The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-24

making wagon yards out of the streets.
I would adn1onish every person who
planted tree onthe townsite for shade
to plant elms. ''They grow rapidly and
are tough and grow in beautiful shapes
L would send the street commissioner
with force Of teams and men and throw
up the road on the waterworks island or
both sides Of the bridge, and cover II
with cinders from the waterworks, in
justice to the West Side people.
1 am glad that the subject of building
a central high school building is being
talked of more and more. I hope there
will be a concerted action among the
parents of the city and good, capable
business men selected and agreed upon,
and elected to the board next spring,
making that an issue.
I was in a place Of business one day
this week when young lad came in and
was going to play the slot machine for
cigars. The proprietor told him that he
could not, and advised him in a very
kindly way not to indulge in slot machines
and smoking.
l have been figuring on Wichitas 5000
population in ten years. Now that McKin-
ley and Roosevelt are on deck for the
next four years, free homes in Oklahoma,
opening of the Kiowa and Comanche
reservations, the building Of the Mexican
road with division headquarters here
and the building of the Choctaw and
Wichita and Southeastern railroads,
Wichita viii reach il easily.
l attended a social function a few even
ings since a which there were present
some twenty-five or thirty ladies, and the
question was raised who was the hand
soonest man in Wichita?'' I thought that
matter would be soon and easily settled,
but IT was not. There seemed TO be about
An even race between Brooks. Oak David
son, Charlie Smyth, Griffith, Roll Muir
dock. Dave Leahy. A c. Jobes. Charlie
Cohn. 1 know what 5000 other women in
the city think about ii. Had dared TO
venture few names myself I would have
suggested Frank Davidson. Howard
Moffat Dr. Rex, Rom Noyes. WIN Ayres,
Eaton and Roy Allen. However, it IS
stin an open question. I did think in an
unguarded moment of asking them to de-
eide who was the handsomest lady in the
city, but out Of respect for the hostess
not wishing to create a dlscord in the
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I see the business houses for three or
four blocks are still annoyed with that
fog horn. The less the value OF the arti-
Gle the louder the yen. When he has a
Scent horse the great plate glass are in
danger OF being shattered
see some smooth Yankee has ap-
preached the city council with a propo-
sition for a ten years franchise privilege
Of putting garbage boxes on the corners
Of the streets. which they are 10 have the
Of using FOR advertising or bull
letin boards, offering 10 per cent. There
IS not merchant IN town that would not
be willing TO give 30 per cent for the
franchise. In a great many towns and
cities the woman's clubs furnish the
boxes. but they don't allow them 70 be
used for bulletin boards. What's the mat
ter with Hypatia, or what has become Of
that organization that was ushered in
asst spring with such flourish Of trum-
pets. that were going out with shovels.
'itchforks and bgooms and clean the city.
The original man on whom the joke was
irSt perpetrated n" as the man who thinks
le is thinking" was pointed out 70 me
he other DAY. had been studying that
nan for months Who IS hee
I would train that cannon in the mark
n those tubs stuck Up on posts in the |
lark and blow them 20 sTnithereens-
see there ars great many deaths IN |
1ew York BIZ heart failure Their physi- /
sans say that Il IS caused BY the rapid /
scent and descent in their elevators. /
that settles the heart disease for Wichita /
CITY REGULATOR