The Iola register., 1902-03-21
LOCAL n EWS


Conductor Tom Long went to St. |
Louis Tuesday evening to attend a
meeting of the o. II. Z.
Mrs. L. p. Wheeler who has been
here visiting her son w. f. Wheeler
returned Tuesday evening to her home
in Quincy, Ills.
At depth of 520feet Ft. Scott struck
the Mississippi limestone in her third
gas we'll and has quit. Not sign of
gas was found.
John CLANCY we'll known Ft. Scott
grocer died Tuesday after an illness
of one week, He was taken with the
hiccoughs and never recovered.
Miss Arnold has withdrawn from
the firm of Bennett 81 Arnold at Gas
and will open a real estate and in
surance office in lola over Spencers's
drug store.
The Humboldt Herald says the COM
mercial club of that place is thinking
of paying for street railway survey
between that town and lola but has
not yet agreed to do so.
Fred Horton is moving his well
drilling rig from the Hoffman farm
near Moran to the Burtiss place, three
miles southeast of Gas City, where he
will drill for the Lanyon Zinc Com
pany.
Ballard 8 feed store is the place for
seed corn, cane seed, kafiir corn,
alfalfa seed. Potatoes you can get at
bargain. Will buy your eggs, but
ter, chickens, hay and produce. Come
and see me.
Mr.. j. S. Rodgers, of Moline, Iowa
and Mrs. j. Bilden of Prescott, Iowa
who were called here by the illness of
their brother S. L. Rogers returned
Tuesday evening to their homes.
Have you seen the United Zinc and
Acid Company's acid tank cars? They
are beauties. The Company win own
twenty-five of them at the start and
eventually forty. They look like Stand
ard Oil cars but have the company
name and "IOLA" in big letters on
the side.
The odd Fellows of this district
which includes Allen, Woodson, CofTey
and Anderson counties, hold a big cele-
braton at Garnettthe 26th ofthismonth.
The present plan is to run a special
train from Moran, via LaHarpe, lola,
Yates Center, Leroy and other towns
to Garnett and the event promises to
be rousing one in lodge circles.
One hundred ladies of the Presby-
terian church are working, each after
her own fashion, to earn a dollar
which is TO go into some church fund.
They are doing fancy work, baking
cookies and cakes and pies, making
bread and all manner of things
When pay day" comes each has to
rise In meeting an tell how she earned
her dollar. The last time they did
this one lady declared she earned the
money cutting her husbands hair and
many other laughable pretexts are
offered.
Invitations were issued today for
the marriage OF Miss Medora Rich
ards and Mr.. Archibald Jones. The
| young people are both we'll known ant
popular, Miss Richards being tn,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. NJ
Richards, and Mr.. Jones holding &
responsible position in the chemica
laboratory Of the Lanyon Zinc Com
pany. And it cannot be said thai
there were any prostrations from sur
prise when the news became public
The happy event is dated for Marcf
81.
When that new Commercial Club
: gets organized, why would it not be
we'll to arrange to celebrate Arbol
} Day? Think of the results of having
5000 shade trees set out in town every
spring! The town needs them and il
a few years a wonderful change woulC
be seen. LetIthe Club urge the extend
ing of the curbing, grading Of the
streets, offer prize for nice lawns,
have the city offer free water to the
man showing the incest lawn, and il
: every way encourage rivalry for
nice, clean, attractive homes.
Rev. Mclain left for Paola thi
afternoon where he will attend the an
nual session of the South Kansas con
ference. Rev. Mclain has done {
splendid work here this year and a
the last meeting of the official boart
the presiding elder was requested t
return him to lola. Baldwin has sen
in a request to the conference for hin
: next year and the final appointment
will depend on the Bishop. TIL,
church at Baldwin has just commenced