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The Iola register., 1901-08-30
He's a Natural Born Boomer.

Cooper, Ok. ,ITy,, Aug. p, 1901.
Mr.. Editor:
Quite a number of the people of lola
are interested financially and other
wise lin this new territory of the
plains and a brief description of it
and the surrounding country with its
probabilities and possibilities may, if
it escapes your waste basket, be inter-
esting to some of them.
The town site, which is a magnifi-
cent one, covers the north half of Sec
tion "a, township g. range Is. About
twenty-one miles southeast of Hobart,
the county seat. The surrounding
mountains make this beautiful val
ley with almost absolutely perfect
drainage, especially so here as the
stream strikes the town on the south
east end, runs west to near the center
of the town then makes short turn
north and goes right through the town,
and the bed of the stream is from
twenty-five to forty-five feet lower
than the level of the town, thus, as
has already been said, making a per-
feet drainage for the town. And right
here little depression is permissible.
/ will say that if good dam is built
we will have a big gsupply of soft water
for city water works and an ice plant
and manufacturing purposes.
oai,,a1 CT hnn-
dred feet wide running east and west
with fine boulevard l3O feet wide on
the north side for fast driving en-
tering the city park of some twenty
res or more) now beautifully be-
studded with trees Of the mesquite
variety, so located that lake for
boating, etc, con be easily made.
think j APP Turner located the park. He
is fond of shade. The main streets,
east and west, are 100 feet wide and all
lots face north and south. The bust
ness lots are 25xl50 feet. Residence
lots 50xl50 feet. Alleys are 20 feet
wide. Cross streets north and south
are 80 feet wide. We have over 400
business lots and may have more, as
already, before we came, three rail
roads were laid Off through here,
When this becomes a railroad center
we will doubtless be compelled to give
up some of the residence lots for busi-
ness purposes. We have nearly 1000
residence lots and two blocks, No. u
in northeast and "a in southwest set
apart for school houses, No. 81 for
the city hall and Nos. 7, 8, Is, and lf
for the city park. The divide is just
about mile southof us. The rainfall
here runs north into the Canadian
river. South of the divide il
runs south into the Red river. | pre-
sumo some of your readers will say
we are so far west and the altitude is
so great that we do not get much rain
fall TO run anywhere. This is mos
geregious mistake. We are located
The Iola register., 1901-08-30
Another Smelterman Here.

The REGISTER has several times
noted that one of the head men of the
Collinsville zinc smelter company had
visited here and looked into the prop
ositiou of changing his works from
the coal field to the gas belt. He is
still operating that plant but is greatly
handicapped by having tocompetewith
the gas smelters. This week he was
here again and has asked point blank
where he can lease a piece of ground,
forty acres is what he wants, or where
he can buy that amount at reason
able figure. OF course he could get
gas land elsewhere but he wants TO
come here where there are thousands
of smelter workmen and he can be as
sured of securing all the workmen he
wants. The prospects seem bright
that he will be able to get what he
wants and that the ninth zinc smelter
will shortly be added to the Allen
county list.
The Iola register., 1901-08-30

in the Rainy mountain district and
have had at least a half dozen
showers in the past fortnight and 1t
has been showering all this morning
and now at S:45 a. m. when thethunder
is rolling and the lightning is flash
ing | sit alone in my tent and write
these lines. But / promised in the
onset to be brief, so for fear I may
worry your reader | will close and
probably give you another short letter
tomorrow. Truly yours,
SMELTzER.
Later-1046 a. IN. Gee whiz. How it
does rain.
The Iola register., 1901-08-30
Santa Fe Will Use Gas.

After considerable discussion the
Santa Fe railroad finally decided to
prospect for gas at Chanute and We'd
nesday evening at depth of 80 feet a
nice flow was struck. The company
intends to pipe the gas into the round
house where connections will be made
so that a big jet can be introduced in
to the fire boxes of engines when it is
desired to get up steam. The gas will
quickly perform this feat and will
mean saving of coal and labor in
tending the fires. 1t is new stunt in
the railroad business and a few towns
which have round houses have the
The Iola register., 1901-08-30

Nothing tastes good. Nothing gives
pleasure. The mind is dull and slug
gish. The will is weak. Little things
cause great irritation What's the mat
tcr2 The probabilities are that the
stomach is deranged and the liver in
volved.
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so that there is an abundant supply of
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MI Edward Jacobs of Marengo Crawford
Co., Indiana, writes uAfter three years Of suf-
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The Iola register., 1901-08-30
Ouch! An Inch on a Nose, Etc.

The REGISTER some days ago tried
to give a summary of the tax levy for
1901 and goodness knows it made it
made it high enough, but some where
an error crept into the figures. The
total instead of being $5.57 on the 800
of assessed valuation, is really $500.
County Clerk Fronk has just added
up his figures and as he is the man
who establishes the official rate and
not the REGISTER his figures are given
below:
The figures indicate the number of
The Iola register., 1901-08-30
She HorseMhinned Him.

