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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
PLAIN TALK.

The statement has been made repeat
edly and never denied that many Demo
Gratis in the Seventh district are support
ing Col. Hallowell for congress and will
vote for him at the election. Several
reasons could be given for this, but the
single one that they "had rather trust
an open, manly political opponent than a
man they cannot place on any question. "
This seems to be the case with the Barber
County Herald, the Democratic paper
published at Medicine Lodge, the home
of Mr.. Simpson. The Herald says: 1.-The
Index has asked why the Democratic
papers of the district did not place the
name of Simpson or Hallowell at the
head of the ticket. We can only speak
for The Herald. The name of Jerry
Simpson will never be nailed to the mast
of The Harald to be an insult to Demo-
cratic voters. The Herald will never sup
port any man for office that is an enemy
TO Republican form of government and
a stranger to Democratic principles, and
as far as we are concerned his name will
never be placed on a Democratic ticket
We will not stigmatize Jerry that way"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
THE WASTE OF FORESTS.

The census returns as to the amount of
lumber remaining in the forests of the
United States have not yet been given out,
but it is already known to those who have
paid any attention to the matter, that
the figures will be somewhat startling
The American Forestry society has been
atwork in earnestly awakening public
sentiment to the importance of protect
ing the timber. The report of the associa-
ton in 1888 estimated the value of wood
! converted into lumber at 1923, 367. go and
of that consumed for domestic purposes
each year at 1921 1862, 313. Railway ties
alone consume an immense amount of
timber The report for 1885 shows
that there were then in use in
this country 10000 miles of rail-
way which required 100000 feet
or the wood supply by 3,39O,0O0 acres.
an area larger than that of the 81. ties of
Rhode Island and Connecticut. Esti-
mating that these ties have to be renewed
once in seven years, the forests annually
supply the timber of 565,1l4 acres. As
1t takes 30 years to grow a tree of the
proper dimensions for ties. it will require
1871 APO acres of woodland TO be kept
constantly growing this timber for rail
road purposes. This is an area larger
than that of the states of New Hamp-
shire, Vermont and Massachusetts,. or 4
per cent. Of all the woodland of the
country. Destruction also comes from
fires or browsing animals. In 1880 the
forest area burned was 1924, 0S9 acres.
These are the figures of five years ago.
The institution of Arbor dav in many
OF the states has done something in the
way of re-foresting, but railroad con-
struction has been very great since 1885,
and the statistics of 1890 will show that.
at the present rate, it will be but a few
years until the problem of our timber
supply will be a serious one
So far as the supply of timber for rail-
road ties is concerned that is not Sc
rious question since there are substitutes
for wood for that purpose that will sup
plant the wood tie altogether, But there
are hundreds of other uses for wood that
cannot be supplied with anything else,
hence the importance of protecting the
forests and encouraging the growth of
timber. And according to our notion the
most effective way to do this is to put
lumber on the free list of imports.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
Makes a Joke Of Fac-s.

Z Guthrie Democrat.
The Wichita EAGLE Of Sunday con
tanned cuts and biographical sketches Of
OkiahOma's territorial officers and legs
lators. II was very crejitaDie effort
on the part of The EAGLE, but oh, my,
did any Of the parties recognize their
physiOgs:
PitmaD viii be highly insuited because
The EAGLE attempted ~ picture him of
with a cut Of J. y. johnson Of Topeka
that Republican orator who SAID Cleve-
lands neck was 81 thick he was com
PEELED TO wear crupIer 20 keep his col
lar down.
The cut of a United Presbyterian
preacher. Cooper Of Kingnan, Kan, and
founder 81 Cooper Memorial college az
Sterling, was used % represent Secretary
Martin
Gov Steele's picture was that q well
known Sedgwick county horse Jockey,
Perry was shown up by a well known
portrait If Calamity Jack. The famous
Dodge City gambler, Merten was repre-
scented bv a cut II the Prince 81 Wales.
Post D. the familiar face 81 Ben Butter
ia hIs younger days Logan Carlisis's
handsome face male friend Colson feel
proud. no doubt. while Wimt<riv will
lose hIs caste IN society and prestige with
the ladies by the cut Of recently IN
earthe5 Egyptian mummy. The only
really familiar face was that 81 Brown
Oklahoma City's cro=s-eye'i warrior.
The EAGLE should apologize Tor this
good bit severe Joke on Oklahoma and
her statesman.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
HOWARD, Sept. 10, 1890.
IN IRRIGATION SCHEME.

