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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04
II HIGH PRESSURE AREA.
SEATTLE ENJOYS INDIAN SUM-
YER WEATHER IN JANUARY.
-.tricai Conditions for Past
month Have Been Phenomenal.
-. Observer woIlaber-Storm
centers Forced to the Northward.

u. ,s.,zens OF Seattle are living under
III nressure. SO says A. 3. Wollaber.
~ gsrvsy in charge Of the Seattle weather
-..u AZ this condition is commonly
1870 -ss,,sd 10 the entire American nation, OBJ
-, Wolaber's statement would not I'M
=, ordinary circumstances be worthy OF
are than passing notice.
81. the circumstances are not ordinary.
as.srver WoIaber says that to the high
,rurs is due the beautiful January
rs..shsr Seattle people have enjoyed during
q. .ast two or three weeks In other
"a. in speaking of high pressure OBJ
'.,rsr Wollaber merely refers TO barometri-
Z, and not mental. social or moral condi-
lana
nv weather mans explanation OF these
ss,mv days In midwinter il interesting, al
,scyrh he is Just as powerless as the ordi-
r,ry citizen to assign the prime cause OF
M.ir existence The barometrical condi-
IN az the whole Pacific Northwest for the
~ month he says, have been most extra
.r8inary. For many days an area OF high
~e~Ire has existed all over this section
4 he United States. quite contrary to the
ssual custom. No mortal man can tell
Wy
RE low pressure area, indicating storms,
rhleb usually creeps down over Puget
sound In the winter months has been stead
n pushed northward until now its where
,houts are something of a mystery. II
vouM be shrewd guess no doubt to look
~ II over beyond Vancouver island II one
rally wanted to find H.
N everybody knows. Vancouver island
the great loafng place for storm centers.
Possibly they find a congenial atmosphere
shout the British Columbia parliament
vhen 1t Is In session. As a second choice
tie storm centers prefer to lounge about
ne Columbia river bar, habit that even
mariners who are not prohibitionists. con-
slier most reprehensible. But this year
.he storm centers have been crowded out
II ther usual haunts by the high pressure
area
observer woiaber nys that the weather
charts show that since about the middle
Il December but one storm center has been
abs TO get south OF Vancouver island The
hkh pressure area, he states, has steadily
tuned them aside and sent them scurry-
ng away eastward across British Columbia
snd the other provinces OF Canada. The
fssult has been that the warm desert winds
from the great plateau region OF the south
ses have ventured northward and taken
wa winter residence on Puget sound.
TO the one storm center that passed the
sirIiant scntines of the high pressure area
md came south Is due, Observer VOLTA
hs nays, the little cold snap and furry Of
snow Seattle experienced In December This
storm center. II appears, sought refuge at
he Columbia river bar. but was given a
Sry reception and finally sneaked out and
started for Unalaska,
When the low pressure areas come sweep
hs down from me north and take up
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04

JixuARY METEOROLOGICAL sum
MARY.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04

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Observer WFsfhsr Rureal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
A Poor Way to Advertise

The business men of Belleville,
Kansas, have joined hands and are
what is known as program
They declare that pro-
gram advertising has grown to be an
intolerable evil. They do not con-
slider that such advertising has value,
and it is not the kind they seek, but
the solicitation comes in such form
toat they cannot resist it very well
except by concerted action.
The business men of lola would do
well to follow this example. About
once month, on an average, the
are "held up'' for an alleged
advertisement which is not worth to
them the paper it is printed on. And
it is not programs only but opera
house curtains and directories" of
various sorts, to be hung in hotels or
livery stables or the postoffice. There
are scores of men working" the towns
on such schemes as these and making
a good living at it; and yet it is doubt
full if a dollars worth of trade could
be traced to all such advertising a
merchant would do in a year.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
THE SNE[TER TAXATION.
A Puzzling Proposition With
Which the Commission
ers Have to Settle
HARVEST HANDS ABUNDANT
lola Alone has now Sent Sixty and the
Wages may not Prove as High
as Reported

