Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-17

the most prominent cltlZeDS OF St.
Louis.
Among those who have spent the
summer there for one or more years
are Rev. and Mrs P. g. Robert. DIR.
and Mrs. Otto f. Foster. DR.. Glasgow.
Gen. John W. Turner and wife, Cash
Ter VIM Thomson of the Boatmen's
Bank and wife. Maj. aud Mrs. James
Bannerman. Mrs. Peter Blow, DR..
Boismiere. Col. and Mrs. Bates, ex-
Potter, Gov. and Mrs Charles P. John
son, Hon. F. F. Espenschied, Rev. NJ.
Schuyler's family, DR.. Soulard, Mrs.
Mary Soulard, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mil
tenberger, Mrs. Dodge and the Misses
Dodge, Mrs. Mary Drease, Mrs. Hiram
Groves, Jno. O'Fallon Clark. Mrs.
Burs and Messrs. A. L. Shapleigb,
CIendenin. Dillon, Scarritt, Swift,
Sheppard, j. Garneau. J. Harvey,
Randolph Hutchinson. Whittemore.
OVerstoltz, a. Braun. Edgars. Farrer,
Adams and Charles O'Falion.
This is indeed formidable list when
placed in juxtaposition TO Col. Henry.
single handed.
All of them agree in declaring Area
dia To be one of the most healthful
places on earth In fact. to those well
acquainted with it. the Arcadia Valley
has long been known a. ''Children's
Paradise"
II is true Arcadia. and even the
natives partake of the Arcadia sur
rouGdingz among which they have
been reared.
Arcadia uuheaithful? Nonsen-e!"
exclaimed Rev. p. q. Robert of the
Church of the Holy Communion, when
i. Post Dispatch reporter mentioned the
matter To MIN yesterday afternoon.
1T il one of the most delightful
places on earth. / never knew a per-
son to leave there sick. The air is
bracing and invigOratiDg, and the
scenery is fine. Who says the place is
unsanitary?"
I'VE spent eight summers there, "
said Mrs. Robert, who has been speak
ing during her husbands absence.
-four at Arcadia and four at IrontOn,
and | must say that The Valley sur
passes any health resort with which |
am acquainted
The Arcadia Valley is located eigh-
ty miles south of St. Louis on the line of
the Iron Mountain Railroad. The
towns of Arcadia, IrOnton and Pilot
Knob are built close together, and
each is about 600 feet above the sea
level. A mile and a half south of
Ironton is Tiptop Mountain. 900 feet
above the level of the sea Railroad
trains have to use special mountain
engine to cross it. The Ozarks are in
plain view, and the prospect is some
thing delightful.
This talk about Arcadia being I'M
healthful is untrue and unjust" con-
tinued Mrs. Robert, land there is an
abundance of evidence to disprove the
statement. Gen. John w Turner.
Mr. w. II. Thomson, Mr.. Hiram Gro
ver's family and other ST. Louisans
own farms in the vicinity, where they
pass the heated term every year Thu
fact alone ought to refute the state
ment that the Valley is unsanitary.
..Mrs Koerner. wife of ex- Congress-
man Koerner. of the BelIevllle district.
visited Arcadia during eleven consecu-
Awe years.
"A lady from Arkansas whom l met
there one summer said that she had
tried Mackinac. Oconomowoc aud 9th
err Northern resorts for malaria, but
Arcadia was the best place she had
found.
Il attribute the present robust
health of my youngest son entirely t"
the fact that his summers for several
years were passed in the Arcadian Val
ley. When commenced taking him
there he was small and sickiy. bat now
he is tail. we'll proportional and In the
hest of health
when / went there the firsI time
was sick when l boarded The train. but
in short time had entirely recovered
The next year | took medicine WITH
me but did not need il.
One summer when | was there
thirty children We're in the house unG
not one OF them ~as sick during tie
" hole time.
90 the other na0d. "a iittie chtid.
about nine years old, came - sick n
had to b. carried. Inside IF few
weeks It's health was wholly restored.
The oull persons ever knew t. b
sick there we're six. who persisted lu
drinking water from an open Well tina
stood Ia front of IA livery stable. AT
ter they became i'll the well was cleaned
out. aud was found 10 contain the car
cass of a dog.
Mr. and Mr.. John O'Fallnn Clark
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Mirenberger, tn
members of my o~n family AID Ouher,
refused to drink anything but spriug
water, and we escaped.
The only reason we have not spen
the summer at Arcadia recently" said
Mrs. Robert, us that the trips be-
came too tiresome for Mr. Robert. who
was compelled To return to his congre
CATION every Saturday. The trip con-
sumed about four hours each way, and
was by no means pleasant in hot wealth
er.
The principal objections TO both
villages il that the hotel accummoda
tiuns are very primitive To-, cnrpu,-
alton or Individual that all take hotd
of Arcadia aud develop il is bound la
make fortune.
Before the death of President II
NJ. Hoxie the Iron Mouutain Railroad
Company had conceived a plan Ia builG |
a hotel at Arcadia aud develop that
section. but after he died the matter
was allowed TO drop TIE Arcade |
V alley Improvement Association is now
in existence. but il doesn't seem to- be
anything. II il would spend |
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