Meat Markets: Waggoner's Market, City Meat Market.

Bullock's Vulcanizing Plant, Carter Land Company, V. B. Cargill, editor Observer :

Civic Activities

Kimball has, like every other town in it~ early history, made spasmodic spurts towards maintaining a commercial or community club but in recent years built up a very active and creditable organization, the Kimball Club. In 1917 its officers were: Guv Graves. W. T. Young, Ceo. Vogler, Herbert Linn. K. W. Hunter, V. 1'.. Cargill

In 1918 this club occupied a new building erected at the cost of $16,000. I ts officers were: I. S. Walker, Geo. Vogler, Will Davies, W. S. Rodman. V. 1!. Cargill.

Its 25x70-fect. two-story building has the club rooms located on the second floor and very creditably furnished.

The successor of the Kimball Club is the Lions Club, the present commercial club of

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

the city. Its 1921 officers are. J. A. Gibson, president; B. K. Bushee, vice president; J. R. Tritt, treasurer, and C. M. Ott, secre tary. This organization holds Monday noon luncheons where the members gather to discuss the problems of the community, and undertakes whatever tasks come up in the lines of its functions.

The Bank of Kimball Very seldom is a town the size of Kimball as conveniently equipped with banks as the tcwn of Kimball. The oldest of these. The Bank of Kimball, was started in 1886 by the Bickels. In 1907 H. A. Clarke of Columbus undertook the banking business. A. C. Fonber, 1915. B. K. Bushee was president and Wm. Rodman, cashier. W. S. Rodman was vice president. W. J. Davis and Benjamin Levinski were stockholders. Later the Rodmans left this bank and started the American State Bank, of which W. S. Rodman is president, Wm. Rodman, cashier, and C. A. Larson, assistant.