Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-04-16


Wednesday, April 10, at 2:30 P. NJ.
All the ladies of the valley are in
'vited to be present. Wednesday
evening, at the Presbyterian
Church, the programme will be in
the interest of Missions. There
will be music, and addresses ap-
propriate to the subject, followed
by the presentation of "The Voice
of The Women" which has been
specially prepared, and to which
all are invited.
Mr.. Edgar, who has been Mayor
of Ironton for the past thirteen
years, stepped down and out at
the meeting of the city council
Monday evening, and Robert A.
Rasche, who was recently elected
to the position, was indicted into
Office. We wish for the;new mayor
the success and competency that
ever attached to the administra-
ton of his predecessor. Mr. Ed
gar made a most excellent official.
This is a fact that all admit. The
new councilman were also sworn
in. Mayor Rasche will announce
his appointees next meeting in
May.
j. The Summer Training School,
conducted by County Commits
sioner G.. L. Smith in the public
school building, Ironton, will open
May 4th and continue eight weeks,
closing June 26th. A good attend
ance is expected. All the common
subjects will be reviewed, and ad-
vanced work in Pedagogy, Alge-
bra, Literature and Advanced His
tory will be. given as the classes
demand. Teachers and those de-
string to do review work, as we'll
as those who intend to take all or
part of the examination in June,
will find it very profitable to at
tend this summer school.
Messrs. Louis Miller and G. w.
Clarkson of Arcadia, and st. Louis
people who have summer homes
in Russellville, have announced
that they will defray the cost OF
an iron bridge across the
stream just east of the railroad
crossing in Arcadia. 1t is propos-
cd to have concrete abutments and
a concrete floor. The span will be
about forty feet long. If the gen
tlemen named are public spirited
enough to build a bridge on the
county road the county court
should ~reciprocate by at once ap-
propriating a sufficient amount OF
money to put all the roads in that
neighborhood in first class con-
dition.
John Mayes, the livery man,
had a horse drowned in the I'M
boden Fork of Black River, about
fifteen miles west of IronTon, last
Friday. A stave man by the
name of Hoffman, from st. Louis,
was driving a team from Mayes'
stable and attempted to ford the
Imboden Fork, which was much
swollen by recent rains. Just
about the time the middle of the
stream was reached the buggy
was turned over by a floating log.
One of the horses succeeded in get
ting to land but the other could
not get away from the buggy and
was drowned. Mr.. Huffman, him.
self, had quite a time keeping from
being overcome by the rushing
waters. The buggy was a total
loss and Mr.. H. paid the livery
man for both the horse and the
rig.
MOI withstanding the very in
clement weather the Spring Mil
linery Opening at Mrs. Woodside's
last Thursday was a decided sue
cess and the number of visitors
in attendance was greater than on
any previous occasion of the kind
in the eleven years that Mrs.
Woodside has been in business in
Ironton. The visitors were not
confined to the valley, mol the
county, either, for that matter, for
there were a number of ladies
present from the adjoining coun-
ties. Mrs. Woodside and Miss
Bessie Gillian were generally COM
plimented and praised for the
most magnificent and attractive
display of millinery they had pre-
pared for the event. All the WISH
tors insisted that they had never
seen more beautiful and fetching
things to wear. The sales were
very gratifying, too. In fact, SC
much so, that Mrs. Woodside was
in St. Louis Tuesday to ~replenish
the stock.
The strawberry shipment seas
on has opened, it's formal inaugur-
alton being observed in this city
Monday when the first car load of
the delicious fruit passed through
via the Iron Mountain. The con-
signment was drawn by Fruit
Special Engine No. 474 and ar
rived in Poplar Bluff at 1888 P. M,
1t came from eastern Texas and
was destined for Quincy, Ill,
Railroad officials anticipate a
heavy business in this commodity
within the next ten days. In adj
dition to the opening of the straw
berry season, stock shipments
have begun on a heavy scale
Twenty seven cars of Texas cat
lie, forwarded to st. Louis from
Pearsall and Encinal Monday,
reached Poplar Bluff yesterday al
5 :43 P. M. They made up a special
train. This is one of the several