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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-05
MAJOR CROFOOT, G. P.
THE OLD 5KiNFLlNT MEETS HIS HAT
TER THROUGH A BLuNpER.

As Usual. Joilies Him and Organizes
the Electric Headgear Company
For His BeneGt-The Victim Is Now
Looking For the Majors Scalp.
Copyright, 1902, by c. D. Lewis.1
YYT was a blunder that Major Gro
& foot got into the hat store: He
III was looking for the cigar store
mex door and made q mistake.
lie had been owing the halter $3.50 for
q year and had let him severely alone
in consequence, and to brace right into
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-05

Oh. the goose within the meadow Is the
halcyon engulfer
OF the springtime's twinkling grasses as
she wanders to and fro.
And the small boy from a teaspoon gayiy
gulps the powdered sulphur
That is mixed up with molasses, for hss
system. don't you know.
Judge.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-05
VIM. Mckinley
HIS LIFE AND WORK.
nv
GEN. CHAS. H. GROSVENOR.

Presidents life long Friend, Com
rade in wal and Colleague in Con-
gress. Was near his side With other
great men when his eyes were closed
in death; followed the bier to the na-
tional capitol and TO Canton. The
General requires a share OF tie pro-
ceeds OF his book to be devoted to u
Mckinley Monument Fund. Thus
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will be cold. Everybody will buy 1t.
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will he sold in this vicinity. Address
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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-05

Yeast-Hellol Black eye again! More
trouble with your wife?
Crimsonbeak-No; pingpong this time.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-05

A Number of lleged Smiles From
the PEN of n Youkers Jester.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-06-05

Gotham-oh, we shipped him.
The Iola register., 1902-01-10
How the Raid Happened.

Mrs. f. f. McCloud called at the
REGISTER Office to correct some of the
errors in the report of the cause of the
recent complaint against the joints.
She it was who lodged the complaint,
being worn out by the long struggle to
win her husband from patronizing the
drinking places where most of his
money went. Her evidence was not
strong enough and SO her husband
was subpoenaed and compelled to tes-
tify as to what he knew. W hat she
knew from her husbands habits, was
augmented by what she learned while
seeking ayoung man who owed her a
board bill. She was directed to "a
Joint to find him. So she had him
ca led also and his statement was lodged
with the county attorney. Thus
the chain of evidence was made com
plete and the warrants issued and the
raid made. 1t is the first time this
process was ever used in Allen coun-
ty, and is Que of the provisions of the
new liquor law.
The Iola register., 1902-01-10

cells. Which goes to show that La
Harpe is not in FIT. Scott's class. 1t.
Scott is in class all by herself.
Three weddings occurred on New
Years day that have not yet been re-
ported. Elmer E. Logan, the La
Harpe liveryman, and Grace M. Will
lets, were married by Rev, d. II.
Manley. William b. MCLEAN, of
Blue Mound, and Leaie =. Thompson,
of Bronson, were married by Judge
Smith. Herbert Holt, of LaHarpe,
and Edna Augustine, of LaHarpe,
were married New Years day. Frank
Myers of Funston, and Amy Seymour,
of Funston, were united in marriage
the same day.
The City Council is finding the sewer
question full of difficulties. The law
on the subject is specific and cumber-
some and it is not yet known what
method will be used in this mu h.
needed Improvement. There was q
bill before the last legislature which
would have simpliied matters greatly
but it died anatural death from neglect
Someone has stated that Ottawa has a
sewer system that is owned by the city
or private parties and everyone using
it pays so much for the privilege. A
letter has been written there asking
for information on the subject.
The Iola register., 1902-01-10
No 52e7.

