Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-26

.AA $500
Company had about perfected
arrangements for the location of a
colony of Greeks along the Mis-
souri, Southern R. R. in the vicinity
of Corridon and Reynolds. They
will of course occupy the cut of
land which the company is hold
ing for colonization purposes at
$40 to Sis per acre. We do not
know what kind of citizens these
foreigners make as tillers of the
soil, but we do know they will
greatly improve the land they
settle on.-ReynoIds Outlook.
The railroads, it is said, will
contest the two cent fare law in
February. They claim they are
now operating their passenger
trains at a loss, and have been for
several months past, and hope to
have the law set aside. Well, we
never were pronounced in our ad-
vocacy of the law and are not pre-
pared to say now that it is al
together just. But we do object,
and most seriously object, to hav-
ing a law, passed by the people of
Missouri, set aside and held for
naught by a federal Judge, who
has nothing in m with the
masses and feels that he is far, far
above and beyond them.
The trouble between Judge Will
liams and lawyer Raney, wherein
disbarment proceedings were in
augurated, of which we made men
ton last week, was happily adju-
Dictated during the session of the
court Wednesday afternoon of last
week and all is peaceful and Sc
rene, again. The court announced
that the fine of $50 against Mr.. Ra-
ney, which had been assessed
Monday for contempt a excess
sive, and would be reduced to $40;
this introduced the subject, and
the court, after hearing what the
other attorneys had to say, became
convinced that Mr.. Raney had
been misunderstood and RENTED
the entire fine, and terminated the
disbarment proceedings.
CRUDE" Oglesby and John A.
Knott, state railroad and ware
house commissioners, were in
Greenville last week to inspect the
track, roadbed and more particu-
larly the bridge of the w. G.. & st.
l.. They found the existing con-
dition' of the track and roadbed to
be very satisfactory, but they
appointed w. L. Mathews to make
a more thorough inspection of the
bridge than time permitted them to
make. Mr.. Mathews has complet-
ed his report and it has been sent
to the commission, and while the
public cannot have access to it
before the commissioners have
passed upon it, it is understood
that the bridge was found to be in
perfectly safe condition, reports to
the contrary Notwithstanding. =
GreenvilIe Journal.
Along in October Miss Mamie
Brown, the popular primary teach
er in the Pilot Knob schools, had
the misfortune one Sunday eve
ming, while on her way to Fort
Hill church, to lose her watch.
She had the watch when she left
her boarding house, Mr.. Thomp-
sons in east Ironton, and she dis
covered it was gone while passing
the courthouse. That night and
next day the ground was gone ov-
or most carefully but no trace was
found of the missing time piece,
nor has there been to this day, al
though Miss Brown has advertised
a liberal reward for its return. 1t
is almost certain that the watch
has been found, but the finder ev-
identity is going to keep it. 1t was
a valuable watch, a present and
most highly priced by it's owner.
In the death of Mrs. Elvira Buck
ner, which occurred at her home,
near Annapolis, this county, on
December 9th, there passed away
another of the pioneers of this sec
ton of Missouri. Coming sixty
years ago, as a girl fourteen years
of age, to what is now part of Iron
county, what wondrous changes
she saw. There we're few settle
ments in this part of the state and
not a railroad this side of st. Lou
is.& lronton was unthought of and
Iron county was not organized I'M
til ten years afterward. There are
few peoples now in Iron county
who have been9living here as long
as Mrs. Buckner. She was a good
woman and leaves many friends
to mourn. To the children we ex-
tend our coincidence. After a long
and useful life, may she rest in
peace!
The panic-for that's all it is,
nothing more, nothing less-is
making itself felt everywhere. But
it is not in a community like ours
that the results are SO disastrous.
In a section, like the lead belt in
st. Francois county, where there
are thousands of wage earners, are
the effects of the panic most keen
ly felt. Over there, they tell us, a
crisis is fast approaching. Hun
dreds, if not thousands, of men are
out of work, and those who are at
work are on half-time and reduced
pay. AS a rule they are a class of
people who live from shand to
mouth" taking no thought for the
ssrainy day." The single men,
who are free and have none de-