The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-05-26
O.auatomie GraphIc. tOC Cievenger

Osawatomte Graphic; (CC Clevenger)
/ The Republican editorial association OF the
second congressional district met in lola last
/ Tuesday aud Wednesday and II was our good
fortune to meet with them We had not visited
lola for several years and surprise awaited
US. The last time we saw the county seat Of
| Allen county II was sleepy old town Of about
/ sixteen hundred Inhabitants the business pOr-
| ton built up part OF the way around an i'm.
mense public square or park, with some elegant
! residences few good stores and one splendid
newspaper conducted by n young man with
unconquerablc hope, invincible courage and n
/ lofty aud fertile mind. The panic OF 1873 ruined
the bridge factory that the town had hoped
much from. The mineral well did not draw
people and capital as had been hoped. The
carriage factory was not paying enterprise
aud wbile they had discovered natural gas in
! boundless quantities, capital apparently could
not be interested in It, But at iasta change
came. The canyons the great zinc smelters,
came up from Pittsburg, Kansas, and at once
saw the advantage OF having such fuel as
natural gas would furnish them for the asking,
and they assed and received tree fuel for tween.
ty years and they at once began the erection OF
y great plant capable of handling hundreds of
deluge following the shower, other wells
were drilled and other industries followed,
Gas City and LaIarpe are in the hands of the
canyons and other corporations and smelters
and furaiture factories are in active operation.
Rolling mills are soon to be put in. A compa.
ny xpects to soon embark In the manufacture
Of Portland cemeut and still other industries
are pro ected. The population OF the town has
trehed and the end is not yet
TIE visitors were met at the santa Fe depot
by the craftsmen fthe city and escorted to
odd Fellows hall where they were assigned to
their hotels At $3.50 p, N they held II bust
ness meeting at odd Fellows hall where papers
were read by " O. Markham OF the Baldwin
Lfdrsr. and ", d. Greasou, of the Miami RcpUb-
iaaU An carncst and profit discussion fol.
lowea the reading Of both papers. Eugene Lor.
ton OF the Linn G0uuty Re..tb'ic was to have
read paper before the association but was de-
tanned al home ~ sickness. hut his topic
Ready Print rs All Home Print, was thought
fully discussed Clark Thomas, of the Moran
Hera5 leading. Tuesday evening reception
was rendered the visitors IN odd Fellows hall
pCmber Of lola foremost men and fairest
ladies were present. Hon J. q. Bowersock de
livered a well prepared address upon The Re
ciprOcal Obligations of the Editor and the
Party" and Henry Allen spoke for about M
hour relating in te rms that thrilled and anus
ed Snd deeply interested his hearers the story
of the Cuban campaign as he witnessed It. Fol
lowing this address came well ordered ant
bountiful banquet which had been provided by
the Commercial CLUB. The floral decorations
we're profuse ye: beautiful and while it coult
not be said that the eatables were out OF sigh
the banqueters did their best to make them dis
appear.
At $50 Wednesday morning the visitors wcr,
iaken In carriages to see the smelters the brio.
plant. the furniture factory and the other won
derful business developments ofthe boomiEl
beautiful city, The visitors nearly all left o.
: the afternoon Santa Fe train heartily pleased
with their entertainment and more than pleas
ed with the work of the association,
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Savonburg Record: 60. a. Reynolds.l
| Wednesday morning was taken NJ
| in viewing the city of energy, enterprise, push
progress, The brick plant smelters. several O
the large gas wells, and other places of interes
l were visited. A drive over the city show
Y wonderful improvements Business block
and hundreds.of new residences are springn
up and the growth seems marvellous. lola 1
destined to be city of no small proportions.
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ottawa HsraIdi III. j. AllenJ
The best meeting ever held by the Secon
District Republican Editorial association wa
1 at lola this week. The newspaper men of tha
3 city provided every hospitality which an edito