The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-05-10

pot and this one which is in good con-
dition and commodious will serve
them we'll.
Frank Knapp, who is living down in
Ponca,City, Okla, in n recent letter
home mentioned having joyfully no.
ticed that lola Portland cement is be-
ing used in side walks there. He says |
he has seen Humboldt, Coffeyville and |
Cherryvale brick and supposed all the
lola output is being used here athome. |
Fishing parties report that they
found u hay stack burned to the
ground on the river q few miles below
Humboldt. The carcasses of cattle
and hogs we're scattered about, slight
| ly burned, and the supposition is that
lightning struck the hay stack where
the cattle were feeding and the animals
were killed or stunned by the shock
and later burned by the fire from the
stack.
As the | ola band expects to be there
and contest this from the Ottawa Her
aid will be read with interest: The
committee on entertainment for the
Mckinley reception met yesterday af-
ternoon. 1t was decided to increase
the first prize for the band contest
from $65 to 800. The second prize re-
mains at $40 and the third at $50.
There will be three judges instead of
one, as was at first agreed upon.
There are more handsome and toll
erably fast driving horses on the
streets now than ever before. And the
carriage dealers are planning to sup
ply everybody with fancy rubber
tired rigs. one dealer has a whole
car load of road wagons and buggies
coming, the late patterns, just for
these pleasure drivers. As soon as
we have a few more of these handsome
turnouts we ought to have a flower pa
rade
Cash Edison returned home Satur-
day night from the Territory where he
looked over the country and visited
the new Kiowa country. He says it
looks like a beautiful land and that
there are not nearly so many people
camped on the border as he expected
to find. Nor are there so many
"sooners' in the country. He reports
few fields injured by the wheat louise,
and altogether, thinks he has seen
some of the best land that lies out of
doors.
Some time ago d. Z. Bush attached
the horse, COW and buggy of a. f.
Donohue and wife for q rent bill.
They brought suit to recover on the
ground that the property was exempt
from execution in Potter's court and
were awarded the live stock. Now
they have suit in Hough's court to
secure the wagon, or judgment for $50
and costs. The lawyers are interested
as it is nice little question of proper
ty rights and liability.
The regular Sunday band concert
attracted large crowd to the public
square again Sunday, and the
crowd stayed until the concert was
over and would have stayed until now
had not the band quit. The boys are
making excellent progress and play
ing more ambitious music every week.
= They will give one more Sunday con.
cert and then change to some week
night, probably Wednesday, and give
their concert in the evening.
Exchanges tell of faker who is
working towns and cities and rura
districts in the following manner: He
drives through the country and sell:
= soap at s. a box, which sum includes
the price o. forty yards of carpet
selected from the Sample which he ha.
on his wagon. He takes the So, leaves
the box OF soap and promises to de
liver the carpet within q week, anC
drives away. The soap is probably
worth fifty cents, 1t stays with the
I purchaser. The carpet is worth prob
ably $l5, but it stays with the fakel
and has not been delivered to Il single
= victim.
The cement company is doing more
business now than at am time yet and
5 prospects for a bright future were new
l err more pleasing. Orders are coming
o in at about the rate of 1000 barrels {
1 day and it keeps the force now atworl
, hustling to keep up with the supply
, At least 100 more workmen are wanted
I right away, to whom the company Of
! fers fifteen cents an hour. The REGIS
TER hopes and predicts that before
, many years the lola cement plant will
D being doing its utmost to keep up viii
S the demand, running full tilt day ant
b night, making 5000 barrels day ant
= employing 500 men at good wages.
: The thirty-sixth annual convention
e of the Kansas State Sunday Schoo
= association will no hold I'm tho E'irsI