The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-17
no LIQUOR THERE
Irving VIII Not Allow Joints
Within Its Limits.
Propose to Raise the Growing
Children Without Saloons.
BURNED THE LAST ONE
A Movement Now on Foot to
Build Public Hall.
The Deposits in the State Bank
Now Over $780, 900.
BURNED THE LAST ON L

Irving, March 17.-One of the Oldest
and most successful business men of
Irving has said: ST like to bring up my
family and do business here because
I believe Irving to be one Of the most
moral towns I know Of" The place
will not tolerate a Joint nor q bootleg
ger II the people know such exist in
Irving. The churches and schools are
we'll patrOn1zed. There is cheerfulnesS
existing all around. When a certain
business house burned down here a
year or so ago bootlegging disappeared.
and while Irving has been free of 1t
since the fire the people of the town
will not tolerate anything Of the kind
in the future.
Irving is proud of her 7. NJ. c. A.
organization, which numbers over fifty
members, and is enjoying a healthy
growth. The president is L. w.
Mathews, who is also editor and pub
general secretary, T. L. Wagner, Sec
rotary, and B. w. Forbes, treasurer.
The order has good quarters, fitted UP
with athletic practices and a library of
over 1000 volumes.
There is talk of building public hall.
Irving needs one. The plan now is to
erect a two story structure, 60x80 feet,
with two good business rooms on the
first floor. Such building ought to be
of great good to the town. Business
men stand ready to occupy it II it Is
built
The deposits in the Irving State bank,
now about $103, 900, ought to be con-
vincing that there are some farmers
around town who are getting on Easy
street The town Is small, and the sur
prise to the newcomer Is where DO
these deposits come from. The new OFF,
GERS of the bank are: President. ]. W.
Breidenthal: vice president, John Colt
hi 4 n
cashier, Miss Grace Smith.
In the stock and grain industry or
Irving there are Piper & Webb and ).
C. Cottrell, and buying grain are J. c.
and r. L. Moore. To these firms it is due
Irving to be credited with receiving
stock and grain because they push out
and give better prices. It is fact that
Irving shippers get stock and grain
which rightfully belong to other towns.
The Commercial club Of Irving is
not asleep. It is reaching out for pub
lie hall. it Is going to light the town
and also extend her sewerage and &C.
ment walks. Besides the club has other
enterprises in view. And one Of the
prominent business men is firm in his
opinion that with proper testing ma
chinery gypsum can be found here IN
paying veins as thick as those in Blue
Rapids And this business man iszop-
posed to a we'll auger test. The tests
so far were made with well anger
and proved unsatisfactory.
One Of the new business houses for
Irving is a drug store. The new drug
gist is A. L, Moores, who comes here
with the best recommendations.
The new lumber dealer for Irving is
w. E. Rippetoe. lately from Hoyt. He
will make several improvements ana
increase the stock. He has already
proved a valuable accession to the bus
mess interests of town.
The Irving Telephone company has
already proved a big benefit to the
farmers. Out Of about 400 homes in use
nearly 800 Of them are in the homes OF
the farmers. j. F. Hoyt is president,
VIM. Smercheck, secretary, and Joseph
Lorenzo. treasurer. The company has
first class accomm odations in the CEN
trail office building in Irving.
OF Irving today and what 1t was over
thirty years ago when the writer first
saw the town, few Of the pioneer land
marks are left. For many years the
town remained dormant, but woke up
three or four years ago and has built
up steadily. It has been the scene of
two or three cyclones in former years,
the first one killing Is or 20 people and
demolished many houses. 1t has been
the scene Of many enjoyable festivities
in the beautiful grove on the Blue river
adjoining town; it ia situated midway
between the Union Pacific and Missouri
Pacific roads; 1t has good schools and
churches; it has three general stores
Of z. M. Peterson & Son, Frank Thorn
son and R. A. Hollenberg; there Is a
bank. lumber yard and newspaper; it
has a splendid hotel, harness shop, a
mammoth poultry and egg esta blsh-
ment drug store. furniture and two i'm
plement houses. in fact, it has about
all the business avocations found in
towns of larger commercial Importance.