Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-08-17
WESTERN KANSAS.
An Eagle Representative on His
Wing.
Remarkable Property, Many Booms
and Flattering Crop Prospects.

To the Editor Of the Eagle
Notwithstanding the heavy rains which
caused several very serious washouts on
the main line of the Santa Fe some ten
days ago, your correspondent managed to
reach the western part of the state with Inc
loss of but few hours time. Before re-
turning to Wichita we visited most OF the
leading towns on the main line, and in ev
cry instance we found a remarkable show
ing Of growth and prosperity. In fac'
western Kansas seems to I've enjoying, even
during midsummer, the strongest kind ol
| boom Land seekers and capitalists arc
pouring in by the thousands from INC
north, south and east, while the fame OF
southwestern and central Kansas Is greater
than ever before In every county west OF
Reno the rains have been both plentiful
and seasonablc, and crops of all kinds are
heavier than for any previous year since
the settlement Of the country. This Is es
pecially so Of the corn crop which shows
an immense yield even TO the Colorado line
Everywhere we found the EAGLE vel
received, and rapidly coming to the from
as the leading Kansas daily among the bus
mess men in all the towns west OF Wichita
on the main line of the Santa Fe; and
although the competition is very strong
with more than dozen other Kansas
and Missouri associated press dailies
still the EAGLE flies the highest
| and its vigorous screaming drawsthe crowd
As IN evidence of this on last Thursday
along with brother Volk, of the Common
wealth, we dropped in upon the st. John
ties over in Stafford county, and in Tho
twinkling of many eyes the handsome mum
Der of forty subscribers was secured fol
the bird As for brother Volk it is not fol
us TO say as he left on an earlier train thar
the writer
Verify, the Santa Fe has proven its power
by the number Of branches and feeders ii i
building this year These extensions Yves
of Wichita now number five, and on nearl,
| all VI tlelH NDih Is bciiie Pu>hSd NAi
remarkable vigor Perhaps the mos
| important of these feeders is the, biz
branch from Great Bend TO Denver, anC
| judging from the immense quantities o.
material the company have piled up at tina
point, il will surely be completed at al
early date. This line will soon give u
through railroad connections with the thirty
ing towns in Lane, Scott and Greeley coun
1 tics
| While returning on the train. your cor
respondent had the pleasure og meeting
Mr. NJ L. Mum, formerly of wichita, but
now Il leading merchant of Eng lewood
| Clark county Mr.. Mum informed us that
he was off for "A months vacation 10 his old
home in Iowa and Minnesota. He alsc
gave us an account Of the shooting al
| Englcwood Inst Thursday, which resulted
in the killing of John Folly COW boy and
a noted character in that neighborhood
| The trouble grew out of the refusal of Folly
to comply with the city's ordinance requir
ing that all rcvolvcrs and guns must he put
away and not carried on the person while
in town The marshall, Fred Edwards,
went TO arrest Folly, who in turn attempt
ed TO draw his gun, but Edwards was too
quick for HIM, with the above result.