Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-27

tion The quarters now occupied by the bank
| are in magnificent brick structure, standing
on the corner of Oklahoma avenue and First
| street. and was the first of substantial char.
acter to adorn those thoroughfares. Strange
| as 1t may seem, this building was ready for
occupancy and was taken possession of by the
| bank July 18th, just little more than two
| months from the opening of the territory to
settlement. When the disadvantages attending
| building and the great trouble in getting ma
| terial at that early day are taken into consid-
| Grafton, this rapid construction of a building
of its proportions and magnificent appearance,
is certainly one of the wonders of modern en-
| terprise.
BESIDES this elegant building, President Nc
! Neal and associates are largely interested in
other property both in and out of the city, and
at least two of the brick buildings now in
| course of erection are being constructed by
| them and their co-workers. President McNeai
| is now engaged in building an elegant resi-
| dence on University Hill. which, when COM
pleted will be of the most costly and at
| tractiYe suburban homes in the city,
Aside from the banking business. President
McNeaI is a stakeholder and director in the
| Whitley Orput Loan s. Investment company,
| another of Guthrie's monied giants, having
for its object the building and rental of houses
| for business and resident purposes. This COM
pany is also largely interested in Guthrie
realty and has done much toward bringing
about her present greatness.
re CLOSE THIS ARTICLE.
without making mention of its capable and
accommodating cashier, A. G.. Heron. would
| be a failure TO show deserving recognition of
his fitness for the responsible position which
| he occupies. He is au old and Well trained
banker, having served number of years as a
trusted employe OF the American National
bank, of Kansas City, where by diligent appIi-
cation 10 his duties and IL careful study of
business methods, he became acquainted in
| ITS every detail, with the intricacics of sue
cessful banking business.
The above brief sketch of one of Guthrie's
| many substantial institutions is given as an
evidence of the superior advantages and in
ducements held out by the capital city, enti-
Ting herto the deserved reputation of being n ot
only the metropolis, but the present and fu-
ture commercial center of the great country,
] of which Guthrie is the offspring and of which
! the territory may justly feel proud If in so
short time as eighteen months a city of ten
! thousand people has sprung UP where hitherto
civilization had not set its foot but had been
| the hunting grounds OF the noble red man and
where the song of the plowman nor the rattle
| of the wheels of commerce had been heard,
how much is TO be expected within the next
| twelve months after the foundation for great
city has been laid and order brought out of
| chaos No prediction is necessary. The con-
stantly increasing volume of business in ali it's
branches is but an index to Il future of pros
| perity that awaits the faithful, who have by
their indomitable energy brought about the
| present state of affairs and opened up the way
| to fame ahd fortune for future generations. -