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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-08-06
PRAIRIE DELL.
Mrs. NJ. ]. BARTH, Reporter.

We note with pleasure the improv-
ed appearance of the highway since
so many of the farmers have mOwn
the weeds along their own farms.
A Mr.. Kagg from near Garnett was
in our neighborhood the first of the
week in search of a horse that had
strayed away from him. He found
it at Will Bishops.
At our school meeting last Thurs
day it was voted to have a six months
school, commencing the third Mon
day in September. 5
Dan Baker received a very painful
wound on his foot while digging a
well last week. While using the
pick it accidently struck his foot lay
ing the flesh open in long cash.
George NcLelland has treated him
self to a new buggy.
The hay crop is very light this year
Our sympathy goes out to the
teachers who are now driving around
in the dust and heat looking for
schools. Why can not the school
boards meet Immediately after the
annual school meeting and decide en-
a teacher and write them a card tel
ling them of that decision. Then
they would have no more worry and
would not be the cause of so much
anxiety to the teachers.
Miss Miller from lola was visiting
Mrs. Mccullough this week and also
two of her grandsons.
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BAYARD.
C. E. MCCALJEN. Reporter.

Mrs. DoZier is better this week. We
trust she will be up soon.
Rev. Tripp of Bronson will preach
at Usage Center school house Thurs
day night.
Miss Fay Rogers returned home
from Kincaid Sunday where she has
been visiting relatives.
Frank Mccoy and family came up
from Moran Sunday and visited his
father J. NJ. Mccoy.
Mrs. Olmstead who has been at Hot
Springs for the past two months for
her health is getting better and we
trust she will soon be able to return
home
Mrs. Foust and daughter visited
her son Henry and family Monday.
Paul Colburn went to Kansas City
with load OF cattle Monday night.
Master Willie Mccoy is visiting
his grand parents this week.
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suit and learn a trade if they don't
watch.
Mise Irene KOhleT called on Mrs.
GulIett the 2Sth and is rejoicing over a
new gold watch, a present from her
father.
Thanks to Mr.. d. Jackson for an
invitation to the Flag Raising at In
dependence school house on last
Thursday, but owing to our prayer
meeting cOnld not attend.
Mr.. Davis from lola was around
buying chickens last week.
We can equal our Spring Branch
reporter in all but the crazy woman,
as we have the candidates for school
teachers and peddlers, but we had
two peddlers instead of one so that
makes us even.
Tip Williams has been assisting his
brother Bid in the hay this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker will he home
this week from Alton L. L. and are
glad to think they live in Allen
county.
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her parents in Chanute during the
past week.
Miss Lenora Almack, Of Moran,
spent a few days with friends and
relatives in this village recently.
Frank Barnes is the name of our
new NJ. X. & T. operator. He comes
from Mineral, Kansas. Mr.. Raymond
fills the position left vacant by him.
Our grain men are handling large
amount of fax nowadays. There
seems to be some lively competition
between them and Stark and Elsmore
buyers
The school meeting was well at
school was voted, :but at this writing
teachers have not been employed
Mise Estelle Nelson will teach the
school two miles west of Savonburg.
Gus Peterson, OdeDse.
Miss Crpha Decker of Elsmore visit
ed with E. c. Moore's family this
week.
Wyatt Shipp went to Kansas City
with stock Monday night.
Mr.. Rowen, q sen-in-law of Mr.. A.
Wyley, was brought from Kansas
City corpse last Monday afternoon.
He was a locomotive fireman and on q
run few nights ago his engine cOllic-
ed with some box cars which were
standing on the main track and was
demolished. The engineer and Mr..
ROwen both met their death. dying
about one hour apart. The heart
broken wife and relatives have the
deepest sympathy of their many
friends.
E. A. Jordan has returned from an
extended visit east. He IcOmes back
in fine condition and ready for work.
The hot, dry weather is beginning
to make cOrnfields look quite dry and
burned, but we hope ere this is in
print that we shall have received a
fine rain.
The Christian Endeavor social CIV
en- last week was a success; proceeds,
S17.OO.
L. E. DeHaven and wife visited re-
latives in Crawford county Saturday
and Sunday.
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NEOSHO VALLEY.
C. L. ARNOLD Reporter.

