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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
OLD POLITICAL ISSUE.
Nations Legislative History Proves
That Government Can Assist
in Road Building.

In the early days of our national his.
tory, whether the general government
should take a hand in making internal
improvements became one of the great
political issues. The matter was fcust.t
out in congress and in political cam
paigns, and finally settled in the affirm
ative. Among the improvements dis
cussed, the building of roads was prob.
ably the most important. Plans were
made for connecting the different parts
of the country by national highways.
The national pike was built from Cum
berland, Md, to the Ohio river, and then
on westward. The plan was to build on
to st. Louis, but before that point was
reached the building of steam railroads
had begun, and the people lost interest
in the road question.
In these days when river and harbor
bills are looked upon as a matter of
course, and national aid to road improve
ment is considered a novel proposition,
1t is interesting to recall that the ques-
ton of road building by the nation was
a great and burning issue long before
river and harbor bills were ever heard
of. 1t is also worth noting that pres
idents were vetoing river and harbor
bills as unconstitutional long after ma
tional aid to road improvement had be.
come a settled policy.
1t does not seem probable that the
question of constitutionality will ever
be seriously raised against such legisla-
tion as that proposed in the Brownlow
bill for national aid in the building of
roads. 1t a be defended as strongly
as river and harbor legislation under
those clauses of the constitution which
authorize the federal government ito
promote the general welfare" and to
regulate commerce between the states"
But in addition to these, it finds it
strongest warrant in the authority con-
ferred upon congress ito establish post
roads," a provision that is growing IL
practical Importance every year with tn
extension Of the rural free delivery sys-
tom
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
For u Bad Back.

Sabra, Montana, Oct. l9th.-A great
many men in this ~neighborhood used to
complain of pains in the back, but now
scarcely one can be found who has any
such trouble.
Mr.. Gottlieb Mill is largely responsible
for the improvement, for it was he who
first of all found the remedy for this
Backache. He has recommended it to all
his friends and n%eighbors, and in every
case it has had wonderful success.
Mr.. Mill says:-
"For many years ! had been troubled
with my Kidneys and pains in the small
Of my back. | tried many medicines but
did not derive any benefit until last fall,
when | bought a dozen boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills. After using them a few
days l. began to improve, my back quit
aching and | felt better and stronger all
around.
81 will keep them in the house right
along. for in my opinion they are the best
medicine hna1l uha, IN the market to-day, and d.i i my
nothing else"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
FALL ORCHARD NOTES.

Put up fruit for sale in neat, attractive
packages, If top prices are wanted.
Now all weeds in orchard and berry
patch, If you can't take time to pull by
hand. If dry, burn.
Well kept grapes ought to fetch a
good price; fresh fruit, with exception
of apples, is in limited supply.
Cut out all old wood in raspberry and
blackberry patches before winter sets
in. Cut back the new growth so it will
ripen we'll and not freeze back.
Oyster shell bark louise may now be
destroyed on fruit trees by spraying
with whitewash. Two applications are
necessary to insure all limbs being COW
cred. San Jose scale is too tough to be
affected by this treatment.-Farm anu
Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
"Don't Chew the Rag.

Do not grumble. If things do not &c
to suit you, and all your efforts seem out
of joint, as they often will seem, accept
the inevitable without complaint and
have another try. A chronic grumble1
is a n~uisance-to himself and all around
him. Every n feels like giving a wide
berth to the n who is always complain
ing of hard luck. The man who cannot
meet trouble face to face when it comes,
and conquer it, will find a rough path
but the one who, with a stout heart and
cheerful determination, takes the bad
with the good, and makes the best Of the
bad and the most Of the good, will find
his pathway smoother for it.-Epitomist,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
4 had Reputntinn.

In Bloomsbury, London. was for
merly a region known as the Field of
Forty Footsteps. 1t was frequented
by rough characters, and it is related
that a struggle between two brothers
took place there. The footprints of
the men were indelibly impressed in
the sod and no grass would ever grow
there. The place was built upon at
the beginning of the century.-De-
troit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

A strike was called on the Missouri
building at the st. Louis Worlds fair
grounds, but after being out 4S hours,
the men returned to work, a satisfac-
tory agreement having been effected.
The trouble originated with the cleo
trical workers, who demanded SIS a
day from contractors in charge of that
work. The demand was refused, and,
upon the strike of these men, the con-
tractors personally took their places.
A general strike was then called by the
labor confederation, and the 60 men at
work on the building walked out. Con-
tractors that the Missouri
building is almost three-fourths COM
pleted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Remarkable, But True.

