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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04

Miss Ohlfest, an exceedingly pretty
aud attractive young woman, whose
education in the best schools In the
state was manifest, showed the farm
to the reporter. A city man does not
look for evidences of refinement and
up-to-date manners and style on q
farm. But Kansas Is q state of sur
prises and contradictions. The daugh-
ter of John Ohlfest, farmer. with her
charming reserve, good taste and
beauty would have graced any social
circle In the country.
That such q girl should be content
with life on q farm was questioned.
SHE LIKES THE FARM.
81 would not live away from this
farm as q matter of choice" said Miss
Ohlfest. II have lived In cities and
they have no charms for me. We
have a very nice circle of young peo-
pie around here and cOntrive to amuse
ourselves with q literary club and
dancing parties in the Winter, and we
visit back and forth a great DEAL"
Miss OhIfest showed the photo
graphs of some of the young women
i'm lhe neighbOrhOOd. Without ex-
ceptiOn they were well, and even
fashiOnably, dressed. Some Of them
were very pretty, and all were bright
and self-respecting.
81 cannot see why people in the city
regard farm life with such contempt
uous amusement, said Miss Ohlfest.
81 am sure we have everything they
have except excitement and dirt and
poverty. We have the sane right to
buy and read books and magazines,
and money to visit the cities when we
choose. Life on Kansas farms, at
least those l know anything about, is
not hardship by any means and it
certainly has pleasures that the cities
know nothing Of"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04

cost him at least So 500. 1t grinds
feed for at least $50 head of cattle.
Beside this are great cattle barns,
painted red, of course. His corn
houses contain about $1,000 bushels
of corn. On the place are also apple
aud seed houses, an ice house, horse
stables, cattle barns and other build
ings necessary to sO great business.
He has orchards and vineyards and q
cellar full of wine of his own making.
He has on his place 100 acres OF
timber, which supplies him with fuel.
He is a great advocate of time and
labOr-saving machinery and does all
the farm work possible by machines.
such as saving wood, hay making
and feed grinding. He grows tame
grass, timothy and clover, and finds
it cheaper to buy corn for his cattle.
Grass is never a failure and is a most
profitable crop, he finds. He believes
in constantly enIiching his land.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04

Sickness is burglar who Is continually
trying to break into human life. His most
usual tool is constipation. This one, seem
ingly unimportant thing Is the primary
cause of nine -tenths of all human ailments.
When the bowels fail to act, impure, poison
Gus matter is retained in the system, is alb
sorbed by the blood, and carried to every
part of the body. Ali the digestive organs
are affected, and particularly the largest and
most important Of them-the liver. Con-
stipation causes biliousness and bilious
headaches retaTds digestion in the stomach
causing fermentation-SouI stomach, hatu-
lency, and feverishness, feeling of full
ness, heart burn, and other disagreeable
symptoms. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
cure constipation. They afford immediate
relief, but it is not merely temporary re-
lief You do not become slave to the use
of the Pellets They gradually restore
the healthy, natural action of the digestive
organs and you may stop using them until
some indiscretion in eating again makes
them necessary. Doctors are supposed to
know more about health and sickness than
ANYBODY else, and when the doctor comes,
the first thing he does is to find out if the
bowels are in good order.
"a Word to the Wise Is Sufficient
The more one knows about health and disease,
the easier it is for him to be healthy. knowledge
of some of the simpler laws Of health Is Of the ut
most importance to everyone, and everyone may
have this knowledge by possessing DR.. Iierce's
Common Sense Medical Adviser" This work
Is a complete medical library in itself absolutely
free to any one who will send II onecent stamps,
TO pay cost of mailing 0Hly, to Worlds DiSpensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. The free edi-
ton is in paper covers. If French cloth covers
Tre desired send 10 cents extra, 81 cents IN aul
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04
A SATISFIED FARMER.

