Annals of Emporia and Lyon County . hrewdest and most prosper-ous merchants, and the profits annuallyran up into the thousands. He erected astill larger building for his heavy after this he purchased the smallfruit and vegetable farm of twenty acres,adjoining the city on the south, and re-tired from the mercantile business. Heserved one ?^•m as county commissionergreatly to the best interests of the would have been a good thing for thepeople had he been retained in the posi-tion a much longer period, because of hisgood business judgment and sterlinghonesty. In all his care
Annals of Emporia and Lyon County . hrewdest and most prosper-ous merchants, and the profits annuallyran up into the thousands. He erected astill larger building for his heavy after this he purchased the smallfruit and vegetable farm of twenty acres,adjoining the city on the south, and re-tired from the mercantile business. Heserved one ?^•m as county commissionergreatly to the best interests of the would have been a good thing for thepeople had he been retained in the posi-tion a much longer period, because of hisgood business judgment and sterlinghonesty. In all his career here he hasbeen a staunch friend of our home inter-ests. His energy and capital have takenthe lead in promoting various enterprisesfor the benefit of this people, and atheavy sacrifices, too. Mr. Hallberg hasbeen for many years a stockholder anddirector in the Emporia National bank,and still has sufficient strength to standany demand that rainy days are liableto make upon his exchequer. ANNALS OF EMTORIA AND COUNTY. 67. THE WHITLEY OPERA HOUSE. On the 29th of June, 1867, theproposition to issue $200,000 ofcounty bonds to aid in the construc-tion of the M., K. & T. railroad,called then the Southern Branch ofthe Union Pacific, was vote resulted as follows:For the bonds: Agnes City, 6;Americus, 54; Emporia, 215; El-mendaro, 27; Fremont, 48; Jackson,39; Pike, 31; Waterloo, 4; total, : Americus, 4; Emporia,11; Elmendaro, 7; Fremont, 3; Jack-son, 61; Pike, 9; Waterloo, 21; to-tal, 116. In January, 186S, twenty-nineschools were reported in session inthe county. The agricultural soci- ety was reorganized, and the firstcounty Sabbatii school associationmade. In December of this year the long-continued rain and snow, and theopen weather, made the roads very-bad. They were almost impassa-ble. The price of wood made it aluxury, it rising to $10 per cord. On the 15th of June, 1S69, a votewas taken in the county on theproposition to issue $200,000 ofbonds
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