Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-23

Mr.. III. B. Jones is closing out
his store at Pilot Knob. MI. Jones
says that in the two years he has
been established he has done a
very satisfactory business, but for
other reasons he is going to quit.
He will likely remain in the valley.
While walking home to Pilot
Knob, last Saturday night, Jos.
Madlinger, the baker, stepped off
one of the bridges along ''brown
row. and badly fractured his right
leg below the knee. The injury is
quite a serious one, but Mr.. Mad
linger is getting along as we'll as
could be expected.
To the members of the M. E.
Church, South, will say that l will
be glad to have every member
present next Sunday. All who
are prepared to pay on the con-
ference collections will please do
so next Sunday, that this part of
our work may not get behind.
THE PASTOR.
Bishop futile will officiate in
st. Paul's church next Wednesday
night, at 1880. The public is
cordially invited to attend. An
Offering will be taken. Thanks
giving services will be held on the
ensuing morning at 10 o'clock, and
at that time another Offering will be
taken for some charitable object.
Geo. w. Buford recently sold
his farm on Crane Pond to VIM.
Boughen of st. Louis for $500;
Mr.. Boughen also purchased the
stock and implements, paying
therefor $500. He also bought
James Buford's goat ranch for
$1,000. Mr.. Boughen will take pos
session of the property in the near
future.
Lumber is being shipped from
the screen factory as fast as cars
can be secured. The gentleman
who is experimenting the shipping
to the factory at Owosso, Michi-
gan, says that the company he rep
resents has bought the lumber be-
longing to the American Screen
Door Company, but it did not buy
the plant or machinery. Wonder
who did.
A deed of trust, given by the Ar
cudia Valley Creamery Il Ice Co.
to the w. j. Lemp Brewing Com
pany, of st. Louis, was filed with
the recorder Tuesday. The deed
of trust covers the creamery plant
and all the machinery in connec-
ton Herewith, and is given to the
Lemp Company to ecu the pay
ment of a note for S2500 due n
year from date.
Judge 0. G. Lucy of Reynolds
county was in Ironton Tuesday,
on the trail of two very fine large
logs, stolen from a tract of land
near Lesterville. The Judge To-
Gated the logs at Graniteville,
where they had been sold to the
Syenite Granite Company for
derrick purposes. The company,
it is said, paid $50 apiece for the
logs. Judge Lucy returned home
saying that he would prosecute the
parties who hauled the logs.
THANKSGIVING SERvICEs,-The
Union Thanksgiving services this
year will be held at the Baptist
church, beginning at 1890 A. M.
Followingi is the programme: Dox-
ology; Invocation, by Rev. T. G.
Peterson; Presidents proclama-
ton, read by Rev. W. 7. Barn
house; Psalm 145, read respons-
lively; Anthem; Scripture lesson;
Prayer, by Rev. George Steel;
Hymn; Sermon, by Rev. j. G..
Reynolds; Hymn; Benediction.
The railroad company had a rep
resentative here recently looking
up the title to the Bert Gregory
farm located north of the Hogan
station. 1t is said the company
intends to buy a tract of land there
in order to put in a "Y." The plan
is to have all freight trains ''set
out" at Hogan. The north bound
trains will be cut in two, to enable
them to get over the hills, and the
south bound trains doubled up.
| When this is done it is also rumor-
ed that pusher headquarters will
be changed from Arcadia to Ho-
gan.
Geo. M. johnson has been fixing
up the dam at the ice house re-
Gently and says if we have any
good freezing weather this winter
he will put up ice and deal exclu-
sively in the natural article next
summer. Mr.. johnson has about
three hundred tons of ice now in
house left over from last winters
harvest. He did not handle the
natural ice the past summer, but
sold the artificial made at the
creamery in Arcadia. Four car
loads were shipped from his ice
house to points south, but there
are several hundred tons still left.
The official statement of the Iron
County Bank is printed in this is
sue of the REGISTER. The showing
made is a most excellent one, and
furnishes unmistakable evidence
that the institution is solid and
prosperous. The deposits are
about S27, 900 more than they were
a year ago. Another item worthy
Of note: it will be seen by refer.
ence to the list Of resources thai
the very low value Of $3.50 has beer
placed on the furniture and fix
lures" This is certainly con-
elusive proof that the bank roff-