The Iola register., 1877-04-21

or vallenter's wheat that has come mp
itself and ia not sufficiently we'll filled to
make grain. It is then cut for hay. !
hsvn's seen particle of hay made of
grass since I have been here except occa-
sionally little alfalfa. Another thing
would surprise and perhaps shock the
straight faced old deacons of your eastern
towns to knew that in nearly all the vii
lagos there are about two saloons for each
business house, and still worse, that not
only the saloons but goodly number of
the stores keep open Sundays.
Wages for all kinds of labour has been
very high but the great number of Chi
namen that are continually pouring in
and the large emigration from the east
for the past two years has had tenden-
cy to bring prices down considerable,
so that now labourers such as farm hands
and mechanics can't do but little bet
ter than they could in the east, taking
into account the difference in expense of
living. Teachers get from $50 to $125
per month but many who have had Ger
tifcates and taught east fail to pass an
examination here. The country is food
ed with clerks and stranger stands q
poor chance of securing position at any
price. In fact the only kind of labour
that secures high wages are girls who do
housework. They can get from IS to IS
per week.
1 am glad to learn from the REGISTER
that the lola gas we'll is proving source
of great attraction and bringing many
people to the town and I really hope it
may be the means of making q young
Saratoga of the modest little burg on the
Neosho. It would be of little interest
here however as all the little valley up
and down TIE Coast range of mountains
are filled with springs of every descrip-
ton, hot springs, sulphur springs, salt
springs, boiling springs, mineral springs
Of every kind and the most wonderful of
all the Geyser springs that continually
throw strea m of water a hundred feet
in the air, At nearly all of these springs
there are good hotels and little cottages
to let, for families by the day, week or
menth if they prefer them to taking
rooms in the hotels.
Some of the old hard money Democrats
that despise ''shinplasters" come in for
money orders once in a while and when
they are forced to pay from two to four
per cent on their silver to get greenbacks
it makes them turn red in the face and
swear that they always knew the country
would be ruined if Hayes was made Pres
ident. The fact is there has been won
derful change in our circulating medium
within the last year or two. When I
first took charge of this Office I allowed
twelve per cent premium on silver for
money order (which was always paid for
and payable in greenbacks) while now l
charge from two to four per cent. when
silver is presented. Two years ago one
could not buy meal with greenbacks
without allowing a discount while now
they are worth more than silver and yet
the Democrats tell us the country under
Republican rule is going to the D.
The people of this town 1--WE don't call
it city yet although we have several
dry goods and hardware houses as large
as any in Lawrence and a population
nearly half as large as the whole of Allen
county, feel like putting on airs a little
as the streets are all to be lighted with
gas in few days. Respectfully,
L. WALKER.