Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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f % ' 4 ' A DoJfC Cil - is tlie metropolis of tli;il asl territory known as Sonthwcst Kansas, and is the capital city of Ford County. She has nearly 5,000 people and is still j;ro vini. rapidly. . traveler seeing Dodge City for the first time can hardly realize it is in western Kan- sas. He sees a town with paved streets; ; modern lighting s ' stem with the wires underground; a modern telephone system; ; court house built of dressed stone; a higl school building that cost 3100,000, and man other improvements that are found onh ' ii i J • ■ i% modern cities. II 1 Dodge City is probably growing faste 1 than any other citj ' her size in the state having spent over half a million dollars in 1 building operations during 1915. The home I building has kept pace with the busines 1 growth, and prospects are promising for ; 1 bigger and better Dodge City.

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111 :| -q i m i i! WICHITA. IP 1 •■Wauh Wichita Win is the slogan that 1 has inspired the people of Wichita to mal e 1 1 (jf their cit - one of tlie most enterprising J I commercial centers of the entire Southwest. % - s a distributing point, Wichita is without a ' rival in this vast territory. 1 1 Located as she is in the midst of the great i! | farming and stock raising country, sur- i| rounded by a territory rich in all of the m natural resources, equipped witli the best pl transportation facilities, pro ided with a « climate that has no equal, and backed by 4| citizenship that believes in licr future, ■ || Wichita is destined to become one of the Ip greatest of our inland cities. 1 In her marvelous commercial growth, 1 Wichita has not neglected the social and II educational features that are so necessary 1 1 for an enlightened people. Her schools, 1 churclies, hospitals, libraries, parks and 1 1 clubs are not excelled by cities of mucli 1 1 larger population. Hut Wichita must be ' ' , seen to be ipprcciittd

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«i 11 CurtL. ]lli. lb A prubpeiou!. ( il. ut l.S.UUO inhabitants, situated two miles from the Oklahoma line in Montgomery County, and although located in a splendid farming dis- trict, it is a factory town, having, perhaps, more factories than any other town in the state. 1 Among the large industries, Coffeyville has four railroads, two interurban lines, three oil refineries, one zinc oxide plant, five flour mills and elevators, two foundries and machine shops, four brick plants and many other smaller factories. The payroll of these concerns exceeds ?200,C00 monthly. Coffeyville claims the second largest out- going tonnage in the state, the best and cheapest light and water system in the state, and a White Way that is second to none. Slie has good schools, good churches, good pa ing, and is a city noted for iier beautiful h nu