Gas and Oil Developer from Coffeyville, Kansas • 15

Oiffryvilltf All Night. One of the best, ytt the most im biased compliments paid to any city In recent years Is the following "Iven by Nat. Haker, editor of the Interstate, nt Kansas City, after returning home from a ho nt viit here. He says: "I have beent'jCoiTevville, Kas the liitle city that first came into prominence because the way it oplo killed and buikd the Dal ton gang or bank robbers, txcit ing the curious who went there, to ascertain that it lies in the heart ot a country which for productiveness is second to none on earth, and who remained there and lcame per manent cititns. "CofTeyville is the livest.

bright, est, clean is city in the Mate. This a broad assertion, but neverthe less true. 1,1 i 7 MUMiuri lulflc. Dcput. 'It is the livest because it does the swiftest business.

No one is idle. Kvcrybody is on the rush. tit i.i are a I given licit ami pnver They simply speak pleasantly as 1 they pas by. They have no time naturaI Kas' to talk anything but business. If "There is not an idle man in a man is erecting a business house, CofTeyville.

There is not a sloven Instead of waiting for its com pie- ly borne. There is not a dilapidate tion, be just erects a straight board ed looking church, nor a poor see a propcrous husiueis bouse, an is at the head. The whole town is filled with the Klk spirit the spirit of progress, of goodfel-lowship, of lofty citizenship. "I visited the Klk lodge while there. It was the night of the election of officers and everything went through with unanimous vote.

Clark Starry has just finished his term as exalted ruler, and he has made an excellent one. The new officers elected arc all live men. There is Kxalted Ruler Frank K. Sellers, esteemed leading knight, George S. Colby; esteemed loyal knight, V.

II. Woods; esteemed lecturing knight, P. S. Lawrance; secretary, II. L.

Barnes; treasurer, O. K. Scurr; tiler, A. Ashby; trustee, three year term, W. II.

Shepherd; representative to grand lodge in Cincinnati, O. Clark Sf rry. "The Klks of CofTeyville do things. They not only meet to enjoy themselves; to have a little relaxation from business cares, but take an interest in anything th it will advance the interests of the town. And herein is where succeed.

the world and they've got backers in every resident. The pajcr mills are the biggest and the best, ami the piy roll is a good one. And it Is the same with every institution in the city. 'I counted eighteen new residences going up in CotTeyvillc, and I was looking only in one direction. Brick blocks arc being erected on almost every business street, and carpenters, plasterers and masons are in demand.

"When a stranger visits CotTeyvillc, if he enters into the enthusiasm, he is all right. If he don't be is quetly escorted to the marble works and a tombstone is ordered for him on the ground that he is too dead to sec a good thing And then the Journal gives him an obituary notice. 'CofTeyville loves the ICIks. In fact, every busines and professional man of any prominence is an Klk. If you see a handsome reside nee, it is an Klk's home.

If you ir i If UUUl MM I ymwrnrnmrnm KMeem mMSESBCXI TT i -L i rr" Hotel Miller, Dili Street. I -t fr ft school building. Its streets are clean, its sidewalks pre well laid. There is nothing wrong about the town anywhere. It is all right.

M. McCoy drove uie around the town, on every street and to every manufacturing plant. He's got the ColTeyville spirit. He thinks CofTeyville even superior to Kansas City, and every other man there thinks the same thing. They say, "Of course, your town is larger in size, but we lead you in life!" "It is the CofTeyville spirit.

Kvery man there Iifs it. And its' a good thing. "Brother Schmidt is fully convinced that his glass works are the best on earth and everybody holds him up in that belief. When 1 told him I'd vote the same way he gave me a beautiful glass cane; the handsomest thing I ever saw in my life. "The tile works men challenge building in one half the street, puts out his sign and sells goods "It is the brightest because nothing seems to drag.

The eye of every man, woman and child is clear, and from daylight until dark they itep with a click to their heels that denotes "time." "It is he cleanest because the city is heated and lighted with natural gas. I didn't see a cord of wood or a ton of coal in the town. As a result every residence looks as though it had just been painted. Whrn a man builds a home, he sinks a pipe, hits gas and is fixed for life so far as fuel and light are concerned. "It is the most prosperous because in addition its well developed surroundings it has manufacturing plants galote.

It has glass works second to none in the land It has tile works, box works, and all other kinds of works, and they i AO il 1 1- CI Mi I 1 it II II i It 1 Kil4. r.tm farb: The Condon National I3ank, Southeast Corner Square,.