The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25
City Regulator
Makes Suggestions as to
How TO Build a Wichita.

This city can set the pace for land
scape gardening by utilizing Hamilton
park. / would plant climbing vines in
great profuson along the south side OF
the City building. also along the fence
and around the band stand on the east
side and the Hamilton house north side;
surround the park with a bower Of trail
ing vines; cut out the alley or narrow il
down just wide enough to let teams pass
in and out of the City building. close up
the east end Of the alley; secure pro-
fessional landscape gardner, use the pris-
oners to do the work and make an ideal
spot Of Hamilton park next year. but
the work must be commenced this Fall.
Mr.. Mayor, please set the pace and show
the public what dream land can be
made of Hamilton park.
Parties residing on rural routes can
purchase regulation box. one that will
be accepted by the department. from Mr..
Smith OF this city, who carries the mail
TO the West Side postoffice. for S1.25. Any
farmer who will allow himself TO be
worked for subscription for paper on
box combination simply gets bilked.
People on rural delivery routes cannot
get "a daily paper in this country printed
the same day on which it reaches them,
save the Wichita Eagle. Any one who
subscribes for a daily paper in this val
ley on a box proposition pays the pro-
prietor profit on his box. but subscribes
for paper that is twelve to fifteen hours
old. The Wichita Eagle is the only daily
paper that reaches the people Of South
west Kansas and Oklahoma on the day
tof publication and catches the rural de-
livery routes
The big river is surveyed and plated
ard recorded as a navag gable stream. All
Manageable streams are public highways
The banks on both sides, according to
the laws of the United tSates, must
open to the public. There is no other
interpretation of the law. The million
aires of Newport who lined the cliffs Of
tne ocean with their palaces tried to beat
that law before the highest court in the
land but failed. The humblest man in
this country can vacate the banks of the
big river whenever ne chooses.
Waterbury watches answer the pur
pose for which they were intended very
ing trotting or running races.
There is need for wider knowledge of
municipal government. When young
men have reached the age of majority
they should be qualified to vote intel
igently. To this end the fundamental eIe-
ments o. municipal government ought to
be taught in the High schools.
Who will dare to say after the exx-
perience of the last three or four weeks
that this city should not have her pTin-
cipal streets paved?
If lived in a rural district l would
subscribe for the circulating library. and
II ! lived on rural free delivery route
would take a morning daily paper. There
is no earthly reason why farmer should
not read the latest news just from the
wires. The laying products of two we'll
fed hens win pay the bill.
! The physicians of the Southwest have.
come and gone after desecting, bisecting
land discussing many phases and eondi-
lions of man and his physical anatomy.
4 suggest the following subject for dis
e.ussion on their next program: is 1t
sproper for a physician to kiss his patti
tients?' A decision in the affirmative may
J put to rest some uneasiness on the part
of a physician patient and stop the wag-
Cling of tongues.
There is quite a growing sentiment in
favor of the location of the fair grounds
in connection with Linwood park, as sug-
gested in these columns
As there seems to be some dissatisfac-
ton on the part of Lou Dillon and Delmar
friends over Cresceus because he threw
Wichita sand in their faces. They ought
not to squeal until they have tried their
horses en first-class track. We see no
other way out of IL Come and see US,
gentlemen. You shall have fair deal.
Down at the races the other day no
sooner had the judges announced the re-
suit and hung out the bulletin board than
] heard a fellow commence knocking Oh,
well. the first man born was 4 knocker
and killed his brother.
This is the kind of weather which en-
abIes Us to wear winter overcoats, fall
top coats or go without either; the ladies
with furs. All of the above styles of
dress can be seen on our streets any of
these days.
There is coming a time when a large
percentage OF the business men OF the
smaller cities will have what may be
called country homes along interurban
railroad lines Moral: Buy a pictur
esaue or desirable place on which TO
build country home along the interur-
ban right of way and commence TO i'm
prove it by planting trees.
know a town in this states that start
ed out under the most auspicous and
fiattering circumstances; its leading men
were united on one proposition-to hui.d
q town Some Of them were IN the same
lines Of business. and others. while not
agreeing in their private affairs or po-
ntical and religious beliefs they sank
their personal differences Joined hear
tily in &C proposition 10 build town.
and they were succeeding beautifully.
But one day a man with his family and
money came to live in that town; attract
ed by the efforts Of the Citizens club
through their literature. He started a
bank. did a good business. but was not
satisfed and began TO knock on the other
banking concern
That knocking spread 10 depositors
and friends Of each concern and they
lined up. " hen any proposition or
question Of interest to the growth Of the
city or local affairs was taken up the
two monetary concerns arrayed them
selves against each other on the question
and one or the other knocked The re-
suit was soon apparent; the town went
TO sticks ana one Of the banks went with
a. Moral. Sion YOUR knocking.