The Iola register., 1901-08-23

Maynard Bush, foreman of the
REGISTER left this week for Man
ltou where he will spend few weeks
trying to get fatter than he really
ought to be.
lola has her quota of insurance
orders and her share of organizers.
For the benefit of all these the REGIS
TER gives a tale of how an enterpris-
ing organizer informed his listeners
of the prompt manner his company
had of paying premiums, as told by
an exchange. The organizer said
zone of our members recently fell
from the roof of five story building
and Il check for the amount of his GER
tiiicate was handed him from a second
story window on his way down"
y. + Burroughs, of Nevada. Mo-,
has rented the stone building belong
ing to the Northrups at the corner of
Walnut and West streets, and is set
ting up machinery for pop and gin
ger ale factory. He is putting in the
latest and modern machinery and has
with him Warren Proctor, also of
Nevada, an expert and experienced
bottling man. They expect to be
ready for business in II few days and
will begin turning out temperance
| drinks as soon as their extracts come.
Mr.. c. II. Harper, formerly with
the Star and Kansan at Independence
was a pleasant caller at the REGISTER
office Wednesday. He has been over
in Barton county, Missouri and re-
ports very serious condition of
things there. They have had hardly
any rain since the first of April and
there is not running stream in the
county. Nearly all of the wells are
dry and people are taking water from
branches and boiling it for drinking
purposes. Kansas is well of compar.
ed with Missouri.
Every individual has had his little
troubles that appear large to him and,
probably, are unknown even to his
intimate friends. For instance there
is an lola man who has lugged about
a wart on his nose for the past thirty
years. He recently had it cut off be-
ing assured that the scar would not be
visible, simply small white spot, toe
tiny TO see. Instead he has we'll.
developed black spot on the end of his
nose and of course everybody asks
about it and learns for the first time
about that diminutive wart.
Among the Pittsburg Elks who went
to Milwaukee was Oscar Showers and
the Headlight tells this on him: oscar
Showers was standing at the side oil
the boat upon which the party Travelled
from Chicago to Milwaukee, and like
number of others, was suffering from
mild attack of sea sickness, when q
gentleman and lady strolled by. She
remarked to her escort, poor young
man, what weak stomach he must
lldNts ONtdI -OOhth dlbhlh dllN uN
tween gags said II don't see anything
weak about it, am throwing out as
far as any Of the others"
1t was reported about town Tuesday
} that the council had discovered thai
the city engineer had made mistake
and had located the West street tracks
of the electric line mine ihches above
grade" This was not true. The en-.
gineer did not make mistake and the
city is not under the necessity Of pay
ing big bill for having change
made. What was done was this
West street property owners suggest
ed that the grade be lowered 7-l0ths
of an inch, They say this will secure
drainage and relieve them Of the ne
cessity of cutting the street so deeply
The city engineer recommended thai
the grade by thus changed, but moth
ing has been done about it, Requests
for slight notifications of grades have
come from other points.