The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-07-20

day night hXed the rates TOT privileges
Anyone desiring to negotiate should
apply at once to T. r. Anderson.
Meeting in Riverside park August q,
%, % and "a.
Sherman Culbertson went out to the
farm southwest of lola Sunday and |
cast his expert eye out in the water
melon patch. He says thanks to the
rain two weeks more of sunshine will |
have the melons about right. 1t is re-
markable how popular he is getting
just now.
The Adjutant of the Gas Belt Re-
union association received notice to-
day that the Western Passenger Asso
citation had made reduced rates to lola
from all points within a distance of
$50 miles Tickets will be on sale Au-
gust 20, 81, %, % and "a, return limit
August %.
The dam on Elm creek, right direct
| " south of town, which the cement
company put in has formed a good
pond a quarter of mile long and the
small boy already has visions of good
skating there this winter. 1t will be
much more handy than people with
skates on have been accustomed to in
lola and may result in a general re-
vival of ice sports.
TT. Scott Tribune: a question has
been raised in the appellate court by
the Topek aiointists as to whether Kan
sas cities or towns have the right to
devote saloon fines to their general re-
venue funds. The iointists claim they
must go to the school fund. If they
are right Fort Scott will be deprived
of between 5000 and 5000 ofrevenue
annually. 1t would seriously en-
barrass our finances.
Nobody has any idea how many BIZ
cyles there are in lola and to find out
it would be a good plan to have BIZ
cycle brigade in some public festivity
Bicycles are pretty sight when dec
GRATED and they lend themselves easily
to parade, keeping on the move
r. and covering more ground than any
other feature. Why not have few
hundred in the next lola celebration
whatever it may be.
! The preliminary hearing of Georg'
: Cornell who was charged with assault
with intent to kill on the person o
A., Lawrence Townsend last week, wa
p held this morning before Justice JacoI
4 Gard and he was bound over TO tn
;. district court under 500 bail whicl
he gave. Only few were put on tn
~, stand by the prosecution, enough t
establish the fact of the assault.
e Lutte Northrup and Tom Bowlu
II were talking recently and the ques
t ton was asked by the former, wher
r all the gold that's shipped in here goe:
e Every pay day he said the bank re
g ceived from away between s., 900 an
$40. 900 in gold coin and by the ne1
a. pay day there was need of NOR,
- Bowluss. bank don't get it, and II
h thousands of gold simply scatters OF
n. among the people and remains Their
IN w. /. Allison was never credite
e. by his friends with being an expert
n horticulture, but he seems to hay
RS worked his graft with an apple tr'
OF in his yard. The tree always refuse
to bear fruit until this year. Last ia
n Mr.. Allison dug about its base al
X piled old knives, rags, toothpicks al
en- red paper in a hole beneath its root
Is This spring the tree is full of beautif
to red apples, which have each pc
ed knife, a napkin and toothpick han
of inc on the stem. The tree is a ma
he of fine red fruit.
The sad news was received Fridi
ed evening of the death of Mrs. Pea
Fe House, daughter of James Peery,
zee her home in Wichita. Mrs. Hou
I'D had not been in good health for son
adj time, but was nursing her husbal
or who was very i'll. Thursday h
~ lllOllltI was IdllNh pNNl w i'i DIV
a but she was not thought to be dan
re erously i'll until the telegramannour
ing her death was received. I
-, funeral was held Sunday afternoon
-, three o'clock, DR.. Drake otticiatin
W. Mrs. House had been married b
~ two years, she leaves host of frien
who SVmpathiZp with her parents
he MHo sSiP"V"iNe WIN l'0' P"' s''''
- their loss.
;h- The suggestion in the REGIsT
,bt that the surplus left from the 4th
July fund be donated to the pub
, library has been warmly seconded
W. everybody with whom the REGIsT
-. has talked. One of the committee 81
VI gested the only possible objectic
cN that those who donated might feel {