The Iola register., 1901-08-16

The electric street railway tracks are |
being foot by foot put into proper
shape and the rails leveled and the
dirt tamped in around them or hauled
away where too much dirt was eXca-
waited. Mr. Crouch says the streets in
town will be made safe and passable
as fast as possible
Noting that lola has dog census
of some 300 pups the Chanute Tribune
gets waggish and hints that this fact
accounts for Iola's big increase in
population. The Tribune errs. 1t
may not be the rule in Cnanute but in
lola there is distinct line drawn be-
tween the dogs and the residents of
the city.
A letter to the REGISTER from Lev
Bostwick, who recently with his
family to Seattle, Wash, says he is
much improved in health, having
gained twenty pounds, Is enjoying
sleeping under blankets, has a good
job in printing Office, and the only
thing that bothers him is wonder that
he didn't move sooner.
w. G. Russell, who has taken the
position which Prof. Murphy OF the
State University, formerly held, left
Wednesday after gauging the flow OF
the Neosho river here. He says the
river is low but he also said that lola
is blessed with one of the finest bodies
OF water in the State. Mr.. Russell Is
hired by the government TO keep tab
on the amount of water in the various
streams in his territory.
Mr.. Beebee has torn down his bowl
ing apparatus and stored it away and
has rented his building on the east
side TO j. w. Ballard for feed store.
Mr.. Beebe says he may open up again
somewhere If he can get a low enough
rent, but he thinks the 800 city tax
and the $40 government tax added to
the expense of hiring two pin boys to
set up the pins, is prohibitive.
Quite string OF new row boats is
collecting on the river and the fashion
seems to be getting popular of own
ing your own boat and when taking a
ride padding your own canoe. y
The lola Belle is out of the race and
the day of the naptha launch has not
come, but bye-and-bye. when street
cars run to the landing boating will
become favorite pastime here.
I Mr. Smitch, of st. Louis, is in towr
p and will sooon begin the work o
, erecting the poles which will supper
! the trolley wires of the lola Electri,
+. Railway Company. With the two
a telephone lines and the electric pole
running east from town the double ROY
- of new poles will make the road lool
like fire swept pine forest, but bust
ness is business and lola has mad
. the rule of business before pleasure.
# A Nevada paper says Robert Ian
: yon, Sr., of Pittsburg, was guest o
q Hotel Mitchell to-day. He thinks th
resumption of work at the old Chero
htt- bll SlhtlAtl III Nhlo ~ NV
:, likely. since to roast a ton of ore b.
n the appliances here cost Sl.5O Will
with the new appliances in use in tn
I gas fields of Kansas it costs only l
q cents a ton, to say nothing of the dii
ference in cost between gas and Goa
for smelling the ore.
o Brock Reed, Cash Edison, Wn
n Davis, and IA dozen more town IL
: seekers returned last night from tn
j. Kiowa country. They reached thei
d town site in time to get in on the lC
O drawing and say everything look
v most favorable for good town. Th
e men on the ground, who had sper
money and time investigating dra
for lot in the first drawing and tn
4 second drawing will be held when a
y, who hold shares will be given
- choice.
q The Methodist church is rapid
p nearing completion, the interior bein
I. done now save few finishing touches
l. ! Inc lOld AOnCItlG SOlupdu bcB u
work this morning on a cement wal
which will extend in front and alon
y the side of the church, connecting wit
the steps leading to the doors and OF
sc to the curb. A full cement curb wi
d also be put in and then the cornC
e will be one of the handsomost in tow
- 1t is a pretty church, architectural
- handsome in outline, nicely tinishe
'" and sets new standard in 10 la.
-. The electric road has bega
-, Strengthening its track, raising il
10 rails to grade and putting the line
shape so that the dirt can be filed
20 and the streets made passable. MI
d, Crouch wrote the man having the COZ
10 struction contract advocating an ear
n completion of the work in town as co
siderable kicking was being done, ar
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