The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-09-24
STILL WE GROW.
The Work of House Building Continues
With Unabated Activity
ALL OVER lola.
Hardly Block in Which One or More
Houses Have not been
Built
OTHERS STARTING EVERY DAY.

OTHERS STARTING EVERY DAY
1t has been next to impossible Il
keep track of all the new houses thai
have been built i'm lola this summer
and for the last month so many Other
matters of public interest have claim
ed attention that the REGISTER has
made but little mention of any build
ing operations. This week, however
it sent a reporter around town to note
the houses just completed and begin
ming, and the report which he
brought IN certainly shows most
gratifying condition of activity. II
you want your friends in the east tC
know how lola is getting along, this
is good paper to send them.
BUILDING NOTES.
Mrs. Clollette is moving her resi-
dence back and turning it to face the
north, on East Street, and preparing
to erect a cOmmOdiOuS and modern
cottage on the vacated site.
Rev. Moore of Yates Center, who
has been obliged to leave the minis
try on account OF ill health, has just
flashed one of the neatest cottages in
town, south of Mrs. Hartman's, and
expects to bring his family here in a
few days
S. H. Pattersun's new two story
house, just south of Mr.. Moore's is APP
preaching completion and will be an
elegant residence.
c. 5. Ritter is remOdeling and ad-
ding to his residence.
Mr.. Turner, of the smelter, has a
nice S-rOom 2-stOry house finished
and just ready for occupancy, on the
corner two blocks south of H. L. Hen
dersOn's residence.
w. Z. Ayling, a young school
teacher, is putting up a "a &c cot
tage east of Rev. Cleaver's.
Mr.. J. A. Robinson is erecting a
house of seven rooms, with all mod
ern commences, on his recently pur-
chased location south of w. H. Rich
ards.
&. w. Chenault has commenced the
erection of an S-rOOm cottage on the
block of lots west of Mr.. Robinson's.
Just east of Judge Christy's place
we found Mr.. f. s. Foster, a gentle
manly young man hf }. e. Martins
Sash and Door Co, of Chicago, who,
with younger brother, is here super
intending the building of a 7-rOom
cottage for his mother, Mrs. Z. Foster
of Ottawa, Ills, who, with her family
are planning to be here and snugly
housed before the holidays. These
people are old friends of the REGIS
TER.
North of Frank Canatsey's, w. ID.
jackson, recently of Elm Township,
is putting up a comOdieus house
which he will occupy when complet-
ed.
Mr.. Finley, recently of Salem town.
shin. has moved into his new home OF
eight or more rooms, only two blocks
south of the Public Square.
On Walnut Street, just north of the
railroad, are two new houses built by
Rev. f. A. King. Mr.. and Mrs.
BROKER Arnold are occupying one OF
these. On an adjoining lot, J. p.
Williams has a cottage in course OF
construction.
On the next block Robt. LANNON'S
Sons Co are putting up an S-roOm
house modelled after the same plan as
MIR. Turner's residence, and as things
already accomplished are better evil
dence of prosperity than what is to be
done. We find eight new residences
finished by the company and Occu-
pied by its employees.
Mr.. Z. H. Ruble has just moved
into one of the incest of the LanyOn's
houses one block north of the rail-
road.
Just north of r. Merchants. Fred
Heilman has completed one of the
incest 7-room houses it the city.
He also has near completion on the
next LOT. a cott' ge of five or six rooms
and is pushing the work on another
ore on an adjoining lot.
j Sol. Hufferd has sold the new
house he built sOnth of the railroad,
to Mr.. Stevens from Lone Elm, who
is moving in, and Mr.. Hufferd has