Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-30

PoiuCcu Il. M. bearing, OF WaSn-
ington county, brother of the late
Frank X. bearing, rs Judge of this
judicial circuit until the general
election in November. Mr.. Dear
ing will not be a candidate for the
nomination. Among the candi-
dates for the position are E. j.
Bean, j. G. Berkeley, E. T. Ever
sole and o. L. Munger.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the Clark & Baldwin Manufacture
ing Company was held at their Of
ice in this city last Saturday.
The capital stock of the company
was reduced from SAT, 900 to S27,-
600 and the corporate name chang
ed to the Clark-Gay Manufacture
ing Company. The officers of the
new company are w. 7. Gay,
president; Fred Kindell, vice
president; R. w. Gay secretary
and treasurer.
George Lester, of Reynolds
county, who was last month sent
enced to six months in the Iron
county Jail by Judge Adams of the
L. S. District Court, st. Louis, for
violation of the revenue laws, was
released Tuesday, the court re-
hitting the remainder of his sent
ence. Lester has been in poor
health since his Incarceration here
and the citizens in Reynolds
petitioned the court for his re-
lease, which was granted.
The following prizes will be
awarded at the Fourth Of July
celebration and barbecue on the
Arcadia picnic grounds: Fat
mems race, box of cigars; Fat
women's race, box toilet soap;
Young ladies' race, bottle cologne;
Boys race, under IS, pocket knife;
Girls race, under 10, doll; Three
legged race, foot ball; Girls egg
race, box candy; Boys sack race,
base ball; Boys tug-of-war, ice
cream treat.
What the editor wants is the
news, and we are going to get it,
too, and we want your help in the
matter. If your wife knocks you
down with the poker, let us know,
and we will make it right with the
public. If you have company, tell
US, if you r not ashamed of your
visitors. Ii a youngster calls at
your house begging for raiment,
buy a box of cigars and come
around, and we will find a suit
able name for him or her as the
circumstances will suggest. And
if you have a social gathering of
a few of your friends, bring around
a big cake, seven or eight pies and
a ham-not necessarily to eat, but
as a guarantee of good faith. You
can do a great deal for us in this
way and by SO doing make the
paper even better than it is.-Er.
"Orchard Enemies is the title
of a bulletin of 50 pages recently
issued by The Missouri Fruit Ex-
pertinent Station. The work is by
Frank Horsefall, assistant horti-
culturist at the station. 1t treats
of the insects and diseases com
mon to fruit trees, and besides
giving the results of experiments
along these lines tells the best
remedies for exterminating these
orchard enemies. Director Paul
Evans, of the station, is mailing
these useful bulletins to those
whose names he has on his mail
ing list. Every three months the
station issues a bulletin, a copy OF
which will be mailed free to any
person so desiring. If you are in
terested in fruit growing and dc
not get these bulletins, notify Mr..
Evans at Mountain Grove, and he
will place your name on the mail
ing list that you may get them
regularly in the future.
"The Owls" had a delightful
gathering and euchre party at the
Log Cabin, Arcadia, Tuesday
evening. The whole flock Tin
Guiding the tiny owlet) assembled
at an early hour and the new day
was we'll begun + they dispersed.
A cordial greeting from the host
and hostess welcomed all. At G
o'clock the bell sounded and the
game began. When "time' was
finally called and the tallies footed
up the announcement was made
that Mrs. Wemp, of Little Rock,
and Mr.. w. j. Schwab, of Ironton.
were entitled to the capital prizes,
while Mrs. Malugen and Mr.. E. E,
Caine were put in possession OF
the "boobies." For obvious rea-
sons, while apparently deeply in
terested in the outcome, | made nc
serious effort to compete; other
wise, it might have been different,
| like to encourage the rising gen.
Grafton. After the game an ele-
CANT luncheon was served, and
shortly succeeding all flew home
ward, Hayes and the pride of his
heart in the van. Fair Luna shone
her brightest, and beneath her the
outrageous hills and sleeping
Valley lay in peace and beauty
Twas a fitting GROWING to the
evenings finished work, and every
Owl "To-whooed'' in JOY of living,
| was in the city last week in at
tendance upon the Worlds Fair
Somehow, or other, the fact was
not heralded to the world in far
ing headlines supplemented with
q quarter-page d%elineation of my
noble form-but Twas there, never
theless. saw too many interest
ing and wonderful and novel OBJ
jects to attempt their recounting
The Fair is a big thing, sure
ora,oh on1 hri,npc n fao1in~ ~