The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-12

I
LecOmptOn and became gond free
state man. The term "squatter
sovereignty" that was such byword
to the liberty loving patrons of the
Union i'm those stirring days was
coined by the efforts to gain control
of Kansas soil by fellows who settled
or squatted here just long enough to
vote and elect the proslavery ticket
and would then skip out"
Mr.. V. was in the 5th Kansas and
Powell Clayton who had i'm '56 been
border rutfian, was Colonel and
came out of the struggle a good Re-
publican. After the war, Mr.. V.
went west aud was, he thinks, the
second white man on top of Pixies
Peak, and his experience, as he looked
down upon the clouds and could see
the peaks of other mountains beneath,
only as the clouds drifted apart, lent
charm to the story when related by
an eye witness that no prosy written
story possesses. But if you will con-
suit the history of Kansas you will be
ready, like the old soldier who
reads Corporal 81 Klegg, to exclaim,
"He's been there" Mr.. V. and all
of his family, nine in number, are ac-
tive Christians and belong to the
Presbyterian church.
GEORGE c. DALGARNO
Came from across the waters to Ma
sOn, New Hampshire, and worked at
his trade, that of an ornamental gran
ite cutter, which is different work
from a worker sn marble. Samples
of granite from various states are
among his collection of curios.
He worked on-probsbly-the larg-
est stone that ever crossed the conti-
nent and which formed part of the
800, 900 monument to DIR. COgswell of
Oakland, California. He came to
Kansas in '83, bought the farm of
Squire Potter, of lola, and now has
240 acre farm with large barn fill
ed with hay and bins of grain, and
his family who have been here but
two years, are housed in a nice new
house. Mrs. ID. read the REGISTER
long before she made a visit to see
those who are now her neighbOrs,
and was so pleased that later she
came to find 'pleasant home with
them.
Mr.. d. thinks the lola gas can not
fail to make her city if enterprises
can be induced to come, and suggests
A COTTON MILL
AS one of the possibilities, with b
cotton country so Lear US and fuel for
the asking. Near his former home
where coal brought from Penn. cost
eight dollars per ton and the cotton
so far away, they tiourished and why
not here.
We are in the neighborhOOd of
The AndersOn-Finley COmpany's
large cattle feeding ranch, but must
pass on to report it later. Mr. A.
having made two shipments of cattle
this week from the one thousand
head he handles, will suggest the
busy life he leads.
At Wise P. o. we were directed to
the home of
T. w. JONES
! And we approached it through 8
circuitous drive formed by forest trees
on one side and his orchard on the
other which is altogether unique and
pretty. Hidden behind this thrifty
and productive orchard we find the
family of one of the REGISTERS cor
respondents enjoying an evening at
home. Mr.. Jones says that this
quarter is known as the COLONY
quarter" its first owners being a
colony, but among whose members
much strife existed, so it vanished
and even the shru6bery and trees
planted were destroyed lest some one
should reap benefit. Mr.. Jones and
his sons do their own work. One son
longed to be soldier and is now serv-
A strange ambition perhaps some old
vet may say, but COmrade do you not
remember a whole neighbOrhOOd Of
boys, some Sc years ago, who wanted
to try war, and another when they
were wondering where they "were
at" how glad they were to knew
some trusted regulars were part of
the reinfOrcements. But with the
advance of the spirit of arbitration
we of course hope that these may
never have more srduOus duties than
to drill and quell the insubordinations
of our own people. Mrs. Jones is the
active and efficient president of the
Deer Creek Township s. s. Associa-
ton and these people are ever ardent
workers in the Methodist church
which has several local points in the