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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
Mater Witrhed Rinht-

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ker of that place had a we'll drilled BY his
son and at I'll feet had no water. They
then went about o feet away and drilled
another wen Of Sc feet. where they ex-
ploded dynamite and gave IL up as being
a poor show for water. John Mccoy was
then called upon and with water switch
told them they would find water between
the two wells They drilled at the place
indicated and at depth of 50 feet got
an excellent supply OF water.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
sano From One Acre.

Numerous stories have been circulated
about what could be made of OF one acre
of Kansas soil. These stories have some
times been greatly exaggerated. but the
most exaggerated and never surpassed a
true story of what one acre of Franklin
county soil produced this season. in spite
of the rains and the predicted hot and
dry weather. and it was tended by one
woman. according to the Neodesha Regis
about seven miles east of Neodesha has
this year sold s163 worth of fresh straw
berries. 275 quarts of canned Strawberries.
worth probably at lowest figures. $685. 5:
81 quarts of canned blackberries. worth
probably. SIS. some gooseberries and rasp-
berries. bes.dts having plenty for family
use. All these were picked from vines
in one acre. on which Is also an orchard
of apple trees. without giving value to
the apple trees. the produce OF the farm
amounted in all to $290.s5.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
A Kansas Indian story.

The Emporia Gazette relates the fol-
lowing "airly" day story, it being the ex-
perience of one Chas Bundrum, who has
written to his friends of the Lyon county
picnic:
In 1864 there was a big. bloody Indian
fright through this country because the
Cheyennes passed across the county in
war paint to do battle with the Kaws
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

Mississippi may be brought back TO the
Indian Territory and each become a par
ticipant in the allotment Of land 10 them.
which is now in progress and will in
few years. be consummated In the past
It may not have paid to be an Indian.
but to outsiders now it looks as though
they were having much tne best Of the
poor white trash
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
Tomatoes Yield Bio Income.

Otto Hummel. who resides two and one
half miles east of Perry. has one and
one-half acres of tomato plants. which
have already yielded 200 bushels of fruit,
reports the Kingfisher Free Press. Early
in the season he sold many bushels of
tomatoes at sc per pound. and at the
present time he says the price is much
lo.er. but the small area Of ground used
will bring a few hundred dollars, and
this is only one of the many crops he is
raising. Mr. Hummel says if we get
more rain in reasonable time that he will
get 200 bushels or more.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
A Gentle Criticism.

The Jet News says that it doesn't want
to discourage the band boys. as they
probably do fine considering the instruc-
ton they have had. but really, for the
good of the community, they should all
try 10 get an even start on piece. then
put the brakes on one of the comets.
use the whip on the tenor drum. and
possibly harmony would result. AS the
case now stands they sound like q won-
ems convention.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
Now and Then.

VIM. Dobbs, of Oxford-eIghty-three
years old-has gone to Woods county. &C
cording to the Wellington papers, to file
a soldiers homestead. The Caldwell Adj
vance relates the following of him: While
living on borrowed time" Mr.. Dobbs is
still active mentally and physically. and
can tell you about things away back yon-
der which sound like romances to the
people of this generation. Studying by
the light of "fireplaces, when even tall
low dips were an expensive luxury; going
ten miles to meeting and taking dinner
along; what to us is a three days trip,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
A Monsrsl Cane.

Mound Ridge has an ingenious me-
cnanic. r n. Humsrcrrer by name lie
has Just completed Two canes. which show
most excellent mechanism. one OF tten
contains ia pieces Of wood. iis OF them
being different varieties. fie was ave
years collecting the material native wood
from Africa. AsIa. india. Australia. Sand
wiea Islands. South America. Germany
and from twelve di1srent states Of the
Union
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
Comet uninterestina.

Oklahomans are not paying much at
tention to that new comet. according TO
the Hennessey Press-Denocrst- The
average Oklahoman takes more real pleas
ure looking down a quarter-section of
corn rows observing the stalks with two
big ears than standing gazing NJ at
the celestial orbs that he might see a
scissor-tail comet
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

was il his jouth a journey of weeks:
a railroad train making ten miles an
hour was a wonder of the world. He
saw the birth Of the kerosene lamp, the
electric light-of the many wonders that
petroleum and electricity stand for He
saw Chicago grow from an Indian fort
TO the second city of the land. He saw
the wilderness of Illinois and the Great
American Desert become the homes or
millions Of people; the wild whoop OF the
Indian become the beseeching prayer OF
the Christian. He has lived through the
greatest history-making epoch of the
worlds existence, and If he lives ten
years longer, as he is likely to do-and
we hope he wiIl-he will see the flying
machine as common as the automobile.
and electricity the basis of heat. light
and power, and In general use.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
AGAINST Booms.

