The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-09-09

an entire corner OF the square ana
park. Around the park the top row
on the posts consisted of gas pipes ar.
ranged so as to make small blaze be.
tween every other post but the wind
was continually blowing the lights
out so that most of the effect was lost.
A number Of whistles large and
small were blown during the day with
natural gas, no steam being used, and
when night came, once In q while the
gas as IL escaped was set on fire, max
ing nice display, and could the nui-
sance of the whistles been shut off dis
play would have been better appre-
ciated. The largest whistle was TAX
en- from their works by the w. & J.
Lanyon company and donated TO The
city for use during the occasion. They
called It "Old Huldan and its noise
can be heard good many miles away
eighteen being the farthest vouched
for. "Old Huda" made the incest
display of all when set on fire and her
noise would have been ample for the
occasion. stand pipes with small
burners at the tops were placed
around the square and helped light
1t. The gas has no odor whatever.
The people of lola are naturally
very proud of the natural gas, and
appreciate any praise given II, some
thing which it deserves, being really
wonder.
There were probably 5000 people
came in on the different trains, be-
sides there was great crowd of
people came in from the country, as
the various buggies and wagons put
up at the different livery barns and
standing around proved. The pro-
cession was very small, and not more
than one-third as large as when the
day was held in Pittsburg last year.
Some people from Pittsburg estimat.
ing it at not more than one-fourth.
The people Of lola had made plenty
of preparations to not only entertain
the crowd, but to feed them, and there
looked to be preparations enough to
feed twice the number of people that
came. No exOrbltant rates were
charged for anything, and no person
that behaved themselves aud attend
ed to their own business could have
any complaint to make either of lola
people or their management of the
~ NJ that
could have been possible to have
thought of.
(The Headlight then reprints nearly
in full the REGISTERS report of the
days doings.)
WE SHOWED THEM.
CheTyvaIe Clarion: There is q
"whole slew" of red-eyed, hound
voiced pilgrims in town today as
result of visiting Iola's log rolling
yesterday.
THANK YOU.
FIT. Scott Monitor Charley Scott of
the lola REGISTER got out two edi-
tions of his paper Thursday on ac-
count of the logrolling and they both
showed up the advantage of the gas
city in good shape. lola is y good
town and the REGISTER is entirely
worthy of the city IN which 1t IL pub
lished.
THIS is SOMETHING LIKE.
OTTAWA Republican,: The special
train bearing the returning pilgrims
to lola, reached Ottawa about
o'clock this morning, having been de-
tanned at Colony by an accident to
the engine.
Our folks report big day. The
little town was overwhelmed by
crowd estimated at from %, 1000 to So
900 people, all OF southeastern Kan
sas, and to the credit of lola spirit of
hos pitality the immense throng was
well taken of. The town was very
gaily decorated, even to the remoter
limits; "WelcOme-come in and be
master of the place" was the reign
ing motto on even far-out suburban
houses. Everything that could pos
sibly conduce to the comfort and
pleasure of the visitors was spread
lavishly; hospitality even went to the
extent of providing innumerable bar
rels of ice water at prominent corners,
and it is said that there were occa-
sional central points where IA "large
cold bottle" could be obtained with
out loss of dignity or self respect.
The parade was a great feature. 1t
included uniformed teams Of Wood
men--a dozen or more-half dozen
bands, floats of great elaborateness,
civic organizations, etc., etc At the
fair grounds there was fine literary
and musical program, and various
contests. Ft. Scott seemed to carry
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