The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-05-26

The fire at Neosho Falls Wednes
day night of which brief mention was
made in Thursdays DAILY REGIS
TER, was the most destructive in the
history of the citv and the loss is es-
timated at 500, 600 with possibly 50 600
insurance. The Advocate OF Yates
Center gives the following report:
astnight Il few minutes past II % tlock
the FIRE alarm was sounded ana IRE was
discovered in Chas. SuodgrasS clothing
store The bells were ruug, ana guns fired
and large crowd soon assembled, but the
fire had gained such headwHy that IT could
not be stopped. At first nothing could be
seen but smoke but soon the flames broke
out The next building to catch was Mr..
Bidwells store. II went Immediately Ia
the bank building including the printing
once and Or. f d. Jones Office, the post.
Office and The bank. The fire had gained
such a hcadway that the flames could not
be stayed and all these buildings went up
in flames. The millinery store and tho
barber shop had to be completely destroy
ed to keep them from burning. BY this
time nearly all the merchants down the
block had moved out but the wind had
changed and the danger passed.
The tenth anniversary of the Mod.
eru Woodmen camp No. 0Gl was held
at the DAD Fellows hall last Friday
and was a great success. The lola
baud was first on the program and
after selection G. G. McCarty gave
a brief but very interesting address
on the history of the organization,
Letters were read from three absent
charter members. :. ". Patterson,
charter member, spoke on "Then
and Now comparing the lodge AS
it is today with its enrolment OF
$50 mem bers with the small glOup
Of men who were the first members.
The band played several fine seec-
tions and late in the evening "A straw
berry supper was served.
Frank Hobart recently made a trip
to Ft Scott and sold about sixty
d'Zen brooms for the lola Broom
factory which he operates with A. w.
Beck. He reached the town right on
the heels of man who had sold a
| hundred dozen, and his large sale
speaks well ofthe quality of the lola
article. The factory, by the way has
increased somewhat since its begin
ming last fall. From one to three
men have worked there all winter,
Mr.. Beck having on hand a large
stock of broom corn, and all the local
demand has been supplied. A town
this siZs wears out about fifty dozen
brooms month and keeping the mon
ey for these brooms at home Is quite an
item as the years roll by.
Mention has been made from time
to time that lola men held some
valuable zinc properties in Arkansas
Yesterday man appeared in lola
and offered Joe Cozad $500 for his
interest in 400-acre tract in Arkan.
sas on which rich strike was recent
lY made. Joe hasn't yet got his face
back to An expression OF calm. He
rejected the offer, of course. although
it represented perhaps hundred pei
cent on his investment. Such offers
will become more frequent as the
years roll by.
3 Fred Horton is now drilling two
wells, one for the Cement Works JUS
south of town. and ono for the Ian
yon Zinc Co., on the Moore eli
east of town, between the Bunne
tract and the Jeffries place. TIT
cement well Is down about 400 fee
and with good luck will be finished
this week.