The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-02-09


board asking for bids on new stone |
culvert to be erected over the first ra.
vine south of the Elm creek bridge on |
south Washington avenue. This cul. |
vert is badly needed and will be a
very beneficial permanent improve
ment.
Reports from Gas City tell of I'M
precedented activity there and pros
poets that make the hearts of the In
habitante flutter with joy. -Four
blocks are In operation at the
smelters, the Cherokee LanyOn and
NJ cRae-Daly works, and there Is
rumor that three more will be started
in March. Some ten new house
have been commenced during the
past month and the little burg is
thriving immensely.
The Topeka State journal reprints
the entire story about the cement
plant from Mondays REGISTER un-
der the following headlines: The
Giant Industry of Kansas is Located
at lola. Several Hundred Men Push
ing the Cement Plant. A Solid Rock
Base. The Output viii start off At
$500 Barrels Daily. To be One of the
Largest Factory Buildings in Amer
ica." All of which cannot possibly
do aSy harm to lola.
N. V. Moore, the real estate man,
has bought of Ira Patterson the va
cant lot on East Madison avenue be-
tween the Democrat Office and the tin
shop and will commence at once the
erection of a two-story brick building
twenty feet wide and sixty feet
deep. He will occupy the upper
floor, or part of it, himself and the
lower floor will be available tor a
business room. And so another block
is filled out complete, although there
are two frame buildings left in it.
The restaurants around town have
improved as much IN the past year as
any one feature of the city. Instead
of being sleepy, dirty lunch counter
loating rooms they are clean, inviting
places, nicely decorated and the
variety OF delicacies are Offered and
! the display windows, showing game
and fish and meats, are gotten vi
dow that would make dyspeptiC
/ hungry anu lhO OlubIb nhNb duo us
| plays almost daily.
Spencer's mad stone is an interest.
ing curiosity to the majority OF lola
| people. 1t IL about three inches long
and two wide, of irregular shape and
! flattened on oRe side. 1t looks like
! bone, IL porous and built much like
coral. Now that the scare IL over anC
mad stones are handy it has developed
that the dog which caused the excite
m5nt was suffering from an underdos'
of strychnine. The next time a mad
dog shows up it might be conductive
of peace to have q post norton eX
animation of his stomach.
Probate Judge Smith is weeping bit
terly. You know he always takes {
grandfatherly interest in everybody
he marries and he has just learned
that one of his subjects has beer
gathered In by the police. About ,
month ago he married f.. +. Estelle
who claimed to be travelling man
and Estelle set 'em up to the judg,
and to every body in the room anC
seemed to be delighted in his simple
heart over the wedding. Now the
Topeka papers say Estelle is arreste &c
there charged with completely in tn,
safe blowing at Irwin recently. Last
Thanksgiving day he tried to hold VI
Topekan and was arrested. And 81
the judge mourns.
Burlington Independent: A smar
little kId down at Gales burg who haC
been taken to Kansas City where b,
saw and greatly admired the brigh
uniforms and prompt delivery of mai
by the postmen, was seized with the
idea that GalesDurg should have fire,
mail delivery and he would be thu
postman. So he secretly secured 1
large bundle Of old love letters which
had been received from numerous
young fellows by his mother in he
girlhOod days, and he tTOtted out
briskly, leaving letter at every
home In the town. Galesburg Ia en-
joying the sweetest bit of gossip tina
it has enjoyed for many year. AnC
the boy, oh where is he. His mothe
is short one pair Of slippers and on
shingle and the boys chief ambition
now is to find a soft place on which t,
sit.
Mr.. j. Il. Bridgeman. the architect
mas u6VOl6u bOlne VI us spare even
ings lately to the drafting of plan
for the new court house which Allei
county is going TO build sometime
} and has made drawings showing
; building which would be a grea
ornament to the court house square
The new court house is not exactl,
in sight, but the plans drawn by Mr.
Bridgeman are tout of sight" and l
is agreeable to know that when tn
time comes for the work to begin W,
shall not have to go outside of Allel
county for competent architect
With the rolling mills, to furnisl
material tor the roof, a certainty, ant
with glass factories to furnish ma
/ erial for the windows, a lively ex
pectancy, and with brick and ston
and iron work oil ready on hand,
court house could be built here with
out going outside lola for architect
wOrkmen or materials. That is tn
kind of town we are getting to be.