Not far from LaHarPs = tidy little
farm was found. In = fenced and
sodded yard was = comfortable house,
and back of it low cattle barns and a
number of stacks of hay. In answer
to knock at the door 3 woman came
She was comfortably clad and the in
terror of the house looked cUzy. The
windows were full of chrysanthsm-
ums. In roply to question she said:
This is w. J. DOnnan's farm. He
is out in the fields husking corn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04

teresting place, reached from the high
way by long lane of Maple trees at
the end of which were q group of corn
cribs, stone barns and hay stacks that
betokened prosperity. A large flock
of wild turkeys and hens, an orchard
and flower garden added to the charm
of the place, which was not the re-
puted barren Western farm by any
means. Mr.. Toby has made his 200
acres and improvements at farming IN
Kansas.
John Ohlfest's farm is one OF the
prettiest places in the neigh6orhood.
The most striking thing about it is
the big red barn, although the house
nesting in a grove of naples is pretty
enough. The barn is enormous and,
unlike most barns, is lighted by gas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04

From the Kansas City Star, Nov. II, 1896.
The Star reporter took the train at
.Glenloch and went south. He didn't
stop until he got to the next county
seat, lola, of Allen. He stepped into
the first grocery store he came to and
said to the proprietor:
"Can you give me the names of the
prosperous farmers in this locality ?''
The grocer, who was q man of af-
fairs, said curtlY:
"Life's too short"
"Then can you name one and where
1 may find him?
The grocer scratched his head re-
fiectively and said: There's one up
stairs now, i'm HObart's Office; his
name is A. w. Rowland. Go up and
ask for him.
In q room up stairs, with real
estate sign OH the door, four rather
elderly men were gleefuIly playing
high five.
await till I play this hand out, u
said a man with white beard and d
Mckinley hat on his heal. The game
proceeded quietly until the usual up
roariOus finish of all high five gamer
and MIR, Rowland was at leisure
He didn't look like a farmer, this man
more like retired banker or business
man. His hands were those of ali
Office man.
EARNED FARM EACH YEAR.
ayes, Pm farmer" he said, "bul
1 live in town off the proceeds of my
farm. Town ,O8I acres. came here
from Michigan in 1859 with SIT cash
in my jeans and all the personal rea
estate L owned in the world was not
worth $3.50. l took up a claim of New
York Indian land, got warrant and
paid the government Sl60 dollars fol-
it. l afterward suli the claim fOI
$500, after working "n it and imprOv
ing it for five years Then 1 bought
$40 acres on Martins creek. | raised
and fed cattle and hogs and stuck t.
my business very closely. Since then
1 have been able actually, no guess
work, 10 make nne fam a Year. L car
easily make abbu' S. 900 a year off it
Besides this. have fine stone resi-
dence OH The farm, red barn thai
will hold 200 toms of Iopse hay and q
big horse barn.
al farmed for thirty years and rails
ed corn mostly, which | fed tn cattle
and hogs and raised horses. L long
ago gave up raising wheat, because
do not think it is profitable. But
got tired of farming and came into
town to rest"
"And play high five" interpOIated
one of his friends.
THAT'S SO" agreed Mr. Rowland
al value my place at SIS 900 aud
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04

do you farm in this nelghDor-
hOod?" he was asked.
"Yos," he replied, my farm is
about a mile from LsHarpe. My
name is John Ohlfest."
"Do you find farming profitable?"
he was asked.
81 have no complaint to make"
"How many acres have your"
A "BIG RED BARN" FARMER.
81 own $50 acres. l came here in
1870 from Indiana with brother, Chas.
Ohlfest, whose farm is not far from
mine. L wasn't worth ANYTHING
when 1 came, and everything L have
l have made from my 100 acres. My
place is worth now $50 al acre, ex-
elusive of the improvements. have
only mOrtgaged it once, and that was
to improve it. borrowed 81 900 once
and that year 1 put $1,000 worth of
improvements on the place, and l
soon paid off the mortgage. l raise
corn, oats, fax, and potatoes. l feed
the corn 10 cattle and hogs. 1 can
easily make q 81 600 year off the
farm, and part of this 1 save every
year and part 1 put back into the
place In improvements. have barn
on the place 6Ox8S feet, and there are
5000 bushels of corn i'm the cribs. 1
have reared five children and given
them the best education prOcurable.
There is gas we'll on my place with
a flow OF II million cubic feet of gas in
"a hours"
"Do you think farmers can make
money i'm Kansas ?"
"a farmer that can't make money
in Kansas is q damn fool. I'll tell
you what's the trouble with a great
many farmers iE Kansas. They're
too fond of speculation. They start
in with nothing and see a neighbOr
who has a good start making money
feeding cattle. They borrow mo ney
and buy feeders. After they FELL
them the moa ley slips through their
fingers and they wake up to find the
mortgage unpaid and the money
gone; then they damn the man who
lent them the money. Or, perhaps
they strike a falling market with
their stock because they do not Judy
the market reports, and the result is
the same. L cannot blame Kansas
She has done well by me because /
have done my duty by her. 1 tell
you there is more in saving money
than IN making it, and any one who
owns farm in good portion of Kan
sas can make it pay by leaving poll
tics alone and attending strictly to
his work. Stop and see my place if
you're going that way. My daughter
is at home and will show it to you"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04
FARMING IN KANSAS.
Some Sample Answers by
Prosperous Allen County
Farmers to the
Question
DOES FARMING PAY?
The Kansas CityIStsr Sends Reporter
to Inquire int Actual Conditions
in this County and this is
Part Of His Report.
NOT MUCH CALAMITY" HERE.

