The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-03-28
Probably nine ont ofeverv ten mem.


we believe, and appreciate the fairness
and Iiberaiity with which it has treat
ed their order. There are few, how
ever, who never let slip an opportuni
ty to Islander and yillify and misrepre.
sent this paper and its editor. With.
out being able to point to any
thing that ever appeared in its col
umns as sustaining their charge. they
assert In general terms. "The REGIS
TER is against u.s." (meaning the farm.
ers in general and the F. NJ. B. A. in
particularly. 1t would seem that in Or
binary fairness these persons ought
either to offer some proof Of their
charges or else cease the Islander. And
by way Of emphasis to this suggestion
we make this proposition: We will
give 800 to any person who will point
out single editorial line or paragraph
which has appeared IN the REGISTER
under its present management, that q
committee of three disinterested men
will construe to be an attack upon, or
tending in any way to injure the F.
NJ. B. A. There is plain proposition
and it means business. If what these
persons have been saying is true. there
10 chance for them to earn 500 ca .ier
than they ever earned that much be-
fore in thei- lives. We hope our friends
will cut this item out and put 1t in
their pocket 50 that when approached
by one of these men they may submit
Ii to him and ask him what he has to
say about it.
The complaints spoken of by the
Moran Herald about the basis Of as /.
sess ment In this county being too high,
do not seem to US to be we'll founded,
while the doubt expressed by that pa
per about any other county in the
State being assessed as high as this
need certainly not be entertained.
CHANGING over the basic fixed in the
various counties We find most Of them
As high as ours while q number are
considerably higher. Pottawatomie
county, for example, assesses horses
three times as high as they are assess
ed here; it assesses hogs at s. so
hundred, cattle 2 to cents a pound
and bacon 10 cents q pOund-twice as
high as our assessment. And the
same proportion holds through most of
the list. Our own idea Is that the best
thing that could possibly happen to
Allen county would be to have all the
property assessed at its actual value
We have just so much money to raise
anyway, and if the assessed valuation
is doubled, the rate will be cut in two
And il would certainly sound q good
deal better to be able to ad vertise that
the rate of taxation here is three per
cent, than to be obliged to admit that
it is 8. Nobody is going to be hurt by
high assessment provided the basis is
kept uniform throughout the county.
Messrs. c. B. Burton and B. F. Nc.
Burney, representatives of Davis &
Rankin. of Chicago, builders of butter
and cheese factories, are In town look
ing up the prospect Of estab ishing q
factory here. From numerous favor
able press notices We have seen we are
convinced that the factories establish
ed by these gentlemen are successful
and money making concerns, and we
hope our people will give them every
possible encouragement. The matter
is of special interest to the farmers as
it means q ready market and good
prices for one of their staple products.
But it il of hardly less interest to the
business men as it means the distribu-
ton Of large amount of cash among
their customers. We hope this oppor-
tunity to establish an enterprise that
will be Of immediate aud permanent
value to the community will be i'm.
proved.
Kimbdll, South Dakota, Graphic:
1t is quite impossible for US to speak
knowingly of the merits Of the various
articles Of merchandise advertised. But
there are exceptions occasionally aHd a
noteworthy exception ia the celebrated
Chamoerlain's cough remedy. This
now universally known medicine has
been advertised in the Graphic for four
or five years. but not unsil recently had
we any personal knowledge of its won.
derful efficacy, which has come about
through the prevailing influenza and
the stubborn cough that has SD often
attended it. In the writer's family
this medicine has on several occasions
this winter cured q cough that baff1ed
any aud all other remedies; and the
number of families in Kimball and vi
cinity in which this remedy has been
used with like effects attests to its value
as q specific for coughs and colds of ev-
cry nature. For sale by all druggists.
The Register of Deeds asks Us to call
the attention of those interested to the
fact that the statute requires the hold
er of q chattel mortgage, when that
mortgage Is satisfied, TO cause q record
of that satisfaction to be made in the
nd ha nc
penalties az in the case OF real estate
mortgage. This is an important mat
ter and mortgages should not fail TO
attend to it. In the first place they
are liable to be called upon to answer
to the mortgagor for damages in q
cum not to exceed 500 But 10 the
second place. and mainly. they ought
to attend to it for the sake Of appear.
ances. 1t does not look well to have
the records show the same piece OF
property mortgaged q dozen tines and
none of the mortgages satisfied.
Mr.. G. NJ. Smith, of Elm township,
has recently returned from Illinois
where he spent several weeks visiting
old friends and neighbors. He says
the farmers of that State are but little,
if any, better off than those of Kansas,
as the difference in the price of corn by
no means compensates for the differ.
ence in the value Of land. Mr.. Smith
brought home with him fine Clydes.
dale horse. which attracted much
favorable attention when taken from
the cars here. The attention Of horse
breeders is called to advertising cards
giving the horses pedigree, and other
particulars.
The usual ordinance calling the city
election for Monday, April Z, lie pub
lished this week. Notice is given al
90 of q caucus to be held at the Court
Houee on Wednesday evening oil
next week. to place candidates