The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-19

and his name known to its four corners.
Medicine Lodge IS very proud OF Tom
-1cNeal. and his brother Joe, president Of
the Capitol National bank Of Guthrie,
o. T.. and late candidate for appointment
70 b. governor Of Oklahoma.
sam Overstreet, who recently died in
Oklahoma, IS former resident OF the
town He was a lawyer here and always
interested in politics. When he died he
was United States district attorney for
Oklahoma His brother Jesse, represent
alive in congress from the Indianapolis,
Ind. district, also briefly lived here once.
Dennis Flynn, the wonderfully success
ful delegate from Oklahoma. is a former
resident OF Barber county. and his first
Offices were those Of postmaster and city
attorney of Kiowa, in tie south part Of
the county. He was in many a county
convention in the early days Of Medicine
Lodge, and is still called 2 Barber eoun-
~ man.
George D. orner. now Of the depart
ment Of the interior, recently q senator
/ OF Oklahom, was here in the early days.
and was county attorney. district judge
and representative in the legislature.
r. a Cameron. register OF the land Of
/ fee at Ava. and prominent in Oklahoma
I politics, served his apprenticeship IN Bar
/ Der county. He was county attorney
here.
Last. perhaps. fl the list Of people who
( have contributed to Medicine Lodge s
/ fame Is Mrs Carrie Nation Demented
reformer. she commenced her disturbance
on earth on Barber county soil From
] here she went 70 Wichita on her prop
+ erty-destroying crusade. But long since,
/ Medicine Lodge has ceased TO take her
seriously. ana it's wish and prayer is that
I the rest OF the state and the world may
/ do likewise.
/ The bar Of Medicine Lodge has been
! equally famous with its statesmen. Some
Of the brightest and best lawyers OF Kan
sas have come out OF this little town Ed
Sample. years ago the pride Of western
Kansas, and without whom a criminal
case was not thought worthy to be tried,
stiu lives and practices here successfully.
A L. Noble, one Of the best attorneys in
southern Kansas, and who vas partner
Of Long in years past. practices from the
supreme court in Topeka and the federal
courC in Wichita 70 the Colorado line. G..
/ NJ Martin, one Of the brightest legal
minds in southern Kansas. and former
/ partner Of Tom McNeaI, is sun ar the
I front in his profession Judge Charles
I w. Ellis has not yet retired from active
/ practice. but does not devote the stten-
( ton to the profession that he once did
among the younger attorneys are J. y.
/ Tinchar, T. r Ellis and County Attorney
/ Samuel Griffin. each Of whom also has a
! fondness for politics. of the old bar there
were Long, 8IcNeal, the Overstreetss
/ Cameron, Orner and many others-sOme
dead. many moved 10 other fields, some
/ In politics, and some out Of the profess
sion. And yet the bar of this little town
and county stands high in lie estimation
OF judges and ntigants.
The state of Kansas is beginning to
recognize that here IN this little town
there is a Napoleon of finance in very
{ truth. He has set the banking and hnan-
cial world TO airect its attention to him.
He Is Charles 0. Chandler. BIr. Chandler
is a young man. barely past 30. He is q
nephew OF Or. w S. Woods, president Of
the National Bank OF Commerce Of Kan
sas City. As al Office boy IN his uncle's
bank did Chandler begin his life. He was
/ in a small country bank or two and then
came 70 Medicine Lodge He first placed
the remnants OF the old First National
and the L-Lizens State banks on a good
footing and then looked for other worlds.
His little institution here is as strong as
the rock OF Gibraltar. and Chandler has
made IL so He is now president OF eight
other banks among them the Kansas Ma
tional Wichita: the Garrett State. Gar
nett; Stock Growers National, Ashland;
bank of Liberal, Liberal; Meade State.
Meade; Bank Of Hazelton hazelton- Mr.
Chandler has been successful in cattle and
other investments as Well as banking.
and has Just completed a highly credita-
bic administration as president Of the
State Bankers association OF Kansas.
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