mayor Stone, and
an addition to E. Youman's house.
On Lincoln avenue west L. w. Moore
has duilt roomy and tasty residence,
and DR.. Kessler has put up pretty cot
tage.
In the south part of town, on Spring
street, r. B. Clark has completed as
handsome a residence as there is in
town. South of there Henry burst has
built five houses to rent.
! In the Swank q Gobeille addition; 3
E Gobeille has built comfortable resi-
dence on Cherry street; A. L. Noble
has built three cottages near by; w. L
Irish has built two cottages, and DIR
Kessler one-all on Cherry street.
Bunk Ward, Mrs. Moore and VIM
Watkins have new houses in the same
vicinity.
On Oak street, in the same addition
Peter Hanson and Henry BlickhahI
have erected commodious residences
and near them Mr.. Morton has built {
comfortable house. L. A. McCleary ha,