The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-19

and owls, and cutting sufficient figure
TO have a camp named after him, l
have inquired in vain What is more,
no one cares Il continental who the
Russian was. They are not even suf-
ficiently interested TO honor him with
imagining him TO be Russian noble
exile in hiding from his government
suppose the map-nlaker down in
Washington knows why this camp was
named Radiminski. if he still lives.
| If dead the secret has died with him
and the name Radiminski has been as
! effectually effaced as this old Mexican
camp is today.
Even if in the future a postofflce
| " Jones would make it "Jonesyille,"
or some gallant Smith, first on the
ground, Smith Center" And it may
be remarked, at this point that great
| travail always follows the naming of a
| town in this country. Names for coun-
| ties are voted upon. An old warrior,
Elliott, might have been honOred once
had not the Texans taken the bit in
their teeth and named the county ROS-
er Mill. In fVashita county, east Of
here, the town of Combs is also known
as Chicago. The Indians qualify this
by calling it Little Chicago. The coun-
ty-seat of WaShita county is Cloud
Chief. The first name Of this place
was Tacola- This was changed to
Rossrnore and again to Cloud Chief.
SO, except on the old maps, Radiminski
is on the toboggan slide to oblivion.
The Mexicans occupied part Of this
country years ago. Mr.. Cook, the edi-
tor of the Cloud Chief Herald, has
found the ruins of an old Mexican
adobe city in township II, range 8,
WaShita county, about thirty miles
from Cloud Chief. The outlines of the |
buildings are still there with a fOrti- /
fication of some extent. 1t is sup |
posed, but upon no evidence, that at |
one time the outpOstS of Mexico were |
located along this line. After being |
posts were abandoned by Mexico. |
Some crucibles and trinketS were |
found in these ruins. One of the queer |
things of the west end of the Wichita !
mountains are round holes in the |
granite about foot in depth and six
inches in diameter. These are called
"chimneys" This is the only expla-
nation essayed. As they are not fues,
the explanation does not explain.
In Greer county some queer express
sions are met Farmers are known as
''nesters" and "woolies." There are
also "ring-necked woOlies" At first 1
thought that ''neSter" was used con-
temptuously by the ranchers, but this is
not true. 1t is a smile on the migra-
tory birds and was probably at first Il
good natured witticiSm at the expense
Of the farmers. The term "wooly"
has no known origin. 1t probably came
from wild and woody" When a farm
er wears galway whfSkers he becomes
a 'ring-necked woody" A large grey
wolf. common to these mountains and
ferociOus enough to diet on 3-year-old
steers. is 'lOafer'' The bovine tribe
is known entirely by one sex. 1t is
"cow country" "cow ranch" and ''cow-
boy" When q man kicks he "brOnchs."
This, of course, comes from the jump
of the bronChO. A lake is a tank"
Whether or not it is a mud-puddle or n
goOd-sized pond it is invariably a
tank" Republicans are not Republi-
cans but radicals" When 4 man
goes without his dinner he .chucks on
the road" In seeming contradiction I
TO this, food is chuck Chucking ON {
the road means no chuck
The people of Greer county all set I
good tables. Breakfast is early. Din f
ner is at noon. In this there is no g
difference from the custom of other '
western sections. But supper varies. S
1t is not served in Greer county until 6
1t does no good to strike T
hotels at o'clock p. m. You are not 1
fled that supper comes at shutdown.
and that 1.-THE people will not eat before
That"
l found no beef on the tables The I
meat is pOrk,-ham, bacon and fat @
varied with chicken, a very popular 7
fish. Beans, kraut and pota toes al +
most always accompanied The one G
thing is hot biscuit l saw r
no cold white bread. Hot biscuits .
with jelly. jam and preserves are sev- q
I'd morning. noon and night. None of :
The tables IS sinted There Is always q
plenty. $
There is only one saloon in Greer .
county and only one in WaShita county. :
The majority of men IN Greer county .
10 not drink. There is some smoking, u
lut it does not amount TO much. the :
principal method being cigarettes
loosely by the smoker. 6
nave seen some snuff dipped. T
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