Wichita eagle., 1889-02-03
country here as we have they will conclude
to conclude to come to Kansas If they do
not SaffIo IN Or In houno

country mere as we nave tney Will cOnclQ0
to conclude to come to Kansas If they d
not settle in Oklahoma.
G. r. Miller-The best thing that ha
ever happened to Wichita and southern
Kansas will be the opening of Oklahoma
1t will develop very rapidly and be of par
tlcular advantage IN aiding the settlement
Of southern Kansas.
| II. w Lewis-To open Oklahoma will
give new vigor to all kinds of bushes
here. This is the natural base of supple
Tor that territory. An everlasting tide o
immigration will set in toward the south
west, just as soon as Oklahoma is opened
| 1t will react into southwestern Kansas
the same as the Pacific coast immigration
OF some years ago did back into Colorado
and that gave Denver her great growth
There will be fully 100000 enterprisins
men go into that territory and many viii
| leave their families in Wichita where the,
| may enjoy the privileges and benefits of |
city while the heads Of the families ar,
| rustling in the territory. Wichita will b,
the commercial, financial. industrial anG
educational centre for all those towns to b.
formed down there and as soon as she ba:
10000, which she will have by the census
of 1890, If Oklahoma is opened, Wichits
can and will then become reserve city fol
the deposit of reserve funds of national
banks in cities outside of and tributary tC
Wichita. There will be lots of national
banks in Oklahoma
Farmer Doolittle-It won't hurt southern
Kansas bit-not bit, to open Oklaho.
ma 1t will help make q new and closer
grain market for southwestern Kansas
Suppose some few felers do leave southern
Kansas? Won't their places be token by
their betterss And then they will simply
shift from the west to the south side
of Wichita and be tributary tc
her anyhow. You will see Wichita grow
faster than ever before. Oklahoma will
be the same to her that Kansas was &c
Kansas City-but l guess a dozen have
told you that already. 1t will take year
to open and she can get a good ready.
w. j. Corner-I hope it will open. We
are, of course, interested in a selfish way.
We are jobbing goods down there now at
good rate. We will regard it as great
benefit to Wichita. Our men have been
getting better orders. As the settlement
of Dakota settled Manitoba and Montana,
so will Oklahoma bring settlers to south
ern Kansas.
W. A. Thomas-Oklahoma will be our
future hog growing and our future hog
consuming country. Why, it's opening
will turn the Tide of traffic and railway
building from the east and west to the
north and south and Wichita will have the
business north aud south poured right into
her lap-don't you see?
In year there will be population of
pretty near 800 900 people to be fed down
there and let me, say, in two years from
now Wichita will be getting 5000 hogs per
day, and lots of them are going to come
from Oklahoma and the five civilized
tribes. Paul's Valley has two corn fields
of 1000 and 600 acres.
Southern Kansas won't be hurt at all.
Why, just look at the fellows who left
after the grasshoppers did in 1874. Didn't
lots better men take their place? Say?
Many of the prominent citizens whose
opinions would carry much weight We're
sought yesterday, but could not be found
by the EAGLES representative.
WILL BE A SUBS rANTIAL BENEFIT.
Said Mr.. Russell, well known business
man of Boston, who was yesterday in the
city looking after investments:
with the proposed opening of Oklaho-
ma, there is certainty that Wichita will
take ON more substantial growth and
will soon see an era of unsurpassed pros
perity. 1t is a well known fact that to in
sure the permanent growth of cities, the
surrounding country must also be devel-
oped. In Sedgwick county alone steps are
being taken by farmers to improve the
system of agriculture. In this connection
we need a less acreage planted and better
work. 1t will require little time to
bring about these changes but then
they will come. and the next
decade in Kansas 1 may truthfully say
will be marked by many improvements.
The opening of the territory will also open
large arteries of trade for the building up
of our wholesale houses that are already in
a prosperous condition. The foundation
has already been laid here for home mar
ket, and in very short time the great
meat packing kings of Chicago will make
a move for the west in order to be near the
base of Supplies. In looking at the future
of Kansas the people have every reason in
the world to feel encouraged"
Y. NOIES.
The newsboys and bootblacks rooms
were opened January 5, 1889. On that day
some sixty boys called and were very cor
daily welcomed to their new home. Since
that time the rooms have been kept open
every day, Sunday excepted, from 1 until 9
p. N. The boys enjoy coming to.the rooms
and almost every day new faces are seen,
and new acquaintance are made. From
the register of the past week we find there