The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-01-31
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Feb IL. A large number of seats are
already token and the house will
doubtless be crowded.
Uncle Jimmie Taylor is tearing
down the old bee hive building east
of Klaumann's and hauling it away.
TITS an unsightly old wreck and
would better be taken down, thus
avoiding the possibility of an acct
dent in case it should fall down.
Owing to the storm last Thursday,
A. B. Mull's sale was not held, and
he hereby gives notice that it will
come off on Tuesday, February 18th,
when he will sell everything and rent
his bottom farm. At the same time
and place there will be % head of
steers sold for cash.
The entertainment at the Baptist
church Tuesday evening given by the
Pomeroy Family, was one of the best
of the kind that has been given here
this winter. The young people rem
dered some excellent music and their
readings were superb. Those who
failed to attend missed treat.
Mrs. John Everheart and Miss
Edna returned Sunday from Eureka
Springs, Ark, where they went some
time ago hoping to benefit their health
by the change of climate. 1t is with
the deepest regret we learn that Mrs.
EverheaIt's health was not improved
by the change. They will make lola
their future home.
K. c. Journal: The commendable
practice on the part of the women of
removing their hats at theatrical en-
tertainments has just become prev
alent in lola, and the papers there
comment on the discovery always
made when the practice is first adj
opted, to wit: that the bare-headed
girls are the prettiest ones in the
house.
Z. c. Star: The Meriden creamery
has paid out SS5,416 to farmers for
milk since March, 1893. The number
of patrons increased in 1895 from IL
to 175; 4,663,0O0 pounds of milk were
handled, the company paying there
for S35.3O7. The cost of operation was
$500 and the net profits sos. Far
mers averaged S4.12 per month from
each COW.
John Schroeder, of Carlyle, was in
Monday to pay up for his paper
John was born in Germany, but
America has done well by him and
he has done well by America, being
a most loyal and patriotic American.
"When 1 get to thinking that things
in this country are all wrong" says
he, 81 will get out Of it; / won't stay
here and kick"
Mrs. Ada Unruh, late of Oregon,
but a formerly of Kansas woman,
gave a series of five interesting and
largely attended lectures at the Bap-
fist church last week, under the aus
pices of the lola w. G. Il. L. One of
the immediate results of her work be-
ing the addition to the local union of
fifteen new members, five of whom
were gentlemen. All who heard her
were encouraged and strengthened.
y Accompanied by about half dozen
citizens the street commissioner went
down to NOrthrup's ford Wednesday
afternoon and proceeded to blast out
some of the large obnoxious boulders
from the road, thus making it a great
deal easier to ascend or decend. This
is a step in the right direction as
heretofore it has been almost impos-
sible to ascend the decline with a
loaded wagon, no matter how well a
horse may have been shod, he could
not get foothold in the solid rock.
" II. Klaumann came near having a
runaway Wednesday afternoon. He
was coming around the mound south
Of town driving his delivery team,
when the pole of the wagon slipped
through the loop of the neckyoke and
allowed the wagon to run upon the
horses and frightened them. They
started TO run and seeing it would be
impossible to control the team with
the lines, he pulled them into ditch,
leaped from the wagon and caught
the horses by the bits. 1t was a
lucky accident as no harm was doneI1
Oldthe Mirror: A farmer living
near Morse made a practical test of
the shrinkage of corn, with the fol-
Lowing result: He weighed his corn
in the fall and slowed it in the ear,
and sold it without Smelling in the
spring, carefully weighing it out, by
which he proved an actual shrinkage
of only per cent. This is so much
less than the usual computation of
loss that this year he has invested
81 900 in corn at the present low price,
in addition to his own crop, and ex-