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The Iola register., 1901-03-08
Long Distance Switch Board.

Mr.. r. W. Mackey, assistant sup
erintendent of the Missouri Il Kansas
Long Distance Telephone line, was in
town fixing up the switch board
in the central station in Spencer's
drug store. The company now has
six wire line completed between here
and Kansas City and the poles are up
and the wires being strung between
here and Parsons, Pittsburg, Oswego
and CotIeyville. Mr.. Mackey says
that next simmer they expect to COM
plete six wire line west from lola to
Wichita, and lola will be the central
switching point for all these. A
board and chair have been shipped
here and in about ten days there will
be a position open for some gentle
voiced Miss with pechant for re-
spending to the hailing sign, "hellop
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
ANOTHER BIG YEAR
Crop Report in Kansas Indicates a
Record Breaker

Kansas City, March According
to reports on Change, crop reports
for Kansas show 100 per cent. Ac-
cording to reports from the govern
ment offices the. acreage is I per cent
greater for wheat this year than last.
According to the official figures the
wheat crop for 1900 was $1,000, 600 but
according to the shippers it did not
fall under so, 100000. With per cent
better than this in acreage and 100
per cent of harvest promised, Kan
sas is getting ready to break record
again. The 4, 4,570, 600 acers sown this
year never looked better;sthe weather
neverwas more propitious: the farmers
never owed so little for their lands or
their seed wheat, and there never was
a brighter future. Prices are steady as
rock. In a month they have scarce
ly varied cents, and wheat and corn
are negotiable as paper money.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
VETERANS TO PARADE
A SatisfactorysCompromise has Been
Affected

Washington, March 1.-The dispute
between the inaugural committee and
the war veterans over the matter of
precedence in the parade Monday re-
suited today in compromise under
which the veterans will take part to a
certain extent in the ceremonies. At
u conference between Secretary Root,
General Francis Greene, Grand mar
iel T.. Sickles, it was decided that the
local and visiting Grand Army vet
erans will form the honorary escort
to the President from the White
House to the capitol on the 4th of
March. The further conclusion was
reached that on the return from the
capitol to the White House, but after
the procession had passed through
the court of honor, they will be re-
viewed by the President. After the
conference, Secretary Root sent the
following instructions to General
Greene, the grand marshal of the
parade;
81 am instructed by the President to
request that the Union veterans of the
civil war should be assigned as his
personal escort from the executive
mansion to the capitol building, on
the occasion of the approaching in
auguration."
General Greene replied to Secretary
Roots letter as follows:
81 have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of this date
and to state that it will give me great
pleasure to carry out the wishes of the
President in every respect"
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
Court House and Progress

The editor of the Gas City Headlight
thus stands up for a new court house
and progress in Allen county.
because our old court house is
large enough, we don't need a new
one: says one paper in Allen county.
According to that theory we don't
need any of our magnificent railway
locomotives that pull heavily loaded
freight trains and handsome coaches
over the country at the rate of forty
miles an hour, because the old oXcart
of hundred years ago would do,
even If it could not travel faster than
one mile in two hours, If we got in a
hurry we could walk or ride horse if
we had one. We don't need street
light now because we didn't need a
light fifteen years ago; we don't need
anything that tends to induce capital
our way, because we lived without it
once and think we can still. In fac
any old thing will do us, and we can't
for the life of us see why people build
those handsome modern dwelling
houses when they could live in hole
in the ground or log house as well.
We haven't got 25 cents on the $1,000
that we can spare for the upbuilding
of our county.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
GAS FOR THE NEW PLANTS
Drill This Afternoon Opened up Big
Gusher East of Town for the Acid
Works and Smelter.

Almost as soon as the deals were
completed for the land for the Stand
ard Acid Company's plant here and the
Ziesing smelter on the tract west of the
Nicholson smelter Fred Horton began
drilling gas well on the land. Last
Monday the gas sand was struck and
the drill was sent down the usual
depth, resulting in the expected strike
of good gusher, easily capable of six
or seven million cubic feet daily.
This well simply assures gas for both
plants Immediately and in time other
gas land owned by the company can
be resorted to to guarantee against
accidents and loss from stoppage or
pipe breaking.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
SALE OF CONVICT COAL.
House Would Open Prison Mine to
Wagon Trade.

