The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-18

long winrows of mud scooped up yes
terday. The gutter also is being
cleaned out and the mud hauled to
low point on South street. This
cleaning up is an excellent move from
sanitary point of view as the filth
of the entire winter was soaking right
next the sidewalk.
Mr.. G. w. Dunaway and family of
Blue Mound arrived in the city last
night and will make lola their future
home. Mr.. Dunaway is one of the
prominent business men of Blue
Mound and will be valuable acqui-
sition to lola. He was here some
time ago and purchased the hotel
building recently build on west Mad
ison avenue by Mrs. Rose and he will
move into it at once.
"Well Con-" said man to Con
Null, the other day, "when are you
going to build your new Office build
ing ?" PPM gong to wait and see If
the city issues $40, 900 bonds. If they
do, Pm going to wait until Pm sure
the assessor is not looking at my
property with a view to seeing how
much of the bonds it can be made
to pay. NY taxes are plenty high
enough, now.n "Oh Bosh - was the
cutting reply of the inquirer.
The south bound train on the Santa
Fe Tuesday was several hours late.
The train left Garnett on time and
when out ehort distance the engine
broke down. The trainmen fixed up
the damage and another start was
made and another break occurred.
The train was then snailed along
back to Garnett and an engine ordered
from Chanute. Thus it was that
while due here at 2:13 it arrived in
lola at $40.
Mr.. John Speer-"Old John Speer,n
one of the heroes of the struggle for
free Kansas back in the Fifties,-
was in lola yesterday, taking or
ders for his book 1.-The Life of Jas. H.
Lane" Mr. Speer not only wrote
this book which Is largely record
of events all of which he saw and
part of most of which he was,-but
he set up every stick CT the type him
self. He is n years of age, but his
eye is not dimmed nor his natural
strength abated, nor his memory in
the least weakened, and remains
now, as he has been for 40 years, one
of the most interesting personalities
in Kansas.
The lola Steam Laundry seems to
be setting an excellent pace and
quietly planting its feet in the tracks
of General Prosperity as fast as he
gets his feet out of them. -Four bas-
kets are now being sent out to neigh
boring towns and others will soon
follow. lola people are standing by
the local industry in good style and
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until all Iola's laundry will he done
at home. This is as 1t should be and
the new proprietor of the laundry IL
already taking steps with view to
enlarging and improving his plant.
Enterprises like prophets lack honor
too often in their own homes and IL Is
a pleasant thing occasionally to meet
an exception.
Ask any of the boys around town
who they think is the best and cool.
est hand at bluff and you will be
met by multltudious and unanimous
shout "Doc Chastain, Jr," Doc has
run a bluff at one time and another
on everyone he knows and hence it
was that the boys were all so inn
mensely tickled last night when
Docs bluff got called. The gang was
seated in the honkytonk talking
about love and life, when Doc with
one of his typical speeches changed
the topic of conversation into a new
channel. Culbertson has a handsome
folding bath tub in his tent and Doc
walked over and looked at it and
then offered to buy 1t, giving his note
for $50 payable on his wedding day,
to draw 6 per cent until paid The
note was drawn, Tom Bowlus offered
to discount it, and Doc found he was
sewed up, started down street. The
gang overhauled him and he set EN-