The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-12-04
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turn, the best evidence of the probable
permanency of the lola gas field is the
fact shat shrewd and experienced men
like the canyons, after inspecting
every gas field in the United States
chose 60 locate their works here and
have spent many thousand dollars
in a plant for the smelling of zinc
which must depend upon natural gas
for fuel. These men would hardly
spend this sum Of money on an ex-
permanent station.
WHAT IT ALL MEANS.
All Of which means that the city OF
lola offers unequalled inducements
for the location of industries of all
kinds 10 which the item of fuel is a
considerable factor of expense. The
superiority of natural gas over any
other kind of fuel is conceded long
ago. The fact that it delivers itself
and leaves no refuse, thus doing away
with the expense of stokers, the fact
that it can develop any required de-
gree Of heat, and above all the fact
that it may be had here at lola for the
taking, or at a merely nominal price,
present considerations which those
who are seeking a location for the
profitable investment of capital in
manufacturing enterprises will not be
slow to appreciate.
1t is not cOntended that lola would
be good location for the establish
menG Of all kinds Of industries. AS
matter OF course it would be foolish to
seek 20 build up here factory in
which the item of fuel was a small
matter and the transportation of raw
N lap nnn Rnt indus
try which reVerses these conditions
must surely find here splendid OPP
DOrtInitV. Where could there be
found a better location for a broom
factory, for example, or for canning
factory, a creamery, paper or straw
board mill, a starch factory or brick
and tile factory? The raw material
for all these Industries is produced
right here, the cost of fuel is practic-
ally nothing, sites may be procured
and buildings erected at the minimum
cost for such things anywhere, and
the market is right at our doors. And
WHY could not cotton mills, Touring
mills and implement factories be sue
cessfully located here, within easy
reach of their raw material and with
the cost of erection and operation of
DldUlS IGuuCtu W bllO NCl IONCob
ure? For it should not be forgotten
that the cost of living is at least
fifty per cent. less here where every
thing that goes onto the table is to be
had at first hands, than it is in the
cities, and consequently wages are
lower. Neither is there the menace of
strikes and great fires or disturbances
of any kind that constantly imperil
the capital that is invested in large
cities.
These are only a few of the many
branches of industry that might GER
tainiy be located at lola with every
promise of success. ALWAYS PRO
NIDED that they had behind them
capital and skill and energy and en-
terprise. The day has gone by when
the man with a scheme could come
to lola and induce the citizens to put
up the money for the establishment Of
an "industryn i'm which he invested
nothing but gall.
NO BALLOON BOOM BUSINESS.
The people of lola are not "boOm-
ingn their town in the old idiOtic,
speculative way. We have not laid
out any new additions. Town lots are
good property, but they are not held
beyond a reasonable figure, and they
are not being sold at auction TO eXcit-
ed eXcursiOnistS. We are not plan
ming any street railroads, nor plotting
to secure the State capital or branch
of the State Penitentiary or RefOrma-
tory or Normal School or anything of
that kind. We are simply trying to
make the world understand that we
have here the biggest and best natur-
al gas field on earth; and when
that is understood we have no fear
but that the men who are engaged in
legitimate enterprises and who appre-
ciate the Importance of securing the
best possible location will realize the
advantages offered by this fact and
will come here. not to beat the people,
but to enhance their own fortunes.
Those who come with this spirit and
purpose will find a warm welcome
awaiting them, and may confidently
expect the most liberal concessions in
the way of securing site and fuel.
1.-The lola Improvement Association"
is the name of a corporation recently
chartered by a number of the leading
business men of the town, having for
its object the encouragement of enter
prises seeking location here, and it
will cooperate with the projectors of
all such enterprises in a substantial
way and to any reasonable extent.
But what we desire distinctly under
stood is that the citizens of lola are
not engaged in initiating any fictitious
boom for the purpose of unloading a
lot of worthless real estate upon I'M
suspecting strangers; neither are they
exchanging bonuses or other valuable
considerations for smooth talk. They
are simply seeking in a legitimate
way to present the advantages which
their town offers for legitimate bust
ness, believing that this will insure a
growth that while rapid will yet be
substantial and enduring because
founded upon the rock of common
sense and business sagacity. Natural
gas has never yet failed to build up
prosperous town. lola Will not be
the solitary exception to so golden a
rule.