The Iola register., 1900-05-04
In Prospect Which may have
a Marked Effect on the
Building of the City
HANDSOME SIX-LOT BUILDING
Which Will Carry the Busi-
ness Section Around the
Public Square in
Short Order

Every good citizen of lola has had
dreams at one time or another of see-
ing the business section of the city
encircle the public square, which
with its four huge blocks has seemed |
at times to forever forbid any such
contamination. 1t is good news to
know that the possible and natural
is become probable.
A deal is on for the sale ofthe six lots
on the east side OF the square, south Of
the Fuller 4 Fuller building to East
street, to Miss b. NJ. Livingston, of
Clinton, Missouri. The transaction ls
being made through Messrs shinn g.
Brady, the real estate men, and the
consideration is $1,000, or 81, ,150 per
lot. The property is now owned by
several parties, including g. A.
Bowlus, II. l.. Henderson. A. w.
Beck and M. l.. Brewster, and they
have agreed to sell on these terms be-
cause Of the prospect OF extensive
improvements to be made on the
ground.
These improv ements include the
erection OF q two-story brick business
house covering the six lots. Just
what business will occupy the rooms
cannot of course be known as the en-
tire transaction is still very inde-
finitely worked out. There seems not
the slightest reason TO doubt that
there will be an immediate demand
for the rooms, when several will be to-
gether, although one room might not
prove so desirable. And the immedi-
ate and obvious conclusion to be drawn
from the erection of the buildings is
that they will give an impetus TO the
somewhat deliberate ndency OF bust.
ness to encircle the square. The
Northrup Bank, and other new build.
ings on the northwest side OF the
square, the purposed new Masonic
hall, the Or. Cox building Mt the
northeast corner of the square, to-
gether with the grocery now occu-
pied on north Jefferson avenue, are
all tending to make the east and
north side equally desirable as places
of business as the south and west
side have always been. The new
buildings will hasten this tendency,
and With the new court house In the
park which is matter of months
only, the great American desert"
proposition which once served to
teach the Humboldt infant how to
laugh will be done away with.
A word about the young lady who
is thinking of becoming interested in
the best town on earth may not be
amiss. She and her mother. Mrs. M
f.. Livingston, are stopping in the
city at present at the Hotel Pennsyl-
, vania. They are people OF consider
able wealth and have extensive
7 property interests elsewhere. They
. come to lola To invest money in the
expectation of getting a fair return on
t their investment and expect to make
= this their home, for the present at
! least. The REGISTER believes that
t they have acted wisely and the bright
e prospects which the town now has
e would seem to guarantee such be-
e liei. Mrs. and Miss Livingston are
southern people and should they de-
eide to remain here permanently
would undou bledly be welcomed to
the social circles of the city.
AS stated at the outset OF this
y article, arrangements have not beer
= perfected and the deal will not be
g finally closed until Miss Livingstone
u brother arrives here from st. Louis
IS and passes Judgment on the town.