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COMMANDER OF SIVERD POST NO. 85
Legion of the United States, Commandery of Kansas, head- quarters at Leavenworth, Kan. Col. Loomis was born March 16, 1834, at Loomis Corners, in the town of Otto, Cattaraugus eounty, New York. At the breaking out of the civil war, he was pursuing the laudable occupation of a farmer. As soon as the flag of our country was fired upon he enlisted in Co. ( 64th N. Y. Vol. Infty., and was elected and commissioned its first lieutenant and for several months acted as regimental adjutant. At the battle of Fair Oaks in June, 1862, Lieut. Loomis while leading his company, was twice severely wound- ed, so badly so that he was sent home and while convalescing, helped to recruit and organize the 154th N. Y. Infty., and was
commissioned as its lieutenant colonel. After leaving the army he went to the oil fields of Pennsylvania where he re- maiued but a short time. He then became interested in the rafting of logs and lumber down the Ohio river. This not being to his taste he next landed in Topeka. Kan., where for several months he was connected with the Santa Fe Railroad. He helped to build the road from Topeka to Emporia,a distance of forty miles. He then came to Winfield just prior to its organization June. 1871. and located at once on 160 aeres, 100 of which is now a part of the city. His first work was as com- missioner of the town site. an arduous and unthankful task at that time. After retiring from this position he turned his attention to farming with suceess. Sinèe the town began to grow he has always filled positions of honor and trust in the community: He was a member of the first board of trade established in the city. He was one of the leading factors in securing all the railroads that have entered Cowley county. He reorganized and was Capt. of Company C 2d Regt. K. N. G. which became afterward a part of the 21st Regt. and was the crack company of that regiment during the Spanish-American war. Col. Loomis is the present post commander of Siverd No. 85 G. A. R .. Department of Kansas not only a commander in name and office, but in reality as well. One that the com- rades may well be proud of, a man born to lead and command, tall, stately and dignified in appearance. A kind, but rigid disciplinarian, showing at a glance every inch of him to be a soldier. A man who would lend dignity to the state as depart- ment commander. or the nation as national commander. The post that he is now serving as eominander-Siverd No. 85,- was organized and mustered by Judge Advocate L. H. Lang. a member of Post 27 of Caldwell at the Masonic Hall, July 13, 1882. The name selected for the Post was Winfield aud the number given it was 85. Of these twenty charter members there are but 3 who still remain as members of the Post, Six of the comrades having answered the final roll call. Others have taken their transfers and belong elsewhere. Since the second meeting of this Post they have been tenants of the Odd Fellows' Hall, northwest corner of Main street and
Ninth avenue As a Post it has prospered since the day of its muster, but like all posts it has had its years of enthusiastic action and its years of depression. This Post had the honor in 1887 of furnishing the department commander for this de- partment in the person of Comrade T. H. Soward, who also seleeted his A. A. G .- Comrade A. Il. Limerick and the A. Q. M. G .- Comrade A B. Arment from this Post. Through the efforts of this Post. Winfield was honored with the Department Encampment of 1844. One of the saddest events in the history of the Post occurred Oct. 25 1893. A comrade, Capt. H. H. Siverl. then serving his second term as com- mander, and at the same time constable of the township was foully murdered while in the performance of his duty. This occurred on the corner of one of the principal streets in the city. The spot where he fell is marked today in the center of the flag stone walk by a large metal star. as an 'evidence of the high esteem in which he was held. The metal of which this star is made was composed of badges which were contributed by the members of the various orders to which he belonged. The star is composed of copper, silver and gold, Odd Fellows, Masonie. A. O U. W .. Grand Army badges and buttons, all of which he was an honored member. On Novem- ber 14,1893, the Post by an unanimous vote adopted the name of their dead commander as the name by which the Post shall ever after be known as "Siverd." We are indebted to Com- rade 0. Il. Coulter, editor of the Western Veteran, for the greater portion of the Post matter eontained in the above article. Comrades ean procure a complete history of the above Post by applying to Past Department Commander O. H. Coulter, Topeka, Kansas.
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SIVERD .POST . Nº.85 .G.A.R. WINFIELD . KANS:
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Siverd Post No. 85, G. A. R., Depart- ment of Kansas Organized July 6th, 1882.