That the cash prizes offered in the
live stock department of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition aggregate almost
80 per cent. more than the total pre-
miums Of II leading state fairs and
the international and American royal
shows combined, might reasonably be
doubted by experts in such matters, but
such is the case. The cash prizes in
Chief Coburn's department of the
Worlds fair are $4,000 greater than
those offered by the largest IA live
stock shows of the United States in
1902.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
whisky Barrel Exp1Odes.

Leslie Hickman, of Slater, was in
jured in a strange way the other day.
He had bought an empty whisky barrel
from a drug store and took it home to
fill it with cider. While he was boring
a hole in the empty barrel with a red
hot poker it exploded with a report
that was heard d mile. The top of the
house was partly blown off, and Hick-
man was wounded in the face and
breast, but not fatally.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
ZOrn Jury Disagreed.

The jury in the case of DR.. Louis
Zorn, on trial in Kansas City for the
murder of Albert Sechrist, his tenant,
failed to agree on a verdict and was
discharged. The men quarreled over
rent, and in his dying statement Sc
christ said that Zorn had shot him
without provocation. This was Zorn's
second trial.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Wouldn't Dare To,

Mrs. Peck-I believe that every one of
the writers Of these articles making fun
of married life are single men. 1 don't
suppose that one of them was ever mar
ried.
Henry-N-n-no, dear; he wouldn't be
writing jokes about it if he was.-Buf-
falo Commercial.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Dry the Sweet Potatoes.

Sweet potatoes should lie, exposed to
the sun for a few hours at least after
they are dug. 1t is best to have them at
tached to the vine until cured out, which
may be done by letting them remain in
the open air for a few days, after being
dug If weather is fair, or by piling them
on a board floor under cover to the depth
of not wei O foot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
EnsIishmnn Whipped.

Because he referred to the United
States flag IS a dirty rag, representing
a dirty class of people," B. E. Dover, an
Englishman, was soundly thrashed, in
Joplin, by a miner named Harry Flynn.
Dozens Of people witnessed the occur-
renee, and cheered Flynn while he was
furnishing the Englishman. The trou.
BILE started on Main street, between
Fourth and Fifth, where the Salvation
army was holding service.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

Washers in Joplin must pay SIS a
hug, according to the decision Judge
Barrett rendered when three young
men, A. j. Long, Pete Lee and G. j..
Judd, we're fined for hugging Mrs May
Williams on the street. Mrs. Williams,
who is a pretty young woman, told her
story in court, and none of the young
Washers denied the charges.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Showing Him Around,

Smythe was showing a friend around
his new suburban residence.
what is that?" inquired the friend.
THAT? oh, that's the cowshed."
sand that?"
"The woodshed."
sand that?"
"The bioodshed."
"What?"
"Yes, that's where we kill our chick
ens."-Chicago Evening News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Here Is the Evidence

That the Great Southwest is full of money
making possibilities-our booklets on
Beautiful Indian Territory" Texas
"The Golden Square" Business Chances
and others equally as interesting, which
stamp. Address GEORGE MORTON, G.
P. & Y. A., NJ, X. Il Z. Ry., Suite l.
Wainwright Bldg, st. Louis, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
AN INGENIOUS GATE.
II Is the Invention of u Missouri Man
Who Considers IL the Best Thing
Ever Devised.

My gate is made of one by four boards
for ends and braces a and b, and one by
six for the body of the gate. The ends.
n by four. and braces, are double, or
n on either side of body boards. and
are put together with a three-eighths
bolt at each corner, and at each end of
brace b. as shown by small circle. A
20 spike is driven through the center
of the ends and brace b and body boards,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Forgcr Gets Two Years.

Frank Rupenthal, the forger, who
was arrested in st. Louis and taken to
Steelville by Sheriff w. R. Taft, was
arraigned in court there, and entered
a plea Of guilty, and was sentenced by
Judge Woodside to two years in the
p~enitentiary. o..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

The jury in the case of Frank Clark,
charged with assaulting Ollie Hess, re-
turned a verdict of guilty at kahoka,
fixing punishment at death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Wise, Surc EnOurh.

Spa, why do folks call the owl the
bird of wisdom?"
Because he's got sense enough not
TO come out and fly around until all
boys about your size are in bed."-
indianapolis Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
shriuer,, Temple Instituted.

Abou Ben Adhem temple Of the Mys-
tic Shrine, the fourth temple in Mis-
souri,, was instituted at Springfield
with elaborate ceremonies, including a
street parade and drill. A class of 1N
novices was initiated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Cole Younger Case Dismissed.

