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Roaring Twenties

186 – The Great Crash of 1929

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

The stock market soared throughout the Roaring Twenties. In August 1921, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 63. By September 3, 1929, the Dow had risen to 381, an increase of more than 600%.

And then it crashed.

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185 – A Cattle Ranch

October 16, 2021October 18, 2021Mark Jarvis2 Comments

Ralph and Chleo Jarvis bought a ranch southwest of Salina.

Jarvis ranch – 1929
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184 – Top of Their Game

October 13, 2021October 18, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

In 1928 and 1929, Public Utility Investment Company continued to thrive, growing even faster than before. Acquisitions increased several hundred percent during these two years.

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183 – Extended Family

October 9, 2021October 6, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

Ralph and Chleo Jarvis settled into a new way of life in Salina. They were in a home of their own.

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182 – A New Office

October 6, 2021October 2, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

Acquisitions were booming. Investment sales were booming. Home office staff was booming.

Public Utility Investment Company invested in a much larger office. It was on the second floor of businesses along Santa Fe Avenue, the main street in Salina.

Public Utility Investment Company – new offices – 1927
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181 – Public Utility Investment Company

October 2, 2021October 2, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

Nathan Jones had organized The Public Utility Investment Company (PUIC) in 1924. It was used to purchase the assets of States Power Company in Oklahoma, and then to sell the assets to the newly formed United Power Company.

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180 – A Move to Salina

September 29, 2021September 7, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

Nathan Jones focused on his vision for the new Public Utility Investment Company. In late 1924, Jones moved his family from Abilene to Salina, Kansas. He opened a two-room office on the third floor of a bank in downtown Salina.

R.L. Polk – Salina City Directory – 1925
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179 – The States Power Company

September 25, 2021September 6, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

By January 1924, Pawnee Power and Water Company and all the other C.L. Brown companies were merged into United Light and Power Company.

Nathan Jones had risen to assistant treasurer, and Ralph Jarvis had moved up to head the construction division.

But there was an opportunity in Oklahoma.

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178 – Home Life 1922, 1923

September 22, 2021September 14, 2021Mark Jarvis2 Comments
Anna Webb and Mel Jarvis – c 1921

It was good that Chleo Jarvis lived in her mother’s household. They got along well. Anna had a daughter and grandchild at home, and Chleo had help raising Melvin.

In 1922, Ralph was age 28 and Chleo was 22.

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177 – A United Takeover

September 18, 2021September 14, 2021Mark JarvisLeave a comment

The vision was a huge loop of transmission lines from Hutchinson to Larned to Kinsley to Turon and back to Hutchinson. It was the most ambitious plan for electrical distribution in Kansas.

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