Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06

A special term of the county
court will be held next Saturday,
when that body viii determine
whether to put the dog tax law in
effect in Iron county or not. The
late Legislature passed a law plac-
ing a tax of 81 on maleNdogs, and
81 on females. However, it is left
to the county courts to determine
whether the law shall become
effective in the various counties.
We trust that our court will not
make the law operative in this
county. We do not believe in it.
j.. G. O'Neal, of Irondale, was in
Ironton for a few hours Sunday.
MI. O'Neal has been engaged in
the mercantile business at IRON
dale for several years past, and his
Iron county friends will be glad to
know that he is prospecting. He
says that a number of drills are
now at work in that vicinity, and
they expect to know just where
they "are att from a mineral point
of view in the near future. Jim
also says that the people of his
town T very much incensed at the
railroad company for changing the
name of their station to Savoy,
and they r doing everything in
their power to have the old name
restored.
Mary E. Spaugh, charged with
the murder of Sheriff John w.
Polk, of this county was tried in
the circuit court in Reynolds coun-
ty this week. The evidence pre-
sented was much the same as that
in the trials against Bill and Arthur
Spaugh, and a very strong case is
said to have been made against
the defendant. Mrs. Spaugh went
on the stand in her own behalf
and testified she had no part in the
killing of the sheriff. AT a former
trial, it will be remembered, she
stated that she did not know who
fred the fatal shot. The lawyers
commenced their arguments Tues
day afternoon and the case went
to the jury that night. The in
structions of the court were for
murder in the first degree or ac-
quittal. Messrs. Damron, Edgar,
Dining and Raney represented
the State, and Messrs. Clark, DAN
iels and January were for the de-
PENDANT.
1t is reported that the we'll known
firm of Sears, Roebuck & Co., have
suspended the grocery department
of their large mail-order concern.
That comes al q result of a recent
national legislation, "because it's
maintenance has been made i'm
practicable by the pure food laws
just passed" An exchange, in
commenting on this says: That's
a confession, isn't it? And all
this time Sears, Roebuck & Co.,
have been killing out the local
merchant only because they were
able by means of their rotten,
cheap, adulterated stuff, to under
sell him in the local market. Not
only the local merchant has been
the loser; the mail order house
patron has been the worst buncoed
in every deal. The mail order
houses have made a practice of
selling impure foods. They +
all alike in that respect and it is
the same with all their articles.
Grocery adulteration is not the
only thing = there is clothing
adulteration, furniture adultera-
ton, implement adulteration.
That is how they live.-Pocahontas
Star.
The inter- State Grocer gives the
following explanation of the pure
food law of Missouri: cit should
be stated for the information of all
Missouri grocers that there is no
need of anything to be done to
protect the retailer until after July
1, 1907. AT that time, however,
everything in stock should have
stamped on it, Con hand July /,
1907 with the name of the retailer.
OF course, this is not necessary
when the goods comply in all re-
spect with the law, but as the re-
taller is not in position to know
for himself just what the ingred-
lent of food stuffs are, the safe
plan is to label packages with the
sOn hand stamp. The goods
should be labeled on the shelves
or in unbroken packages on hand
July list, and it would be wise to
label each separate package as
soon as taken from the original
package. The Missouri law close
ly follows the national law and
provides for the granting of the
serial number guaranty, under the
same conditions imposed by the
law, SO that the retailer can OBJ
tain protection through the same
means as in the national, viz: a
specific guaranty of each ship
ment from the manufacturer or
jobber; a blanket guaranty, war
ranting all goods which the manu-
facturer or jobber may sell to the
retailer at any time or by the
serial guaranty, all methods of
protection being the same as have
been fully explained in connection
with the federal enactments."
1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons to take, catch or
kill any fish in the waters of this
State by means of any seine, tram
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