The Iola register., 1901-06-21

June 3 have made corn and pasture
excellent while the wheat is simply
immense.
A little house at Moran was struck
twice by lightning last:night and not
verylbadly damaged. rhe theory
that lightning never strikes twice in
the same place because it neverneeds
to" seems to have had couple of
holes knocked in it by these two
thunder bolts.
Chanute Tribune: There are only
six men enrolled as Estudents at the
Allen County Normal Institute, which
but goes to show that by the end of
the century, the only place man will
have left will be the kitchen, and the
only occupation open 10 him will be
rocking the baby"
! Geo. A Amos filed papers in the
district court for Mr.. d. Il. Durning
who is suing the A. r. e. S Fe. for
1884 damages sustained by high
water caused by Santa Fe bridge two
years ago in which Mr.. Burning lost
6S head of hogs, 60 tons of hay and
300 bushels of corn.
The Nevada Post, noting the day
weather, longs for old Parson Will
loughby who used to pray thus: "Oh
Lord give us rain. Don't give us u
regular old gully washer Lord but u
gentle continuous rain-one OF the
root soaking, nubbin stretching rains,
slow but sure and plenty of it,"
On Saturday June % in Riverside
Park at Humboldt the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers of Parsons will
hold big picnic, the Katy running
exercursions from Parsons and En-.
poria and Junction City. Last year
they held several of these and they
proved great crowd drawers and very
enjoyable.
Among the numerous handsome
dwellings now going up in town is the
home of William Lanyon, that of Mr.
Ponsler, Mr.. Oscar Foust, Mr.. George
Nicholson. f. A. Northrup is pre-
pairing to build, and half a dozen
more nice houses are under construc-
tion whose owners the reporter could
not discover.
TT. Scott Monitor: b. =. Mcdonald
will arrive home from st. Louis to-
morrow where he has been on business
with the proposed dlFort Scott. lola &
| Western railroad. A number of en-
gineers and surveyors are expected to
accompany him. They will go over
the right-of-way between Moran and
lola next week.
The square is to have more sub
stantial sidewalks. Good stone walks
will be laid on the west side in front OF
Brigham g. McNiel's and the lola
Shoe Store. The store room of Brig
ham g.. McNiel is also to have plate
glass front and the floor will be raised
six inches. This will improve the
west side materially.
Mr.. a. C.llRankin, OF the cement
force. has little patch of cotton grow
ing:near the works and he says he
never saw plants look better than his
do. They are strong, well advanced
and growing rapidly. This may be
the starting point in the introduction
of cotton culture here and the building
of a cotton mill.
From July 10 to 10 Pittsburg will
hold Soldiers and Sailors reunion.
Tents, straw, wood and water will be
free to all soldiers attending and the
wholesouled city of Pittsburg has
promised to have something done all
the time. A number of prominent
speakers have been secured and the
event promises to be largely attend
ed.
Thos. H. Bowlus and F.. w. Brews-
ter, of the REGISTER force, blew out
of town Tuesday. They expect to be
gone month and during that time
will cross Colorado and the mountains
to San Francisco, returning by way
of Los Angeles. A number OF side
trips are on their bill of fare, includ-
ing a ride on the ocean wave and a
dip in the surf.
Iron posts have been erected at var
ious points about town and on these
will be hung the mail boxes in time
for the beginning of free delivery July
l. The boxes will be we'll scattered
over town and the mail will be taken
up twice day. 1t will save barefoot
boys the trouble of walking over hot
sidewalks with "big sis's" hastily
scribbled love letters.
Chanute Tribute: Look out for this
swindler, who is operating in Kansas.
He goes to house and extracts teeth
without cost, provided a new set is
ordered. He calls again in short
time and gets half the price and the