The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-05-24
KANSAS CLIPS AND COMMENTS

Reports show that some fifty Kansas
towns are boring for oil and gas.
Kansas has been allowed first blood
in her suit against Colorado for steal
ing Arkansas river water. Her in
junction motion was filed.
Mayor Moses of independence has
been sick, but he found some tablets
and got we'll by swallowing them, be-
ing the Second Moses to use tablets.
A Frankfort man has COW whose
peculiarities ought to be bred into a
new stock. She has twin calves
yearly. Think what price such
breed would bring.
Two young mules sold at Plttsburg
the other day for $3.50 apiece-and
there are numerous young kings of
creation who believe the world owes
them a living who wouldn't bring half
that sum.
The Lawrence World rather thinks
the reason the canker worm gave up
its contemplated tour of Kansas just
now was the news that Carl Browne
and Mrs. Nation are to make debat-
ing tour.
Generous citizens did not respond
at Lawrence with funds to keep the
old windmill from being torn down,
so they are giving "Wind Mill Bene-
! fits" Lectures and strawberries have
,succeeded generosity.
The Winfield Courier says the ip-
crease in the Italian immigration NAV
mean the Dago will succeed the Mick
as municipal policemen, and hints
that the Irish might work daytimes
and the Dago at night.
The wall comes from towns where
the closing of the joints has been fol-
lowed by the shutting off Of the cleo
trio lights that the town is dark and
dry. II it remained wet people could
''see things" without the lamps.
There will probably be an epidemic
OF weddings of Kansas newspaper men
to town beauties as q result of the
nice things the reporters are saying
about the st. Louis fair beauty con-
testants. And then "beauty and the
beast" have long been atfinities.
Kansas City papers are knocking on
her union depot and, come to look at
IL, 1t does look in some respects as il
modelled after the packing houses.
human chute. Yet the Missourians
brag of the one and scorn the other.
A bright Troy man, who lost his
knife and could not remember where
he put it, bethought himself recently
that drowning people are said to
remember all the little deeds of their
past in a fash and was about to
drown himself when friends stopped
him. AT least this is the Chief 5
story.
While Andrew Carnegie was dissi-
pating his millions in founding IL
braries in Kansas and other points
in this country it was all right ! ut
this new deal Of donating his America
| secured dollars in ten million gobs
to his Scotch compatriots is rather
rough.
An idea of the way Kansas gas
towns value their factories may be
gained from the recent action of
church at Cherryvale. The town
smelter ran out of brick for an addi-
ton and local church allowed its
new building to stand still, loaning its
brick TO the smelter.
The first explanation OF why Parson
Irvine, Atchinson's picturesque darkey
is democrat, has been published.
Back in the early '70s the good parson
was accused of having in his posses
sion horse that belonged to another
man. He asked G. w. Click, then a
young lawyer to defend him. The
future governor agreed to do so with
the stipulation that, in lieu of fee,
the parson would vote the democratic
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Irvine was saved from Jail and he has
thirty years.