The telephone line was continued up to Lisco in 1909, branches to other points and the farmers line coming on soon after.

The Lisco hotel and depot, besides two or

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

three residences were completed in 1909. This same year the Presbyterian church was built but not dedicated until the spring of 1910. This year saw the erection of a fine new brick building to be occupied by the Lisco Mercantile Company, postoffice and bank on the corner.

The building now used as a restaurant by Mr. Jim Horn was put up in 1910 for a pool hall. The present pool hall is across the street.

The school was held in an upstairs room in the Lisco Mercantile building until 1911, when

of Mr. Myers, Lisco

a two room building was erected. That fall school started in nice new, clean quarters with Misses Goodmanson and Davis, teachers.

Just at this time the dreams of the old settlers came true and a bridge was built across the river in the spring of 1912. It being only one-half mile from the county line between Garden and Morrill counties, Morrill county helped pay for its construction.

A small stock of drugs carried by the Lisco Mercantile Company was sold in May, 1916, to J. A. Ray ; and in the fall he moved into the

new brick building now occupied by the drug store, postofhce and printing office which Mr. Lisco completed in the fall of 1917.

In the summer of this same year, Frank- Browning put up a building and opened up a hardware store. Wm. Mankin bought him out in 1918 and in 1919 sold a half interest to D. E. Meiklejohn, the present owner.