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

We have had bad week. Big
Creek was fordable only one day
during the week.
| was in st. Louis few days
last week. We stopped at the
Marquette Hotel. 1t is one of the
largest hotels in the city; has 800
rooms, nicely furnished. Rates
from ST to SIS per day. They en-
ploy 175 men, boys and girls. A
fine barber shop, pool table and
bowling alley in the basement.
An orchestra makes music while
the guests are at supper. At six
o'clock all the employees march
like soldiers through the lobby,
and each squad files off to their de-
lpartment. There is phone in ev-
cry room so you can talk with any
one in the hotel, or call for what
you want. 1t surely is an up-to-
date hotel. 1t rained all the time
we were there, making it very dis
ag reeable.
I never saw such an accumula-
ton of freight as we have at our
depot since the rivers and creeks
have been up. There is at least
one thousand dollars worth of ma
chinery, plows, wagons, etc., lying
around the depot. The farmers
surely are on top and have money
to spend. They have been ship
ping car of stock every day for
three weeks and are still shipping.
The farmers are getting from 4 to
5 cents for hogs; 6 to 7 cents for
beef and 8 1-2 to 4 for stock hogs.
The lumber business is looking
up a little. Fitz, Stamp & Co.
have sold 20 cars of hewn ties to be
shipped from Plateau, Gads Hill,
Des Arc and Vulcan. Ten cars
were set out here Sunday to be
loaded with ties. They will be in
spected as they are loaded on the
cars.
j. w. Crowley is still very sick
and not expected to live. He has
stomach trouble.
Stevenson 4 Fitz have sold one
of their saw mills to Frost Rutledge
on Clarke's Creek.
Our school election passed off
Iquietly. We will have an eight
months school.
Miss Eta Keathley has been en-
ployed to teach the Sabula school.
Will commence this week and
have summer vacation.
Our newly elected town board
has not yet met and organized, SO
the old board holds on.
Our base ball team will play
Piedmont next Sunday and chal-
lenge Ironton soon.
Some of our neighbors who have
been visiting Ironton since it went
dry say it is the dullest place they
ever saw. I think they are surely
mistaken. / would like to have a
statement from the merchants
there and hear what they have to
say about it.
Thirty-six cases of eggs were
shipped from here to-day and
three cars of stock.
w. j. Fitz and wife and Miss
Marie Stevenson were in the city
, last week shopping.
Mrs. Eustis and daughter re-
turned to Hoxie Sunday, after vis-
. iting Mrs. Len Morris.
Mrs. Cooper, wife of one of our
telegraphers, spent a few days
here last week with her husband.
Mrs. George Phillips was called
. to Hematite last week by the seri-
Gus illness of her sister.
Carwitt Myers and wife are vis-
iting his father, E. Myers, at Chat
fee.
Judge Schmidt spent last week
; at Ironton.
: Miss Mary Harmon from Will.
Evansville spent Sunday with
friends here.
Winfred Stevenson from Bruno
spent Sunday with. his sister, who
was home from Arcadia College.
Ed Seitz and Mr.. Zimmerman
operators at Gads Hill, were in
town Sunday.
Miss Maude Fitz is home this
, week from Piedmont.
George Gassman, who has beer
, working at this place for the pas