The criminal case against Cole
Younger, in which he was charged by
the Younger-James wild west show
management with embezzling some &c.
900, was dismissed in the circuit court
at Nevada, the states attorney refusing
to prosecute. The money in question
was ordered paid into court under a
civil proceeding.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Secret,

"Why will you not announce our en-
gagement, s~weetheart?w
"Why, Edgar, it is so beautiful to be
engaged secretly, as we are, without
letting a single person know about it.
Every one of my friends envies me-
n. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

f. j. Gibbons. a prominent hardware
merchant Of Monet, was accidentally
shot in the groin by Frank Smith, and
died several hours later.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

Frank HARDWOOD, Of Kansas City,
tried to separate two belligerents, and
was taken to the city hospital in an
ambulance, having a cracked skull.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
All Fron, Ono Dairy.

According to the city chemist, %
cases Of typhoid fever and three deaths
at st. Louis were caused by the IN.
healthy condition of a single dairy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

The Platte County Oil Development
Co., while boring for oil at Prairie
Point, IL miles south of Platte City
bored through a thick vein of coal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Toolk HIS Own Life.

G. A. Colby, a Chicagoan, committed
suicide in the Ohio hotel, in st. Louis,
with a 38-caliber revolver. No reason
is known for his act.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

New YOrk's Army of Pensioners.
New York city has 206 veterans Of
the Mexican war, seven of the Indian
wars and $4,000 of the civil war on the
pension rolls.-N. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

May-"Alice isn't at all nervous"
Clara--"Not in the least. I've known her
TO keep cool in a ba~rgain-counter rush.
Town and Country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

A Catching Observation-Disclosures
trude inserted an advertisement that she
would like to meet a gentleman who was
fond of outdoor life" Belle-"Who an,
swered!' Id~a-"Sixteen tramps."-Phila
dclphia Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

Mr.. Homeleigh-Beauty is only skin
deep.
Miss Gabby-Why don't you consult
a Observation-Disclosures American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

Some men are too busy to grow DID,
Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

The Lawrence, Barry and Christian
County Retail Druggists association
met in annual convention at Monet
with a large attendance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

,Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
bic medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w.
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

Some sins show a soft head rather than
q hard heart.--Ram's Horn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

Chicago, st. PAUL. Minneapolis. four daily
trains via the Chicago K North-W Western
Ry.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

Osey Austin, a railway mail clerk.
was given a year sentence in st. Louis
for stealing packages Of tobacco tags.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

The wind blows nothing off but with.
cred leaves.--Ram's Horn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

Putnam Fadeless Dyes are fast TO light
and washing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Subway Explosion in st. Louis.

A series of gas explosions occurred
in a high tension subway for several
blocks along Thirteenth street, between
Chestnut and st. Charles, in st. Louis.
Three persons were severely burned,
and there was a hasty exodus Of resi-
dents from the locality. One woman
was so startled by the explosion that
she jumped from a street car and was
badly hurt. The first explosion &C.
Cured in a manhole in which William
Ryan, a cable splicer, was drilling into
a four-inch gas main, and probably re-
Ryan was rendered unconscious, and
lay on the floor of the pit for several
minutes, in danger of being s~uffocated,
until rescued by John L. Fay. He was
seriously burned about the face, arms
and body, and also inhaled much gas.
He may die. Fay vas also badly hurt,
being severely burned by flames that
shot up from the pit, and his rescue of
Ryan was nothing less than heroic.
Mrs. Annie Greenberg, who was walk
ing with Fay, was also badly burned,
her face being n complete blister. She
went home Immediately, without wait
ing for the ambulance which was sum-
moned, and did not receive medical at
tentiol until her address was discov-
cred by the police, as several doctors
who were called in by her refused to
treat her unless given their nay in adj
vance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

The receipts at the st. Louis post Of
flee for September were $270,2S2, $685.
S26 more than last year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

Kansas City's post Office receipts for
September were $1O4, 763, $13,9l7 more
than last year. st. Joseph's receipts
were $1S,65G, an increase Of S10S.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
A Big Transaction.

A transaction which involves a mil
lion dollars and embraces not only the
sale of one Of the Oldest lumber COM
panies in the west and the incorpora-
ton of a new company for the pur-
pose of the transfer, but the introduce
ton of a new force in the lumber
trade of the north and southwest. has
just been completed in st. Louis.
Knapp, Stout & Co., which has been
in existence in st. Louis for the last
generation, has been purchased by the
newly incorporated Wilson Iron &
Lumber Co., Of Wisconsin. This COM
pany has just been Incorporated under
the laws of the state of Wisconsin.
Peter q. Wilson, who was the troasur-
er of Knapp, Stout & Co., is the
president of the new organization and
Philip d. Wilson, his brother, is the
Tce-president. All the remaining
stockholders are in Wisconsin. Peter
e. Wilson said: "All there is to say
about the purchase is that the new
company has taken over the entire
business of Knapp, Stout & Co., for
which we have organized and incor-
porated the new company. 1--WE paid
in round numbers 1000, 900 for the
equipment of the old firm, which in
cluded its yards at Salisbury and Hall
streets, comprising from thirty to for
ty acres of ground and 5000, 900 feet
OF lumber. The new company will be
n OF the largest in the country, and
will, we think, be able to materially
improve on the past records of the
lumber trade" The headquarters of
Knapp, Stout & Co. were in Menomi-
nee, Wis. While the new company is
also incorporated in Wisconsin, it's of.
ficers are residents of st. Louis, and
it's main offices will be in that city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Bad Wreck in Kansas City.

