The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-06-27

cheese manufactured in the county, anG
1868 pounds of butter, large increase
over the the figures of the preceding
year. This season will show large gaiI
over 1878.
The wool clip of 1877. being the las,
one reported, was 9,O45 pounds.
There is no herd law in the county, il
being deemed best, both on account ol
agement given to stock raising to fence
all crops.
The total cost of all fencing in the
county up to date is about $5S5,OOO. Oh
the fencing built, As, 24O is fence, "a, 97s
wire and hedge, 234, S95.
Considerable attention is being paid to
agriculture but late figures regarding
the product have not been given.
There are many fine orchards in the
county and the fruit grown is of supe.
rior order.
The amount of capital invested in
manufactures in the county is about
$4,000.
The true value of all the property in
the county is So, $50, 900.
The schools of Allen county take a
prominent place in her history, and in
deed they are worthy of of it, for they
rank with the foremost in the State. In
Kansas, more peculiarly than in any
other State in the West, the school takes
the precedence, while following close
upon its heels comes the church, so that
the very first objects which strike the
eve of stranger as he approaches a
Kansas town are the dome of the school
house and the spire of the church. There
are fifty-seven organized school districts
in Allen county, every one of which Is
now provided with a neat and substan-
tial building, while many of the districts
have handsomely ornamented grounds,
by tie planting of shade trees and the
setting out of shrubbery and plants.
This plan of ornamenting school grounds
is good one, and is much more general
in the southern than in any other part OF
the State The value of all the school
property in the county is about S75, 900.
Unim proved lands in the county, well
situated and near good markets, can
be bought for from $3.50 to $500 per
acre, while improved lands on farms can
be purchased at figures averaging from
and the character of the Improvements.
Some of the very best and the finest
lands in the county Yet remain unten-
anted, and are waiting for thrifty imi-
grants from the East to come along and
improve them. There is hardly farm
in the county which has not building
stone upon it, and this, together with
| the cheapuess of the timber, renders the
building of neat little cottage matter
of com paratively small cost. There are
several streams in the county which af-
ford good water power, the most prom
inent of which is the NeoshO, which is
one of the finest in the State. There is
4 dam at Humboldt, and one is now
being built at lola. The Marmaton and
Little Usage rivers also furnish 4 very
good power, although, of course, not by
any mean, equal to that of the Neosho.
lola, the county seat of Allen, though
not situated in the geographical center
| of the county, is yet near enough to be
accessible from all points, and is in fact,
more centrally located t!,an any other of
the towns in the county which could
aspire to becoming the seat of govern
| ment. lola is the second city in size in
the county, Humboldt being the me
trIp"ls and although she has been the
| victim of divers misfortune-, in bust
acs+ way, which has contributed consid-
crably in retarding what would other
wise have been healthy yet rapid, per-
manent growth, she has gone pluckily to
! work to retrieve her broken fortunes, aud
| is now not only recovering what she has
lost, but is pushing straight ahead, i'm
proving, building new houses and adding
to her population all the time. lola is
very pretty town, well located, broad,
level streets, the center of the business
portion of the city being occupied by
beautiful public park, set out with fine
shade trees and shrubbery. At the time
of the litigation between the city and
the bridge company, this square, which
had been sold to the latter, was cut up
into business lots, the fence torn down
and the trees uproOted, but after the
bridge company was beaten and the city
obtained possession of the square, the
fence was rebuilt, new trees set out, and
now the park looks almost as well as
though it had never been disturbed. The
magnificent buildings erected by the
bridge company are still standing, but
are not in use. However, what lola lost
in one direction she is determined to
make up in another, and even though
the bridge works left her she is not dis
Outraged, and now workmen are engaged
in building a fine dam across the NeO-
sho, as well as three story Touring mill,
the latter to cost about $4,000. lola
has good class of business men who do
not lose faith in their city, no matter
what may happen. The town, at the
present time, however, is in good con-
dilion in every way, and a better or
brighter outlook could not be wished for.
Business is picking up, the population is
increasing, new houses are building and,
altogether. the town has reason to be
satisfied with the prospect.
lola has more than a mere local fame
on account of the location here of the
famous mineral well, the waters of which
have been doing such remarkable things
lately in the matter of effecting cures of
chronic diseases where physicians and
physics had been failures. The water
coming from this well has decided
salty taste, yet not at all unpleasant to
to take, but on the contrary is decid-
eddy grateful beverage, more particularly
upon hot and sultry day, when all
nature is parching and yourself, especi-
ally. Coming up from the subterranean
depths, more than seven hundred feet
below the surface of the ground, the
water is cool and invigorating, while at
the same time short sojourn at the
spring will convince you that there is
health as well as comfort and enjoyment