Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-15

former r%ejoices with this parting
shot: "The next time the citizens
of Ellington raise a fund to build
a court house, they ought to set
aside a fund to buy a few muzzles
for some of Ellington's fool
friends"
A few weeks ago Benny made
the assertion in his paper that the
Republican county ticket had the
support of every minister in the
town and the opposition of all the
saloon keepers. Yet we'll venture
to say that the only successful
candidate on the Republican ticket
did not get the vote of a single
preacher in the Valley. 1t is not
a matter of any great Importance,
but is just a little more evidence
that Benny never tells the truth on
purpose.
The Cotter (Ark.) Courier lost
another subscriber this week and
has this to say of it: "The man
and his whole family came in to
stop the paper He paid to the last
cent and said: sYuh kin stop hit
cuz hit don't fit ar new shelves no
more an hit faint no good nohow
cuz weuns can't read Anyway
he was honest and a gentleman six
miles ahead of the crook who
never pays, and declares he paid
so-and-so, and ordered the paper
discontinued"
Mrs. Lena Snasdell was granted
a divorce from her husband, John
Snasdell, by the st. Louis circuit
court some days ago, and the de-
cree of divorce also granted to her
the custody of their minor chill
dren. Mr.. and Mrs. Snasdell
formerly lived in Graniteville, this
county, and Mrs. Snasdell has
many friends here who remember
her as Miss Damann, daughter of
one of our worthy citizens who
died many years ago, and several
OF whose O n r still living in
this county.
The Hempelman saloon petition
and the remonstrance against it
occupied the county court all of
Monday. Tuesday morning the
petition was denied. Mr.. Hemple-
men had a majority of the tax
payers in the township, but the
court adopted the two-thirds rule
in this case, by the votes of Judges
Lewis and Johnson, Judge Buford
dissenting. T~wo-thirds has not
been required heretofore. Is the
new departure a precedent to
govern hereafter? Or will flesh
be demanded of one petitioner
while fish will answer for another?
While in st. Louis last Monday
ye editor had the pleasure of meet
ing our old friend, w. H. Van
Mort, an old Belleview boy and
formerly prosecuting attorney of
Iron county. Mr.. Van Mort tells
us that he and his brother, Louis,
will soon sell the patent on their
tellurian, an instrument which our
readers will remember is to demon
strate the relative position of the
earth and larger planets, for about
$1,000. He and Louis also expect
to enter in the airship convention
to be held in st. Louis next year,
in an airship of their own con-
Observation-Disclosures Banner.
Services at M. E. church as fol-
lows: Sunday school at 9:45 A.
M, subject, "Jesus Before Caiap-
has,; sermon at IL, subject "Su-
preme Love-" Luke 1927. All
candidates for baptism will please
be present at the morning service.
Preaching in the evening, subject
"Personal Effort" We shall be
glad for a large attendance upon
these services. The Epworth
League meets at $50 P. M, with
Mrs. Haywood as leader; subject
of the lesson "Personal Evangel-
ISM" The Junior League will
meet for reorganization next Sun
day evening at 2:30 O'Clock with
Miss Bessie Gillian as leader.
A. j. MAY.
Mrs. Sloan, widow of Oliver
Sloan, near Caledonia, died Fri
day, November 8, 1906. Mrs.
Sloan lived near Caledonia about
fifty years, and during all that
time was a member of the Presby-
terrain church at Caledonia. The
funeral services were conducted
by Revs. Cobb and White on Sun
day, November II, and her re-
mains were inferred in the Gale
donia cemetery. Mrs. Sloan leaves
many relatives, being related to
the Meyers, Russells and Sloans
of this county. She leaves six
children: two boys, George and
Robert, and four girls; one a mis-
sionary to China, Mrs. Lizzie
Warren wife of A. l.. Warren, and
Gertie and Ethel.
Why not bond this town for
$4,000 for water purposes? A
reservoir on Shepherd mountain,
with a main leading to Main street,
would give us means to cope with
fires such as have several times
caused great destruction of prop
erty and threatened to devastate
the town. The reduction in in
surance cost alone would probably
be sufficient to pay the interest on
the bonds, and it seems to me our
citizens ought to be willing to vote
a reasonable increase in the tax
rate, should such become neces-