The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-27


Humboldt Herald: The Prairie Oil
and Gas Company brought in fine
gas we'll Monday. 1t is located just
below the Owl Creek bridge, west OF
town. According to the test made it
is estimated at about a 1000, 600 foot
we'll.
The REGISTER is indebted to Mr.. j.
| b. Fergus, of Lone Elm, for a basket
of the finest grapes we have seen this
year. They are of the Moorish-D Diamond
variety and for size, coloring and
flavor compare very favorably with the
finest. California grapes.
One of the druggists in town asked
q reporter today to start q wholesale
drug house here. 1t would be good
point for a small wholesale house to
handle stable goods. The country for
a radius of fifty miles could be sup
piled from here andla good business
be done.
Perl Newton Williams. five-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Will
liams, who live about two miles east
of LaHarpe, died Thursday afternoon
at O'Clock from dropsy. The funeral
was held from the house Saturday
morning at ten O'Clock, Rev. Manley,
of LaHarpe officiating.
Talk about the expression "them
that has gifts, " look at Tom Anders on.
For the first time in years Tom
brought bunch of his fine stock to
the fair this year and Tuesday he
called for his premiums. His check
= amounted to just ninety eight dollars,
! not 50 bad for a small bunch OF
cattle.
) Mr.. Wight, the painter, is carrying
! out u plan which every one has at one
time or another formed. 1t Is to pre-.
2 serve full reports of some grea
national event as told at the time. He
has secured several hundred paper,
and magazines telling of the shooting
: and death of President Mckinley anC
will have them bound.
Eureka Messenger: George Good
who has been employed in u bricl
yard at lola, came home last Friday
: for u visit of two or three weeks.
Miss Lulu Barger. of lola. is visiting
at the home of her brother, W. n
Barger. She arrived Saturday from
d Eldorado. where she has been for tire,
10 weeks the guest OF friends.
. The Lawrence journal takes note o
3, things thus: The lola REGISTER o
Wednesday was made up of ten paq es
of six columns each. and contained
Y forty columns of advertising. jus
5 think of that if you can. Forty col
; umns. Time was when the REGISTEl
e didn't have much more than that in 1
n year.
The Paola Spirit has discovere,
+ this: Osawatomie, Westphalia, Hum
Y boldt, Waverly, Ft. Scott and Kan
5 sas City are the only towns in tn
S Second Congressional District wher
I key beer is sold every day. Lawrence
Paola, LaCygne, Garnet, Ottawa
@ Louisburg, lola and Olathe are in tn
, bottle-beer list.
/ Clarence Norton was in from Moral
I Monday morning and reports that tn
} second gas we'll being drilled by tn
Moran Gas Company will be finishe,
I today. The drill reached the ga
, sand Saturday night and work wa
! resumed this morling. The well i
: located half mile northwest Of tn,
/ other one and shows every indication
of being equally as good.
e A good many lola people are max
ing guesses on the vote in Ohio, tbs
I prize scheme being used by the Kausa
, City convention hall. Some of th'
} guessers made low estimates few
weeks ago and are now sure that tn,
recent sad events will have the effec
OF uniting the Ohio Republicans ant
: calling out q heavy vote. A big casl
, prize goes to the person guessing tn
: closest.
Applications have been put in b,
several people for jobs on the stree
-. car line and one man asked for 18th
: first car" The other day Crouch wa
talking to this man and told him hi
! wish should be granted, that the ca
was here and he could take charge o
it. The car referred to is the worl
t car and the honor was declined witt
t thanks.
; Chanute Sun: The Neosho Vale,
4 Oil Co. was organized here Frida.
with Nelson F. Acres. lola, president
G. NJ. Lindsay, Chanute, treasurer
Fred S. Bennett, lola, secretary
, The other members of the compan.
} are: S. G. Isett, Chanute; Mix
2 Miller, DR.. j. Chastain. DR.. II. NJ
p Mcmillan, Ira d. Kelley and w. b
e Kelley, lola.
: The high-priced officials of the
Modern Tonties who managed tn
order so well that there was $780, 90
on the books for them to divide u
. If the reports from Wichita are true
> have been discharged, according to
: Ft. Scott mans story and the lodge i
n again on its feet. The order has {
: branch here and this will be goo
news to them.
h Reports from out in town are tina
in many places the weeds are so hig
q the walks are blocked. Two peopl,
a cannot walk abreast between the weed
!. and lady cannot pass without hav
ing her skirts drag against the dust
pollen covered growths. There ough
} to be some way to compel the cuttin
s of these weeds. They are ugly an
q breed disease.
a Mail & Breeze: In the lola REGIS
1 TER is matrimonial advertisement
which reads: "Wanted-A rich wido,
to marry poor seven-up player.
And why not? Certainly q goo,