| To the Editor Of the Eagle.
note in your paper and others much
discussion Of the "hot winds" problem
their causes and cure" We may never
able to exactly understand their cause
but are none the less interested in their
cure.
hand You herewith the bare outlines
of an irrigation scheme of mine, wherein
are limited a few Of the direct beneficial
results of its workings. To these may be
added another, viz: Prevention of the
hot wind. Let an immense lake be made
upon the great staked plain from water
of this proposed canal-it need
not be deep, surface for evap-
Grafton is what is required-and
the currents of air passing over it to
the northward instead of being hot and
dry would be at least more moist.
Added to this, all the lakes, ponds and
reservoirs contiguous to this grand canal
would be yielding to the air every day
measureless quantities of water through
evaporation.
Ii scarcely requires a thorough, scien-
tific training on the "dew point ''hU-
midity" and precipitation" to recall the
old school play ground axiom, that
what goes up must come down"
Let the general government tap the
Missouri river at. say the mouth of the
White river in Dakota, with a grand
canal, TO be carried on an arc through
Western Nebraska, Kansas, and the In
dian territory, and through the staked
plains and Central Texas to the gulf, to
disembOgue at one or more of the deep
water points on the coast. Four or five
immediate and very important objects
would be obtained.
|. Removing the surplus water from
the Missouri, which is one cause of i'm
mense damage to property along the
course of that stream and the Mississippi
every year. costing the government mil
lions of dollars trying TO prevent 1t.
;. Making a canal for inland naviga-
ton. second in importance only to the
grand canal of China.
3. Irrigating millions of acres of now
only partially productive land. which
needs only water to make it the most
productive soil on which the sun shines.
I. Atfording cheap power to drive
machinery for the manufacture of all the
raw material which this irrigation would
produce in measurelesS supply.
,. Making feasible by Its lakes, ponds
and reservoirs, the most unlimited fish
growing system in the world.
6. Yielding from the same water sur
faces. a sufficient supply Of ice for the
whole west and south.
All these great benefits would result
directly, while unnumbered advantages
would follow remotely.
Can it be done:
Please remember that there is nothing
that is possible but that becomes prac-
tiCable TO us Americans.
All who have studied the grand sub
ject of western irrigation upon the
ground where it is sought to be applied
are now quite thoroughly convinced of
the utter inutility of the plans hereto
fore projected.
l should be glad to read in your paper
the objections TO this scheme.
J. c. BAIRD,
Dodge City, Kan, Sept %, 1890.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
WILLETS AT KINGMAN.
KrNGMAN. Kan, Sept. %, 1S9

KIYGMAN, Kan, Sept. %, 1890.
/ To the Editor of the Eagle.
The long-talked-of day among the adj
/ herents of the Peoples party in this
county, has arrived, and we of the Re
publican faith, who had been led to be-
lieve by remarks dropped from the lips
of those in the inner circles of ''the great
revolution" that on this day the earth
| hereabOuts would tremble from the foot
steps of the mighty hosts as they passed
in review along the highways of our
beautiful city, were surprised beyond
measure when at II 40 a. m. a procession
of thirty-five wagons, containing, by
actual count, thirty-siX voters, wound its
way through our principal streets. Great
as was our surprise at the smallness of
the mornings display, everyOne's sur
prise was magnified when at 80 o'clock
p. m. the audience assembled in the
opera house to greet Mr.. Willets, their
candidates for governor. Now l DO not
want one single person to believe that
your correspondent would give them
credit for one more vote than they had
in their audiences. and on the other
hand | do not want them TO say he falsi-
fies the truth when stating that after de-
Quoting the straight Republicans the
speaker did not have 300 votes in his au-
dience.
As to the speech, if it could be classed
as such, it was made up solely Of bicker-
ings against, principally, the Republican
party. During the hour and thirty min
utes consumed the speaker failed to pre-
sent one single idea or plan for relief
from the many ills complained of on
Vote the Peoples Ticket" If today's
meeting is any criterion on which u
base an opinion. it looks as though the
voters Of the Peoples party in King
man county are not near so numerous 3s
the leaves in Alhambra.
This portion of the county was blessed
with a fine rain Sunday morning. plac-
ing the ground in fine condition for
seeding and making it possible for the
putting out of the largest acreage of
wheat ever sown in this county.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

