The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-30

spectator. who quahs lie zephyr and is,
He looks down 10 the city CT which
naught is visible but spires, domes and
cupOlas; for, though the nucleus of 1t
was a log cabin raised on q prairie OF
buffalo grass. IL is now place OF edihces
and avenues hidden II . forest OF naples
elms and cOttonwOOds. Who worked this
transformation who made II possible?
For answer the spectators eyes are tgfn-
ed toward a yard OF marble memorials
where silence reigns. Almost a gener-
alton has passed since the Town IN the
valley was founded: ana the father OF
Wichita sleeps in the LuTial ground, as
DO others OF the Arkansas valley pio-
neers. To this sacred spot the spectator
goes. and. under the pale lunar light,
visits the grave Of those who 10 him
are heroes. whose faces are mirrored in
the tears in his eyes; but the memory OF
whom is fading from the world. a mem
ory he would perpetuate. Aye he would
immortalize the obscure names Of VII
liam Greihenstein, amos Harris and y.
A. English. Albeit they VIII soon be
forgotten. they represent g type Of man
kind the last Of which VIII ere long be
gone; yet Of which history viii speak.
The Kansas pioneers were men 10 whom
fortune had turned her shoulder, but
undaunted they faced the setting sun and
came TO Kansas. Some Of these pioneers
settled al the junction Of the Big and
Little Arkansas rivers; and with clear
heads and stout hearts they set TO work
and by toll and sell denial laid out the
town Of Wichita. The younger and
more ambitious Of those founders became
builders; and by more work ana further
sacrifices frame buildings were sup
planted by brick and stone structures.
and the frontier town became a mark
of consequence.
But. alas, day Of woe and sorrow
came; these faithful workers saw that in
their jealous. feverish labors they had
bunded some Of their houses on the sands;
the tide OF depression came and en-
gulfed them in a maelstrom of misfor-
tune direful; the weak ones sank beneath
the current OF adversely, but the strong
ones, the pioneers. with Iusty and sinewy
strokes swan to the shore. But the en-
suing years We're dark, men who had
lived on the fat Of the land welcomed a
morsl; the condition of the pioneers and
the builders was pitiahle.
Then a new day dawned. the sunlight
OF prosperity spread Ger the land. The
in the spirit of yore, with the
ambition of Old determined TO make
this center Of affairs. a commercial
point. and did meet in council and did
generously give their hard earned dollars
for the upbuilding of Wichita: but some
men Of recent advent with narrow. sell
fish minds did oppose these measures;
but with their lucre sticking to them
were brushed aside by the pioneers
aided by new comers with broad minds
and willing hands. This time the hous-
es are builded on a rock. The heritage
that win be bequeathed unto the rising
generation is the success Of wichita;
may they maintain it as ably and honor
ably as did their fathers create it. But
eulogy IS for the dead: may it long be
from the builders OF Wichita.
from the remaining pioneers who reared
the settlement on the banks of the Ar
kansas up to a city.
The prophecy of the Sage Of Eaglehurst
has come to pass
For Ger this regal tide. which unknown
TO classic song,
Since Time was born, in dun neglect has
rolled along.
The Star Of Empire beckons on a happy !
throng.
KANSAS PALINGENESIS.
VERMTLLION HARRIS.