The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-08
City Regulator
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Makes Suggestions as to
How 70 Build a Wichita.

Makes Suggestions as to
How TO Build Wichita.
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To the Editor Of the Eagle.
Don't Knock The man You are knock
ing may be just as good, kind and con-
scientious as you are, but he sees from
different point Of view from yourself
and as it is said wise men change their
minds but fools never, have care. For
example l heard a man say that he did
not lecture that certain prominent bust
ness man in the city possessed any church
going or Christian instincts, for he did
not believe he ever attended any church.
The next Sunday morning that man came
walking down the avenue 3y my home.
his two children and a neighbor's child
with him, and when they reached
church, he stopped kissed his two chill
dren and stood and watched them 90
into Sunday school Don't say that gen
tleman had no Christian instincts.
Again. 1 heard a man criticise severe
ly the Sunday golf playing. If this is
a suitable day for the game and he is
grounds and one of the last to leave 1T
is probably he is out Of town He has
taken the matter up from different
point of view.
1 know a man in this town that says
that things as they exist are about right
y proposition that a very large number
will take issue and yet that man lives
a very exemplary life. contributes large
ly TO the support of churches and benevo-
lent enterprises and has most delight
full family of children.
Thousands of readers of the Eagle
smoke Durham tobacco. which is called
a filthy practice, and yet the chief pro-
moter in the manufacture of the pro-
duct established a school and contributes
largely to its maintenance for freedmen
in the south ard a member of one Of
our leading church denominations and
is a large contributor to the missionary
cause.
A gentleman died in this city who con-
tributed more money than any other man
in the city. working heart and hand with
suppress the liquor traffic and yet did
not subscribe TO their religion beliefs
and thought it no wrong in taking his
rcd and go fishing on Sunday.
Did the great Devine Teacher knock
when the men dragged before him a
woman who had committed a wrong. neg
lecting to bring the man also; did he not
say Let him without sin cast the first
stone?"
l suggest TO the governor that he choose
some other season of the year for his
militia parade; not the present month when
mechanics. Tailroaders merchants and
everything else busy. l wonder how long
his excellency would retain his private
secretary and stenographer if they were
TO announce TO him on the morning that
he was to take his departure to the mill
tia parade that they were going to lay
off ten days and he must get a substitute
for that time.
1 would pass an ordinance that the oc.
cupants of the resident corners should
clean the crossings This idea suggested
llScII 10 HE Wien i Jaw ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Barnes out with a scoop shovel last Sun
day morning cleaning crossing in front
of his house If the avenues were paved
there would be no muddy crossings.
/ would forbid that patrol wagon from
being driven along Douglas avenue or
Main street and ! would take that gong
off the wagon. There is no valid reason
to be offered why that wagon should be
driven down the avenr.e, the horses on n
dead run and the driver walking on the
gong.
Since the cool weather aud rains we
have removed the electric fans and fly
brushes and instead have arranged for
umbrellas and blankets for the accommo-
dation of horses tied to the Eagle hitch
ing post. When you drive up the boy
in attendance is supposed TO tie your
team. Please request him TO do so.
p. S.-You are not expected to tip him.
What a lot of good. fresh. crisp adj
vertising Wichita and her premium race
track is getting out of the late affair.
Please keep it up gentlemen. Someone
get feeder to make an affidavit that
he held a Waterbury watch on Cresceus
and that he made it 80 PIG.
Every time you come 20 an intersection
of streets driving in these days OF mud
the question is will the team stall in
trying TO climb over the ward crossing.
And when it is dry you must bring your
team 10 a walk or be thrown from three
to six inches above your seat just be-
cause the streets are NOT paved. \ COIN
try town.
Grating" is the use OF power and
position To extort money; Il is generated
in privilege. patronage and protention.
The word protection" stands for the
perversion of the power of public taxa
ton TO purposes Of private gain.
Patronage" stands for the distribution
of public Office for purposes Of party poll
tics
Privilege" stands for the grant BY
voters TO senators and members OF con-
gress Of the power Of exercising their
functions and as a public ttust tut for
purposes or patronage and protection.
There is quite a number OF choice bust
ness lots in this city which belong 70
non-residents. There are resident buyers
who would buy. build aHd occupy II
they could secure lots but they can rot
because the price set on the ~ IS pro-
hibliive. Where agents advise TO hcli
because they can get q little bit or m
mission TO handle The rents It's their