The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-01-15

VIC, Mrs. d. B. D. Smeltzer. Secre-
tary, Mrs. DIR. BoulsOn, Treasurer,
Mrs. Kate Cooper, Il. 3. to n. g.,
Iona Pancoast, l.. 3. to n. G., Mrs.
Lissie Hartman, r. s. to V. g., Mrs.
Delp, l.. 5. to V. g., Clifford Mitchell
Chaplain, Anna Mcdonald, Warden,
Belle Travis, Conductor, Cora Nc
Donald, Organist, Nellie Shelter, L.
g., Mrs. Rena Richardson, o. q.
Maude Miner, r. a. s., Sadie Post,
l.. A. s. A number of candidates
were initiated, after which a bOunti
full lunch was spread and the remain
der of the evening spent socially.
A. w. Beck is continuing his ex-
periments i'm the brick making line,
and has succeeded in establishing be-
yond any question that lola has the
material for making the very best
kinds of building and vitrified brick.
He has samples of all kinds at his
store aud in color and quality they
are fully equal to any now on the
market. Mr.. Beck deserves great
credit for the patience and labor and
skill he has shown in conducting this
investigation, for he has demonstrated
that one of the biggest of mOney-mak-
ing and labOr-using enterprises can
he established with entire assurance
of success. And it will be establish
ed within three months without
doubt.
The trial of William Keith, nee
"Shaddern, for violation of the pro-
hibitory law took place last Friday
before Justice Potter and resulted in
his prompt conviction on three counts.
The court sentenced him to paya fine
of $500 and to 80 days in the county
Jail. The punishment is we'll merited.
1t is a matter of common nOtOritey
that Keith has been selling liquor
and running gambling house and
worse whenever he felt himself rea
soma bly, safe i'm doing so for years.
He has beeh defiant about it, boldly
asking the officers what they were
going TO do abOnt it. He has found
ont now, and all good citizens hope
that he will be held in Jail until he
can give bond for good behavior or
agree to leave the town.
1t costs $3.50 clean cold hard money
to get the Andrews Opera Company
! to come to lola, and in order to get
them here so of our folks,-among
whom we are which, -guarantPed
that amount. 1t can easily he under
stood therefore why the price of seats
must he fixed at IS and so cents,
! instead of at 50 and %. Seventy five
cents seems high at first thought, be-
cause we have been used to ten cent
shows. But when it is remembered
| that you cannot get any kind of a
! decent seat i'm city theater for less
| than 75 cents, AMI that tina Andrews
Opera Company is going to give us a
city attraction, it looks different
THE Pirates of PenZance" is worth IS
cents of anybOdy's money, and the
house ought to be crowded.
A considerable number of people
were inclined to crijise the ladies who
attended the Keith trial last Friday
as being tout of their sphere"
Doubtless the ladies disliked to he
there as much as any man disliked tn
have them. But we noticed that a
good many more reputable mon at
tended the trial than might otherwise
have been there so it was easy to get
a good Jury. And we noticed also
that there was mighty little equivOca-
ton or evasion from the witness stand
1t appeared to be whole lot harder
to he funny and try to dodge questions
before a house full of women than il
used to be before house full of buns
And when the jury took the case il
didn't joke about the verdict. Maybe
the women were out of their sphere
But where is Shadder?
John Often was the hero of the fire
in the Pennsylvania House sample
room last Thursday evening. AS
soon as he heard the alarm he grab
bed his soda fountain cylinder, which
he keeps charged and rugged on
truck for exactly such emergencies
and trundled it down to the burning
building and turned it loose. That
settled it. The Fire Company turned
out promptly but the fire was prac'
ticaIly done for before it got there
What little was left was promptly
eXtinguished. Thinking the charge
in the engine had been exhausted the
Assistant Chief ordered Mr.. Shaffel
to recharge it. The latter unscrewed
the cap to do so, when the moment
the heavy slug was free from the
threads it was blown high into the
air, landing on the roof of the ODD
Fellows hall, where it was afterwards
recovered. People who heard the
noise thought the engine had blown
up. But it was only another case
of didn't know it was loaded"
1t was fortunate thatnObOdy was
hurt. The fire was started by s
lamp being set on a shelf too neal
the ceiling. The room was wei
filled with samples from st. Joe dry
! goods house at the time, and thu
} drummer in charge had gone to sup
} per. Thanks chiefly to Glenn Kreute
most of the goods were got out will
little damage.
There are two things We neve
could endure to see unprecedented OF
the stage: One is a drunken man
and the other is an old maid. Their
is nothing funny to us in the dis
hevelIed hair and the leering eye
} and the staggering gait and the thicl
2 speech of drunkenness, even when W,
know they are all assumed. And We
, could never be amused by a misera
: bic caricature which is an insult t.