Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-06-29

ical data of the business firms of Great
Bend effort was made at first to con.
fine the article to those firms which
had been here since the early Sos.
AS the work progressed this was found
to be almost impossible and the list
has so increased that it is doubtful
if room can be found for it within the
space allotted. But brief space will
be allotted to each firm and nothing
but the bare facts in regard to the
same mentioned.
Chas. E. Dodge, abstracter, came
to this county in 1872 from Wiscon-
sin. The next fall he was elected
register Of deeds of the county and
served in that capacity for seven
terms. After retiring from his public
service he opened his present Office of
abStractor.
Frank Strothman, abstractre, came
here in 1880. He was elected clerk
OF the district court in 1887 and after
his retirement from that office after a
several terms service started an alb
stract Office.
The E. R. Moses Nero. Co. was or
gained in 1872 under the firm name
of Burton, Odell & Moses. Al
few years later E. R. Moses became
member of the firm and the name was
changed to Burton, & Moses Bros.
and later to G. N. & E. R. Moses. |
This remained the status OF things
until 1901 when E. R. Moses became
the sole owner and the E. R. Moses
Nero. Co. was organized. Years be- |
fore the firm put in branch stores at
Clafiin and Hoisington and the new
firm retained the latter store.
L. B. Wilcox, Implements, in 1906
assumed control of the implement de-
partment Of the Hemker & Nuttleman
store. This was originally the F. H.
Miller Imp. Store end was organized
IN the nineties.
The Great Bend Hardware & lmple-
meat Store was organized in 1890 by
Fred Zutavern, the present manager,
]. V. Brinkman, R. Pleger, Fred
Miller and L. NJ. Krause.
D. A. Banta. lawyer came here from
Marion, Ind, in 1884. He is at pres
ent one Of the most successful crimi-
nal lawyers in the state.
Osmond & Cole, attorneys, came
to Great Bend in 1879 and formed
partnership in January 1905. Judge
Cole was Judge of the Court Of Ap-
peals of the state. Mr.. Osmond has
been. Santa Fe attorney at this place
forseveral years and is rated as one
of the ATTEST lawyers in the state.
James W. Clarke, attorney, came
here from Tennessee in 1854. The
next year he was made city attorney. |
He has been county attorney several
terms and since the retirement of c.
F. Difenbacher, several years ago
hasbeen the only democratic attorney
in the county.
P c. Kopplin, county attorney, !
came here from Wisconsin, five years
ago and located in Hoisington. Two
years ago he was.elected coutny attor.
ney.
Russell & Russell, Attorneys. F.
", the senior member of the firm
cam. here from Virginia in 1890. R.
c., the junior member of the firm
grew up here and is graduate of the
law department OF the State Univer.
sity. Their firm is considered ex-
ceptionally strong.
There are two bakeries in town, one
owned by Geo. W. Moore who came
here in 1885 and who has been en-
gagged in his present line of business
the most of the time since. The City |
Bakery was purchased short time
ago by E. 0. Putnam the present pro.
prietof.
We have three exceptionally strong.
banks. The J. V. Briukman Co. |
Bank was chartered in 1874 by ]. V. !
Brinkman, deceased, though it had in |
reality been run year before that
time by Sam i. Maher under the title |
of the Barton County State Bank. |
For the last'Io years it has been under
the difect charge Of J.. Geo, Brinkman |
the president. 1t is one of the largest |
state banks in the state of Kansas.
The First National Bank was char |
tered in 1885 by E. L. Chapman, E. |
NJ. Pailand, r. c. Bailey, G. H. |
Hume and c. F. Wilmer. The Chap
man family have retained the most of !
their sock and at present G. L.
Chapmin is president and E. L.
Chapman, son of the organizer, is
cashier The bank is State, United
States end County Depository.
The Citizens National Bank was
organized and chartered in 1000 by
E. r. Moses, its president, G. N. and