The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-04-10

y. n. hlnuol, the mdH WIN was
bound over to appear for trial on the
charge of burning the Kitzmiller
barn. after being at liberty for about
q week on bail, was re-arrested on
the charge of stealing q saddle from
the barn before it was burned. The
horse, saddle and bride which were
taken from the barn have been found
at Garrett.
Tuesday was Mrs. J. P. Duncan's
forty-sixth birthday and in order to
help her celebrate the event a number
of her friends quietly slipped in on
her in the evening and gave her a
genuine surprise. OF course the even
ing was very enjoyable one as it
always is where lot of good people
get together. Games and converse
ton kept the company together until
late hour and when they departed
it was with best wishes ts the hostess
for the return of many happy birth
days. Those present were; Mr.. and
Mrs. Servey, DR.. and Mrs. BOulsOn,
Rev. and Mrs. Pulliam, Mr.. and Mrs.
Root, Mr.. and Mrs. Klaumann, Mr..
and Mrs. Steyer, Mr.. and Mrs. Golf,
Mrs. E. Richards and Mrs. Chollette.
We have letter from S. Dixon, a
grain dealer at Argonia, Kansas, say
ing that ne expects to start Exam
sas Mckinley Boom Corn Train" from
Wichita about the Sth of June. The
train will have forty cars all filled
with corn, representing forty corn
growing counties. Each car will be
| decorated with such advertising mat
ter as the county represented may
designate, and passenger car will
| be attached to the train in which one
orator from each county will be ac-
commOdated, and also a band OF
music. The scheme is to have the
train travel only by day, and stop at
all the principal points between here
and Chicago and whoop things up for
Kansas. And the expense to each
county that wants to be represented
will be only $1,000. Does Allen county
want to be in on the deal?
James Taylor, c. c. McCarty and
L. c. Munger, judges. and Miss Clara
Welch and Mrs. J. Butler, clerks,
presided over the quietest election
last Monday that ever lola has had
for many years. At various times
dnring the day somebody tried to get
scared about a rumor that "they"
were making a run" on some one or
other of the nominees, but the effort
was futile. Everybody resolutely re-
fused to get excited, and so there was
peace all day in Warsaw. and when
the votes we're announced the follow
ing result was shown: For Mayor:
R. B. Stevenson, 239; A. L. Taylor, %;
George Ackley, l. For Police Judge:
Jacob Gard, pa; J. P. Duncan, 10.
For Councilmen: w. II. Mcclure, $50;
]. NJ. Williamson, 255; Henry Steyer,
246; E. C. Remsberg, 254; John Dun
fee, 257; t. F. Strickland, l; J. Butler,
l; w. c. McNiel, l; w. NJ. Bsrtels, l.;
A. E. Wright, 1; George Ackley, 2;
A. J. Servey, l.
The quarterly report of the State
Board of Agriculture is at hand and
is of unusual interest and value.
Among other things there is an ex-
haustive report on the cultivation,
handling, cost and price of corn,
which shows that in the long run corn
is a good investment. The report
shows that the average price of corn
in Kansas for the past 25 years has
been q 1-5 cents per bushel, and that
the yield has been such IS to make
the average value of the crop S7.31
per acre. Other figures show that
the average cost of raising and har-
vesting corn, leaving out of account
the value of the stalks, is 14i cents
per bushel. or S5.71 per acre. And in
this cost all the work is figured at
prevailing wages, allowance is made
for wear and tear on tools, and S2.4l
per acre is added in as the rent of the
land. In other words a renter who
had to hire all his work done and pay
3. Il cash rent per acre, and whe sold
his corn at the prevailing market
price, would have cleared SLIGO per
aero on an average during the past
% years. The report is book of go
pages, and contains much valuable
material. We have 3 few extra copies
I for free distribution