The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-05
PROVES A SUCCESS
Agricultural Parade of Yes
terday a Splendid Effort.
DISPLAYS ARE NUMEROUS
And Showed Sedgwick County
Fruit and livestock

To have a como option OF the large ag-
riculturaI parade OF yesterday morning
one must haze an idea of wagons loaded
with Kansas wheat, OF wagons heaped
to the top with Kansas corn, wagons
filed with Kansas apples, wagons carry
ing Kansas potatoes, wagons with pens
of Kansas calves, wagons buried under
Kansas vegetables and then the reader
will have some appreciation of the pa
rade scheduled for yesterdays entertain
ment
1t has been years in Wichita since the
farmers turned out en- masse to take
charge of parades as yesterday. There
was time when the farmer was the
man who furnished everything in the
way of parades for festive occasions in
this city. The idea was lost and the
brilliant civic parade took the place Of
the farmers display. Then came the
flower parade and still another step is
the electrical pageant.
Tn farmer for all Of that change has
gone on each year raising the fine pro-
ducts Of Sedgwick county and has been
content to leave them at home or per-
haps to exhibit them in the fail when the
occasion presented itself
The parade of yesterday was the great
showing of the gathering together of the
best that Sedgwick county has produc-
ed during the past season. The wheat
was grown on splendid soil. The apples
were recently plucked from the over
loaded trees. The potatoes, both Irish
and sweet varieties, were dug from the
ground for the exhibition. The corn was
taken from the field and no special Sc
lection made for it would be difficult to
make a choice Of any number of ears.
To show that the people appreciated
the effort of the farmer in showing his
products, the streets of the city were
thronged at an nearly hour in the morn
ing. BY the time Of the parade Main
street and Douglas avenue were lined and
the people even went into the street to
see the parade as it went by.
Officer Mcmillan, with officers Aspey,
Remspeare, Osborne, Anderson and
Washburn headed the parade of the
morning. The officers. dressed in their
blue uniforms mounted on large horses,
moved down the streets to the music of
Wichita's band. Their horses were step
ing along and as the first section of the
parade net with the applause Of the
sight seers the patrolmen Strengthened
up in their saddles and were glad that
they were leading the agricultural parade
of the carnival
Immediately following the patrol
men was the Commercial band While
the hand has received many compliments
over the manner Of rendering music and
general appearance yet it is composed of
musicians who thoroughly understand
the selection Of music that the general
public appreciates. The men march well
together. Their uniforms are natty. One
notable thing is that the music rendered
while marching is up to the standard of
that of other times.
Following the band was Mr. Ike Dean
as one of the marshals. 1t was justly
fitting that Mr.. Dean should be a mar
shal because of the fact that he has
worked hard for the success of the en-
terprise and has a knowledge and idea
of arrangement.
Following Mr.. Dean was Mr.. Charles
smyth and Mr.. P. V Healy in road
wagon. Mr.. Healy, in honor of the
event for which he has spent so much
time and labor had arranged hat of
wheat with a brilliant star in the cen
ter. The two men are in touch with the
farmers of Sedgwick county and it was
appropriate that they should be at the
front Of the parade.
To show that the chicken fanciers were
interested IN the parade, Mrs. E. L.
Lock had on exhibition a number of her
Plymouth Rock hens. They were beau
ties and attracted many comments along
the line of the parade. The horse was L
hay and the harness was covered with