There will be quarterly meeting at
the Chapel next Saturday and Sun
day.
A young lady from Kincaid was at
J. Patterson's over Sunday.
Marie Jensen is spending a fort
night with friends in Butler county.
Clint Ellis. of Humboldt, was buy
ing cattle in this neighborhoOd Fri
day and Saturday.
At the school meeting at Neosho
Valley, G. r. Peck was reelected
clerk, and a seven months school
decided ON.
Mr.. Clesver had his wheat hauled
to Yates Center last week and re-
ceived good price for it.
An ice cream social was held at B.
T. Clark's last Thursday evening, it
being Emma's fourteenth birthday.
Mrs. Patrick Raven, of Pleasant
Valley neighborhOod, had been i'll
for day or two when her condition
took a sudden turn and she died in
a few hours, death occurring about
10 o'clock Sunday morning.
F. p Tanner has been employed
to teach a six months term of school
in Union district. Mr.. Burton was
elected clerk of that district.
An applicant for membership in
the Primative Baptist church was
baptized in the river, near Mr.. Pur-
dOm's last Sunday.
A. B. Wheel came over from Ft.
Scott last Saturday and expects to
remain about a week.
We understand that Miss Ball has
been engaged to teach the Neosho
Valley school.
We reported that Walter Miller ex-
pected to go to the Territory last
week. He did not &c but his father
goes this week in his stead.
A number from Bronson and other
distant points attended the Baptist
at Union sunday.
An alteration between G.. w.
BUlin and Mr.. Fish on Wednesday of
last week led to blows and severe
bruises. 1t is to be regretted that
two of our neighbOTs should resort to
such means in settling differences.
G.. w. ThOrnton's folks Matched in
heir incubator, up to the first of
July. almost 2, 400 chickens.
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home. He has just returned from a
two weeks visit with relatives in
Philadelphia.
Frank Breckenridge went with Mr..
Harvey Newell 20 Missouri to visit
his sister, Mrs. Pearl Dixon, last week.
Miss Vide Fetheringill has been
employed to teach the same school
she taught last winter south of lola,
and Miss Anna will instruct the Bay
ard pupils.
Mr.. Fred Green will be our teacher
for the winter.
Mr.. Bert Alsop. from near Moran,
spent a portion of the week at Mr.
Fetheringill's.
Mr.. Isaac LeMasters was elected to
take Mr.. Balls place on the school
board.
Mrs. AggIe CAN'T is helping Mrs.
Jordan cook for the bridge men this
week.
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SPRING BRANCH.
Mr.. FRANK JACKSON, Reporter.
week on business.

Mr.. Lamb was the first to begin
cutting corn in these parts.
The stone masOns completed the
stone work on the Big creek culbert
on branch of Rock Creek near Mr..
Andersons Thursday, all that remains
to be done is the grading. 1t is a
double arch and the biggest one in
these parts and has furnished work
for quite number of hands for couple
of months. The farmers of the neigh
borhOod donated quite a lot of the
hauling, especially Mr.. Anderson, in
fact he donated most of the team
work.
MIR. Waren's mother and Mrs
Waren's father and mother visited
them last week.
Miss Emma Harding visited her
brother Sherman and family west of
lola last week.
Ed. Rhoads was buying cattle in
these parts Tuesday.
Jackson Fox who used to live on
Deer creek twenty years ago called
on his friend Warren this week.
Mr.. Waren's brother from Usage
visited him Saturday and Sunday.
A Mr.. Woodruff and family have
moved into the small house near the
school house.
At the school meeting at Spring
Branch Oscar DTennOn was elected
clerk, at Deer creek A. B. Null, at
Silver Leaf Harry Jones, at Rock
creek J. p. Gillespie. 6. w. Smith
has been employed to teach at Spring
Branch, Mrs. Sawyer at Deer creek,
Miss Bunnell at Rock creek, Miss
FIorah Arnold at Silver Leaf. They
all receive forty dollars month ex-
cept at Rock Creek.
Mrs, Forance and children started
to Missouri in a wagon Thursday to
visit relatives. Mr.. Torrance and
are batching.
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GENEVA.
per acre.
Miss KNowLToN, Reporter.

Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, of LaHarpe
visited with Mrs. Marsh last Thurs
day.
Several of the young people enjoyed
a dance in Mr.. Spencer's new store
Friday night.
Miss Noble returned to her home at
Harris, last Wednesday, having re-
ceived word that her brother was
very ill with typhoid fever.
Mesdames. Swinney and Duiggle,
of Colony spent Thursday with Ida
Grisamore.
Mrs. Marsh and Mr.. D. D. Spicer
are on the sick list this week.
Mrs. Carman and Miss Anna started
for EldOradO Springs last Tuesday
where they expect to spend a few
months, hoping that the climate and
water will benefit Mrs. Carman's
health.
The friends of aunt Betty Evans
gave her pleasant surprise last Fri
day afternoon and helped her cele-
brate her 10th birthday. She was
presented with chair as a token of
the esteem of her many friends.
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BETHEL.
Miss LEILA CUNNINGHAM, Reporter.

Mrs. ThOrp has returned from
Chicago, bringing little Grace Rhoads
with her and we are glad to report
her very much better.
Sam and Arthur Stout, of Bartlett
are in our neighbOrhood visiting
friends and relatives.
We are sorry to report Mr.. Bucking-
ham no better.
Ellie Randolph, of Fair View, is
helping Whit Boyer put up hay this
week.
The thieves are getting quite
numerous in our vicinity lately.
Someone "swiped" some of Mrs.
Seymour's chickens, and broke into a
house in our neighbOrhOOd and took a
small sum of money and also went in
the cellar and helped themselves to
the canned fruit.
A Mr.. Williams has been employed
to teach our school this year.
Misses Mamie, Ina and Grace Max.
well of Moran are visiting friends and
relatives IN our neighbOrhoOd this
week.
There was an ice cream supper at
Mr.. Roy Bakers last Monday night.
a pleasant time is reported.
Ethel Lindsey spent few days in
Moran last week.
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DIAMOND.
MRS. T. w. JONES. Reporter.

Some of our farmers have to drive
their stock to water, others are haul
ing water and a few are digging
wells.
Crops of all kinds are suffering for
rain.
The Allen County Horticulturists
will hold their monthly meeting and
picnic in T. w. Jones's grove, just east
of Wise P. o., Friday August Is.
The usual program will be carried
out. The officers and others from
lola are expected to be in attendance.
We will endeavOr to make things
interesting, and answer all questions
relative to horticulture and farming.
Bring your dinners and spend the
day getting acquainted with those
from other parts of the county, who
are interested in fruits and farming.
Bring any perfect specimens you
wish to show, if you have diseased
specimens and wish to know the
cause, cure or prevention. bring
them and Mr.. Pancoast will endeavor
to enlighten you.
Miss Fanny Voorhees, has been en-
gagged to teach the school at Rising
Star, w. A. Nickers at Waverly and
@. w. Smith at Spring Branch.
George RuxtOn and wife have gone
to Douglas county to attend a family
reunion. They expect to be gone ten
days or two weeks.
Mr.. Frank Cox and family, accom-
panied by Harry Willoughby and
wife, came over from Elsmore for a
two days visit with friends.
Mr.. Vickers and wife drove over
from ElsmOre Sunday.
Some of John Clark's children were
quite sick last week.
Quite large turn out at Sabbath
school Sunday.
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NoRTH MAPLE GROVE.
Mrs. 5. G. JORDAN. Reporter.

The new bridge was being hauled
out the last two days and is in fair
way to completion.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Arnold have re-
turned home, leaving her father lit
tie better.
Bert Breckenridge has been work
ing in town since the middle of last
week
Mrs. Morris has been confined to
her bed several days, but is lmprov-
ing now.
Water hauling seems rather pOpu-
lar these days.
Misses Ruth Brown and Mary Hor-
ney, of lola, were visiting their sister
Monday and Tuesday.
Ernest Jordan spent Sunday at
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ALLEN CENTER.
J. T, TREDwAY, Reporter.

The drouth is being felt by farmers
and stOckmen. Wells and ponds are
dry that heretofore have not failed.
Edith Harmon has secured Inde-
pendence school and Dollie Adams
our school.
A blooming girl baby at Z. Fitz-
patrick's on July %.
Darwin Rose is quite i'll with fever.
Mary Nash is improving, being out
of danger.
J. w. johnson has been doing some
carriage trimming in our neighbor-
hood. Being good saddler and
trimmer by trade and being very
moderate in his charges any one hav-
ing such work would do we'll to give
him call or take their work to him
in lola.
We received a marked copy of the
Daily Journal, of West Plains, Mo-,
last week containing the obituary of
E. p. Faddis, a good neighbor and
citizen OF Allen Center some fifteen
years ago.
Many Oat fields were left uncut,
being worthless, while others yielded
above the average. ID. H. Weith and
Mr.. Galbrath reaping forty bushels
per acre.
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RELFRY.
GEO. H. HARRIS, Reporter.

