The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-18

would he think of the Koila brothers. Of
the sad memory OF Norris and Of the
success of Sol; and OF the time when the
! latter was mayor and of his resignation
because of an opposing council.
There is a house on North Topeka ave-
nue. spoken of by many IS The Stanley
house. but which the governor has not
lived in for many years; it IS located be-
tween Pine street and Murdoch avenue
and the late Alfred Basley lived there for
many years.
When The Greiffenstein Home is
mentioned reference is made 10 the place
on West Tenth street. but years ago the
name would have designated a place on
South Water street. in the pasture south
Of which Indians camped by the hundred,
having come to visit old Uncle Bin
| The mention Of The J. o. Davidson
house on North Lawrence avenue re-
| calls the days before the boom rose and
waned. before Oak" gave generously 10
/ the up-buiiding of Wichita, and before he
1 built his paIatial residence IN Riverside
THE June rise no longer means aught,
and for good reason: where once flowed the
I Arkansas is now a sorry sight, and one
/ can scarcely believe that in summers long
past that the bed OF sand was not large
! enough to hold the waters rolling down
in angry foam from the mountains.
On remembering the name THE zim-
merly Block" is. as the remembrance
OF its builder, disappearing; that the
place formerly known as that OF Robert
| Lawrence is now the Masonic Home;
that the Masons also have the old Y. N.
/ c. a. building; the conclusion is reached
/ that the building of Wichita, though
/ costing money. ruin. blood and life, was
not in vain, because the erection, while
/ sometimes breaking the backs Of their
builders have passed into hands able 10
maintain them, and lend materially TO the
beauty and 10 the prosperity of Wichita.
1 WE'LL vERSED on CORNER STONES
{ Rev. Bruce Griffith since returning from
the new country can give any farmer in
/ Sedgwick county cards and spades and
then beat him in giving Information
about corner stones, townships, ranges
and meridian lines. he rode horse
back for miles looking for a desirable
farm and fearing he wouldn't get his
choice he picked out many quarter sec
tions. He took pocket compass along
with him ana never missed a corner
stone or wasted much time in finding
one The corner stones were set in that
country about forty years ago. Each of
them was marked sufficiently to inform
one of the township and range as well
as the distance from township lines. They
are brown sand stones and the grass be-
ing dry and brown it took a good eye to
find them. In some places where the
prairie grass had been burnt the stones
stood up several inches over the ground
and could be easily seen. Unlike a
great many other ministers Of the gospel
Mr.. Griffith is of practical turn and he
suffered not very many discomforts dur
ing his trip He took things IS he found
them and he says he received fine treat
ment everywhere he went. He found
Capt James Mcguire of the Lawton land
Office a very pleasant and accommodating
man and speaks highly Of the ojcial
management of the place. He likes
Lawton. He says the people have the
same public spirit as the Wichita people
and that every man in the town is stand
ing up for it. He says that al the stories
of scarcity Of water are not correct.
on the other hand there is plenty OF il
in the town. One man can get all the
water his team can drink for five cents,
which is very reasonable. lie did not
like the spirit of the people of Anardako.
lie was unable to buy water in the town
for his thirsty horse. He says. how
ever, that Anadarko is building up rapid
IS and substantially. He thinks Law
ton would build up equally rapidly if
the people could get building material.
Mr.. Grifith's first choice of land was
a quarter with about twenty acres of
good timber on it. but man fled on it
just about FIVE Minutes before his time
came for filing.