The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-04-23

building of its own, it will have II
trouble in getting its money out of tn
present investment. The REGISTER
congratulates McCOok Post No. 81
that it at last has place to lay its heas
and trust it may grow and flourish
nightly.
It is q great mistake to think tina
the REGISTER is offin q corner mOpin:
or out in the front yard ''howling'
about the disposition of the count,
printing. 1t long ago got over wOrr,
ing about little things and has learne,
to hold its way, under cloud or sun,
steadily and serenely as shi
on a summer sea. In this la,
matter we never doubted for a nome
that the commissioners meant VIII
they said when they advertised to-
the printing to the lowest respOnsil
bidder. Fully believing this we nam =
a price at which we were willing to.
the wOrk-a price which we can pro .
to anybody who cares to inquire
not exhorbitant. The Courant, wi
600 or 700 fewer subscribers, could %,
course afford to do the work cheat :
and SO named less price. We adj !;
that in our opinion, and in the opin;
Of number of others, both demOcr
and republicans, who have since sp -
en- to US about 1T, the superior circr
ton of the REGISTER should No
than make up for the 500 or $50 Il
the county will save by accepting 1. e
COmrdnt's bid, as publicity is Of par
mount importance. The cOmmissi
ers thought differently, however, 5:
We do not question the honesty of Il. !:
judgment. We only hope the day '. =
come when county commissioners u
not think that simply because an :.
happens to be printer he must dol
cOnnty's work for nothing. We tr''
the day will also come when fri
Gordon will get weary of running al
per for glory.
When the COurdnt boys went :
work Tuesday morning they detec
the smell of burning cloth issuing Il
Prof. Harris Office. They at once g; -
the alarm of fire. The office door " :
broken open and the room found Ill
with smoke while blaze appeared
the southeast corner. Water :
brought and the fire, which had 1t
made much Roadway, was soon ext,I.-
guished. After the smoke had clear. :;
away it could be seen that the fire b; :.
been started in the wood box, a :
had extended from there to an old Ovs
coat that hung ON the wall, to the wi :
dow casing and to a map which W: :
entirely consumed. Directly over Il
box on a shelf were two lamps fills :
with coal oil, while within a few inchrs
of the box on the floor was q gallon ca
full of oil. One of the lamps was bro,
en- but this was undoubtedly done b.,
the cold water thrown ON it while no,
Had the fire been discovered q few mo-
ments later it would have been mucl
more difficult to control it as there wa.
enough oil in the lamps and the can t.,
make very fierce blaze. As it is, the
principal sufferer is Gordon who's.
and eyebrows were scOrched
Is usual and whose general appearance
after the fire indicated that he had just
escaped from tophet. The fire was no
doubt started by Jesse Smith, cOlored.
Prof. Harris employs him to sweep out
his office mornings, and as he was seen
coming down from the Office Tuesday
smoking, the probability is
hat he threw a lighted match into the
wood box. He probably did this care
essly although there are some that
urge that Prof. Harris procured him to
10 it i'm order to stimulate the insurance
business. This latter suggestion, how
.ver, is slanlerOus and is not generally
accepted.