Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-10-11

the duties enjoined upon him in the last pre-
ceding section, he shall forfeit for every sucl
neglect, the sum of fifty dollars, to be re
covered by civil action in any court of rec
ord.
This statement is all we ask for. and
it ought to be made You admit thai
no money has been paid into the treas
ury since last April. Why not? The
dog-tax has long since fallen due; mer
chants licenses have accrued from time
to time since then; the dramshop Ii
censes were due September LIST. and
the ordinance says they ''must invari.
ably be paid in advance" Why have
they not been collected and paid into
the city treasury, which is as empty as
a last years birds nest, and outstand.
ing warrants seeking payment? Do
you call this enforcing the ordinances?
We intinated that the condition OF
the city's thoroughfares didn't ex-
hibit to the naked eye as much evil
dence of of the expenditure as they
ought to: in fact we believe We went
so far as to insinuate that some of the
oldest inhabitants remembered time
when the streets were even in better
condition than now. This may have
been rash; it certainly was unwarrant-
ed. for Mr.. Gay says it is on the con-
trary quite the reverse. And he's the
Mayor, and the Mayor ought to know.
We therefore apologize and beg his
pardon, let liverymen and other driv-
e oh iofa hot
And while we are at this particular
point we may as we'll tender so full an
apology that it shall cover all short
comings on the street question. past,
present and future. Collins horse
didn't fall through the bridge at Bo-
nauza; the animal didn't skin his
knees, nor fall down and unseat his
rider. That was all fake of Collins,
and his threat now to sue the city is a
joke. That bridge never was defec-
tive, the authorities hadn't been no.
titled about it frequently for months
before its alleged breakdown. The
covering it anew last week was a use
less and unnecessary expense. That
bridge at J. H. Clark's always was
good, safe and sound, and didn't
threaten to give way weeks and
months before, by repeated misrepre-
the street committee had it
recovered. The streets are smooth,
free from holes, gullies, loose stones.
and everything that bumps down the
dinner and aids the digestion of the
rich who ride in chaises. In fact. the
New Jerusalem is not so well paved;
for there the golden blocks are moral
to all not wholly regen-
crate, while our streets offer no temp
tation to the straying feet of the I'M
Speaking of "Tax-Payer," his letter
was at least cOuched in decent Ian
guage, and we beg to assure you, Mr..
Gay. that he is no more a dedicated
cur" than you are; neither was his let
ter the inspiration of cur. He tells
the truth in regard to county finances:
when in 1S71-not 1873-the Demo
Gratis took charge of county affairs, its
were selling at So and 80
cents on the dollar: and within a few
months they were at par. The bond
I'd Indebtedness was over $50, 900, and
n a few years it was cleared off. L.
?. Russell, Franz Dinger and Nathan
Johnson were the county judges under
whose administration this was done.
We have no harsh word to use in ref
,rence TO your statement in this con-
lection: we are willing to assume that
-ou are only mistaken; for we have
noted as a rule that when "liar,"
.falsifier," false statement" .ma-
icious falsehood." ETC., are ever on
he lip. they leave little room for
ruth.
AS to the printing Of the ordinances.
Yourself nothing of the worth of the
OBJ; therefore, permit us to inform you
hat whoever told you it was not worth
,very cent charged for it, told you an
For long number of years
-ou have been furnishing lumber for
he use of the city; do you suppose
hat if you were to publish statement
If all the money you received for it
here would not be some captious per-
ION ready to question the justice of the
,ity's expenditure in that behalfe
In conclusion. Mr.. Gay, you stated in
he course of your article that you did
Tot want to call US liar: you will note
hat all through this replication we also
lave retrained from calling you liar:
We know how to requite courtesy with
AS for the Boss and the lit
lie chaps, we simply say-''Shoo fly!
lon't bOddah me-"