The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-06-07
The Meeting and Excursion of the
Neosho Valley Press
Association.
Attended With Cordial Receptions and
Brilliant Entertainments, from
the Warm Hearts aad
Fertile Resources of the Good People of
Sunny Southern kansas-The
Citizens of chanute,
independence. Harper. Wellington and
Humboldt vie With Each Other in
the Hospitality Extended
The Visiting Editors from Kansas, Ohio.
Illinois, indiana. Kentucky
and Missouri.
a Delightful and Instructive Excursion
Over the Kansas City, Lawrence
q southern Railroad.

The four days ending last Saturday
will long be remembered by the members
II the Neosho Valley Editorial Associ-
alton and their guests, and with them
will be associated q succession of happy
that will always be cherished
with the most pleasant memories in the
lives Of those who participated in the
Jolly, good time, OF which these notes
are memoranda. The writer, in compa-
ny with one of his best girls (the one
who has occupied that cherished rela-
for something more than a
quarter of century, on Tuesday last |
took the Missouri Pacific train for the
south and journeyed down the beautiful |
valley of tine NeOsho.
AT cHANyTE,
where the annual meeting of the asso-
Cation was to be held, we were met by
the reception committee and taken in
carriages to the homes so generously
thrown open TO us. 1t was the favored
fortune OF THE News representative to
receive the hOspItable graces of DIR. NJ.
Bailey and the kIndest of receptions by
his excellent vile, at their elegant home
in the suburbs of the city. DR.. Bailey,
as our oldest citizens well recollect, is
formerly Of Emporia," having settled
there in 1858. arriving when the future
Of the city was assured-the day when
her people were rejoicing over John
Hammond's discovery OF water upon
the townsite, twenty-fi five years ago, the
18th day of last month, and since which
time Emporlans have always continued
to manifest great interest in anything
that had water in it-once in while the
article holding the water, we regret to
say, has been whisky.
DR.. Bailey, with Capt. Heritage,
erected
THE FIRST BRICK BUILDING IN EMPoRIA.
islands at 1877 Commercial street and is
known as the SchmIdling property. 1t
required hard work all summer to make
these brick, said the doctor, and the
contractor moved away in disgust at the
end of the season, little dreaming of the
importance which this industry was to
assume at the place he was leaving. AT
the close of the war DIR. Bailey went TO
Topeka where he remained six years,
after which he located at the new town
| of Chanute, where he has since labored
with continued and great success to
build up the town and for himself a
pleasant home-the latter planted upon
bare piece of raw prairie at a VOLTS
den, but upon a beautiful knoll, over
looking the country and at the head OF
what Is now ~called High street. The
Doctor has transformed the place into an
elegant residence property. The
grounds, OF about IS acres, are well
filled with shade trees and fruits and
flowers and contain doubtless the finest
large number of evergreens in Kansas
We are greatly indebted to the various
members of the doctors family fol
kindness shown. His Oldest son, Lee, il
acting cashier of his fathers bank. and
we know our citizens will be inter
ested to learn of the happy surrounding
and the prosperity of one of EmpOria'G
early residents and one who has always
continued to feel a lively interest in hel
welfare
Chanuts is very thriving place, o
about 800 inhabitants, at the crossing
of the NJ. p. and K. e L & S. railways
in county, Neosho. which is practical
lY without any unoccupied lands, nearly
every quarter section being improved
The herd law Is IN force. The county
has no bonded debt, but has severa
thousand dollars IN the treasury. The
city of Chanute is also entirely free from
debt, her merchants are prosperous, do
large trade and are building several fn'
new business blocks The town has TIVE
newspapers, the Times by A. L. Rivers
and the Chronicle by j. II. Detwiler
The large grain business transacted il
aided by two elevators.
Upon the evening of the first day o
the meeting of the association 4 recep
ton was rendered the visiting editors
Williams hall had been decorated in al
attractive and elaborate manner will
WINS "a WCiSpAA4O ~ nlCobAa
flags, and pictures. Mottos were dis
played indicative of the progress o
printing and journalism and an illustra
ton of the swell aud favorably known
fact that the pen (and the scissors ar,
mightier than the sword G Cd music
was furnished by the Chanute Corne
Band and the Glee Club. A brief ant
exceedingly neat and cordial address o
welcome, which seemed to come from
the heart, was delivered by DR.. Brown
the mayor, and responded to by Genn. ]
II. Rice, president of the association anl
editor of the Fort Scott Monitor, in hi!
usual happy manner. Then followed
THE ANNUAL ADDRESS
by j. E. Bryan, of the Oswego Inde
pendent. The subject was the fruitful
one: "The Kansas Newspaper" Th'
address was short, interesting and fall o
good points. and the humor in il called
out frequent applause. The speaker in
formed US that the first newspaper print
cd in Kansas saw the light at the Bap
fist Mission, near the present town o
Ottawa in 1884, but like the good, dice
young, and the real newspaper did no
begin to live and keep house till 1885,
and 1855, when ''old John Speer" wrot'
his editorials IN Kansas, had them set VI
in Ohio, and then published them or
Kansas soil at Lawrence; and when thu
HERALD" was set up and
printed under the old elm tree at Leav
enworth. 1t is worthy of noie that a
u. Brown, of the Burlington Patriot, on,
of the visiting editors, held one of thu
'sticks," under the shade of the memor
able tree.
The following morning and afternoon
were devoted 70 business matters AMI
discussions interesting to newspape
men. A number OF editors from Ohio
Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri
were present and upon Invitation tool
J q prominent part In all the meeting
and greatly increased their inter
est. The citizens sent TO the hall liberia
contribution of immense Strawberries
large apples. choice fruits and yegets
bles of marvellous size, all of whicl
were readily sampled" OF slowed ava,
by the Kansas editor or his brother from
the east, the first available and eye
ready receptacle being his roomy stom
+ ach, next his numerous pockets, ant
lastlp with wistful eye, his capaciou
I mind.
General J. Fl. Rice, of the FL Scot
J Monitor, was unanimously reelected L
the Office of President This was well
r deserved compliment AS presidinl
officer, as pleasant gentleman, as a ge
r nial and painstakIDg companion AM
manager during the meetings and upoi
the excursion the General is a host, an,
tho members r,lco1nized his efforts i