Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17

Long is manager of the new
orphans home that is being estab-
lished at Brandsville and is also
president of the canning company
which viii erect a canning factory
in that hustling town. The exca-
walton for the orphans home is
completed and work on the build
ing will begin in a very short time.
Mr.. Long is a hustler and will
make a success of his undertaking.
-HoweH County Gazette.
The local telephone people are
in a wrangle with the railroad
company. A couple of the tele-
phone poles are in the way of the
"house tract" that tits proposed to
build west of the new depot. The
railroad people asked that the
poles be removed and the tele-
phone people refused. And there
the matter rests. 1t is said that a
phone will not be permitted in the
new depot. In that event about
half of The usefulness and conven-
fence of a phone in this town is
lost.
Prosecuting Attorney Damron
Mr.. Edgar went to Des Arc to try
a law suit before Squire Johnson
Saturday. Levi Eldridge vas the
defendant, charged with disturb
ing the peace, Rev. Walter Stro-
Their being the prosecuting wit
ness. 1t seems that on the night
of September 10Th a number of
boys congregated around the
Holiness Church House, where
services were being held and Rev.
Strother and Eldridge had some
words. The jury brought in a
verdict of not guilty.
There are two saloons in the
county: George Schultz, Ironton,
and Herman Amelung, Pilot Knob.
Mr.. Schultz's licenses expires ear
ly in November, and he will not
ask for a renewal of his license at
the November term of county
court, so Ironton will then be
"dry." Mr.. Amelung's license
does not expire until February.
VIM. Steffens, at Graniteville, will
ask for license at the November
term of county court, but MI. Kerr
win, who has been in the saloon
business there a number of years,
will not apply for license.
The legisture passed a law Great
ing the Office of County Highway
Engineer, term of Office to com-
mence in January, 1908. The APP
pointment is made by the county
court and is for two years. The
salary is from $500 to $4,000 per
annum to be determined by the
court. The Highway Engineer
must be provided with an office in
the court house and is to devote
all his time to the duties of the
Office. He will have charge of all
the roads and bridges of the coun-
ty and counsels and advises with
the road overseers as to their
work.
John FOWL has resigned as bank
examiner for Southeast Missouri,
a position to which he was APP
pointed to succeed Sam Niccolls
about two months ago. Mr.. FOWL
found that the position required
that he average at least one bank
each day and that this kept him
on the jump all day long and fire.
quently far into the night, giving
him no time whatever to look after
his extensive financial interests.
He will be succeeded by Walter
E. Dickey, cashier of the Peoples
Bank at Lutesville. Mr.. Dickey
has been making the rounds with
Mr.. Towl this week familarizing
himself with the Notwithstanding
ton Meas.
l.. F. Powers, a citizen of Des
Arc, a small place situated a few
miles north of here, was discover
ed very much "dead to the world"
on the sidewalk in front of City
Attorney Ford's Office last Satur-
day by Deputy Sheriff Nance.
Evidently Powers had imbibed too
much booze and was unable to go
any farther without a little snooze.
1t wasn't exactly the fact Of the
man using the sidewalk for a bed
that attracted so much attention
from Deputy Nance, but the sight
of a large 32-calibre revolver pro-
truding from the sleeper's hip
pocket caught his eye in a second.
Powers was Immediately arrested
and placed in jail. Prosecuting
Attorney Green will file informa-
ton against him for carrying con-
cealed weapons-Butler County Dem
ocrat.
The preliminary hearing of An
derson Rust for the killing of
Douglas Newman on August 2tst
last will be held before Squire
Rasche tomorrow (Thursday.)
While Rust has rs yet made no
formal statement he adheres to his
story that the killing was an acct
dent. He and Rust were driving
along the road when a bunch of
wild turkeys passed in front of
them. They both started in the
woods after them, going in differ
ent directions.e Rust saw what he
thought was a turkey and fred.
Newman exclaimed "I'm shot!"
and fell. Rust says that he was
SO frightened that he never even
stopped to Q how badly New
man raj hurt, but came to town
and left. Mr.. Edgar will assist