The Iola register., 1902-01-24
LOCAL NEWS

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mar
tin, of jlS west Scott street, boy.
Miss Wilhite, of Emporia, visited
her brother George here Sunday.
Mr.. Baird, a merchant of Oklahoma
spent Sunday here visitinghi brother
J.. Il. Baird and other friends.
Misses Ellie and Gurtie Messenger OF
Moran are the guests of Miss Alma
Beck.
The CofTeyville Brick Company has
bought the south plant of the Chanute
brick company.
DR.. r. M. Martin of Maryville, Mo-,
visited Sunday with his sister Mrs.
DR.. Shadwick.
An increase in pension of S14 a month
is noted by thepapersfor.John Hetfer-
man, of Neosho Falls.
The Bank of commerce of Kansas
City has bought the Bank of Colony
and will hereafter conduct it..
The Lanyon Zinc Company will in
the near future start we'll about a
mile and "a half west of Moran.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lawton return
ed to their home in Usage City after
visit with her sister Mrs. Fred Pettin.
gill.
The boys who met Burt Mitchell and
noted his unusual plumpness incline
to the belief that octopas steaks must
be rare good eating.
Mr.. Cecil, of Kansas City, is here
visiting his father S. &. Cecil. He
bought a lot on south Buckeye street
on the looks Of the town.
Mr.. f. b. Smith returned Saturday
from his extened visit back to his
home in Pennsyl" ania. Mrs. Smith
stopped in Ohio for visit of several
weeks
Patton & Plunkett, the Coiieyville
drillers, have been given the con-
tract for sinking five gas wells west of
Fort Scott in the hope of finding
oil or gas. Work is to begin next
week
A house full of members of the
Christian church and friends surpris-
ed their pastor on Saturday evening.
A fine time and two fine presents are
to be remembered. 1t was the pastors
birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stone returned
last Friday from Case Missouri
where they have been at his old home.
They visited number of places
while on the trip and had good time
generally.
Ottawa Herald: OF course If Gener-
al Funston would rather undergo a
surgical operation than attend the
Kansas Day banquet, all that anybody
can say is that there's no accounting
for tastes.
j. a. Wheeler of the cement plant
is enjoying visit from his brother,
G. f. Wheeler, of Seattle, Wash.
They have been separated a number of
years and are enjoying the reunion
all the more.
Mr.. j. S. Turner has stood the din OF
civilization and the idiosyncraces of
metropolitan life as long as hecan and
he left last Tuesday for the Kiowa
country to revel in the untrammeled
freedom of the untitled plains.
Mr.. w. S. Woods, of the Bank of
Commerce has been establishing a
series of Kansas banks land now owns
the Humboldt bank the Garnett bank
and the Colony bank in this section.
w. S. Fallis, nephew of Mr.. Woods
is president of all three.
Twin daughters were born last
Monday to Mr., and Mrs. Ross Clai-
borne, of IS south Ohio street. They
are mighty fine young young ladies
: and Mr.. and Mrs. Claiborne are very
proud of them, as are the grand
parents.
Millard Teats has secured a position
as time-keeper with the American
Bridge Company of Kansas City. He
will begin work soon at good salary.
This is the company which Mack
Travis works for and Mack left re-
Gently for Alexander, La, with a
bridge crew.
Mr.. Perry d. Rose, of Jefferson, la.
the lawyer mentioned by the REGISTER
some days ago, has returned home
but will come back and make lola his
home He was a distinguished men,
ber of the Iowa bar and will be well
/, coined here. With him will come his
family, and his stenographer, Mr.. F.,
j. Allen.
! Mrs Hannis Wise has sued IeI