The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-15

have yet heard assigned why the ole
mayor and council were not asked tx
hold over. Certainly it was not be
cause they had not done their duty
faithfully and well. 1t is doubtful i
the affairs of the city were ever man
aged with greater prudence and econ
omy. In one particular especially the
council deserves thanks, and that is
in having kept the streets in good con-
dition without making any tax levy
for that purpose. 1t was done by get
ting after the poll tax and seeing that
nobody shirked. The old council
solved the 30-year-old problem, too, OF
draining the public square, and they
deserve to have their memory remain
blessed for that. 1t is great relief
to be .able to meet Humboldt man
and not be guyed about our public
frog pond" Take it all around it
was a good, clean, efficient admins
tration, and Mayor Slower and Coun-
cilmen Taylor and Coutant and Klau-
mann and Thomas and White may
retire from the duties and response
bilities of public Office with the con-
seriousness of having done well the
work that was given them to do.
| The "Women's Columbian Club, {"
organized here a few weeks ago by
! Mesdames Lewis Hanback, and RObt.
I Mitchell is now in thorough working
order with Mrs. Shaffer as president
and Mrs. Turner vice president. The
ladies have secured a room in the
court house back of Judge ArnOld's
Office which will be nicely fitted up
and used as a permanent club room.
Regular meetings will be held in this
room every two weeks, beginning
week from next Wednesday.
Every woman in the county should
be interested in this work, consider
herself a member of the club and
make an effort to attend the meetings
The work is to be carried on by means
of committees on various departments
of industry. Among these will be
committees on decorative art, needle
work, on house furnishing articles,
on fine arts, ON domestic articles (can-
ned fruit. jellies, butter, etc. J, on char
ity and church affairs, literature,
music-etc. Among the great variety
of products desired for exhibition
there will be ample opportunity for
every woman to exercise her particu-
lar gift. She should at least show
her interest by coming to the meet
ings. The Club is for all patriotic
women.
The Board of Commissioners has
had an unusually large budget this
week and so is still in session as we
go to press. The auditing of claims
has consumed a great deal of time,
and in addition to this they have had
to consider bids for bridges and other
matters. The Owl creek bridge was
let to Young 4 Boyle, Beulah, Kan
sas, for 5000. The Martin creek
bridge was let to the st. Louis Bridge
and Iron Co., for 1914. The contract
for building the abutments to both
bridges was let to V. Huffman, Hum
boldt. A remonstrance was present.
ed by ID. Simms and others against
the location of the Martins creek
bridge, but after going in person to
view both sites, the board thought
best to make no change. Mr.. Simms
says he will take an appeal to the
District Court. The Board went to
inspect the poor farm yesterday.
AS was to have been expected there
was a very small attendance at the
Republican primary held in lola last
Saturday, only 81 votes being cast.
There was only one ticket of delegates
proposed and it was of course elected,
as follows: II. +. Thomas, VIM r.
Robinson, G.. w. Eldridge, a. l..
johnson, AL. Abrams, Jas. Jeffries,
H. L. Henderson, j. l.. WoOdin, John
H. Harris, VIM Fullenwider, w. H.
Ling, John Everhart, J. :. Huffman,
Wm Hawkins, c. +. Scott, Glenn
Kreuter, Lutte Northrup, Joe Esh-
baugh, Ira Patterson, Oscar Cain, NJ. .
Pyle, Geo. Orndoff, 7. S. Slower, Bird
Keller.
Herald: Bicycles are all the rage
in Moran just now, among the ladies /
as well as gentlemen. Misses FlOy /,
and Gertie McGlashen each received
one the first of the week, and two 9TH
ers have been ordered since-one for .
Misses Mary and Emma Rumbel, and .
for Miss Mary Wright. The
gentlemen also have bicy- /
cleS: Messrs Kline and McGlashen,
Forest Barton, J. l.. Lyen and Clare .
Kline. This makes eight in all, four .
ladies and four gentlemen.
The Republicans won a sweeping
victory over at Webb City, Mo-, and .
George Lawyer is so pleased over it
that he wrote US a letter telling all
about it. He says that Webb City
has always been considered Demo-
cratic stronghold. They have no Re-
publican paper and the Republicans
never before had the courage to put
up a ticket. But this time, in total
vote of 1887 they swept the board by
an average majority of 40. George
says they are fixing for fall.
VIM. GoOdhue has resigned his pos
itiOn with Anderson 4 DeClute and
that firm has secured the services of
Mr.. a. J. Clark, who is expected to
arrive from Chicago to-day. Mr..
GoOdhue has not yet decided what he
will do, but will probably go into bus
mess somewhere in the SOuth,-a
move that will be much regretted by
the many warm friends ofhimselfand
family in lola. Everybody will be
glad to have slack" Clark back
again.
Supt. Barber has issued his an
of the Normal Institute
to be held here this summer. There
will be a six weeks session, begin
ming Nay %, instead of the.usual four
weeks, the first two weeks being in
tended for preliminary work. The
Institute will be conducted by Prof.
w. s. Picken with Prot. Estey, Prof.
Russ and Mrs. Picken as assistants.
Lectures are announced to be given
by State Supt. Winans, and by Prof.
D. f. Sanders, of the Fit. Scott Nor
NAL.
The disposition manifested in GER
tain quarters to claim the result of the
late city election as political victory
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