Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14

lots, which will take place the
second day of the celebration.
The town has been newly plated
for the purpose of making it a
thriving little city, where there will
be a handle factory, a creamery,
granite quarry and later an oper-
ating iron mine.
Pilot Knob is essentially a part
of Ironton, the county seat of Iron
county. 1t has a charming climate
and an elevation of $40 feet above
st. Louis. With the three towns,
Pilot Knob, Ironton and Arcadia,
incorporated as one town we have
the most attractive city in the
State. There are 43 houses on lots
at Pilot Knob which are to be sold
at most for one-fourth of the cost.
Pilot Knob, favored in historic
interest, magnificent in scenery, in
iron mines, climate and water sup
ply, is to be peopled by many old
soldiers and friends, and in a few
years a more substantial pros
perity will be seen on every hand
than was that feeting boom the
town once hand. This year hum
dreds of those who attend the
celebration will combine pleasure
with business, and while the OPP
p~ortunity is offered buy lots or
land. The mining company still
owns the mountains of ore, which
may be worked in a few years.
The valleys produce large crops of
corn, wheat, melons and fruits, the
hills will be utilized for grazing
lands. The big red apple and
the luscious peach grow to per-
lection on the mountain sides
where the iron and chemicals of
the soil impart a delicious flavor.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RES
ERvATIONS.
Three miles east of Pilot Knob
is the government rifle range. In
this reservation are 700 acres which
Uncle Sam will improve and beau
tify at a great expense. The Pilot
Knob Memorial Association has
purchased Fort Davidson at Pilot
Knob with a view to selling it to
the government for the second
reservation in the Arcadia Valley.
1t will take several hundred thou
sand dollars to do the work re-
CURED to make Fort Davidson and
the rifle range what Uncle Sam
would have them. This with other
things will make times good and
work plentiful. With the match
less climate, diversity of soil,
abundance of staple products,
thousands of acres of farm and
grazing lands, unsurpassed fruit
belt, fabulous mineral resources,
nearness to the city market, plenty
of good water, low tax levy, won
derful scenery and a thousand
other beauties and advantages,
Pilot Knob offers an unequalled
place for a home. The people are
progressive and encourage schools
and churches. They invite good
neighbors and are ready to lend a
hand.
Ironton takes a pride in build
ing good homes. The town is en-
powered among majestic trees on
the side OF Shepherd mountain. 1t
has many walks and driveways
and is the scene of the Sylvan
Lake, Grant Spring and Monu-
ment, all in the much noted EN-
erson Park.
ST. LOUISANS BUILD HOMES IN THE
VALLEY.
There are thousands of acres of
valley land in the neighborhood
of Pilot Knob controlled by the
Southern Hungarian Colonization
Society, which car be bought for
So to S12 an acre; the same grade
of land in other places is selling
from $40 to $50 an acre. 1t is
principally bottom land and will
produce anything. Lots near the
creek in Ironton sell for S100, while
just across the bridge, fifty yards
away, Pilot Knob offers good lots
for $50; this is all due to the fact
that these lots have not been on
the market but a few weeks. Now
is the time to buy land in the Ar
cadia Valley. Ironton has a hub,
stave, spoke, screen door and
other factories. Soon there will
be electric lights and a canning
factory. The country will sup
port other enterprises. The soil is
good, the climate perfect and water
power plentiful. The Iron Noun
tain railroad is encouraging all
efforts to make this section pros
per. Many wealthy st. Louisans
have built handsome and costly
summer homes in the Valley. The
most pretentious of these country
seats is "The Naples" one mile
east of Pilot Knob. 1t is the
property of Clarence N. Jones.
Mr.. Jones is said to own stock in
the Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods
Company. w. H. Thomson has
a handsome home a little ways
from Pilot Knob. Others who own
property in the neighborhood,