The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-05


blue cloth. The rear of the buggy oil
light wagon contained coops. The wheels
and sides OF the hig were decorated with
blue and red. Mrs. Lock herself was
dressed in accord with the decorations OF
the wagon
Mr.. R. S. Cook, the well known Po-
land China hog man, was in the parade
| with number of his fine stock. They
were in a neat pen arranged on a wagon
and the entire outfit was painted red
The hogs were shaded from the sun by a
frame containing the ribbons and diff
erent premiums receied by Mr.. Cook at
various fairs. The hogs were sleek fell
lows and well showed the care bestowed
upon them during the past season.
Mr.. James Conner. one of the prosper
GUS men of the county, was much in
evidence with his fine Merino sheep.
| The sheep were in a rack mounted on
| a farm wagon and the soft white fleece
had been combed out and arranged as
though it had been cast at that special
place. The sheep while not as large as
some. were in fine coSdition. They were
full blooded and no man was prouder of
| them than Mr.. Conner as he saw the adj
miration of the public as they came into
| sight of the sheep.
! Following Mr.. Conner and his load Of
sheep was wagon driven by Mr.. Con-
ner, Jr This wagon had a rack, as the
one just ahead, and it contained a num-
Der Of small pigs. The pigs were frisky
little fellows and evidently thought that
they were having a good time in seeing
| the sights of the city. They attracted
| considerable attention from the children
and for some reason or other the aver
age boy wanted to get up on that wagon
to see the pigs.
Mr.. Jerome Turley, with his load of
red calves, attracted as much attention
as any one number of the parade. The
calves had been raised on Mr.. Turkeys
farm and were in a rack arrangement
so fixed that they could stand up but
could not we'll turned around. The stock
is that of the shorthorn and is from
blooded stock in this county. The calves
were to be sold after the parade and
some of the meat dealers had offered
price much higher than the market price
on account of their condition
The Hoover orchards came in for their
share Of the parade with seven loads of
apples. The apples were red, yellow,
speckled and every kind that can be
imagined. The loads were real loads
and were leveled up with the top of the
bed Of the farm wagons. The first load
was that of yellow apples and then came
load of red apples. The alterations
were made between red and yellow and
other colors SO that the effect was a
changing one. One of the wagons was
so arranged that the apples were in bar
rels. The barrels were then surrounded
by. apples part way up their sides. This
wagon was the one used by the Hoover
people in hauling their fruit to the city.
A load of fine Irish potatoes followed
the Hoover orchard display. The pota-
toes were large and white. They were
raised in the southern part of the coun-
ty and it would be hard to find potatoes
any larger in this or any other city The
Utah potatoes have no better size or
color than did those on exhibition yes
,terday.
Steve Balch, with his usual Kansas
progressiveness, came to the front with
a load of large sweet potatoes. The po-
tatoes were not small by any means and
were as white and clean as though each
one had been given a separate scrubbing
for the occasion. Mr.. Balch has been
raising potatoes for many years and says
that those exhibited by him yesterday
were as fine as any ever raised since his
experience in this county Another load
Of potatoes followed that driven by Mr.
Balch and it was also loaded with sweet
potatoes from the same farm.
One of the watermelon raiSers of the
county was in the parade with a load of
the green, black striped variety that ev-
eryone in Wichita likes to see. They
were saved for the occasion and were
large ones, even larger than those usu-
ally put on the market. Wichita is not
ed for her fine water melons and many
of the towns in the eastern part of the
state get their summer supply here
When the wagon with its load went by
the spectators yesterday, many of the
visitors were heard to remark, 81 wish
that We could raise such melons in
our county"
A unique idea was brought out by Mr..
C. L. Wilbur, who had decorated his
wagon with tumble weeds. The effect
was a dull green and seemed as though
it were a large mountain piled on the
wagon. AS a matter of fact there were
only a few plants and 1t had the effect
of being more than it really was.
Another division of the parade was led
by Pryor's band. The band, in their
neat costumes proved to be more at
tractive than ever and the music rendered
during the morning had that captivating
charm which makes a parade a success. !
The men were stepping along playing
some of their late pieces and while they
weRt down the syeets the crowds looked
at them with admiration. The band
is under the leadership of Mr.. S. D. Pry-
or and since their stay in the city the
members have made many friends among
the citizens and visitors.
Mr. Highbarger, with a crib of corn.
yellow, mounted on a wagon. was the
center of attraction while moving along
the streets. The corn was of large ears
and the idea of having a crib was a new
idea for the parade The driver, as he
sat perched on his high seat looked as
though he was sitting on a throne of
go-5 owing to the brilliant effect given
oySthe yellow ears of corn.
Mr.. Dan Jones. one of Sedgwick coun-
tvs farmers. was in the parade with a
load of yellow corn. The corn was rails
ed near Wichita and had matured early
The ears were large and the grains well
formed. Mr.. Jones is farmer who ad-
mires yellow corn and has raised it a
number Of years in succession.
Deacon Wilson had three loads Of
Kansas wheat in the parade and it was
all from his farm west OF the city Mr.