Mrs. William Watts went to the ce-
ment plant Saturday called for
Fred Eberhart, one of the engineers.
and when he appeared struck him sew
eral times with horsewhip which she
carried. He then seized the whip and
carried it away with him. Mrs. Watts
was then joined by her husband and
they returned to town.
Mr.. Watts. runs boarding house
on North Jefferson avenue, and Eber-
hart has been boarding there. Some
time ago he tried to get familiar with
Mrs. Watts and she promptly report
ed the fact to her husband who fired
Eberhart. Mrs. Eberhart since then
came to town and they have been
housekeeping. Word reached Mrs.
Watts ears that Eberhart was making
sighting remarks about her and hence
her pilgrimage to the cement plant and
her chastisement of him.
The Iola register., 1901-08-30
More Good Gas Territory.

Few people have stopped to think Of
it, but the truth is that the strike of a
gas well which measure,closet to 5000 =
900 cubic feet where the electric COM
pany found one this morning means
that the gas belt of Allen county must
be again extended. There is well in
the south end of Highland Place, one
next the Nicholson smelter and one on
the road east about two miles east of
the creek. The last well proved a
duster and by common consent all the
land thereabout has been listed in the
bad lands. But this new we'll, big
one, seems to positively indicate that
it is not at the edge of the pool. The
land north and east of itmust be good
gas land and and it is safe and con-
servative to say that this well means
that there are several thousand acres
in the neighborhood to the north and
east which are sure gas territory.
The Iola register., 1901-08-30

For bad taste in the mouth take
Chamberlains's Stomach and Liver
Tablets, For sale by w. L. Crabb &
Co., and Campbell & Burrell.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09

resentment against those who are re-
sponsihle for the deed--the anarchists
lis greater. There are too many per
sons in this country who misconstrue
liberty into license. Laws should be
enacted that when man proclaims
himself an anarchist he may be hang
ed to the nearest lamp post.
1T is an outrage, great and mex
pressible. If we can not protect our
presidents from these assassins. The
worst of it is that they are mostly
foreigners who have come here as to
a refuge for the oppressed. II they
are dissatisfied they should leave this
country and it should be our business
to compel them to leave We should
drive them out. am not sure that we
should even give them the opportuni-
ty to get out. Perhaps determination
would be better.
81 want to say further that the at
tempt to antagonize labor and capital
is. in my opinion, partly responsible
for this crime"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09

Mckinley was assigned as acting as
sistant adjutant general on the staff
of General Samuel S. Carroll com
manding the veteran reserve corps
at Washington, where he remained
through that exciting period which in
cluded the surrender of Lee at Ap-
pomattox and the assassination of
Lincoln. Just month before this
tragedy. or on March A. 1865, he had
received from the president a commits
sion as major by brevet IN the volun-
teer United States army. At the close
OF the war he returned to Poland,
studied law and was admitted to the
bar.
He settled at Canton, O., and in the
fall of 1867 he made his first political
speeches. In 1869 he was placed on
the Republican ticket FOR prosecuting
attorney and was elected. In 1871 he
failed reelection by IS votes. Re
sumed private practice, but continued
interest In politics.
Mckinley was nominated for CON
gress in 1876 and was elected Re-
turned in 1878, 1880, 1882. 1884, 1886
and 1888. Unseated in 1884 aad final
ly defeated in 1880. His speech
against Mills bill 1887 was opportun-
ity OF McKinley's congressional life.
Elected governor of Ohio in 1897
by plurality OF 21, 500.
Reelected governor 1893 by a plu-
rality of SO.995
Elected president in 1896 by plu-
rality over William J. Bryan of 6O1,-
s54.
Reelected president in 1900 by a
plurality of S32,2S0.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09
RECENT AssAsslNATIoNs
OF RULERS OF NATIONS.

Alexander II, czar of Russia, killed
by the explosion of bomb by Mill
lists at st. Petersburg, March 10, 1881.
James A. Garfield, president of the
United States, shot by Charles j.
Guiteau, at Washington, July 2, 1891
Sadi Carnot president of France,
stabbed by an Italian at Lyons, June
"a, 1894.
Jose Maria Reyna BarriOr, presl-
dent of Guatemala, shot by Oscar
zollinger, at Guatemala, February s,
1898.
Elizabeth, empress of Austria, stab
bed by an italian. at Geneva, Swltz-
erland. Ser 'ember 10. 1898.
Ulisses Heureaux, president of San
to Domingo, shot at Moca, santO Do
mingo, July 26, 1893.
Humbert, king of Italy, shot at Mon
"a, Italy, July 29, 1900.
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09
A LEGAL QUESTION.
perry Sentinel.)

