The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-26

SlOnef IN one OF Jne new counties. lie
was an assistant to Judge A. r. Muel-
Ter, one of the alloting agents in the
Wichita and Caddo Indian reserva-
tions. Stanley has been acting
strangely for several days. Friends
noticed his queer ways but did not
suspect insanity.
Charles +. Hunter of Enid, manager
of townsites for the Blackwell, Enid &
Southwestern Railroad company, now
building, said today that his company
will lay out five townsites in the Kio-
wa and Comanche reservation. The
railroad will not pass through the
Wichita and Cad1o country.
Commissioner Richards sentmen to-
dayt to construct beoths.for the auction
OF town lots at Lawton' Hobart and
Anadarko August 6.
There was a heavy falling off today
in the arrival of applicants for reg
istration. There are few special
trains on the way here. The regis
OTutiOh ClSThs "eTe uOJ Tubutu bulS
morning and Commissioner Richards
said that unless the crowd grew larger
he would cut down his clerical force
tomorrow.
The peanut, without which West
ern crowd is in distress is scarcely
seen on the streets of FL Reno. Sew
eral lemonade stands have tried to
sell peanuts, but there was no demand
for them. Fruits and cooling drinks
have the lead.
Dick 7. Morgan, who has been pres
ent at every opening in Oklahoma ter
ritory and has met thousands of
strangers in FL Reno in preparing
registration papers, says that the
homeseekers have more money with
them than he ever saw at any other
opening. Nearly every man, in pay
ing for his papers, threw down a five
or ten-dollar bill.
Colonel Isaac .Suggs, one of the
cattle "barons" in the Kiowa and
Comanche country, was here today
looking at the crowd. "Well, l guess
they've got my grass, and l can't
head 'em off this time, >" said he, "but
have managed to save l20, 900 acres
iu he big Indian pasture for which |
will pay ten cents an acre"
Mayor Hensley is keeping force of
men at work cleaning up the rubbish
on the streets an alleys. The sanitary
condition of the town is all right up
to date and the mayor wants to keel
it that way.
Dan Dyer, of Smith Center, and
LATE Smith, formerly clerk register of
the Kirwin land office, are running a
notary booth here. They are making
speciality of registering Northwest
Kansas people.
FL Reno, July 22.-Mayor Hensley
to-day issued an order requiring all
street stands to move from the curb
ing to the center of the street. The
street force will be placed at work in
the morning cleaning the cutters,
which are in a filthy condition.
The stands form solid row down
the center of each principal street.
The front doors of all saloons were
closed to-day, but the rear doors
swung on easy hinges and the saloons
did big business.
Tom Morgan, of the Eureka Mes
senger, and w. A. Logan, of Pea
body, came in from Kansas to-day to
register. Morgan of Eureka, thinks
there is more show politically for a
Democrat in Oklahoma than there is
in Kansas.
\ Chicago gambler dropped into
town last night and cleaned up the
faro banks for So, 200, but the banks
can stand that as they have cleaned
suckers for ten times that amount dur
ing the past ten days.
James Walsh was arrested by the
post-ofIice authorities to-day for sell
ing postage stamps at a premium. H'
got a supply of 2-cent stamps and solo
them for cents each.
The newest CRATER in town is the
one who offers 10 to l if you CUES
what number he is thinking of. Hi
has the privilege of thinking from ont
one to ten. The cappers always win
but the suckers miss it by one or two
Strange to say, several suckers ar
going up against this game.
Many applicants for homesteads ar
losing their certificates of registra
ton. 1t is impossible for them 20 &c
duplicates. However, if their name
come out of the wheel they can go Il
the land Office and make affidavit tina
they lost their certificates and vii
then be permitted to make home
stead entry.
j. e. Junkin, editor OF the Sterling
Bulletin was here Saturday and regis
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