The Iola register., 1902-03-28

miliar with the banking business and
believe there is q good field for an
other institution of this kind at
Moran.
The real estate market is certainly |
pretty active in this county, although |
one does not get that idea from talk.
ing to real estate men. Since March |
there have been filed for record in the |
Register of Deeds Office over 200
deeds. That represents an average of
ten sales day which is pretty good
showing.
Have you looked at East lola lately?
Well you know where the Electric
crosses the Katy-away out toward
the bridge-well, some man with pluck
and an eye to business is building a
store out there, And he is, simply
getting in on the ground floor for there
is an epidemic Of house building all
around him.
Here is something for the health
committee and: the police: When the
bill posters make a change Of paper
on the bill boards they tear the old
paper off land put new on. The old
paper they invariably throw on the
ground and it rots or blows
about. This could be stopped. Let
every body clean'hp--and stay cleaned
npa.,, '."' '%4 3J '-H7 .
After the club meeting at the chur ch
yesterday afternoon as the ladies we're
issuing from the church and talking
of methods for improving the world
one lady suggested thatpossibly II all
the. women present wouldgo down town
they could find some evils to correct.
There, happened to be no relatives OF
Carrie eNatipn present SO !. po raids
we're made. ,,,.-. a.. -
Mrs. Jessie Richards Parkinson is
here from TT. Scott visiting srelatives
and to attend the nes-Richards we'd.
ding. Mrs. Parkinsonilspenther girl.
lhood in lola but left here sixteen years
ago and for the past fewl years ha:
been living in Georgia.t lRecently tn,
family returned to Ft. Scott land hei
present visit is the 6rst;view, she has
had Of old lola in FIVE years.
Just as the REGISTER predicted tn,
city council, the present one, talked
. about the "Citizen" resolutions tn,
other night and endorsed them with {
: whoop. No one bunch of lola mel
= has a corner on the ambition to hav,
e the town clean and progressive ant
j in sanitary condition. The statemen
E of the city treasurer shows that th,
S towns finances are getting slowly bu
surely back on a sound basis and tn
>. incoming Republican council, assisted
e by the hold-over councilmen, will TAX
n hold and inaugurate more improve
II ments.
l. The funeral of John Often took plac
: from his home. 52S south State stree
at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, under tn,
e auspices of the Woodmen of tn
1 World Rev. William Hankins Off
S Gated and large number of friend
: attended. The death of John Ottel
S ends the career of an lola boy, borI
g here when the town was young, widel
9 known, possessed offaults-likeevery
body else-but having heart tha
It was easily reached by those in want
d Death came slowly to him and he is a
n rest after twelve months during all o
@ which time the end was inevitable.
1t will be pleasing news to many OF
e the citizens of lola to learn that Rev
A. s.. Dechant, of Lisbourn, Iowa
o will preach in the Reformed churcl
# next Sunday morning. He is the Supt
# of Missions of the Reformed church
d and will spend several days in thi
q county, looking after the interests o
4 the church. While here in the fall o
1900 while attending the reformed Sy
nod, Rev. Dechant preached in the NJ
. E. churc h on Sunday morning and hi
hearers were very much pleased will
!, his discourse. The local church viii
: endeavor Z to accommodate all VIII,
may wish to attend his services.
d The Bird. Canning company of To
peka has been sued in the Shawne
n county district court by the Iol'
a Wholesale Grocery company. TIL
9 plaintiff claims that contract wa
h. made between it and. the defendan
il. thereby the latter was to furnish i
8 with 500 cases OF canned tomatoes b,
y November /. but that the canning
, company failed to do SO, The con
tract price was 77+ cents per dozel
cans. The claim is made that tn
Wholesale company has been dam
aged by the failure to fulfill the con
. tract in the sum of $l75 and it ask
that it, be awarded that sum by tn,