The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-26

peat no evil report. 1t teaches them
/ to repress their curiosity regarding
matters that don't concern them. 1t
teaches them to place the most chart
table construction on all words and ac-
tiOns. If such society were organized
| in some towns we know of, and all
should join it who need to be convert
ed to its principles, the whole town
would march into its portals as one
, man. Even lola might furnish a rea.
sOnably large membership.
In another place we publish COM
parative statement showing the cOndi-
ton of the funds in the city treasury.
The showing is very gratifying, and
speaks well for the economy, or good
luck of the present council. In this con-
nectiOn, however, We want to call this
council, and all the foregoing councils
so far back as our memory reaches, to
account for their failure to comply
with the law. Section 907, compiled
laws of 1879, relating to thepOwers and
duties of cities of the third class says:
s'The council shall cause to be pub
lished quarterly, between the fifteenth
and twentieth days of March, June,
Sept ,mber and December, in each
year, a full and detailed statement Of
the receipts expenditures and indebt-
edness of the city for the quarter end
spectively." There is certainly no rea-
son why this should not be compiled
with while there are many reasons
why it should be Obeyed. The people
have a right to know how their money
goes. We understand that the required
stteament for March is now being pre-
rared and will be published. We hope
the law will be strictly complied with
hereafter.
The meeting of Neosho Lodge,
No. %, X. of P. last Wednesday night
was made particularly interesting by
the fact that five candidates were to
receive the third rank and by the pres
ence in his official capacity of Grand
Chancellor Anderson, of Columbus.
After comforting the third rank with
the pomp and splendor for which Neo-
sbO Lodge is noted upon the candidates,
DR.. Chastain, VIM. Goodhue, C. F..
Merwin, W. A. Scott and A. 0. Allen,
the Lodge repaired to the Pennsylvan-
ia Central where banquet was in
waiting. When the dining room was
reached the gentlemen were very much
surprised to find that the wives Of the
married members had arrived before
them and quietly taken seats at the
first table. The surprise was COM
plete one but the boys made the best Of
a bad matter y and treated the ladies
AZ ifthey were glad to have them there.
In fact we really doubt whether the
poor dears suspected for moment that
they were in the way. They were
getting even with the wicked men and
they didn't stop to consider conse-
quences. 1t was q neat little game,
well played; but it will hardly be re-
peated. Hereafter when the men want
to have a slime" they will be . little
more 'cautious" about telling their
wives all the details. After the BAN
quet which was an elegant one, by the
way, the Lodge again assembled and
completed the work Of the evening, adj
jOurning at an early hour.
Anderson & DeClute noticed some
time since that some euterprising firm
i'm the east had been advertising itself
by pastors placed on silver of various
denominations. They also noticed
considerable discussion in the papers as
to the legality of such acts. Thinking !
that the scheme for advertising was
good one, but not wishing totransgress
any Aw, they wrote to the treasury de-
partment at Washington asking
whether the use of such pastors on sill!
yer coin was an infringement Of u. b.
Laws. Fog reply they were referred to'