The Iola register., 1902-01-17
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LOCAL NEWS

Born, Sunday, Dec. II. to Mr.. and
Mrs. f. A. Curnow, ten pound
boy
Mr.. II. S. Taylor, brother of e.
H., is here from Beloit, Wis, and
will help his brother make Gas City a..
metropolis.
Rather an unusual transfer at the
Recorders office tells how Mr.. Hen
richs has sold to Mr.. Chicken, some
property in Humboldt.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Thompson ar
rived home from Wichita Saturday
to stay. They declare that after all
lola is the best place on earth to live
and are mighty glad to get home, and
their friends are glad to see them.
DR.. f. p. Waugh returned this
week from his home in Cedar Falls
Iowa, where he went on account of
the illness of his sister Miss Kate.
She hasrecovered sufficiently to enable
her to accompany him home and she
will remain here some time in the
hope of benedtting her health.
A Saturday report from Washing
ton states that Senator Burton and
State Senator Samuel j. Stewart call
ed on the President Saturday.
MIR. Stewart and his wife left for the
East some weeks ago and expect to
spend some time visiting in Washing
ton.
Saturday afternoont the first automo-
bile struck lola. II belonged to a
Kansas City man who was riding
throught to Pittsburg. He reloaded
his gasoline can here and took Officer
Dan Brewer for ride. 1t was the
first automobile that ever kicked dust
up on lola streets.
w. L. Reed has been in poor health
a good deal of the time for number
of years past and has finally decided
that he needs more exercise. So he
will put his barber shop under the
management of his son Cliff, who has
had years Of experience and will
doubtless keep it up to the high stand
ard of his regime.
A lot of old timers in lola remember
Frank Woodruff. He lived on south
Walnut street, built the house where
w. w. Wren now lives and was a
travelling man. Well, Frank Wood
ruff is now mayor of Skaguay, up
on the Yukon trail. lola people who
get the gold fever should remember
that and stop to see his mayorship.
John Town, who recently moved
here from Erie and lives over Bas-
sett's secondhand store, had his right
foot badly smashed Saturday by the
falling Of crowbar on it while he
was unloading rock at the cement
plant. The toes and instep are bruised
and he will have to lay off for a week
or more. This is unfortunate for he
needs the pay.
Fred Horton says that we'll west of the
mound drilled for the brick company
developed very little gas. That was
expected. He estimates the oil pro-
ducing capacity of the well at about
10 barrels day, which after shooting
might be increased and prove of
value. 1t is being demonstrated more
fully every week that there is plenty
of oil in Allen county,
Grant Herod, head clerk at the Hub
Clothing store in this city, has tender
ed his resignation TO take effect Feb
ruary l. He expects to go to Law
renee, Kansas, where he will fill a SIM
liar position in the store of w. f..
Spalding. Mr.. Herod is a man of ex-
perience and of pleasing address as a
salesman and his friends here will
confidently expect to hear of his con-
tiLued success.
Mr.. j. Woodsaw and j. NJ. Hitch
cock of Iowa county, Iowa, arrived
in lola last week and after looking
over the, city express themselves high
ly pleased with the prospects of the
city. Mr.. Hitchcock went to work the
next day after arrival and will move
his family here in the near future
Mr.. Woodsaw is a brother Of Mrs. j.
Y. Miles and is visiting that family
and other friends in the city, 1t is
not improbable that he may also be-
come resident of lola in the future,
Ono of the most unusual stories of
revival meetings of the year comes
from Garnett. 1t says that Jesse M
Springs, for whom a warrant waslout
for gambling attended revival while
hiding from the sheriff, was converted
and walked twenty-nine miles to Gar