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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
cudabv Has Anotber plan.

Superintendent William Brown, CT the
John Cudahy packing company, told an
Eagle reporter the other day how Wichita
broke into one of John Cudahy's specula-
tons and changed ali his plans.
He said Cudahy was talking TO some
cattlemen from Honduras. about the great
number OF cattle in their country. and
how cheaply they could be bought This
caused the big packer to think over the
matter and he thought of a scheme to
get those cattle.
At that time Mr. Brown was sUQ-rin-
tendent Of Cudahy's packing house at
Nashville ard one day John Cudahy came
down TO Nashville and told Mr.. Brown
that ne wanted him to go to Honduras
at once. This was a surprise 10 the
superintendent Of the Nashville house.
and ne asked Mr.. Cudahy what in the
world he wanted him 70 do in that for
saken country.
The big packer told him that he wanted
him to go down there and build a pack
ing house with a capacity Of one thousand
cattle a day. He said he was going TO
build the house and pat steamer On the
gulf to run between Tuxillo in Honduras.
and the Cuban ports to carry his beef TO
market.
That story knocked 51r. Brown n,ean
out OF the box He was willing 70 do
almost anything for John Cudahy. but he
thought be could not live in Honduras.
and believed it might cost him his life
to move there. He had been up to Wich-
tia to see about getting hogs for the
Nashville house. and so he told Mr.. Cud-
ahy OF scheme that he thought would
beat his Honduras proposition ont OF
sight lie told him that western Kansas
and Oklahoma were being rapidly dsyel-
oped. and that the farmers were sowing
alfalfa and he believed IN a very few
years Wichita would be the center o. the
best hog section of the whole country.
He told Mr.. Cudahy that the people Of
Wichita wanted another packing house.
and there was the place 10 locate and
stay by it. Then Mr.. Cudahy sad he
would Investigate the matter and make
up his mind in q very short time. Every
body knows the rest Of this story. Mr..
Cudahy gave up his Honduras plan and
came 10 Wichita.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
Had a Josh for Christmas.

Col. l. r. Delaney questioned Dudley
Johnson the day previous to Christmas
on the relative value of turkey meat and
Chicken meat. Dudley. who is the coiored
porter at the Santa Fe gave chicken meat
as the preference o. all colored people,
but admitted that turkey meat was more
popular with the white people. This
gave Mr.. Delaney material for JOSH
Later he took Dudley over to a grocery
store. and picking out a big fat turkey.
asked him to take it to Lee Anderson.
another porter. Now. then, Dudley
he said. I viii make you a Christmas
present too" and picking out chicken
about as big as a quafl. handed it to
him. But" he added, Il want YOU to
invite your preacher and his family 70
help you to eat it"
Lord above, Mr.. Delaney" said Dudley.
there isn't enough OF this chicken to
make one good bite for our preacher
why not ask Lee Anderson to take him
TO dinner?"
NO. Dudley, you must take him."
Dudley looked like a man going to the
gallows. He told Mr.. Delaney that
colored people never liked the meat %
small chickens. but Mr.. Delaney insisted
that he couldn't afford 10 buy him big
chicken and that he must eat that. Sor-
rowfully Dudley walked away, but when
the joke had gone far enough, he was
called back and q fine fat turkey with
oysters and cranberries We're put under
his arm. Dudley entertained his preacher
IN royal style, ard spent happier Christ
mas than he had anticipated.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
Snow Not Up to Date.

in 1879 when Harry Andrews was run
ming the blue front grocery at yelling
ton and ". D. Larimore, now Of this city
was working for him he got out a poster
with funny introduction about "A
Lost Boy" He saved one Of the post
ers as a memento of the comment ere
ated by its originality This week he
was reminded of it by the advertising Of
the show company that presented AN
Irishman's Troubles and he hunted up
the old poster Imagine his surprise
when he discovered that the Introduction
Of the show poster was word for word
the same as the grocery advertisement he
and Larimore had gotten out over twenty
years ago. He decided that If the show
was rot any nearer up-to-date than its
advertising he would read an old almanac
Instead OF trying TO help the Irishman out
Of his troubles.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
Democrats Admire RooseveIt.