Thomas H. Soward. C. E. Stenven. H. L Wells, H H. Siverd, J. E. Snow, Wm. White, H. W. Stubblefield, James Kelley, W. P. Hackney B. F. Harrod. W. II. Shearer, Jacob Nixon, N A. Haight. J C. Evans. J. S. Ilunt, Sam- uel Beard. R. B Corson. D. W. Frew. James Harden, D. L Kretsinger.
OFFICERS OF 1901
Post Commander. H. C. Loomis; Sr. Vice Commander, E. C. Manning; Jr. Viee Commander. Geo. S. Marks; Ad- jutant. W. R. Lee: Quarter Master. Irving Cole; Chaplain. Geo. T. Smith: Officer of the Day. Sam B. Hotchkin: Surgeon. H. W. Marsh; Sergeant Major. Kirk Brown: Quarter Master Sergeant. J. P. Short: Officer of Guard. Henry Ilardzog
PAST COMMANDERS OF SIVERD POST
Thomas H. Soward, II. W. Stubble- field, C. E. Steuven. S. Cure. A. Il Limerick, J. E Conklin, W. E. Tansey. O. Branham, A. B. Arment. B. W. Trout, HI. H. Siverd. J. C Miller. James McDermott. I. B Miller. T. B Meyers. T. A. Morrison, S E. Fink. Irving Cole. F. M. Pickens. J. B. Good- rich.
PAST COMMANDERS BY TRANSFER
Kirk Brown, W. R. Lee. 1. B. Gil- more. J. E. Pickard. J. D Maurer. G. W. Jackson. John Cooper. Samuel Nicholson, Robt. S. Strother. Harvey Smith, J. B. Daniel. Tomas MeDon- ough.
1-W. P. Watkins. 130th Ind .. Infty . Oct. 1. 1863; Dec. 2, 1865. Lieutenant. 2-James P. Williams, 35th Ill Infty .. July 3, 1861; Sept. 27, 1864.
3-Silas H Sparks, 133d and 186th Penn. Infty., Aug. 6, 1862; Ang. 18.1865. 4 - J. S. Savage. 54th Ill. Infty .. Jan. 11. 1865; Oct. 15, 1865.
5-George W. Hall, soth Ill. Infty .. Ang 27, 1862; June 6. 1865. Corporal. 6-J. W. Douglas, 51st Ill. Infty .. Oct. 10. 1861; Oct. 20, 1865. 1st Ser- geant. Wounds.
7-W. H. Butler, 130th Ill. Infty .. Aug. 7, 1862; Aug. 15. 1805.
8-James Hensley, 51st Ind. Infty., and Ist Miss. Marine Brigade, Dec. 1. 1861; Jan. 20, 1865.
9-Alexander Cairns, 14th Ill. Infty .. July 15, 1861; Sept. 15, 1865 Lieut.
10-Franklin Batch, Co. H 2d lowa Cav., Feb. 24, 1864: Sept. 19, 1865. At Selma. Ala.
11-D. S. Sherrard, 14th Penn. Cav .. Dee. 9, 1863; Aug 29, 1865.
12-Thomas A. Morrison. 1st Ohio Cav., Sept. 17. 1861; Sept. 19, 1854. Corporal. Scout :to March 1, 1866 under Gen. Howard.
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13-James Anderson. 139th Ind. Infty., April 1. 1864; Dec. 15. 1864. Cor. 14-R. L. Foster, Ist U. S. Lancers. Aug. 11, 1861: 26th lowa Infty., Aug. 13, 1862 to June 6, 1865.
15-Wm. J. Bonewell, 31st Ind. Infty. Sept. 5. 1861: Sept. 15, 1864, Sergt. Wounded at Resaca. Ga. May 14, 1864.
16-C. Il. Shorter. 10th Ill. Infty . Feb. 3, 1864; July 30, 1865.
17-Lorenzo H. Waite, 10th Ill. Infty Ang. 26. 1861; July 4. 1865. Army of the Cumberland.
18 -W. O. Wright. 103d Ill. Infty .. Ang. 9. 1862; March 20. 1863.
19 -Samuel W. Ilyde, 46th Ia. Infty .. March 1, 1864: Sept. 1. 1864.
