Wichita eagle., 1888-02-14
LEOTI.
The Metropolis of Wichita County-Citi-
zens Meet and Organize a Board of
Trade-A Vote of Thanks to
NJ M. Murdoch.

Starting off in somewhat of scriptural
strain, we would say that it has been our
blessed privilege to spend the entire day
with the enterprising citizens of Leoti.
The beautiful little city of Leoti is stu
ated about one hundred and seventy five
miles west of the city of Wichita and a
like distance east of Pueblo and Denver,
and about forty miles north of Garden
City, and has two railroads, the Santa Fe
and Missouri Pacific. Days Of staging
have gone by, or, in other words, ''old
things have passed away and all things
now are new.
When we think of what has been pub
lished and what we have read in papers
in the east pertaining to the suffering
humanity, the freezing of live stock, ETC.,
etc, in these western counties and then
come out among the people, be on the
immediate grounds, take in the sur
roundings as they are, and get the facts
as they positively do exist from good re-
liable citizens of Wichita county whose
veracrty is unquestionable, It's then that
Leoti feels like saying "depart from us,
We workers of iniquity; we never did,
nor don't care to know YOU OF course
when summer comes they will have to
keep I'D their reputation by reporting
that so MANY die from sunstrOke. etc.
When. oh when. will their ungodly
tongues cease to wag in such lying,
sneakinc way and come boldly to the
front. and if they will only tell a part OF
the good things and excellent advant-
ages Kansas has for our line. wide awake
Young men. 'twould be quite different,
be quite different, but that they ii
do .'neyer, never, no more. Tonight will
be a night long to be rememembered by
the citizens of Leoti.
The board of trade organization con-
sists of seventeen directors chosen from
the leading citizens of Leoti. Their
books for subscription were opened on
the evening of the iirst meeting and
some three to five dollars subscribed.
Mr.. Koontz of the dry goods firm
of koont & Jones, was elected presl-
dent: c. w. Garland, vice-president;
Mr. Bradley, of the firm of Bradley &
Hayson. secretary; Attorney LOOMS,
assistant secretary. The principal OBJ
iect of the board of trade will be to in
crease immigration TO the state of Kan
sas and especially to Leoti city. The
board held very interesting meeting at
the office of Rainey, Tomkins & Brook.
at which meeting they discussed num-
Der of questions of importance. Toward
the close of the meeting Mr.. L. w. Pei
ham. cashier of the First National bank,
moved that they extend a vote of thanks
and congratulations to NJ. NJ. Murdoch,
editor of the Wichita EAGLE, for his I'M
firing work for the advancement of west
ern and southwestern Kansas, which
motion was unanimsusly voted.
Leoti is surrounded by number one
class of farmers. who raise plenty and to
spare, and, furthermore. boast of having
the soil to raise good crops on when
there is good Weld anywhere else in
the state. 4 specimen of the farm pro-
ducts of Wichita county raised the past
year are on exhibition at the bank of
Leoti city. and / must say they are a
credit to ahv county in the state of
Kansas Farmers in Wichita county are
preparing to farm very extensively this
coming season. A great many agIfate
sugar cane raising. While the farmers
are doing this the merchants and all
other business men of Leoti ara pre-
pairing for the boom, which they are
sure to have this spring.
We will make brief mention Of the
MANY genial gentlemen We met while IN
the. city Of Leoti: The first firm We were
made acquainted with was Whistler *
Jarmin. real estate dealers. and they arr
whis.lers from away back. tell you
Aessrs. Durham and Barker. OF the
Bank of Leoti City. who transact gen
eral banking business and are interested
in every enterprise which has tendency
TO advance the interests If their county.
c. ". Garland is at Leoti engaged ID the