The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-22
THE REGISTER RAMBLER
COntinu es His Round of Visits Among the
Good People of Geneva Township
and Writes
SOME INTERESTING NOTES.
r. f. WHITE

from Indiana in '59 and settled on
this farm in '66. Has 21O acres of fine
wheat land. He says wheat pays
at 70 cents bushel, but if lower than
this corn and hogs pay better. His
hogs have never had any serious dis
ease but once and he has a promising
lot on hand with plenty of corn to feed
them out. His orchard now % years
old has borne since old enough to bear
and good plumb orchard also is priz-
ed for its fruitfullness. MIR. White,
for many years managed the most
successful sorghum mill in the vicini-
ty, but as age admOnishes him he has
given up this and the heavier farm
duties and lives in the enjoyment of
plenty as the result of this frugality
and industry. He has good imprOv-
ments, is a Friend, and attends the
same meeting with J. H. Rowland.
His only son,
FRANK d. WHITE
Lives on nice 40 acres adjoining
the farm on which he was born and
has nice improved and slightly farm.
He married here and is a prosperous
and careful farmer as the appearance
of his well kept place shows.
JOHN BROKAw.
Was with force of men putting a
tile culvert in just ahead of US and of
course we had nothing to do but get
down and talk roads and REGISTER
to them. Mr.. BrOkaw has for twenty
years farmed, most of the time for
other men for wages and has made g.
living for large family and now
rents Of one of the men who found out
his worth and who does not want
him to leave his land.
A SON OF HENRY GRIMM
was another of the crowd, born here
and works with his father and is an
intelligent and respected citizen. Also
Joel Jackson who came to lola Christ
mas day 1872, from Iowa. He has
farmed for himself and for others and
always could get work when he want
ed it. He likes best to work for him
self, but being "bach" he soon falls
out with the cooking. He now lives
at the home of a neighbor.
FRUIT TREE AGENT
came along who acknowledged he.
wasn't Republican but felt mighty
well satisfied at the loss of a SIS bet
he had made on Bryan, as the new
hope inspired in his customers more.
than repaid his loss. His companion
from NeOshO Falls insisted he should
accept our offer of sample copy and
told him it would teach him good
doctrine. Nearly all of these were
readers of the REGISTER and as our
way is clear We pass over the nice
culvert that will, if kept carefully
covered, last for generation.
These vitrified culverts we find are.
being used In many localities instead
of the perishable and unsatisfactory
board bridges. But where stone can
be conveniently obtained we have
helped build stone ones that for years
have served the same purpose and
not nickle was sent out of the town
ship for material.
MRS. MORTIMER
Came te her present home nearly 40
years ago and since being left widow
in '78 has held onto her farm and with
the aid of her family has managed to
keep out of debt and speaks of the
hard struggles in light-hearted way
and of what pleasant neighbOrs she
has. Our next call was at the home of
MRS. w. ]. EDWARDS
Who came onto the 24O acre farm
she occupies in 1865, and as we are
sometimes accused of making up these
stories we will let you read what Mrs.
Edwards wrote down for US herself.
81 came here from Canada and have
lived here ever since. Was married
here, but my hus band died in '72. Nv
children were young, one son only nine
months old. We have lived on the
farm ever since. We had scarcely
any improvements on the place when
we settled here. We have a good
school at Geneva and any one so in
clined may become cultivated by ac-
quiring good education here. NV
SONS now grown to man hood. farm for
me. Kansas suits me as a whoIe.''
The two sons were out on the place at
work, but from q man who has known
them since childhood we learn that
they have seized the opportunity pre-
sented and now stand among the
most enterprising and successful
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