When a postmaster wants stamps hs
makes out a blank Tequisition upon the
post0ffice department here. Bat the do
partrneut does not send back the stamps
In return. IL simply communicates With
the governments stamp agent Ia New
York city. who has charge Of the busi-
ness Of distri buting Uncle SANS stamps.
The stamp agent draws every day upon
the American Bank Note company for
as many stamps - he requires 70 I'll tho
orders transmitted 70 him from wash
ington. he receives the stamps-so
many million two cent, 80 many million
one cent and 20 On--fFon the bank nots
company II bulk, and - Il his business
70 see that they are done Up in packages
according 70 ordoTs and mailed % tho
postmaStsrs requiring them. Postal
cards ara distributed In hks manner by
an agent AZ birmingham. Conn. where
they are manufactured BY ths firm
which has the contract Another agent
at Hartford distributes the STAMPED so-
Vslopes. which ars made IN that city
New York Commercial Advertise
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

Miss Willard the head of the W. c. T.
l., has taken decided grounds against
the opening of the Worlds Fair on sun
day. The membership of that order do
not seem 10 endorse the motion. how
ever, Mesdames Ingalls, and Meriwether
of St Louis, OPENLY oppose the demand.
Ii is not likely that Miss Willard will
yield the point, and if the order in this
divided condition goes before the man.
ayers Of the fair it will accomplish moth
ing Ii should bear in mind the faux
pas il made two years ago in eSsaying TO
take part in the political campaign, and
at least agree upon line of action or
policy 10 be pursued.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
JAY GoULD's OPINIONS.

Jay Gould, from talk with a New
York reporter on the Uppermost topics of
the day, does not seem to be worrying
much over the things which so many
others are excited about, but rather
seems to be very optimistic at present.
He does not think there has been any
financial stringency.
''At no time" saws he, "has it been
difficult TO obtain money at and per
cent. on good collateral. The trouble
has been that the borrowers have tried
to effect loans on non-dividend paying
securities. For that reason, whatever
stringency has existed was really con-
fined to speculative quarters. There has
been much money at all times"
The plan of depOsiting government
funds in banks in order to keep them in
circulation, he does not Trgard with
much favor, for the reason that
it would not be a settled one,
during a Republican administration the
money being put in Republican banks
and during Democratic administration
in Democratic banks.
"The new tariff Mr. Gould does not
think will interfere with the prosperity
of the country farther than as being a
radical change; all radical changes
naturally unsettle things for a time. He
also looks upon Blaines plan of recipro-
city as good. as it is based on business
principles as well as any private enter
prise.
In general, Gould seems to be taking
a particularly bright view of life just at
present Present conditions must have
put money in his purse, and he consid-
ers everything healthy; no chance for a
general panic, and everything going
well for the country and Jay Gould,
probably.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

An odd FeEu!i of rivalry be.waca frr3
oEeT sslsss-as 81 recorded by ID Le ->r.st
a---ssalI director 81 the -Iel191T-l- ~.
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both happered - f-s.ea o. rz-
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pe4gs1 Eezi day
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

The loss of life by the laundering Of
the Turkish man-of-war. Ertogroul, was
frightful and that far was a great ca
lamity, but as for the vessel. il seems
that it was a sort Of white elephant on
the hands Of the government. 1t is
stated that the vessel has been floating
about in an aimleSs sort Of way for many
months. the government being unable TO
meet the expense Of its maintenance. 1t
Is a question what the Turkish govern
ment wants with navy, any way. 1t
has no rights that any other government
Is bound, or shows the least disposition.
10 respect. and 10 maintain such an es~
adjustment must be hollow through
aggravating mockery to the debt bur
dened and tax ridden country. The ex-
lstence OF the so-called Ottoman empire
Is a matter of sufferance on the part Of
the European powers that are not quite
ready for its partition.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
Brigham Young's Idea OF a Perfect
Woman.