Topeka, Feb. 2S.-The house today
passed Gaw's bill opening the peni-
tentiary coal to local wagon trade.
A fight was made on the bill on the
ground that it would bring convict
labor into competition with free labor.
Another objection offered was, that
it would open the way for mining com
panies near to buy their retail supply
of coal at the prison and distribute it
to their customers by wagon. Another
point made against the bill was that,
during the big strike of 1895, when
wagon trade was permitted by law,
the companies supplied their trade
from the prison mine, hauling it in
long trains of wagons hitched to trac-
tion engines. The house, however,
passed the bill-yeas, 81; nays, 81.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
War Department has Ordered
Another Reduction
HAS 1900 MEN IN CHINA
Thought it may Prove Often.
sive in Time of Peace
Those Removed from China to be sent
to the Philippines Replace Vol
unteers

Washington, March carrying
out the policy inaugurated by the
State department when it changed its
military force in China into legation
guard, the War dedartment has sent
orders to General Chaffee to still
further reduce his force. The general
now has under his command 800
men. Although nominally a legation
guard, General Chaffee's force is of
rather formidable offensive quantity
AMI not desirous of retaining an un-
necessary menace to the Chinese court,
and in order to hold out inducements
for its early return to Pekin, the
United States government some time
ago determined upon further reduc-
tion of the American force, and the
orders. went forward. If the other
powers represented at Pekin can be in.
duced to follow this policy, it is hoped
that long step will have been effect.
ed toward the restoration of normal
conditions at Pekin.
The troops are to go to Manila,
thereby making good the losses which
General MacArthur's command will
sustain through the withdrawal of the
volunteers who are coming home to be
mustered out. 1t is understood at the
War department that General Chaffee,
who will leave Pekin with these troops
is to relieve General Macarthur of the
snnreme command in the Philinnines
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
WILL LOWER ASSESSMENTS
County Assessors Met Monday and
Agreed on the Old Sixty per Cent
i. Basis of Valuation

Monday, according to law, the assess.
ors Uf Allen county, thirteen in nam
ber, or so many of them as manage to
get together, gathered at the court
honse and agreed upon a basis of
assessment for the year 1901. Nine of
them met and organized that morning
and then adjourned until O'Clock to
give any others who might drop in a
chance to participate.
The assessors were practically
agreed that they would return to the
old way of assessing at sixty per cent
instead of putting property down on
their lists at full 100 per cent as was
done last year. The 100per cent basis
had been agreed upon to go into force
all over the state last year, but in real
ity but few counties did adopt the new
basis. Consequently there was great
roar from tax payers in counties where
the 100 per cent basis had been used,
claiming that they were thus paying
more than their share of state taxes.
Allen county was one that went it up
10 the 100 per cent mark and the life of
the assessor was bed of thorns
throughout the time of his work.
Believing that the old system, being
better understood will give better sat
isfaction and enable the assessors to
handle the railroad property more
equitably, the old sixty per cent basis
was this year resumed.
The assessors asked the commits
sioners to instruct them as to whether
they could raise valuations which
were obviously too low on former as
sessments, especially in the case of
real estate which is not to be valued
this year. Several cases we're noted
where adjoining farms of equal value
are widely apart in assessment. No
action was taken.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
John Adams Badly Hurt.

DR.. Cox was called to Humboldt
Thursday evening in consultation
with two other doctors over the in
juries received by John Adams in a
runaway mishap. Mr.. and Mrs. Ad-
ans live near Humboldt and were
thrown from their buggy. Mr.. Ad-
ans was severely injured about the
head, shoulders and spine. Fortu-
nately no bones we're broken and after
careful examination the doctors
voted against trepanning and will let
Nature perform the work of restora-
tion. Mrs. Adamsfortunately escaped
serious injury.
Mr.. Adams was recently located in
lola and ran a meat market in the
lola Cash Grocery.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
ELECTION BILL IN DOUBT
Senate Amendments May Have Made
it Unconstitutional.

Topeka, March1-Thesenate amend
ments to the Hallet biennial election
bill, to which the house concurred, are
said by the lawyers to be unconstitu-
tional. The original bill included
only county officers in its provisions,
but the senate added an amendment
putting off elections for district Judge,
due this year, until 1902, the vacancy
meanwhile to be filed by appointment
by the governor. The lawyers say that
the Legislature cannot create vacan-
cy of this kind.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
NO EXHIBIT AT BUFFALO
HOnse Decided to Concentrate States
Energies at St Louis.

