The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-03-22

"A telegram from tne nre engine
manufacturers says that the engine is
finished and is ready to be lettered
and numbered and word was sent to
label it cola Combination No. 3"
1t will be shipped and installed in the
new engine house as soon as that
building is completed which is being
done as fast as carpenters can nail on
the boards. 1t is understood that the
old chemical engine will be put in East
lola where it may save It's cost several
times year.
The lola Baptist Church will have
an all day session and roll call We'd
nesday March 9th and request every
member of the church to be present if
possible. All Baptists not members
of the church here are especially in
vited to be present. Come and get
acquainted. Devotional services 10
a. m, dinner in the church at noon.
devotional services andtroll CALI p.
m. preaching services 1880 p. m. b.
y. p. L. Rally will be held Friday
and Saturday following.
A representative of an eastern adj
vertising house dropped into the REG
ISTER Office the other day and remark
ed that it was his first visit to lola.
He said his house never sent the men
to places smaller than 10000 and that
lola was rated on their books at 1000.
He happened to be in the Pittsburg
Headlight Office and saw REGISTER
on the exchange table, picked it up
and decided to come to lola. "a town
that supports a paper like that is
worth visiting" he said.
Mr.. Bolts, the gentleman has been
chosen as assistant city engineer and
electrician by the council, is one of
Mr.. f. NJ. Reeds men here from Kan
sas City. He is the man who is put
ting in the plant and is a thoroughly
competent and skilled electrician, as
the manner in which .the plant will
work when he gets through will bear
witness. Mr.. Howard was some time
ago elected first engineer, to have
charge of the engine and machinery at
the power house and run the river end
of the business. Mr.. Bolts will make
all extentions and keep the light line
in working order.
The REGISTER noted the other day
the bright prospects of new factory
which will employ 100 men and boys.
The promoters were perfectly satisfied
with what they found here and the
promises given ana lett to interview
the railroad men. Yesterday letter
came from Mr.. Jas. A. Davis, indus
trial commissioner of the Santa Fe,
stating that he had received letter
from lola and would be more than
pleased to meet the gentlemen and do
everything in his power to induce them
to locate in lola. Which shows that
no grass is growing about the founda-
tions of the new factory.
Mr., wilkins and Mr.. Converse, of
New York, representatives of the New
Jersey Zinc Company, were in
lola the first of the week Cooking
around" The New Jersey Zinc Com
pany is capitalized at $64, 000,0 and
is the largest zinc producing concern
in the world, having extensive plants
in New Jersey, Missouri and Wiscon-
sin. The company owns the DR..
Fulton quarter section southeast of
lola, and they say it is not for sale,
which would indicate that the present
owners expect to make use of it. What
that use will be, and when it will be-
GIN the representatives of the com
pany decline at present to state.
Mr.. James Stotts, an old man
living about two miles north of lola,
died suddenly last Monday of apo
pleXy. Mr.. Stotts came to Kansas
from Ohio in 1855. He afterwards
went to California and accumulated: Il
fortune but lost it all when the south
ern California boom collapsed. He
returned to Allen county and bought
small fruit farm of some twelve
acres which he continued to make his
home until his death. For some time
past Mr.. Richard Wright has been
living with him, as he had no family
except two married daughters who
live in Ohio. His friends here took
charge of the remains and the
funeral services we're held Tuesday.