And what These Men Have Done Scores and
Hundreds Of others Have Done, and any
Nan Who KneVs his Busiaess may do.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04

FARMER WHO OWNS TOWN BUILD
INGS.
"Plenty of them. Here's my friend
Hobart. He's another farmer who
lives I'm town."
Mr.. L. Hobart is now in the real
estate business. lends money and looks
after his property. He said, in sub
stance:
al came to Kansas from Illinois in
1867, and didn't have enough to buy .
cat. l worked nn the section for q
while. L married here and got hold
of small farm. i now own 440 acres.
1 turned my attention to raising stock
aud am of the opinion that stock rails
ing is necessary to success in farming
i'm Kansas. [ farmed twenty-five
years and was then electe sheriff
aud since then have lived i'm town
and am through with hard work on
the farm"
"He's too modest" said MIR. How
land. He owns q business block i'm
Humboldt, aud owns buildings and
residences i'm town here which he
rents, besides the house he lives in.
Made it all OH the farm. If you want
t o see a really successful farmer go
out and interview Dan HOrville
On the way TO Dan HOrville's farm
a man was seen on the roof of COM
Portable farm house repairing the
chimney. The house had had a re-
cent addition and the whole place
looked very tidy and prosperous.
The man Oh the roof was hailed, and
descended He said his name was
John Mcdonald and that he was the
owner of 120 acres which had descend
ed from his father, one of the pioneers.
$500 A YEAR PROFIT FROM 120 ACRES.
ave are Illinois folk" he said,
land are doing fairly well. We make
a good living and L have educated
four children. raise hay and corn.
We make, besides the living, possibly
$500 a year, 800 of it from butter and
like produce. In good fruit years the
orchard aud vineyard yield profit.
/ value the farm at $50 an acre be-
cause it il so near town. l have five
acres of orchard, One-fOurth acre OF
vineyard and several kinds of berries.
My wife raises chickens and makes
butter" In front of the garden, q
beautiful grove of monster old trees
surrounded the house. Nearby was
a bell fastened to a tree to call the
"hands" from the fi-lds. All about
were evidences of thrift and careful
farming. Mr.. Mcdonald is county
commissioner and is accounted a
"tidy, thrifty farmer" Besides a
good living he makes net 10 pei
cent on good valuation of capital in
vested
Dan HOrville is the star farmer OF
the neighhorhOod. He is small
dark, shrewd, reticent Franco A er-
! lean, born on the shores of the North
sea. His wife was born in Ohio.
They have eight children, ali living.
Mr.. Hnrville landed i'm Allen county
i'm 1857 and started with $50 acre
claim. which he soon sold. Then be-
gan the accumulation of his magnifi-
cent property of 5000 acres which
with the improvements, is worth at
least $50, 900 and all made OH Kansas
farm in less than forty years.
SOMETHING LIKE A FARM.
Mr. Hnrville is stock man pure
aud simple His place is sOwn to
grass AMI corn, hut is largely meadow.
The hay and corn are fed to his own
cattle which he fattens for the Kansas
CITY stock market. On the farm are
some twenty buildings, including a
grist mili for grinding stock feed, OPP
crate bv a gasoline engine and which
a Vk
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04

