Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
A REFINERY WANTED.
0klahoma's Sorghum Fields Ready to b.
Turned into Sugar-Hennessy Items.

Special Dispatch to the Daily Eagle
HENNEssY. Ok, Oct. 25.-The beautifully
located town of Hennessy is about one
hundred miles south of Wichita on the
Rock Island and lies in the center of the
finest belt of farming land in all Oklaho-
ma. If some of the stockholders in the
different sugar plants up in good old
sunny Kansas were here to stand in the
steps in front of the big Metropolitan hotel
and take birds eye view of the many
fields of rank sorghum cane, they would
remark that truly this is sister country
to Kansas. No place is there healthier,
finer vegetation than in this belt of coun-
try. The people down here have even
commenced talking sugar, and say that
what they want is big refinery at Wichita
and sugar mills in every section of this
country.
There are almost as fine specimens of
farm products lying on the table III the
town company's office here as one would
wish to see in any country. We are told
that turnips have grown here this year on
sod that measured twelve inches in dame
ter and other things in proportion.
The town of HenneSsy has had no ficti-
tious boom nor has excitement ran at fever
heat at any time, but instead a good
healthy, substantial growth ever since the
town was plated All one has to do to
know that this Is good, thrifty town Is
TO see the class of buildings going up and
furthermore the class of men that are en-
gaging in business here
The Rock Island people are putting up
one of the finest little depots here any
where to be found, seeing by the sur
rounding country that they will soon need
a depot with quite storage capacity.
Lusn hn nlh of no
Merchants hotel at Coldwater, is now to
be found serving the best of grub at the
Metropolitan.
Mr.. J. G.. Gillen came here from King
man in any early day and engaged in
general merchandise and has built up q
fine trade and is now engaged in trans
ferring his stock into a larger building in
order to have room.
George W. Bear, an old-time Argonian.
is here with fine stock of drugs and has
u splendid location and George generally
catches his share of the trade.
Mr.. John 7. Jones is the mayor of the
town and has the best interests of the
town at heart. Mr.. Jones says Hennessy
is his home first last and all the time.
Nogle & Snodgrass have come down into
the Beautiful Land to do drug business,
but say that health is so good that it is
hard or their business.
S. c. Garlits. of Caldwell, has a branch
store here and is highly pleased with this
as a location, but says there is one thing
he would like to see remeded, and that is
the mail service. He frequently gets
goods by freight from Wichita and has to
wait a couple of days for the bill of goods.
This should be remedied at orce
Mr.. Guy Giliett of hinCman, is acting
As mail shuffier here, and says it is sur
prising TO see the number of people that
yet mail here
Haverd & Dunlap have an extensive liY-
cry, feed and sale stable here and are doing
a fine business.
The Bank of Hennesy is erecting an ele-
giant stone building on one of the most de-
sirable corners in the city. 1t is incorpor-
ated under the laws of Kansas, is CON
trolled and managed by southwest Kan
sas men of long experience; they will be
ready for business in about twenty days
They have as Yet not selected Their Wichita
correspondent but will have one. The
people down here rejoice in the fact that
they will now get the EAGLE at II O'Clock
the same morning of publication, twenty
eight hours ahead of the old way