The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-05-24

lola.
President Bassett, of the cement
company, Mr.. Ong, of New Orleans,
and Mr.. Hardee, the St. Louis rail
road man, left for st. Louis this
week.
Corn, kafiir corn and oats will be
taken at Claiborne's mill in exchange
for flour, shorts, bran, corn meal, |
chop corn, oats, buckwheat flour
graham flour, sorghum syrup, cider
vinegar and apple butter.
J. A. Robinson left Friday for La
mont, Col, for weeks stay on bust
ness. He says the council failed to
grant him the privilege of carrying
concealed weapons and it was danger
Gus for councilmen to he out at night
in the north end of town, unarmed.
Mrs. S. A. Singer, of Eldorado
Springs Mo-, has moved to lola and
bought home on south Chestnut
She is sister of j. K. Black, and
they say some more Missourians from
their old home are planning to move
here.
The third ward is planning to take
the lead even in lola for the numer-
BUSINESS of elections held, and will
hold one in the near future to elect
new councilman. The rest of the town
/ mill IL, h, f,,,, % lanlyfVcr ~
guying them.
Gas City Headlight:-Geo. Elliot
went to lola Thursday to fit the engine
he recently built to the steamboat
known as the lola Belle. The engine
is masterpiece of workmanship and
is certainly daisy and if the boat is
as good, it will no doubt be generous.
ly patronized.
Taken Up: Two black colts, one a
yearling and the other three years
old. S. f. Walter, y miles south
east of lola on the old Sam Brubaker
farm. Owner can have same by prov
ing property and paying for this
| advertisement.
L. E. McCarty of LaHarpe and Eu-
gene Ihrig of this place left Tuesday
for Lawrence to attend the odd Fell
lows School of Instruction which
holds forth there for a few days. Mr..
McCarty is District deputy of the La
Harpe lodge and Mr.. Ihrig is past
grand of the locel lodge here.
Captain Salyards who was in charge
of the first Salvation army established
here and who has been here for sever
al days the guest of Mrs. Fl. H. Carter
returned last Saturday to Galena.
While here she had a nice gentle case
of the mumps but says she enjoyed
her visit in spite of them.
A delegation OF lola ladies left this
week for Kansas City to attend
the grand lodge meeting OF the Rath-
bone Sisters. Mrs. Joe Cozad went
as grand manager of the lodge; Mrs.
Shaffer went as delegate from lola
lodge, and Mesdames Fitzgerald, Ed
son and Arnett went to look after the
first two.
The following Epworth League
officers have been elected for the en-
suing year: President Geo Freeman
lst vice president Mrs Grant Miller
2nd vice president Mrs Frank Curnow
Bird vice president Miss Olive Hankins
4th vice president Miss Ora Hart
Secretary Miss Ida Morrison Treas
urer Orville Weddell Organist Nola
Deigh.
Mr.. Burns, the engineer, came down
from Kansas City Sunday to look af-
ter the new street railroad. He and
Mr.. Mcdonnell were retained by Mr..
Crouch to do the surveying for the
road. Which is only one of half a
dozen? good jobs this firm has been con-
nected with since it took the lola city
water and light job.
A little booklet has recently been
issued by the State telling of the
Whereabouts of Kansas school lands,
of which there are yet some $40, 1877
acres. The land is classed as good,
indifferent and bad. 1t is compli-
mentary commentary on Allen county
that not one acre of this unclaimed
land lies within her boundaries.
Thirteen new fonts of job type, COM
prising the very latest faces, have just
been received at the REGISTER office.
These faces are especially suitable for
professional cards and letter heads,
being simple and chaste but very
graceful. Anyone having taste for
artistic, up-to-date printing should
call and see samples at this Office be-
fore ordering elsewhere.
Good, sensible, knows when he's
whipped item from the LaHarpe News
'The opponents of thenew court house
showed lola a good time from start to