The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-12

II It's dull week these times which
t brings no change In the Courant. Tw'
! weeks ago Mr.. Miller sold his lease o
Judge Allison's interest to Mr.. Inger
soil. Last week J. C. Gordon assumed
editorial control, the ownership re
naming the same. This week Mr..
Gordon has purchased Mr.. Ingersoll't
, interest, thus becoming half proprietor
We understand he has leased Judge
Allison's interest for the remainder Of
the year and will therefore assume the
whole weight of business and edit
orial management. We await with in
terest wheat another week may bring
forth.
Since writing the remarks in another
place about the perturbation of the de-
mocracy we learn that the "third pa
per" has arrived; that the editors and
tn ,ir families are here; that Casm Tres
hall has been rented for an office and
that the first issue of the alien County
Democrat will flutter out upon the ex-
pectant air within few days. AS al
ready indicated this announcement is
made with sincere regret. Since it
must be made, however, we have moth
ing further to say except to give due
notice that in the funeral that is bound
to come bye and bye the REGISTER
does not propose to furnish the corpse.
At the solicitation of large number
of citizens from all parts of the county,
DR.. J. w. Scott started for Washing
ton last Monday night to use his influ-
ence in getting Congress to take some
action looking to the settlem ent of our
land difficulties. His first efforts will
be directed towards securing a favor
able report upon the Anderson bill by
the committee on Public Lands. If sue
cessful in that he will then hold con.
sultation with the Kansas delegation
and try to get them to give the bill
their united and earnest support.
This support it is fair to suppose, will
be readily pledged and with it the bill
can certainly be crowded through both
houses before the session closes. If any
thing important is accomplished, the
REGISTER will receive the news at the
earliest moment and will inform its rea-
ders. It may seem somewhat extrava-
CANT to hope that one man can do in a
short time all that we want done but If
he should not succeed it will at least be
some satisfaction to know that every
thing has been done that can be done.
We have been asked to explain how
it happened that the county was called
on to pay nearly $1,000 for repairs on
the Humboldt bridge. We find no en-
try on the clerks journal setting forth
any transfer of the bridge from the
township to the county, but from Mr..
McCarley we learn the following facts.
In August of last year the entire board
of Humboldt township appeared be-
fore the commissioners and represented
that their bridge had been very severe
ly damaged by the late floods; that the
township was already $500 or $500 in
debt and had at its disposal absolutely
no funds to expend in such repairs as
would make the bridge safe; and that
unless something was done speedily
the bridge would fall into the river.
Taking these matters into considera-
ton the commissioners thought best
for the county to assume the owner
ship of the bridge and become respon-
sible for the necessary repairs. In this
connection we will merely add that it
would seem to be only fair, if the coun'
ty is to assume the ownership and con-
sequent responsibility of one bridge it
should of all. lola township has paid
out some good money for the repair of
her bridge that she would have been
very glad to have divided around.
LATER: Since the above was in type
Mr.. Duffy informs us that the lola
bridge was also turned over to the
county at the same time the Humboldt
bridge was. No journal entry was
made of it at the time for the reason
that some legal points had to be looked
up by the county attorney.
The perturbation exhibited by the
lola democracy this week and last
would be truly pitiful if it were not SO
amusing. Week before last, after ma
ny midnight caucusses, twenty of the
faithful signed bond guaranteeing to
two Topeka gentlemen 400 paid up
subscribers within two months if they
would start a democratic paper here.
The Topeka gentlemen agreed and the
REGISTER and Courant were duly no.
titled that within thirty days they
might expect to be completely eclipsed
by the new sun that would arise. Last
week when it was announced that the
Courant would hereafter be democratic
with John Gordon as editor, the afore-
said signers of the above mentioned
bond were struck all of heap. And
they are all of a heap yet. When
asked about the new paper, some OF
them say 1t is coming, and some say it
is not coming, but the most of them
say they don't know. (By way of a
poak we might remark that that