Reed too late last week.
Robt. Ferneaux cut fax for Mr.. j.
B. Fergus, first of week.
Mr.. VIM. Sigler and wife attended
the funeral of a niece last Wednesday
morning. A Mrs. DOzier who died
quite suddenly at her home in lola.
Mr.. Case has been pushing the
work in his fax and tame hay.
Willigan Bros, of Central City,
have bought the Ed. Hastings
threshing outfit and are doing work
around here. They say fax is good
where they have threshed, making IL
bushels per acre.
Denver Dick is entertaining the
people at Lone Elm in open air. He
is giving good free show. He will
be at above place two weeks.
Mrs. j. B. Fergus has returned from
visit among relatives in Anderson
county, west of Garnett.
Mrs. Elmer Shinkle, who has been
making visit to her parents has re-
turned home and Elmer is the
happiest man you meet. He says he
don't like to batch.
We heard a sermon at Diamond last
Sunday by Rev. Bramley. 1t was
listened to by an attentive audience.
The words taken from the text were,
"Be Ye Circumspect." And on the
minds of reflective audience gave
much thought for reflection. A good
lesson was given.
This weeks items,)
Mrs. Shinkle, of Linn county, is
visiting her sons. William and Elmer
Shinkle, this week.
Geo. Wynn aud Thos. Kinzie. of
Paola, are here visiting John and
Bert Wynn. While here George was
taken seriously sick with congestion
of the stomach.
j. B. Fergus and Elmer Shinkle
were delegates to the convention from
Deer Creek.
j. Henry Bowlby, who is known in
our neighborhOOd, and who went to
Horton, Brown county, and was there
in the round-hOuse, had a
job at firing and while thus employed
fell into a manhOle at Hiawatha and
was seriously hurt, He has sued the
for $4,000.
Clark Gregg and wife visited at Mr.. |
Scott's Sunday.
Chas. Robinson was very badly
bitten by bulldog recently, owned /
by Mr.. Robinstine.
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GOLDEN VALLEY.

Farmers that have threshed their
fax report better yield than they
expected.
A pleasant evening was spent at
Mr.. A. G. Kohlers last Saturday even-
ing by some of their neighbors and
friends.
The many friends of Mrs. Nj,
Thompson will be glad 10 hear of her
success as being enrolled as pension
et, She received over $500 back pay
and eight dollars a month. She has
been working for her pension for over
seven years.
Mr.. Baldwin was in this vicinity
after an absence of several months
and was the guest of Mr.. John Brown.
Miss Maggie Funk, one of the
Valleys favOrite girls will go to
Humboldt to attend school this win
ter. She will be missed by her many
friends.
Those that attended preaching at
the Hall Sunday evening from the
Valley were Mrs. Agga Funk and
Foster and Charley, Miss Kohler and
John Funk.
Curtis Honk visited Mr.. J. T.
Woods Sunday.
Roy Ayers has been assisting Foster
and John Funk in the hay.
Miss Tip Williams spent Monday
afternoon with her sister, Mrs. John
Kohler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson were west of
the river this week.
Rev. Evans of Moran preached a
very interesting sermon at Golden
Valley Sunday afternoon and had a
large congregation.
We cannot help but note the young
girls that apply for schools in our
community and then the girls that
are self supporting and nearly all of
them have a bank account. 1t does
not mean now days because a girl
works out that she is compelled to, it
only shows that she is ambitious and
don't want to idle her time away de-
pending on her father or brother. Go
ahead girls, show the world what
girl can do.
Miss Beulah KOhler expects to at
tend school in Moran this winter.
The fire bug is still buzzing in
Moran. Some body will get a striped |
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LEANNA.
DIEsKAN COURTNEY, Reporter.

