The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-07-27

A business letter from 8. J, Cowan
Hilverton, Colorado. remarks incident
ally that the Centennial State will
give bigger republican majority this
fall than ever before in her history.
Excuse us if we again remark, this il
a republican year.
The Stevens Dental Co, of Ft.Scott,
Kansas, is doing lots Of work. They
have lately added a new vaporometel
to their already very complete outfit.
It takes three men to do the work while
less than a year ago DR.. Stevens did all
the work himself. If you want teeth
drawn without pain to you, this is the
place to go. They make specialties Of
preserving the natural teeth and ex
tracing without pain. Prices reason
able and all work guaranteed as repre-
septed.
Tuesday night a largely attended
meeting of citizens organized a Base
Ball Association. Some three humid
red dollars of stock has been taken and
the Association will be regularly
chartered. The following gentlemen
were elected directors for the first year
H. l.. Henderson, w. P. N orthrup, r.
w. Duffy, Lutte Northrup and G. c.
Ausherman. This looks like business
and we are glad that after deal of
figuring around this substantial con-
clusion has been reached. Now
"play ball."/
The Co,Hant seems inclined to in
dulge in ironical remarks concerning
the popularity Of the editor of this pa
per in his own home. We don't ex-
actly see what bearing this has on
State and National politics. But, he
that as it may, the fact that the editor
of this paper, without having made u
personal canvass, yet received through
out the county nearly twice as many
votes as either of his distinguished and
popular competitors rather inclines
HIM to smile ut the aforesaid irOnical
remarks.
= From the accounts given by the
Humboldt papers, there appears to
be no doubt that their latest gas find
is bonanza. The flow IS estimated
to be at least three times as great as
that found in the first well, and if this
estimate is correct, there can be no
question that the we'll will be extreme.
ly valuable. Our neighbOr is to be
congratulated on her lucky find. And
this success should only spur lola to
renewed efforts. There is no question
that our gas belt is as rich as any jim
the State. 1t must be developed
A gentleman who has been in the
grocery business in Allen county for Is
years and who is known as one of the
county's most successful and popular
merchants, told us the other day that
every year he was in the business he
lost from $500 to $500 on the butter he
bought of farmers. He bought it in
order to hold the trade and of course,
Indirectly, he got his money back /.
But directly he paid out from $500 to
$500 more for the one item of butter
than it brought him. We mention
this merely to show that merchants do
not get so rich off the farmers as some
speakers and newspapers would have
them believe.
The San Francisco papers are enthu.
siastiic over the work and speeches Of
Prof. James H. Garfield, of the U nj
versity of Kansas, secretary of the
National Teachers Association. re-
Gently in session in that city. The
Chronicle, in concluding report Of
Prof. Canfield's response to an address
of welcome, Gays: "When Prof. Can
field took his seat the audience arose
en- masse and shouted itself hoarse
while the air was white with the wav-
ing handkerchief. So great was the
enthusiasm that Prof. Garfield was
compelled to rise ard bow several
times" The man from Kansas is
pretty near always heard from.
Some time last week Mr.. Smith, the
man who did the prospecting for
Rudolph Wenzell, went to Mr.. L. L.
and secured lease to GER
tain tract of ground along the south
bank of Elm Creek for the purpose, as
he said, of prospecting for mineral. He
went to work at once and uncovered
what he claims to be an extensive bed
of zinc. Mr.. Pancoast, who is quite
with zinc ore, declares it to be
his belief also that the specimens
shown by Mr.. Smith are very rich in
zinc. The idea that lola may be lccat-
ed on the very edge of great mines of
this valuable mineral is almost too
good to be true, and we therefore men-
ton the matter modestly until the ma
ture of the find shall be fully determin
ed. tMr. Northrup will have samples
of the ore sent to experts at once and
we hope to know in q week or two
whether or not we shall "paint 'er
red"
At the last meeting of the republic
can Central Committee, it was recon-