H@Subscribo for the REGIsTER.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04

III. vANNUYs Cashier
EVILS L. NORTHRUP, Assist Cashier
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04

Mr. Hnrville is stock man pure
aud simple. His place is sOwn to
grass AMI corn, hut is largely meadow.
The hay and corn are fed to his own
cattle which he fattens for the Kansas
CITY stock market. On the farm are
some twenty buildings, including a
grist miii for grinding stock feed, OPP
crate bv a gasoline engine and which
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04

In the house the kitchen range and
the heating stoves have been trans
formed into gas stoves, and the house
is lighted with Welsbach burners.
With a gas well at the back door and
no meter the problem of heat and
light is of no consequence whatever.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04

are now selling those elegant Toilet
preparations put up by the Partisan
Toilet Co. of Chicago. Agents want
ed all over the u. 8. Write for full
directions to 40 Michigan st. In
close Stamp for reply.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04

MARY E. NORTHRUP. President
r. A. NORTHRUP, Vice. President,
DIP. NORTHRUP, End Vice-Prest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-29
City Council.

special meeting of the city council
was held last evening to effect settle
ment of tax matters, including those of
Collector Hurlburt and ex-Collector
Hamer
Chairman Taylor of the finance COM
mittee reported, advising that a settle
ment be made, based on the decision in
the. suit of the county VS.. Hurlburt
which was in substance as follows:
The city delinquent taxes of 1895
amounted to $5,065.95, the delinquent
city school for 1895, $2,026.97; on delin-
quent sales previous to 1895, 81. 400. 95:
city school taxes on sales previous to
1895, S566.52; total, $9,06O.19. Thus the
delinquent taxes for the city were
S6,466.90, and the total of the school dis
trict delinquencies, 81, 1929. The de-
cision of the court was that the county
should carry the delinquent taxes of
the state and county and the city
should carry it's own delinquent taxes
and also the delinquent school taxes.
The only question to be decided by
an appeal was whether the county
should carry all the delinquent taxes
or whether the city should carry part
of them and whether the county or
city should carry the delinquent school
taxes. 1t was decided that an appeal
should be taken and TO make a settle
l.. L
this. about $4,000 will be put in circu-
lation.
An agreement has been entered into
by the board of education and the
council, whereby the city shall draw
a warrant in favor of the board for
50, 593.29. but the board will Immediately
pay it back to the city. This is made
necessary by the insistance of the col
lector's attorney for separate receipts
from the city, county and school board
A resolution was adopted recon-
mending that ex-Collector Hamer be
credited with the amount of Ogden city
taxes for 1S93-94, redeemed or continued
on the certificates of sale made by
him for those years, and that he be
credited with 1915 costs for each of the
II, 027 certificates. This matter has been
pending for over three years and is
now finally settled.
]. S. Lewis & Co. were given permits
sion to remove their street clock to
their new location.
President Wardleigh introduced
resolution providing that after January
l next, warrants drawn by the city
will lie redeemed only by the city treas
urer, and that city warrants will not be
received by any officer of the city in
payment of any debt due the city.
Referred to the finance committee.
Adjourned until Monday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-29
EXECUTORS, SALE.