20-Francis M. Linscott. 54th Ind. Infty .. Oct. 28, 1862; Dec. 9. 1863. Cor- poral. Wounds.
21-Ebenezer Mather. 40th Ia. Infty .. Aug. 8. 1862; April 11, 1865. Wounds.
22-Solomon P. Becker. 17th Ohio. Battery. Ang. 16, 1862: Aug 16, 1865.
COL. H. C. LOOMIS, 154TH N. Y. VOLS. 1862
23-James A. Hammers, 77th Ill. Infty , Aug. 22, 1862; July 29, 1865, 1st Sergeant.
24-John M. Collins, 8th Ohio Vol. Cav .. (Sheridan's command), Feb. 27. 1864; July 30. 1865. Wounds.
25-Thomas H. Miller, 11th and 137th Penn. Infty., and 1st Penn. Cav., April 18, 1861: Aug 7, 1865. Sergeant.
26-Robt. S. Strother, 25d Ky. Intfy .. Oct. 1. 1861; Jan 26, 1865 Sergeant.
27-John L Parsons, 7th Ky. Cav .. July 25, 1862; Sept. 21, 1864. Sergeant. Army of the Cumberland.
28-J. H Colt, 1st Wis. Infty. Oct. 1, 1861; Nov. 30, 1861.
29-Carlos Everett, 37th Ill. Infty., Aug. 10, 1861: May 29th. 1866. Sergt. 30-Israel Sands, 108th Ill. Infty .. Aug. 14, 1862; July 8, 1865 Corporal.
31-Bennett Pugh, 66th Ill. Infty .. Sharpshooters. Sept. 28, 1861; July 17. 1865. Corporal. Wounds.
32-S B. Littell, 10th Ill. Infty .. April 16, 1861; July 20, 1861.
33-Wilson B. Riley, 63d Ind Infty .. Feb 5, 1862: May 3. 1865. Sergeant Wounds.
34-C. P. Brown, 19th Ind. Battery Light Artillery. July 31. 1862; June 15. 1865,
35-E. P. Hickok. 2d N. Y. Vol. Heavy Artillery. Jan. 4. 1864: Sept. 24. 1865. 2d Army Corps. Quarter- master Sergeant.
36-A. C. Toombs. 13th U. S. Infty .. March 18, 1862: March 18, 1865.
37-W. H. Shearer. Co. H. 66th III. Infty., Sept. 18, 186: July 17, 1865.
38-W E Jimison. 58th Ill. Infty., March 9, 1864; Jan 19, 1865. Corporal.
39-Solomon Hilbert, 11th Ind. Infty. July 21, 1861; July 26. 1865.
40-Wm Dowler. 7th W. Va. Infty .. Feb. 1864: July 1865.
41-John MeGinn, 3th Mich Infty .. June 7, 1862; Dec 1. 1862.
43-C W Bailey, 3d Ill. Cav .. Ang. 1. 1862; Feb. 1865.
43-Samuel C Smith, 1st Maine Cav .. Oet 31, 1861; Nov. 25, 1664. Lieuten- ant Wounds.
44-James P. Short, sth N. Y. Artil- lery, Nov. 16, 1863; May 1. 1865. Wounds.
45-George L. Abbott, 10th Mo. Cav. and 8th U. S. V. V. Sept. 10, 1861; April 11, 1865. Corporal. Wounds.
46- Andrew Yeakle, 1st Maryland Infty., Ang. 21, 1861; May 21, 1865, Corporal.
47-Lewis Baker, U. S. Vet. Vol.,. Engineers. Oct. 4, 1861; Sept. 26, 1865.
48-John E. Pickard, 8th Kan. Infty. Oct. 2, 1861: Aug. 31, 1864. Sergeant. Wounded at Missionary Ridge, Nov.25. 1863.
49-Henry Forbes, 41st Ill. Infty .. July 5, 1861; July 22, 1865.
50-Eugene Baird, 5th Kan. Cav .. 1861; Sept. 1864. Sergeant.
51-Robert J. Thorp, 76th and 123d Ind. Infty., Dec. 24, 1863; Ang.25, 1865. 52-Thomas Rogers, 105th Ill., Infty. Ang. 7, 1862; June 7, 1865. Sergeant. Wounds.
