The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-06-19
NoRTHwRsf KANSAS EDrfORIAL
ExcURsfoN.

Inc CONVENTION OF the Association
met at Menkats on the Is and Is Of
last month. Del Valentine Of the
Clay Center Times was elected pres
ldsnt for the ensuing year, J. Q.
Royce Of the Smith Center Bulletin,
vics-prssidsnt, and J. L. Brady ei
the sallna Republicaa, secretary.
Our stay In Aanksto wa made
quite pleasant By the aboundIns
hospitality Of her citizens, who did
every thing in their power 10 enter.
tain us.
We left Mankato o. the afterpoOu
Of the 18th. At ConeordIa We found
the sleeping ear, In which ss were
70 spend nearly tWo weeks.
There were So Of NJ 10 sleep In this
ear. But We dIdn't mind being q
little crowded after We all became
acquainted, which dIdn't take long.
Western people do not make dig
nifty painful by depending too much
on foFmallty.
There were some very pleasant
people aboard this ear. There were
poets and orators, politicians and
statesmen, benlgnant old folks and
amusing and efferveseing young
people.
The excursion pulled into WIeh-
lta early Saturday morning. Short
ly after breakfast . committee Of
citizens took Us In carriages to show
~ the city. Those who had not
been In Wichita before were aston-
ishsd and pleased at the eIty's size
and growth; 1t her nns business
blocks; 1t such Industries a. the
two packing houses, something that
no other tewn In the state can boast
Of; at her banking Institutions and
ether places Of business. In short,
many Of the eXeursIonIsss had some
very Incorrect ideas dIsPslled which
they bsd formed Of the place. In
the Board Of Trade rooms, after the
drive, Gov. Riddle responded TO .
speech Of welcome by the mayer Of
the city. This ended our reception
In Wichita.
All afternoon Of Saturday we
travelled southwark, beyond the
southern Kansas line and across the
beautiful country Of the Cherokee
Strip.
Next came Guthrie. Wonderful,
magical are words synsnymous
with Guthrie. A town o little over
year old, but with 5000 or 10000
people In It. Once Q city Of tents,
now . city Of fine brick and stone
business blocks. Everything, near
ly, to be found In . city 10 or Is
years cid. They talk Of their cleo
trio street cars In 80 or 90 days; Of
their three and four story business
blocks that are going up; Of their
electric light and water wsrks sys-
tenn; Of their banks, churches,
schools, etc., and all these things,
mind you, have started up In thIr-
teen months.
Another striking and peculiar fea-
ture Of the town, TO the new conner,
10 the combination Of bordsr-tswn
Peculiarities and quistness and coed
order which IL only found In old es-
tablishsd communities. There the
saloon, the gambling house and the
dance hall are running day and
night. Since Guthrie was started
there have only been two men kill.
cd, something remarkable for q
border town Of her size.
Before leaving We were driven
over the city and banquetted and
the whole town turned out 70 help
entertain and amuss US. Many Of
the excurslonists met friends there
who had gone down when the grand
rush was made . year age the end
Of April.
We made the acquaintance OF q
young lady who wss the third wo-
man to enter Guthrie. She went In
on the second train aud she told
what an exciting time che had In
keeping her claim from o man who
tried to take II from her, but who
was finally driven away by others
who came to her rescue and the
next day was fined SIS for his COW
ardly and uumAnly conduct.
Most Of the party reached Fl.
Worth about noon Of Sunday. The
train stopped at GrainsvIIIs for
breakfast. TWenty-thrse Of us
stopped little longer than it US
aElly takes TO eat breakfast. In
fact we stayed there for about three
hours just on purpose to get to ride
70 or 80 miles In . freight car, and
'vertaks the excursion train, which
carried the rest Of our crowd, at IT.
worth, 80 miles away.
IT. Worth, IL years ago O tswn Of
'nly two or three thousand people;
low . place Of forty thousand.
Office buildings 10 stories high;
wholesale houses doing Q 81, 500, 600
o . q, OOO, 900 business Q year, and
'Ank clearings which show the
iliy's wonderful prosperity.
But the Spring Palace was the
hief attraction. Gay on the out
ide and beautiful on the inside.
his building was entirely made
rom the products Of the state, which
howS what an empire In itself Tex
. IL. In the center Of the building
Tas large fountain surrounded by
axuriant flowers and plants. From
he ceiling, where not occupied by
hung masses Of strange
Ooking gray moss about . feot deep.
he exhibits were - varied 90 II
hey had come from . dosen differ
ut states. Iron and eOal from the
Asti timber from the north: cereals
'om the Panhandle; fruits from
be west, and cotton from ell over
be state. IT. wsrth IL certainly IN
nterprislBg city 10 get up such an
Exhibition ~ the Spring Palace, and
return she was crowded with
rangers. A few DAYS aRo the