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

The opera house question is coming
to head again and seems possibly
nearing the sure thing stage.
The Capital says that Prof. Grims-
ley is in lola measuring oil wells. The
Professor is probably in Chanute.
The REGISTER is sorry to learn that
DR.. w. S. Hendricks is seriously i'll
at his home on east Madison avenue.
Mr.. A. j. Felt who has been here
visiting his daughter Mrs. Will
Thompson returned to his home in
Seneca.
Grant Speers and wife went to Shaw
Kansas. Mrs. Speers expects to visit
her mother at Erie before returning
home.
Mr.. James Rodgers, president of tn
Lanyon Zinc Company, and Mr.. Cap
peau, are both here at present, look
ing after the plants.
Born, Friday, March 2S, 1902, to
MIR. and Mrs. LuteP. Stover, daugh-
ter. Mother aud child doing we'll and
he father prostratedwith joy.
Miss Nellie Colburn, who has work.
ed faithfully in Northrups store, will
begin short vacation soon going
to Oklahoma to visit relatives.
In the daily pension list appears the
name of Jeremiah Bryant of Elsmore,
who is credited with a $l2 a month
pension. His friends congratua ate
him.
E. M. Stauifer and wife and chill
dren, L. K. From and wife and chill.
dren. and Geo. Davis and wife, and
children went to Chanutefor a Sunday
visit.
The State industrial commission
will soon make tour of the state get
ting displays for Kansas's exhibit at
st. Louis. Naturally aud properly
lola is the first town on the list.
The Miller Candy Co. who own the
property just south of the Mo. Pac.
depot have had the house moved to the
south half of the lot and have COM
menced the erection of candy factory
on the north half.
Ed Long came down from Kansas
City last week with a car load of
young steers probably fifty, selected
from 1900 at the stock yards. Ed evil
IDENTIFY has an inside track on the fod-
der pro position.
The costs IN the suit of Geo A.
Ward VS. the Farmers Alliance Tnsur-
ance Company have been paid, the
judgment settled and the appealto the
supreme cour' Withdrawn. The case
was settled for 500.
The probate Judge last week unit
of Elsmore and Mr.. l. ID Puckett, of
Humboldt. The ceremony was per-
formed at the home of Mr.. Tom
GODDARD, l6 Bruner street.
A request for another survey of the
Richards and Piestor tracts in the east
part of town has been received. These
lands have been surveyed several times
but it is hoped to finally and flor ali
time decide the boundaries. Mr..
Piestor is planning to plat his lands.
Quite a number of Kansas towns are
having an epidemic of mumps in the
schools and the infantile troubleI:is
notunknown here. Several pupils in
Miss Neva Funk's class have had the
mumps lately and she, being, very
sympathetic with their troubles, caught
them too.
One of the causes of felicitation in
the Stover family over the birth of
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. Lutte Stover
is the fact that it. rather she, is the
first girl baby in the family Lutte, in
his ecstacy declared the baby weighs
eight pounds, and five of those pounds
are lungs.
The Topeka Capital prints nice
story about "Chanute has the bright
est future of any town in Kansas"
Reading the article brings outthe fact
that it is Chanute boomer being lin
terviewed. Chanute is a promising
"town," The City of lola feels quite
friendly toward the rdstling. village
to the south.
After week of beautiful weather,
balmy, sunny, springy, the day before
Easter showed up cloudy and driz-
zling. During the forenoon snow,fell,
as did also the hearts of the fair danes
who have spring bonnets in cold stor-
age for Easter Sunday. tits sermon.
Vanity, vanity, all is vanity" says
the weather man.
Here is an interesting little item
which the REGISTER reporter, being
persona non grata with the powers