The Iola register., 1902-05-02

trying mighty hard TO find gas in pay
ing quantities had Prof. Haworth,
State geologist, at thatplace Saturday
examining their wells. He expressed
the opinion after examining the wells
that the gas there was too close to the
surface to have sufficient pressure
for commercial use, there being too
great leakage.
Misses Belle Horwitz, Nellie Reed,
Maggie Johnson, Tressa Lee and
Anna and Margaret Tholen accom-
panied Miss Alice Murphy home Sun
day and spent the day with her
The girls went out for breakfast, stayed
for dinner and came back of the even
ing train taking in Piqua on the way
They report rollicking, good time.
Topeka Capital Coffeyville's
Commercial club conducted lecture
course the past season which cleared
S200.34. The money will be used this
summer to pay for band concerts.
This is a good scheme: Provide enter
tainments for the winter, and charge
enough to pile up sufficient funds to
carry on different line of entertain
ments during the next summer.
Sunday night some one attempted
to break into the Katy depot. When
Mr.. Baldwin, the agent, went to the
office Monday he discovered that the
glass in the Office window had been
broken out and an attempt made to
unfasten the lock but the paint had
dried around the sash and the window
could not be raised. The sash was
broken out but il the BURGERS went
inside they left no trace for Mr.. Bald
win found everything just as he left it
Sunday night.
The local lodge of Pyramids are
working on a scheme now for an ex-
cursion to Nevada May 18th. The
Pyramids from all over this district
will celebrate there and the town Of
Nevada asputup considera ble money
to be distributed in prizes to lodges
and bands. The band from here will
probably go as the members are al
ready busy raising money to take it
and will enter the band contest. The
Katy has made a rate of 81 for the
round trip and it is expected FIVE hun
dred people will make up the crowd.
w. 7. Davis was in town Monday
and reported find OF surface gas Ton
the farm of Mr.. Delgarno, one.half
mile this side of Tom Andersou's cor
ner. 1t was discovered in an old COW
lot where the ground had been tramped
down and a coating laid over the top
about as thick and hard as coat of
plastering. In number of places
this was bulged up mach like = carpet
will do when the wind gets under it
and on puncturing the raised places
and touching match to it a blaze
similar 10 a powder explosion shot up.
A war between railroads always
tends to please the people generally
and it looks as if lola would be the
scene Of one this summer No sooner
had the Katy announced an excursion
to Kansas City for May 9th, than the
Santa Fe makes similar announce
ment. The Mo. Pac. follows this up
with the same rate for their regular
trains. The attraction at Kansas City
will be ball game and each road will
doubtless get some business unless
one Of them cuts the rate still lower.
The road which makes the best rate
will get the business as people gener-
ally are not in sympathy with rail-
roads.
w. V. Church, State superintendent
OF insurance, has finished the distri-
button of the firemen's relief fund.
which this year amounts to 800, ,5l6O5.
The fund is collected by two per
cent tax on the premium receipts of
fire insurance companies in towns
which supnort fire departments having
more than $1,000 of equipment. The
fund is devoted to the relief of 6remen
injured in the line of duty or to the
relief of their wives and children in
case they are killed while in discharge
of duties. The fund this year is di-
vided among ll2 towns, Iola's share
being $294.72 Here the firemen take
a part of this insurance each year and
pay for accident insurance. Ex-chief
Canatsey carried accident insurance
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