Bank Commissioner Albaugh had the
following anti-boom editorial in his pa
per. the Kingman Leader Courier last
week:
There Is just one way to avoid the dis
asters attendant upon a busted boom in
Kansas and that is to have no boom.
For seven years the state has enjoyed
an unprecedented era of prosperity. There
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

and had to make the biggest fight of his
long life with the reptile. The major re-
ports he faced death without the least
fear on hundred bloody battlefields. but
that huge serpent made the icy chills
run down his backbone. 1t took ten long
minutes before he succeeded in killing
the enormous snake. He was too scared
and excited to fiure out to what snake
specie his fierce assailant belonged.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
An Irish One.

A well-known young man of Wellington
is the victim of very mean joke. One
OF the boys telephoned him that two
lady friends of his had expressed a de-
sire to go picnicking. and he had made
dates with them. knowing it would be
all right says the Mail.
The young man was told to furnish a
first-class lunch and he would be relieved
of any other expense. This seemed a
fair proposition. so he provided an ele-
CANT lunch and at the appointed hour
with lunch basket and fishing tackle in
hand the happy lad knocked at the door
of the young lady with whom he thought
himself dated
But. sad to relate. the young lady
had heard nothing Of the proposed pic
mic and had another engagement for the
day. The young man is now swearing
vengeance on, his friend and is hunting
some one to help him eat his lunch.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

who were on a reservation in the north
west part of this county II was one of
the interesting things about pioneering
TO have a good Indian scare; but Ii was
rot considered fun til about twenty
five years afterwards. When the woId
came that the redskins were on the war
path there was some noted presence of
mind work on the town site.
In the block between Mechanic and
Commercial and Sixth and Seventh ave-
nues, directly back OF the Moore Racket
store, was an immense cistern. but of
course in those good old days in the dry
season there was not enough water to
swim a tadpo,e in any cistern So this
dry cistern was used for a safe storage"
for the women In the town in case In
dams should come. When the report came
that the Cheyennes were coming. the
women made tracks for the big cistern-
There was ladder in readiness and all
the women in town were safely deposited
in the hole in the ground at night fall.
1t appears that Mr.. BundTum was not
onto these tacti.s and found that all the
men had left the townste to meet the
redskins he "hiked' for shelter and
his firt thought was the big empty els
tern. He went down it like a hunted
rat down a rat hole. and such a melee.
The women thought he was an Indian
scalper and he thought he had jumped
into a nest Of .'warwhoorers." The wom-
en- started to do the lone supposed
Indian on the scalping system. There
was a hair-pulling and when the dis
covery was made Mr. Bundrum looked
as though he had been through thresh-
ing machine. 1t was the tragical event
Of that days battle for the real Indians
did not trouble the whites but went on
across the country to meet the Kaws
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
Kansas Nearly OH Crazy.

The Neodesha Register says; Kansas Is
on the verge of gas and oil craze. Drill
ers are busy punching holes In the state
from one end TO the other. Gradually
the profitable oil fields are being extend
ed from the extreme southeast corner.
which has been known as the gas belt"
and now there are drills at work a. far
west at Hodgeman county. which II only
a hundred miles from Colorado.
There is an immense amount OF drilling
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
marriaa. BY RECOMMENDATION.

A woman in Enid married man on
tho recon nendation Of several Of the
best citizens. and she IS now seriously
thinking OF suing them for false repre-
sensations. as her husband IS not worth
the powder ~ blow him 20 sirz1cm
come and he doesn't work and lets her
half stsrve The best thing abno; this
story is that it Is the absolute truth.
sad as it may sound. says the End
Earfa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
A Modern Miracle.
From Frying Lid into Tub.

Chas Hin. a citizen OF Leavenworsh
met with most peculiar accident. ae-
eording to Western Life. Last week he
was pouring a large kettle OF hot water
into bath tub preparatory ia taking a
bath. when the heavy lid OF the kettle
dropped on his foot. lie jumped at the
pain and fell Into the scaldins water In
the tub. His arm and back we're pretty
well burned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
Under IN. conssisy,Isn.


For unusual announcements IN a news
paper. the following In the Augusta sra
beats anything yet:
Surprising thss 20 be free country.
and that all people sre snfi,isd 10 shs
same rights 60 engage IN any and al
classes ~ business. ara hsvisx started
IN the butcher business wish o. stats
60 the public thss ! have done 50 for
ire purpose 81 disposins q some ATTY
head Of good. Tounx. fat eattis. which
own. and ~ learn whether Or not n
there Il anything In the butcher business.
- ihoss 80 whom J haze been tFy1ns 70
SCH my esstis claim that there q 20
money In the business and cannot az
ford "a pay mach for cattle II am sse-
osssfui IN dsspo.sns 81 my cattle AZ a
fair psost, sxpss, to ccnfinss ths shop.
ard ! deem havs the same right others
have
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
Hot Winds Made It Grow.

