The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-28

/ clubs, more or less, a knickerbOcker suit
/ fancy stockings and shoes, red pants and
blue coats, striped caps, so that tn.
, prairies, club house and golf links were
brilliant with colors. Now a lot Of thes,
same fellows catch a car on the run, with
three or four balls in their pockets, three
! or four clubs in their hands, and wher
they reach the grounds throw their coat
down in one place cap and collar in an
4 other-like they used TO do TO be frs
IA the swinming-hole-spit on their hand:
and yell four!
This is said to be the time Of year fol
divorces, the time when the man of the
I house assumes lordly, dictatorial all
s and the wife, poor thing, she is abused
nd crushed-and the kids, well, it wer,
better for them that they had a mill
stone about their necks and cast into the
Arkansaw just below the dam-site. whel
there is water.
Now that larger, new poles have beer
{ placed on Main and Douglas, they ought
! to be painted and not q sign Of any kind
or description be allowed nailed OF pasted
on them.
/ would take down that crossroads
sign at the Country club grounds, ''Nc
1 shooting on these premises unless you are
a member" 1t spells the landscape ef-
fects. It would have been smoother tc
! have addressed a postal card to the half
dozen poachers, ito keep off the grass. u
I wonder if that sign means also that peo-
pie not members. or invited. are not
! expected to enter the club rooms.
The boys and girls are getting nervous
for fear the dam viii not be finished IL
time for a skating carnival next winter.
A partial destruction Of the DoId plant
was a serious affair, bat an eld-fashioneo
Missouri or Iowa tw1ster through this
city, Ike the one in St Louis two OF
three years ago. would be a great deal
worse.
Among many other things we need IN
this city is a directory-one made from
| start to fnish-not a revamped affair.
The zeal displayed by that West Doug
las hash house man who stands on the
street and roars in q whang-doodIe style
like a darkey preacher at q canpn1eetng,
is cOmuendable, but one would think
after a two weeks trial that he would
have learned that victuals, and not yell
ing, brings customers.
I would have the band play IN enc wal
nut grove west Of the circle In the cen
trail part Of the park to accommodate the
people who must walk. The people who
drive can 80 any place; the people who
ride on the street cars ditto, The street
cars do not accommodate nearly all who
would ride. The walnut grove is the
incest, cleanest coolest and the most cen
trail
I would not allow that police patrol
wagon to travel the public streets. I
would take that bell off-instead OF at
tracing attention I would avoid It as
much as possible. Why should there be a
great hurrah and changing of bells over
an unfortunate drunk?
I would extend the wgterworks 70
Twenty-first street and return by the new
mill and elevators.
would take the packing house grounds
into the city limits.
I would have the fire. department. flush
Main street and Douglas avenue twioe
or three times a week, as Il needed it,
and purchase a good sweeper andssweeD
them twice or three times a week, stop
? "a 4rrlrf L.,
wings to the block and have two nice,
clean streets, clean buggtes. no dustin
stead of the nasty puddles we are having
now. All with less cost.
met three young men Monday morn
ing who had just gotten or the Rock
Island, returning from II Reno. They
looked tired and forlorn I thought I
would give them a CHEEKY greeting. and
said: We'll, boys. did You succeed in
registering?" They stopped for a second.
gave me q wild stare. and started for the
middle OF the street Their mother. no
doubt, told them not 70 hold converse ton
with anyone in Wichita or they would get
gold-bricked.
The council refused 10 stop the little. old
paralyzed man who sat in the alley and
sold bananas and peanuts Then the
neighbors yelled. because Il interfered
with their trade, and he ANNOYED them
with his noise. He can't speak above a
whisper. The sequel IS that a boot-blacz-
ing establishment has been erected IN that
spot. and a coon chorus goes up all day
lon: shine en- up The public knows
why.
7 would sell. TO the highest bidder. the
gas. water. street railway and electric
light and telephone franchises Of those
three new Oklahoma towns on the same
basis as the town Iots-not allowing one
company to purchase more than one
franchise.
one hundred and sixty-seven thousand
registered. Tho Rock Island railroad car
ned the most OF them. Enough 20 make
an average Of one hundred thousand men
at twenty dollars each. would make two
million dollars. L that IS too high, an
estimate divided BY two. and call Il one
million
: would park the First " z church
and First Presbyterian church grounds.
pillow up and SOW the lots with blue grass,
and stop making q livery stable. corral
ard barn-yard OF the premises These
grounds ought 10 be pleasing and inviting
/ don't know how people worship with
the spirit and understanding While their
horses stand Just outside. tied ID 70 q
post. 81 ths giaring hot SUI, fighting
lies.
would not only keep ny lawn and