The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-23


city Attorney Carver has intro
duced a new ordinance in the city
council To take the place Of the old
liquor ordinance. II contains all
the new features of the state law,
besides several points in liquor leg
IsIaiion which have been tested In
the courts. We have "turned over
n new leaf" on the joint business In
apt TO find u out To their sorrow if
they persist in traIlicing in this ar
dent commodity.
Some people may not understand
what the John Boyd Goal fund il In
the city financial statement, pub
Iished elsewhere. About six years
ago or more John Boyd died leaving
to the city the property now occu-
pied by sam Harris clothing store
the proceeds Of the sale uf which
was {" br devoted tn boring for coal.
4 prospecting shaft was sunk near
the Irnn avenue bridge To the depth
of 1000 feet hut no coal was found.
The only thing Of value discovered
was body nf salt water, we believe
The CITY Cornell have referred the
matter OF the sidewalk crossing the
old abandoned Lincoln hranCh Of
the Union Pacific R'y. to the side
walk committee with full power TO
act" II IL time something was done
in this matter. About q year ago q
line Of sidewalk was built along the
west side Of santa Re Avenue Ia the
Military HchOol. which has been
practically Of no use whstever be-
cause the railroad company did not
build their share. The section
across the abandoned Lincoln
branch will not improve matters
much unless the company builds
the section across the main line.
Nor IL this all, either. The street
itself needs to he filed up To its full
width The present narrow roads
htEDEH NIHNhF AhN
causes Il many an unavoidable acct
dent In broad daylight; what must
they be at night? For some reason
the Union Pacific has been favored
In the past, u seems. What IL need
ed IL the building Of these two sec
lions Of sidewalk, the Gllling mp and
grading Of the streets entirely. and
then the company should Ice made TO
maintain an are electric light where
Its main track crosses Santa Fe Az
enue.
TwenIy-yrsrs ago Monday, w. r.
Gels came to SaIina. The city was
not ~ Iarg. then ~ u Is now. Mr..
Gels gave q neat little article In one
Of our local dailies descriptive Of
the changes that have taken place
during his residence here. A host
Of friends hope he will live another
twenty 10 labor for the uphuilding
Of the city - lie has ever done In the
past. Mr.. Gels, the JOURNAL con-
| graduates you.
| TWenty years ago to-day, hnys,
1 I made this tnNn nay hoin~:
i The site was larry, like = huildins vast.
4 The blue sky Ma the dome.
i AMI in that twenty years I've syrn
i Spine Wonderous rhsness made
And a. look upon them nov,
Il 10 makes me klad ! said.
Il Only a handful ol folks were nc,
Il Nut ue Went right In 70 win;
In spite of hopper. drOuth and Winds
Il We made things fairiy spin
Through good times and through hard ones.
Il too,
We've worked with main aud might:
i Through evil and through good repOu
Il Our labOrs 90 reQuite.
| But nov re have go0ily Town,
Il Ten Thousand souls, some say:
| Our prospects, which were AWAY good,
0noW brighter every day.
I'm good for twenty more, think,
IN ruEtllng for my town;
ea1 jump and eFaek my heels tosSsher
4 thrice
And four more coming dovn-
Come boys. let's set . move NJ rs,
Hers ro9E fuT another snqfe,
Il Wen mnke the next aecn1a ave us
Ia the1.snA peopls EonA