Topeka, March 1.-The house to-
night, by vote OF two to one, killed
the bill appropriating $40 for
Kansas exhibit at the Buffalo exposi-
tion. The question was discussed at
length. The main reason for the de-
feat of the bill was that Kansas could
better afford to make one big exhibit
at st. Louis rather than two small
ones at Buffalo and st. Louis. The
house later passed the senate bill, APP
propriating $4,000 for the St Louis
exposition. n
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
WILL LAST TWENTY YEARS.
New Kind of Fabric to he MRnufnc-
tured by the MILLS In
England.

If the plans of certain English cap.
italists do not misearry it will be pos
sibe ere long for the economical par
ent TO purchase a suit of clothes which
may be passed along among his sons
for fifth of century, says the Chi
cago Chronicle. Mills are now being
built in England for the manufacture
of this kind of long-wearing material
which can be turned out in almost any
color wanted. Think of getting a suit
of clothes that will last for 20 years;
that will cost only a third more than
a suit costs now. and that will be abso-
lutely waterproof without appearing
to be so. Revolutionize is rather an
overworked word. but il fits this case
exactly. Instead of singing "Papa's
Pants Will Soon Fit Johnnie" the re-
frain will run Johnnie Soon Will
Wear Pas Pants" for when pa once
begins to wear these extremely useful
articles before Johnnie has got out OF
dresses he may continue to wear them
for the next 20 years, and by that time
Johnnie will have grown up TO them
The same with little Mary and her
mothers skirts. Instead OF cutting
down the garments for the girl, the
mother will wear them for a genera.
tion or so and then turn them over to
her daughter.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
THE TEXT BOOK BILL.
The Conference Committee Unable to
Agree.

Topeka, March The two branches
OF the Legislature are still far apart
on the textbook question. The first
conference committee could not reac h
an agreement today and after this was
determined the senate recalled the
bill from the house, amended it by re-
storing some of the house provisions,
passed it and sentit back. The house
tonight refused to concur in the re-
naming senate amendments and
another conference was requested.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
Semi-annnal School Apportionment.

The county treasurer has received
the semi-annual installment of state
school money coming to Allen county.
It amounts this time to 50, 4S1.02 from
the state fund and $65.29 from the
Allen county justices fines, several
hundred dollars less than usual. The
money is divided per capita among
the school children of the county, lola
City getting $74O. %; Humboldt $780,
Moran $S1. 80; LaHarpe S123.24; Gas
City S62.79; Elsmore S43.68; Savon-
burg saba. While the sums are not
large, they are like getting money
from home without sending for it,
and will help some.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
Perry StOtler is Dead.

The remains of Perry Stotler were
brought home from Kansas City Mon
day, he Having died in the hospital
there Sunday morning: Mr.. Stotler
was one of the best known farmers of
Allen county, and last summer he was
gored and injured by a bull on his
farm. He would have been killed at
the time had his sons not driven the
animal away. AS it was the sayerest
injury was in his hip and despite all
that could be done the injury never
healed and Mr.. Stotler was confronted
with the unpleasant prospect of being
crippled for life. Recently he went to
Kansas City and was being treated at
one of the hospitals but erysipelas set
in and he died Sunday morning.
George Rhodes, who is also in Kan
sas City taking treatment has been
visiting him daily and looked after
arrangements for sending the body
home.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
Our literary society will close in a

Our literary society will close in a
few more weeks.
The school and literary combined
will give an entertainment consisting
of plays, tableaux and drills. An
admission fee of ten cents will be
charged. Further notice will be given
in regard to the date.
Report of Carlyle school, Dist. No.
2 for month ending February 10 1901.
Names of those neither absent nor
tardy during the month; Robert and
John Eckler, Sylvan, Charley and
Lottie Boroughs, Maude, Mabel, Ed
ward, Olive, Anna and Ella Vezie
Minnie and Anna Alcorn, Alice Ryker,
Emma Kepple, Claudia and Chauncey
Sawyer, Lila and Lora Wilkinson,
Bessie. John and Mary Mealey and
Sylvia Trew. Honor Roll: Grammar
Grade; Charley Boroughs, Anna AL
corn, Emma. Kepple, Alice Ryker,
Maude, Mabel, Olive, Edward, and
Anna Vezie.
Int. Grade: Lila Wilkinson and
Chauncey Sawyer. Primary Grade:
Ella Vezie and Bessie Mealey.
Lora Wilkinson name should have
been sent last month on Honor Roll OF
Intermediate Grade. No. enrolled 81,
Average daily attendance %, cases
of hardness 0. Mrs, OLIVE SAWYER,
Teacher.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
CARLYLE School Notes.

