The Iola register., 1902-05-02
LOCAL N NEWS

County attorney Goshorn was called |
to Humboldt on legal business.
The new foundry company got in a
couple of car loads of machinery to-
day over the Santa Fe.
Mrs. W. A. McCune returned to her
home in Jeavenworth after a visit
with her son, j. A. McCune.
Fred Hale, formerly we'll know here,
is here from Wichita, visiting his
sister.in-law, Miss Priboth.
Corp. Delaney, of the 9th, Battery
who has been visiting Chas. Hilford,
at LaHarpe went to Geneva.
The public park is getting mighty
pretty these days. Every year the
trees get larger and the park more
attractive.
An Atchison girl, the Globe says,
is called "Andree" by her family.
She left the earth three days ago
when she became engaged, and hasn't
returned yet.
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ber of signatures have been obtained
for the installation of a lodge of
Eagles, so there seems a certainty
that there will be another lodge here.
Mr.. Smeltzer has brought to this
Office a sample of this years rye, a
good deal of which he says has been
planted in this section this year. The
sample is rich, lusty and heading out
beautifully.
Tuesday four young people, three
girls and one boy, graduated from the
Neosho Falls high school and several
surrey loads of young people drove
over from lola. They report an in
teresting program.
DR.. Mitchell, who voluntarily re-
ported for duty at the detention hos
pital some time ago when he discov-
cred that he had contracted mild
case of smallpox, is out again, happy
10 escape from confinement.
There is heated discussion on in
t town as to whether or not the elephant
in the circus here last Monday was
real or rubber 1t is seriously declared
: by certain men that the elephant was
rubber and there are those IS ho be-
lieve.
Judge Cheney, one Of the leading
{, lawyers of Fort Scott, was in lola
r Tuesday between trains on his way to
! Independence on legal business. He
, visited a number of friends about
town and looked the city over. The
p REGISTER received pleasant call.
= Chanute Tribune: lola is to have
, some good base ball this year having
( secured FRANCHISE in the Missouri
D.. Valley League. Coffeyville, FIT. Scott
e and lola are the only Kansas towns
= in the league. The Missouri towns are
y Springfield, Joplin, Nevada, Sedalia
and Jefferson City.
After the regular meeting OF the w.
r c. II. U. Convention last evening a
: reception to the teachers of Allen
county was given at the residence of
: Mr. and Mrs. r. B. Stevenson on east
Madison avenue. The affair was
u very pleasant and much enjoyed by
i those who attended.
. The Chanute Sun announces that
q the Standard Oil Company has de-
. cided to move the 81, 900 barrel oil tank
f, n
. good move for the oil producers as il
:, is additional evidence that the Stand
:, ard Oil Company believes in the field
and wants to buy the output.
i Secretary Barnes of the State Hor
y ticultural Society predicts that the re-
= cent high winds and dust storms will
l. have one beneficial effect, that of kill
e ing the bugs which at this season o
s. the year iujure the fruit crop. The
2 dust and wind were nearly bad enough
e to kill human beings and it is certain
5, ly TO be hoped that the bugs wen
st down. 1T is an i'll wind" you know
y Mr.. F. V. Crouch returned HON,
y ~ from st. Louis the other day, wher
!, he and his lawyer, Judge Thompson
. were called on legal lImatters in connec
tion with the street railway, 1t is sait
>. Mr.. Crouch has about given up tn
:, idea of fixing up park at the rive
y, this year, owing 20 the lateness of tn
=, ~ season, the delay in securing a right
w. of-way desired from the city and tn
in need of time to extend the track.
ne Superintendent Allison reports tha
as the city water business isgetting GOO
al again. There are some 300 taps in us
k, and requests for new ones daily. Tn
or revenue will be increased as soon a
i lawn sprinklinp begins. There is n re