The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-04-05

crocus of the season.
License to marry was issued by the
probate Judge Thursday to A. w.
Barefoot, of Salina, and Miss Esther
E. Lander, of Humboldt.
The Fort Scott Elks have closed a
deal for the purchase of the Boston |
Block three-story brick building, |
for So, 600 and will make their home in
IL.
Mrs. A. 7. Leake and daughters,
who have lived for years northwest of
lola, left Monday for DelNorte, Colo.
where they have relatives, to make
their future home.
Flax Seed will be scarce this year
and you had better leave your order
now and not get left. Also Texas
Red Seed Oats. S. A. Wickard &
Co. II. M. Travis.
George A. Fletcher, who made his
home here with Lutte Hutton for four
years, left Monday for Greensburg,
Pennsylvania, to take charge of rails
ing horses, including Seneca See.
This Funston business is certainly
strong when it leads an lola man to
forget to remember lola first. A letter
went out last night and scrawled all
over one corner was "Hurrah for
Funston ~
Col. Saphar has heard rumor that
The United States government is con-
templating the removal of the West
Point Academy to lola where the art
of war will be aughthereafter, follow
ing the Funston tactics"
Corn, kaffir corn and oats will be
taken at Claiborne's mill in exchange
for flour, shorts, bran, corn meal,
chop corn, oats, buckwheat flour
graham -four, sorghum syrup, cider
vinegar and apple butter.
Mr.. Filbrick came in Monday from
Oklahoma and will make lola his
home. He lived here about fifteen
years ago and expressed great salts
faction at the way the town has grown.
He is carpenter and will engage in
business.
Mr.. S. Marchisio has arrived from
the City of Mexico to take position
in the tailor shop of Mr.. Jones. He
formerly worked for Mr.. Jones at
Hutchinson and wrote and secured a
job and will move his family here.
Mr.. o. b. Nichols received word
that the transport Logan has reached
San Francisco, and while he has moi
been advised of the fact he is under
the impression that his son Ode c.
, Nichols is on board and will be home
soon.
Probate Judge Smith received bill
of lot of marriage licenses he order
ed from Chicago from the United
Bible House. Across the front of the
bill some enthusiast had written: "DC
you know General Funston? He's al
right"
The Atchison Globe recently hat
a head line that fully expresses tn,
sentiment of every true Kansan. # /!
5 as follows: There is talk of running
Fred Funston for governor. Cover
nor, He'll: what's the matter will
President ?''
The regular teachers examination
will be held in lola April y and tn,
3 common school examinations will b,
: held at the following places; Geneva
! South Fairview, Elsmore, Sprinl
Branch, Usage Center, Moran, La
Harpe, lola and Humboldt.
George l. Adams, of the United
States Geological Survey, is in tn,
city visiting his father, Mr.. H. B
(Adams. While here he will investi
gate the Allen county gas wells anC
incorporate his findings in one of tn,
Forthcoming government reports.
=, The election at Moran Monday re
D suited in the selection of the followin,
, city officials, taken from both tickets
John Warner, mayor: H. b. Smith, C
, h. McCowen, A. tJ. Elm, John Hur
ley and Willis Messenger, councilmen
and James Woodward, police Judge
James Daniels, the agent of tn
National Iron Pipe Company whicl
sold the water pipe to the city, reat
his paper in st. Louis and immediate
ly wrote letter to Mayor MoClur
congratulating the city of lola on hav
ing so distinguished a son as Ere,
Funston.
Mrs. w. j. Ihrig went to Con
cordia Tuesday and Mr.. Ihrig viii
live with his son Eugene until she re
turns when they will go east and spen,
the summer. Will Nichols will move
into the Ihrig home on south Wash
ington and occupy it during thei
absence