Some attorneys have advised their
clients that they are qualified to make
homestead entry in the El Reno and
Lawton districts, notwithstanding
they made fling in the Cherokee strip
and relinquished the same. no doubt
basing their opinion on the provision
contained in the proclamation, which
reads; "Thet any persons who hav-
ing attempted to buy for any cause,
failed to secure a title in fee to
homested. etc"
Now the question is, can one fail
for any cause, etc, who never at
tempted to procure title. 1t seems
to a man up a tree that he certainly
attempted when he filed his applica-
tion, and a REIMBURSEMENT for con-
sideration. If proven. l. not cause
sufficient to come within the meaning
of the ambiguous provision of the
proclamation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09
WHEN LINCOLN FELL.
Garfield, the Second Martyr, stilled a
Mob by His Eloquenee.

Just now, when the country has
been called upon for the third time
to mourn because its president has
been stricken down, II may be inter
esting to recall another dark era in
the nations history, when President
Lincoln lay dying, and the republic,
stlll torn with the hatreds engender-
ed by -four years Of civil strife, was
in a frenzy Of anger at the terrible
deed. AT the momens when New York
seemed about TO be given up to mob
rule, during which many lives would
undoubtedly have been lost it was
James A. Garfield who was himself
TO die as martyr to his country,
calmed the rising storm with one OF
the most famous speeches In the an
mails OF American oratory. The inch
dent Is told Ly a wen known public
man OF that day who Witnessed It,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09

The Kansas City Times says: viii
liam Mckinley, one of the best below
ed Of the presidents of the republic,
lies at deaths door from wounds in
flicted by man who declares himself
an anarchist
The shots that announced the at
tempt on the life of the president rev
erberated around the earth and ellie
tied a thrill Of horror and sympathy
horror at the crime and sympathy for
the good man whose life had been at
tempted.
The shock to the American people
was profound and when the death Of
the president was thought to be I'm
mineDt men and women stood about on
the strets, their eyes streaming-a
human tribute that is seldom paid to
the woes of greatness.
There is hope that the president
win recover, that the Providence
which has so bountifully blessed this
country win spare him to the people
whose hearts arc in unison with his.
And this hope was voiced in prayer
on ten million tongues and n fifty mil
lion hearts.
enlivening.
well beloved. His pure and upright
private life, his reSolute determine
tion for the right as he saw it, his
rugged honesty and unhinching ad-
herance to what he deemed his duty
under the most trying conditions have
made him to be not only respected
FOR we have not lacked in actual re-
spect for our chief nagistrate--but be-
loved as it has been given to few pub
lie men to be.
He has not sought the strenuous life.
He has been regarded as the best type
of an American and has lived up to
the high standard required Of the type.
Even the bitterness Oh partisanship
has never denied to William McKin-
ley the possession OF those rugged
virtues which constitute greatness in
the Individual His political enemies
have always respected him.
And now that he lie4 stricken he
has ia this nation no foe-unless 1t
be among the accomplices Of the pitt
ful wretch who shot him down. There
is not ayh3me in the land that does
not TEEN with sympathy for the good
man and the tender and devoted hus-
band whose sole aim in life has been
to serve his country and cherish the
partner who in his hour Of grief has
with her tho prayers and good wishes
OF a people who know no section and
no party, who hold but the one serti-
ment that Of sympathetic affection
for their stricken president and his
wife.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09
EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF
PRESIDENT M'klNLEY.

Born January 20, lS43, IN Niles, o.
Received his first education in the
public schools OF Niles. In 1860 enter
ed Allegheny college. Meadeyille, p.
Enlisted as a private June II. 1861,
ia company f OF the twenty-third Ohio
volunteer infantry. Participated In
all early campaigns in western Virgin
ia. Received first promotion. commits,
sary sargeant, April Is, 1862. Was
promoted to Heutenancy at Antietsm
for gallant service while at Camp
Piatt,
July 20, 1864. at the age Of 22i, Nc
Kinley was promoted 10 the rank Of
captain AT Berryyille. September 3,
1864, Captain McKinley's horse was
shot under him.
After service on General Crooks
stan and that OF General Hancock.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09

Behave yourself. 1t is the easiest
way. There is not half the fun III
folly that is generally supposed. Ana
when we say behave yourself, we mean
more than refraining from theft and
muroer. Very few people steal, or en-
gage in brawls, but a great many do
little foolish things that cause them
to feel ashamed. Be genteel, Don't
talk too much. Be fair How the
world loves to honor a gentleman Be
gentleman.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09