One trouble leads to another, so far
as the county commissioners are con-
cerned. The assessments of the town
ships were unequal and the assessors
met with the board and by mutual
agreement most of them were cut
down. Among those reduced was Elm
township which was reduced thirty
five per cent below what the assessor
valued it.
Then came the Lanyon Zinc Com
pany and asked that the sweeping re-
duction which has been made in all
other Elm township property extend
to cover their property at Lanyonville,
which had been left as originally re-
turned They ask that this be done
and then that the lola works be as
sessed at the same rate per block of
furnaces.
The board had changed the figures
of the assessors of the value of the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
OLA RANKS HIGH
Attendance Compared to Pop
ulatiOn Makes our High
School Second
MISSOURI PACIFIC AGENCY
RnmOr That Joe COzad is to be Let
Out Elicits Regret and General
DisapprOval

In the latest number of the Western
School Journal, of Topeka, is IAN in
teresting article on "Kansas High
Schools" by w. A. LaBar. In the
matter of enrolment in the high school
compared with the population Kansas
City with $1,000 people has 6S7 en-
rolled; Topeka 33, 000 has 749; Atchi-
son. Is, 900, has 100; Parsons, Emporia,
Ottawa and Hutchinson with 5000 peo-
pie have 223, l7S, 1873 and 165 enrolled.
In the third group of cities are Arkan-
sas City, Newton, Argentine and lola
with between six and seven thousand
people. They enroll respectively 153,
1876, 80, 2l7.
Comparing enrolment with popula
tion Lawrence heads the list with 43
per 1000 and lola is second with 80 per
thousand. Topeka, Ottawa and Ar
kansas City have - per thousand,
Emporia and Hutchinson 20, Wichita,
Ft. Scott and Newton 10. Pittsburg
and Kansas City 13, Cofleyville u,
Leavenworth 10, Argentine g. Atchison
g.
The average salary paid the princi-
pal in the five largest cities is Sl63.33
and in the others $SOS3. lola is at
the lower edge of the list as she pays
only 500
The cost perpupil, based onteachers
salaries, varied in the cities named
from $3. per month in Leavenworth,
to 81. O6 in lola. In Topeka it is 81.
Pittsburg $l.4l, Ft. Scott $l.9l, Cofrey-
willie $l.75, Ottawa Sl.4l.
The figures all show that compared
with the other towns Of the State lola
has school system which is popular
and economical which means that
while we are growing big we are study
ing hard. The young people who are
growing up here are going to school
and when they become men and women,
they will be educated and make good
citizens.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
PnrSe for Mrs. Shnrnn.

Readers of the REGISTER are fa-
miliar with the sad story Of the de-
sertion of Mrs. A. Sharpe by her
husband, and the destitute circum-
stances in which she was left. The
matter having come to the knowledge
of the employees at the cement plant
a subscription paper was started and
the following contributions made,
which speak highly of the warm heart
edness of the donors. 5. NJ. Bliss %,
S. G. Peat25, Il. A. Dry25, 5. f. Wing
80, G. c. Curtis 5O j. A. Wheeler 80,
NJ. II. Hammond 80, Hunt. Sl.OO.
Ward 80, Peters 80, Lamaster $50,
Toomey 80, ID. b. Tennis 80. j. +.
Curtis 30. y. Il. Crocker 70. Macarthur
Sl.0O, c. f.. Hays 10, f. j. Graves 80,
H. Edinpam 80. O. II. Sawdy 30. Geo.
NJ. Hart %, Emma Woodruff 2j.. G.
! II. Wadsworth 30, NJ. =. Tyspin 2j.
/ j. a. Cunningham p, j. w. Wood
ruff p, w. Ogle %, j. II. Berry p. A.
b. Spencer p. c. w. Whetstave 25.
w. a. Williams Sl.OO, Ed Arnett p,
w. r.. Broose 30, b. c. Alice %, c.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15

different smelters as follows Lanyon
Zinc Company, Lanyonville smelter
reduced from 70, 45O dollars to 10000
dollars: lola works No. l, increased
from 30, 900 dollars to $4,000 dollars,
No. 2, from $4,000 dollars to $1,000
dollars: Cherokee-Lanyon, reduced
from "a, 600 dollars to 10000 dollars;
McRae-Daly reduced from 2S, 800 dol
lars to 25, 900 dollars; Geo. f. Nichol-
son increased from 1900 dollars to
10000. These figures were not final,
but were what the board had
practically agreed upon was just. Mr..
Lanyon, acting for the company,
asked that the Lanyonville works be
cut 30 per cent from the 10000 dollars
assessors figures, along with other
property. This would make the
smelters taxable at about9, 900 dollars
per block of retorts, and then he
wanted all the smelters taxed at that
rate.
Now the delicacy of the question is
very obvious. There are some people
who seem disposed to have the fac
tories of the county taxed on the basis
of their capital stock, the more
the better. Then there are those
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
More Wheat Harvesters.

