The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-29
Population Is Small But Every
Resident a Live Wire.
lis an Important Shipping Point
on Reck Island.
NEW BUILDINGS.
Horse and Mule Market Is an
Attractive Feature.
Little City Deserves Prosperity
Which 1t Enjoys.


one of the towns the Rock Island
road officials prints the name on
their railroad maps. The fact of it is
that Lebanon is a big trade and ship
ping center. The shipments of stock
and grain annually from this point is
enormous, and the receipts of
freight by the business interests is
correspondingly large. Hence the
Rock Island road has always had
pleasant word and a friendly pluck
for Lebanon.
Her train service is excellent while
many other towns have Kicks COM
ing. Some time ago the Lebanon peo-
pie went down in the ground after oil
or gas or coal. They failed, but this
failure did not lessen the spirit OF her
people.
business houses, frame buildings, to be
sure but no sooner were they
burned out than the same progressive
people got together and commenced
work. and in the place of the wooden
structures several brick blocks have
been erected. 1t was only keeping
pace with the same progressive spirit
that has been characteristic OF the
town and people ever since the ROCK
Island put Lebanon on their maps
One of the new business Industries
for Lebanon is her. commercial bust
ness college. This is largely due to
the persevering energy OF the Dykes
Bros, physicians and surgeons, or
state reputation. They have just COM
pIeted a double brick building, two
stories above the basement, the lower
floors to be occupied by business firms
while the second floor has been re-
served for office rooms and the COM
president and James d. Carter, man.
ager, of the business college, together
with the energetic business men OF
the town, Lebanon secures a splendld
business college.
Not only Lebanon but all Smith
county should be proud of this new
enterprise. The new building cost
not far from $4,000, and is well
equipped for school work. The school
is owned and managed by Prof Nc
Kee, and is operated in connection
with the Kansas City college.
John D. Mossman, for many years
a resident of Lebanon and Smith |
county and one of the national bank |
Topeka, and will accupy property at !
1927 Polk street. The Mossman's will |
be valuable acquisitions to Topeka's
population.
horse buyer for the Geo. Walker |
mule and horse barn in Clay Center, is |
a rustler in this line. He pays out |
about $4,000 a month for horses and |
mules in this part of the state.
John H. Dykes. son of DR.. Henry A. |
Dykes. is a Smith county boy, and is
now IT years of age. This young man
has Travelled over the country from the |
Atlantic to the Pacific. He is also sec |
,etary of the Lebanon EDworth League. |
and vice president of the Sixth District
Epworth League. He is bright, chip
1ff the old block, so to speak, and his
host Of friends are sanguine he will
nelze an efficient mark in life
Solomon Deserves It's Prosperity.
The Lebanon business men deserve
The prosperity they enjoy. They carry
he goods and they draw the trade. 1t
S not an unusual sight to see her bust
aess street full of teams from the coun- |
try six days ir. the week. a large
1ouring mill helps to draw the trade |
The farmers will be shy of a big crop |
If corn this year. but all of them have
some old corn in the bin. The two
banks make a remarkable showing IN
deposits, and as d rule the farmers
carry check books. Two big lumber
yards do a great business. while the
.wo newspapers tell the good things of
own and surrounding country
One of the big things for Lebanon is |
ler hospital 1t is the property of DR.. !
Tohn B. Dykes and DR.. H. A Dykes,
md is successfully operated by them. I
The question was asked them If such
IN institution in Lebanon was paying,
md they answered: IT guess so, for
We have never had to ask for a dona-
ION from any source" The hospital is |
or the treatment of medical and surgi-
al diseases. Several trained nurses are
n attendance. The hospital is only |
bout a year old and out of more than
90 patients so far treated the Dykes
lave never lost a patient they have OPP
rated on. The rooms are heated with
lot water and lighted with gas.
And after all, the hundreds of peo-
lie who came to Lebanon to attend
he twenty-second anniversary of the
own not a kick was registered. They
lad cause to if they cared, for many
f them were farmers and their corn
s badly burned by the hot weather.
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