Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-29
MISSOURI STATE NEWS
Confident they Have struck o

hoooCQ away lACy Sunh d We'll " q
depth of GO feet, where they encoun-
tered a rock stratum which emitted a
burst of gas, followed by a flow of
liquid which evidently was not water.
Frightened, they ran to their master,
who investigated. Experts pro-
nounced the liquid to be petroleum OF
standard grade. Interested in more
weighty matters, the planter plugged
the well to a depth of 20 feet and went
his way, eve to reopen it.
Another group of experts, called to
the scene recently, have confirmed the
statement that the well is an oil pro-
Queer. AS soon as the company can be
financed the work of production will
proceed rapidly. The well has already
been worked secretly TO determine its
worth and the gentlemen interested are
confident that they have ''struck OIL"
Women Secured Life Certificates.
State Superintendent of Public
Schools Darlington recently held ex
aminations in st. Louis, st. Joseph
Jefferson City and Lamar for the GER
tiication of teachers applying for stat
license. Fifty-fve teachers wrote &c!
papers on the several branches, and
as a result II certificates were ISSUED
the other day by Supt. Darlington. Five
of these were for life and the Other
six for five years. 1t will be noticed
that the Life certificates were all taker
out by ladies, as follows: Life certifi.
cates-Bessie B. Kennedy, Nevada;
Carolyn Hardy, st. Louis; Roberts
McLin, Holden; Martha B. Richards
Ferguson; Mabel A. Frame, Trenton;
fve-year certificates-Lillie c. Coons,
Nevada; Fred E. Bartram, Fair Play;
J. U. Phelan, Pacific; Van w
%Schweich, Richmond; E. M. Supple
Bucklin; Claude c. Alexander, Slater.
Normal Commissioners Changed.
A change has been made in the com.
missioners chosen by Gov. Folk to Sc.
lect sites for the two normal schools
for the establishment of which the re
cent session of the general assembly
passed bills. R. c. Norton, Of Trenton,
is changed from the commission for
the Northwest Missouri school and
placed on the Southwest Missouri COM
mission, and T. L. Rubey is taken from
the Southwest Missouri commission
and placed on the Northwest Missouri
commission. The change was made
necessary by the fact that in selecting
the commission for the Northwes,
school three of the gentlemen wer,
taken from the district in which it is
provided that the school shall be To-
Gated, while the bill provides that not
more than two Of the commissioners
shall come from within the district.
Help FOR Poor Girl Students.
A bureau for helping poor girls al
the University of Missouri get work
during the summer has just been or
ganized. This is the first thing of the
kind that has been done at the uni
versity, although last year a bureau
for securing work for the young men
OF the university was conducted. The
university authorities were led to the
installation of a bureau for helping
poor girls by numerous letters re-
ceived from girls over the state, say
ing they would attend the university II
they could secure work to help pay
part of their expenses. The bureau
will probably be in charge of Sid A.
| Cunningham.
Big Lard Refining Burned.
The five-story lard refining building
at the packing plant of the Schwarzs.
child & Sulzberger Co. in Armourdale,
Kansas City, with its machinery and
products, was destroyed by fire of I'M
known origin. The building and ION.
tents of an old three-story smokehouse,
in process of demolition, were slightly
damaged. The loss is estimated at
from s175,000 to $200,0 600. 1t is covered
by insurance. Two hundred men and
women will be temporarily thrown out
IF employment.
The Solomon Bank Closes.
The banking house of Solomon &
Solomon, at Clinton, which has been
doing business for almost half a cen
fury, has been voluntarily turned over
to the secretary of state. 1t is said that
the bank was a heavy creditor of the
late George NJ. Casey, who died in
1904, and whose estate was involved to
the extent of $500, 900.
Merchants Oppose Sunday Closing.
At a meeting of the Southwestern
Mercantile association of st. Louis, the
Sunday closing question was thorough
ly discussed. Only one member, c. w.
Hayer, had the courage to speak in
favor of it. Formal action will be
taken on the question by the associa-
ton at it's next meeting.
Killed by Fall From Horse.
James f. Dills, a prominent farmer
and former merchant, was thrown
from his horse and killed about five
miles north of Albany. Dills was town
ship assessor and was a candidate in
1902 on the republican ticket for u
ty treasurer.
Shot Himself Through Heart.
c. A. DAWSON, a wealthy Pettis
county stockman, aged 60, committed
suicide at his home, three miles south
west Of Green Ridge, by shooting him
self through the heart with a shotgun.
Meut.-Gov. Mckinley Camping.
Lieut.-Gov. Mckinley, Mrs. McKin-
10y, Mr.. and Mrs. J. "A. Griessel, and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H., Reed, Of Golden
City, are camping in Cedar county.