The rush to the wheat fields is still
on, over thirty leaving lola for
Ellinwood. This makes at least sixty
men who have gone from lola alone to
this point in the expectation of getting
larger wages for few weeks. The
REGISTER would warn those planning
to go to investigate. The papers state
that men are coming from as far east
as Massachusetts to get Jobs and re-
ports from Oklahoma are that instea d
of hands being scarce at $3.50 day,
there is surplus at Sl.5o.
Those who LETT last are; G. F..
Cling. 5. A. Howard, II. +. Arnold,
C.. w. Gardner, w. H. Moore, Z. l..
Brown, Sid Donley, Ernest KirSpat-
rick. Sam kirkpatrick, l.. f. Prentice,
II. 4. Beck. VIM. Conrad, Carl Mark
ham. A. II. Cornell. G. L. Page, Alta
Page. L. L. Hawley, ID. NJ. Smith, j..
b. smith, F. f. Barton, Chas. Miller,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
The Same Old Graft.

Down at the city hall G. w. Van
Arnam wants a license to do business
in lola. He represents E. c. Harley,
wholesale grocer of Dayton, o., and
he wants to take orders for a car load
of goods and ship them here for dis
tribution. Finding the tax high in
town he wants to make his canvass
among the farmers and ship the car
here.
Now the question is: Why should
any farmer prefer this agent to the
local merchants? Here are half a
dozen agents on salary, hundreds of
miles from home, canvassing the
country. On the other hand the lola
Wholesale Grocery ships goods here
by the car load-a car of each kind
and sells them to the merchants right
at the bottom price. Competition is
strong in lola and the merchants sell
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
Missouri Pacific Agency.

There was general surprise and re
gret expressed over town Tuesday
when the word was passed around that
for some reason Joe Cozad was per-
haps to be let out as agent for the
Missouri Pacific at this point and
some one else sent here.
The REGISTER, of course, is not
desirous of mixing up in otherpeople' 5
business, but it feels perfectly safe in
remarking that Joe Cozad has made
an exceptionally popular agent, and
has won friends and business for the
road as few could have done. With
conditions as they are here somebody
had to hustle continually for the Pacific
to get any business away from the
Santa Fe and Joe did that. These
duties on the street necessarily kept
him out of the Office good part ofthe
time, and it was supposed that an
efficient accountant was employed to
care for the books.
The REGISTER hopes that the road
will reconsider its contemplated action
and thereby hold lot of friends whom
it viii lose If the step is taken.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15

on the narrowest margins. Therefore
the people of this community can get
good groceries at the lowest living
price, every possible saving having
been made. If you don't like the
goods you can return them. If you
buy from the Ohio man you will buy
one bill and no more, and if you don't
like the goods what will you do? Does
Mr.. Harley buy any of your eggs or
butter or your hogs or cattle or your
potatoes and corn and hay, etc etc?
Does he extend you credit for several
months until your crop is cashed?
Does he pay taxes in Allen county?
Don't do it. brother. don't do it.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
DR.. Glynn Found Her.

Nearly everybody in lola read the
accounts of the straying away of Miss
Elsie Fry, who while visiting her sis
ter in Kansas City went down town
shopping and was heard of no more
for nearly a week. Her home was at
Junction City and distracted relatives
searched the country vainly for her
until she was finally located at Jar
balo, being recognized by the descrip-
tions of her in the newspapers. DR..
Glynn of lola had hand in finding
the young woman. He was visiting
his father at McLouth at the time and
a young doctor from Jarbalo drove
up to see him and while talking men
toned the appearance in Jarbalo that
morning of a dishevelled young wo-
man, wild eyed and foot sore. Glynn
asked a few questions and feeling sure
that it was Elsie Fry called up the
authorities at Leavenworth and they
came and got her that night. Miss
Fry had started out with some money,
gave a S. gold piece to beggar for
a penny and then had walked many
miles in crazy attempt to get some
where. When the Jarbalo doctor
asked her who she was she said her
name was Elsie, that her fathers ;
name was John, and called all the
members of the family by their first
names but could not recall the family
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
County Normal Contest.