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
in pursuance of an order of NJ. L. Richie,
judge of the probate division OF the Third
judicial district court of the state or
Utah, in and for the county of Salt Lake,
made on the 18th day of September, A ID.
1896, in the matter of the estate of Thomas
Allsop. deceased. the undersigned execut-
ors of the estate of said deceased, Wlli
sell at private sale to the highest bidder
for cash, lawful money of the United
States. of America, and subject to con-
iirmatlon by said court, on the llth DAY ~
of January, 1897, at u o'clock noon OF
said day, at the law Office of Moyle, Zane
a Costigan, rooms Nos. TIA. Deseret Ma,
tlonal Bank building, corner Main ana
FIRST South streets. in Salt Lake CITY.
Utah. ali the right, title and interest OF
the said Thomas Allsop at the time o.
MS death. and all the right. title and IN
terest that the said estate has, by opera
ton of law or otherwise, acquired other
man or In addition to that of the SAID
Thomas Allsop, deceased, at the time
or his death. in and to all of the follow
ing described tracts of real estate, 10
wit: Commencing ninety-four t9f RODS
ana eight 80 links east of the northwest
corner of the southeast quarter of section
one d, east of the Salt Lake meridian.
thence south sixty-seven cd rods and
twenty-one CD links: thence east sixty
five (65) rods and seventeen 90 links:
thence north forty-two (42) rods and
twenty-one CID links: thence west six
teen Q6) rods: thence north twenty-five
tz0j TOdSs thence west f0rty-nine t4y) rOuS
and seventeen 90 links to place of be-
ginning, containing twenty-five (25) acres.
fifty-two CD rods and ten Q0) links. SIT
uate in Salt Lake county, state of Utah.
Also the southwest quarter of section
twenty-six (26), in township thirteen Q3)
north of range one %, west of Salt Lake
meridian, containing one hundred and
sixty Q60) acres of land. the same being
situate, lying and being in Cache county.
state of Utah: Also all of lots twenty
eight (2S) and twenty-nine 600. and a
fraction of lot one %. in block two (2l of
the east addition TO Sandy City, Salt
Lake county. state of Utah. being in and
a part of the southeast quarter of sec
ton six 90, township three 60 south of
range one %. east of the Salt Lake
meridian, situate in Salt Lake county.
state of Utah. Terms and conditions Of
sale: Cash, lawful money of the United
States of America. ten Q0 per cent of the
purchase money TO be paid on day of
sale, balance on confirmation of sale by
said court. Deed at expense of purchaser.
GEORGE A. ALLSOP.
THOMAS NJ ALLSOP,
JOSEPH H. ALLSOP,
Executors of the Estate of Thomas ALL
sop. deceased.
Dated December 18th. 1895.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-29
Idaho State Teachers.

Pocatello, Ida, Dec. 2S.-The Idaho
State Teachers association met here
this morning. Eighty-two members
were in attendance. An address of
welcome on behalf of the city was ex-
tended by Councilman J. B. Bistline,
and an address was made by Judge d.
w. Standrod on our city schools. These
were responded TO by President Gault
of the state university at Moscow,
President Motter of Albion State Nor
NAL school, and City Superintendent
Newman of Moscow city schools, after
which President II. H Barton of Hal
ley delivered his annual address to
the association. Three papers were
read today, one by r. A Knott of
Soda Springs on Cultivation of Mem
ory;" one by Professor J. A. Koontz
on individuality in the Schoolroom,'
and one by State Superintendent-ele
Anderson. of MOSCOW, on Needed
Legislation" This paper is now under
discussion by the county superinten-
dents of the state. Professor Gault
win lecture before the Ladies Study
League this evening, and Professor
Knepper of Lewiston Normal school
will lecture before the association to-
morrow. The meeting will remain in
session three days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-29
FINAL DECREE.
Exactly What the Power Co. Must
Do Before Inundating Road.

For several days there have been
efforts to have the decree of Judge
Hiles restraining the county commits
sioners from building the new roads
at the county's expense, modified - as
TO throw no impeachment whatever in
the way of the company building the
dam. 1t is understood that final
agreement was reached between the
attorneys and a final decree decided
upon. While it was not satisfactory to
the Power company in all respects,
still LIE Grand Young offered no objec-
ton to its being signed by Judge Hiles.
Following are its provisions:
1t is hereby ordered. adjudged and
decreed that you, the said Z. w. Wade
w. G. Wilson and John c. Child
county commissioners of Weber county
and your successors in office, are for
hidden until the further order of this
court from paying out or expending
any public money or creating any liza
bility for the construction of the roads
mentioned in plaintiffs complaint II
is further ordered, adjudged and de-
creed that said commissioners may
permit the construction of the dam
mentioned in plaintiffs complaint and
the submergence of the road made
necessary thereby: provided. that other
suitable or necessary road or roads
shall be constructed at the expense OF
the said Pioneer Electric Power COM
pany for the convenience of the travel
ing public, and particularly of Eden
and Huntsville precincts, to the ac-
ceptance and approval of the county
commissioners.