The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-11-25
Klaumann sells is pounds
Of light brown sugar for ST..

Klaumann sells Is pound,
| Of light brown sugar for ST.
Some of the Leaguers, we understan,
refuse to believe that the land Ques
ton has been decided, holding that tn
decision published in the REGIsTEI
was "only the opinion of one judge.
In order to convince them we hav,
written for the full text of the decision
and hope to be able to publish it mex
week.
Mrs. Simpsons has always beer
head quarters for millinery goods, anC
will remain so this year as usual. Sh,
has received her fall stock and now of
fers some most attractive goods al
very low prices. Ladies will do them
selves injustice if they buy anywhere
else before examining Mrs. Simpson't
goods.
It has been suggested to us that any
farmer who has had difficulty in get
ting a stock pond to hold water would
do well to come to lola and get points
from our street commissioner. The
rain Monday morning left us a mum.
Der of lakes that bid fair to remain
with us until the sun and wind dry
them up.
Owing to pressure of advertisements
on its columns the REGISTER may not
contain as much local news these days
as usual. But our readers may be as.
sured that they will lose nothing of i'm.
pOrtance, and taking the year together
they will be away ahead of the sub
scribers Of any other paper in the cOun.
ty.
The commissioners met last Tuesday
and ordered the county clerk to give
notice that at the next regular meeting
of the Board, appropriations would be
made for bridge in Geneva township
and for one in Salem township. They
also authorized him to advertise for
bids for constructing the abutments of
said bridges.
Although our LaHarpe contributor,
IAN elector," chooses to disguise his
identity, we think it but fair to our
readers, aud no breach of confidence, to
state that he is prominent citizen of
LaHarpe, Who, if general report
may be trusted, has been among the
most active promoters of the plan to
remove the county seat.
We repeat what we said last week.
There is no law against printing split
tickets, nor is there any law against
using them if their nature is explained
to the voter. But to present such q
ticket to voter with a view to deceive
him is a crime. We believe the editor
of the Democrat has not yet denied
the charge that he committed this
crime.
Since our first page was in type we
are informed by one of the best attor-
neys in town that if the county seat is
removed from lola, the county must
refund the full vatue of all property
that has been donated to 1t for the pub
lie use. This means that in addition
to abandoning theproperty it now owns
here, the county would have to pay out
at least S15, 900 to reimburse individu-
ais and companies for the property
they donated it. Can we afford to do
this?
One of our esteemed correspondents,
with dramatic turn, sends US the fol-
lowing as appropriate to the season:
Act The week before Thanksgiving Aged
Gobey-So you scorn my pro1ered suit Why
SO cold Delicate Young Turkey love thee
goes toy. Act Thanksgiving Day. Aged
Gobbler tsolI-Do my ewes deceive nae, or do
dream? Is it the recreant fair one see before
he s and % featherIess Can It be my tender
love? Alas l am old and tough, but am all
here, notice. gentle Annie. will go to again.
(He goes to again.
The enemies of lola are glib enough
when they are talking about her "sel-
fishness," her ''rings," etc.. ETC., but
they forget to say that she donated 100
lots to the county to be sold for the
purpose of erecting public buildings,
that she donated her public square to
the county to he used as site for pub
lie buildings and that ever since the
county seat has been located here she
has furnished the county with a court
house absolutely free of cost. It is no
more than just that the people should
remember these things.
The City Council are considering the
advisabilify of purchasing few hooks
and ladders for use in case of fire.
The idea is one which the REGISTER
has advocated for long time and we
hope now that it will be carried out.
The city has absolutely no arms with
which to fight fire, and it is certainly
poor policy to remain in this defens-
less condition when an expenditure of
$50 will supply US at least with rudi-
mentary instruments. Let the hooks
and ladders be purchased and stored
where they can be got at when needed.
The Commissioners are not supposed
to know anything about the ballots
that are behind the returns presented
to them. Suppose that, taking "gen-
eral report" for it, they had counted
BentOn's vote in Deer Creek township
for him as county attorney, instead of
for probatejudge. Suppose Ewing had
contested and upon opening the bal.
lots it was found that by mistake of
the printer Mr.. Benton's name had ap-
peared as candidate for probate judge.
What kind of box would the commits
sioners be in then? Yet go far as they
know or hare q right to knO,c, such a
may have beensmade. They
lid the only thing they could nave
done, in reason or law.