Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-15


Hon. E. A. Rozier, until recently
district attorney Of the Eastern Dis
trict Of Missouri, under President Nc
Kinley, was in Ironton last Saturday
attending the Republican meeting
last Saturday. Mr.. Rozier 10 now
making his home in Pennington and
aspires to be made Chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee.
The Republicans of the county had
a meeting at the courthouse Saturday,
and nominated the following county
ticket: Representative, w. T. Gay;
Presiding Judge, W. w. Haywood;
Associate Judge, Southern District,
C. c. Collins; Western District, Geo.
Phillips; Collector, John Schwab;
County Clerk, c. A. Byers; Circuit
Clerk, E. W. Hartman; Sheriff, Geo.
d. Marks. Other places on the ticket
will be filled by the committee.
Some two weeks ago Robert L..
Lindsay of Kansas City-formerly of
this place-was arrested on an indict-
ment charging him with fraudulent
use of the mails in connection with the
sale of titles to government lands in
Oklahoma. He first entered q plea of
not guilty, but afterwards withdrew it
and threw himself upon the mercy Of
the court. Judge Phillips withholds
sentence for the present. Lindsay
claimed to have a title, under an old
Mexican land grant, to ffty-four Sec
tions of land, aggregating 1,064, 100
acres, in the western half of Beaver
county, Okla, practically all of which
was subject to entry under the home
stead laws of the United States.
Lindsay, through various agents. put
ont deeds to this land, and scores Of
farmers were ~defrauded out of sums
ranging from $500 to $4,000.
County Clerk STAN, acting as agent
for st. Francois county, by order and
approval for the County Court closed
a contract with the ST. Francois Gravel
Road Company last Tuesday, purchas-
ing their road bed and right of way
leading from Pennington to Doe Run.
The purchase also includes the surface
right Of that portion OF the 24-acre
tract in Survey 1869, south of the
north bank of St. Francois River, max
ing the north bank of that river the
line, thereby securing a fine gravel
bed, also one acre on the north side Of
the river In the southeast corner, in
GLIDING the rock quarry. The cost of
the county, after deducting the value
of its shares in the road and dividends
on same, is 81, 1856 65.. This is a good
investment IN the part of the County
Court, and will be a great accomoda-
ton to a large portion of our people
who have been compelled to pay toll
on this road for many years.-Farm-
swgtom Times.
The seventh annual Convention and
| Music Festival of the Missouri State
Music Teachers Association will be
held at Springfield, Mo-, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
June II, IS, 10 and 20, 1902. The
association promises you, first Of all,
what the jaded teacher needs in the
summer time-four days delightful
rest in a pleasant city among hos
pitiable people. 1t will provide also
the opportunity of meeting and hear
ing more of the best musicians in the
State than have ever before gathered
together at one time, and perhaps
more practically it will afford the
opportunity of expressing your ideas
and of hearing the ideas of others ex-
pressed on topics of the most vital and
practical interest. Half rates will be
| given on all railroads, also very reas-
enable charges will be made by the
hotels and boarding houses in SPRING
field. Trusting Iron county will be
we'll represented, cordially,
MRS. NJ. j. CHAMBERLAIN,
Vice.Pres. M. S. M. L. A., Iron Co.