About all the farmers in this neigh
borhood are through threshing. Flax
has been making from three to ter
bushels per acre.
Walter Simmons started Monday
to feed for John Sparks threshing
machine.
If it doesn't rain pretty soon the
corn in this vicinity will be damaged
to great extent.
Mr.. Wheeler was in this vicinity
one day last week.
+. J. Burghart and wife visited
relatives near Austin Sunday.
Harry Gardner was over from
Humboldt Saturday night.
Meta Afford visited at DR.. Court
ney's Thursday night and Friday.
Messrs. Wickerson and Rail are
working on cistern for G. w. Hib-
bard this week.
Bertha Reed visited friends near
Austin Sunday.
u. Il. Courtney was over from Hum
bOldt Sunday.
Jack Wood has been dewn from
Moran visiting his brother-in-law
Chas. Carpenter, this week.
F. Y. Snodgrass went to Chanute
Monday.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. Jay McGuf-
by, son.
The Leanna Christian Sunday
school will hold a picnic the last
Thursday in August in A. w AL
fOrd's grove, one mile south and one
mile east of Leanna. Every body in
vited to attend.
James Evins and Gertie Hardin
were married at Erie last Friday.
Mr.. Hibbard and wife visited rela-
tives in SavOnburg last Saturday and
Sunday.
Died, at the home of Lige Wheeler,
July 20, Peter Cartwright, aged 79
years. He had been in Kansas over
thirty years being one of the first
settlers in this part of the county.
He was buried in Odense cemetery
Thursday.
At the annual school meeting last
Thursday it was voted to have seven
months of school commencing the
Monday nearest the middle of Sep
tember 1t was also voted to repaint
the school house. A. d. Reed was
reelected clerk and H. S. Joyce. who
taught US such a successful school
last winter, was hired again.
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ELSMORE.
V. E. CUSTER, Reporter.

The Republican primary went of
smoothly last Saturday and a good
sized vote was cast.
DR.. Rannels was up from Savon-
burg the first of this week.
Mr.. Decker and wife drove down
from lola last Saturday returning
Sunday.
The delegates chosen to attend the
convention at lola last Tuesday were:
H. w. Cox, d. H. Sparks, n, L. Ard,
J. P. Decker, P. NJ. Linquist, August
Rundquist, and V. E. Custer,
The crops in this vicinity are suf-
fering for rain.
Miss Clark, of Colorado, is visiting
at Mr.. Braden's.
Cora Johnson, of Humboldt, visited
friends here last Thursday.
Mrs. House spent few days last
week with her parents in Humboldt.
Quite number of teachers were in
town the first of this week.
Mr.. Lardner and wife drove over
to Bronson last Sunday.
Clark McCOy, from near Kincaid,
visited here last Sunday with his
brother and family.
The Creamery company received
new twenty horse power boiler last
week.
l.. Hobart was down from lola last
week on business.
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At the school meeting Thursday,
A. J. McKelvey was elected clerk for
district No. %, and Abe Null at Deer
Creek.
Mrs. Sawyer has been employed to
teach at Deer Greek and Flora Arnold
at Silver Leaf.
Mr.. Alta Dunlap and MISS Sadie
Jones are to be married Thursday
evening, August 5th. Weekend our
congratulations and best wishes.
There was q surprise party at H.
Longshore's last Wednesday evening.
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PLEASANT VALLEY
D. 7. SMITH, Reporter.

Still dry; corn firing badly.
PrOtracted meeting begins at the
Valley a week from tonight.
Quarterly meeting Saturday even
ing and Sunday following.
Born, to Tom and Cliffie Chilcote on
the 29th, girl.
Lonnie KoOntZ, a nephew of Mrs
Smith, and two of his friends from
Missouri, visited her a few days ago.
They have been in the Territory since
the first of June and are on their way
home.
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CARLYLE.
C. A. STISsoN, Reporter.

Rev. Carr and family were visiting
in Carlyle last week.
J. d. Christian treated himself to
a new spring wagon.
Mr.. E. w. Boulson's brother from
Greenwood county visited him last
week.
Messrs. Ewing, BOwlus and Hen
derson were calling in Carlyle Sun
day evening.
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Are You Crowded?

We have good clear first class farm
lands in Anderson, Bourbon, Coffee,
Greenwood, COwley Wilson and Ford
Counties to exchange for equities in
Allen County lands.
BOSTwICK & ACERs.
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The COUNTY NEWS.
Interesting items From An Over
Allen County,
THE MOST IMPORTANT DEEDS
DONE BY YOUR NEIcHBoRs FAITH
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DOWN BY REGISTER
REPORTERS

The Reporters whose names appear at the
heads of these letters are agents of the REGIS
TER and are authorized to solicit advertising
and receive subscriptions. Any assistance
rendered them in gathering the news OF their
respective neighborhoods will be appreciated.
CHAs. F. SCOTT.
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SAVONBURc.
L. E. DEHAvEN, reporter.

H. A. Richardson and wife went to
Chanute Sunday.
Mrs. ]. c, Lacey has been visiting
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