Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05

j. E. Ford, wire chief of the Bell
Telephone Co. was here Friday
and engaged Frank Covington to
have charge of the lines of the
company between De Soto and
Arcadia. This is the position held
by John Kennedy at the time of his
death.-Farmington Progress.
MI. and Mrs. Merrill Pipkin and
two sons. Willie and Glenwood,
went to Arcadia Tuesday to see the
formers cousin, Frank Trumbell,
a wealthy citizen of Denver, Colo,
who is visiting the scenes of his
and Mr.. Pipkin's boyhood days for
the first time in twenty years.
Pennington Neps.
Mr.. Galloway, who has been
living in the Lopez cottage for sew
eral months past, will leave in a
few days for Poplar Bluff where he
will in future reside. Mr.. GAL
loway says he would prefer to
make his home in Ironton but that
our train service is so deficient that
he has to leave.
The boys were out Halloween
having their ususal fun. About
everything movable was trans
ported about town and some queer
sights were presented next norm
ing. The REGISTER had old
wagons, a grain drill and COW bells
"without ~splotches" for sale. And
everybody was more or less at
tended to.
The editor is in receipt of a hand
some cigar case in burnt leather
and a very fine silk handkerchief
from his good friends, Sergeant
Reese and wife of Jackson Bar
racks, Louisiana, brought from
there by MI. A. Rieke on his return
last week. We appreciate the
presents very much and return u
sincere thanks to Mr.. and Mrs.
Reese.
A number of Vallegians got ex-
cited when the report came Tues
day of last week that a couple of
big trust companies in st Louis
had that day closed their doors.
Three or four more of the aforesaid
excited citizens boarded the first
train for St. Louis and it was not
until they satisfied themselves that
the doors were not closed that they
breathed easy once again. Money,
like poverty, brings it's troubles.
Judge and Mrs. John L. Thomas,
accompanied by their nephew, Mr..
Frank Trumbell, president of the
Colorado Midland Railway Co.,
and Mrs. R. P. Bland, of Lebanon,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell spent
Monday at Richwoods on the old
Thomas homestead returning to
De Soto Monday evening. The
party then went to Arcadia in Mr..
Trumbull's private car.-De Soto
Press.
DIED-At her home in Arcadia,
Mo-, on Sunday, November 1st, at
3:15 o'clock A. NJ, after a brief ILL
ness, Mrs. Clara Blanche Tual, be-
loved wife of S. j. Tual, aged "a
years, two months and ten days.
The funeral occurred from Fort
Hill church Monday afternoon and
the remains were inferred in the
Masonic cemetery. The bereaved
husband and relatives have the
sympathy of many friends in their
affection.
Bert. Gregory's many friends
will be sorry to hear that he met
with quite a serious accident in st.
Louis a few weeks ago. Bert. is
in the employ of the st. Louis
Transfer Company and in attempt
ing to help some teamsters in load
ing some heavy timbers he let one
fall on his leg and was badly dis
abled. For fifteen days he had to
keep the injured member in plaster
of paris and is just now getting so
he can walk to any advantage.
Ironton proposes to adopt heroic
measures with the Iron Mountain
railroad. The citizens propose to
file information against the COM
pany for every train that passes
through the city limits at a greater
speed than five miles an hour and
they also propose to prosecute any
train that fails to sound the whistle
and ring the bell at all crossings.
We understand Mr.-W R. Edgar
has the matter in charge-Freder-
icktown Democrat NeUs.
This is certainly a case of ''going
away from home to get the news"
While in st. Louis this week an
attache of this paper happened
across an old-time Vallegian,
Allen H. Hinchey. Mr.. Hinchey
is now in the employ OF the Mis-
souri, Tie Company in Ripley
county and holds a very response
able position-that of general
manager. Seven years ago Mr..
Hinchey went into the employ of
that company as conductor of a
log train and has been advanced
step by step until he now occu-
pies the next highest office to
president Of the company. His
many friends here are glad to
know that he is doing so well.
The county court Monday rented
the county farm for the ensuing