The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-11-22

friends
Denny Corkeley came over from
Yates Center last evening for a visit
with +. w. Dwyer.
Mrs. w r. Robinson and sister
Miss Mona Bradford went TO Howard,
Ka sas, Wednesday.
Judge Smith Thursday at the
home OF Fred Cation in cas- lola
united in marriage James II Chap.
man, Of lola, and Ncttie NJ. Brow Of
Leanna. The bride is II sister OF Nh.
Cation.
The editor of the REGISTER starts
Thursday with his family for Wash
ington, where they will reside buring
the session OF Congress soon to begin.
They expect TO be gone six or seven
months.
Vicksburg Camp. @. A. r., held a
supper at Humboldt Wednesday and a
royal good time is reported. G. A.
Fronk, after trying to get some of the
other boys tn go with him. drcvedown
and had good time.
For weeks now the street force has |
been working on south Washington
avenue bringing that street to grade |
so it will drain from the center to the |
cutters and so the cutters will drain |
off to Elm creek. Heretofore n ridge !
damned the flow, but it is believed the |
street is now in shape 10 carry off !
rainfall.
One or two Of the figures asst the
pay roll given inthis weeks REGISTER
were conservative estimates, and we're
L.. D,
kuown at tho bank The pay ron atI
Nichulson's wasS5. G0Oiusfcad ~ ~ 500
as given, so YOU see the BEGTGTFR'S
figures were under rather than over
the truth. Here is gnin of nearly
s.. 600 swelling the total to over $40
600 for two weeks.
TO TRADE: A number ono good
Jack, years old; one Morgan stall
! lion, S years old aud has a record
Both are good individuals and other
horses TO trade for good farm, tin
I able or pasture land. Would give
J difference in cash for suitable land.
Inspection and correspondence in
o vited. ID. Il. Keith, Mineral, Chero-
j. kee county, Kansas.
= Mr.. Odell brought some radishes TO
!. the REGISTER office which he raised
II on the Horville place and they are
= certainly record breakers. They are
n Of the White Giantvariety and one OF
,e them weighed seven pounds and was
nineteen and half inches in circum-
A. ference. He has about twenty-five OF
10 the same size which he is saving for
,s seed The beauty about them is that
y even the. largest do not get pithy.
II The papers have recently been talk
is ing of u cut in the price of sugar. It
Y was suspected at the time that the
A. trust cut the price TO scare the sugar
e beet factories out of business, and
that seems true. Sugar is quoted de-
Al 5idebly lower, but IL is not tor sale a
Iv the price quoted. An lola grocer
~ jumped onto the sugar man with a 20t
H. sack order and Just five were delivered
ar one real estate dealer reports an un
n precedeuted demand for lots on tn
I'd iusrallment plan. He says people ar,
~ buying as never before and that h,
D expects next spring TO see one of tn,
" most general building booms the tow
ie has yet experienced. A whole lot o
'y people are getting homes of their owl
e. and when they get away from th'
n. drain OF rent paying there will be ;
~ genera prosperity among the working
j. people of this town that will make i
10 one of the best and happiest on earth
I'd Doctors agree that one of the mos
I'd prevalent diseases right now i
I'd typhoid fever. This is traceabl
er directly to the low water resultin,
lis from the drouth, people using waite
from old wells. Tlere has been
X good deal of it in town and grea
he deal in the country. and more fatal
e. ties have occurred in the country thai
in town. One doctor had six cases il
of one family, due undoubtedly to tn
mr. water. He says he has not had
d. single case where city water is uSet
Az and eople should be mighty careful
an about their water supply.
is Cherryvale has water troubles ant
Id the Edgar zinc smelter has some also
nd The Clarion tells of the expensive wa.
e the plant is arranging to solve tn
le. difficulty. 1t says: "The Edgar Yin
De Shelter has found a route to the Yer
y, digris river can be reached by lay
&C. ing about six and one half miles o
pipe and If no rain of importanc
ho should fall before the middle of De
N. cember, the company will go to thai
IN stream for the water supply Of the
nd plant There is enough water in thei
". lake to last them until nearly Febru
ot airy, but they viii not waiJ until al
ce emergency time arrives, il the waite
he situation is not relieved by nature
"a A good many children in this tow
III are looking forward confidently to be
~, coming the proud owners of handsom
~ Shetland ponies soon. The Ft. Wayn
knitting Company sells children
stockings and some time ago adver
ty tised that it would conduct guessin.
ut contest Every child that bought /
"a pair of their stockings had a guess OF
u, the combined weight OF ten SHETLAND
IN ponies The ten closest guesses viii
IT, entitle the lucky guesser TO pony
is free. And you can imagine how keer
A the kids are. One tot was told abou
~ IL tho otha, ayanipU She iTump1 in ia \