Robert Mcmillan son of DR.. and
Mrs. Mcmillan who has been here
visiting during vacation returned last
week to his school at Columbia,
Missouri.
Thursday afternoon at Lanyonville
Eber Myers was tried on the charge
Of assault with intent to kill on Joe
Conjersk The latter was asioreman at
the smelter and had trouble with My
ers. Myers declared that. Conierski
started at him aud that he throw nalf
Il BRICK IN self-defeuse. The brick hit
Conierski in the forehead and he was
laid up for some time Myers was
found guilty and fined S20 and S26
costs. He appealed to the district
court.
Postmaster II. L. Hendel son has
received word Tom the PostOitice de-
partment that mail pouch will be put
on that new Missouri Pacific train be-
tween Yates Center and Rich Hill.
That will permit mail to be sent east
here in the morning, connecting at
Rich Hill for st. Louis, Kansas City
and all points east. That new train
seems destined to accomplish whole
lot of good for lola in the way of ac-
commodation anyway.
Mr.. j. G. Rose, of Jefferson. Iowa,
is in lola looking over the town with
u view to locating. He is lawyer by
profession and has been on one the
! important boards in Iowa. He comes
here with letters from Senator Allison
and Governor Shaw and members of
the Supreme court testifying as to his
standing in the Iowa bar and would
undoubtedly be a welcome addition to
the local bar and to the population OF
! lola. He finds that Iowa is pretty
cold state good deal of the time and
has decided to move farther south.
Ft. Scott Monitor: The work of
moving the houses along the right-of-
way in lola of the Fort Scott, lola 81
Western railroad is going on as
rapidly as the weather will permit.
Half of them have been moved. In
one house there are three cases of
smallpox and the officers are at loss
to know what to do with this one. No
mover has yet agreed to touch it and
it is likely that the only thing that can
be done is to wait until the quarantine
on the place is raised.
Here is an unusual note of warning
from the Axtell Anchor: "We wish
to notify friends of A. L. Gilland
that his physician has cautioned him
against any sudden starts or jerks.
Ii has been the custom many times
when greeting the old gentleman to
take advantage of his extreme ticklish-
ness. The surgeons say that man
of his nature after undergoing such a
critical surgical operation would be
liable to be badly injured by sudden
start. Therefore his friends should
not greet him in theold way by poking
their finger in his ribs" "
TT. Scott had foot ball game New
Years day. Ft. Scott, you know, is
the town that has the best team In
Kansas, that refuses to play LaHarpe
because "the season is over" and
which says LaHarpe is not in her
class. An interesting feature of the
, game is that before it would start two
of the players had to be rescued from
: the city calaboose. After the game
they were returned to their respective
The Iola register., 1902-01-10
Bills Allowed Talked Sewers Water
Extensions Contract and
Other Business.

The council met Thursday in regu-
lar session and the minutes of the
meetings of Dec. % aul 26 were APP
proved.
The street and ley committee fav-
orably reported Oh petition of A. A.
Bennett and others for new sidewalk
on East street in Bunnell's addition,
and an ordinance ordering same was
ordered drawn.
The street commissioner reported
collections of poll tax in December at
S39.-weighmaster reported sale of
water Sl455; weighing fees S2G O5 for
December. The monthly report of the
water superintendent was fled
The fire department committee re-
commended purchase of patent halter
straps and Swift spray nozzle and
the clerk was instructed to order uoz-
zle at once.
The water and light committee fav-
orably reported on letting VIM.
Readicker have city gas for boilerand
contract for same will be made, he
paying all expense and regular rates
for gas.
The committee to whom the revision
of the license tax was referred asked
for more time.
The water and light committee states
that they will have an expert on
boiler covering here soon when they
will report fully.
On motion resolution was adopted
which states that whereas the switch,
frogs and split rails put in on Madi-
son avenue by the lola Electric Rail-
way do not comply with the ordinance,
they are condemned as nuisance and
q violation of the ordinance and the
company ordered TO take them up and
replace them with good and safe
one.
The water and light committee rec
commended allowing the bill of the
Kansas City Plumbing Company il
full.
The lola Telephone Company 6leC
its semi-annual report from January
/ to July l, 1901, and from July l, tC
January l, 1902, were received and re
ferred to committee.
Ordinance Number 4jS, further regu
;ating the compensation of the gas in
spector was read and passed.
A letter from Judge Thompson
stated the fee he would charge fo
assisting in the appeal of city nov
pending in Supreme Court in the DC
cupation Tah case. The clerk wa
instructed to write accepting the term
which was $50.
On motion bills were allowed as fol
lows:
The Iola register., 1902-01-10
For Greater lola