53-Geo. (W.) Wilson, 70th Ohio Vol. Infty., Feb. 20, 1864; June 26 1865. From Savannah, Ga., to Grand Review.
54-Jas D. Salmon, 3d Ky. Infty .. July 4, 1861; May 23, 1864. Lieut. Wounded at Chickamanga, Ga.
55-M. A. Kirkpatrick, 91st Ohio Vol. Infty., Aug. 16. 1862: June 25. 1865.
56-W. E. Stienhour, 1st Vt. Infty .. May 9, 1861; Aug. 16, 1861.
57-Jessie M. Wright, .15th Iowa Infty., July 1862; June 1863. 58-John Chitwood, 13th. Ky. Cav, July 24, 1863; Jan. 10, 1865.
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59-Wooster J. Humbert, Independ- ent Scout and 21st Kan Militia, Oct 17, 1864: Nov. 15, 1866. Wounds.
60-Archie Stewart, 5th Vt. Infty .. March 14. 1863; June 19, 1865. 12d Brigade, 2d Div. 6th Army Corps. Wounds.
61-J. J. Harrison. 23d Iowa Infty .. July 26, 1862; July 26, 1865.
62-T. P. Hales, 25th Iowa Infty .. Sept. 1862; July 2, 1865. Corp. 1st Brigade, 1st Div. 15th Army Corps.
63-Nicholas D. Wolaver. 7th Ill. Infty .. April 21. 1861: July 20. 1865. Corp.
64-J. M. Householder, 2d Ohio Vol. Infty., Sept. 20, 1861 to Oct 10; '64. 1st Brigade, 1st Div. 14th Army Corps.
65 -- Milford B. Rhodes, 18th U. S. Infty .. Sept. 28. 1861; Sept. 28. 1864. Wounded at Stones' River. Jan. 2, 1863:
66-F. H Bull, 28th Ill. Infty., Oct. 7. 1864: Oct. 7. 1865.
67-S. G. Gary. 3d Iowa Infty .. May 22. 1861: July 18. 1864. Captain. Wounds.
68 -- Charles Lathrop, 53 Penn. Infty Sept 20. 1861; July 6, 1865.
69-Norris H. Abbott, 12th Ill Car. Dec. 26, 1863; Dec. 26. 1865.
70-John R. Smith, 111th Ill. Infty Aug. 74, 1862: June 27, 1865.
71 -- B. D. Hannah, 10th Ky. Cav. Aug. 9. 1862; Aug 17, 1863. Corporal.
72-John Osborn, 39th Ohio Vol. Inft, and 18th U. S., Infty July 31, 1861 Dec. 22, 1867. Sergeant. Wounded.
73-W. W. Van Gundy, 23rd Iowa Infty., Sept. 15, 1862; July 6, 1865.
74-G. F. Kleinsteiber, 3rd III. Cav .. Aug 8, 1864; Sopt. 7, 1864. Wounded at Pea Ridge, Ark.
75-J. W. Millspaugh, 37th Ia. Infty .. Sept. 2, 1862; May 24, 1865. 1st Lieu- tenant.
76-E. C. Manning. 2nd Kan. Cav. and 17th Kas. Militia. Oct. 15, 1861: Ang. 1865. Colonel.
77-J. M. Weakley, 123rd Ill. Infty .. Aug.11,- 1862; July 8, 1865.
78-S. E. Fink, 122nd Ill. Infty., and 111th U. S. Colored Infty., Aug. 10. 1862; June 30, 1865. 1st ' Lient. and . Quartermaster.
79-Isaac F. Moore, 25th Mo: Infty .. and 182nd Ohio Vol. Infty .. Dec 2. 1861; Aug. 25, 1865.
80~A .- L. Weber, 3rd . Penn. Reserve Corps, June 21. 1861: June 19, 1865. Wounds.
81-M. N. Wren, 66th Ill Infty., Oct. 7. 1861: July 7, 1865. Lieutenant.
82-Benjamin Miller, U. S. Navy. June 8, 1864; July 31, 1865.
83-John Cooper, 23rd Mo. Infty .. July 26, 1861; July 26, 1865. Sergeant.
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84-Walter L. Secat. 38th Ind. Infty .. Aug. 20, 1861: Sept. 20, 1864. Sergeant.