It is remarkable the admiration several
local Democrats have for President Roose-
welt. Some six or seven Of the most
dyed-in-the-wen Bourbons are practically
, open supporters OF the former Rough
Rider and, as a matter Of fact, nearly
every Democrat IN town las a certain
feeling for him that is akin to friend
ship, and this is not new. Much as
Democrats abused him in words during
the last campaign, secretly and among
themselves they held him in high esteem.
This incident occurred at the National
convention at Kansas City in the presence
of a Wichita man. It exempliies the
Democrats respect that good. straight
decent fellows had for the present rresi-
dent. DR.. Bradenburg, one of the in
fluential members of the Democratic
state committee. was inclined to
favor Sulzer OF New York for
vice president, as was the Wichita man
They went to his headquarters one night.
almost ready to follow the standard of
the Yorker. Sulzer, who is a hot air
ist.' took the man aside and told why
he wanted to be a candidate for vice
president. Like great many other east
ern politicians, Sulzer showed an awful
lack of appreciation of the fact that what
ever else a Kansan may be, he is 2 re-
specter of dignifed English. 4 want to
meet this man Roosevelt in joint debate
Sulzer said; L car only meet him as a
candidate for vice-president. He OBJ
serves the ethics, and as Congressman. 1
cannot meet him unless am in his class.
If 1 am nominated for vice-president, I
will Immediately challenge him TO a joint
debate. and I promise you gentlemen
right now, that when I am done with him
he viii look like thirty cents"
The Kansas men almost fell dead. The
idea of a man who aspired to possibly the
first place of the republic using such an
expression was an awful shock to the
Jayhawkers, and they retired from Mr..
Suffers presence so nauseated that they
could not venture beyond the next corner
before taking a tonic.
Wasn't that awful?" said DR.. Bran
denburg
1T was" said the Wichita man.
1t is not recorded in the history Of the
convention, but it is fact never the-lcss
that it was in that same dispensary, after
the interview with Sulzer, that the real
movement that ended the nomination of
Adlai Stevenson was started. DR.. Bran
denburg Immediately passed the word
around among the twenty thousand big
lunged Kansans N Kansas City. that
Stevenson should be the man and the roar
CT many Jayhawker voices made 1t SO.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29

small lake OF water. Our tired animals
could go no further. So we turned them
out TO eat ard rest. and as We had made
about - miles We began 70 feel safe.
After eating and resting. the men pro
posed 10 break the beaver dam and catch
the beaver. / knew It would he useless.
but they insisted. 50 consented. and
they tore out the dam and let torrent
OF water rush down the dry. hot sandy
bed OF the stream towards the river.
Now it happened that some tender
feet from the east had come up from
Salina and had camped on the hank Of
this dried Up. hot sand creek il the blaz-
ing August sun a mile or two below rs.
wondering when they would End water.
when with a roar the water came rush
ing down bank full upon them. To say
they were astoaished would be putting Il
mild. not a cloud had been seen for
weeks. On their return they told most
extraordinary tales OF their adventures on
the plains and the queer behavior OF the
streams IN that country. We reached
home without further adventure. well
pleased with our trip. and were anxious
FOR another. J. r MEAD
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
Bears in sedowick county.

James R. Mead learned something a
few days ago that he didn't know before
and he will tell the Kansas academy Of
science about it in paper he viii read
before that body at lola next week. 1t
is this that Sedgwick county was once
the habitat of the grizzly bear. He has
complied a most interesting array of
facts about the wild animals of Sedgwick
county but until he talked with William
Mathewson he did not know that the
wild bear ever sojourned in this vicinity.
IN 1863 MI Mathewson made a few Of
them bite the dust between the Big and
Little rivers Immediately north of Wich-
tia. Mr.. Mead himself killed bears in
Barber county where they were numer-
Gus on account of the caves and ravines
of the gypsum hills, but he never dreamed
that they came out into the prairie coun-
try
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
J. 2. Mead as a Buffalo Hunter.

