Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-28
NUMBER 48.
Bellevlew.

Believlew.
Ed. Register-Ihere has been an ex
odus OF citizens from this portion o
Iron county lately on account of the
hope of gain in this worlds wealth
through the sale of territory in which
to give away soap and sell the patent
right to make it. John Harral and
family have gone to Tenn. to operate
the saponaceous cleansing element.
Frank Fitzpatrick and Philip Hartman
have gone to Kentucky to help the peo.
pie clean up. Harvey Bell and J. w.
Mcfarland have gone to Iowa, to sell
soap; Eugene Logan, Sim Buford and
Thomas Bell, Jr., go to Illinois soon.
to assist the natives in cleaning up the
Sucker State. Thomas Mari is in Mis-
sissippi county selling the right to
make the greatest cleansing agent
known to the now living people. Mr..
MARI has Mississippi and Scott coun-
ties. VIM. Vale goes to Stoddard in
a few days to help the swampers clean
up. Rev. r. E. Atkinson and D. NJ.
Newman are in st. Francois county
this week, and as soon as they get
through there they will go to Indiana
and help the Hoosiers clean up. Obe
Warren and 10 Blakely are iE Madison
county helping the people over there
clean up and get ready for the COM
mencement exercises of Marvin Collie
giate Institute. Rev. John Turner is
in Pettis county selling out the terri
tory of that and adjoining counties,
which, when he has finished, he will
go to Ohio and see if the Buckeyes
want to know how to make good,
cheap soap. Tom Bell, Sr., is way
down in Newton county giving away
soap and selling the right to make it.
Philip Carly is out in Reynolds county
fighting ticks and selling soap rights.
Henry Light is to go soon, and George
Van Mort is already off to some re-
mote part where soap is needed. Last
OF all the men who came here, and put
all the aforesaid parties on the road to
wealth via the soap line, quietly took
their departure one day last week.
They took away from here several
hundred dollars in cash, some notes
of a nine weeks sojourn in the valley.
Some people will no doubt say it is q
humbug and fraud. and doubtless
some who have invested extensively in
the business will lose money; but now
that everybody has gone aud l shall
not be accused of trying to advertise
their business, wish simply to say
that the soap and fluid which they
gave away here Is the greatest labor
saving agent that have seen in many
years. With it one can wash without
washboard or other rubbing machine,
in less than half the time it usually
takes to wash clothes. We trust all
who have invested money in this busi-
ness will make success OF it, because
in so doing they will benefit a large
class of people by making lighter the
washing which is the heaviest OF
woman's work.
There will be Sunday School Con-
ference (of the Sunday Schools on
Belleview circuiD at Alum Cove
church on the third Saturday and Sun
day in June, beginning at 2 p. NJ. on
Saturday. Basket dinner on Sunday
and sermon by Rev. L. F. Aspley oil
Arcadia at IL A. NJ. Saturday after
noon Blackboard and Chartwork.
Sunday morning the Alum Cove Sum
day School will render the regular
Children's Day programme. The Sun
day School which does the best singing
will be awarded prize OF 25 Sunday
School Song Books. Each school COM
peting shall be represented by at least
10 pupils or members of the school and
shall sing at least three, and not more
than five songs. Prizes worth one
dollar, each, will be given for the best
recitation. solo. and duet. Mr.. Editor,
come out and bring your wife and all
the little Axes. You will be we'll
cared for and the exercises will do you
good.
About sixteen dwellers in the Valley
attended the Epworth League and Dis
trict Conferences last week at De Soto.
They all report good time.
There will be wedding in Belle
view before the moon changes again,
but | do not want to spoil all the
pleasure of guessing, so will not give
the names. There will be six brides
maids, and they shall come come from
the east and from the west and sit
down together.
Rufus Imboden, who has been very
low with consumption all the past year,
has SO far recovered as to ride out one
day last week.
There is great deal OF complaint
about the chinch bug in the growing
wheat and oats. The potatoe bug
seems to be very numerous, and it has
almost ruined one Or two patches here.
Crop prospects average about 95 pei
cent. taking them all around. Johr
Imboden still has the best field of corr
in the valley. He will be done laying
it by. by the time you speak of tha,
other mans crop, Mr.. Editor. if yor
wait as long after this is written al
you did after my other letter left here
OLD PEOPLE.
We this week add two more to oui
| list of old people. add hereafter we
shall try to add several names to the
list in each letter we write: otherwise,
we shall not get through this year,
for our list increases very rapidly az
our acquaintance extends among the
good people of the valley.
JOHN WEBB
Belleview, Mo-, was born in Montgom-
cry county, Western Virginia. in April,
1919: hence is n years old. He was