85-Duncan Kier, 1st Col. Cav .. Aug. 15, 1861; Nov. 18, 1865.
86-Kirk Brown, 90th Penn. Infty .. Nov. 29, 186 : Nov. 26, 1864. Wounds.
87-A. C. Davis, 113th Ill. Infty .. May 1, 1862; Dec. 1863. Sergeant
88-John Nichols, 2nd U. S. Colored Troops. March 3, 1863.
89-A. J. Thomas, Syth Ind. Infty .. Aug. 8. 1862: Aug 8. 1865.
90-J. Q. Tomlinson. sth Ind. Cav .. March 4. 1864: June 18. 1865.
91-S. C. Cunningham. 7th Ill. and 8th Mo Infty., May 5. 1861: Aug 15. 1864. Sergeant. Wounds.
92-Leon De Rusha, 21st Wis. Infty .. Aug 14. 1862; June 8. 1865.
93-Z B. Myer. 17th Ind. Infty .. June 12. 1861; June 20. 1864.
94-C L. McRoberts. 19th Ind Infty . Aug 30. 1861: Aug. 8. 1864
95-John C. Metzger. 7th Ill. Cav . July 17. 1862: July 17. 1865
96-George W. Seward. 32nd Ohio Vol. Infty. and 1' S. Signal Corps. Aug. 15. 1861: Aug. 15. 1864. 17th Army Corps.
97-T. B. Meyers. 18th and 174th Ohio Vol. Infty., Sept 21. 1861: July 5. 1865 1st Lieutenant. Wounds.
98-R. L. Cunningham, 34th Iowa Infty .. Dec 30. 1863: Aug 15, 1865.
99 -Irving Cole. 123rd Ohio Vol. Infty .. Ang. 16, 1862; Oct. 3, 1864. Wounds
100-Emanuel Klauser. 54th Ill. Infty., Dec. 12, 1861: July 31. 1865. Corp.
101-Samuel H. Edgar, 9th Tenn Cav., Aug. 21, 1863; Sept. 11, 1865.
102-Reuben Buck, 23rd Wis. Infty .. Aug. 11, 1862; July 23. 1865. Sergt. 13th Corps Army of the Tennessee,
103-John S. Rambo, 77th Ill. Infty .. Dec. 3, 1863; June 20, 1865.
104-Adam S. Lewis. 5th Mo. Cav. and 43rd Mo. Infty .. March 14. 1862; June 30, 1865.
105-Wm. H. Marsland, 62nd Ill Infty .. , 2d Div. 7th Army Corps, Jan. 22. 1864; March 6. 1866. Corp. Wounds
106-S. M. Raper, 62nd Ill. Inftv .. Aug. 20, 1862; Aug. 2, 1865.
107-J. O. Hawley, Chicago Dragoons 51st Ill. Infty; 8th Ill. Cav .. April 1861: .July 17, 1865. Sergeant. Wounds
108-W. H. Counts. 20th Ind. Infty .. March 1864. July 12. 1865. Corp
109-John A Maus, 5th, and 202nd Penn. Infty .. June 21. 1861: Aug. 3, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel. Wounds.
110 -- Samuel Hotckin, 23rd N. Y. In- . fty., April 22. 1861: May 22. 1863. Corporal.
111-Thomas W. Clift, 13th Ill. Infty .. May 13, 1864; Sept. 24, 1864.
112-Wm. Carter, 2nd Ia. Cav., Aug. 14, 1861; Oct. 3. 1864.
113-George T. Huffman, 86th Ind. Infty .. Aug. 14. 1862; June 6. 1865.
114-David Byers, 150th Ind. Infty .. Feb. 10, 1865; Aug. 16, 1865.
115-Henry Harbaugh, 14th Ill. In- fty .. Aug. 25, 1861; June 18, 1864. 1st Lieutenant.
116-John D. Maurer, 94th Ohio Vol. Infty .. Aug. 7, 1862; June 14. 1865. Wounds 1st Brig. 1st Div. 14th Army Corps.
117-Andrew Hughes. 55th Ill. Infty .. Feb. 15. 1864: Sept. 4. 1865.
118-Henry B Miller. 8th Ohio Vol Cav .. Feb. 15. 1864. Aug. 5. 1865.
