The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-02-21

The Oklahoma papers speak in the
most fiatteriDg terms of q lecture de-
livered i'm that city last Saturday
night by A. g. Scott. We quote q
sample paragraph from the comment
of the Democrat: "rhe subject was
handled in an able manner, show ing
research. learning and ability, and
could rightly he pronounced masterful
Mr.. Sc'tt is cultured gentleman, and
one of marked ability. His reputation
as speaker was established before he
came here, and with this people it is
now so thoroughly known that he will
be in frequent demand. We cOngrat.
ulate the Y. M. c. A. upon furnishing
the people such rare intellectual
treat, and hope that Mr.. Scott in the
future will frequently entertain our
people from the lecture platform"
We are very much gratified with the
reception our suggestion about F. NJ.
B. A. corn cribs has met. A number
Of the prominent members of that order
have taken the trouble during the
past week to call and say to US that
they approved of it heartily, and
thought that nothing the order could
do would so directly and Immediately
benefit its members. OF course 1t
would have been better II the plan
could have been put in operation last
fall. But there is still large portion
Of last years crop on hand:and it Is not
too late yet for a great deal of good to
be done. We should rejoice to learn
that practical steps mad been taken In
the direction indicated,
At the request Of prominent men,
Der Of the F. M. B. A we print this
week an extract from tho report of the
Secretary Of Agriculture urging the
farmers to give the assessors full and
accurate crop reports. There has been
agrowing disinclination Of late years
to do this, the farmers arguing that
the reports were used by Spectators to
depress prices. The report from which
we quote shows clearly that this Is q
mistaken idea, and that the official
reports 30 far from helping the specu-
latOrs to manipulate the market, make
1t much more difficult for them to do
so. We trust the article will be care
fully read.
The unexpected advent Of q post of.
flee inspector the first of the week
created considerable stir, especially
when 1t became noised that his visit
was for the purpose Of considering the
ad visibility of moving our office into
different quarters He remained here |
for two days-a very pleasant gentle. |
man, by-the.way, whom We had the |
pleasure Of meeting in Washington
last wiDter-heard everything that any
body had to say, said nothing himself,
and went on bis way. The result of |
his report to head quarters will be |
awaited with a good deal of curiosity. !
not to say anxiety.
Jas. Townsend, living west of the |
river, authorizes US to give notice that !
he will give "a for the scalp Of any one
of the wolves which infest his place,
or he will give $40 for the scalps of the |
four which are known to live near |
there This is In addition to the s. |
bounty offered by the county, and
ought to afford enough of temptation |
for some of our nimrOds to display their |
proves. The wolves destroyed $50 |
worth Of sheep last year for Mr.. Town
send besides numerous chickens aud |
other fowls, and he doesn't want to |
suffer from their depredations another |
year.
When man takes cigar out of his |
mouth to tell the editor to stop bis pa. |
per because he "can't afford it," the |
editor may say nothing but he thinks |
a great deal. And when man orders |
his paper stopped because he 'hasn't
time to read it" and then goes down |
and whites a dry goods box for two |
hours, the editor may not say anything |
but he thinks great deal. The chances
are that more kinds Of people drift
through q newspaper shop In the |
course of 8 week than through any
other place Of the same size in the
world.
Treasurer Cunningham has figured
out that the amount Of taxes related
this year was SAL 80 greater than the
amount related last year. That means
that considerably more taxes were
paid in full this veal than last. An.
other evidence that we are better of
this year than we were last IL furnish.
ed by the office OF the Register Of
Deeds which shows third fewer chat.
tie mortgages on record during Janu-
ary 1890, than during January 1889.
Times are hard but they are not 20
hard as they were. Let US take cour.
age.
With farm implements. elot hiss. dry
goods and groceries cheaper than they
were ever before known In this coun-
try, and with retail margins SO mar
row that only the most conservative,
careful and experienced dealers have
been able to stand the strain, it is too
evident for argument that the hard
times are not due to exorbitapt prices
charged for what we have to buy. The
trouble is the law prices We get for