Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-13
CONWAY SPRINGS NOTES.
To the Editor of the agile.
CONWAY SPpISns- KAs Eeh IN

CONWAY SPRINGS, HAS, Feb. 10.
Strong effort is being made to Incorporate
the Springs US city of the third class
With this end in view a petition properly
drawn up is being circulated for the sigma
lures Of the legal voters. The plan is to
incorporate the two towns, Mortified and
Conway Springs, together. While major
ity of our business men and citizens are in
favor of incorporating, there are a number
of old foggy moosbacks who are afraid that
a little expense would entail and so refuse
their signatures to the petition. We regret
to see this lack of enterprise on tie part of
any of our people, for it is u positive draw
back to the growth and prosperity of our
town. 1t is not this class of citizens. who
are here merely to squeeze out business
existence and who study to keep down every
cent of expense in order to add a few pen-
MES to their own Golfers, who build ND a
town. Quite the reverse. 1t is the wide
awake, enterprising business men who have
enthusiasm, get-up and push in them. Ev-
cry town has these two classes, and the towns
where the latter class predominates are those
which merge from villages into cities in the
shortest space of time. A town
is not town in reality until incorporated.
1t has neither law nor system. Its business
men are without protection; its streets with
out sidewalks and its people beses daily by
travelling sharps in the guise of peddlers,
who make unncorporated towns their legit-
innate prey-simply because they cannot be
made to pay license. We have the making
ola beautiful little city. Why not boost it
on and have city in ,act as well ms in namei
a painful accident occurred at c. f.
Doinelley's residence some days ago. a
little child playing near pan of boiling
water, fell in and was so badly seal ded that
death resulted on Thursday of last week.
Mr.. Donnelley lives two miles north of thi.
city.
Mr.. CARRIER, of West Wichita, who has a
lumber yard at West Wichita. was out last
week looking after his interests.
The different branches of business are
generally well represented here. Especially
lumber, drugs and hardware. There are
four lumber yards, three hardware and three
drug stores.
There is certainly a speculation for men
of capital in buildings at this place. Ordi
, nary business houses bring from $50 to So
per month, and dwellings from Sl2 to S2i
per month, and for the latter there is grea
: demand.
When any of our people resort to law tC
settle affairs, they are compelled to send tC
Wellington and Wichita for attorneys. Thi
reminds us that your talented Mr.. Bentley
had a quiet ~ tussle with our county at
torney. hurry, before Justice Treoger, a
few days ago, in which we understand d
larger part of the glory went to Mr.. Bentley
Laying aside the merits of this case, ",
wish to say that Conway Springs would be
, both pleasant and remunerative location
for young attorney VINO is capable and
, willing to attend to business. Such on,
could get good healthy practice and MAKE
money here.
a gentleman by the name of Dobbins la;
been quietly working this location for a SC G.
ond bank for the past few days. The field
would seem TO be a good one as the bank
already here places loans at two and three
per cent per month. Such system oil
usury or systematic robbery is called bank
ing and business in the west. In the east
capital seeks investment at three to six per
! cent per annum. And yet, the west pro-
duces and the east consumes. This leads to
a subject upon which volumes might be
written, but which is ali boiled down and
graphically pictured by the COW standing
and eating at the western farmers hay stack
and being MIXED in New York-a long
COW, but it takes a long COW to tell long
story.
The sudden change from warm weather to
zero, which occurred on Sunday night, was
an unpleasant surprise to those who do not
guage the weather by the ground hog. Those
who did go about with knowing " l told
you So" and appeared pleased with them
selves, their weather prophesy and all man
kind. VICTOR.