The Iola register., 1902-04-11
LOCAL NEWS

Miss Belle Hubert who has been
here visiting her aunt Mrs. A. l.. Titus
returned to her home in Creek. Neb.
Frank Canatsey is getting about
regularly now. He says his injured
leg is getting better but that the
crutches bennmb his arms SO he is
weak.
The Chanute City council in special
session made haste to agree not to
take the new smelter into the city
limits and to grant it the gas and oil
rights on the land wanted.
Miss Hattie Olmstead spent several
days Of this week visiting her mother
at home. Mrs. Olmstead was so un-
fortunate as to step on nail while
in town recently and has suffered from
very sore foot. .....,
Some mighty fine specimens OF zinc
and lead ore were received today by
the Northrup boys from Arkansas,
from the "400" claim. Ten lola men
own the 400 acres which is predicted
to become one of the big mines of the
State.
Ted Tibbetts was placed under 5000
bond to appear for trial next term OF
the district court on the charge of as
saulting Fred Spicer. He and Alvin
Corn were also indicted by the late
grand jury. Spicer is not able to
open his mouth yet, although the as
sault made by Tibbetts hapened last
Christmas.
Complaints from a number OF towns
have for some time made the fact
known that bogus dollars, Mexican
dollars and other light weight coin
is circulating in southeastern Kansas
Quite little money has appeared here
which hasn't the ring and feels light.
Before you take much of it it might be
well to bite it or have some wise party
look at it.
If all the factories around lola we're
only using city water the city would
have mighty Dice revenue. A re-
porter happened to stand over the
waterworks superintendent this morn
ing while he was making out the bill
for water against the United Zinc and
Chemical Company and during March
the.bill amounted to some forty-two
dollars. If the smelters, cement works,
brick plants, railroads and ice plant
were using water, even at very low
rate, the revenue would be something
enormous.
The idea that Andrew Carnegie may
give lola a library has never been
dropped. a request to that effect is
before him right now. There is also
talk that the local Federation of Wo-
mems CLUBS may take the matter in
hand and try to accomplish the build
ing of handsome room in which all
the clubs may meet and in which the
public library may be housed. 1t is a
good idea and the REGISTER would
like to see all the ladies united in
wheedling Mr.. Carnegie. It's dollars
to doughnuts that he couldn't resist.
No lola man has ever been able to.
E. X. Hall and Frank Campb ell,
sons of Fulton, Bourbon county men,
ran away last Sunday night. They
said in note they left that they had
SIS and were going to Colorado. They
we're traced to FIT. Scott where they
bought a ticket to Redfeld. Mr.. Hall,
a Fulton banker, and father of one of
the boys, followed them and heard
that two boys answering the descrip-
tion got off at lola. He came here,
searched the town but found no bows.
AS matter Of fact the boys started
out in the world with just seventy-five
cents and we're found at Parsons. 1t
is interesting to know that two sets of
boys ware at large whose descriptions
so closely tailed.
Charles Ritter is willing to leave
the Populist party off the county
ticket this fall, if the Democrats will
do the same. Party pride and name
are of no significance when it is
matter of saving the county from
the running and horrible rule of the
Republicans, Numerous conferences
have been held among the fusion
forces but no agreement can be
reached and there are those who say
there will be II straight Democratic
county ticket. The Democrats in the
State have begun life anew on inde-