The Iola register., 1902-05-02
lola ENTERTAINED GARNET
The lola and LaHarpe Crowds We're
the Whole Thing at Garnrtt Sat.
urday


the order was reversed and they en-
tertained Garnet. In fact they were
the whole cheese" A special train
consisting of four coaches tackled on
behind stock train carried the
crowds and every car was full. So
were the stock cars and with the wind
blowing from the north it gave the
people a pleasant scent to introduce
themselves into new town with. But
it was u jolly crowd and they made
the best of the situation. The train
left here about $3.50 and arrived at
Garnett about two hours later, hav-
ing no switching to do after it left
lola.
At Garnett they we're met by per.
haps a dozen odd Fellows who kindly
consented to show the way up town.
Almost as soon as the lodges formed
Garnett people began making fun.
They made fun of the band and they
made fun of the small" crowd of
nearly three hundred saying they ex-
pected fifteen hundred people. What
on earth they expected to do with fifteen
hundred when they didn't entertain
three hundred is beyond the compre-
hension of the reporter, The march
ing up town of the lola and LaHarpe
people constituted the big parade Of
the day. Nobody arrived on the
specials in the afternoon and some
exercises at the Grand Army Hall
made up the afternoons program
Major Foust of lola made the princi-
pal address of the day. In the even
ing the degree work of the Odd Fell
lows was put on at their hall and the
big banquet took place at l0:30 at
exercises the elocutionist failed to
show up bat she sent in an excuse
which is the frankest on record. She
had been planting corn all day and
was too tired to indulge in oratory,
which is possible. At the banquet a
menu was put on which looked mighty
good considering what was set out
during the day at the eating places
The menui consisted of two kinds of
french fried potatoes, ice cream,
coffee and sandwiches. There may
have been some who Jared better than
this but that is what the band boys got
lola BAND KIDNAPPED
The band which went up was hired
by the Odd Fellows of lola and La
Harpe but upon arrival at Garnett
was kidnapped. There was no other
band there not even Garnett band
which was advertised to give con-
cert in the evening. The lola band
gave the concert and did everything
else that was done during the entire
day and got for it vote Of thanks"
which is highly appreciated The
lola band led the parade in the morn
ing and were told to show up imme-
diately after dinner They did and were
marched a half mile over Garnett' 5
streets which are paved with flint
lONhS dbOuL lllt Size VI IL NdluN Ill
but not as soft or as smooth. The
exercises during the day we're held
at four different places and the band
was kept comfortably busy marching
from one of these to the other. After
marching around and serenadiug
these diifereLt places they received in.
structions to go to the Missouri Pa
cific depot and meet a special train
from Yates Center. No Garnett man
offered to show them the way but
some of the boys who explored the
town during the seventeen minutes
they were idle knew where it was 10.
Gated and with some OF the lola Odd
Fellows met the special which brought
in about half dozen people. Re-
turning to the hall where they had
been twice before they were asked to
go into it and play. This the man.
ager refused to do and they we're eX-
cused until further orders. In the
evening they gave concert and were
heartily applauded by the lola and
LaHarpe people and roasted by the
Garnett people, A bank was sere-
naded by the request of the Garnett
leaders which was as near as the
boys came to getting any Garnet
money. The money which lola peo-
pie paid the band for Saturday should
have beed paid by the Garnett peo-
pie. The lola people we're as good as
possible to the band and did nearly
everything for them but they should
not have let Garnett kidnap them.
COLUMBINES AT CHANUTE.
At Chanute the lola Columbine Re-
beckahs received chilly deal The
team from here went down by invita-
tion to put on the work and did so re-