The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-29
THE lola REGISTER.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1898.
THE lola FAIR.
Everything Considered 1t Was Great
Success

Everything Considered 1t Was Great
Success.
1t was discouraging Wednesday.
1t was so hot and the wind blew such
a hurricane and the air was so full OF
dust. But the blessed rain came that
night. Not much, but enough to lay
the dust and cool little the super
heated atmosphere. So Thursday
everybody worked with a will. Inc
ladies were particularly active and
efficient, arranging Floral Hall with
rare taste and skill and making it a
thing of beauty. Exhibits were COM
ing in all day, too, live stock, grain,
vegetables, fruit. And by night
everything was in place.
Again the blessed rain came in the
nick of time. Just enough. Not
drop too much or too little. So that
Friday and Saturday were perfect
days, and the crowds that came to the
Fair were comfortable and happy all
day long.
The event of Friday was the speech
nv Mrs. Annie l.. Diggs. A great
MANY took it for granted that because
the editor of the REGISTER introduced
her, Mrs. Diggs must be Republi-
can. Fact is she is as rank Popullst
as there is in the State,-believes In
Government railroads, fiat money,
sub-treasury and everything else that
we don't believe in at all. We intro
duced her and did what we could to
make it tleasant for her simply be-
cause we have been acquainted with
her and her family for fifteen years
and esteem her highly. She isn't
brilliant orator, but speaks easily,
plainly, pleasingly and pointedly.
Her talk at the Fair ground certainly
made friends for her and for the cause
of weman suffrage which she advocat-
ed.
After the speech there were races
trottine and pacing-the slowest races
YOU nearly ever saw. Everybody
groaned when the time was announc-
ed,-anywhere from 2:45 to $3.50.
There used to be some Texas steers In
this country-but we don't want 60
make anybody feel bad.
There was some racing Saturday
which was a good deal better. -Four
trotters entered all of whom had
better record than $50, and there was
something like horse race for awhile.
"Dick Huntington" of Bronson, was
the prime favorite to begin with. But
he was never in it at all. Seems to us
that horse has somehow hypnotized
the people out at Bronson. They al
WAYS bet on him and they always lose
their money. We have seen him at
three fairs at least and we never saw
him win a race yet. His hackers al
WAYS say, "If he hadn't broker But
he always breaks. He didn't trot p
single half mile Saturday, out Of three
mile heats, without breaking. And
we never saw him do any differently.
We are not saying that he never did
win a race or that he never viii. All
we say is that we never saw him win
and never expect to. However, he
helped to make things interesting last
Saturday, because everybody was al
ways expecting him to 'get down to
business" and do great things. And
this is true: He did better the last
heat than the first. Maybe if there
had been thirty or forty more heats
he would have come out all right.
But the running race! That was
something to make your hair curl!
Slow. If it had been January, and a
stream of molasses had started a foot
ahead of those horses they never
could have caught up with it. If it
had started q foot behind them they
would have been drowned in it before
they got half way around the track.
But then it gave the people something
to laugh at so it was all right.
The bicycle race was interesting.
Four men from Chanute were the con-
testants. Rak Miller entered just to
fill the race. Nevertheless be kept
right along with the winner until his
wind gave out. The man who won,
did so without much competition.
There was a game of ball Saturday
between Geneva and lola. Geneva
won. Forty or fifty to five or six.
THE Harrison d Co. band furnished
music both days and contri buted
most handsomely to the entertain
ment of the people.