The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-01
The City Regulator.

Radges of Topeka had curly tailed pug
to which he attached a muzzle. His dog
was taken. He sued the city and won his
case because the ordinanc did not specify
where the muzzle should be placed.
would purchase all the land between
the city building. on Williams street, to
Market street, plant it with trees and
flowers make a beautiful park or
it, and then appeal TO Carnegie
for enough money to erect a beautiful
library building on the Market street cor
ner and make a regular literary resort
of building and grounds.
I would pave Lawrence avenue from
the Missouri Pacific crossing on the north
TO the Wichita and Western on the south
and Murdoch avenue from Lawrence
west to the park bridge.
I would declare the wooden shacks in
the block between Market street and
Lawrence avenue a nuisance and tear
them down. They are menace to sur
rounding property and a miserable eye
sore to the city. If they were gone fine,
handsome business buildings would take
their place soon
I heard Of a lady remarking to a friend
the other evening (sub rosa) that she was
up town and saw a certain lady holding
up her skirts, and that she had three on
and not one Of them was silk.
1 would uniform the street cleaners in
white canvas suits, including hats.
L would crib those large elns hanging
over the bank Of Little river, in Greiff-
enstein park, to save them from falling.
would trim up that handsome, wide
spreading elm tree on West Central, near
the school house, and save it from the
ruthless hand of the axman.
see the w c. T. T. of this city have
met and passed resolutions indorslng
Councilman Dewey's expectorating pol
icy. That puts me in mind of an incident
which happened during the ar of Isl in
Emporia. News reached the village that
the Conanche Indians from the mouth Of
the Little Arkansas river, who We're
camped where Griswold park now is,
were en- route to Emporia to massacre
men; they had all gone to the army.
There was great excitement. Women and
children were dreadfully frightened.
Governor Eskridge as one of the fore
most citizens Of the place and he was ap-
pealed to. He at once proposed that they
call a mass meeting and pass some reso-
buttons. Now I suggest that the W. c.
r. L. do something else besides pass res
olutions. 1t is this: That they purchase
lot of small, shallow boxes, fill them
with sand and place them along the side
walks at convenient places for the to-
bacco squirters to use. They can be
emptied and renewed 9Th freshs sand by
oil N
knows but that it may prove a success
and the organization viii get credit with
having done something for once.
If l belonged to the great young set
would hire the new summer cars and
cover them with colored lights and mi
tate them with a trolley ride
A broad grin struck Wichita Friday
evening and she still laughs around the
corners of her mouth this morning-rain. |
Three weeks ago she was affected the |
same way-sunshine
The cleaning and renovating of the |
horse fountain on Market street was the |
most humane thing done in the city this |
week The change is so great that it |
makes the horses and dogs laugh when !
they drink.
The words Of Morse, ''What has God /
wrought" have been attested by Hon. |
James r. Mead who traded with the |
untamed Comanche Indian on the pres |
ent townsite of Wichita. and can now |
sit in the Eagle office and hold CONVEX (
sation with his son Bonnie in his office |
in Chicago over the long distance tele-
phone.
Champ Clark, congressman from Mis-
souri,, spent day in our city this week
en- route to Winfield. AIR. Clark lived in
Wichita several years ago. He tells the
following story: He was travelling east
and met a clerical looking gentleman on
the train. engaged in conversation with
him and learned he was a Kansan. Mr.
Clark gave him some of his experience
Of Kansas life and remarked that it was
the year before the grasshopper scourge,
observing that that was a terrible
and backset TO Kansas. His
newly formed acquaintance Strengthened
himself up and with an oath said that
Kansas was having worse scourge than
the grasshopper affair. Mr. Clark,
astounded at the remark. said. Indeed,
and what is that?" The. reply was, 'Jer-
ry Simpson"
THE CITY REGULATOR,