The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-08-30

utilization ofour natural gas. After
five weeks of discussion, in which every
possible phase Of the matter has been
carefully examined, the Board of
Directors of the Coal and Gas company
have finally reached an agreement
with Mr.. Pryor which would. In our
Judgment. If carried out, produce
entirely satisfactory results. On ac-
count, however, of the opposition Of
two or three parties to certain prOvis-
ions OF this agreement, the contract
based upon 1t has not yet been signed.
The REGISTER hopes this opposition
will not be persisted in, or while we
do not question it's honesty. we do
doubt its wisdom. At any rate it is
entirely apparent that the overwhelm-
ing business sentiment of the town
favors the contract with Pryor &
Paullin as it nov stands, and we do
not see how two or three, for the mere
sake of an opinion, can afford to antag-
Onize this sentiment The business
men generally, 80 far as we have heard
an expression of opinion, believe that
If the present contract were closed it
would result i'm furnishing the town
with natural gas for fuel and in prov
ing to the world that we have here a
practically unlimited supply of it; and
that Is what I'VE have been working
for all these years. And they believe
farther that these results will not be
accomplished under ANY other plan
that has yet been proposed. The
REGISTER has spoken thus freely and
fully about this matter because it be-
lieves that we are passing a crisis in
the history of lola. We believe that
if this contract with Mr.. Pryor is
ratified he will carry out his part Of
it to the uttermOst and that as result
wewill know withinayear or less wheth
er We have in natural gas a resource
that will build city here, or whether
there Is nothing of higher Importance
to lola just now than to demonstrate
one of those alternatives. We have
pulled together thus far when there
was nothing but one encouragement
after another; let us not 60 different
ways now when the road before us is
bright with promise
Clay Center Times: A good farmer
who is good farmer, and who con-
ducts his business with much the
same system that careful merchant
does, exhibited to us a transcript of
his books, few days ago, on the hog
question. He commenced in 1883 to
keep the record. From January II,
1883, TO March 81, 1888, inclusive. he
sold 525 hogs of an average weight of
296 pounds, and received in the
aggregate therefor Sc, 9O5 70. This, too,
in the face of the fact that at two diff
ferent times the hog cholera smote him
high and low. On an average he
raised 100 acres of corn. During
these years he sold corn amounting
to sos. a and bought S4l5.67 worth,
leaving his corn field debtor to his
hogs SlS6 80. We tell this story and
quote these figures to give something
of an idea of the profit on hogs in hard
seasons when corn is scarce and hogs
low. The pigs cost him but little, so
the gross amount is almost the price
for which he sold the corn from his
place. But in the meantime he fed
from the same cribs, cattle, horses,
chickens, ETC., and marketed them,
together with grains, fruits, etc.,
bringing his net profits way up. This
luz etOly ShOulu Cdil WIN ~ q po"
erful argument against corn raising
for the grain market and in favor of
the hog at whatever price he may
bring, 80 that it is no lower than So 81.
which is the lowest this man received
any time. The conclusion is irresisti-
BILE This man has lived well all
these years; brought up and educated
a bright family; is now living peace
fully and comfortably, without
necessary or annoying care in all the
world. He does not wish his name
but if anyone questions the
story in the least we will take pleas
ure in giving his name in private.
AS some Of our subscribers have ex-
pressed some apprehension lest their
names should appear in our "black
list" we desire to make this explana-
tiOn: No honest mans name will ever
appear in that list. When postmas-
ter notifies us that paper is refused
we address a card to the subscriber
asking him to pay the
he is in arrears. Nobody who
pays for his paper in advance ever
stops it discourteously.) If he writes
us that he is hard up and cannot pay
Just now, we cancel the account and
say nothing more about it. But If af-
ter two or three weeks we hear nothing
from him we are forced to the conclu-
sion that he is a dead beat, and the
only thing we can do is to publish his
name so that others may beware of
him. A man who will take q paper
three or four years and then refuse to
pay for it will sneak out of any other
debt if he gets chance. No man who
intends to do the square thing need
ever be afraid of seeing his name in our
little list.
In the letter which appears in an
other place, Mr.. H. ii. Rodman en-
closes combined crop and market re :.
port which will doubtless be read With
interest. The prices quoted are those
paid at Bloomington, ILL.,, while the
crop yield is that of the country adjoin-
ing. This is one of the best cities and
one of the richest farming districts in
Illinois, and the comparison which
our readers will be able to make for
themselves, is certainly very encour-
aging to Kansas:
Rye, 20 to p bushels per acre. SIC per bu.
Wheat, $ to 20 bushels per acre. .....72c per bu.
Oats, average So bushels per acre :. .1sc per bu.
Corn So to 80 bushels per acre, old. SOC per bu.
Hogs per cwt. .......................S3 81. I5GSS.N
Butcher stock. .......................2 200
Watermelons. .......................22 % rdoz
Muskmelons NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80 pr doz
Peaches .............-.~ i 90 pr bu
Pears ......--........... Humanitarian. go pr bu
Apples SQc@4Oc
Potatoes 25cSs5e
DIED: On Monday, August %, at
her home south of lola, Mrs. Elizabeth
D. Roberts, in the 10Th year of her age.