The Quinlan Mirror relates that c. w.
Fillnan. farmer living near there, has
g cornfeld that just when II was tas-
selling the hot wind struck and burnt
the tsssel and top blades until they would
mash up as dry as powder. Mr. Fillnan
thought his corn was gone and never
went into the field until Saturday when
to his surprise he found that he had a
good crop of corn. the ears are well filed
and will average ten inches IN length.
He went through the field and estimated
the acre.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
After McNe5i.

Tom McNeal OF Kansas had better
watch his business closer in the terri
tory A Lambert correspondent In the
Carmen Headlight says:
"A man driving q crowbait team was
here "Wednesday canvassing for the Mali
and Freeze We think Tom McNeal woul 4
never be seen driving such a team and
certainly would rather an agent would
drive a team that would not make such
n contrast in the country where II goes
We think IL can be traced easily by il
quir.ng for the poorest they have seen
this year. Who TO blame
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
a Hair Raiser.

The Caddo County Review relates an
experience Of one of Hydros citizens that
make the cold chills run UP and down
the readers back. w. II. Hall. cashier OF
the Hydro bank. his wife and sister-in-
law. Miss Nora woolsey. went bathing in
Deer Creek. which has some very deep
water.
Mr. Hall can swim but little and neither
of the ladies can swim at all He spent
some time trying TO teach them the art.
and while he was devoting his time 10
Mrs. Hall. Miss Woolsey. who was wad-
ing around got into deep water and
plunged in over her head. She cried for
help and seeing her predicsment. Mr..
Hail rushed TO her assistance. BY the
time he had reached her she had gone
down the second time. He seized the
drowning girl: there was terrible strug-
gle for life. Being poor swimmer and
having the struggling girl TO contend
with he was almost overcome and could
hardly keep his own head above the
water Finally she grasped his suspend
ers across his back and In a moment lost
consciousness. and this probably saved
both their lives She had ceased 10 strug-
sic and swinging her around on To his
back ne swan to the bank. which he
reached in an exhausted condition. Miss
woolsey was apparently dead but after
vigorously working with her for several
minutes she came 20 all right. 1t was a
narrow escape. and il viii be a long time
before the parties forget their terrible ex-
pertence
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

James Hudson. or Pswnes. has ret
wildcat in his gtore window about ten
weeks old. according % the Tirnes-Dsra-
ocrat He and some friends captured
a nest % them n the Otoe oountrY. ard
Hudson has been trying % make = ho1ss
pet q this one. bit KS too frequent sn-
cursi0ns into his fancy ehieksns rnsee -
necessary 70 change lss sSartefE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
Doc a Mother TO Kittens.

Ed Dawson. residing at Kingman. has
curious family of pets. He has a fe-
male bulldog which is acting as mother
for two motherless kittens, relates the
Deader-Courier. They take hold as If
they were young pups and manage to
extract fat and fesh-producing consola-
ton in sufficient quantity and quality to
answer all requirements The foster
mother jealousy guards them and seems
i'll at ease when they are out of her
sight One strange thing about the mat
ter is that the mother never had off
springs of her own. sort of an old maid,
as it were. Speaking of old maids. 1T IS
claimed they are especially fond of cats
as companions. The owner took the COM
bination down town the other day and
had them photographed while the cats
were busy and 1t make san interesting
picture.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

latitude. In warm countries serpents grow
10 an enormous size. The boa sometimes
measures sixty feet in length. He kills
his prey by squeezing. Some girls Ike
to be squeezed, but perhaps the boa would
be a little too vigorous. Their muscular
power is something wonderful. The CO.
bra IS the most venomous reptile known.
His bite means death. Science has never
found an antidote for his poison Whisky
is an antidote for the RATHER and copper
head and some fellows use it even when
not bitten. Sol Miller used to say of
the Kansas temperance law that "it was
hard law on a poor man that was not
able TO keep a snake"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

