The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-12-14

large gray owl on Elm Greek today
and brought it to town. 1t isunusually
large and has a fine feathery halo
around its big round eyes. Stuffed
and mounted It would be good speci-
men and the boys are seeking buyer
at ten cents.
One of the beauties of metal ceiling,
you can change its hues and tints as
often as.you can raise the price of
small can of paint. The Our Way isre-
adjusted internally for winter and |
RIGA green paper, bespangled with
gold adorns the walls. The ceiling
has been repainted and the paint ex-
actly matches the border where it
Joins on.
A number of farmers i'm Carlyle |
township have been talking rural |
mail delivery for some time and now
Benny Wright who believes that he
could handle the route is being,actively |
pushed to secure by influential friends
Unnecessary signatures and carry the
mail when the route is established.
There should be little trouble and the
route would be mighty good thing
for all concerned.
Tickets for the Elks bazaar and
prize drawing are now on sale. Each
admission ticket gives chance at the
prizes and the tickets are starting off
well. Quite number of travelling
men who make lola are Elks and each
OF them is carrying a little wad of
tickets and disposing of them to
friends. A bunch sent to Marshall.
Field q Co., in Chicago resulted in
the speedy sale of 20 tickets.
The Democrat brethren are getting
their paraphernalia together and are
about ready to depart for new worlds
to conquer. The REGISTER UNDER
stands that the new deal down south
will be in the form of an independent
paper, and hence, since Mr.. Purcell.
Mr.. McCaughney and MIR. Bostwick
are going into other territory and are
not going to argue against the gospel
the REGISTER wishes them we'll.
One of the most attractive displays
that was made for Thanksgiving was
made by Mr., Hoffman at the Up-to-
Date grocery. 1t was SO good that il
made you hungry just to walk past it.
Mr.. Hoffman will remain with the Up
to-Dato permanently but it is hoped
/ thnt 1.n mill continue -, al tlng.
kinds of displays. It's discouraging
to the people who are compelled to be
near the Up-to-Date between meals.
Every once in while something hap
pens to make one regret that another
| person bears the same name. For in
stance Bert Miller, son of the clerk of
the court, this morning received let
Ter from the post Office marked:
'Opened by mistake by Bert +.
Miller. This Bert runs the feed mill
in the south part of town. The
letter was from loving young lady
and contained things not for publ
cation.
Mr.. w. H. Lee left T uesday for
Ames, Iowa. a college which their
son attends was burned to the ground
Monday and of five hundred students
who were sleeping in the main build
ing two hundred and fifty were com
PEELED to escape in their night clothes
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee have received no
word from their son and Mr.. Lee went
to Ames to see about him. Their many
friends here hope that nothing serious
! befell their son.
Remarks knowing exchange: "If
you ask man for an ad or few
locals he will tell you he don't believe
in advertising, paper is never read.
But let him be caught hugging the
hired girl or chasing a loose piece of
calico up the street after dark or
struggling with jug Of "tamarin"
water, if the printing Office is in the
garnet of a twenty story building, he
will climb to the top to ask the editor
not to publish it in the paper where
everybody will read it.
Garnett Eagle: We understand the
Edgerton creamery company willmove
their Central City lskimming station
from that place to Colony. The Cen
trail City station is said to have been
one of the best that wa in the coun-
try. The people of that vicinity are
somewhat "riled up" over the remov-
al and steps are being taken to form a
local company and put in creamery
of their own, unless the Edgerton man
agement will continue a station there.
The cement plant office in lola has
booked orders for the first twelve days
of December for $500 barrels of
cement. When it is remembered that
there is another Office in Chicago and
that this is in the winter season when