Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-02

routes commenced work yesterday.
j. G. Lucas has the contract for carry
log the mail from Arcadia to Edge Hill.
This is a daily mail except Sunday aud
Mr.. Lucas receives 81 65 a trip. He
has lately removed TO Arcadia from
the west end of tho county. The mail
from the Silver Mines-three times a
WEEKS carried by a Mr.. Freeland.
He receives $3.50 q year.
Aug. Rieke hase novel plan for bet
tering the roads. He says he was
driving to the Shut-In the other day
when he came across a bad place in
the road. Some rocks were zeal by.
He stopped, got out and piled the
rocks in the hole. He got the rocks
out OF the road and filed up the hole.
He thinks that If the teamsters gener-
ally did this Ne would soon have good
roads. Not a bad proposition.
The Owl Dramatic Club is now full
panoplied for action. A startled COM
munity will, one OF these days, be
aroused 10 its versatility, talent and
vigor. In the meantime the public
must possess it's soul in patience and
await with what equanimity it can the
developments the future has in store.
The songs OF the Owls will in time be-
come strongly, not to say painfully,
apparent. and everybody is expected
to slime in the chorus.n
A number of young people of this
city drove to Ironton last Sunday
morning and spent the day in visiting
various places in the vicinity Of Iron
Mountain. They had dinner at the
Iron Mountain dam and returned about
10 o'clock in the evening. Among
those in the party were: Misses Emma
and Ella Sackmann, Fannie Fry and
Hattie Yeargain, and Messrs. Percy
Fry, Pinkney Caruthers of Taylor
Place. Fred Karsch and Bert Byington.
-Farmington Times.
Rev. Father Wernert Will in future
have an assistant in his work. a
young mar from Maine, recently
graduated in theology, has arrived at
Arcadia and will have charge of the
services at Graniteville and Pilot
Knob. For twenty years and more
Father Wernert has been a faithful
and t~ireless worker in the charges at
Arcadia, Pilot Knob and Graniteville,
in addition to answering many calls in
the counties south OF here, and he we'll
and richly merits the tightening of
the burdens which his assistant will
insure to him.
The costs in the famous dog suit in
the south end Of the county have not
yet been paid. The costs amount to
over $3.50. The jury brought in a
verdict holding that the defendant, j..
Bollinger, should pay the costs. Bat
he refuses to do so, and when be was
served with a fee bill by the constable.
said he would not pay a cent. The
justice at Des Arc says that in case
the defendant won't pay, the plaintiff,
G. w. Kstcherside, who is under bond
for the costs, will have to pay them.
And so the matter rests. Eventually
it may get into the Circuit Court.
The Clark & Baldwin Manufacturing
Company of Ironton has been granted
articles OF incorporation by the Score
tary of State. The capital stock of the
company is $40 paid up, and con-
sists of 40 shares of the value Of 800
each. The names of the stockholders
and the amount of stock held by each
are: W. T. Gay, 70 shares; Geo. R.
Gay, so shares; K. w. Gay, SO shares;
Fred. Kindell, ST., 40 shares; Fred.
Kindell, Jr., 10 shares; j. R. Baldwin,
rs shares; I. L. Baldwin, rs shares;
E. G. Clark, IS shares; Roy Snyder, 5
shares; j. l.. Baldwin, 10 shares; J..
Hummel, 10 shares; James M. Logan,
80 shares.
Not a bird that comes TO the country
but earns its living from the people.
In some way or another they earn
their right to live. Most OF the song
birds are insect eaters. 1t is a ques-
ton whether we could live on this
earth II insects were allowed to multi
ply in the numberless forms and
myriads of progeny that nature pro-
vides. Certainly man could not alone
keep the insects down without the help
OF the birds. Even the hawks ard
owls live mostly on field mice and
gophers, aud Mr.. Crow will eat almost
any old thing, which. If allowed to
pollute the air, means disease and
death.-Pembina Pioneer E1preSS.
Ed. H. Amelung, OF Saginaw, Mich,
was a caller at this Office Wednesday,
having been called to his old home in
Pilot Knob by the serious illness Of his
father, Chris. Amelung, who recently
suffered a severe stroke Of paralysis.
He is reported much better now,
though, and il is hoped he will sur
vive the attack. Eds many friends
here will be glad to know that he is
meeting with great success as superin-
tendent Of the Prudential Life Iusur.
ance agency at Saginaw. The weekly
bulletin issued by the company shows
that he is among the superintendent
showing greatest increase of business
for the second quarter in 1908. He
returned to Michigan this morning.
On the first page of this paper is an
article from the Chicago Inter. Ocean.
1t Is an interview with Mrs. Rose
Hughes Leech, formerly an Ironton
girl, and | am ure everyone in the
Valley will read it with interest and
pleasure. Mrs. Leech is ona OF the
brightest ladies Missouri has produced,
prolific as the State is in people of
mentality and worth. She is true to
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