The Iola register., 1902-08-08
NEWS FROM ALLEN COUNTY
items from the County Exchanges
Which Show How Things are Pros
pering in this County.

NhiOh DhOW HOW lnlngS are Pros
perlng III this County.
The IIaHarpe brick company has a
contract for S175, coo brick for the bi
new Wholesale house at TT. Scott.
only two kilns have been burned but
already brick has been delivered or
contracted to deliver to the amount of
half million.
A. j. Servey has the contract for
the 1920 new LaHarpe school house.
Bickford & Edwards have the brick
work and the building is to be done
in ninety days.
LaHarpe News: A small blaze at
the rolling mill caused little excite
ment in LaElarpe Sunday. The excel
lent fire organization which the COM
pany maintains soon extinguished the
fire, however, with little or no damage
to the works.
AT Gibson City, ILL.,, July 81, the
stockholders of the Moran Oil and
Gas Company, which bought out the
plant there and lot Of leases and
will sink twenty wells, met aud organ
lied. The men have plenty of capital
and feel enthusiastic over the pros
poets. The company is capitalized at
a million dollars. w. j, Rumble was
made local manager.
The second rural mail route out of
Moran was started Friday with Mr..
j. Is. Armstrong as carrier.
Moran kicks on the telephone SER
vice since the Bell Company bought
out the Kansas Mutual.
The humboldt Grays, after beating
lola here last Sunday, won two games
at Paola, one at Osawatomie and one
at Garnet and then came home.
Humboldt Union: A force of work |
men are here putting in a thousand |
feet OF new switch for the Santa Fe
railway. This will give the Santa Fe
about a mile Of switch room here.
The switch builders have their tents
and families with them, and form a
small colony on the east end of New
York street. No. These are not the
men who build new depots. They will
come later on perhaps.
On Tuesday September Gas City
will vote on a proposition TO issue
$50, 900 in bonds for the construction
of waterworks plant.
Gas City Gaslight: The NJ. ].
Adams stock of general merchandise
which was sold at public auction Mon
day was purchased by Mr.. H. Is.
Wicks of lola at S7Sj Mr.. Wicl1s
will open up the store and continue
business at the old stand.
Lightning rod sharks have been
operating near Elsmore, using the
same graft which was worked in
Usage township and fully written up
in the REGISTER some time ago. Ed
Swenson was the "victim" this time
An agent got him to sign a contract :
TO have his barn wired free as an ad.
in the neighborhood. Next day two
grafters appeared to do the work.
Swenson stopped them took look at
-he contract and found that while the
barn was to be wired free up to IT'S
feet, he had to pay fancy prices for
all addition rod and was liable for "A d
.Otal of $780, lie baked but the men !
insisted. Swenson sent for twenty
at work nearby, the grafters .
got scared, compromised for $3.50 and
He'd.
Elsmore Enterprise: Miss Nellie T.
Gutter, who has been seriously sick at d
ler home since she left here July 10th, y
With chronic stomach trouble, was z
aiken TO the lola hospital Thursday .
md will be treated by Drs. Coifman a
md Dresbach, and it is hoped by her
riends than an early land permanent b
,ure will be affected. n
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