The Iola register., 1902-01-31
AROUND OLD ALLEN COUNTY
The Jibes and Jokes, the wit and
Woes of the Last Weeks Issue
of the County Press

There are 1853 pupils enrolled in the
Humboldt school.
The Gaslight says Martin Heinrichs
of Humboldt has bought three lots
and started three new houses in Gas
City.
The new Methodist church at Gas
City will be dedicated Sunday, Feb. 8,
by President Murlin of Baker Univer-
sity.
The Herald says that last gas we'll
turned out to be nearly as good as the
first one after all and the town feels
encouraged.
Elsmore Enterprise Miss Gertie
Gay was one of the lucky guessers in
the Gnter-Ocean guessing contest and
won fine bicycle.
The Humboldt Union says Hum
boldt has as much and as good oil as
Chanute, and that its gold mines are
away a head of Chanute's.
Moran is fire scared fires occurr-
ing with dangerous freqency. The
new sheds of the Mendell Lumber
Company narrowly escaped Friday
night.
Humboldt Union: Joe Ball killed
a large gray wolf on Owl creek Tues
day and brought the critter to town
with him, in case anybody wanted to
be Shown"
The LaHarpe News endorses the
nomination of c. f. Ludlum forcounty
commissioner in the first district. The
News happens to be in the second dis
trict though.
Savonburg people are feeling the
thrill of preparation for their first
spring election. When they go
through Elsmore their noses point
straight up.
The well being drilled for the La
Harpe brick company caved in when
2l0 feet deep. But fine flow of fresh
water was found, so the greatest dan
ger is removed.
The News records numerous pur-
chases of lots, many new houses and
a whole regiment of new people are
moving to that town. The Allen county
gas belt is humming.
A Linn county exchange of the Gas
City Gaslight reports the birth of
seven male children to a woman at
Farlinville in one day. What a pity
the record was not kept for week,
In its directory to the county the
Gas City Gaslight includes the follow
ing: "Probate Court. Terms begin
1st kay of each month and continu-
GUS" Dearly beloved, read your
proofs.
Moran Herald; Supt. Webb of the
Missouri Pacific passed over this
division Wednesday in his private
car, He stopped here long enough to
get chew off of Jim Hurlock's plug
and then proceeded westward.
Elsmore Enterprises If you don't
like your town or community, move
out of it, but as long as you live in
part of it, try to remedy the defects
and don't make it your business to
tell them to every stranger you see.
Savonburg Record: Starks one
gas we'll is blown out clean now and
they tell us they are keeping warm
now without difficulty. just think if
they can keep warm with gaser only
635 feet deep, what might be done with
one down 1000 feet or farther.
There promises to be an epidemic of
diamonds in Gas City An ad. in the
Gaslight tells how by paying S. down
and Sl.25 a week for sixty weeks one
may secure $500 jewel from CofTey.
vile firm. With water works and
few of those sparklers the town will
not need electric lights.
John Squire, living south Cf Hum
boldt, has started pretty and good
sense fashion by naming his farm
"Suny Slope Farm" That is a heap
nicer than calling it 1.-THE yaller house
two miles and quarter west of the
Mud Run bridge" Isn't it?
The Elsmore Enterprise wants to
know what became of the one dollar
which was reported stolen from T. E.
Martin and not recovered. SllO was
reported taken and $l09 recovered.
Why the dollar was taken as interest
for caring for careless mans money
for one evening.
The editor of the Gas City Gaslight
is something Of a dramatic critic. He
says Miss Hash, recently removed
from there to the pest house, is a
pretty actress from Colorado. The
editor admits that he once rendered