Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-30

MS territory extended from st
Louis to Poplar Bluff over the
main line.-HiHsboro Nep Era.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. j! R
Baldwin, Ironton, Mo-, Thursday
November %, 1905, a girl. All are
we'll and Dicks grin, as he speeds
along in the automobile, is Just
little broader than it used to be.
L. M. Fox, who has had charge
OF the American Hotel the past ter
years, will December list assume
charge of the Kesling Hotel. We
have not heard who, if any one
will succeed Mr.. Fox at the Ameri.
can.
The Offering received at the
Thanksgiving service in st. Paul's
church will be sent to the Chill.
dren's Home Finding Association
OF Missouri, whose representative.
Rev. Mr.. Milne, was but recently
in the Valley.
Some parties have been shooting
on the streets in the early hours O.
morning several times the past
week. We hope the night watch
will make a special effort to detect
the offenders and make them pay
for their folly.
The report that John H. Raney
had been retained to assist in the
defense of the Spaughs was with
out foundation. Mr.. Raney's SER
vices have been secured by the
prosecution and he will assist the
State in the case.
We are in receipt of a letter from
our old friend, S. E. DeHaven, who
is now located at La Grange, KY.
"Dee" was again elected to the
State Senate this fall, and his
many friends here will be glad to
hear that he is still sin the SWIM
With the Hot Springs trains back
on the road, and night passenger
on the Belmont several more
passenger train crews are at work.
The night trains on the Belmont
run between Bismarck and Bel
mont, making connections at the
former place with trains on the
main line.
Fifty people from Iron county
are in attendance on the Reynolds
court this week. Most of them
drove from Ironton, starting Sun
day morning. A few went on the
going to Leeper, thence
on the narrow gauge to Tralaloo,
thence about five miles by wagon.
It is a long and tiresome trip.
The building of the "Y" at Ho-
gan is said to be an assured fact.
A large siding is being built now
and the "Y" will be commenced at
once. The company representa-
tives intimate that before long
quite good-sized yards will be
maintained at Hogan, and there
will be considerable doing in the
railroad line.
A petition is being circulated
among our citizens this week, adj
dressed to the railroad commits
sioners, asking the building of a
new depot at this place. Under a
recent law the commission has the
power to order that a new depot
be built, and we have assurance
that they will pay some attention
to our request.
The REGISTER is about ready to
abandon the task of refuting all
the lies and ISLANDERS heaped on
the good people of this community
by the St. Louis papers in what
they print in connection with the
Spaughs. The task would be
endless. The lies are too numer-
Gus to merit specific contradiction
and refutation.
E. o. Phillips, reporter for the
st. Louis Republic, arrived in Iron
ton Saturday evening for the pur-
pose of writing up the mob, which
the st. Louis papers had assured
the world would take charge of the
Spaughs as they passed through
here that night. MI. Phillips lef'
Monday morning for Centreville
to report proceedings there.
The third quarterly meeting o:
the M. E. Church will begin Sun
day at 1880 A. NJ, with a sermon
by DR.. Ball, the presiding elder
after which the sacrament of the
Lords Supper will be administer
ed. The quarterly conference viii
be held Monday at 8 A. M. Yo,
are invited to attend these services
T. G.. PETERSON, Pastor.
Mr.. Victor Chisholm, Milton
Ontario; Messrs. R. G. Davidson
and M. E. Hays of Toronto
Canada, have spent the past weel
in this county looking over TIN
lands of the Mckenzie estate, 10
Gated in township 3S, range 1 west
A shaft is being sunk on the prop
erty in section three and a yer,
fine quality of iron ore is beinI
mined.-Potosi Independent.
The industrial car OF the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway was at tn
station here last Thursday. Their
was a fair display of fruit an
grain in the car, but owing to tn
fact that the coming of the car ha'
not been advertised, but few PEG
pie saw the exhibit. A farmers
meeting was held in the coul
house that afternoon, but as n
notice had been given the attend
ance was small.
John H. Holmes, Grand Keepe
of Records and Seals of the Mis-
souri, knights of Pythias, gave tn