Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-26
Goodwater News.


the 18th instant. furious hailstorm
passed over portion of this locality
Usually decidedly noticeable lower
ing OF temperature succeeds a hail
Fstorm; but this was not the case this
time
! On the night of the 18th instant, rain
fell in torrents. and on the next morn
ing the waters in all the creeks in this
and adjoining communities were much
higher than they have been at any
other time since 1876. Nearly all the
bottom fields on this creek, as well as
on Huzza, Indian and Cub Creeks were
very much darnaged-in many cases
entirely untitled for cultivation.
Fences, gates and water gap logs were
washed away.
1t is said that Mincher's grist mill
formerly known as Boyer's MilD near
Davisville, Crawford county, and a
school-house near there, were washed
away. In 1876 the schoolhouse in
this district was washed down quite a
considerable distance and lodged
against tree. This time it is said the
door Of the schoolhouse was burst open
and the water rose in it to the depth of
about two feet.
Many meadows are untitled for now
ing by machinery, as rock, gravel and
debris of all kinds have been deposited
on them.
Not a few of what were the prettiest
corn-felds were over-fOwed and washed
by meandering currents Of water, and
as consequence what little corn is
left in them is in very poor shape for
successful cultivation. Judging from
all reports uplands were damaged but
little by the heavy rains. Unless We
are favored by late autumn as well
as by an absence of droughts during
the ensuing summer, it is feared that
cOrn-crops will be very light here
abouts. Especially SO, in all cases
where re-planting was necessitated by
the freshet.
Wheat oats and meadows, were that
not injured by a washing away of soil
look quite promising.
Apple trees, in most places, were
unusually full of blooms and if nothing
prevents, an abundance of that desired
fruit is assured. Peaches will be very
scarce on the lowlands: on the uplands
very fair quantity is expected.
Edward Payne, Jr., has bought 60
acres of land, just south of the W. I.
Crocker farm, from Henry Nelson.
He intends removing thereon in few
days.
Since my last, Mr.. L. Crocker's fam
lily received letters from him, directing
them to sell out everything at once and
to 90 to him in Montana; they are
complying with his wishes as fast as
they can. His brother, r. c. Crocker,
has gone to see the man who holds a.
deed of trust on the W. I. Crocker real
estate, with the intention of purchas
ing said property, if terms of satisfy
ing said deed OF trust can be arranged.
The property has been advertised to be
sold at Trustees sale on the 14th prox,
but it is believed that Mr.. r. c.
Croker will succeed in staying pro-
ceedings. In case he purchases the
land he intends removing at once to
Crocker's Mill.
On last Sunday, 18th instant, Mrs.
Samuel Thompson died after an illness
of ten days. Mrs. Thompson was born
= y
age. Her remains We're inferred on the
old Samuel Thompson farm about 3
miles west of Foote. Her husband,
who is very feeble, three daughters
and one son, and a large number of
grand and great-grand-children sur
vive her. Her daughters are Mrs. B.
f. Brooks, ST.. of near Goodland: Mrs.
W. T. Croker and Mrs. I. +. Croker
of this neighborhOod. The son re-
ferred to is Chas. Thompson of near
Black, Mo
Rev. Mr.. T. J. Forbes, of the NJ. E.
Church, gave us a call on the 18th
instant.
Our roadoverseer, Mr.. J. P. Wood.
is, with a crew of hands, repairing
some Of the damages done to the roads
by the recent freshet. Nearly all the
danger posts" or "high-water-
marks" that were put up in this road
district during the past year, have
been washed away, and thus a consid-
cradle amount Of money expended for
that purpose has been wasted. | do
not mean to cast any reflections on our
road-Overseer, nor his manner of put
ting up said danger posts: he doubt |
less used his best judgment as to the
proper locations for them, and no doubt |
nearly all the other danger-posts in
this and adjoining counties are washed |
away as well as those hereabOuts. But |
it seems to me that our county court |
should take immediate steps to ascer- |
tain if there is no way to more firmly |
set such posts, sufficiently SO to ensure |
the majority of them remaining in place |
a reasonable length of time. A gravel |
bed, such as many of the posts have to |
be set in if put up at all, il at best a /
rather unstable thing; hence if post |
is put but a foot. or two below the |
surface it cannot be expected to stay. |
In most cases less than three feet depth
of post-hole is insufficient to ensure
stability to the posts placed in them.
If danger-posts cannot be placed so as
to remain in place in times OF freshets
the only times when the danger they
are intended to indicate exists-the
county court would far better have no
more posts put up. As it is, the only
permanent results of such work is Civ
ing roadoverseers "a fat little job.
We trust our honorable county court
will deign to notice this matter. as it is
of interest to all taxpayers. r. Z.
May 20th, 1892.
Rev. Mr.. James is still talking per-