The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-05

IA some lingering superstiiions in us. and
trace our misfor1unes 70 some causes as
/ idiotic as the augury OF the sun-dried en-
trails OF a white chicken. hz5ched by a
| ''yailer'' hen. on the anniversary of Gaze
/ sar's birth. This. and all this. we do
| rather than .'fess" our vauiting ambition
| Ger Ieaped i,self and left Us in the ditch."
THE OKLAHOMA BOOM
| One day Senator Plumb wrote a letter
! 10 Wichita that the Oklahoma opening
band wagon was enroute. and that not
| withstandins the personal feelings o.
/ Wichita and the southwest, as 70 the effect
on Kansas by this Indian Territory being
thrown open to settlement. the only thing
to do was 10 get into the band wagon and
| all take a ride. We got Immediately.
| We had 4 meeting at once. We had
Croker and others here a. once and
| called u meeting in the Crawford Grand
| that was a James Dandie."
Weaver. once candidate for president.
was here.
Charley Mansur. congressman from Mis-
souri, was here,
Old Qllinois) BIZ Springer. now Judge in
the territory, was here. We played our
hand for every cent that was in ii. We
were the home OF David l. Payne. the
original Oklahoma Boomer" beginning IN
1874. Bill Couch was one of our things"
Bill was the Elisha" who caught Dave
Payne's falling mantle ere It struck the
dust in Sumner county. Wichita. by right
OF ownership. was the place TO have The
monster Oklahoma meeting This meetins
was a grand-stand play. and played 10
lutely paralyzed by our demonstration.
and passed the hill soon ~ it could.
after our meeting.
This proved 20 Us that Oklahoma as
buyer Of goods wares and merchandise.
was TO be our commercial solution. II has
so proved Ii Is the customer that viii
never fail u.s. We will be its Kansas
City II viii be 10 us In trade. Kansas
expansion"
When Oklahoma has one million people
Wichita will be forced 10 add millions OF
capital TO do lasiness. The peopling Of
Oklahoma is Wk,hita's greatest source OF
prosperity.
Long live oklahoma
REHABILITATION.
So much for the past the happy past:
the red. red past. when it was a mile and
a half through sunfowers from the ave
nue. 10 the Eagles home. when on " lee
ton" day the First ward ran 10 the Red
river; when. at night. DER the droNsy
town was heard the old familiar sound:
10. AZ es. p. 80 g. 81. q, Keno
Adieu to the past. the diabolical and
fiendish past; the protested past: the past
Of foreclosures. fraudulent deeds and mort
cages. writs Of assistance. proceedings in
aid Of execution notices 10 quiz and the
mutiform actions Of relentless creditors
TO rob debtors.
Welcome, thrice welcome he pa1t Of
1855 10 1883, when gladness shone in every
face. hope besmed from every eye and
the happiness and buoyaIS crowded.
packed and damned into thirty-six square
miles on the Big and Little Arkansaw =
never has been equaned.
Let matured Wichita pick NJ the burden
that broke the back Of the youthful Wich-
tia. and under the pennant
In harmony. triumph In un5ty. fall
Be the banner shelterins ali
achieve victory
RETROsPECTION AND PROGNOsTI-
CATION
OHindsight and Foresight
Wichita. commercially in iss7 wac a
nude hope. based on a sight draft drawn
on 4. D. Isea The draft was protested
but We did not get notice Of the protest"
and still worked puts and csls blinds
and "straddlcs." 'margined. ''bulled
and sold short" We knew W. We're All
right.
But one summer DAY
We were short on cash.
The devil was 10 pay
And We went 20 smash.
The above beautiful sentiment D.
Dryden. Horace. ovid Terrence Ben Jonn-
son or sam Butler. 7 forget which. but /
know that some ancient pen propeller
dipped mis- quill into solution 81 Gut gals
and loEwood and writ them air four
lines.
YEAR NINETY NINE
The Wichita Of 1899 = = grown man. a
strong healthy. sble-bodled man. subjsct
% a draft in case ~ war An entity %
flesh blood and iron. VINO In any CONNER
cial joust or tournsy can 81 firm Ia his
saddle. give the horse his head. polse his
bull-hide buckler and Withstand the shock
If any knight that dares 20 hEhf i1 open
field under The rules % C-iarIes IN Great
Martel and Etheiberl: the regulations ~
Douneybrpok. the progressive and higher
civilization o. Rugby football. or me rules