Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

are being urged to put up small
mills near the different spurs. The
reason assigned for the shut down
is that the grade of timber now
left is so poor that it will not pay
the company to haul it so far to
manufacture it into lumber. The
closing of this plant will mean a
great deal to the people of the
southern part of the county
Centreville Reformer.
Sheriff Polk has been confined
to his room for over a week with
what DR.. Marshall diagnoses as a
genuine case of smallpox. Mr..
Polk was very sick for a few days,
but with good medical attention
and under the care of a trained
nurse from st. Louis he is getting
along very nicely now, and it is
hoped there will be no more
danger. The house has been
quarantined and every care taken
to prevent the contagion from
spreading. 1t is thought Mr.. Polk
contracted the disease by helping
bury John Mitchell, who died of
smallpox a month or so ago.
Two small residences on North
Main street, the one occupied by
Albert Hill and family, the other
by George Thomas, colcred, were
destroyed by fire at an early hour
Tuesday morning. Most of the
household goods in both buildings
were saved. The fire originated
from a flue in the kitchen of the
Hill home. The alarm was sound
ed about 100 o'clock and in a
short time a large number of peo-
pie were on the scene. To lose
ones home any time is always a
hard blow, but in mid-winter tits
especially so, and the unfortunate
families have the sympathy of the
community in their misfortune.
"The Missouri Girl" which
comes to the Academy of Music
December Goth, is now in its tenth
season of prosperity. ashore
Acres" "Devil's Auction" and
Hanlon's "Superba" are the only
f~rst-class one-night-stand pro-
auctions that have been before the
public continuously for so long a
time. These four attractions new
er seem to grow old. The mere
announcement that "The Missouri
Grip is coming interests more
people in this city, for instance,
than the average person would i'm
agine. To many people the re-
turn of "The Missouri Grip is like
renewing acquaintance with an old
friend. To every one it means an
opportunity for an evening of en-
joyment.
In response to a malicious petit
ton, or telegram, sent from Area
dia to the State Board of Health,
declaring that smallpox was cpl
demic in Ironton, DR.. Powell, of
Thayer, Mo-, a member of the
State Board, was here last Mon
day making an Investigation.
Of course, as 500 as he made
inquiry, the DR.. at once learned
that the statement that smallpox
was epidemic in Ironton was
utterly false, there being but one
isolated case in the town. DR..
Powell says every precaution has
been taken, and that our officers
are doing their full duty, and that
with the present quarantine there
is little likelihood of the disease
spreading. It was a contemplate
trick, the filing of the false state
ment from Arcadia, and doesn't
indicate a very friendly feeling on
the part of the person who was re-
sponsible for it.
The following is reproduced
from the last issue of the Farming
ton NeUs: GA deal was con-
summated last week whereby a
tract of land containing 1883 I-3
acres and including Iron Mountain,
the town and lake were transferred
from the Iron Mountain company to
VIM. Smollinger, of Illinois, the
purchase price being 500, 900.
We are are informed that it is the
intention of Mr.. Smollinger to con-
vert the place into a summer re-
sort. If such is his purpose, he
has secured the right place, for OF
all places fashioned by nature and
man for a place of rest, health and
enjoyment Iron Mountain ranks
near to the best. The place has
been a retreat for the tired busi-
ness man, the dyspeptic, the,.lover,
the nimrod, the angler,and in fact,
everybody in this part of the State
for years past when a day or two
could be spared in vacation. Iron
Mountain is a beautiful place.
There is a lake large enough for
launches and small boats and the
surrounding woods make the place
very cool in summer. The old
mountain, which at one time con-
tanned so much iron that almost
half of it has been removed and ii
is now divided by a deep cut en-
tirely through 1.-THE mountain,
the surrounding hills and the YER
dure there in summer afford a land
scape picturesque in the extreme,
and the air is bracing and full oil
health. The town is only small
now and only a few of the houses.
many of which are past the habit
able period, are occupied, and little
work in the mines has been done
there for several years. The town
| was once a lourishing mining
camp and contained several thous.
and inhabitants. Two hundred
| would be a high estimate of the
{ number of people living there to.