Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-04

Prof. Wilkinson and family ar
rived in the Valley last Thursday
from Upper Alton, Ills, to spend
the summer. We regret to hear
that Mrs. Wilkinson has been in
poor health the past two months,
but it is hoped that rest in the VAL
ley will soon restore her.
A travelling man for one of the
big hat houses in st. Louis, who
recently visited I~ronton, says that
the store of the Lopez Store Com
pany in this city is a long ways
the SWEETEST store that he knows of
in eny of the country towns in
Missouri. Quite a compliment.
The REGISTER is indebted to Mr..
Cranston, the representative of the
American Book Company, for a
copy of the Natural School Geog-
raphy-special edition for Mis-
souri, and Iowa. 1t is indeed an
excellent publication and magnifi-
cent specimen of the printers art.
The suit of Mrs. v. G. Raney
against G.. w. Raney, for divorce,
was argued in Judge McDonald's
division of the circuit court in st.
Louis Monday. 1t seems that Mr..
Raney made no appearance in
court. The Judge took the matter
under advisement until Mr.. Raney
could be heard from,
The school board for the IRON
ton district meets Saturday eve
ming, when the matter of selecting
a principal for the schools will be
again considered. We understand
that the board has a number of
applications, but some of the MEM
bers do not want to make a con-
tract without first seeing their man.
Just now the nasturtium and the
sweet pea are in the height of
their glory. Those having beds OF
flowers that they desire to enter
for the prizes offered, will please
call the attention of the judges to
them. Judge Farmhouse, Mrs. w.
j. Smith and Mrs. M. j. Francis
are the special committee on
awards.
It's a long twenty miles "over-
land" between Ironton and Fred
ericktown, with many a rocky
stretch along the way. Ask the
bunch who, last Sunday, fruitless
SPAWNED it's trying breadth. | am
reminded of the lines:
men,
Marched up the hill, and then marched
down again"
1t is a great pleasure to look
around the town and see the many
we'll kept yards this year. We
understand that the judges for the
Lawn Improvement Association
are on the lookout, and are noting
carefully the great Improvement
that is shown since they visited the
yards of those competing for the
prizes in the early spring.
Rev. L. M. Thompson, Rev. and
Mrs. w. R. Mccormack, Prof. and
Mrs. G. B. Thomas, Misses Minnie
Glover, Wilma Denman, Gertrude
Nc Cormick and Lillian Thompson
are attending an Epworth League
convention at Ironton this week.
From Ironton Rev. Thompson will
go to Appleton City, Mo-, for a
ten days. INSTRUMENTATION Neaos.
Watermelons will not be ready
to ship from here before the 10th
of August, and then there will not
be more than twenty loads go
from here, it is now predicted.
Our people can raise them all right,
but they have had such poor luck
with buyersand commission men
that they have become Disguised
with the crop.-DunkIin Democrat.
A steam pump was recently
stolen from the pump house at the
Iron Mountain dam. The people
who have charge of the property
were here Monday and had Justice
Rasche issue a search warrant fol
the house of a scrap iron dealer al
Pilot Knob. The constable made
a careful search of the house, but
was unable to locate the missing
pump.
Deputy Constable Worley cut
James Kitchell with a knife Sum
day morning, at Annapolis. Hitch
ell claims that the cutting was in
excusable, while Morley says thai
Kitchell was trying to hit him with
a pair of knucks. Squire Kitchell
issued a warrant for Worley Sun
day, and Morley was here Mon.
day trying to get a warrant fol-
Kitchell.
The editor is in receipt of a very
pleasant letter from Mrs. w. H
Halter. Mr.. Halter is now en-.
gagged in businessin St. Louis, but
the family are living at De Soto
They have three little girls ant
Miss Nina Easenwein is making
her home with them. Their Iron
ton friends will be glad to learr
that they are all in good health
and doing nicely.
The young folks who went owe,
to Fredericktown last, Sunday hat
a new experience; they couldn'
buy a cigar nor a meal at res
taurant - all such places wer'
closed tight as q drum. It is sin
gular that the ultra good people
Of that town particularly, thu
strenuous prosecuting attorney
don't devise ways and means TO
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