The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-03-18

! Music. ................ Orchestra
| Invocation. Rev Huckleberry
| Vocal Solo ................ Frank Letter
oration.-"The Tyranny Of Prejudice" Mis-,
Anna Carman
Piano Solo. ..-........ Mixs Lillian Dimmick
Deeama!ion-"shaking Hands. " Harry Bassett
Declamation-"The Death Bridge of the Tay,
Miss Grace Beck
Declamation-"wi William Tell among the Meun
Deelamation-"T Battle Of Iyry." Miss Ann.
Moore
Vocal Duett. Miss Smeltzer. Mr. Scott
Music ......... .......-.-........ Orchestra
The foregoing is the program pre-.
scented to large and interested au-
dience at the A. o. U. w. Hall last
Saturday night to determine who
should represent the schools of Allen
county at the contest in defamation
and OratOry at Chanute next week.
Miss Carman was the only pupil in
the county brave enough to attempt
an Grafton and she deserves much
credit for the thought and care with
which it was written. With this ex-
ceptiOn the program consisted of dee
lamatiOns, and all of them were very
well done indeed, showing careful
preparation and much painstaking
work. We should like to make indi-
vidual mention of each of the youth
full orators but lack of space limits us
to this word of general cOmmenda-
ton. The decision of the judges,
awarding the first place to Miss Grace
Beck and the second to Miss Anna
Moore, was evidently approved by
the audience. This decision will
make Miss Grace our representative
at Chanute and she is certainly one
of whom the entire county may be
proud, as her rendition Ofthe difficult
selection was beyond criticism. n
very pleasant incident of the evening
was the cordial applause which greet
ed Miss Lola SmeltZer when she
came upon the stage to sing in the
Duet. This was her first public ap-
pearance since her return home and
the warm welcome was fitting and
beautiful.
Those who have read the REGIS
TIERS court house notes during the
past two months will not have failed
to notice the activity and success
shown by the county attorney and the
sheriff i'm making life a burden to the
dive keepers. We believe that every
man in the county against whom rea-
sOnable evidence can be brought to
prove violation of the prOhibitOry law,
is now under arrest and either in jail
or under heavy bond to appear for
trial at the District cOnrt. Nearly all,
if not all, of them are old offenders,
and their conviction and heavy pun
ishment is almost certain. The action
of the officers thus far is highly COM
mendable, and we are sure that the
sentiment of the county is Overwhelm-
ingly i'm favor of the active prOsecu-
ton of the cases and of a severe SEN
tence upon those found guilty. A
Humboldt man, himself an anti-prO-
hibitiOnist, told us this week that the
people of Humboldt are getting very
tired of the dives, and that they will
heartily approve of the severe punish
ment of the men whose persistent viO-
lation of the law has given their town
a bad name and been constant men,
ace to its peace. Let the war COON.
About 20 years ago the town of Neo-
shO Falls bought gravel bed, and
every year since then the gravel has
been hauled onto the streets of the
town until now every street is paved
so that such thing as mud is never
known. We were there the first of
last week, and while the mud at that
time was foot deep on the streets of
lola, the streets of NeOshO Falls were
so clean that lady could have walk
ed all over the town without sOiling
satin slippers. The contrast is pain
full, but it ought to furnish lola a les
son. We have no gravel bed here,
unfortunately, but we have rock and
that rock can be broken up and carted
onto the streets. We cannot afford,
of course, to macadamize all the
streets in one year. But if the money
which is now spent i'm temporary road
work all over town, were concentrated
every year into making one perma-
nent road it would be but few years
until all our main streets were macad-
amized. Why cannot this policy be
commenced this year?
Those who happened to gaze sky
ward yesterday morning about $3.50
O'Clock were rewarded by seeing two
complete parhelic circles, and bril-
liant halo-a rare and remarkable
conjunction. There was one very
large circle with a radius of perhaps
so degrees, passing through the sun
and showing four bright yellow spots,
or sun-dOgs. The othes parhelic cir
Gle was smaller, perhaps not more
than 20 degrees, while the halo which
encircled the sun was fairly dazzling
in brilliancy. The two spots where
the halo crossed the great circle were
very bright, almost rivaling the sun
himself, There was, of course, anOth-
er halo, farther out from the sun, but
its presence was only indicated by
the bright spots where it cross
ed the great circle. Parhelic circles
are produced by the reflection of the
suns light from ice prisms or snow
crystals whose surfaces have verti-
cal position, hence they never appear
except in a cold atmosphere. 1t is
rare indeed for them to be seen so
late in the year in this latitude.
The w. r. G.. social on Tuesday
night was a gratifying success social
" and financially. A great many of
her friends were disappointed that
the Indictment weather prevented Miss
Lola SmeltZer from attending and
singing the solo she had promised,
but with this exception the program,
as printed last week, was carried out
and proved highly entertaining. The
net proceeds were about SIS. The
ladies greatly appreciate the liberal
patronage and ask us to extend their
thanks especially to those who assist
ed them with the program.
The inclement weather of Monday
and Tuesday made it practically inn
possible for delegates to the Sunday
School COnventsOn to reach lola, and
the attendance was therefore very
small. Those who did manage to get