The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-03
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All tAdHple OF thOSe pfSl lht tHuo-
tor Of lie not desiring change from
former conditions is furnished in the
case OF Farmer Doolittle, the rather
correct and affable gentleman who
las fer sonic months past and at va
,Hs fcrmer times represented the
ichlta Eagle as correspondent for
Sc paper in Oklahoma. Mr. Doolittle
las been in and around Wichita for
many wears as there was even a
mor, Of tAat being ourg. OF
,Jrss he has been away on pleasure
7d professional expeditions, but he
is considered fixture in Wichita and
eN4aus at the Eagle office. His
lain spoke in newspaper wheels was
ng the markets anl editosiaiizlng
IN nat suited Colonel Marshal
Murdock. He was for time on the
toar Tor short time.
Niuriock having Doolittle as one of
his heavy fixtures. Because he was
a reliable, careful and energetic cor
respondent. the Eagle sent him to
Guthrie, TO handle its bureau. That
HE HdHulfl iilt n1MH nU olAt ENtA
thought Of disputing. but the quiet
orderly life IN d small town like Wich-
tia could not be duplicat" in Guthrie,
and tho hustle of storms of active
commercial work was a source Of
annoyance to the veteran, who longsd
for the social. village ways of his
adopted homie town. He was accus-
toned to sitting I'm front of some
store, discussing events, etc. and
could not become infatuaed with the
dash and din at Guthrie, where one
story Is placei on the wire with a
rush that another great Item for the
edification OF the Southwest might go
scampering after the one which was
gone before, and there was no time
for visiting planning or "reminiscences
of the days when the cow-puncher
and prairie dog held communion in
gopher grove So the noise made the
correspondent have a bad time getting
sleep and he pined for the quiet that
has made Wichita famous and classic
finally being called in TO name the
price of wheat and expostula'e against
Dave Lahey writing treatises on how
TO make breakfast food when there
are political problems to be explained
and excuses made for the Murdock
house still calling itself republican
and a follower of the once renowned
and still hated Joseph G. Cannon. SO
Farmer Is no more at Guthrie, and
we liked him, too. He was of the
metal that refuses to concede an inch
and called for the record when in
doubt The chances are that were
we now at Wichita, the attenuated
form of Farmer Doolittle would De
found sitting in front OF some Indian
tobacco sign with a crowd OF young
scribes around him. relating some in
| ci lent wherein Colonel Murdoch lam
basted the boys for lack OF force. and
stormed at the littleness Of some
! former chieftain Of Kansas. As Wich-
! tia becomes modern and progressive
\ like Guthrie. Farmer Doolittle. though
| knockin' about at the west end OF
! his career, will grow with Wichita,
and sing songs of tne Kansas towns
| progressive way and people. Here
/ when he sought to argue with us that
! Wichita was almost as great as Guth-
rie, we listened silently, and refused
| to argue. We respected both his good
/ nature and his wit and candid man.
ner, and we sought to make his at
tempt 70 live IN erea, commercial
capital city a pleasant success, That
| he refused to tarry longer will be re-
grotted 70 that happy time, when we
| too. have fallen by the side Of the
| calendar when what was is to us what
should ever be and perchance our
portion will be as calm and serene
as that OF Ia Doolittle friend who be
lieyes there Is more In living than Ia
tear dow nthe street for an item, only
to throw sand and dig gravel up the
street as we chase back to wire the
world what 10 going on In the center
of activity. May he have peace and
plenty Of quietude in the rather hand
some little city 10 the north OF us
and, once or twice each year, wher
his nerves have recovered from theil
strain of the past six months, he ma,
visit Guthrie an1 call on all Of the
fraternity. not one but whom likes
him respects him, and delights L
read the squihs OF wit and point n
spices mp his paragraphs with whel
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