The REGISTER is very glad, indeed,
to give space to the following com
1t might be well to state
in this connection that the lola Com
mercial Club is not II body of self
appointed ones, but volunteer citizens
and every lola citizen is an honorary
member: so the motion to make them
all acCive members is timely and in
order.
The communication is as follows:
EDITOR REG1STER:-I noticed in
Yesterdays REGISTER that another
glass plant is likely To make overtures
for admission into the charmed circle
of the lola gas field. One has but re-
Gently gone from us which might
easily have been secured. These in
dustres must not be allowed to get
into the habit of passing by lola.
We've every thing here to make this
an ideal town for factories, fuel,
light, water, building material, rail
road facilities, the best in every line.
Why should we not secnre more fac
tories during the coming year of
grace, 1902, than nave come to us in
any former year of our history? We
should, and we will, but it will not be
done by leaving the work and respon-
sibility upon the shoulders of 'hree or
four men.
Now, | suggest that the President of
the commercial club call a meeting of
all the citizens who yearn to see lola
90 on in her matchess growth, and
increase the active membership of the
club hundred fold. Let there be a
small membership fee, to provide the
secretary with letter heads and post
age, and let it be the secretary's duty
to keep an accurate roll of the mem.
bership and committees, and look
after the correspondence of the club
Let number of standing committees
be appointed, the names of which
would indicate their duties.
With an active commercial club thu:
organized. the work of upbuilding
! lola can be successfully carried on
and at the same time be so distributed
! that no one will feel the burden of it
| Let more men feel that they have al
! interest in the matter, that they are
expected to share the responsibilities
of making Greater lola greater, anC
more workers will be found when
workers are needed.
1t is much easier to secure bonu
for some factory or other enterprise
endorsed by the commercial club
when that commercial club represent
the majority of the business interest
of the city, than when the majority o
the citizens scarcely know who consti
tute the commercial club. The Iolt
club has done well no fault can b
found with its past efforts, but NOR
men should be personally interested il
it. An enlarged commercial clu
would stir up lola business men an
citizens to such degree that the mat
ter of few hundred dollars would no
be the cause of losing valuable in
dustry of any kind,
make these suggestions, Mr. Edi
tor, not so much in the hope that the
will be acted upon, as that they ma
cause some one else to evolve plans tina
will be adopted, with the result tina
no backward step may be taken /
Iola's marvellous growth
Respectfully.
f.. w. MYLER.
The Iola register., 1902-01-10

gives one the impression that there
we're not less than fifty weddings last
week. And the story was kept busy as
well as Cupid.
Humboldt Union: DR.. |. N. Phillips
died near Wichita last Saturday the
item in the Beacon giving his age as
81 years. He was one of the early set
tiers in Cottage Grove township, and
during the war and for several years
after was prominent in business and
political affairs in this county.
The Iola register., 1902-01-10
Blown to Atoms.