Three men were killed and three
others injured, one seriously, in q col
lision between Missouri Pacific and
Frisco freight trains in the switch
yards in Kansas City. The dead: A. L.
Johnson, Missouri Pacific switchman;
John Murphy, Missouri Pacific switch
man; George Kirkpatrick, faglnan. In
jured: Will Austin (negro), compound
fracture of leg, which will be ampu-
tated; r. H. Braht, Missouri Pacific
engineer, rib broken; ]. e. Ward, Sc
verely bruised. The Frisco train was
standing on the crossing when the Mis-
souri, Pacific train raj into 1t, turning
over a freight car. This car fell over
OF a crowd of men on the other side
of the Frisco train who were waiting
for it to pass. The engineer of the
Missouri Pacific train says that he got
a signal to proceed across tn, cross
ing, but it is believed that he momen-
tarily lost control Of his engine. r. H.
Braht, who was injured, was the en-
gineer of another Missouri Pacific
freight which was waiting for the
Frisco train to clear the crossing. He
had left his engine and Joined the 9th
er railroad men neal the Frisco train
when the car was pitched upon them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22

Ground Broken For Texno Building.
Ground has been broken for the star
shaped Texas building on the Worlds
fair grounds, which will stand just west
Of the Kentucky building.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
All Europe VIII Participate.

All Europe Will Participate.
It may be said that all Europe will
participate in the Worlds fair, the last
Of important countries to accept the in
vitation being Portugal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Missouri Stale GIeanings.
why Missouri stone is Better.
S;:s.;:tc.:.tc3s

why Missouri Stone Is BETTER.
In stone for the manufacture of ce-
ment, as well as in building stone, Mis-
souri, excels all other states. Up to
within the past year it has been
thought that Lehigh Valley cement
manufacture had found the bottom in
cost OF cement manufacture, but now
comes Pike county with figures and
experience which show that greater
possibilities are found there. Port
land cement is composed of silica,
alumina and carbonate of lime. In Le-
high valley ~ per cent. of the total
output of the United States has pre-
viously been secured. There a natural
rock in which silica and alumina al
ready combined in substantially correct
proportions, with varying amount of
carbonate of lime, is found. All that is
necessary is to add more carbonate of
lime, obtained from limestone. These
two rocks are simply ground and
poured into the rotaries for burning
dry. In Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and
other states, at great increase of cost
OF production, mari is used instead of
rock, from which to obtain the neces-
sary silica and alumina. The "wet"
burning process is thus necessarily
employed. By that process the cost
is more, and production possibility di-
minished one-half. The Lehigh crop
pings are eXcelled by Missouri stone,
for the reason that there is less dross
in the latter; and, in the second place,
because the limestone, and the stone
containing the other elements en-
ployed, r there found widely apart.
Along the bluffs Of the Mississippi riv-
er, in this state, the two stones are
found adjacent, and car be handled by
gravity. One plant, with a capital of
$1,000, 900, is now being erected at Lou
isiana, and within the next few years
the full length of bluffs along the Mis-
sissippi will be under the horness Of
the cement manufacturer.
The daily sentinel., 1903-10-09
Largest Funeral in
History OF County.

Paonia, Colo. Oct. Especial 8.
to The Sentinel :)-The funeral of
Hon. G. NJ. Hammond occurred at
this place this forenoon. Fully
1000 people were present. many
prominent persons from all sections
of the state gathering to pay their
last respects to the deceased brother
and citizen.
The services were held at the
house and the eulogy delivered by
l. N. Bunting. member OF the
Grand Junction lod ge of Elks. was
a fitting tribute to the memory of
the late brother of the order. Mr..
Bunting spoke for about 20 min
utes.
The procession was formed with
over $50 Elks in line headed by the
Paonia band, which played fun
eral dirge while vending its way
to the silent city of the dead
Special trains bearing Elks and
friends of the deceased came from
Grand Junction. Ouray, Hotchkiss
and Montrose and it was the largest
funeral ever held in Delta county.
All the business houses of Paonia
were closed during the hour of the
service.