The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-02
LOCAL TALK
ARE BECOMING sALvATIoNIsTs

- ARE BECOMING SALVATIONISTS
The Wichita real estate man mas become
a regular hand-clapping revivalist One
of them said yesterday in speaking of the
years record for the town: Look at the
Sheets building. Look at the Masonic
Temple. Look at the Friends university
Look at the Wichita Hospital Look at
the addition to st. Francis. Look at Mar
tina Washington home. Look at the in
creased attendance at the high school,
Paramount and Lewis academy. Look at
the new residences. See Meningitis res
Idence. Turn your eyes on Charles Full
ier's fine new home Fix your gaze upon
the Parks home. Go over to the new
park and walk around. A year ago it was
q wilderness. Co UP to Dolds and see
them despatch hogs. And did you hear
about Whittaker's? That new street rail-
way win be going in pretty soon. And
have you heard about Hyde and MS Men
tholatum. It is coming to be the biggest
proprietary thing Of its kind on the mar
ket not in Wichita or Kansas. but the
country over. d. you know shat a pop
corn made here in Wichita has sale all
over the southwest. A little thing" On
no. The man who is making Il has books
which show It is not a Little thing. Can
you find a vacant house intown? Do you
know all the business houses. wholesale
and retail, are doing an increased bust
ness? Do you see the red Of new brick
in the skyline Of Douglas avenue and
Main street? Have you ever known the
Wichita stores TO be bigger and finer than
they are today ?~Do you know that Wich-
ita has a number of specialists with pa
tents all over the southwest? Have you
seen NJ. c. Campbelrs home. 3. H. Camp
bells home. John Charles home, Mr..
Garland's nome, Mr.. FulHngton's home?
Do you know that Wichita is coming to
be the Rome of the cattlemen? Do you
know Messrs. Whine and Whine, Mr..
F'ultz and Mr.. Conklin? You better get
acquainted with them. They are new
citizens, live, progressive, influential men.
Did you ever hear Of the Springfield Fur
niture company? Go down on Market
street and look into the house of Fletcher
& Floyd. 1t will surprise you to see the
way they are rustling around. Go up on
North Topeka and glance into the house
of Jet 6. Woods. They'll surprise you.
Do you know the old City Mills are run
ming? Have you ever been In the In
peral Mills? Have you heard about the
Metropole opening? Do you know the
railroads are putting in new sidings?
And by the way" he concluded do
you know a section OF the city where a
change is not taking place. where the old
order Of things IS not being turned topsy-
turvy where there is not new blood. new
life, new activities? Why, man alive it
has struck the town all in a bunch Talk
about booms. Can you recall in the whole
of our eventful past when there has been
as much change in six months as there
has been in Wichita the last six months?
I hardly think you can. Wake up. Put
your shoulder TO the wheel. II you don't
ike your neighbor, go over and sit on his
front porch and make up with him. Let
politics alone and work for Wichita. Grab
all the snaps you can get and pay taxes
on. The greatest bargain counter in the
world, my friend. is Wichita, Wichita
night here about US. right here today
Wake up