Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-13


Frank Rockefeller brother of the
wealthy John D., visited FEEDER
icktown last week, and inspected
the North American, copper mine.
He travelled under an assume d
name and no one knew who the
distinguished visitor was until aft
er he had taken his departure.
For Sale or Exchanged few 40
and 80 acre tracts, suitable fol-
farming, fruit and poultry, near
Ironton and Pilot Knob, at reason
able prices. Will take some town
property in exchange.
HI. S. WHITENER,
Pilot Knob, Nc.
1t was reported here last week
that Adrain Steel had received
notice Of his appointment as post
master at Ironton. The papers,
however, have made no publi-
cation Of the fact if the same has
been sent to the Senate for con-
frmation. 1t looks like a "hold
up,' same as in the st. Louis APP
pointment.
Hon. John o. Long, clerk of the
county court of Washington coun-
ty, after urgent solicitation from
all parts of Missouri, has decided
to make the race for the Office of
State Auditor on the Democratic
ticket. Petitions in his behalf are
being circulated throughout the
State. Further announcement of
Mr.. Longs candidacy will appear
in these columns later.-Potosi IN
dependent.
The ''faithful' had a meeting at
the courthouse Saturday afternoon.
There were present possibly, all
told, half a hundred voters. Dele
gates were chosen to a couple of
Republican conventions and some
speeches were made. We are told,
however, that none of the orators
alluded to the panic, nor was there
any light shed on the perplexing
question of the S61, 800 that so mys-
teriously disappeared from the st.
Louis subtreasury.
Mr.. E. D. Nugent, who lives at
Iron Mountain, was a caller last
Friday. Mr.. Nugent says that the
panic has side-swiped the saw mill
business and the mill at Iron
Mountain has been closed since
December. Mr.. Smollinger has
a force OF about thirty men cutting
wood, however and some eight or
ten washing ore. Tt is thought
that considerable ore will be ship
ped during the coming year.
The demand just at present is not
good.
In the circuit court items OF the
Pennington News appears the fol-
lowing: 81. N. Long, who claimed
to be president and general mana
ger of thesCross and Anchor Home
for Orphans at Arcadia and secur-
ed S12 worth of merchandise from
the Pennington Mercantile Co. on
a worthless check last May, plead
ed guilty to petit larceny and was
given a sentence of five days in
Jail. He had already been in Jail
about two months, having been
unable to give bond.' Tell the
t'ring busters!"
AS will be seen in referring to
the proceedings the county court
last week made an order reducing
the rate of interest on school mon
ey from six to five per cent.-the
reduced rate to apply to new loans.
Persons who now have money
borrowed from the school fund can
take advantage Of the five per
cent. rate by giving a new mort
gage. There are several thous-
and dollars of the school fund in
the hands of the treasurer and the
court has reduced the rate of in
terest in the hope OF loaning it all
out.
The people of Belleview and vi
cinity recently held a meeting for
the purpose of organizing a COM
pany to build a telephone line from
Brule to Belleview and on to Gran
iteville. 1t is said that the cost OF
construction will be about 5000.
Each subscriber is to pay $40 and
put in his own line. The cost OF
maintenance after the line is once
in operation, it is said, will not be
more than Is cents per month for
each subscriber. Sufficient mon
ey has been pledged to insure the
building of the line. 1t should
then be extended to Ironton.
The following road oYerseers
were appointed by the county
court last week for the various
districts:
No. Fired. Amsden.
" WIN. Fakes.
3--Jos. Seillinger.
4-Adolph Lott.
5-John Ruble.
Own. Reed.
Ed. Holloman.
8-John Signer.
o-Chas. Peace.
1o-Nicholas Allgier.
I'D. E. Reagan.
l2-Wm. Hart.
I3-French Thurman.
lab. A. Sloan.