People's voice., 1900-09-13

building brick walk IN front OF the
lots where his residence formerly |
stood on East Seventh street, alleging |
lha; he has not received official notice |
that the walk had been ordered built |
1 be city will pay 20 attention to the
protest, and will build the walk and 4,
charge 1t up against the property as
taxes.
Conway Springs Star: The Wei
lington fellows were well pleased
with the treatment they received
here, the same as everybody else.
Secretary Cobean of the County asso-
citation, letter to DR.. Beal yester-
day says: "We all had d great time,
and in behalf Of our camp we want to
thank you for your kind treatment.
We must say that everything was
strictly up to- date and you should OF
highly COmplimented. Wellington
Wiil'never forget your kind treatment.
The Missouri & Kansas Telephone
company is completing its lines in
Oklahoma on the Rock Island and
within a few weeks Wellington will
be able to talk by telephone with
Fort Worth, Tex. The line is ALREADY
completed as far as Chickasha and
will be extended south as rapid y as
possible. 1t is stated the Missouri &
Kansas intends TO give every town in
Oklahoma, situated on a railway,
telephone Communication with Kan
sas, Missouri and eastern points No
less thi n a dozen gangs of men are
now at work in different parts OF Ok
lahOma building lines.
c. e. Hitchcock owns. besides other
land in the couaty, aseCtiOn two miles
west Of Zyba. A little less than
three fOurths, or AIS acres, of IL was
planted in wheat last fall. He has
just finished threshing it and finds
that it averaged little less than 29
bushels machine measure, and tested
go and 81 pounds. Three years ayo
about half OF the land was in wheat,
and he thTeshed 5000 bushels Of gcOd
wheat from it. Altogether, Mr..
Hitchcock will have about $1,000
bushels Of wheat from his Sumner
county farms this year, l2,50O bushels
OF which he raised oDl 425 acres near
Zyba. Two hundred and thirty-6Ve
acres Of his Zyba wheat went SO bush.
els to the acre. Mr.. Hitchcock bought
his Zyba farm % years ago this sum-
mer, paying 50 so per acre for il,
AL Russell has decided to plant hard
maple trees in his yard, aud as soon
as Jney OBTAIN a good growth, will
chop out everything else, He has
been investigating the tree business,
and has reached the conclusion that
har1 naples are by far the mos.
desirable tree for shade purposes. II
you intend planting trees, investl-
gate the quest OF as carefully as you
would 10 decidIHg upon a breed 0
stock. While you are planting, plant
the best, and 10 few years yJu will
have shade trees TO be proud Of. The
Third ward school grounds is good
place to study trees. The contrast
between the hard maple and other
trees there Is pronounced. None OF
The trees have been watered for sew
era years, and the hard NAPLES are as
pretty as picture, while the others
look sad.
We observe that our Irish friend,
David Leahy OF Wichita, is 10 be
called tU The aid Of Jns trlune forces
w furnish them with campaign litera-
lure. ehaye known Dave Tor nearly
twenty years. We know him ds well
as If we had been through him with
lantern. He is the most charming
prevaricatOr that We have ever known.
Put him out IN the middle Of desert
island without a solitary inhabisaDt
except himself ano within twelve
hours he would have sensation
I worked up that would Ill at least two
columns Of the largest New York
daily. lie can write a story utterly
devoid Of facts, but which sounds
sufficiently plausible 10 deceive either
the devil or the elect. One OF his
stories cane near disturbing the
friendly diplomatic relations between
this country and France and cost
each government several thousand
dollars to investigate. Another story
aroused the sympathies OF the
entire country for week and incl
dentally made good lot OF money
for Dave. In the case that inter-
ested two nations, Dave had an imag-
mary Frenchman shut up 10 an Okla.
h0ma cave, surrounded by furious
negroes who were determined TO kill
him 10 revenge for the treatment
given John Waller by the French
authorities. The story got TO France;
that government cabled the authori-
ties at Washington wanting to know
why a subject Of the French govern
ment was thus maltreated. The state
department at Washington sent
special agent out to investigate. he
hired a rig at Guthrie and drove
across the country to the supposed
location OF the cave. There was no
cave; 40 Frenchman: no indignant
colored citizeDs. The state depart
ment cabled the facts IN Paris and
the apprehensioD Of the French were
allsyed. Dave has no enemies. He
wears a number eight hat and has
brain that is a marvel In the prOduc-
tion of Oaseless but picturesque ro-
nance. No more delightful liar ever
struck the state Of Kansas. II be
had given his attention to stories OF
wild adventure he would have ac-
Quired long ago q prince.y income.
AS the fact writer Of the triune forces
Dave will be a full blown daisy. II
there are no sufficient statistics TO
back up a Democratic position Dave
will furnish them and only the most
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