There will be a contest in declama-
tion, under the auspices of the County
Normal Institute now in session, June
2S, among members of the Institute
and of the lola public schools. Two
solid gold medals, offered by the bust
ness men of lola, will be awarded as
first and second prizes. Further de-
tails will be announced in due time,
and the occasion will doubtless be a
most interesting one.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15

who want to encourage the factories
to spend more money and expand, and
these favor touching them discreetly
and even going so far as to deliber-
ately favor the factories to the end
that they shall feel friendly and
expand.
Now if you were commissioner you
would be sure to get cussed roundly
whichever view you took. Hence
those wrinkled brows, and those mann
moth perspirings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
A Scattered Family.

Last Tueeday Mrs. A. Sharp and
four children, the youngest a babe in
arms and the eldest not ten years old,
left lola for Osawatomie where she
will make her home with her brother
Her mother. Mrs. j. III. Remington
of Omaha, Neb., who came here when
she learned that the husband had de-
serted her, accompanied her to that
place and betrayed the expenses.
Readers of the REGISTER will remem-
ber mention of \. Sharp, the night
watch at the cement plant who after
stealing from the company several
hundred dollars worth of goods, stole
the affections of Mrs. McClelland, the
wife of his friend, and when McClel-
land stated that repetition of his
actions would compel him to shoot
Sharp, the latter had peace warrant
issued for McClelland and while he
was in Jail stole his wife. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sharp lived in a small home
near the cement plant and when he left
her she was amply provided for a
struggle to maintain herself and four
children-he having left five cents in
her possession.
All of which is one reason why a
good many people are rather hoping
that A. Sharp will appear in the dis
trict court sooner or later, where the
Judge will make him B. Flat.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
(First published June 8, l9OO)
Sherif1'S Sale.
STATE OF KANSAS, ! 9

STATE =, OE ~, ma s NSAs' IS
In the District Court, Seventh Judicial Dis
trict, sitting in and for Allen county state of
Kansas.
The Phoenix Mutual Insurance Com.
pany, Plaintn
VS.
VIM, J, Price and Elizabeth G. Price,
Defendants.
by virtue of an order OF sale issued by the
Clerk OF the Seventh judicial District Court
IN ana Tor Allen county, state of Kansas, in
the above entitled cause, and to me directed
and delivered, L will on Monday, July 9th A.
d. 1900, at O'Clock p, IN. of said day, at the
'front.' door OF the court house In the City of lola
Allen County, State OF Kansas, offer for sale
and sell to the highest bidder for cash In hand.
the following described real estate, to7wt;
The northeast quarter 90 OF Section Tw enty-
Two (s2) in Township Twenty-Six (26), Range
Twenty-One 2D, containing one hundred and
sixty Q60l acres more or less, in Allen county,
State of Kansas.
Said lands and tenements win be sold with
out appraisement subject to right of redemp-
tion TO satisfy said order of sale.
H HOBART, Sheriff.
Shern's ONCE lola, Kansas, June 9th, 1900.
Ralph Richards, Atty for Pln., Ft. Scott, Kas-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
Rennnllcan Connty Convention.