Miss Florence Vezie one of our
girls who is teaching at Waverley
spent Saturday and Sunday at home.
She was accompanied by Miss Adams.
One of our pupils Guy Turney is
moving out of the neighborhood this
week.
Arthur Ruby and Misses Ethel CAN'T
Lille Ruby and:Grace Jones of Deer
Creek were our visitors the past
month.
Profs. Kaon and Gwynne, travelling
showmen gave fine entertainments al
the school house Saturday and Mon.
day nights.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08

According to Rome correspondent
there is a strong movement on foot to
induce Verdi to write a national an.
them for Italy. At present nothing OF
the kind exists, and Sgnor Boiro has
written to Verdi asking him if. he will
undertake to furnish his countrymen
with hymn embodying their tradi.
tons, their ideals and their aspirations,
as he alone can embody them. Upon re.
ceipt of his reply the legislature will
be asked by solemn vote to intrust
the master with the task.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
Working "a HOursa Day.

There's no rest for those tireless lit
tie workers--Dr. King's NewLife Pills.
Millions are always busy, curing Tor
pid Liver, Jaundice, Biliousness, Few
er and Ague. They Danish Sick Head
ache, drive out Malaria. Never grippe
or weaken. Small, taste nice, work
wonders. Try them. 25c at Evans
Bros.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
Banner Salve.

letter, eczema and skin diseases
yield quickly to the marvellous healing
qualities of BANNER SALVE made
from prescription of skin special
ist Of. world wide fame. Campbell g.
Burrell.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
Eat a Whole Cabbage

if you want to. 1t won't hurt you.
People used to think cabbage hung
heavy in their stomachs. After each
meal, no matter what you eat, take
u dose of DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
You will never suffer from Constipa-
tion, Indigestion, Sick Headache or
Stomach Troubles. Chas. B, Spencer,
lola and Kinne e. Son Moran.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
Mrs. Tuttle's Shoulder DisIOcated.

Sunday evening by an accident %
the harness Mrs, G. A. Tuttle of
Bricktown was severely injured. She
was sitting in the buggy, holding the
team, when in some way the single
tree,fell and striking the horses heels
scared them. They turned the buggy
over into brick pile ana Mrs. Tuttle
was thrown out, dislocating her left
shoulder, The team then ran away.
DR.. Coffman was called and set the
shoulder and Mrs. Tuttle is resting
easy and is in fair way to quickly
recover from the i'll effects of the
mishap.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
Cheap Insurance.

Many man has been insured
against Bright's diseases, diabetes, or
other dangerous ailment by fifty
cent bottle of FoLEY'R KIDNEY CURE.
Campbell & Burrell.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
Night Was Her Terror.

81 would cough nearly all night
long," writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate,
of Alexandria, Ind, land could hard
ly get any sleep. / had consumption
so bad that if l walked a block l
would cough frightfully and spit blood,
but, when all other medicines failed,
three 81. bottles of DR.. Kings New
Discovery wholly cured me and /
gained So pounds" It's absolutely
guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds,
La Grippe, Bronchitis and all throat
and Lung troubles. Price soc and 81.
Trial bottles free at Evans b drug
store.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
Death of Mrs. VOsburg.

Mrs. Fannie M. Vosburg, mother
of Mrs. ID. G. Woods, died Monday
ing at the home of the latter in this
city after a long illness. Deceased
was born in Massachusetts in 1890
and was brought to lola about eight
months ago by her daughter. She
has been an invalid for years and
death resulted from a stroke of paral-
ysis. The funeral was held from
the house last Tuesday at
o'clock, Rev. Maclean officiating.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08

Robert r.. Watts, of Salem, Mo-,
writes:-I have been troubled with
kidney disease for the last five years
q Id have doctored with all the leading
physicians and have tried all remedies
suggested without any relief, Finally
tried FoLEY's KIDNEY CURE and
less than two bottles completely cured
me and l am sound and we'll. Camp
bell a. Burrell
The Iola register., 1901-03-08

III had running sore on my leg for
seven years." writes Mrs. Jas. Forest
OF Chippewa Falls, Wis, land spent
hundreds of dollars in trying to get it
healed. Two boxes of BANNER SALvE
entirely cured it," No other salve so
healing. Campbell & Burrell.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08
City Council Meeting.