Ye city Editor OF ye Great Sunday
Eagle tackled me for something 20 help
fin up the ever hungry nav OF a great
daily. promising 20 set up the cigars. Tor
q column Of copy good enough 10 work in
last page next TO add. 60 here goes FOR
a hunting story. simply fact No occas-
ion for romance. plenty Of the real thing
in those days
in august. 1871. with Abraham Boss. 4
Young man. bright AMI active as partner.
hiring an old man and boy with team
n help me. 7 started from the little
frontier town of Sauna on q hunt I'D
tho smoky HIn At - miles The Ferris
Bros. hne fellows. had a hunting ranch
On Elm creek. fyc miles further. Page
and Lemon. great hunters. held for1h.
fro mthere 10 the mountains vas q dreaTy
waste. Tie home O. the buffalo and our
rcd brothers. We noticed near Pages
ranch a sandstone rock vith names 81
John c. Fremont and XII Carson carved
thereon WITH others. We Travelled OF ~
The river several deys. following q tran
made By Pixies Peakers. nasr a creek We
called Fossil frsrn sozle elephant
boxes WASHED o-t ~ is bank fsii We PASS
Cd Cedar BiuH West ~ what s. now WIZ
sen station. Here vere Abundance ~
buTalo. Sd ve tsrnsa iato deep had
~ tha ~eer. win Al apr1nt ssalstoze
blur on thc opposite hang. ant made a-sr
c-ua uucer some great sius close n
she -irer and tilr Alter supper 7 cii-.t-
s-l The h,aT AMI near - shpt 6se 9r SO
l.a1alo gar = starter TIE nezt LaF ze
get freen or rvertr faoVs ard sfsked
out thel~ skins CT tke 7op - fhs hiuz-
ana observed 2 rzsIae rzn1irg back a
ule o. zsore into TIE issei glzsz VIII 10
apparent oatiet late TIRE r4vs-. We kerr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
Glad They Kept Quiet.

Some time during the month Of Sep
TENDER last a resolution was passed by
the city council declaring a curb on To-
peka and Lawrence avenues, north and
south to be a necessity Forthwith the
residents of the respective streets began
10 talk of demonstrating and the north
enders circulated and signed a petition
to the council demonstrating against the
resolution, anu the petition was favorably
acted upon by the council. The south
cndeTs, however, decided not TO petition
but 20 put in the curb with the result that
with a few exceptions from the opera
house to Lincoln street on South Topeka
and South Lawrence avenues the streets
are neatly and perfectly curbed and
parked and the property owners are al
most without an exception glad they kept
quiet and put the petitions into the waste
basket last fan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
Found After Forty Years.

Forty-two years ago A N. Murray Of
this city crossed the plains OF Kansas
bound for Cherry Creek, Colorado, whence
the great stories came about the discov-
cry of gold When he arrived at the
last outpost of civilization, near where
Salina now stands, he found the last zen
and ink for four hundred miles and he
wrote to his felix's in Cincinnati saving
that he would not give one bottom farm
on the Ohio river for the entire territory
of Kansas. That's the kind of a prophet
Mr. Murray was forty-two years ago.
But this is not the interesting part of the
trip. He had heard that it was necessary
to have a bowie knife on the plains for
use in close quarters with Indians and
other wild animals, and so he bought
with a pearl handle in Cincinnati. One
day, nea- where the Colorado state line
now is, he was crawling up on a buffalo
calf to get a good shot at it when he
noticed that he had lost his bowie knife.
He searched through the long grass for
it in vain Christmas day he was tell
mig Z. II. Smith about the matter ard to
his great surprise Mr.. Smith told him that
six years ago ne found in that identical
spot a rusty old bowie knife that SEEM
ingly had been there for years. Yester-
day Mr. Smith took the knife to Mr.. Muir
rays house and the old "Fifty-niner' rec
ognized it at a glance. 1t is a we'll
built steel blade six inches long from the
handle to the tip. and was made appar-
entity for business. Mr. Murray, you
may Re sure, Is proud OF mis- old knife
and will keep it as Ioag as he lives.
While on that trip Mr.. Murray met Hor-
ace Greeley at Gregory's gulch, and saw
the pioneer Gregory washing out a pan Of
gold, for his edifcation that was waved
at about $1,000 He also met Richardson.
the author Of Beyond the Mississippi"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
Wants Taxation Law Chained.


