The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01

! Quite number of boys around tOwT
are making themselves rather often.
| sive by throwing stones and other
missels at children going and coming
to school. On Monday last Roy Con,
/ ley was hit in the head and again on
! Wednesday Paul GOshOrn was hit
and quite a severe cut inflicted on the
/ back of his head. Better be care
| full boys, for only last week t 10 boys
of this city got ten days in jail for just
such an Offense.
Never in the history of our town
has our prospects been sogOOd as they
are this spring. Every body seems
to want to get into business and as a
| result numerous changes are being
made. The first of March will wit
ness several large changes in some OF
our stores. Every store room and
dwelling house in town is occupied.
and our real estate meu are beseiged
constantly by men who want farms
| lola and Allen county is all right \
man told US the other cay that he was
quite an extensive traveller and that
he had gone through many towns but
he said we have the best town for its
size of any he had visited When you
speak of our town, if you can't say
something good, keep still. Speak a
good word every time you get a chance
and thus help along, and above all,
patrOniZe no enterprises and home
merchants.
The dispatches in last weeks dailIes
announced that a company had been
organized at TT. Scott and franchise
4 . 4, l., 81
to pipe natural gas from this city to
FIT. Scott, distance of forty one miles.
There has been considerable talk about
the project on our streets this week
and while we do not think it will ever
be done we should take steps to pre-
vent it if we can do so fairly. We
will need all the gas we have got in
the future. And if it is piped to TT.
Scott that town might be able to offer
manufactures larger inducements
than we can. We cannot complete
with that city just yet, but we are on
good road to success, and if we will
all pull together for the best interests
of our town. in few years we will
have city second to none and then
probably we can take Fit. Scott in as
a suburb, and supply her with gas.
Natural gas is thing to be desired.
1t is tie cheapest, cleanest and
best fuel known and where there is gas
there is bound TO be prosperity and
growth. SO let's try to keep our
gas at home and utilize it all here.
We have got room for some good fac
tories here, and if there are any seeking
location, it will pay the managers to
write to the Secretary of our CONNER
cial Club, and see what inducements
we can offer for location. lola is as
pretty town as you will find in many
days travel. aud when spring opens
up there is going to be a good many
buildings put up, There is not enough
houses in town to supply the demand
so there will have to be some more
built. We have got sufficient gas to
light and heat every house and store
in town, and if you want To live hap
DIV come to lola, the Natural Gas City
You MAJ think you are happy where
you are, but if you will only come to
lola you will learn what real happi-
ness is. We have plenty of good
churhes, and a new one is going to be
built this spring, and there are no bet
ter schools in the State than ours.
business men are liberal and don't
charge you exOrbitant prices for every
thing, they do not want to get rich in a
day, and the farming land of our coun
ty is the best in the State, we never
havea total failure of cropse; enough is
always raised to keep Us from want and
some of our most energetic men have
become rich off the fruits Oftheir farms.
We could go on and fill up this whole
page of the good traits Of lola and AL
len county, but we haven't time. we
only want to say that if you are look
ing for a location, don't fail to visit
lola and Allen cOunty-the garden
spot Ct the State.