As the industries, so has the population and area of the town increased. G. A. Birdsall platted several blocks on the west side, the greater par of which have been improved by elegant and substantial homes. Normal Heights, a beautiful tract, was platted as an addition on the south side and many residence lots sold. Kenwood addition and Houghton's sub-division on the north side have been most successful. They were platted in 1913. Three hundred seventy-five lots were sold in ten days. Water mains have been laid, street lights and telephone communication installed and fifty homes erected. Kenwood was platted by George C. Flack, treasurer of the Occidental Building and Loan Association of Omaha, Nebraska, and his faith in our city is investing large sums of money here in home building. Propositions

for many new industries are under consideration and the near future will see their consummation. Twenty-five miles of mains convey water to the consumers of the city. There are twenty miles of sidewalk and street crossings and a complete sewer system. It is not, however, in physical improvements alone that Chadron excels. In education, music and culture no city in the west ranks higher. The Woman's Club has a membership of nearly two hundred and is in close touch with the state and national organization. The Chadron Culture Club has a limited membership and the maximum is always maintained. The Chadron Commercial Club has a membership of two hundred active business men, who are untiring in their efforts to make Chadron truly the metropolis of the west. A great number of Chadron citizens occupy high places in the councils of men. Among these are two college presidents, two district judges, James C. Dahlman, many times mayor of greater Omaha, the late Hon. A. W. Crites, ex-judge and ex-receiver of the United States Land Office, F.