Deacon Wilson has been studying the re-
port Of the tax commission appointed by
the last legislature, and he is thoroughly
satisfied in his mind that there ought
10 be some change in the tax laws Of the
state of Kansas.
The way he puts 1t is, that our present
law is a fraud that ought TO be repealed.
He says last March there were in the
banks of Kansas over sOOo. oOO.oo on
deposit, and that all the money IN the
state returned from taxation amounted to
a little over 100000. This, he thinks
is fraud on the real estate owner and
the merchant whose property cannot be
hid from view.
He told a reporter for the Eagle about
one Of his neighbors who was a renter
coming to him and making a kick be-
cause he was this year compelled TO pay
personal property tax to the amout OF
one dollar and sixteen cents, when that
was the first tax he had ever paid on
personal property in the state. He said
he got the man to tell him what personal
property he had, corn, wheat, live stock,
farm machinery and household goods,
The amount footed up s1.S00OO and when
he asked the man If ne would take the
clothes that belonged to himself and wife
and stay out and let him have the prop
erty for the amout which his enumeration
showed. he said he certainly would not
sell it that cheap.
He said under the present assessment
the property in this county returned for
taxation was between ten and eleven mil
lion dollars. and under the law which
the tax commission proposed it would
be about forty million dollars. The kind
of an assessment would make the present
rate of taxation about one-fourth what
it is now, and would be a good deal more
Just, he thinks.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
ParticuIar About SELLING Horses.

George Morgan thinks Sedgwick county
is represented by no less than a theus-
and horses in the Anglo-Boe war in
South Africa. He has bought an i'm
mense number Of them for that purpose
during the past three years. While di-
costing his Christmas turkey Mr.. Morgan
told an Eagle reporter about his troubles
in buying these horses He would have
10 mask a few facts occasionally because
few people cared to sell their animals for
service against the Boer cause. 1t is
surprising the number of people who
actually would tell ar. Morgan that they
wouldn't sell their horses 10 him If he
wanted them for the English in South
Africa. IL doesn't seem reasonable that
man who had a horse TO sell would
care for what purpose it was needed
for. but 8Ir. Morgan says that it aston
ished him 70 hear so many object 10
selling horses to fight the Beers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
Kiowa Has a Drought.

Oscar Habberlin OF Kiowa was in the
city during the week and told an Eagle
reporter that his town was as dry as salt
peter 1t is not only dry but it is cranky
and when a decent man wants to be So
claI he can't smile even in the privacy Of
his own home with a friend without be-
ing subjected 10 the criticism of the bet
ter-than-thou part of the community
liowa. as a result is in the dark. The
three blinkers that made weak and
trembling shawows on the main street
do not shine any more as there is no In
come TO buy oil for them. This IS not
approved by the business men, Il Is
not easy for old citizens OF pioneer
Kiowa to imagine drouth IN that town
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
II Paws to Be GenteeI.

Kenneth Jones, the thirteen-old sold Of
deputy county treasurer. o. ". Jones,
is a good example of the saying that IT
pays to be a gentleman. Kenneth at
tends the Washington school and is in
the eighth grade. Every Saturday he
sells papers for Sunday reading and he
has worked up quite a trade and for one
publication, he last year won the only
prize taken in Kansas. He is a very
well behaved boy and that is one secret
Of his success. Two men were speaking
Of him on the street yesterday and they
both agreed that they bought his papers
just on account OF the way in which he
always approached them. He was so
nice about it that they did not like TO
refuse for fear Of discouraging him and
they felt like rewarding him for his gen.
tlemanly conduct.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29

Probate Clerk =. +. Enoch is in trouble
He is little bit Inclined &c - supersti-
tious and he is bothered because he IS
sued Just thirteen marriage licenses the
day before Christmas lie thinks that
is an unfortunate number and he is fear
ing All kinds Of divorce suits he says
that common sense tells him that the
number fourteen Is no more a lucky mum
her than thirteen but he cannot Set over
his early training. He doesn't Ike the
number thirteen and that night he stay
Ell in the Office OF the probate court about
two hours later than common hoping that
the fourteenth fellow would come 10 set
a marriage license. but he never came and
he unfortunate number thirteen had 20
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
LeaaI Terms at coIwich.

