The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-31


dies to their gentlemen friends. Tn,
following are the names of those com
posing the company: Misses Jenni,
and Maddie COlborn. Docia Young
Nora Lewis, Anna Mcdonald, Ada
Wright and May Ellis; and Messrs. o
.. Adams, Bert Ling, Walt and Ed
McNiel, w. J. Worst, s. n. Ellis anC
Z Bert McNiel.
One of our citizens tells US that Will,
away from home recently he met {
gentlrman from Garnett who, in tn,
course of the conversation, said to him
81 see the REGISTER occasionally, and
Judging from its advertising patronag,
lola must be doing big business
The gentleman judged rightly; lola i!
doing big business. His remark is al
90 worth considering because it show.
that its newspaper is the criterion by
which town is judged by strangers
In letter to Walker & Holzapfel, o.
Colony, published in the Free Press
David Kelso, land commissioner and
attorney for the NJ, X. & T. r. r. Co.
says that it is the intention of the
company to defend the even sections
suit in all the courts to which it may
be taken. He says: "The company
has employed able and the best coun.
eel to attend to this case and there will
be no danger but what the rights of the
parties will all be protected. You can
communicate to all parties in your
neighborhood that the company will
defend the action for itself and Others
named and on their account diligently
and carefully, until the case is finally
determined"
We are in receipt of very illnatured
and indignant letter from Mr.. J. H.
Runyan, of Elm township who claim
that he is 1.-THE prominent farmer
mentioned in the REGISTER last week
as having paid $3.50 and $40 for hogs
while lola stock men were at the same
time paying $3.50 and 1915, but SAYS
that he did not pay less than $3.50.
We don't know how Mr.. Runyan hap
pened to know that he was the gentle
man referred to, but we are willing to
take his word for it, although our in.
formant Mr.. d. Simms, generally
knows what he is talking about. Mr..
Simms tells us moreover. that during
the period referred t. he paid 1915 for
hogs in lola. We merely mention this,
as we did the other, to show that lola
is the best hog market in the county.
We understand that i'm some parts of
the county the removal" men are try
ing to secure signers to their petitions
by saving that "If We get UP good
big petition we will scare lola into Civ
ing Sl5, 900 or $40 900 toward building
new court house," Without stopping
IN 40 fo IF fhaf Ii nd of n
argument, we will>merely say that we
hope nobody will sign the petition With
the expectation that lola is going to be
"scared" OF bulldozed. lola has al
ways done her share and more than
her share toward every public enter.
prise, and when the county gets ready
to put up new buildings this city can
be counted on to do the fair thing. 1t
cannot be counted on to be very easily
scared or coerced.
Mrs. NJ. r. Wickens, of Sabetha,
Kansas, State Organizer of the WOm-
ans Relief Corps, was in town Monday
and on Monday evening organized a
Corps here with 30 charter members.
AS is generally known this organiza-
ton is auxiliary to the G. A. R., and
We are glad Corps has been formed
in lola as it will be of great benefit in
relieving the distress of the poor. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Agnes Scott; S. V, Mrs. l..
A. Thrasher; J. ", Mrs. T. s. Slower;
Treasurer, Mrs. J: W. Scott: Secreta-
ry, Miss Fannie Mcclure; Conductor.
Mrs. \. J. Clark; Guard, Mrs. Mary
Richardson; Chaplain, Mrs. n. Hank
ms. The next meeting will be held in
the G. A. II. Hall at o'clock p. m. on
Tuesday, January 4.
Remembering the old adage about a
wise man changing his mind, but fool
never, and mindful also of that other
saying Consistency is the vice of small
minds" the REGISTER has never tax.
en- particular pains to express exactly
the same opinion on all subjects in each
issue, considering it of more importance
to say each week what it honestly be-
lieved whether it accorded in detail
with what it honestly believed the
week before or not. Nevertheless it
believes that on all subjects of any mo-
ment it has maintained reasonable
consistency. Ii any one thinks differ
emily he is cordially invited to come
up and examine the files of the paper,
and whatever contradictory para
graphs he may find We will agree to
reprint and distribute all over the cOun-
ty free of charge. This invitation is
particularly and pressingly extended
to "Scri bbler."
The advocates of the county seat re-
moval affect to make light of the mat
ter of expense that would attend an
election for that purpose. Let us see
what the expense would be. The law
provides that for the purposes of a
county seat election, voters must be
registered. For this registration the
regular election board is required to
meet at the polling place in each pre-
cinct on the third Tuesday preceding
the election. The board is allowed to
sit two days for this purpose. The list
it prepares is then posted in a public
place, and one week before the election
the board meets again to revise and
correct it. Then the board must be in
attendance upon the election, of course,
as at all other elections. But for the
three DAYS the board is allowed to sit
as board of registration the members
receive the same compensation as on
election days, so that the expense will
be equivalent to the expense Of four
regular elections. Our last election
cost the county $50. But say that it
would be only $50, for each day, and
we have 5000 as the cost to the county
of the election boards alone. But the
law requires that the petition calling
the election and the proclamation Of it
shall be published for the thirty days
preceding. That would be an addi-
tional cost Of nearly, if not quite, 500.
So that the expense to the county alone
would not be less than 500. Is this q