The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-09-15

Fe depot and is trying an expert
menl. \ small gas pipe has been
run down the hole and strong flow
of gas from another well turned into
the stopped up well, in the hope OF
blowing the dirt out.
Inc Santa Fe will build two spurs
for the uso pflndustries south of town.
o le viii leave Inc main line bout 500
iert h"'"" tn" bridge and creep around
IT," norm site Of the mound to reach
the tWo brick plants, and one will
leave the u-iI line about half u mile
farther south and will go to the GEM
en- ~oIks. Engineer Wells says he
Will Ge ready to ask for bids on the
graz Z AZ few days.
The REGISTER Bindery force is en-.
ghgeu IN tue nIdnufacture of num-
lee vi large ledgers and other &C
c ant BOOKS for the McCrae- DAILY
Speuer Cutnpay. One of the books
viii be what is known i'm the lam
guage of the trade as an eigh .uuire
double deny journal, a book that will
have $40 pages, that will be L. by "a
Inches when open, and will weigh
twenty-five pounds. All the books
are special ruled.
Visitors to the fair from other
towns expressed surprise to find a
daily paper in lola with Geographic
news service. 1t is not u boast but
fact that there is not another town i'm
Kansas of less than 5000 people that
has daily newspaper which pub
fishes as good daily telegraph re-
port "a does the REGISTER. That IL
f.l loo III L.
steadily extending it, circulation and
is every week becoming necessity
in more lola homes.
His friends have been having fun
with j. #. Sallie this week over lit
tie item printed in the Golden Valley
correspondent to the REGISTER.
The item stated that "Mr. Geo.
Wallace is dangerously i'll with ty-
phoid fever: Mrs. Wallace is a
daughter of Mr.. Sallie, who runs the
lola Racket" The point is that
while j. +. has grandfatherly ap-
pearauce, thanks to his early piety.
he doesn't at all admit that he has
any married daughters.
One of the cOsest corners At the
Fair grounds last week was the w
g. Il. L. tent near the river. 1t wns
large and clean and cool and was
nicely furnished. Ladies were at the
tent all the time and they made all
callers feel welcome aud were o.
great service in caring for small
| children who wished to snoo2e. Many
nice things were said OF the Union
for their hospitality.
DR.. and Mrs. Morgan went to
Vernon, Kans., Tuesday to at
tend reception given by one of the
wealthy farmers of that section in
honor of his son, Gus Hamilton who
enlisted with the .later crowd of lola
recruits for the goth Kansas. Tb {
boy mas recently returned home and
the entire country has been in.
vited to meet him and show him
honor.
Miss Hortense Whitney of Hous-
ton, Texas, accompanied by her
mother and little cousin, Master Nat
ham Powell, will arrive in lola to-
morrow for visit with Miss Craigie
Mcdowell. Mics Whitney has been
spending her vacation with friends
in Missouri and Kansas and after q
few days stay in lola will return ia
Houston where she holds a position
with one of the leading law firms OF
that city.
w. Il. Culbertson and Ed. Long
have formed partnership and will
transact a real estate business under
the name of CulbertsOn d Long. Both
of the gentlemen are well known in
lola and throughout the county and
the popularity which they have en-
joyed as private citizens will no
doubt attend and bring them pros
perity in their new career. Such IL
the hope of the REGISTER, at any
rate.
Quite number of men were EN-
ployed Tuesday by the Cement
| Co to appear with teams and 90 to
work Thursday preparing the site OF
the big factory south of town. AS
soon as one clod is turned the work
will have been begun and for the rest
of the present year lola people will
have place to visit and most in.
teresting scene to look upon, for there
will he incessant work on the build
ings which will cover the acres OF
ground laid out.
VIZ o-AlOhN oNoNh ~ WV
Lsnyon smeller is finished and
towers gracefully and imposingly l25
feet above the earth. The very
heaviest rock was used in the founda-
ton but since the pile was completed
tho south west corner has sunk so
that the stack is nearly a foot out of
plumb. The fact that the chimney
leans Ia not easily noticeable and as
the foundation seems to be firm now
the chimney will be allowed to stand
The gas we'll which Fred Horton
sank for the Brick Co., near the
mound to furnish fuel for the new
brick .plsnt, was finished several
days ago, and the men interested con-
sidered the strike of an 5000, 000'er of
too little Importance to report. The
we'll 10 a dandy and means an album
dance of fuel for the plant. Gosh.
how proud we are when 5000, 900
cub feet of gas doesn't make even a
ripple on the business or social circles.
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