Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-12

The Belleview telephone people
now have about sixteen miles of
their line constructed, and expect
to have same in operation in a
couple of more weeks. They will
then extend the line from Belle
view to Graniteville, and on to
Ironton. They are going TO con-
meet with the Reynolds County
Telephone at Brule, and will thus
bein communication with most of
Reynolds and Wayne counties.
The Reynolds people are building
up OtteIy Fork to Brule and will
have the line completed in a cou-
pie of weeks.
Steve Tullock was summoned to
Pennington the latter part of last
week to make a "wet" spe ech to
the darkeys over there. Steve
says that he had been in the town
but a little while until he found
out that the colored vote would be
divided on the question. While a
goodly number of the colored
brethren we're wet, there were a
lot on the dry side, too. AS a rule,
the eason given by the latter for
their position on the question was,
"these Pennington saloons do not
keep chairs and tables in their
places for the use OF the colored
patrons"
Linn Clardy on Tuesday shipped
a car load oficorn cobs to the
Phoenix American Pipe W orks at
Washington, Mo. From the cobs
were shelled 400 bushels of corn.
The corn is worth to-day $3.50,
while the pipe company pays MI.
Clardy $3.50 for the cobs on board
the car at DeLassus. Thus he re-
ceived over So per cent. more for
his crop than if he had let the cobs
60 to waste as most, If not all
farmers do. This is something
for all farmers to think about
there is no reaso why you can
not sell your corn cobs and realize
from % to 80 cents a bushel more
for your crops.-Fdrmington Ne,Us.
From last Wednesdays Republic:
"The Federal Grand Jury yester-
day reported indictments against
Henry S. Whitener, George B.
Gale, and George M. London, OF
Flat River Mo-, and James A. Lon
don Jr., and Gilbert V. Whitener,
of Leadwood Mo-, on charges OF
conspiracy to defraud the Govern
ment out of timber lands in Mont
gomery County, Arkansas, by
means of bogus entrymen. The
alleged offense was committed in
1905, and three of the accused par
ties were indicted in 1906, but the
Indictments were declared defec-
tive. Three of the men are under
bonds" This is sad, sad news for
the Iron county ring busters.
The pay car of the Iron Noun.
tain system came into De. Soto
Wednesday morning and almost
the entire force was paid and laid
off for an indefinite period. The
general impression is that slack
business along the line was the
cause for the reduction in the force
and that soon business would re-
vive sufficiently to put on most Of
the men at least. There has been
no official reason given for the lay
off, there being no one here tina
is informed as to the ause. AL
men except the round house mer
and a few officials and guards were
affected, meaning that there are
several hundred idle men in d.
Soto-Jeferson County Republican.
Chas. Hens on was arrested
several days ago on the COM
plant of Jackson Brewers, who
lives east of Tronton. Brewers
claims that he was coming to town
one day a couple of weeks age
with a load of slaves. His Wagon
broke down and he piled the slaves
on the side of the road. He say
that Henson came along, loaded
the slaves into his own wagon, ant
taking them to Arcadia, sold them
The case was tried by a jury il
Squire Rasche's court last Thurs
day afternoon, but the jury failee
to agree. The case will be trieC
again Thursday of this week. TIL,
defense introduced evidence tx
show that the prosecuting witness
had stolen the slaves in the frs
instance.
In this issue we reproduce from
the st. Louis JeDish Voice an &C
count of the death and burial o
Sigmund Hurwitz, of Joplin, Mo
Mr.. Hurwitz forty years ago was
resident of Ironton and in associa
ton with his brother, Harry, wa
engaged in merchandising. Tn
few older citizens who can cas-
that far back in the history of tn
town will remember the brother
with kindly feelings. | knew then
both intimately and knew them a
broad-minded, intelligent men G
integrity, faithful to the religion
, of their fathers and upright il
their dealings with their fellow
men. The past is as of yesterday
but how bare is to-day of tn
friends who then were part of GU
livesl
Mr.. Sigmund Hurwitz died q
his home in Joplin, Mo-, o
Wednesday, Feb. 26th, after a pro
;, ira otad ~i1lnoon Hic rnpoinc war