A delegate convention ofthe Republicans Of
Allen county will be held at the Opera House
III lola at 10 O'Clock &, m Tuesday July l0th
1900, for the purpose OF selecting eighteen dele
gates to the Senatorial convention, Fourteenth
district to be held In Yates Center, Kansas
July 9th, 1900 aud a ounty Central Com
mittee. also To place III nomination ndidatcs
for the following Offices Representative of the
Twenty first district Probate Juige, County
Attorney, Clerk o the District court Superiu.
tendent OF Public Instruction and Commis
sioner from the Second district The basis
of representation at said convention shall be
one delegate for every ten votes or ma or frac.
tton thereof cast for Geo A. Clark Secretary
of state, in the election OF 1898, under which
rule delegates are apportioned to the several
precincts as follows:
GenevaS Humboldt 90,
Carlyle 8, Salem Z,
Deer Creek 6, North Elsmore 9,
Usage g. South Elsmorc 10,
Marmaton II, East Cottage Grove &,
Elm l5 West Cottage Grove 3,
lola 49, Logan b
lola CITY,
First ward 70, Third ward l8
Second ward 0, Fourth ward
IL is recommended that the primaries for the
selection of delegates and for voting by ballot
for the candidates after the usual method, be
held on Saturday, July 9TH, 1900, at the usual
voting place in each precinct at the hours
named; Geneva too p. m. Carlyle to s:SO
p. m, Deer Creek to9p. m Usage to p
m, Marmaton to- y m lola to y m f,
Elsmore to p. m, Logan 7 10 y. m, Hum.
boldt 3 to p. m East Cottage Grove to %
N. West Cottage Grove to9p M. Salem to
3 p IN, lola City, lst ward TO . p. IN; 2nd
ward to 9 p. m; 3rd ward to p. III 4th
ward 3 to Q p. IN. Elm primary 3 to os
1t is further recommended that the primaries
be held open at least two hours and that the
Judges of the election at each precinct take
care in making out credentials OF the delegates
to enclose therein certified report of the
number of ballots cast In said precinct for each
candidate.
BY order of County Central Committee
MELVIN FRoSK, NJ. 7 IACoBY,
Secretary Chairman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15

e. Price 25, Gear Richards 25, j, T.
Bliss 25, H. NJ. Stye 25, August
Foerschler 25, G. H. CARMEL 20, f. b.
Dickey 20, B. j. Bowlus 25, V, F.
King %, George MeClelland 80, G. NJ.
Arnold %, Name unknown 25.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
The Santa Fe's New Gates.

The Santa Fe railroad has been
keeping watchman stationed at the
crossing near the depot on West street
for several months as required by city
ordinance, They have now decided to
replace the watchman by gates which
close down on both sides of the track
whenever a train approaches within a
certain distance and thus prevent
people from driving upon the track
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15

d. W. Drake, w. r., Beach, Dave
Corbin, o. Corbin, w. N. Wilkes,
Pearl Farris. w. B. Moss c. James,
w. Cunes, Frank Bonnell, Frank Cut
right, w. Murphy, Robert West, w.
d. Matthews, Will Leeper.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
Council Meeting.

The city council met June 7th in
regular session.
The application of II. NJ. Beebe for
permit to build on lot IL, block 62
was granted.
Permission was also grantedto Geo.
Knight for building on lot 4, block
50.
Petition for new side walk on east
side of block 3, Edwards addition.
City clerk reported Sl44.6O occupa-
tion tax collected in May. The reports
of police Judge and city weigh-master
were received and referred to com
mittee.
On motion of Robinson the council
decided to pay $50 month to the
business mems committee for sprink-
ling the streets, the city assuming no
further responsibility in the matter.
On motion it was decided to adver-
tise for bids for keeping the city lamps.
The question of buying lamp for
the band stand in the park was re-
ferred to the committee.
A communication from Burns q
Mcdowell stated that they are getting
along rapidly with their plans and
specifications and would be down here
next week.
The mayor reported about his trip
to Topeka to the Semi-Centennial
The petition of Chas. Liston for re-
bate on his occupation tax as team
ster. amounting to 50 cents was al
lowed.
Petition for rebate on building per-
nit of 100 was allowed G. c. Hutton.
The matter of the tax on the city
lot--where the city hall stands-was
referred to the finance committe.
The bill of Jim Adams for cleaning
and caring for street lamps was re-
ferred to finance committee. His bill
for one month was S39,75, and hence
the councils decision to advertise for
bids.
On motion the following bills we're
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15

LATER Since the above was intype
the REGISTER learns from Mr..
Cozad that he has handed in his
resignation and is expecting to be re-
lieved at any time.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
HE That Any Good Would Win"

Should be provided with good health,
and everyone who would have good
health should remember that pure,
rich blood is the bestrequisite, Hood S
Sarsaparilla, by giving good blood
and good health has helped many a
man to success, besides giving
strength and health to thousands of
women who, before taking it could not
see any good in life to win.
Hoods Pills are gentle, yet eff
fective.
You do not have to dry goods in
the shade colored with Putnam Fade
less Dyes. They are fast to sunlight
and washing. l0c per package. Sold
by Campbell g. Burrell.