In the early 1900s rebuilding continued, with many modern improvements. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company established an office in Seligman, in 1904 postal rural routes were established, in 1905 the Bank of Seligman was opened by C.C. Fawver, and in 1910 George Finn established the Farmers and Merchants Bank. Also in 1910, the North Arkansas line was extended from Seligman through Eureka Springs to Harrison, Arkansas. Two physicians set up practice in town, and one of them opened a four-room hospital. In 1912, the Sure Pop Oil Company attracted investors from Seligman and built an oil rig just across the border in nearby Gateway, Arkansas. In 1914, a tomato cannery was opened and operated by W.F. Turner, a vinegar factory was opened, and there was a brief attempt to mine silver in the town. Before Prohibition, some five saloons operated in Seligman, and it had a reputation as the "wildest town in the west". Nevertheless, around this time Seligman was still just half as large as it had once been.