The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-07

country IL shown by the fact that the
peach trees growing wild around the
Indian villages, receiving no care
whatever, yield an abundant crop.
and, in some cases, of ine variety.
The climate il very perceptibly
milde- than that of central and north
ern Kansas, IL the present winter
may he considered q criterion. Ir
summer it is hot during the day but
owing doubtless to the effect Of the
gulf breeze, the nights are always cool,
so cool that considerable covering Is
necessary to comfort.
We said 1t il destined to become a
ropulous region; it IL already DO.
There is hardly . quarter section In
the territory without an occupant
in many cases. unfortunately, several
Of them, especially In the immediate
vicinity Of the towns. The people
come from everywhere; from Maine
to California, from Minnesota to Tex
a., every state has Its representation.
And it is q surprising thing that In all
the heterogeneous collection the better
element DO largely predominates; for
taken as q whole the people will not
suffer by comparison with those Ct old.
er states. Society, except in the
churches, lie held somewhat In abey.
ance; that, like many other things,
requires time for deyelopment-it Is
not always easy to distinguish the
sheep from the goats at first glance.
The church organizations have made
remarkable progress. All the demon
nations common In this country are
represented by good strong societies
and are pushing vigorously the work
Of building and organizing, and that
too on q good broad foundation. They
seem to have recognized the fact that
In the beginning Is the time to do ct.
fectiye work and they have uniformly
put strong, able men in charge.
Schools, with the exception Of few
private enterprises, there are none; for
the very patent reason that there is no
means Of raising money to build hous.
es or pay teachers.
Politically? Well, we will know
more about that later on. Perhaps,
we may venture the sugges.
ton that. unless it is given away be-
fore the time comes, there 10 . surprise
party In store for those who 90 conf.
IDENTIFY rest in the assurance that be.
cause q man comes from Texas or
or Missouri he is necessarily
a democrat. Oklahoma may not be q
political Plymouth Rock but to q
great many long-suffering pilgrims it
will answer the purpose. Then, too,
there are good many colored men 60
ing into that country who will not be
particularly useful in rolling up demo-
cratic majorities; to say nothing of the
Kansas men who have habit Of tax.
ing their political faith with them.
Just at present the pressing, crying
need is government and laws and ma.
chinery by which titles to town prop.
erty can be obtained. Notwithstand.
ing the unlimited amount of taffy of
which the Oklahoma people have been
the recipients as "a wonderful ::illustra.
ton Of the ability of the American peo.
pie to govern themselves," IL their
has demonstrated any one
thing, it Is the fact that the American
people are not capable Of governing
themselves. That after all, the bull
wark upon which all laws and govern.
ment must rest is force pure and SIM
pie. The first move of the people of
the towns was to erect provisional
city governments, with mayor and
police courts, etc. And with
out single exception. those that have
escaped entire overthrow are utterly
ignored and are poverless either for
good or evil. And it was only when
the United States marshals aud the
received instructions to keep
the peace, that lot jumping and
similar disturbances ceased.
Outsiders can not appreciate how
urgent and imperative is this demand
for congressional action, uor can
they understand how vitality Import
ant it is that the right thing be done.
Ill advised legislation can RUIN, almost
beyond redemption, the principal cities
Of the territory by plunglng them into
q sea Of litigation from which 1t will
take years to extricate them.
MARBLE.
Scientific American.
From a scientific standpoint, there
is no difference between q marble and
ordinary Limestone or dolomite, the
rocks haying precisely the same COM
pOsitiun and origin. but one nossessinu