Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-29

The Budweiser Band spent a very
pleasant evening at the rife range las
Friday as the guests of the officers O
Troops A and D of the 18th Cavalry.
The officers most elegantly entertained
their guests and all present will long
remember the occasion.
W. E. Zener Of De Lassus was ar.
raigned before the q. S. Commissioner
here Friday last charged with selling
liquor without paying government tax.
Zener said he had been selling beer for
a couple OF months and was held for
the federal court, st. Louis.
Some boys who live in and about
Graniteville have a practice of annoy
ing all visitors to that section. They
throw rocks at passing rigs, loosen
hitched horses, cut harness, etc. They
had better mend their evil ways. II
they don't some of them will be in
serious trouble, and that before long,
too.
The Gamers of the amateur photo
grapher is playing an important part
in the world of art these days. A de-
lightful phase of it's value as a depicter
of Nature is shown in The Ladies' Home
Journal for September. In this issue
two pages are given to the last of that
magazines prize photographs of rural
scenes, and the collection is a notable
one, interesting alike to the picture
taker and the lover of pictures. Some
of the scenes haYe all the distinguish
ing qualities of paintings, with the
added charm of being true to Nature.
The laws retribution is about to fall
upon one George O'Brieu, one of the
murderers of young Lynn Relic, of
Seattle, and his two companions, who
we're killed on the Yukon River trail
to Klondike on Christmas Day, 1898.
Lynn Relic, who was a nephew of Lynn
Relf, of Belgrade, and Mrs. G.. d.
Smith, OF this place, WAS q native of
Potosi, which gives the tragic affair in
distant Alaska a local interest. He
and his companions, Fred Clayson and
Lineman Oleson. were waylaid and
shot down by O'Brien and a man
named Graves for the purpose of rob-
berry and their bodies showed under the
ice in the Yukon River. In the spring
the river gave up the bodies and dis
closed the crime.-PotoSi Journal.
The first annual log rolling Of the
Southeast Missouri Modern Woodmen
of America will be held in Pennington
on September IS. Special trains will
be run from De Soto and Poplar Bluff
by way of Charleston. The railroad
company has made a rate OF 2 cents a
mile for the round trip. The commit
at Pennington have perfected all
of their arrangements and a grand day
is promised. There will be competi-
tive drills by Woodmen teams, base
ball games, band contests and speak
ing by Gen. j. G. johnson of Kansas,
attorney for the Woodmen of America
and by J.. G. Haws, head clerk of the
The ladies of the different
churches of Pennington will serve din
ner on the grounds.
T. l.. Whitney, who lives about six
miles east of Ironton on the gravel
road, tells US that there is some excite
in his neighborhood because of
belief by some people that oil can
be found in thst section. About ten
years ago while digging a we'll Mr..
Whitney came across some rather curl
.us looking rock. When thrown into
3 fire, after becoming thoroughly
the rock would burn like coal. |
He paid no particular attention TO the
at the time, but since the great
oil discoveries in Texas he has sent
of the rock to the State Geologist,
who says 1t contains petroleum. In
view of these facts some people in the
are quite excited and
think they may have a bonanza there.
Chief John Harding and Constable
Tom Bullock last night arrested Willis
of Des Arc, who has been
working on the section under Fore
man Lloyd and he is being held under
suspicion of having been Implicated In
the murder of Charles Ragsdale.
When arrested Henderson asked If he
was placed under arrest for what he
knew in regard to the Ragsdale murder.
Harding replied that he vas arrested
for doing the deed, and Henderson re-
piled that he couldn't prove it. Later
Ed. Strothers, Of Ironton, "a arrested
and locked up in jail.-Poplar Bluff
Citizen.
After being in custody a day or two
both Henderson and Strother were re-
1t being clearly proven that
they were innocent Of the crime
charged.