The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-15
THE lola REGISTER.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1895.
THE NEW REGISTER.

this TO be understood as claiming that
every word of the type which appears
in the paper was set in our own office.
Such special features as the Talmage
sermon, the general news summary
and other things of that sort can be-
bought in the form of pilates" much
more cheaply than they can be set up
here. But we do mean that everyone
of the eight pages is printed here at
home on our own press.
1t will be observed, of course, that
paper is column to the page smaller
than it formerly was. But we be-
lieve the difference will be more than
made up to the reader by reason OF
the greater amount of space that We
will be able to devote to local mat
ters. We realize that county paper
is valued chiefly for the local news it
contains, and we are sure that our
readers will not regret the loss of
few columns of general miscellaneous
reading matter, if space can thereby
be gained for fuller report of the
things that most interest our own
community, In its new form the
REGISTER will never have to COM
plain that various things of interest
have been crowded out for lack OF
space, and it will never have to sac
rifice the interests of 5he local reader
to those of the local advertiser.
Another advantage to the new form
is that it gives the editor control OF
the entire paper SO that nothing can
appear anywhere in its columns that
he does not approve. At least we
hope our readers will find this an
advantage. Some of the old features
of the "patent" side of the paper that
have proven popular will be contin-
ued, such as the Talmage sermon and
the columns devoted tothe farm and
garden, TO live stock and to hOrticul-
ture, and the story that has been
running will be completed. In adj
dition to these we expect to run mat
ter that will be of special interest to
the old soldiers, and to add other
features as space admits from time to
time that will make the REGISTER
different from every other paper that
comes into the homes of any of our
readers, and that will make every
article in it, we trust, of interest and
value.
It has cost a good deal of money
close to S1OOO,-to put in the new
press and to add the other material
necessary in order to make this
change. And we confess that if we
had thought that lola and Allen
county were to remain at a standstill,
growing neither richer nor more pop
ulous, we should n OF have felt justi-
fed in making the expenditure. But
we do not believe that. 1t seems to
us that the out look for our town and
our county was never 80 bright as it
is now. We cannot help believing
that the population of lola will at
least double in the next five years,
and that the community that is trib-
utary to it will become one of the
richest aud most prosperous in the
state. And so in order to "lead the
procession" in order to be ready to
meet every requirement that the most
rapid growth could possibly make up
on a paper; in order to be as large a
factor as possible in the period of
development and prosperity We so
firmly believe is coming, we have
drawn upon our credit for an equip
ment that is not excelled, we believe,
in any town the size of lola in the
State, and that will surely prove
equal to every emergency.
Owing to the pressure of out side
matters that have demanded great
deal of our attention during the past
year, we have not been able to give
the time and care to the REGISTER
that it ought to have had. But these
things are about off our hands now.
and we are looking forward with un-
aIloyed satisfaction to the prospect of
being able to stay at home every day
for the next six months at least and
TO spend our days and nights in max
ing the REGISTER better than it has
ever heen before.
And so dear people, you will be
good to US, and stand by US, and say
as many good things as you can and
&c favE- OWL onos and commend the I