The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-05

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were in the county attorneys office
Tuesday afternoon when the talk turn
ed to the amount Of wages paid to Ia
boring men in former years as com =
pared with those they receive now
Capt. Ewing said: "In 1S49 my father
was extensively engaged in the manu-
facture Of farming implements In the
State Of Illinois. de paid his best
hands, skilled mechanics, q dollar q
day. Men worked in the harvest field
thOse days for fifty cents q day. At
the same time We paid dollar gallon
for New Orleans molasses, 25 cents a
yard for calico and $3.50 for q pair of
stoga boots that can now be bought
for $500" "That last reminds me, !"
said DR.. Tozer, "that along about 1912
my father hired man to strip hem
lock bark in the New Hampshire
woods-about the hardest, hottest work
q man could dO-One month for a pair
of boots" "When learned my trade
(carpentering)," said Mr.. Vert, II
worked the first year for 81 q month.
the second for $11 and the third for SIS.
The price paid for splitting rails at
that time was 123 cents hundred, and
1t took a good man to get out 300 q
day" A great many other instances
were given, all going to show that the
wages of labor in all lines have increas-
ed from so to 200 per cent during the
past forty years, while the costs Of the
necessaries of life has diminished in al
most like ratio during the same peri.
cd. This fact is one of the things that
it is pleasant and profitable to think
about this Fourth Of July. A pretty
good country this is, after all and
growing better.
The county commissioners met on
Monday and devoted the day to aud
iting bills. On Tuesday they visited
the poor farm, where they found ev.
erythiug in the usual satisfactory con-
ditiol. A few road cases were cOnsid-
cred, the Easdale road being laid over,
and viewers being appointed for roads
petitioned for by J. B. Charles and o.
c. Van Fossen. They adjourned on
Tuesday evening to meet in special
session next Tuesday, July 8, when
the question of replacing the Elm
creek bridge will be considered and
some other miscellaneous business
transacted. 1t Is understood that the
Board unanimously favor the construc-
ton of an iron bridge with 14-foot
roadway. The contract for clearing
away the wreck of the old bridge and
piling up the material on the banks of
the creek was let to VIM. Bean for $50.
The outlook for our new gas well
seems to be very fiattering at this
writing. The packing has been sue
cessfully placed and seems to be shut
ting OF the water in good shape. At
any rate the flow of gas il increasing
while the flow of water is diminishing
1t will be known in q day or two
without doubt whether or not We have
q dry we'll. Mr.. Pryor, the driller, is
very confident. "You have q power
full WE'LL" he says, "and it can be made
as dry as BOTTLE"
Certain members of a Camp of Sons
of Veterans in Bolinger county, Mo. !,
acted as the firing squad during the
Grand Army exercises on Memorial
Day, and the patriotic county attorney
had them arrested for "discharging
certain firearms, to-wit muskets, in
the immediate vicinity Of q certain
church house, against the peace and
dignity of the STATED" The dispatch
does not mention the politics Of the
attorney.
Considering that the Fourth of July
without firecrackers would be hollow
mockery, it is a little humiliating to
remember that we are indebted for
them to the heather Chinee. Guess
though we've given the heather
enough pointers In other lines to pay
for them. 80 letter crack!
A. E. Wright says the chances are
that he will be a candidate this fall for
trustee of lola township. Mr. Wright
is familiar with the duties Of the office
having served Elm township in that
capacity for three years, and would
make an active and capable officer.
As an emergency medicine, for sud-
den colds, Ayers Cherry Pectoral
takes the lead Of all remedies, a dose
or two generally suff1cing to stop all
ordinary coughs and ease the worst.
For the cure of throat and lung dis
orders this preparation is unequaled.
Untilthe blood Ia cleansed ofimpuri.
ties it is useless to attempt the cure OF
any disease. Rheumatism, which is
traceable to an acid in the blood, has
been cured in numerous cases, by the
use of Ayers Sarsparilla, external
treatment being of no avail.
The District Court has kept things
lively for three weeks. And now that
it has adjourned the Normal Institute
is on hand 10 bring US nearly 200 extra
population for another month. lola is
a pretty good place to live.
Tue fine rain Of Tuesday evening
has cooled of the atmosphere, laid
the dust. and put things generally in
heautifnl shane for the calculations