The Iola register., 1902-08-01
LOCAL NEWS

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We are now loaning money on
per cent straight, for years with
optional payment; or per cent with
small cash commission. Henderson
g. Powell.
Thursday of this week bond rrop-
osition to sell 81 500 in city bonds for
the building of an auditorium carried.
About $1,000 will be spent on the
building. lola needs large public
hall badly.
A charter membership list for
lodge of the Royal Arcanum is being
gotten up in town. Some seventeen
names have been secured and as soon
as the number reaches twenty-five
charter will be asked for. 1t is one
of the old beneficiary orders and will
complete the list of lola lodges.
The Kansas Property Improvement
Company held its annual meeting to-
day at the office of j. B. Smith. This
is a company of lola men who bought
tract in Boughton's addition early
after Good Fortune came to lola.
They have doubled and trebled their
money and still have property left.
Judge S. M. Knox has bought the
eighty-acre farm of c.. A. Fronk in
Salem township. Mr.. Fronk has been
one of the old-time residents of Salem
but since his residence in lola, as
county clerk, he has developed fond
ness for the wicked city and its peo-
pie. So 1t Is hoped that the selling OF
his farm means that he is to reside
permanently in lola.
LaHarpe News The LaHarpe water
works bonds carried Tuesday. But
little interest was manifest and prac-
tically no opposition was made to the
bonds, only three votes we're cast
against them. A successful sale of
them will give the city $4,000 with
which to complete the system. This
ought to put LaHarpe in pretty good
shape on the water question.
From Saturdays Kansas City
Star the hilarious news is learned
that j. S. Turner has been elected
county commissioner of Kiowa coun-
ty Oklahoma, Jap has not been
there very long but he has the way of
winning out and his selection to that
responsible position shows that he
has won the esteem of his new
neighbors.
Another case OF prompt granting
of pension will be good news to lola
people. Early this year Justus Dunn,
who lived in the south part of lola
died. He was an old soldier and had
an application in for an increase Of
his pension, Fridays papers state
that the increase from SS to $l2 has
been allowed and widows pension
granted Mrs. Martha Dunn for IS.
Hereafter she will receive the S8
monthly and will receive some back
pay on her late husbands grant of an
increase.
Some of these days the police and
judges will be having a time over
some petty thief who is operating in
Brooklyn Park. Not long ago Mrs.
d. M. Simpson lost some clothes
which she left on the line in the yard
and Mr.. Hay, a neighbor, lost some
clothes about the same time. Since
then Mrs. Hay has missed several
chickens from her flock. The new
policeman of East lola can "make
good" with the residents by nabbing
some Of these petty thieves.
Actually it begins to look like there
will be some fast ball players with the
lola team when it comes home More |
letters from good players are being
received than ever before. What is |
needed is a gathering of fans and |
the raising of subscription that will |
take the management of the ragged |
edge Of uncertainty and strengthen
their hands in tightening up the team
so that it may win out. After sea-
son of disappointment and defeat it
would be hilarious fun to finish in a
blaze of victorious glory And then
there Is next year to count on. J