Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-08-14
KlN0MAN.

| hAN6MAN, aug. II, 1000
| Talk about the balmy days of tn
| O'Briens at Leadville,in proportion +
the population it could not compar
with Kingman to-day. There mr.
more thieves, thugs, gamblers AM
houses of prostitution in this plac
than any other town of its size o.
record. There is no restraint what
ever. Everything is run with wild
open doors and go as you please
Within the past few days there ha
been talk among the best citizens o.
organizing vigilant committee. Lift
and property are certainly in danger
Mayor Misner and the councils atten
ton has repeatedly been called to thu
state of facts, still there is no NOV,
toward driving the desperate charac
tiers out of the town. There was on
murder last week and you may hourl,
expect another. How long will thi.
community stand such fragrant def
ance of the law? When will it end
Who is responsible? What are thos,
in authority thinking about
Can they assume that tins state Of af
fair can be continued No, if there il
no ether way, this community mus
rise up as one man aud make desper
ate raid aud purge the to Sn of the un-
holy. 1t can and will be done, and tina
before long. All communities need al
occasional shaking up. and this may b,
an opportune time to do it.
.'wIND."
Kingman's new railroad is on III
feet. IL was born anew on Thursday,
and it is now the Kansas, Salt Plains
& Pan Handle railroad. The name
gives but faint idea of what the pro.
jectcrs intend to accomplish. Those
who have had the good fortune to
peep behind the scenes boldly asser,
that old Mexico in the southwest and
Manitoba in the north are not secure
from the fold Of the great corporation
AT the first meeting of directors no.
tice was ordered served on Wichita to
refrain from going ahead with the
Wichita & Colorado railroad, as
it trespassed on territory claimed
by the X, S. p. & p. H.
l.. e. Almond has beeu elected presi-
dent, and the first town laid off is to
be called Almondale, and an effort will
be made to make it the county seat OF
Babcock county when it is organized.
Halstein and Miller still control the
town site speculatious along the line
and will start out shortly to sell lots
in the various towns between here
and the Panhandle.
One of the latest rumors in regard
to the scheme is that the Santa Fe has
offered 10 grade, tie, iron and equip
the entire line for half the first years
profits, but on motion of Billy Childs
this proposition was refused, because
not accompanied by free passes on
the MAN line. Ii is to be hoped a
basis of compromise can be reached
and thus avoid a railroad war between
the two powerful corporations. Alex
ander says nothing less than tie pass
will satisfy him and it is thought
Babcock's influence with the Santa Fe
can secure the conversion of this much,
for all the directors. The Santa Fe prob
ably realizes that former employee of
their company is charter member of
this new company and as il is well
known that he possesses all the secrets
of the Santa Fe company, they are
obliged to come down from their lofty
position they generally take in deal
ing with new corporations aud eat
humble PIE for once.
Some people go so far as to say that
General Manager Robinson, of the
Santa Fe, j. indebted to this transient
citizen of Kingman for most of his
inspirations in the management of
that company, and as neither of the
parties deny it, there must be some
thing in it.
Col. Z. W. Stafford left Saturday
for the east to negotiate
the bonds of the new road and to sell |
the salt and mill sites along the |
line. He wired back from Wichita /
that he could place the bonds there at
two cents pound, but as there was
some feeling there against the road he
thought he could get quarter of a
cent better by going to Lawrence,
where he understood there was a pa
per mill and should push on. With
the Col. the bonds are n secondary
matter His hopes for the future
prosperity of the road rest on the salt
and mill sites somebody has NEIL
Toned Salt River sites. Your CORES
pOndeDt is careful to keep the EAGLE
posted on all railroad schemes in the
Some people say they
understand how it is that there
,annOt be move but what it is given
o the public through the correspon-
lent of the EAGLE, even though they
meet in social chambers. When this
Dad is completed there will be ecstasy
III over the land. l.
ID. S. Campbell, southeast of town,
wants 1t understood that he boasts of
Iaving the biggest corn in Kingman
Ounty.
Your correspondent will give 81 900
or the carcass of the miserable cur
rho stole his pillow from the work |
ench beside mis- Office. Would raise
800 if it is dead.
The Laclede hotel register of Sun
ay for dinner shows fourteen names
egistered in one handwriting, and
n the margin of the register is a note
enned "the last of b. & A. 1t
aused general inquiry as the sequel :
light have revealed the fact that b
here had been two sudden deaths. c
ut not so, when explained it meant o
nat Babcock & Alexander had dis n
,lved partnership and the party SO s.
'gistered had been helping take an
voice. Mr.Alexander rctires aud Mr.. q
G. BabcOck will continue the hard 2
are and implement business. Mr.. y
. II. Alexander's purposes are not
nown at present, but to say the
asst he will remain in Kingman.
A call and circulars are out asking
Ie farmers as well as the town people 2
devote Wednesday TO searching for !,
Ie BODY of young Crumley. There =
e no new developments in the case
,cept very unreliable rumors that l.
mot be traced to any reliable a
URGE. LEON. N
ARGONiA Il
ARGONIA, August II, 1885. ~