The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-06-26

Our high school promises to be bet
ter this coming year if possible than
ever before, and we would urge all the
young people in town Of high school
age to make arrangements to attend.
There is too strong tendency among
our boys and girls to give up their
school work before completing the
course. This is, doubtless, unavoida-
Bile in a few cases, when the children
are obliged to support themselves, but
unless lis absolutely necessary to stop,
stick to your studies. Don't stop school
just because you have an opportunity to
make few dimes, which you could
get along very well without. A few
years more training will help you to
make better living sometime. You
will find that many of the older people
of your acquaintance regret more
keenly than anything else the fact that
they either possessed no advantages
of education i'm their youth or wasted
those which they had. Though the
work may seem little hard and dry
to you now, you will never regret hav-
ing done it after it is over. The boys
and girls who have completed the
High School work here conscientious
ly have a sound and thorough educa-
ton as far as they have gone, and an
excellent foundation for any advanced
study which they may wish to under
take.
The July meeting of the NeOshO
Valley District Fair Association will
be held July 2, 3 and 4. AS the pro-
gram indicates, there will be num-
Der of exciting races each day. The
track is in splendid condition, there
being no better race-course i'm the
State. The best horses in the country
will compete for the premiums. Hon.
Jerry Simpson, the notorious "sock-
less" Alliance congressman, will be
present OH July 4th, and address the
people. Arrangements have been
made to run special trains on the San
to Fe and the M. X. & It. railroads,
but the time table for the latter road
cannot be given at this time. The
train Oh the Santa Fe will leave lola
for Neosho Falls at a. m. Fare for
round trip, IS cts. Lv. Carlyle, 7:15;
fare for round trip, SOC. Colony, 7:3O;
fare, SIC. Geneva, 7:55; fare, lie.
Arrive at Neosho Falls at s:15. Leav-
es Neosho Falls for Geneva, Colony,
Carlyle and lola at 9p. m.
We are informed that petition has
been circulated and very generally
signed among the residents along
Western street from the Presbyterian
church south, praying the Council to
allow all the property owners on that
street to set their fences forward ten
feet. The grounds of the petition are
that the narrowing of the street would
not be great enough to discommode
travel, that it would greatly facilitate
the street-grading, and the addition to
the length of the lots would very con-
siderably enhance their value. 1t
would seem that, in view of the fact
that all the property owners interest
ed had signed the petition, the council
might very properly allow them trial
of the scheme, and other citizens
will watch the experiment with in
terest.
Rev. J. E. Bryant, Presiding Elder
of the TT. Scott Dist. NJ. E. church
will hold the second quarterly meeting
for this year of the Bethel charge be-
ginning at s p. m. July 3, at Savon-
burg; at ElsmOre, = p. m. and 8 p. m.
July 4, and II a. m. July 5. Col. Bry-
nt,-ke was formerly of this rank in
the military service,-is DESTROYS of
meeting all the old comrades in the
community after the service to form
new acquaintance and renew former
friendships. AS man of wide e1per-
fence, fine culture and oratorical gifts,
he ranks among the best and most dis
i'm the State of Kansas.
He will add wonderfully to the push
ing forward of the new churches at
these young cities of the plains.-A
Comrade.
Mr.. Cyrus Fronk was up from Salem
last Saturday. A great many people
are of the opinion that Mr.. Fronk
would make an excellent Republican
candidate for county commissioner
from the second district, tO.succeed Mr..
Henderson, who will not be candi-
date for reelection. Mr.. Fronk Is an
old soldier, a successful farmer and all
old resident of the county. He has
never been candidate for any county
office, but no one who knows him
doubts that he would faithfully and
ably perform the duties of the commits
sioner's office. We do not know wheth-
er anyone else is aspiring for the posi-
ton; but no mistake would be made i'm
the nomination and election of Mr..
Fronk.
At the meeting of the school board
last Saturday Mr.. w. S. Picken, of
Eureka, was elected superintendent of
the city schools for the coming year.
Mr.. Picken was a classmate of Supt.
Barber at the Emporia Normal, gradu-
ating in 1887. Since that time he has
been steadily engaged as principal of
city schools and conductor of Insti-