Fred Garceion. Mayor Of Colwich, spent
Sunday in Wichita and told funny story
10 an Eagle reporter at the expense Of
one of the stout TuTonlo pillars Of his
town The worthy constable Is named
Knoblaugh and some time ago he arrested
an Indian who had forsaken the nobility
Of the red man and became a tonsorial
Il want to place TWO charges against
him" said Constable Knoblaugh 80 the
JUDGE, $50 as TO be sure 10 convict hin"
what are thew asked the Judge.
'"rhe first" said the Constable IS dis
turbtns the peace. and the second is
well. said the Judge. what do You
say it is"
well your honor quote the honest
peace couserator. az can't can the legal
term now. but what mean is TO accuse
him with raising he'll generally"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
TALK OF
THE TOWN

mon for two hours to answer the sum-
mons. After the ceremony the groom
stated that ne would call on the pastor
Monday. Monday afternoon in the min
listers absence from home the young
man called and very imperatively re-
quested a marriage certificate and left
his St. Joe address TO have the same
forwarded. In the absence Of the Gus
tomary fee the minister, on his return,
gave but little thought to the matter
In a week he received a letter demand
ing the certificate. To this the pastor
replied something like this: Yours to
hand. The same fault that character
lied your visit to my study is again in
evidence. You forgot TO enclose the
marriage fee. 1 never sent a man a bill
for marriage before. because men are
not in the habit of asking for a certificate
for marriage before paying for the ser
vice. Please enclose g for professional
services. Your nerve surpasses anything
I ever met thus far = The answer
never arrived.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
He wants the people who secur-

stand- he wants the people VINO secur-
ed licenses to live happily and that is the
reason that number thirteen bothers him.
The judge said yesterday that he had
always known that Washington was
lucky man. and he had often heard it re-
peated that he was elected president Of
thirteen states and assumed command Of
the American army on the thirteenth OF
some month. He said he was going to
look that matter up but he supposed If
he found it true he would still dread the
number thirteen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
Wedding and a Funeral.

A strange coincidence occurred on
Christmas day in the southern part Of
The city. The pastor of one of the church.
IS in that part of the city was called
from the Christmas service to marry a
Couple from another state. After the
ceremony was over and the officiating
minister stepped out Of the house the
casket with the body of the next door
heighbor was borne out to the funeral car
10 be taken to the cemetery for interment.
The two services occurred at identicaly
the same time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS

wiling TO pay FOR Il and he got t. Judge
Baldcrston and myself were less psrtscts-
lar. We insisted on nothing and we're
turned Into a morgue-liks room where
about fifteen others slept The judge
and slept together that night and con-
s'deTing the fact that We were OF different
politics we set along admirably. u was
one authentic case OF politics and ssinnge
bed fellows
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
GOSSIP FOR HOME PEOPLE

ana dragged 1t up the tree within some
twenty fest Of the coveted branch and
at two shots. the first which took away
the under half and the second the upper
half OF the limb, which was about the
thickness Of mans wrist. brought the
bunch to the ground The limb, just as
1t was shot from the tree, though con-
siderably dried and with some OF the
branches broken therefrom, is yet hang
ing in the church as a part OF the Christ
mas decorations.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
Tricks in All Trades.

a Wichita man saws there arc some
butchers in this town who cheat their
customers and says anybody can tel
who they are by the way they act with the
scales He SAYS that nine out of every
ten who throw meat on the scales
sro dishonest. while The honest ones lay
their meat on. II meat is laid on The
scales one can sec exactly what the
weight Is. while if it IS thrown on the
scales. il registers more than what the
actual weight is. and is taken OF during
the recou OF the spring. This is zone so
DEITY that very few people notice il. He
also makes the assertion that butchers
have "a way OF using thcir thumbs I'm the
weighing of meat thar makes the scales
register more than what the real weight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29
AnpIes a PAVING crnn

James Martin OF Waco township sold
this year $500 worth OF apples out OF a
six acre orchard and had plenty for his
own use left. He grows the Missouri
pippin and thinks it is the most market
able Of all varieties. This is at the rate
of $50 an acre, very printable produc-
ton There was more than d million
bushels OF apples raised in this county
this year at the very lowest estimate,
and they fetched a handsome sum of
money. 1t is the opinion of people who
understand this country that more apples
should be grown here, especially since
they yield well every year
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-29

After hard DAYS work out in the
rzsn on a recent saturday one Of the
pastors Of the city was called az clock
or the evening 10 80 70 the far end Of
the city and marry a young man from $.
Joseph. No. associating the thoughts OK
a voune man from q large city and 4
lady living in the fashionable part or
wichita suggested a good substantial fee
and the minister left an unfinished ser