The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-24
GAS BUTTONS HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED
Sale Will Commence in Earnest
Monday
MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
Two Hundred Dollars Worth
Are Already Sold.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN

The white and yellow buttons ordered
by the Wichita drilling committee were
received yesterday morning. The COM
mittee held a meeting at the Fourth Ma
tional bank and the following committees
were appointed to look after the sale of
/ tee consists Of C. W. Carey and Newton
/ Garst; the committee for wholesalers,
| Thomas H Griffith, NJ. Moore and f. H
Robertson; the committee on Main street,
Elsberry Martin, Walter lines and H. :.
! Hagny; the committee for Douglas ave-
nue., V. II. Branch, Whitney Tucker, r.
p. Murdoch and William c. Norcross; the
West Side committee, j. H. Stewart, G.
W. Smith and P NJ Anderson.
| 1t is the desire of the president that the
above named committees call on the diff
| ferent merchants in their districts and
see that they all have chance TO sub
scribe. The committee also desires the
different business houses TO call at any
OF the five banks which carry the supply
of buttons and get a supply with sub
scription lists and advertisement cards.
The bank will take a receipt for the but
| tons and when they are sold the money
can be returned to the bank with the
list Of the parties buying the buttons.
AS it viii take the committees a long
time to get around much time can be
saved If the business men will make it
a point to go to the bank and get a good
supply of buttons and put them on sale.
For every subscription of 81 TO So white
button is delivered, and for every sub
scription of So or more a yellow button.
In other words, If a person wants two
white buttons for s. they will have to
make two 81 subscriptions. If they want
two yellow buttons they will have to
make two s. subscriptions. The banks
having the buttons in charge are the
Kansas National bank, the National Bank
of Commerce, the Fourth National bank.
the American State bank and the Nation
al bank of Wichita.
Everybody seems to be in favor Of the
movement. Occasionally you will hear
man say, "Well. what if you do not find
anything?" In that case a person will be
out his dollar and we will have the salts
ldclIOll VI hIlONlNS lUdI lftirS Is DOlIllHS
under us. We do not know it at the pres
ent time. A great many people are con-
WINGED that there is coal and oil here.
A large number of acres surrounding the
town have already been leased by out
siders. There are plenty of rumors in
which oil men nave said that Wichita
has as good a prospect as any other sec
ton as far as surface indications go.
Some people claim that there is coal near
the poor farm and have claimed so for
ten years. One man claims that a well
was put down about nine miles east of
Wichita on the north side of Central
Avenue on the Hibarger place; that they
went 1,600 feet. Whether this is so or not
the committee does not know.
AT all events We know that if we could
find coal or gas or oil here it would make
Wichita a hundred thousand people in
ten years. The price of fuel would be for
ever settled. We would not have to beg
railroads to make this their headquarters
Interurban lines would be built without
hestancy. and in fact Sedgwick county
real estate, farms and city property
would enhance in value at a wonderful
speed. Now it does seem foolish for
prise of this kind where he has every
thing to gain ana practically nothing to
leso. The working man would receive
good wages. 1t would not make near as
much difference with the city of Wichita
whether We had good crops or not be-
cause it would take on manufacturers.
and manufacturers can run as We'll on a
rainy day as in fair weather. In other
words. it would add a diversity of inter
estS that Wichita must necessarily have
before IL becomes d large town. Every
housekeeper who uses coal IN the winter
time would receive a benefit of so to $40
on his coal bill alone in case the driliers
We're successful. and everybody can af-
ford to contribute from 81 to SO where
theer is so much at stake for the benefit
of the city of Wichita" said a member
of the company yesterday.
L. A. DEAN, of this city. who has had
considerable experience in drilling for oil,
states that he is positive that there is oil
to be found here, and that it can be OBJ
tanned at a depth OF about 1920 feet Mr..
Dean is making preparations TO put down
a well on his own account some time this
summer. 1t is his Judgment that the oil
Will be found in pools or lakes. ana that
because it is not found in one place Is
no indication that it would not be in an
other.
There are a number Of others whose
opinions are worthy Of consideration who
coincide with the views Of Mr.. Dean.
\ great deal OF enthusiasm is being
evinced over the proposed well. Yester-
day as soon as il became known that the
buttons had arrived a general rush was
made for the places where they were
placed on sale. each striving TO secure
the honor Of buying the first button. r
p Murdoch was the FIRST purchaser. with 4
II. G. Hagny a close second. Others fol- 4
lowed thick and fast. and In a short time
white and yellow buttons were 70 be
seen everywhere. i is estimated that be-
tween $50 and 500 worth OF buttons were I
sold in the short time thar they were on /
sale.
II is the desire Of the committees that
not only the men and women 81 Wichita .
each wear a button. but that children .
also wear the same emblem Of progress
and Industry.