The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-05-04
A DAY AT OLATHE.

Olathe man said to his visitors Fri
day. And he said it with an air of
pride too, which did him great credit;
and then he went on to give plans
and specifications. IA year or so
ago. he said, "they organized a
Village Improvement Society. Only
women were eligible to mem bership.
The society was organized on the
plan of the city government, having
officers to correspond with the mayor
and council, and having committees
duplicating the council committees.
Whenever an Improvement committee
thought of anything that ought to be
done, it waited on the corresponding
council committee, and the matter in
this way got to the council, and the
thing was done. And the society not
only did things directly, like this,
but it was responsible for sentiment
that has done much TO beautiiy
Olathe, fix it up and make it q good
place to live in. 1t has frowned down
the town rows, and been power for
good'in every direction"
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"Of course" continued the man,
"the women do practically every thing
that is done here in a literary way.
They have three literary clubs which
do really good, hard work, following
a program each year that involves
lot of digging. They have a hand
somely furnished hall, presented to
them, by the way, by Mr.. Miller, one
of our public spirited citizens, where
they hold their meetings and enter
tain their friends. They want to see
you there this afternoon, and that is
one of the.first places we will 60"
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And SO there is where we went,
some twenty-five members of the
Second District Editorial Association,
holding their third annual meeting.
And twenty or more ladies were there
to receive us, with the pleasantest
words of greeting and of welcome,
with music to charm the time, and
withIbOutonieres to carry away as re-
minders of delightful half hour.
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1t is a'good deal farther in point OF
sentiment than in point of fact from the
subdued light and the subtle perfume
of "my lady's champer" to the glare
and clatter and pungent odor of shot
shop; and yet one is not less interest
ing in it's way than the other. Ter
years ago M. G. II. Dyer, who had
been on the range and had learned the
style of boot that appeals to a cow
boys heart, settled in Olathe and be
gan making boots, which he sole
direct to his cowboy friends. These
friends had friends, and it was moi
long Euntil Mr.. Dyer was unable t,
make the boots as fast as the orders
came, and had to hire helper. III,
has twenty five men now, all of then
able to cut and make boot from star
to finish, and all of them togethe
turning out hundred pairs week
of high-topped high-heeled boot
that are sold as fast as made. A gooC
many people who don't know, thinl
that the cowboy buys boot with
high and pointed heel by reason c
the pride in his heart. The truth i
that he buys it because he needs it il
his business. He must have boo
with a rigid shank, SO that it will
carry his weight in the stirrup all da
long, and with high heel 50 tina
the foot will not slip through tn
stirrup when the rider is braced wit
all his strength to resist the plungin
of his horse or the shock of the stee
he has roped. Ordinarily height (
an inch and half is enough; but on
in the Arizona sands two inches {
IN two and one-half inches are n
CURED. @. II. Dyer found thet