Young Wonzr = Journal
some time ago few lines 10 letter
from President Joseph r. Smith. ex-
pressing his opinion about wbmankind
suggested the idea q a symposium a
the views Of some Of our leading breth-
rem a. 70 a perfect woman. some 81
those addressed kindly and graciously
answered my questions. Brigham Young
said:
/ have too much regard for my dones-
tic reputation 70 attempt a description. o.
even 10 give my ideas. d a perfect
man. ! have heard q one man who
fancied he had perfection N a wife -
cause she was deaf and dumb Another
Happy soul cOndOnesi the fault Of a scold
bs-cause his wife Wa n perfect hOuss--
keeper
To nv mind there Is happy medium
which L difficult o reach. tut one thing
i indispensable She must - In har
mouy wita TIE Gosrel--the revealed vii
OF God This uudeTlies al other accomp-
lishnsnfs z1d attributes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

Topeka is overrun with thieves and bur
glars. The telephone poles still ornament
the street corners but they appear TO be
badly neglected.-Emporia Republican.
This is an unkind cut at Topeka, bad
as 1t Is. Because, forsooth, il once took
a thief and murderer in the acts and or
namented telephone pole with his car
cass, without the cumbersome formali-
ues OF the law, it is not fair to expect it
to keep up the practice indiscriminately
and indefinitely. Besides. what's the
matter with the metropolitan police
force: Are they useful only as orna-
mentsl Bah.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

As the session of congress draws near
TO It's close both ends of it seem some
what at loss just how to narrow it off.
The result of the conference on the tariff
bill is not known yet, thought is strong
ly intimated that the final agreement
Will leave the measure nearer the form
IN which it passed the house than as
amended and passed by the senate. II
that shall be the final outcome Of the
measure it will not prove satisfactory to
the people. II may be that the bin will
be more nearly up to the real needs Of
the country than is apprehended gener-
ally, but failing to conform 10 the popu-
lar expectation in its scope and effects.
missppointments Will be but a natural
sequence.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
Dodge City, Kan. Sept. %, 1890.

1t Is proposed bv the United States
government TO improve the artistic ap-
pearance Of its coin. New designs for
the silver dollar and five cent piece are
10 be adopted. None of the present EN-
blems or devices are to be interfered
with; but the dies and models are TO be
changed. The more artistic work ex-
pended upon our COINS. the better. since
II will make counterfeiting more diff
ticult While congress Is considering a
change in the designs for silver coin,
paper currency also might well be given
consideration. We have already re-
marked the danger which NAV be in
CURED through unclean and dilapidated
paper. IL i high time that this source
Of contagion from disease should he
given attention. -FinancieT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

Dealings in stocks, which the recent
stringency in money have made very
narrow, are gradually becoming broader.
The money scare seems to have passed
over for time at least. Disasters TO the
crops are discovered to have been much
less important than was generally sup
posed, and scares of this nature are no
longer possible for this year. Railroad
difficulties are for the most part happily
adjusted, and the country Is slowly but
surely drifting back To Its normal condi-
ton, according TO present indications.
Market values are hardening. Boston
seems TO be in a somewhat volcanic con-
dition financially. but the troub i re-
garded a. local. and with the marketing
Of the crops. we NAV look for a season Of
prosperity. The purchases Of the Treas
ury IN the past few weeks have caused
an expansion Of the money II circula-
ton greater than has ever before been
the case in the same length Of time. and
these purchases are yet 70 be augmented
by further payments for bonds. The
number Of failures reported IN the United
States for the past week Of this year are
fewer in number than IL the correspond
ing week Of last year.-New YORK FInan-
cher
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
KANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOL BOOKS