The old idea that the body some
times needs powerful drastic, purga-
tive pill has been exploded; for DR..
Kings New Life Pills, which are per-
fectly harmless, gently stimulates
liver and bowels to expel poisonous
matter, cleanse the system and abso-
lutely cure constipation and sick head
ache. Only 25c at Evans Bros. drug
store.
The Iola register., 1902-01-10
Remarkable Cure of Group
A LITTLE BOYS LIFE SAVED


| have a few words to say regarding
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. 1t
saved my little boys life and l feel
that cannot praise it enough. |
bought bottle of it from A. e. Steere
of Goodwin, S. D., and when | got
home with it the poor baby could
hardly breathe, gave the medicine
as directed every ten minutes until he
threw up' and then | thought sure
he was going to choke to death. We
had to pull the phlegm out of his
mouth in great long strings, am
positive that if had not got that bot
tie of cough medicine, my boy would
not be on earth today. JOEL DEMONT,
Inwood, Iowa. For sale by w. l..
Crabb & Co., Campbell g. Burrell.
The Iola register., 1902-01-10
WIN
Ef Cure
I'VE p

That's the personal question a woman
asks herself when she reads of the cures
of womanly diseases by the use of DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
Why shouldn't it cure her?
Is it a complicated caseH Thousands
of such cases have been cured by Fa-
vorite Prescription" Is it a condition
which local doctors have declared in
durable? Among the hundreds of thou
sands Of sick women cured by the use of
DIR. Pierces Favorite Prescription there
are a great many who were pronounced
incurable by local doctors. Wonders
have been worked by "Favorite Pre-
scription" in the cure of irregularity,
weak ening drains, inflammation, ulcera-
ton and female weakness. 1t always
Helps. 1t almost always cures.
UThree years ago writes Mrs, John Graham
of 2oIS Plumb Street, (Franktord) Philadelphia
Pa, oI had a very bad attack of dropsy which
left me.with heart trouble, and also very weak
back At times was 50 bad that Ibid not know
what to do with myself My children advised
me to take your Favorite Prescription, but l
had been taking somuch medicine from the doc
tor that was discouraged with everything, l
came to Philadelphia two years ago, ana pick
ing up one Of your little books one day began to
read what your medicine had done for Others, l
determined to try Il myself l took seven bot
ties, aud to-day am strong, well woman,
weighing I62 pounds. Have gained 29 pounds
since started to use Favorite Prescription.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets clear the
complexion and sweeten the breath.
The Iola register., 1902-01-10
MAv..

Laxative Br0mO-Quinine Tablets
10 ramedv ihct c,,-.ca = odd in one dng
The Iola register., 1902-01-10

X. G. Plumbing CO., labor and supplies 1902 81
On motion the council took up the
matter of bids for laying OF water
mains on First, Lincoln and Buckeye
streets. The bid of the X. 9. Plumb
ing Company was rejected. 1t was de-
cided to let the contract to this firm at
20 cents per lineal foot, lfthey reject,
the w. a. l.. committee was given pow
re to act
The city attorney made verbal re-
port in regard to tax levy for sewers
The city attorney asked further time
in the matter of the crossing west of
the cemetery.
Onmotion Florence Harvey, colored,
was ordered released from Jail, and
ordered out of town.
The council then went into execu-
tive session to consider sewers.
The Iola register., 1902-01-10

No Fake salary offer, but big commission
given TO sell poultry mixture in the couny
Never minI s. mp Eureka Ming. Co
S's3.. $. q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

