Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-02

ing Lesterville with mail; whether
it will be supplied from this place
or Sabula. Where the demand
for this change came from we
do not know-it certainly never
came from the patrons of the Off
fees affected by the CHANGE
Reynolds County Outlook.
Mr.. Collins says we were misin-
formed last week in saying that
one of the hands at the stable had
imbibed too much whiskey and
kicked the stove down. 1t is true,
Mr.. Collins says, that the stove was
knocked down, but it was the re-
suit of an accident. 1t was also a
mistake that the boy went away
from here owing Mr.. Collins any
money. Mr.. Collins says the boy
is thoroughly honest and one of
the most accommodating and COM
petent men he has had in his en-
ploy for a long, long time.
Mrs. w. j. Smiths Writing In
stitute, in Ironton, is securing new
students every day. Mrs. Smith
has had twenty-four years ex-
perience as a teacher of penman-
ship, and the people are learning
that her graduates stand in the
front rank and have little trouble
in securing first-class positions.
Personal instruction is given every
student, and night classes are held
for those who want to attend them.
Call on or address Mrs. w. j.
Smith, Ironton, for particulars.
The fourth quarterly meeting of
the M. E. Church of Ironton will
be held next Sunday and Monday.
The Pastor will preach Sunday at
II A. M. Subject, "Christ's Ser
mon on the Mount" Rev. A. d.
Ball, the Presiding Elder, will
preach Sunday at 1880 P. M, after
which the Sacrament of the Lords
Supper will be administered. You
are cordially invited. Let every
official member be present at the
conference session Monday at 9:30
A. NJ. T. j. PETERSON,
Pastor.
Mr.. James Riley died at his
residence in this city Sunday after
noon. The deceased had been in
very poor health for almost two
years, and for some time past his
friends feared that the end was not
far distant. Mr.. Riley came to
Ironton from Wisconsin seven
years ago, and during his resi-
dence in this town won many
friends by his genial ways and
straightforward qualities. He was
an upright, honorable man, and as
such he will long be revered by
those who knew him best. He
leaves a widow and daughter to
mourn his demise, and they have
the sympathy of the community
in their sorrow. The remains were
taken to Cadet, Wisconsin, Mr..
Riley's old home, for interment,
Monday morning. Peace to his
ashes!
The following in reference to
creameries and canning factories
is reproduced from the last issue
of the Scott County Kicker: "The
Dunklin Democrat says that Puxico
has swallowed a canning factory
bait and wants to know what town
will now bite at a creamery. 1t
seems that Oran is nibbling at the
bait. 1t may be we'll to warn
farmers that promoters Of such
schemes often-ifnot always-give
influential citizens a big slice of
the pie to help work the thing up.
No independent concern can hope
to successfully compete with the
creamery trust, which is a section
of the meat and produce trust. 1t
would be just as wise to attempt to
establish an independent slaughter
house. Neither can hope'to cover
more than the local field, and the
chances r that it would even
give it battle there
According to Prof. w. L. How
ard of the Horticultural Depart
ment of Missouri, the recent cold
snap has killed almost the entire
peach crop of the State. Prof.
Howard has examined one hun
dred varities of peach trees on the
State horticultural grounds and
finds that the hardest varities will
produce about one or two per cent.
of a full crop. While the reports
he has received from other Sec
tons are incomplete, they indicate
that the crop has been killed in
almost every part of the State.
Where the temperature has not
fallen below fifteen degrees, Prof.
Howard thinks that from twenty
five to fifty per cent. of the buds
have passed through. safely, but
where the temperature reached
twenty to twenty-five degrees be-
low zero the entire crop is prob
ably killed. Apples and small
fruits such as raspberr1eS and
blackberries are not injured to any
great extent.
The Missouri Pacific railroad
company has contracted for three
water ~softening plants, one to be
located at De Soto, one at Bis
marck and one at Piedmont on the
Iron Mountain road. These plants
are to cost in the neighborhood OF
$4,000 apiece, and shows conclu-
sively that the Iron Mountain is
not to be abandoned in any man
ner. 1t was feared, and the
KNOCKERS went so far as to say
that when the bridge across the
Mississippi at Thebes was COM
pleted, that traffic over the Iron
IMOuntain would basSuSnended. b1t