The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-01-20
A PRAIRIE ROUNDUP.


When one remembers the daily
composed lola three years ago when
Robert LANNON'S Sons began thei,
smelter here, the present indifference
to great improvements Is one of the
greatest changes IN lola. Familiar
ity may not breed contempt, but lola
and Prosperity have been cheek
by jowl for so long now that the
presence of Prosperity is taken for
granted. In an idle half hour Last
week REGISTER reporter turned his
back resolutely on the evidences OF
prosperity around the square aud
went out east of town.
Turning from the city limits east
on East street, one is greeted by O.
sight that warns the heart. stand
street, motionless rave Tor an occa-
sional wave OF the arm, Theo. Strick-
land stands, bossing he men VINO ore
grading. the route for the propo- ed
electric line. Should he be rtu ding
on that same spot year heHce, his
friends would be under the nee, s-ity
of attending his funeral the next ia!
ard the writer hereof hopes the col.
umns of this paper would contain u
full report of the "Railroad Cal astro-
phe," not that Mr.. Strick aud's dea h
is desired, but the pre-et CO of the
railroad il.
BY an effort, withdrawing the gaze
from this pleasing prospect and ip' k
ing eastward there app-rr' pleas.
ant picture. On one side o. the stree
q continuous row Of Telephone pc ~,
on the other a similar row at lac Oru =.
South of the poles | The Bui nell
addition, u beautiiuI tract r.piu y
becoming covered with houses, ana
the streets making mseives dis
tinctly visible where ali was street
a year ago. The fret work, ON the
left is the uHiaclurinp tu's plaut
already iami lar, ami adjoining II IN
lola Brick plant. Many c"a"ge'
have been accomplished here during
the winter. wen y, 81 men are
now working at TIA" ploH, busy al
bees in the open ng # he spring
trade. Along The swiach six ca
were being loaded from five massive
piles OF beautiful rcd 81 'ck, pilcc
twenty feet high In the five " k.lns
On the side ofths hill rs led up
like card word, for hondre a ieet
long rows of ret dram tue. I Us Il
the first batch burned ard Il pc vet
surprisingly successful 10 S ma vi
in The same manner as trick. L. I
stead of the clay coming out undel
pressure in square form, he 3ii Y
comes out conical, through different
die. This is piled mp and burned in
kiln just as the trick IL. Different
dies are used and there are, piles of
3'inch, 4-inch, 6 inch and 8 inch tile,
red, smooth, regular and perfe ct.
Hereafter the works Will turn out
batch regularly. Another change at
the plant is the size of the hole from
which the shale is taken A Few
more years and he retire d merchants
and manufacturers OF Lola viii take
their pleasure trips on their yachts on
this same hole converted into lake.
switching oneself from the factory
track back onto the long arm of the
main siding, a down hill walk of n
quarter of mile brings one to the
Geo. A. Nicholson snelter. The
main building, a long frame struct-
ure, contains the engine room, the
pottery, the Office ard The store
rooms. Power ia furnished 10y Two
huge boilers aud 1O0-horse power
Westinghouse engine. The plant Is
built with the utmost economy of
space. From the tracks the ore goes
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