The Iola register., 1901-11-08
BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS
Some Of thu Items that Got in the
County Papers by Escaping the
Censorship of the Editors

With gas at Moran, north of her,
gas at Stark four miles south of her,
Savonburg feels she has cinch. A
a depth of 22S John Young found a
promising flow in well near town.
Every body in town is now hummng:
"And its drill, ye Savonburgers,
drill.
Halloween night Savonburg boy
dressed up as a girl and the editor of
the Record, who is married and so
don't have to be careful, declares that
he looked like the rest of the Savon-
burg girls.
Humboldt has S975,s6 in her treas
ury. The town feels so prosperous
there is talk of giving a banquet to
the rest of the county and serving
genuine, old fashioned potato soup,
like mother used to make.
The attention of Rev. Jones, who
closed the Humboldt joints, is called
to the statement in the Union that the
Neosho Falls Bowling Club was enter.
tanned by the Humboldt Bowling Club
last Saturday.
Twenty-Five Humboldt men have or
organized The Humboldt Breeding
Association. No, it is not an attempt
TO get some prize money from Gov
ernor Stanley for sets of triplets. The
men have paid 80, 200 for a Percheron
stallion and will improve the draft
horses of the vicinity.
Next Saturday night Gen. John B.
Gordon lectures at Humboldt on the
Last Days on the Confedercy.
During Halloween at Elsmore some
mighty loud cuss words were used on
the street and the Enterprise is unwill-
ing to credit the language to the
witches, althoughnotsure the Spirits
are not guilty.
Carl Peterson of Elsmore is attend
ing the State University, and earns
enough money mornings and evenings
TO pay his way. That combination is
the best prescription to cure Failure
the world ever found.
Frank Wood and G.. ]. Eifert are
arranging to build brick plant on
the Fox land east of La Harpe. This
and the fact that La Harpe's foot ball
team beat Yates Center 3 to has
made the people of that town too in
fernally stuck up to live with.
j. O. Engle of La Harpe has right
to kick. Some son of gun with Il
bigger appetite than II conscience stole
ten of his turkeys the other day, and
Thanksgiving only twenty-one days
away.
The railroad has its tracks now laid !
through La Harpe and Lanyonville. |
La Harpe expects improved freight
rates and the News say "when the
Santa Fe and the Frisco get here La
Harpe will be quite a railroad town"
Ned Bray nearly got killed at the
Katy crossing in Moran Monday. He
drove onto the track slowly, the cars
or the siding hiding the main line till |
he was right on the track. The Kate |
ner .missed his end gate about 099-
lO00ths OF an inch as he whipped of |
the track.
Prof. G. w. Kline, who taught
Moran,s school last year, is now at
tending X. U. and singing in the col
lege quartette. Otherwise he has done
nothing to spoil his standin at Moran. !
Moran claims to be very metropolitan
since group of an Indian, a jew, a
negro and an American were seen on
the platform of car on the Katy that
went through town.
The Herald says dozen new houses
are being built in Moran and the new
editor has an enterprise in his pistol
pocket that will bring 800 new people |
to town, work 200 men and build it's
own tenants houses. If some one
don't steal his pants he will spring it
ron.
Gas City Headlight; The foundation
for the Cooper Lumber yard for Gas
City was completed last week.
Gas City Headlight; Mayor Nickel
vey Chester Clawson, Bob Raffety,
George McKelvey and Fred Hall went
TO lola Monday evening to hear "a
Baby Wanted" A queer place for
bachelors to go. But law sakes the |
nerve of some peoples children.