The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-09

= tndn nan as Dig as his DrOtlt Bill
but he has just as much nerve and b
!, always carries it with him. lie wa
= one of the Republican ser. :eants a
!; arms during the late war, aud durin:
the first day of the session he ha,
charge of one of the doors, the onl,
d door leading into Representative Hal
that the Republicans held key to
Along in the afternoon three big Pop
= ulists came to him and demanded tn,
key, "in the name of Adjutant Gener
al Artz." George laughed a littl,
D and said be was not under the com
mand of Gen. Artz. One of the Pops
showed a pistol into his face and tolC
him to hand over that key. George
shifted his tobacco into the other
cheek and said quietly, 'Oh,
| wouldn't do that if l were you" A
big darkey that was helping him hold
the door reached over his shoulder
and took the gun out of the fellows
hand. Then another Populist said.
81 am big enough TO take that key
away from you and I'll do it if you
don't give it TO me-" 81 guess not, u
George said In his slow, easy way.
"God never made man big enough
to take that key away from me-" and
he slipped it into his pocket. The big
Pop. then caught hold of him, but
about that time Bill Higgins got there
and CuDbison and a few Others-and
the Pops. went away. The next day
Mr.. Higgins gave the key to Speaker
Douglass. The last day of the ses-
sion, when the war was all over, the
Speaker raped for order and, ad-
dressing the House said, 81 have a
key here there was little excitement
about on the first day of the session.
What shall / do with it?n And the
| big Populist who didn't get it stood
up and said, ~ think, Mrs Speaker. it
ought to go to the man that kept it
that day." And it was so ordered.
The little crazy Secretary of State
wrote to Higgins once saying he I'M
derstOod he had a key that belonged
to the State and asking him to turn it
over. But the letter wasn't answered.
After bordering over the matter for
more than ten years, the REGISTER has
decided to make little change in it's
policy. Heretofore we have never
made any charge for advertising home |
entertainments. Hereafter we will |
charge half our usual advertising |
rates for such notices. No charge will |
be made for merely announcing such |
entertainments, or for any notice i'm
regard to them that might properly
be considered as news. But when it
is desired to print long program, or
TO use considerable amount of space
in setting forth the attractions and
urging the people to attend, there will
be small charge made. We do not
think this is unreasonable. The
space i'm this paper is our stock i'm
trade. We make our living out of it.
To ask us to use large amount of it
without pay in order to make some
entertainment successful, is like ask
ing the Opera House company to do
nate the use of the hall, or the grocer
to donate sugar or coffee. We have
done it for ten years, and have prob
ably donated more i'm this way to
various objects than any other ten
business firms in town. Two or three
weeks ago, for example, we used space
in advertising certain lecture which.
If charged for at our regular rates
whOuld have cost 1870. We could
doubtless keep on doing this and still .
live. But the trouble is, the demand
upon our space keeps ON increasing.
lola is live town. There is nearly /.
always something going on, and in ,,
order to print all the notices we are
asked to print, we are sometimes COM
Delled to crowd out news that would
De of much more interest to our read !
RS, or advertisements that would pay
is something. We do not believe
hat anyone really thinks we ought L
% be asked to do this. We are will
ng to donate half the space but we
mink we ought to be paid for the 9TH U
II half. So from this date, while an t
louncements of the date, place and C
character of any entertainment will u
Ne made free, as usual, there will be
mall charge made for advertising. u
We trust that our friends will still re- n
main our friends. Il
Walnut Journal: Post Commander a
HARLAN then introduced Hon. Oscar b
'oust, OF lola. who delivered an adj b
ress that was not only appropriate Il
Dr. the occasion, but abOunded with
ervent patriotism and warmth of a
eminent that at times deeply moved is
he audience. Mr.. FOust is an able n
nd ready speaker, and the JOURNAL n
as heard many fine compliments +
aid his address. After some music a
ad been rendered, Geo. Golf, i'm be- o.
alf of the Sons of Veterans, intro
uced Hon. ]. H. Fisher, of Chanute,
Tho proceeded to deliver an address a,
nat was listened to with marked at 4.
sntion by the audience. 1t glowed W
18th the sentiments of American lib =.
rty and the principles for which SO al
ANY of the brave boys in blue fought
nd sacrificed their lives upon the al Z
sr of their country. Mr.. Fisher is an al
oquent and pleasant speaker and u
verybOdy was delighted with his adj III
ress. 10
The commissioners met Monday, VI
1ne 5, as board of equalization.
c changes were made except on pri- ST
ate claims as follows: ROehl & Eek re
It, Humboldt, were reduced $40 on co
al estate i'm section o. 26, Is. PeO- tn
les Bank, of Moran, was reduced to m
200. Lot 8, Block Z, Moran city,
as reduced $500 on account of fire, ma
rs. Clark, of Logan township, reduc- Nv
on of personal property $50. ID. tn
wart, reduction of 500 on personal mn
roperty in Geneva township. Re- m
ste of $50 granted on Lots and 10
lock 81 in lola city. After the Or ",
of the county Board of q,
ealth, with DIR. A. j. Fulton as 90
,alth officer, and the approval of the ON
md of ID. H. Scott for the construct 0o
n of bridge piers, the Board adjourn
|. ell
The following is a list of Petit jur- nu
s drawn for the June term of court: dn
E. Best, Logan; J. H. Wood, Els VI
ore; g. w. Squires, Humboldt; H.
Smith, Marmaton; VIM. Earnest, tn
r. Hibbs, Elsmore; Jacob Gard, pc
la; l.. Parsons, Elsmore; E. A. Gar alb