The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-21
is ALL PROSPEROUS
Colonel Murdoch Finds Kan
SaS in Good Shape.
EVERY CITY THRIVING
And Everybody Has Heard of
WiChita'S Strides.

! Colonel NJ Ii. Murdoch and son. Vic.
tor Murdoch. returned Sunday from q
tour of the larger cities of the state
They were received everywhere with the
warmest of welcomes. AS his leg is still
painful, Colonel Murdoch could not get
far away from the hotels, but his friends
hoeked to see him and kept him busy
They report that all the state is pros
pering and that everybody has heard
Of the strides that Wichita is making.
In speaking Of the condition Of Kansas
Colonel Murdoc ok said yesterday: "AIl
Kansas is in the midst OF a marked
growth. In every city we visited we saw
new residences, in some OF them new
business blocks. Emporia has a tin-buc-
ket brigade that is putting up a new
library, a big Elks' building, and a fine
court house; IN Topeka there is evidence
of growth in all parts of the city, I was
told, and the streets looked lively; Law
renee. always a good town, was enjoy ing
similar prosperity; LeavenwOrth with its
great state and federal institutions
around about. is adding to those revenues
the profits OF good business; while Atch-
ison IS as spic and span as any city in the
west, and is doing a rafting trade. And
they are all talking of the new time in
Wichita and the wheat belt of which it
is the center"
Some Of the notices made OF Colonel
MurdocKs visits are as follows:
Leavenworth Times: Editor Marsh NJ
journalist, ana Victor Murdoch, one OF
the most brilliant Of Kansas writers,
came in to see US at the Times Office
yesterday. Colonel Murdoch has had a
long and tedious Sickness. and is eel
ebrating his recovery by making a tour
of some Of the Kansas towns. Everybody
is glad to greet one of the Kansas
pioneers, who by his personal efforts and
through his powerful newspaper has done
so much not only 10 build up Wichita
uuL also the state of Kansas. There is
no paper from which the Leavenworth
Times copies more extracts than from
the Wichita Eagle
Lawrence Journal: Lawrence has been
always Of interest to me, said Col. NJ
NJ. 4-urdock of the Wichita Eagle, at the
Eldridge this morning, because it served
as the model Tor practically all Kansas
town-builders, Kansas has been pre-emi-
nently a state Of town schemers. The
contest which once existed between Law
renee and Franklin found, as settle
ment crept westward, repetition after
repetition. Far south of Wichita that
contest stin RACES in the newer parts OF
new Oklahoma. The New Englander who
3
plan, had an idea in revolt against a
( custom. The New England town had q
! peculiar way OF accommodating itself to a
cow-path or any other meandering break
/ in the landscape. The transpianted New
/ Englander, in Kansas resolved to straight
/ streets. The expense Of land made fol
wide streets And that is the Kansas
town and the Oklahoma town. The far
Their south you go. and where the realty
/ faculty is, in later years, more strongly
/ DEVELOPED. long blocks are avoided, be-
cause of the corner lot advantage and
/ the expedition of traffic. In Oklahoma
too. the court house square, which in
/ Texas and New Mexico becomes the
plaza, is quadrangular; diagonal ave-
nue.. by the way a really good thing, be-
! ing unknown
Colonel Murdoch IS making tour Of
the older cities of the state, being con-
! valescent from a long siege Of blood
poisoning lie was a resident OF early
Lawrence, and witnessed the Quantrel
raid. He has had a host Of callers. anc
the old timers and he have been busily
locating points where things happened
in those days.
] % 1~1r
| champions Of the University in the legis-
lative part of the states history He is
accompanied to Lawrence by Victor Muir
dock, his SON.
Atchison Globe: For several days the
Murdocks have been working toward
Atchison. The Topeka papers said they
were in Topeka, and would so to Law
! renee. Leavenworth, Atchison. etc. The
Lawrence papers reported their arrival
and when they left said they were going
to Kansas City, Leavenworth, Atchison
etc.
They arrived last night and will leave
at Gas this evening for home.
The progress Of the Murdocks over the
state has been quite remarkable. Marsf
Murdoch, the father. is just recovering
from a long sick spell, and is making {
tour of the state. with his son, as Z
recreation. (By-the-way, it's an idea
way not make atour of Kansas. instead
OF going off to Colorado? Ever been Il
Emporia, Eidorado, Wichita, Lawrence
Lawrence, Junction City. Beloit. Man
haitian. Fort Riley, Arkansas City
Hutchinson) The NIurdocks are remark
able people. Colonel Marsh Murdoch has
been editor Of the Wichita Eagle Ions
time; some people say. Noah took it. Hi
son. Victor. has grown Up on the paper
and Bill White says he is the smartes
man in the state. During lhe late Wich
tia boom. which is a part Of Kansas
history. the Murd0cks ana the Eagle