The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-07-20
OTTEN'S BAKERY CLOSED.
Attachment for $50 Flour Bill Precip.
itates Bills Which Are Believed
Will Reach $1,000

Monday the deputy sheriff ran
an attachment on the bakery of John
Often on the west side of the square
to settle bill for $50 for flour sold
by Esse q Funston. The doors of the
store were closed and remained closed
since Enough goods were taken to
settle the flour bill and bill of sale
given the lola Wholesale Grocery.
Any exact statement of the affairs
of the firm is impossible owing to the
fact that John Often keeps no books
and has never told his family just
what shape his business was in. f..
r. Brighsm was the first creditor to
follow the lead and il is understood
2hat wholesale stores, candy, cigar
and meat stores with aggregate bills
4of some $1,000 are preparing to file
ahejr claims.
Jnst how far the stock will go to-
ward iiquidating this Indebtedness or
what course will be pursued in the
matter is not known. The business is
one of the Oldest in town, having been
established over twenty years ago by
Charlie Often, Johns father. From
"a small bakery with stock in trade
of a sack of flour bought on credit the
business grew and the two-story build
ing Was erected and when MIR. Often
died recently he left an estate valued
at between so, 900 and 800, 600. For
some time John has been running the
candies, tobaccoes, lunch stand, ice
ecrean parlor, bakery and joint. And
in the Inst word lies the cause of the
trouble. For years John Often has
been lighting off case in district
court in which he is charged with
cumming a joint. The fees and the
GdOages necessary to stave off execu-
fioD piled up and the business gradu-
ally shifted about until the money
nniring power of the house was con-
Ooentrated chiefly in this fight. About
tSN9 weeks ago the fight ended and
-ssOhn Often went to the county Jail to
.sgrvs a short sentence.
Ironbles multiplied rapidly. One
'Of the biggest cigar businesses in lola
which Often has always handled ex-
aslRsipsly was last week taken away
Eso0z him by the house. And now
ssnEDes the attachments and every dol
lar sof his Indebtedness comes due inn
Hnrediately. Expressions of regret and
sSnTwOw We're heard all about the street
VRhsn the news was made public.
The building belongs to Mrs.
e9taeno Johns mother, and she will
<sitfDer rent it or put one of the other
boys in charge. The crisis has been
Ssxpected for some time but the family
Ssoah not bring themselves to take the
management from Jonn's hands. AS
stated before he has always been gen
Sero2s and two years ago deliberately
s1urned a set of books which showed
aaenoants owing him which amounted
40 Hundreds if not thousands of dol
lars and then he credited the same men
rE1lo had beaten him before. For some
1tiEne drafts have been pouring in and
his wife and those helping her have
tSeea trying valiantly to pay them all,
tIeing ignorant of the true amount of
ashs liabilities.
AS n business man John Often was
honorable and paid his debts cheer
En0ly up TO the present crash. He Is
ssni1 a young man and has the oppor-
tsnuity and the ability to repair his
sshztteced fortune in the years to
scOme- He says he will hold the build
ing by paying rent until he can getout
sand settle the business. Several 9th