The city council met Thursday pur-
suant to adjournment.
A resolution to condemn and appro-
pirate lands along the Neosho River
for water for the city was read and on
motion adopted.
WHEREAS, The city council of lola
has determined to condemn and appro-
pirate the lands, and to condemn,
appropriate and divert the water
necessary for the purpose of maintain
ing dam and of constructing and
operating the waterworks plant to
supply said city with water as provid-
ed by law, across and from the Neosho
River, non-navigable river in Allen
county, Kansas; Now therefore be it
RESOLVED, That Travis Morse, city
attorney of said city, be and is hereby
directed and authorized to present a
petition in the name of said city to
Hon. L. Stillwell, judge of the district
court, setting forth the necessity of the
appropriating said lands and con-
structing dam and diverting the water,
and request the appointment of three
qualified commissioners to lay off and
condemn lands and such water and the
right to maintain the dam and diver
the water; and make appraisement and
assessment of damages.
On motion bills were allowed as
follows:
10 Willis, guard duty. 80. .... .........$ 2s %
Chris Ritter. printing .....,,... .......... 7&
w ID Jackson, teaming g................. 3s
G Dewitt, surveying. g..................... 35 90
j Il Jones, carpentering ................ s 30
Il NJ Reed. Electric plant . ............ 1Ol6 %
U ) Pipe Co, Iron pipe, pe,................. S7l 76
w w Cook, Waterworks. .... ........ 3276 40
The bill of j. E. Jones for stakes
for water and light plant $500 was re-
ferred to committee.
H. E. Thomas addressed the council
on the necessity of keeping hose cart
in East lola. 1t was referred to the
Fire Department.
Ordinance No. 436, prescribing the
erection of tents within the fire limits
was read and adopted.
Mr.. William Lanyon was present
and stated that the Acid works, Brick
and Manufacturing plants would put
in extension of the water mains on
East street and pay for same, and take
the amount out in water.
Ordinance No, 435, for sidewalks on
North Walnut in Geer's addition and
south, and on Bruner street in Davis
addition, and on East Spruce street
was read and passed.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08

Leave your order for Flax Seed and
Texas Red Seed Oats for the coming
season with S. A. Wickard & Co.,
before It is too late. r. M. Travis,
manager.
The Iola register., 1901-03-08

81, 900, 900 to loan on farm city
property. Interest reasonable Terms
easy. s. Heller, room 3, over the
postoiiice.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be re-
ceived by J r.. McGavren, chair
man of sidewalk committee, up to
noon of July 2, 1901, for all labor
and material required to construct
brick sidewalk ~ feet wide, and
a stone curbing, along the north
side of Lot No. l, in Block No. 5,
in tho city of Missouri Valley,
Iowa, said walk and curbing to be
built in accordance with the ordi-
nances of said city. Each bid to
be accompanied by n bond in the
penal sum of not less than 40 per
cent of the amount of the bid,
conditioned upon the entering
into the contract at the price pro-
posed and for the faithful per-
Torrance Of the work bid upon.
Right to accept or reject any
bids is reserved.
by order of City Council.
j. II. MCGAvREN,
j30 Chm. of Sidewalk Com.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
Less Than Ralf Ratios to Cali
fOrnia.

Chicago 81 North Western R'y. Tic
kets sold July 9th to 18th; return
limit August 3lst. Special train party
personally conducted, will leave Chi
cago 1853 p. M, Tuesday, July 9th;
leave Omaha 600 p. M, Wednesday
July 10th. Parties can join enroute.
Stops Will be made at Denver, Colorado
Springs, Glenwood Springs and Salt
Lake, passing enroute the finest seen.
cry of the Rocky and Sierra Nevada
Mountains. The party will be limited
in number and under personal direc
ton of the Tourist Department, Chi.
cago u North Western R'y. Send
stamp for illustrated itinerary and
map of San Francisco to w. II. Knis,
kern, G. T. Il T. A., % Fifth Ave.
Chicago, LII.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27
Exceedingly Low Rate Elk
curslons to Minnesota.

Dates sale: July lst to 9th, inclusive.
Rates: TO st. Paul Minneapolis
from Omaha, $3.50; from Council
Bluffs, s9.35; from Lincoln, sll.1o;
from Superior, $3.50; from Hastings,
Sl3.05; from Long Pine, S1245, with
proportionate rates from intermediate
points.
10 Duluth, $500 higher than to st.
Paul-Mlnneapolis.
Transit Limits: Continuous pas
sage in each direction.
Final Limit: October 3lst.
This is the lowest rate ever offered
with long limit ticket to the famous
fishing and hunting resorts of Mime
sofa
Ask any agent of tie North Western
Line for further particulars, time
cards, etc.