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

life reminds us of the observaties of
years that apple trees set in a deep
loamy soil or on land somewhat rocky,
seldom fail early as do those planted
where an impervious susboild is be-
meath.
FRED HIMEZ
Is a young German who came from
across the water twelve years ago.
He borrowed the money of his uncle
here to pay his passage and worked
1t out and has made enough by his
labor on the farm and in the mines of
Idaho to nearly pay for go acre farm
team and some cattle. He is a
batch now but we don't expect to
find him cooking for himself after a
while. He has seen many nice places
in the west but thinks this the incest
he has found.
d. RUNNER.
Was found fixing up his machinery
and barn down near the river on Capt
Thrashers farm. He settled in Kan
sas twelve years ago with a capital
of eight in the family, went to work
on farm breaking prairie with oxen
or any other work that helped along.
His sons have grown up in the school
of work and he and one of them added
their names to our list. He and others
who we find are sharers in the stock
on the farm and with 80 acres of wheat
that looks fine aud prospect of put
ing in 80 acres of corn and with a lot
of fine young hogs to start on and
complete farming outfit all of which
he keeps in the dry, he ought to
come out on top.
ANDERSON-wELL-w
(NimrOd Hankins put the Well in
the middle of his name because he
says that's the way he pronounced
his name to him) was conspicuous
man who came onto the Hutton farm
Nav 10th 1855. Gold was plentiful
with him and he is said to have lent
it to the early fellows, HOrville, How
land, Hankins, Estep and others at
a rate now out of sight. One of mis-
daughters
MRS. POLLY T. HALL
still lives on the farm where her hus-
band Geo. Hall died, leaving her with
a large family, six of whom were
small boys. Four of them are now
voters and "voted right if Kansas did
go wrOng", remarked the mother
Joe, the oldest son, is lame, but has
probably read every item printed in
the REGISTER since Perkins time
and says they shave survived all the
dry weather and the terrible crime of
'73", Mrs. II. held her farm and |
never had any aid and now with her
grown children is enjoying the fruits
of her determined and successful bat
tie with difficulties that many a man
has quailed before. She came to
Kansas May II, 1866 and is the oldest
we have found in Geneva
township. Mrs. II. says that it was
the Sac and Fox Indians and not the
Osages that until '57 made their home !
here and that they were honest neigh
bOrs, would pay when they borrowed,
but the Osages had to have S. for
''finding" horse that they had prob
ably stolen. ave used to make more |
money on wheat than on any other |
crop, but for the last few years we
have found corn and hogs paid US
better"
JOHN THOMAS
settled on his farm on the river in '65
and ran a saw mill until timber was
scarce, when he turned his attention
to farming. He has cleared away the
trees and now has a stump machine
of his own invention that he has on |
wheels which he places over the |
stump, draws it out of the ground and
off the field and soon has the ground
ready to plow with his sulky plOw.
He has part of his farm seeded to
tame grass ana thinks Kansas q
healthy place. Contrary to the the
Ory of many that the old fashioned
chills are sure thing in the bottom,
Mr.. T. says he has not had the call of
a doctor in his large family for twelve
years. They have good school and
Miss Thorn is the organist in the