119 -N. B Davis. 2nd Ill. Light Ar- tillery. April 21. 1461: Aug. 17. 1164. Lieutenant.
120-Jacob Swartz. 10th Ill. Cav . Sept 6. 1861: Jan. 6. 1-66. Corporal.
121 - J. G. MeGregor, 147th Ill. Infty .. Feb. 7. 1865: Jan. 20. 1866.
122-Frank Barton. 12th Ind Cav .. Dec. 8. 1863: Sept. 12. 1865.
123-L. K. Bonewell. 13th and 59th Ind. Infty .. Sept. 1861: Sept. 5, 1865. Sergeant.
124 -George S. Marks. 99th Ill. Infty .. Aug. 12. 1862: Dec. 16, 1864 1st Lieut. Wounds.
125-Wm. R. Lee. 18th Ind. Infty .. July 15, 1861: Sept. 22, 1865. Adjutant. Wounds.
126-A Recruit.
127-John T. Weaver, 176th Ohio Vol. Infty. and 11th U. S. Inftv., Aug 26. 1864; July 30, 1869.
128-W. H. Melville, 4th Mich. Infty .. June 20, 1861; June 21, 1864. Sergeant.
129-Francis M. Pickens, 31st Ind. Infty .. Sept. 5, 1861: Sept. 5. 1864. Cap- tain.
130-Henry C. Loomis, 64th and 154th N. Y. Infty .. Sept. 16. 1861. Lieut. Col .. Wounds.
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- Notwithstanding the fact that the base ball WINFIELD! BASE BALL season has practically closed, there is still great enthusiasm in Winfield over the subject of providing in advance for a champion team to carry the Winfield honors over the diamonds of 1901. Per- haps the strongest incentive is due to the Winfield Reds of 1900, whose pictures appear herewith. They met the Salina team in this city on August 30 and 31 and September 1. The Reds were victorious. Salina won the first game by a score of 4 to 3; the Reds the second and third by scores of 4 to 3 and 7 to4. The accompanying trophy was hung up for the winning team. It consists of a gourd, nearly three feet long, repre- senting a bat, neatly lettered and accompanied by the badge of the old Reds. Salina expected to win this prize and put it on exhibition at her street fair last fall. The games were played for blood and the Winfield Reds proved that they were made of well tempered metal. Thanks to them, the trophy is ours. The cuts were secured by Col Loomis, who originally got the trophy for the old Reds. While that series closed the season here, active measures are being taken to provide funds for next year and subscription lists are open and are being liberally signed. The subscribers pay fifty cents a month from September 1. 1900, to May 1. 1901. From present appearances this well provide a good fund to draw upon for the money is to be paid the first of every month. The Win- field Reds are now the champions of Kansas. There must be no pull down the trophy for Winfield |next year.
The shrewd managers of the Missouri MISSOURI PACIFIC Pacific Railway, realizing that Kansas RAILWAY is the navel of the nation, that di- agonals drawn from Duluth to Gal- veston, from Washington to San Francisco, from Tallahasse to to Olympia, from Sacramento to Augusta all intersect at its center; that it is the nucleus of our political system, around which its forces assemble, to which its energies converge and from which its energies radiate to the remotest circumference, wisely concluded to belt the sunflower state from east to west, selecting that portion covering Cowley county as the richest and most promising of the entire state. Emerson says "that the knowledge that in a city is a man who invented a railroad raises the credit of all the citizens", and so the knowledge of all the officials of the great Missouri Pacific Railway system have deemed it advisable to extend their line through Cowley county,enhances the credit of the community in the estimation of the outside world. It was in 1887 that this road was construct- ed through Cowley county, entering it near Dexter on the east and leaving it at Oxford on the west, the line extending on to Pueblo, Colorado, the western terminus. St. Louis, Mo. is the head quarters with numerous lines giving Winfield access over the Iron Mountain route to the rich coal fields in Missouri and Arkansas, enabling dealers to get it here at a lower rate than other localities are favored with. The lines of this com- pany also afford excellent facilities for the shipment to this place from the great lumber districts among the dense pine forests of Arkansas and even Lousiana. They also bring us
