The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-07
NCREAsED FIFTY PER CENT

INCREASED FIFTY PER CENT
one OF the big wholesale houses OF
/ Wichita has Just compared its June bust
/ ness Of 1901 with one year ago. Il had
increased 50 per cent
/ DRIVE WE'LL DEFENSE ASSOCIA-
TON.
/ Yesterday afternoon as one Of Vichits's
/ old timers was pumping himself drink
( at the curb stone drive well in front OF
/ FurIoug's feed store on East Douglas he
+ stopped suddenly and looked az an Eagle
/ reporter who was next in line waiting for
I a drink and said:
This old pump always makes ne think
/ OF one OF the funniest organizations that
/ was ever sprung in the state OF Kansas.
I The Drice Wen Defense Association OF
: the Arkansas Valley was organized IN
/ this city in 1879.
Along in the spring Of 1879 a fellow
/ bv the name OF WIN. D. Andrews came
I TO this town and stopped at the old Ire
mont hotel which was then located next
across the street where the fish market
now stands
Andrews claimed that he owned the
( state right for Kansas for the green
drive well and that every man in the city
( and county who was using q drive well
pump was infringing on his patent and
would have 70 settle with him or De haul
/ ed up before the courts for infringement
+ on a patented invention
In about ten days Andrews had the
/ then thriving little city OF Wichita n
hubbub about the drive well pumps.
He would threaten suit and then settle
/ if he possibly could and he found lots Of
people who paid him from 8 70 $ each
for the privilege OF using their own
I pumps 10 draw UP the water which they
used every day. \ number Of the prom
/ inent citizens got together and organized
+ the Defense association for the purpose
+ Of hEhting the claim Of the drive well
man
/ Dr. R. B. Groeulee was president and
/ chairman protein Of the executive com
mittee.
Wv. H. Ransom and Chas. II. PIatt
were the finance committee and " T.
Woodman was treasurer. Subscription
I lists of which the following Is a COPY
+ were prepared and circulated through the
i city and the county and were signed by
/ q long string OF names and among them
]
T Dean. Patrick Martin. Wm- Simpson, ".
J 4. Ransom and fifty CT sixty others The
! subscription drawn Up was IS follows:
Drive Wen Defense Association Of the
/ Arkansas Valley. No. 2.
/ whereas, Wrn- d. Andrews & Co, cla.s
i 70 be the owners Of a pretended patent,
/ known as the Green Drive We'll for the
/ territory OF the state Of Kansas and are
/ threatening to commence suits against
+ all persons owning and using said wells.
/ 70 collect exorbitaut royalty for the use
( Of the same. and.
} Whereas. We believe that said pretend
/ ed patent is void. and that said claim Tor
f royalty is unjust and ought 10 be resisted
+ therefore We. the undersigned. agree
/ TO- and bv the signing hereof. do become
+ members Of the Drive Well Defense As
] ISOLATION Of the Arkansas valley. IN or
: zanizariou Organized for the purpose q
+ resisting the claim OF said Nm- p An
+ drews & Co. for royalty fer the use Of
said wells And We each do hereby agree
/ % paw % the treasurer ~ said ASSOCIATION
{ the sum set opposite or respective names
+ for the purpose OF defending r. The proper
court or courts. any sun said VIM D
Andrews & Co. may commence against
+ snv member OF said association for roy
atty or for the infringement q said
+ pretended patent. ard also for he pup
+ pose Of dsfrayiug the expenses ~ the
( o-za rizsti0u OF said association. and Tor
I such other expenses as said association
nay in promoting the object q rs organ
izarion b called upon 20 incur saHs SUB
sc-iutioa 20 be paid ~ i1sta-lrlents as
called for BY said association. ? Der CIT
+ II the amount ~ said subscription 20 Be
paid when subscribed
The Defense association employed p
F. G. RrEzies - attorney ard the tod Ar
a-ews 20 crack his whip ard - cracked u
and brought suit ard the drst case vas
Z taken % the supreme corr ard Tire Drive
I wen Defense association g The A-<auszs
z valley won L il walk and I'm 2. Az
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sumner sigh ard TIE biggest excitement
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