The Chinese imperial consul gen
eral al San Francisco has written an
article for the American Review argu-
ing against Chinese exclusion by legis.
iation from this country. He holds
that the greater the number Of labor
ers, the more wealth Is produced and
The better OF are the people even the
laboregs. The Chinese who now get
good wages IN California win scarce
~ agree with the consul for before
their numbers We're thinned they We're
on short pay. But American laborers
can not be taught by this Chinese
agent that TO have more Chinese. the
better OF will be the white laboregs
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09

The French Academic de Medicine
is excited over a new dental apparat
ms which combines the administration
OF gas with Photographic musical
selections, during which process the
patients teeth are yanked out with
neatness and despatch. This lnven-
tion, taken in consideration with the
Japanese method of treating con
demned criminal to display OF fire
works, during which he Is suddenly
separated from his head. inclnes one
TO the belief that the world is really
growing better.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09

cid man Flagler, at the age of 75
years, ought to be ashamed to shakl
loose crazy wife in order to bug
young bride 10 make miserable despite
his money The bride must soon hate
herself as well as the amorous old
millionaire Money can not buy love
and loyalty, The young woman is
only one OF many who have sold them-
selves. The instances are rare where
young man has mated with a granny
for her money. Are women more mer
eenary than men2 Have they less true
womanly instincts than men have OF
manhood, that SO many siias Sell into
bondage for the bauble OF wealth?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09

and it is reproduced in a biography Of
General Garfield
Il shall never forget the first time
saw General Garfield" says the tell
er OF the story. 1T was on the morn
ing after President Lincoln's assassin
alton. The country was excited to it's
utmoat tension and New York City
seemed ready for the scenes of the
French revolution. The intelligence
of Lincoln's murder had been flashed
by the wires over the whole land.
Fear took possession of mems minds,
for in few hours the news came on
that Stewards throat was cut and that
attempts had been made upon the
lives OF other government officials.
Posters were stuck up everywhere, in
great black letters, calling upon the
loyal citizens of New York, Brooklyn,
Jersey City, and neighboring places
to meet around the Wall street ex-
change and give expression TO their
sentiments. 1t was a dark and terri
BILE hour What might come next no
one could tell and men spoke with
bated breath. The wrath of the work
lngmen was simply uncomfortable and
.revolvers and knives were in the hands
of thousands of Lincolns friends,
ready, at the first opportunity to take
the law into their own hands and
ayenge the death of their martyred
president upon any and all who dared
utter word against him."
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MRS. M'KiNLEY's wlFELY
TRIBUTE TO HER HUSBAND

nlBO ~ FEH lOObftlN1s
To New Orleans reporter recently
Mrs. Mckinley said in praise Of her
husband;
DO you know Major Mckinley
she asked "Ah, no one can know
him. because to appreciate him one
must know him as ] do. And J am
not speaking now Of Major Mckinley
as the president am speaking Of
him as my husband If anyone could
know what It is to have a wife sick,
complaining always an invalid for
twenty-five years, seldom a day well.
and yet never word Of unkinduees
has ever passed his lips he is just
the same tender thoughtful, kind
gentleman knew when first he came
and sought my hand.
Il know him because I am his wife.
and it is my proudest pleasure to say
this, not because he is the president,
but because he is my husband.
u wish that | could have seen him
yesterday; love to see him among
the people whom he seeks to serve so
faithfully. But ] read his speeches
this morning. read all his speeches.
only wish l could help him as I
should
He is so kind so good, so patient.
He gives me all the time he can; he
never forgets me. not matter how busy
he is. But | will be glad when he's
out of public life; did not want him
to run a second time. I thought he
had done enough for the country, and
now know that he has done enough,
and when his term expires he viii
come home and we will settle down
quietly and he will belong to me-"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-09
Mckinley's Condolences on

Mcklnleys CondolenCes on
Similar Occasions.
1t has been the duty of Mr.. McKin-
ley. as president of the United States,
to send two messages Of coincidence
in cases Of the assassination of crown
ed heads. One was in the case of the
murder Of the empress of Austria at
Geneva in 1898 and the other on the
occasion of the killing of King Hum
bert of Italy on July 29, 1900. The
message in the former case was as
follows:
ITO His Majesty, the Emperor of Aus
tria;
Washington, d. c., Sept. 10. 1885,
/ have heard with profound regret OF
the assassination of her majesty, the
empress of Austria, while in Geneva,
ana tender to your majesty the deep
sympathy of the government and Ieo-
pie of the United States.
William Mckinley"
For this message the emperor the
next day returned telegram convey
ing his personal thanks.
The presidents message on the as
sassination Of Kiag Humbert was as
follows;
ITO His Majesty, Vittorio Emmanuel.
washington, p. c.. July 80, 1900
In my name and on behalf of the
American people l offer your majesty
and the Italian nation sincere condol-
ences in the, hour of deep bereave-
ment.
"WlIliam Mckinley"