The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-27
THE PRESS GANG.

| District Press association held here last
week, and of the city and the entertain
ment they received while the guests OF
the city, but whose presence in the city
as its guests nor the occasion that
brought them here received never SO
much as passing notice IN either the
enterprisinS, q wide awake @ and lib
eaal G: afternoon paper nor its right
bower and weakly neighbor-points the
business portion of this community
could not help remarking:
! From the Lyons Tribune.
| At 1 o'clock the party visited the
EAGLE office upon invitation, and saw
the perfecting presses and other valuable
machinery operated as well as inspected
the various other departments Of one of
the most enterprising papers in the west.
This is monument to the pubic spirit
of the Murdoch brothers and the city OF
Wichita Of which both may pardoaabiy
be proud.
Then the Coronado club, through MIR.
| Gerald Voik, extended its hospitality,
and its beautiful rooms were visited.
| Refreshments were served and each visit
| itor was presented with boquet and
| souvenir Of the club.
| A street car ride was then taken. and
| few of the many points of interest in
the Peerless Princess of the prairies were
visited.
| At 9p. NJ. the company gathered IN
| the parlors of the Manhattan hotel, and
after an hour of social enjoyment re-
| paired to the banquet room, where the
| splendid hospitality of the Wichita Press
| club was again demonstrated.
| AT the small hours OF morning the
party dispersed, the editors TO take the
various railways TO their homes, bearing
! with them the satisfaction of knowing
| that the Wichita meeting was tie most
valuable vet held. The kindliest regard
is felt by all the visitors toward Wlch-
| tia and her hospitable citizens and the
general interest of all is resumed In the
welfare of the great and growing city or
tie Seventh district.
From the Sterling Bulletin and Gazette.
The meeting of the Republican editors
at Wichita on Monday and Tuesday IL
| Illustrated the old saying I'm unity there
is strength" What thus organization OF
seventy newspapers in the Seventh dis
trict can do for the party ard for their
own interests is hard TO compute. There
is wide field of usefulness before the
society, and the temper of the members
Is to stand together in defending the
grand old party against its enemies
without and within. The members of
the local press, Mr.. and Mrs. R. P. Muir
dock, Mr. David Leany of the EAGLE,
Dir. Mckenzie of the Mirror, and Mr..
Gerald Volk of the A. n. Kellogg News
paper union, all exerted themselves to
the utmost in entertaining their visitors
and their kindness was heartily appre-
ciated.
Wichita is one Of the best samples of
Kansas thrift and enterprise. In few
wears time what wonders have been
wrought! How civilization has changed
the face of the country and left its deep
impress upon the windswept prairies of
the west. Here one finds all the COM
forts, necessities and even luxuries of
the great cities of the east-electric car
system, electric lights, finely paved
streets, magnificent public buildings,
beautiful res .dences, and stores which
would be creditable TO cities five times as
large. Wichita is great town.
From the Lyons Republican
Wichita has large number of as fine
buildings as can he found in many towns
of twice the size. The new Y. N. G. a.
building, the government building, in
which the postoffice is located, and the
U. s. court is held. is fine structure,
costing $3.50 900; the Sedgwick county
court house is another elegant piece of
work. costing in the neighborhood of
$3.50, 600; the city building, one of the
last erected but one of the best o! the lot
Is located on the corner to the southwest
of the government building. The entire
cost of the last mentioned was only
800 900, but it shows up in the best pos
sible manner The Garfield University
building cost $3.50, 900 and the Paramount
college building cost SO. 900. There are
fourteen large school houses located IN
different parts of the city and the cost or
erecting them was more than $500, 600.
In the way of store buildings of the best
architecture we noticed the Sedg-
wick block and ZimmeIly block.
each five story structures. Dir.
Davidson is supposed to own one OF the
most beautiful homes in the city, and 1t
cost Kim the sum of $50, 900. There are
many other residences in Wichita which
have from $50 ,00c to $50, 900 invested IN
them.
The two packing houses localed IN this
city are doing an immense business, and
are the pride of every man living in the
town. The residents of Wichita ia k for
their town, work for their town, work
together and stick together on every
question of public interest. III this re-
spect they are different from the resi-
dents of MANY other places in different
parts of the state, and we believe this is
the secret of the rapid growth of the
great city of Southern Kansas,
Frem the Nulvane Record,
The Republican editors of the "Big
Seventh held their annual meeting in
Wichita last Monday and Tuesday.
Wichita entertained them in grand
stvie. The meeting was we'll attended
and the boys lad a good time.
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