The Iola register., 1902-02-14
AROUND OLD ALLEN COUNTY
Items of Interest From the County
Papers for the Week Which Has
just Passed

Mayor Peet is planning to build La
Harpe's first brick business house.
The Humboldt Herald now issues
as twice-a-week, all home print pa
per, which is great Improvement.
The Union wants Humboldt's com
mercial club to secure the services of
II revivalist to work on jhe members.
Rev. N. V. Moore of Humboldt is
reported as having a telephone fran
chise for Moran and to be working on
his line.
The Humboldt Brick Company got
a good gas well on the Geo. Work
farm west of the river: one of the best
wells yet drilled.
Humboldt Union: Rev. i. S, Jones
reports that during the revivals he
has conducted this winter there have
been ninety-threo conversions.
Tuesday night Savonburg held its
first council meeting with b. f. Cliff
ford of lola present to help. A dog
and a poll tax ordinance were passed.
One wolf hide is exhibited at Savon-
burg, tropy of IA big wolf hunt. :"
Another will be pulled off soon. 4"
says the Record, but whether it means
another hide or another hunt is not
known.
Humboldt Union: f. w. Fem has
severed his connection with VIM.
| Braucher's hardware store, and went
over to LaIHarpe this week to connect
up the telephone wires for II. II Jones
who has the franchise for that town.
Mr.. Fem will enter the ministry again
in the spring
ElsniOre Enterprises: Mr.. Jones
who has just purchased the farm
north of town where the big "Wittica"
spring is located, is thinking of ap-
plying to the Savonburg city officers
for a water franchise and piping it to
that place. This spring is one of the
finest in the county and Savonburg
would be fortunate to have water
supply.
An Elsmore man refused to list his
farm with Editor Decker, who is also
In the real estate business, but said
he would be glad If Decker would
send him a buyer and not charge a
commission. Why is that funny ?
Because it applies to another kind OF
business the very methods which peo-
pie work on newspapers.
r. M. Cunningham has formally
announced himself as candidate for
Register Of Deeds. The Moran Her.
aid says it understands that j. Q.
Roberts, of LaHarpe, will soon be
out for county superintendent of pub
lie instruction. Mr.. Roberts came
near getting the nomination once be-
fore. He is the sditor of the LaHarpe
News.
Mr.. II. M. Cunningham of Hum
boldt formally prepares to run for
Register OF Deeds on the Republican
ticket. The Humboldt Union gives
him a!nice sendroil, noting his know
ledge Of real estate, his good education
and excellent penmanship. Mr.. Cum
ningham expected to run before and
is we'll known over the county, having
resided here mnny years.
LaHarpe New: The LaHarpe Tele.
phone Excharge Company has the
wires strung UAis week and about Il
phones in. Now it is IN order to say
Hello Central" The women folks
are kicking now because they have nc
excuse to COUP town.
LaHarpe News: The brick company
is putting ia the dry-pan for the plant
also work has begun on the buildings
in which the machinery and so forth is
to be placed.
LaHarpe News: j. II. Miller of lola
informs as that he is a candidate for
county attorney. Mr.. Miller's Repub
licanisn is of number one quality
He was a Republican in Colorado
when it took nerve to be a Republican
He is young man of good moral anC
industrious habits and the party cal
make no mistake by nominating
him.
Humboldt Union: Mr.. and Mrs. +
H. Leitzbach, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
McCarty, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Dickin
son, Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Cunning
ham, MIR. and Mrs. j. j, Amos an
Miss Irene Heath went up to Iol
Monday evening on a sleighing expe
di on. They had Il, A. Gleason's S pic
mic wagon placed on runners an
pulled by four horses, and had an ell
ioyah1a ,ida avoant that tho elad mn