The Iola register., 1902-02-28

the Kansas A. o. U. w. at their grand
lodge meeting in FIT. Scott.
lola might do as TT. Scott has done,
make up purse, buy an automobile
and then draw lots to see who owns it,
In that way Ft. Scott has secured one
auto.
c. O. Austin and family who have
been living in Wichita for sometime
have moved back to Allen county and
will occupy Mr.. Austin's farm north
of town.
Mr.. II A. Terril who recently
bought the Bowles farm west of the
river has moved here from northern
Iowa and taken possession, adding
another good citizen to the Iowa
colony which has settled in Allen
county.
Riding plows helped make farm life
attractive to many men and now an
lola firm exhibiting wheel cultivators
with an awning over the seat so the
tiller of the soil may sit in the shade
while plowing. The next will be fan
attachment.
independence Reporter: The Edgar
smelter at Cherryvale is shut down on
account of strike. We are told that
some time ago the working force was
reduced about one-half and the re-
naming men overloaded with work
with no Increase of pay. About sixty
men are out.
Postmaster Henderson has a letter
from man who wishes to come to
lola to establish a wholesale harness
and saddlery house. Just why town
which rides in street cars and isthink-
ing of buying automobiles by the
score should be thought to be a good
place for the saddlery business is not
known.
DR.. p. S. Mitchell Of Hammond,
ILL.,, who has been here visiting DR..
Clearinghouse a few weeks ago was so
we'll impressed with lola that he has
decided 10 locate here. He is class
mate OF DR.. Clearinghouse, graduating
from the same college in Chicago. He
will be associated with him in practice
here and the two will make a strong
team.
A marked copy of a Buffalo, N. Y,
paper was received here recently which
brings the news that Mr.. SD. Bough-
ton died about two week ago. Years
ago Mr.. Boughton came to lola and
invested in some prairie soil, innocent
of fences or pillow. Today that piece
Of land is one of the Oldest additions
to lola, being the tract northeast of
the original townsite.
The kinds and number of troubles of
a newspaper cannot be computed. This
morning man called and stopped his
paper because it kindly but firmly de-
cliped an obituary poem. 1t was ex-
planned to him that there was nothing
Objectionable whatever in the poem in
question, for it was really excellent
verse and not long, but that if 1t were
printed other poems, long and dreary
and crippled as TO their poetic feet
would be submitted with demand for
space. Fairly good poetry has to be
excluded to save the paper from un-
fairly bad verse.
The people of Cotfeyville have sub
scribed for $50, 900 worth of stock in a
big cotton mill to be erected there this
year. Instead of giving bonus, they
took share of the stock and will
share in the profits. The REGISTER
has always contended that the Kansas
gas belt ought to become cotton
manufacturing region. Oklahoma and
southern Kansas produce more and
more cotton, of excellent quality, and
cheapfuelto run the gas engines which
will drive the machinery means neat
profit. lola hopes that the mill will
prove great success and that print
works will follow--and that every
other gas town will get similar fac.
tory.
Did you ever notice that all fox
hounds are bob-tailed? Well it is
fact. The tails are docked when they
are puppies. An interesting fact about
the business is that the tails are never
cut off, but there are men who make a
business of biting off puppies tails.
1t is fact They make a profession
of it, And 1t is suggested by some
local authority that this would be a
lovely occupation for the knockers
who took the trouble to keep Reddy
Givler out of the army. 1t is a most
honorable profession, comparatively,
and would mean decided promotion
above that of knocking.