The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-24
DIR. CLOUD OF KIOwA.
He INDUCES In Few EuIogies on the p oneers
OF the Wes..

DR.. A. S. Clold Of Kiowa. one who's
faith in Kansas is as stable as his faith il
triumphant hereafter, was at the Care,
last night and was perpetually the centra
figure in group of admiring friends
Dr. Cloud has given the condition o
western life great deal of study and i
| very we'll versed in its needs and capa
bilities.
II do not think" said the doctor, ''tha
the people generally have proper con
ception of the patriotism and tn,
| sacrifice of tho western pioneer
| l cannot conceive of any noblel
qualities in man than those which prompt
him to sacrifice the comforts of life in an
established community by going out into
the bleak prairie of wild desert and hew
therefrom a commonwealth. and build i,
up into thrifty municipalities and happy
homes Just think of the poor people on
| the cold and cherries PARTIES of the Chero-
kee strip tonight and hen judge whether
the future ciiizens of Oklahoma will ever
demonstrate ample gratitude to them for
the sacrifices they are making. All honor
to them say aud all honor to the men and
the women who have made Kansas what
it is.
what is the future of Oklahoma"
ut will be wonderful state in the not
far distant future. 1t is bound to be a
great state considering the nerve of the
people who are developing it. Besides it
has great resources in soil. mineral and
climate. Oklahoma is all right, and when
commonwealth that are now great are
langaishing, Kansas and Oklahoma will
stand forth as shining examples of the
of the latter half of the Ninteenth cen
tury.
How is Barber county,?
IN excellent shape, sir. This IS es-
pecially true of the region adjacent to
kiowa. We have secured a class of far
mers there that are energetic, intelligent,
progressive and industrious, and the result
is that we are building up stable agri-
cultural community and an active and
prosperous business center.
81 have been east. In order to more
thoroughly appreciate the spirit Of tho
west QUE must make trip back
into the older communities. Paint
is needed there. Tbs first thing
east is the lack of paint. Houses aud
fences and stables aud barns look rusty
and weather beaten. There seems to be
no pride left with the people except the
pride of purse. L am worth so much is
what they say, 'and by my pile you must
estimate me rs citizen This is not the
spirit of the west. Here we hold aud es-
innate man at what he is worth
to his fellow man. We estimate him
by his brain aud heart and
willing hands and don't care
a Plus value how his purse is flied
or whether he has purse at all for that
matter. Many of the men who have built
Wichita have empty purposes perhaps, but
does that fact detract from the great work
they have done for the generations to
come after them Their purses would be
forgotten when the grave closed over them
but Wichita will forever stand AS monu-
ment to the wonderful pluck and industry
of the men who built it. No people could
wish fo- finer monuments to perpetuate
their memory than the colleges. the hospi- |
tals, the schools, the streets and the grand |
business houses that make Wichita the !
pride of the state aud the wonder of the /
period.
Yes, sir, say again that posterity can
never adequately estimate the patriotism
md greatness of the western pioneer.