The Iola register., 1901-12-13
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ceipt that calls for bak-
ing powder use "Royal."
1t will make the food
of finer flavor, more di-
gestible and wholesome.

The Free Methodist people have
moved into their new church and par
sonage property at the corner of Lin
coin and North street. They report
an old time Methodist meeting there
Sunday and expect to continue q g
services every nightthis week. towhich
the public are invited.
Clark Thomas, of the Moran Herald,
was in town Tuesday and informs the
REGISTER that Xenia, where the new
paper was started the other day. is
grocery store and p0stoilice cOmbina-
tion in the northwest corner of Bour.
bon county without railroad or
population, So it isn't SO bad
after all.
The agreement which has existed
among the business men for some time
about closing early OF evenings was
| declared of Saturday until after the
holidays and hereafter the stores will
be kept open until q O'Clock. This is
only for the holiday rush and the old
regulation will probably 90 into force
again then,
+. G. Esse has resigned his position
in one Of the local markets and left
! Wednesday for Emporia where he
has been offered an excellent place in
| the meat market Of A. b. Hall Mr..
Esse is skilled and accommodating
man about a market and heS cannot
failto fill his new position with tact
and grace
Every trainman on the entire Santa
Fe system will be given q clear record
as Christmas present. The manage
| n hoV Il 60,
| be given every employe on which to
start "A new record. All of the black
dermit marks that have been placed
| ferent reasons, are TO he wiped on and
a fresh start made.
| w. NJ. Haney, who formerly lived
here, is here on business from El
Reno, |. T. He is still in the horse
! business and on his present trip
picked up three exceptionally promis-
ing Young animals. They are the II.
\. Edgar,colt. the j. ). Turner colt
and the j. ID. Arnett colt, all spirited
and well-bred animals. He will ship
them to El Reno.
Tom Anderson is home from the
stock show at Chicago. The ear of
fat cattle he took TO the show was sold
at IS a hundred, which means that
| they brought from Sl20 to Sl30 each.
| The papers declare they were the finest
| beef cattle shown, aud nobody who
! has ever seen the herd wi doubt for n
/ minute that they were. The Ander-
son-Finlay stock farm is rapidly gain
| Ing national reputation for line
| Polled cattle.
John Randolph, we'll known attor-
ney of Pittsburg, Kansas, died Sun
/ day OF typhoid fever. Mr.. Randolph
was one of the brainiest men in South
ern Kansas, and has trequt ntly been
| mentioned in connection with the
Third District congressional nomina-
tion. As a political orator and -
camp fire speaker he had few, ii any
equals in the state. Many friends all
over Kansas will lament his untimely
death.
1t was roportedin town Monday that
the grading outfit OF the new road be-
gan work today on the line west of the
Lanyon 5melters and is working to-
ward the river. The surveyed route
continues TO the river north of the
Pacific, crossing the river about 100
feet above the Pacific bridge.
bridge. The middle of the track
| squarely hits the Trine house on
the river bank and /, will have to be
moved.
! GaSsCity Headlight: Mrs. Bennett.
OF Lola, came out to Gas City Monday
morning and started the carpenters TO
work on an office building Joining E.
| X. IaylOr's Office on the uorth. Mrs.
| Bennett is an experienced and up-to-
! date real estate and insurance agent
and will be an excellent addition to
Gas City's corps OF town builders.
/ The Headlight bids her welcome and
the town takes of lis hat To Mrs.
| Bennett
One lumber man says that the build
| ing in lola is going on at furious
rate in spite of the lateness of the sea-
| son. For several weeks he has been
| rushed with orders for lumber for
dwellings,. Time was when one new
house was the Mecca of the pomlace
on Sunday and they argued about
whcrethe builder got the coin, and
talked him over, Today fifty new
houses attract no noticA and nobody
seems to know who is building them.
The Topeka journal and Topeka
| Herald both reprinted the REGiSTER's :
/ '',, W ''iO 'Olh iuO'pIy pdAioll. ANA
/ the Pleasauton Observer goes after il
thus: "On Nov. 10Th the eleven fac
tories at lola paid out S4G, 743. SO to
their employees for labor. They pay
every two weeks, The pay roll of all
! the factories amount to more than
500, cooper month and there are two
other immense concerns now build
ing, Until lola developed it's natural
| gas field it was one of the poorest
towns in the state, now it is very near
| ly the best Citizens of Pleasanton
and vicinity, how would you like such
a change The way To bring about
the change is to all boost the Pleas
anton Gas and Oil Co., either by sub
scribing TO their stock or leasing your