The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-28

undersheriff during part of his faith
ers term and all of Mr.. Ausherman'
two terms, Mr.. Hobart has mad
hosts of friends all over the county
who argue that his entire familiarity
with the duties of the office woulC
make his promotion eminently pro
per. "He has served his time al
| hired man, why not make him thu
bOss?" is the way they talk, and ther,
are enough talking that way to MAKE
it certain that he will go into the con
ventiOn with a very positive and for
midable strength.
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
G. A. Fronk, of Salem township
has entered the contest for county
clerk not less on account of the de-
mand of friends than through his
own desire. He was born in Pennsyl.
vania in 1874 and lived there until
the war broke out, attending school
and working ON farm He prompt.
ly enlisted in the Och Pa. Cavalry and
served CALAMITY until July, 1865. He
resumed his studies after coming
home from the army and then worked
at the carpenter's trade until 1870
when he came to Kansas. locating
first at FIT. Scott, and later on the
farm that he has ever since owned
and titled in Salem township. He
has taught school in different portions
of the county; has served the people
of his township as trustee and gave
good satisfaction. Mr.. FrOnk has al
ways been Repu bIican of the stead
fa OF FOL Ii To i1 &
merit and we'll qualified for the posi-
tiOn he seeks. If nominated and
elected he will serve the people well
and faithfully.
Henry B. Smith, of Moran, the only
candidate who is cOntesting with Mr.
FrOnk for the office of county clerk,
was born in Clayton, Ia, about ~
years ago. His parents moved 70
Pennsylvania when he was a mere
child, and remained there until he
was % years of age, when he came to
Kansas, stopping for awhile at Atchi-
son and then going out tONOTtOn county
where he "prOved up on Govern
ment claim. In 1881 he came to Allen
county, going into the mercantile
business in Moran in which he has
worker and carriage maker by trade.
He was educated at the High School
of LatrObe. Pa, and is well equipped
to perform the duties of clerk. The
esteem in which he is held by his
neighbOrs is shown by the fact that
he has served six years as township
clerk, six years as member of the
school board, and three years on the
city council. He has taken an active
part in the Republican politics of his
township and has the confidence and
regard of the party all over the county.
r. II. Cunningham, of Humboldt,
who will take his chances in the race
for sheriff, is HOosier, having been
born in Davis county, Ind. He came
to Kansas early in the '70s and pre-
a claim in Cottage Grove
where the village of Leanna
now is. He farmed several years on
this and an adjoining farm which he
bought, and then went to Humboldt
where he has since lived, engaged in
the business of buying and shipping
stock and farming. For the past
three years he has been deputy sher-
iff and has made a good record. He
is square man every way you take
him, straightforward, honest, doing
his whole duty in whatever position
he may be placed. Wherever he is
known he has warm friends and he
will make a strong showing at the
primaries and in the contention. He
would make splendid sheriff.
Hiram Hoffman, of Usage, is one of
the cleverest and most popular young
men in the east part of the county. |
He received a good common school
education and has done enough work |
n a store to become familiar with |
business forms and records. Most of
MS life has been spent on farm, |
however. He has been an active |
worker in the Republican ranks since
ne became voter and the party owes |
much to his zeal and ability. He has |
genial manner and disposition that |
Make friends of all who become &C. |
Iuainted, and is making a strong
light for the office which he would fill |
With credit to himself and honor to |
he county.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
H. p. Fowler, whose candidacy for
he office of Register of Deeds has al
eady been noticed, is one of the best
lnown citizens of the east part of the
Ounty, having located on a farm in
Usage township in $780, He has al
Ways been closely identified with the
republican party, working earnestly
Or the promotion of its principles and
be success of its candidates. He has
eld various township offices and has
cen election clerk in his township
many times, while the fact that his
eighbors think well of him is shown
y his election as clerk of the school
GARD in his dirtrict for nine cOnsecu-
i've years. He is young man of the