The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-03-16

have found their affinity. We advis
! all the old mids. broken hearted girl
! aud Wfddies to take new courage an,
try again for they are losing golden op
portunities, The harvest Is great
Chdnute Rlade.
James w. Christian of Carlyle town
ship, died on wednesday. March 1lth
, The funeral will be held at the resi-
dence at 10 o'clock to-day and tn,
remains will be brought to lola for in
terment. Mr.. Christian was one o.
the pioneers Of the county and one Of
our best friends, and his life and ser.
vices deserve more extended notic<
than we are able to give this week
We therefore defer further mention
until our next issue.
We are glad to announce that work
has been resumed on our gas well,
Kerr & Mc5weeny, the pat ties who
bored the Humboldt we'll. being en-
ployed to do the work. They are en-
gagged now in testing Well No. 4 to
ascertain whether IL can be used to ad.
vantage. As soon ~ this test is made
they will begin making 1t deeper, or
boring new one with their own ma.
chinery, and will move the Gas Com
pany's machinery to the Carriage
Works well and clean 1t out.
In response to the published call a
number Of republicans met at the Court
House last Friday evening for the pur-
pose of organizing Republican Club.
The meeting was called to order and
it's object stated by Capt. Ewing. II.
A. Ewing was elected temporary
chairman of the meeting and Chas. F.
Scott temporary secretary. On motion
A. C. Scott, c. Kreuter and w. ].
Ihrig were appointed a committee to
draft constitution aud bylaws and the
meeting adjourned until Tuesday eve
ming March Is. On this date the
meeting was again called to order and
the report of the committee on cOnsti.
tuition and bylaws was adopted, Those
present desiring to become menu arg
to the number of q, then signed the
roll and the Club was declared organ
lied. On motion r. B. Stevenson, J.
P. Duncan and Chas. F. Scott were
appointed delegates to attend the Con-
vention of Republican Clubs to be held
at Topeka on Wednesday of next week
J. w. Scott, A. p. Harris and D. II.
Scott were appointed q committee to
prepare a program for the next meet
ing which will be held Tuesday even.
ing, March, q. The Club then ad-
journed.
There are plenty Of larger hotels in
this part of the State, but we doubt
whether there is anywhere q prettier,
neater, more convenient or better ar.
ranged one than the new Pennsylvan.
ia Central which has just been com.
pleted this week. Entering the arts.
tic front doors one turns to the right
into the Office, or passes down the
wide hall to the dining room. each OF
which are beautiful rooms admirably
adapted to the purposes for which they
are intended. On the second floor
which is reached by . broad, carpeted
stairway, are the parlor and nine bed
rooms all of which are fitted through
out with new carpets and furniture
and look very inviting. The carpen.
ter work about the building, having
been done under the supervision of ID. |
G. Wood. is of course we'll done, while
the plastering, by John Reimert, and
the painting and granting by George
and AL Baumgardner are as fine az |
any work of the. kind we ever
saw. In short the Pennsylvania now
has a building that lis worthy of
reputation and IL credit to the town. |
The proprietors celebrated it's compile
ton on Tuesday evening by inviting a
few friends. among whom the REGIS
TER was glad to be numbered,
to take tea with them. The
"tea" proved to be an elaborate COLA
ton which the guests heartily appre.
ciated but which one Of them, at |
least will not attempt to describe.
The writer Of the communication
'The Billiard Hail." published in
this issue, probably has no intention Of
being either Pharisaical or unjust; but
her article certainly passes q "hOlier.
judgment upon the men
and women who vored for the license
ticket last spring, which is at least
uncalled for, and it makes a baseless
charge against the REGISTER. As the
article states, the license ticket was
voted for last year, by ''leading
citizens" and leading church MEM
oers," many of whom were ladies. BY
" hot Af6hS NOCo XSAuuACtR0A OtcI oIG |
n judgment over these and pronounce
hem inconsistent? As to the state
nent that the REGISTER made a
smooth apology" for the billiard
rails. 1t is simply not true. The posi-
ion the RE0IsTER took was expressed
n this sentence: "License the billiard
rails, but compel them to refuse adj
mission to minors, to keep their win
lows and doors free from paint, screens
md other instructions, and to close at
seasonable hour" We fail to see
low these words can be construed into ,
n apology, smooth" or otherwise.
The allusion to our remarks Of three
weeks ago as "a faint protest." is also
Misrepresentation. Our article was q
ot protest in any sense. It simply
Tarned the keepers of the billiard halls
q very plain, Anglo-Saxon words that
hev were cutting.their own threats.
We said q year ago and we repeat it
ow, that If the billiard halls can be
IN in the same orderly and respect.
BILE manner that other businesses are /
onducted, they should be granted .
cense. If they cannot be thus con-
ucted, the sooner they are closed the
etter.
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