The Iola register., 1890-05-09
The general public. which was in.

Il
for the development of their quarrie,
must begin 70 wonder by this tim
why the machinery il no: on tn
ground. As an explanation o; the de
lay We will give little review of tina
correspondence. In the first place lei
ters were written to the owneTt of wei
known quarries asking: them for tn
address of the manufacturers of tn
machinery they were using. Thes
letters were either not answered at al
or were answered evasively. Letter
were then sent to the editors of trad
Journals, but evoked no reply. 1t wa
learned through some source. howeye
that the machine that would best sui
our purpose was an endless wire saw
q patented device. The trade Journal
were searched for an advertisement O
il, and more letters were written, bu
all to no purpose. At last the Com
pany wrote to Mr.. r.. b. Stevenson
at Washington, asking him to max,
inquiry at the patent Office. He did sC
and learned that patent for an enles,
saw for cutting stone had been ISSUED
i'm 1888 to +. Turrettini, of Geneva
Switzerland. The commissioner O.
patents was unable to say where the
saws might ssbe secured, but gave the
address of the New York attorney
through whom the patent had beer
obtained. Mr.. Stevenson wrote tC
this attorney, asking for particular.
regarding the disposition ofthe patent
The attorney replied that be could not
give the desired information, but
would write to his agent i'm Switzer-
land asking him to look up the invent
IT and obtain it. And that il where
the correspondence rests now. And
that is why the machinery is not on
the ground.
A special meeting of the city council
was held last Friday evening to con-
slider the question of having the streets
lighted with natural gas. Mr.. Pryor
proposition was to put i'm the burners
at actual cost-averaging somewhere
in the neighborhood ofS3.OO each-and
furnish the gas for forty cents a burner
per month. After thorough discussion
It was decided % accept the proposition
and the committee on streets and al
leys was instructed to draw up a con-
tract with Mr.. Pryor for not to exceed
six burners, and to decide upon the To-
cation of the lamps. The burners, we
understand, are to be similar to the
one now in use in front of Gillihan's
restaurant, and which certainly gives
a splendid light. As the gas mains do
not extend to the north side of the
square, the Kerosene lamps now in
use there will have to answer the pur-
pose for the present. But Mr.. Pryor
says he hopes to have two more wells
down before winter comes again and
he will then be able to furnish il when
ever needed. As it is the five or six
lights, burning every night, will be
an excellent advertisement for our
town.
The REGISTER desires to again sug-
gest, respectfully but urgently, that
something be done toward getting our
next Fair under way. 1t will be re-
memhered that last fall r.. B. Steven
son and several other gentlemen put
in good many days of hard work
soliciting subscriptions, and they Sc
cured a large number too, on the un-
that the Fair Association
was to be a permanent thing. Onr
il, without looking up
the records, that board of directors
was elected and q charter secured, and
it was certainly the understanding
that we should begin early this year
and get up a Fair that would be a
credit to the town and the county. If
we are going to carry out that idea ii
il high time we were beginning. We
hope meeting of the directors will be
called at an early date and the wheel
set in motion. The only way TO save
regrets next August that We
did not begin in May, is to begin in
May.
In the last number of the Humboldt
Union is printed the sonnet to Byron
c. Smith, which has appeared in that
paper at each returning anniversary
Of his death for thirteen years. The
Of Belmont, y. ", and the lines are a
evidence of friendship that
has Outlasted even death. We repro
iuce them here:
How many years have rolled since last thy hand
With wasted fingers wrote - If e'er We meet
Twill be- above the stars" The thought is
sweet
)f that Elysian realm. that starry land.
cannot let thee sink into the void
Df nothingness as but a vanished dream,
All natures vast unfoldngs lonesome seem:
Wy worship of Great Pan with grief alloyed
Il thou and cannot that homage share.
Dost thou not think Of me as of thee?
within Beings vast immensely. |
shall thou and not meet in worship where |
The pure light shines Of Him whose name is |
Light.
With whom thou long hast dwclt since vanished |
from our sight?
Mr.. f.. l.. Anson, writing from |
Leeds, Kansas, takes us to task for |
the Farmers Alliance
n our article upon the comparative
,ost of that and the +. VI. b. y. We
distinctly stated that the figures in
,ur article concerning the Alliance
we're taken from the Troy ChiCt, so
hat even if they were wrong We can
lot cannot be accused of intentional
as we had not seen |
hem contradicted. However, We are
.ntirely willing to give Mr.. AnsOn's
which are as follows: The
,rganizer gets five dollars instead of
en- for instituting a lodge; blank
)OOks, etc, cost two dollars or two and
! half instead of four dollars; quarter
y dues are p cents for each male
Last Friday morning Mr.. :. f. Bru-
,aker, Mr.. J. w. Kyle and DIR. l.. Tozer
ound their respective cows in the city
,ound and proceeded forthwith to ''un-
,ound" them, breaking down the fence
or that purpose. For this offence
Igainst the peace and dignity Of the
'ity they were arrested on complaint
# Marshal Harris and brought before
he police judge for trial. Mr.. Bruba-
,aker pleaded guilty and was fined -
md costs. The other two defendants
,leaded not guilty, and while the evil
Ience showed that they had not actu-
lily assisted in the work of destruction,
-et it seemed that they had, ''meta-
speaking" held Mr.. BIS coat
While he did the work, 40 the court