The Custer Clarion gets thls roas, on
on Hobart.
Last Friday night while so3oarnirg IN
Hobart. Claude Campbell aud ltsrvin
Cloyd were awakened by ioDd voice.
prOclaiming. Here they are Then the
midnight providers proceeded 20 make
merry. They rolled the young men around
on the fo0r and Their set them on The
bed and played Ieap-frog over them.
They kept them ~ untl early morn and
then quietly retired leaving the yosnE
men 20 rest as best trey could uHtii train
time. Another victory for the bcl-bssgs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
8 LIFE in LAND OF THE FAIR GOD i i

we think so yet. except IN the ease Of an
editor There's where We draw the lire
New. we don't want o. have 70 notify
the dealers esaih that their wares muFt
be improved"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

homes took up its abode In a rear room.
where iEky devils" and other creatures
dwelled: there lived the Hoodoo--'T~as
an ode penned by John ID. Carter In
we Art IL. and IL Is orrs.'
Trials and fluctuations circied round
and no tenant could he found for the
Hoodoo building: and when In the course
Of two long years Of interest and insar-
ance, they at last held a star In the
east-a hope of escape from their sad
mistake and the awful Hoodoo.
Some very wise % men IN the towr
OF many lots. eyp water and Just 90
relief committee. formed themselves into
a company, and they bought 1.-THE Hoo
doc. The neat SUN OF ss.ooo was the price.
and 10 move II. being impossible. u was
again torn TO splinters st m additional
cost OF 81. 200. and the Hoodoo went. teo.
! In Carmen II started 20 rise fts head.
when aIasl Another mighty wind laid her
low
Augusta has lost her Hooded ard Car
men her 500.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
4 Pioneer Joke.

DR.. Karr of Alva, tells the Review
Of old times in Real Old August. In the
early days Bensing had store there and
q number of the boys put up job on
him. They suggested that it would be a
good chance to quit paying high prices
for lots. So they proposed moving north
no the prairie about six miles. Bensing
consented TO this and the boys hitched
their teams onto his store and moved him
first. The others were to move immedi-
ately afterwards The boys for some
reason failed to be of the same mind
after he was located, and never moved
UP to the mutual admiration cheap LOT
town. Old man Eensing never forgave
his store-moving friends, and is now get
ting even by making them short-time
loans and foreclosing them on all the
horses In that part of the country so they
cannot remove any of Augusta to that
new mutual admiration townsite.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23
Einht With : snzke

Major Tom Black. OF Stroud. was at
tackled by 3 huge snake the -oiher day
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

farm lands will be based upon the net
produced during the past few years.
IN short. il is time for pressing down
on the brakes; when Investments should
be limited TO those that are safe and
substantial and when enterprises based
upon speculative propositions should be
deprecated on every hand.
A Noted Kansas Cow.
Tit thoroughbred shersherH COW owned
by X III. Bsrackman. OF Union Center
that died recently was enc of the most
noted animals OF the state. She was eight
years old and had raised twelve valves
1--WE pairs OF twins and two singles .
She had fine pair OF twins at her aide
when she died.
She was a remarkable fine animal. and
Mr.. Barackman hiss sold ALI her bull
calves at $50 each. and has kept AL the
hcifers. says the Howard CourAnt
Very few cows have eanaiied the rec
ord OF this famous animal
A Modern Miracle.
Mr.. Potts OF Pottsviile. who was fined
and committed to Jail for beating his
hotel bill. received $40 from On High.
so the story goes. and satisfied the myr-
nnidons OF the Law. lie was released from
jail then relates the Clay Center Times.
He claimed to have found the ten IN
his mothers Bible. where she had used
IL as book mark for her fsvorite pass
age. On investigation and inspection Of
the miraculous X however. u is found
to be dated 1901. and the sainted mother
departed this life in 1895
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-23

convinced from experience that there
is no money in the cattle business" Now
we don't exactly agree with them. We
admit that they made their effort a fail
ure. but whose fault was it? They went
into the business when cattle were at
the top. and are anxious to get out when
prices at rock bottom. Why not hold
on and wait for the next raise which is
sure to come? or better still, If you are
in shape to care for more cattle than
you now have, borrow some money and
buy bunch. They will not only pay
you out on the deal, but il properly han
died and marketed will make you some
money besides The increased price may
not come within a month nor in six nor
twelve months. but 1t will come. and the
man who has the bunch 10 let go of at
that time will see wherein he struck 1t
rich The Jaurnal would not ask for a
better outlook for bAying cattle with
borrowed capital than right now"
The Arizona sentinel., 1903-01-14
AN EDITORS SARCASM.

A Missouri editor who is about to pull up and leave for lack of support sarcastically re- marks in parting that editors don't need money. "Don't worry about the editor," he says. "He has charter from the state to act as doormat for the com munity. He'll get the paper out somehow, and stand up for you when you run for office, and lie about your pigeon-toed daugh- ter's lackey wedding, and blow about your big-footed sons when theJ get a $4 a-week job, and weep over your shriveled soul when it is released from your grasping body, and smile at your giddy wife's second mar riage. He'll get along. The Lord only knows how-but the editor will get there somehow"