contemporary writers saw in the nation S
capital a combination of city and country
The contrast between the broad streets and
generous spaces of the nations city and
the cramped and crowded appearance of
other cities naturally made deep impress
sion on visitors then as well as now.
Fifty years ago the plan conceived by
the French engineer, L'Enfant, and ap-
proved by Washington. was by no means
filled out-only a beginning had been made
Pennsylvania avenue between the Capitol
and the Presidents house the main
thoroughfare-Regen street, as an English
visitor observed in describing it. Here
were located the principal business places,
the leading hotels and some of the best pri
vate residences. To the north of the ave-
and within the section above described
lay the main PORTION of the city. Towards
the Potomac. as one looked southwark,
there were the commons. or downs to use
the expression of a visitor to whom the
spectacle of the waste of vacant ground
evidently suggested the desolate stretches
of barren, unoccuped country in portions
of England. Near the river front there
We're few houses. and along the struggling
plank wharves there We're some timber and
coal sheds. * street was about the north
ern limit of the residence section of the
city, although in some localities the houses
were pushing up as far as NJ street. In the
immediate vicinity of the Capitol and of
the navy yard there We're groups of build
ings but the intermediate spaces were city
lots yet to be built on Within the cor
porate limits, according to the census Of
1850, a population of 10000. This Of
fetal enumeration did not deter the maker
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fare was 6 cents or five tickets for a quar-
ter. AS a visitor to the city in that year
makes record, it was necessary for a pas
senger in an omnibus to hand up the cents
or ticket through a round hole in the roof
which was received by the driver, who gave
change when such was due. When the
driver was satisfied he loosened the strap
which kept the door fast, and then the pas
sengeI was enabled to leave the vehicle.
go north could take the train at the Balti-
more and Ohio depot at o'clock in the
morning or at $50 in the morning, and if
everything went well they might reasonably
expect to reach Baltimore in about two
hours and quarter. The depot, which had
west corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
I'd street, had just been moved to the cor
ner of New Jersey avenue and G street.
where the present depot building had been
erected In the event the travellers destina-
ton was Richmond or other points in the
SOUTH he would go to the wharf at the
foot of 18th street and, taking a steamer,
reach Aqua creek, and there make con-
necton with the railroad which went to
Richmond. What was later known as the
Orange and Alexandria road had built its
line from Alexandria as far as Manassas,
and during the year 1852 the people in that
locality celebrated the completion of a
branch of the road which extended as far
west as the town then known as Salem.
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this suggestion OF
the SmallneSs of the
then nation S capital
may be quoted the
de cription Of an
English traveller who
came to Washington
two years later. He
says that the city
consisted "of a num-
Der of streets lined
with continuous rows
of houses, several
fine public buildings
and a fine show of
stores and hotels"
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THE MAKING OF A CITY.
BY w. B. BRYAN.

of the city directory of 1853 from saying
that the population of Washington is esti-
mated to be 1890 With due allowance
for an imagination, warmed by local pride
there is no question that in the year 1S52
Washington was a growing and thriving
town and that the figures of the census did
not do full justice
The local conditions were of course quite
different from those of today. Some of the
municipal proceedings sound strangely to
modern ears. Then the city fathers enact
ed an ordinance for the eXtirpation of this
ties in the city wards. and one to prevent
househoIders from keeping swine WITHIN
certain urban limits. 1t was during the
same year that the mayor was directed by
the city council to have the hours struck
on the bell at the market house from pm
until 4 m. each night, and authority was
also given to have a salute fired at the eX-
pense of the corporation as an expression
of municipal joy over the coming OF an
other anniversary of the birth of the re-
public. Permission was extended to colored
congregations desiring to hold watch serV-
ices on the last night of the year, TO con-
tinue these services beyond the hour of 10
o'clock. as ordinarily all their places OF
worship were required to be closed at that
hour
Then, when the circus came to town, j.
was given a place to pitch its tents on
portion of the square occupied by the Cen
ter market and no doubt on these occasions
extra men were sworn in for police duty,
as the regular force of fifteen men was
not equal to the demands of an emergency.
On ordinary occasions. however. police duty
did not occupy the entire time of even this
force, as the officers were expected to col
lect the fines and other moneys due to the
corporation from the citizens. Only the
previous year had provisions for a regular
police force, to preserve the peace of the
up to that time the police magistrate, aided
by the county constables, had been intrust-
ed to perform this service. For number
of years previous, however. the city had
the services of night police force. known
as the auxiliary guard, and also numbering
fifteen men. The offices of chief of police
and captain of the guard were for a brief
period intrusted to one man, but in the
fall of 1852 city ordinance separated the
two offices. so that thereafter the response
the city al night and day distributed
between chief of police and a captain of
the auxiliary guard.
Street Improvements.
Street improvements in the year 1852 con-
sisted mainly in grading and crawling the