The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-30
PULLED THE PARKS
CITY AND COUNTY OFFICERS TAKE
HAND IN SURPRISING. :
Sheriff Issues bis UItimatun to the Pro-
prietors of English's Park-He Gave
Them a Part of Day to Reduce That
Resort to a Tackles Forest = They
Promised to Obey With Commenda bic
Promptness- Chief Burt Takes Hand
in wiping Out the State of Missouri
Future Sundays Promise to be Dry.

II
Last evening Sheriff Gone put on his
ice cream coat, threw a revolver in the
bottom of his buggy and started out
fully equipped for hot time.
The sheriff drove down to English
park where he scented some sour beer
and upon arriving there he found the
complete paraphernalia Of beer gar
den.
That is exactly what it seemed to be
although of course, the sheriff could
not prove it except by the evidence of
surrounding circumstances.
When a man goes out in the middle
of a forest, even in Kansas. and sees
there with his own eyes an ice chest,
such as they use in Missouri saloons,
he is pretty sure that the prohibitory
law is being violated. OF course a
man may have a few bottles of beer in
the woods and not be a violator OF the
law but it depends altogether on the
kind of man he is. The man that was
down at the park didn't look like he
was a millionaire or a man who could
ford to have an ice chest in the woods
big enough for a car load of beer, just
for pleasure.
my friend" said the sheriff II will
give you till o'clock tonight to have
every movable thing you have in this
park moved out. This is my uitimatum
and I propose TO enforce it,
But if"
There are no butts and ifs about Il,
you must Vamoose this ranch in double
quick or the rays Of tomorrow's sun
will shine on you through the bars Of
the rotary in the county Jail"
"All right" said the man, II will
take you at your word. and before
midnight tonight this place will be a
bowling wilderness
From the way drayS drove up and
down Main street last fi.night it is ev-
ident that the man in the park was
keeping his word.
The sheriff told a reporter for the
Eagle a terrible tale of woe about that
park. He said that it was a resort
that could not be tolerated in any COM
munfty. The people at the park, in
justice TO them, did the best they could
TO maintain order but the great trou-
BILE was the people who went TO the
park made the night hideouS for the
good people between the park and the
city They would yell and howl and
drive fast until they had disturbed the
nervous system of the entire first ward.
Scores of complaints were made 10 him
every day until the pressure was so
great that he had to investigate ana sup
press the nuisance.
Sunday evening Chief Burt carried
sorrow and dismay over to one of the
Riverside parks. 1t seemed that some
enterprising individuals started up an
impromptu, beer garden there every
Sunday which was christened the
state of Missouri The state of
Missouri did a rafting business owing
to the absolute, or nearly absolute,
enforcement of the prohfbitory law in
the city on the Sabbath day. They did
not like it a bit TO be compelled to sur
render their means of livelihood but
Chief Burt gave them his ultimetum
good and strong and they yielded
They We're outside the city limits but
the chief Interpreted the law 10 give
him the right 10 go two miles outside
the city limits TO suppress nuisance.
The State OF Missouri was an I'M
pretentious place. They claimed moth
ing but the huma nitarianism of reliev-
ing the thirst of the people. They
sold beer only. They sold it in a nice
shady place and were doing a land Of
fee business until the strong long arm
Of the law reached them