Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-04-16
F'rom the BARBER COUNTY TRUrH)
BARBER COUNTY TOWNS.
They are Numerous, and are
Growing to be Cities.
Places Where all Branches of
Business are Rep
resented.
NEW KIowA.

NEW kIOWA.
AS will be seen 10y the map printed
in this paper, New Kiowa is on the
extension OF. the Southern Kansas rail-
road thrOug the Indian Territory. 1t
is twenty-one miles from Medicine
Lodge and is thoroughly live and
wide-awake place, having two banks,
two newspapers, a number of hotels,
mercantile establishments, and in fact
all of the institutions that go to make
up town. The town was laid out in
1884 and now has population of per-
haps 800 people. Last year there was
shipped from New Kiowa 66,6OO cattle,
and during the shipping period it was
regarded as the hveliest place on the
territory line.
1t is surrounded by beautiful coun-
try, fast settling up and will always be
a prosperous place. 1t is incorporated
and has a progressive set of officials
and the same thing can be said of its
business men generally.
HAzELToN.
LhNAO 10 hO lOMh tlHN W lClC
than Hazelton, located on the Kiowa
branch of the Southern Kansas rail-
road. 1t has population of which
any community might be proud. The
town is not yet three years old and it
has a population of about SEQ; sub
stantial bank with unlimited capital, a
newspaper, an excellent high school,
churches, tasty residences, good busi-
ness houses and is surrounded by pro-
ductiye country.
New York and Pennsylvania fur
nished good portion of Hazelton popu-
lation and these are all proving valuable
citizens TO Barber county by inducing
desirable class of their old neighbors
to come here and invest. Hazelton Is
city to be proud Of. 1t is incor-
pOrated.
LAKE CITY.
West Of the county seat Is miles is
Lake City, one of the most progressive
and prosperous towns in the county,
and place that is fast assuming city
airs. 1t has a first-class hotel, two
boarding houses, three general stores, a
drug store, two livery and feed stables,
two billiard halls, newspaper, hard
ware store, lumber yard, bank build
ing, furniture store, restaurant, etc. 1t
has substantial two-story brick school
building, church, 4 lodge of Odd Eel
lows and MasOns, and good society.
The river is bridged at Lake City. max
ing a natural western and southwestern
outlet. The town draws trade from
Pratt county on the north and from
COmanche on the west 1t stands
good chance of being railroad town
before long, though without railroad
it will always be good trading point
and desirable place to live. The pop
ulation is PLACED at 40J to 500.
SUN CITY.
This is the western town in the county.
commanding vast territory north,
east and west. 1t is supplied with a
newspaper, the necessary mercantile es-
adjustments, professional men, school,
a church and other conveniences. 1t is
near the Medicine river and surround
ed on every side by productive land and
is supported by a good people. Sun
City is the gateway through which all
immigrants from the north and east
make their way to C0manche, Clark
and Meade counties. A bridge is being
built here and the roads leading to the
place are being improved. Its railroad
prospects are good, and the more en-
thusiastic people are even now talking
of the time when it will have two rail-
roads-one from the northeast and one
from Medicine Lodge. The population
OF Sun City is estimated at 400.
ELM MILLS.
This town takes its name from the
magnificent water mill located there and
supplied with power by the swift run
ming waters of Elm creek. The mill at
this place is 60-horse-power, runs day
and night, the entire year, and supplies
thousands of people with bread stuff.
Besides the mill there are several stores
and shops and post-office. The coun-
try around the town is good and some of
the most successful farmers in the
county are located near Elm Mills.
SHARON.
As the map shows, this city is ten miles
east of the county seat. 1t is in the
heart of one of the richest agricultural
districts in the county, and has a
bright future before it. Certain it is
to be great stock feeding center and
wealth always surrounds this industry.
Sharon has commodious hotel, a
newspaper, general stores, active real
estate agents, a progressive mayor and
city officers, churches, schools, good
society and all that goes to make up a
prosperous and happy town.
AETNA.
This village is located in the south-
western part of the county, and by rea-
son of being distant from any towns of
Importance, will always be a good trad
ing point, and perhaps some day a rail-
road town. 1t has a newspaper, sew
eral stores, a hotel and other conven-
iences, and the owners of the town lots
offer liberal inducements to all who
will locate there and build.
Aetna was started by Medicine Lodge
citizens who saw the need of trading
point in that section of the county and
they have so far had no reason to re-
gret their investments.
cANENA
is located in rich valley of Mule creek,
acknowledged to beas desirable as bird
ever flew over. Surrounding Canema
are the most prolific orchards in the
county; there may be found as choice
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