The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06
There has been considerable talk re.

Gently about re-arranging the commits
si0ners districts in the county, peti
ton having been present ed to the com
missioners at their last meeting pray
ing to have the townships of Elsmore
Marmaton, Usage and Deer CreeE
erected into one district, leaving thu
first district as it now is and giving thu
second the remainder of the townships
This petition originated in Moran AND
has been quite Humerously signed in
Marmaton and adjoining townships
the reason given for the change being
that the townships named have more
interests in common than they have
with the townships with which they
are now joined, and that the proposed
arrangement would give a more nearly
equal division of the population. The
proposal meets with considerable op.
position in Geneva and Carlyle town
ships, mainly on the ground that that
part of the county has not been repre-
sented on the Board for nine wears and
If the change is made 1t cannot have a
| representative for at least two years
longer. The matter of making the
change lies wholly within the discre-
| ton of the commissioners, the only
Limitation of the law being that the
districts shall be as compact as prac.
ticable and that changes shall not be
made Oftener than once in three years.
The Board now has the matter under
advisement and will probably pass on
it at the October meeting. 1t is likely
that some change will be made, but it
is doubtful whether it will be the one
above mentioned. A preferable one,
it seems to us, would be to add the
south half of ElsmOre to the first dis
trict. let the second district be com.
posed of the north half of Esmore,
Marmaton, Elm and Usage, and the
third of lola, Geneva, Carlyle and
Deer Creek. Those districts would
each be compact and they would d.
vide the population more equally than
any other arrangement that could be
made. True, this would leave the
east part of the county without COM
missioner for two years, but as it has
had one constantly for 8 years this
ought not to cause complaint. If any
change is made we believe that this
would in the long run prove the most
satisfactory.
Lawrence item in K. G. Times Fred
Funston came in last evening from
Colorado where he had been for two
months. Funston Gays the party
caught 3, 200 trout. The party of which
Mr.. Funston was one walked from
Estes Park to Denver, distance of $50
miles, in ten days. They were all
walkers and averaged -. 8 miles each
on foot while in Colorado. There was
not razor in the crowd and some of
the boys had whiskers like a livery
stable goat. Prof. Snow aud w. s.
and E. G. Franklin, will White, V. l..
Kellogg, 8. G. Brewster, II. L. Riggs,
H. Hadley, A. l.. Without, J. F. Craig,
with Funston, composed the party.
The other boys will be In next week.
We see by our excha ages that in
number of Kansas counties the Demo- |!
cracy will not place a ticket in the |
field, but will take rest and let the |
Republican candidates go i'm by de- |
fault. The REGISTER respectfully |
commends this example to the Demo-
cratic Central committe of this county
which is called to meet next Thursday |
for the purpose of fixing the time for
holding their convention. 1t would
be pretty lonesome for us, to be sure
without any opposing ticket in the
field, but we would endeavor to live
it, And surely if any politi-
cal body needs a rest it is the Allen
county Democracy.
There was a terrible epidemic of
dysentery and bloody flux in Pope
county, Illinois, last summer. AS
many as five deaths occurred in one
day. Messrs. Walter Brothers, of
sold $50 bottles of Cham.
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
during this epidemic and say they
never heard of its failing IN any case
when the directions were followed. 1t
was the only medicine used that did
cure the worst cases. Many persons
were cured by it after the doctors had
given them up. % and 30 cent bottles
for sale by all druggists.
Allen county will be represented at
the State Normal School this year by
an unusually large delegation, not
less than 20 being in attendance there.
Mr. Barber kindly furnishes US the
list of those whom he noticed
present at the beginning of the session:
Ida Carnine, Gertie Christian, Harvey
Christian, - Carnine, Flora
Arnold. -- Carnine, Dot Chris
tian, Martha Arnold, A NJ Collett.-
- Arnold, B f Brown, Cyrus Smith,
Geo Adams, Lulu Ireland, A aron
Geo Culbertson Alex Gull
oertson, Ida Myler, Alice Myler an s.
} King. l.
The testimony by Chicago experts
before the Senate committee now in
the dsessed beef combine,
seems to confirm the statement made
~ the REGISTER some time ago to {
he effect that it is the farmers and
1ot the great cattle ranches that keep
he markets supplied. The testimony
'howed that during the past eight ,
months 297, 900 cattle have been re-
,eived at Chicago, of which $1,000
anne from Texas, III 900 from Montana,
Wyoming and the northwest and the
261 900, from the central
States, Illinois being in the lead.
Erie Record R. s. Hamilton, . few
lays ago, received an offer of position
IS cashier in bank at Ell Paso del
Norte, Mexico. This week he sold his ,
distract business to Mr.. Alexander, {
md has accepted the position. He /
md his wife will leave for their new
home some time next week. He will
ell lot of his household goods at his !
esidence next Saturday. Mr.. and
drs. Hamilton have been among our
'est citizens and all Erie will regret
o have them leave US.
The principal thing for amusement at Hum G
oldt this summer is their ball games. Yates '
enter has learned that ball club is an expen- =
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You are mistaken, neighbor. We
ave had Park ROoiSis, omen air con-