The Iola register., 1901-12-27


VIM Lanyon remrned from Pitts
burg.
Mrs. G. w. Oakley returned from
Humboldt.
r. E. Lee Cockerill and wife went to
Pittsburg.
Mr.. Josiah Lanyon, of Pittsburg,
spent Christmas here with his son,
Mr.. E. V. Lanyon and family.
Christmas at the home of his wife's
parents in the country near Paola.
Miss Mayme Kelley returned this
afternoon to her home in Humboldt
after visit here with Mrs. Will Led
ford.
Mrs. L. Rogers, OF Garnett who has
been here visiting Chas. Searles, left
in Chanute.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Heathwole who
have been here visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
S. III. Kessler left this afternoon with
their children for few days visit in
Pittsburg. q"
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Norton who
have been mere visiting Mrs. Norton's
parents Mr.. and Mrs. d. L. Bassett
returned this afternoon to their home
in Chicago.
DR.. Cox will use his x-ray machine
to locate 22-calibre bullet which
has been buried in the left hand of
William Davis, of east lola, for
eighteen months.
Mrs. N. Holm and Mrs. c. Holm
who have been here visiting Chas.
Burgess and wife returned this after
noon to their home in Richmond.
"Still, " says the Kansas City Star,
"Will White would rather have Platt
get after him with his legal process
than to have Tillman get after aim
with his pitchfork. "
Invitations have been issusd for the
marriage of Miss Edythe NJ. Charles
to Mr.. Charles O. Stone, at high noon
January $ az the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. p Charles.
Mr., Mcdonnell landed in lola.
found a street car, rode up town.
dropped off and asked somebody
where the Astor House was. He
thought he was in New York.
Who says advertising doesn't pay:
A Lawrence merchant advertised to
give toy to every child that called
and $50 entered the store within ten
minutes after he opened up.
Ft. Scott Tribune: The three new
depots on the Fort Scott, lola Il
| Western road that are to be built by
Contractors Ireland d Rollings will
cost 81 ,000 One will be at Gas one
at lola and one at LaHarpe. The
road will use the Katy depots at Mo-
ran and Piqua.
Ft. Scott Monitor: Mr.. Horton, a
gas driller who put down nearly all
the wells in lola is in the city today
Mr.. Horton says lola drilled five or
six wells before there was any indica
tion of gas, which is good evidence
that nobody knows where gas is to be
found until II is struck. MIR. Horton
is one of the men who has bid in to
drill for gas in this county. The con
tract has not yet been let.
Mr.. w. a. Williams is planning to
engage in the wholesale butter and
egg business, believing that he can
find a market right here at home. And
everybody knows how scarce butter
and eggs get every little while. His
plans are to put up cement cold stor.
age room opposite the ice plant and
while dealing in these fruits" place
his surplus in cold storage for the
season when they become scarce.
Leavenworth Times: A man with a
little box under his arm which con-
tanned articles he was selling around
in the saloons, stepped into an under.
takers establishment Tuesday bnt
halted after getting inside and looked
| bewildering around. 80, | thought
this was saloon" he said as he
turned to go. mo" renpied the un-
dertaker pointing to a nearby saloon.
'over there is where they fill them up
and start them out these cold daysand
then they are brought here"
H. A. Terrill has asked of the city
gas from its power plant line for a
house and hot house which he expects
to build soon. Mr.. Terrill is the first
OF the wise men who have discerned
here harvest ripe for the gatherer
duu hdS SeCuTeu ten acres OF bottom
land and will do market gardening,
together with hot house gardening.
1t is foregone conclusion that he
will make barrel of money out of it,
for there is not town in the state
twice the size OF lola that buys as
much vegetables. People are too
busy to make garden.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. CT ark cele-
brated Christmas by having a family
reunion at their home on South Wash
ington. Their daughter, Miss Anna
l., arrived that morning from Atoka,
l. T., aud next afternoon j. o. Clark
and family, of Kansas City. Albert S.
and family of Caney, and Edward L.
and family, also of Caney, and Mrs.
Mary e. Scott, of Elk Falls, arrived
SO that there are quite a number of
them. 1t is needless to say that there
will be a happy Christmas atthe Clark
home.
"Pompey" Thompson is home from
the wars. He served with the 22nd