Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04

southern Missouri mas certainly en-
couutered more difficulty 10 the way of
distractions and litigation, adverse
decisions and i%njunctions than any
other road of similar length ever built
in the state. While the progressive
capitalists are building a modern and
most excellent railroad through, to
them, an expensive territory, a great
part of which has no railroad develop
ment and has been sadly in need Of
some for many years, and 10 which all
tho people, excepting, of course, the
corporate interests that the road has
lnterfered with and who are so siren
uously and vicioualy fighting their ad-
vent into this territory, would We
come as II great boon to the future de-
velopment and upbuilding of this en-
tire section of country. This case
has heretofore been decided by our
honorable Judge in favor of the South
ern Missouri. aud the road would now
be in operation had it not been for the
much abused Injunction. The people
confidently hope and expect that the
coming trial the same spirit Of justice
and fairness shall prevail and we pre-
dict that tho wheels of progress and
development shall be no loi ger
blocked. -IrondGIe Gazette.
The decision has not yet, to our
~kuowledge. been promulgated. ED.
REGISTER.
The following from Sundays St.
Louis Dispatch tells of the pro-
posed camp OF the ST. Louis Y. NJ. G. A.
at Pilot Knob this summer: Camp
Ozark to be opened by the Young
Mems Christirn Association as an out
ing place for its members, Is said to
possess all the characteristics of the
typical camp except mosquitoes and
malaria. Fishing, swimming, boating,
good location, pure water and plenty
to eat arc the prime qualities Of the
camp, which is to be located 10 Arcadia
Valley, 80 miles south OF St. Louis.
It's purpose is to furnish a place where
young men who are members OF the
St. Louis association may spend their
vacations, securing a genuine outing
at little expense. The camp will be
continued during July and possibly
during August. Its exact location is on
the slope of Pilot Knob, one of the
highest points of the OAarks, two miles
from Ironton. A big spring OF cool
water rises from the center OF the camp
site and a creek of clear water flows at
the base of the mountain. A lake neal
by furnishes good fishing and oppor.
tunity for boating. Iron mines, sum
mer homes Of wealthy st. Loulsan5,
caves and good roads for long walks
offer inducements for excursions across
country, and the lay of the land is
adapted for tennis, baseball, quoits and
other games. Secretary Brownell and
Assistant Secretary Lutte of the Central
branch, assisted by George Pollock,
Jr., and Arthur Huff resident manager
of the Big Muddy Coal and Iron Co.,
which owns the land, recently selected
the site. Two old cottages on the
ground are to be used for dining hal!
and kitchen, and one will also be used
as a recreation room and shelter on
rainy days. Tents, 5X7 feet, with per-
manent floors and two cots each. will
be used for sleeping quarters. Neigh
boring farmers will supply eggs, milk,
vegetables and chickens for the table.
Board and tent accommodations will
cost IS a week for those who stay one
week or longer, and ST. day for those
staying less than a week
Last Sunday a party of six--all of
the inferior seX-took a car.ridc to
Middlebrook and made a formal call
upon VIM. Trauernicht, Esq. For
some time trouble had been brewing
between Mr.. Il. and one OF the visiting
party-not singular, perhaps, since
the latter belongs to u Brewing Asso-
clation, and It's his vocation to brew,
while the aforesaid party of the first
part is not ayerse TO u little brew him
self, time and circumstances conform
ing-aud this call was the elimination.
Dressed in our Sunday best-you ought
to have seen the big fiddle, whose
polished, two-story tile and down
sweeping overcoat justified Mr.. rs
criticism that he "looked like the
manager of d busted sho we six,
lake it, made quite a goodly showing
when we debarked from the "smoker"
and took our way to the hosts resi-
dence. Hare we were warmly well
coined by him and the gudewife, aaG
were soon cat home.' After a little
music which brought the big fiddle and
the host to more congenial mood,
although the former still s%tubbornly
refused to ''talk," the hostess called
us TO dinner and we did eat-the b. {.
relaxing his taciturnity and doing his
fair devoir to the good things before
us. 1t was a mighty good dinner and
we did ample justice to it. The repast
concluded we adjourned to the front
porch and resolved ourselves into a
committee of the whole to take into
consideration and patch up, If we
could, the disturbing difference be-
tween the two gentlemen above noted.
After considerable effort and a little
lucrubration, this was happily ac-
complished, and the remainder Of our
limited time was devoted to making
each other satisfied with the world and
ourselves. Here, too, our efforts were
crowned with success. a visit was
paid TO the mother Of the host, living
just across the way. | was once an
inmate Of her household when a boy
I'm not going to tell you how many
years have passed since then-and re-
call her as she was at that time: the
happy young wife and mother. Since
then the husband, who was one OF
natures noblemen, has passed into