The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08

The suit of Mrs. a. Thomson
against the lola Telephone Company
for board bill run up Mr.. Munsell
and members of the construction gang
was settled in court Friday by
judgment for Mrs. Thomson for 1921.
Chas Price also got judgment against
ID. Stewart " no was a iDembe of the
company for large livery bill con-
tracted by the same parties.
A subject which has been discussed
somewhat in lola is disposed of in
the following paragraph In the Tope-
ka Capital
In response TO an inquiry. Attorney Gen.
eral Boyle has informed City Attorney Hal
bert of Atchison that the members Of the
local militia are not exempt from payment
of poll tax. The only way that they may
be excused is by an ordinance passed by
the city council, as is done in some cases
with members OF fire companies.
ID. z. Moran was over from Wichita
this week on business connected with
the sale of 80 acres of his farm in this
county. "Dave" Moran "growed up"
at Carlyle, where his father was
section boss for great many years,
and took to railroading as naturally
as duck to water. He Is conductor
on II fast freight now from Wichita to
Yates Center, aud is big, handsome
and happy.
n. &. Star Only two Kansas lect-
urers sell their nights for as much
as S50-.Iohn Ingalls, and Fred Funs-
ton-and it is rarely that they get
less than 500. All others grab at a
chance to get SO The lecture bust
ness has been worked too hard by
men who can't talk, and the only
survivors are Ingalls, and Funston
Lecturers are becoming more common
in Kansas than evangelists.
EhoradO Republicans: Fred Fun
ston camped for eighteen days on the
present townsite of Dawson City in 1913
and says had he known what was
there he would have had plenty Of
time to dig nuggets and load them up
and he wouldn't had any ordinary
ones either, would have picked out
nice, long, good shaped ones. There
was no one nearer than Forty Mile
creek aud he could have had nice
time.
Supt. Picken announces the annual
Commencement program as follows:
Sunday, May |, Baccalaureate sermon
at the Opera House, by Rev. |. b..
Pulliam, q union eervice. Monday
evening, May ., address to the
graduates by A. c. Scott, of Still
water, Okla. Tuesday evening, May
3, annual Alumni banquet at Hotel
Thomson. There will be II graduates,
unless the war with Spain should
take three of the boys who are MEM
bers of the militia.
Mr.. j. r. Crom well, who has been
helping in the Santa Fe office here
during the rush of the past month,
has ut last found chance To get
away. He is relief man, a combine
tion operator aud agent, and goes to
the point where the greatest rush Is
on. He now lives at Williamsburg
in Franklin county, but says that If
he could find a house he would move
to lola as it IL much more centrally
located in his territory and he ex-
poets to have to come here repeatedly
anyway.
Walt. McNiel and Lewis COflield
were the only two boys at party
the other day and they worked u
pretty slick scheme. The usual
superabundance of delicious edibles
was slowed in the kitchen and the
boys started u game in which it was
necessary for them to be out of the
room where all the girls were. While
they were supposedly connecting
some new mode of entertainment for
the ladies, they narrowly escaped
spontaneous combustion in the kitch-
en-; and the girls never did catch ON
Miami Republican: Sam Burrell
went to lola, Kans., Thursday where
he will engage in the drug business
with j. H. Campbell of that city.
MI. Burrell has been in the drug
store of p. II. Grimes the past ten
years, and so we'll has he applied
himself that he has become one OF the
most efficient druggists in the State
of Kansas. In his personal characte
and social relations Mr.. Burrell takes
high rank, aud while regretting to
lose him as citizen of Paola, we are
pleased to give him the highest en-
dorsement to the people of lola.
Last fall q man named Thompson
robbed widow of 500 near Stark.
Neosho county, and then came to lola
and was arrested, A number of lola