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in close commercial relation with the great salt fields at Hutchinson and other points in western Kansas. But aside from the feature of getting freight hanled into the country at a low rate, the Missouri Pacific is a highly important factor in the distribution of farm products through the channels of commeree to the markets of the world. it brings us in close relationship with Kansas City and rich lead and zine mines of Missouri, and then the passenger traffic is to be considered. The facilities toward the east are innumerable. while the advantages for tourists' travel toward the delightful mountain resorts of Colorado during summer seasons are especially ap- precinted by people of this e immunity, who avail themselves of these superior privileges But there is another feature of excursions that is often lost sight of by the general public. and that is the great advantage to this locality from the ex- tensive advertising that the railroad company does for the attraction of Winfield, in their endeavor to attract people this way to attend the annual Chautauqua Assembly and the vari- ous big events held in Winfield, like the Odd Fellows' celebra- tion, A O. U. W .. day and the Flower Parade, Modern Wood- men Log Rolling and similiar events. On all such occasions the Missouri Pacific Company issues handsome booklets giv- ing neat and attractive illustrations of beautiful Island Park and other attract- ive features of Winfield and her environments. They also send out broadcast thousandsand thousands of cir- enlars and post- ers advertising this city and the events being held here. Such judic- io n s advertising can't help but be highly beneficial to Winfield and Cowley county. It has already done a great deal to attract people here who have in- vested money and made this their permanent home, for they are not slow in discover- ing the beauties of Winfield and her superior edu- cational and social
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advantages. The executive depart- ment of the Mis- souri Pacific Rail- way Co., consists of George J. Gould, president, New York: Frank J. Gould, first vice president, New York; C. G. War- ner, second vice- president, St. Louis, Mo .; A. H. Caleb, secretary and treasurer, New York: Rus- sell Harding, third vice-presi dent and general manager, St Louis Mo .; H. C. Towns- end, general pas- senger and ticket agent, St. Louis, Mo .; Col. J. H. Lyon, western passsenger agent, Kansas City, Mo .; A. H. Webb, su- perintendent, Wiehita Kan .: E. J. Ward, division superin- tendent, Wichita, Kan B. E. Sells is the local agent at Win- fietd. The Missouri Pacific has 5,326 miles of road. Through fine equipment and able management of such a road, the inter- ests of the entire community are proportionately advanced. Such roads enrich the country. They extend the area of life and multiply our relations.
RESIDENCE OF GRANT >TAFFORD
Dr. Leon A. Jacobus, of the firm of DR. L. A. JACOBUS Emerson & Jacobus. of this city, is a physician and surgeon of the regular school. He was born at Lima, Ohio. September 26, 1867, and came to Kansas in 1881, where he has since resided. He began the study of medicine in 1890, with Dr. Emerson as preceptor and later pursued the study in Rush Medical College and Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, and graduated from the latter institution in 1893. immediately after which he formed the present partnership with Dr. Geo. Emerson and has since then been actively engaged in the practice of med- icine and surgery. Dr. Jacobus has a natural skill and adapt- ability for his profession and has been exceptionally success- fnl, both as a physician aud a surgeon [and enjoys a large
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practice. He is a member of the South Kansas Medieal So- ciety of which he has held the office of president and bas also been county health offi- cer of Cowley county for two years. He is a stockholder in the Winfield Hospital and a member of the staff of physi- cians and surgeons of said in- stitutions. Aside from his profession, Dr. Jacobus is worthily designated as substantial and good eitizen and has a high standing in both social and business cir- cles. Fraternally he is a mem- ber of the A. F. &A. M., Win- field. No. 58 and of Winfield Chapter No. 31, R. A. M. In the year 1898, he was mar- ried to Miss Beryl Johnston, one of Winfield's most ac-
RESIDENCE OF GEO. W. ROBINSON Photo by Dresser
stock of hardware, stoves, sheet iron, etc., of any firm in the city. They also do plumbing and designing, in which capacity their ability has been attested by their work. They only employ ex- pert plumbers who are famil- iar with all parts of building- and ean tell just what is need- ed in any given ease, to fit it out with all modern sanitary plumbing, furnaces, steam and hot water fitttings, sinks. bath rooms and tubs-enam- eled or porcelain, lead or iron pipe fittings and hydrants. In this capacity they have a wide reputation, having done the sanitary work in the City Hospital, besides many of the public buildings and resi- dences in the city. Estimates
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