During the session of the last Kansas
Legislature the EAGLE urged the wisdom
of printing the books for the public
schools by the state. The combine Of
school book publishers has become very
strong, and It's products and methods
burdensome The Republican State plat
form wisely, we think. now makes the
same demand made 10y the EAGLE. The
following extract from a communication
to the Emporia Republican covers some
of the points.
CALIFORNIA; and Massachusetts books
are costing about $50 per pupil less than
Kansas pays, per year. New York Laws
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

The dispatches state that The widow Of
the late Gen. John c. Fremont is living
sick at her home in Los Angeles. Cal.
and in destitute circumstances. Some
body has certainly be derelict of duty.
else Mrs. Fremont would have received
the 100000 from the government on ac-
count OF amount due the general; also
what she is entitled to receive on the
generals pension account, either of which
sums is ample 10 keep her from want.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

A tariff of two cents pound is to be
put on maple sugar. As nearly all the
stuff sold for maple sugar is something
different, observes an exchange, the ac-
ton Of congress is hardly worth kicking
about. If the real goods were the only
beneficiary of the tariff it would be a
small matter, comparatively; but the
stuff" sold for maple sugar viii be bene-
fitted more than the genuine article,
hence the kick.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

a writer who has been an observer of
Mr.. Gladstone's habits. says: a visitor
to Hawarden may spend days with his
illustrations host without hearing a
word about party politics, which proves
that Mr. Gladstone knows a sight more
about prolonging life by keeping himself
in peacable frame of mind, than the
average person you meet with who
thinks he knows all about politics, and
insists on discussing it TO the deuriment
of his temner.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
The True Missionaries.

From the Saliua Republican
The entire crop OF politicians are going
to BE- turned loose IN Kansas this fall 70
harangue the people. There are not
above a dozen such men IN the state VINO
can reach the masses. When resolutions
against attending political meetings Of
the old parties are being adopted all over
the country il looks a good deal as if the
newspapers would have to do the mis-
sionary work and carry the arguments
into the homes Of the people. This -
the greatest year for newspapers ever
known, They alone can reach the peo-
ME
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

The Republican Sta,e Central commit
tee are extremely incompetent. If the
Republican party is TO have any show in
this campaign that committee had better
get move on themselves and use some
judgment in their combination of speak
ers and the fitness Of such speakers for
different localities.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

Hon. Ben. Butterworth will not be a
candidate for congress. The reason he
assigns is that a man cannot maintain
himself and family creditably in Wash
ington on the salary a congressman re-
ceives, and not because of the gerry
mander of his district, as has been as
signed by some.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

Marshall Deodora da Foneseca. chief
of the provisional government of Brazil,
had great celebration of his birthday
lately at Rio, beginning at a. m. The
deposed emperor Dom Pedro, used to
celebrate his birthdays with the greatest
simplicity. What's in a name. says
Shakespeare. 4 Republican ruler is
royal in his magnificence; a monarh was
Republican in his simplicity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
Facts Which Some People Would Sup
press.

A Philadelphia newspaper has inter
viewed a couple of hundred people,
mark, and finds that over half of them
have used alcoholic stimulents more or
less, and that about two-thirds Of the
men have been victims of the awful TO-
bacco habit. This sort Of literature
should be suppressed. Facts have no
business to run contrary to theories IN
this reckless fashion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24

Odd as it may seem, the first newspa-
per to be excluded from the mails, under
the provisions of the anti-lottery bill, was
a Washington, ID. c., paper. This will
afford an opportunity to test the new
law before the courts if there is, in fact,
any such determination.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-24
Hard Work is Essential
rom the Logansport Reporter.

From the LoganspOrt Reporter.
If every young man in the country,
who has his way to make, would sit down
with the fact long enough to master it.
that nothing but hard, honest work will
bring anything worth having in this
world, there would be fewer of them
looking for some kind of work whereby
they could keep their hands clean
and lie in bed till 9 O'Clock in the morn
ing. There would be fewer looking for
jobs and more anxious to work at trades,
where the prospects of amounting to
something are much greater.