Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-01

0oAluH OACAClnCc IN Ols LOQlS HutIb
her daughter, Miss Beckwith,
graduated.-Piedmont Banner.
A letter from John T. Baldwin,
Jr., tells us that they are prosper
ing in their new home in Sapulpa,
Oklahoma. He says they now
have contracts for sixteen houses.
Sapulpa is booming and is ex-
pected to double in population in
the course of the next few years.
1t is announced in the daily
papers that Bill Spaugh, serving a
life sentence in the penitentiary
for the murder of Sheriff Polk,
has made application to Governor
Hadley for a pardon on the plea
of i'll health. Certainly the gov
ernor will pay no attention to the
petition.
Wheat harvest is in progress in
the county this week, and the
yield promises to be much better
than was expected. Some fields
are exceptionally promising. MI.
Clardy has seventy acres which it
is estimated will yield an average
of % or 80 bushels to the acre.
Pennington Times.
Rev. and Mrs. E. L. Spiller and
son were in attendance at the Dis
trict Epworth League Convention
held at Doe Run last week. Misses
Maude and Alice Twomey were
the delegates from the Ironton
Chapter. There were about forty
delegates in attendance and they
all voted Doe Run Chapter a SPLEEN
did host,
The drive of ties of the T. j.
Moss Tie Co. which was started
from West Fork post office, fifteen
miles above this place, last Tues
day a week ago, passed this place
to-day. There are 5000 ties in the
drive and about fifteen men are
employed in keeping the ties
moving. Jas. HI. Cozine is in
charge Of the drive. They expect
to reach L~esterville with the drive
Saturday evening and from that
point on to Clearwater they will
be taken in rafts.-Centeruille Out
look.
Fast mail train No. 7 struck
Henry Barron, age IS, near Min
eral Point Monday morning. He
was sitting on the end of a tie, and
had evidently fallen asleep. DR..
Eaton, the company surgeon at
Bismarck, was notified and attend
ed the injured man who died a
short time after he vas hurt.
This is the second young man that
has recently adopted the danger
GUS practice of resting on the end
of q railroad tie in Washington
county with fatal results from fast
trains.
Married-At the residence OF
Rev. Fuller Swift, Arcadia, Mo-,
Sunday morning. June 9th, 1909,
James Garfield Newman, of Iron
ton, and Essie Mae Yount, of Rus
sellville, Rev. Fuller Swift oficiat-
ing. Immediately after the cere-
mony MI. Newman and his bride
boarded the north bound train fol
trip of a week or more. After
July 10th they will be at home in
Ironton. Mr.. Newman is a worthy
young man. His bride one of the
sweetest and loveliest girls in the
valley. We wish for them every
happiness.
From Tuesdays Globe emocrd,
we learn that John S. Benson,
formerly of Annapolis, this coun-
ty, had the day before been re-
fused a saloon license by Excise
Commissioners Caulfield. Mr.. Ben
son wished to establish a saloor
on his newly acquired property al
the northeast corner of Page anc
Euclid avenues. Rev. Ewing o.
the Euclid Avenue Baptist church
opposed the issuing of the license.
and, after hearing the evidence
the Commissioner decided against
Mr.. Benson.
Mrs. Sallie Lott, wife of Joh1
Lott, died at the family home
!, west Of Ironton, at midnight, Sun
day, June II, 1909, at the age Q
|, ffty-fve years. Mrs. Lott hac
t been in poor health for some time
and the end came not as a sur.
prise. A husband, two daughter
and four sons are LETT to mourn
her demise. To them and tn,
other sorrowing relatives we ex'
tend our coincidence. The funera
occurred Monday afternoon ant
, the remains were inferred in thu
} Fisher cemetery in the Cove. Res
in peace.
DIR. w. G. Patton, of Cape Cir
ardeau, was an Ironton visitor
couple of days the first of tn
week. It has been nearly twent,
years since the DR.. left Ironton AM
located at the Cape. In that tim
fortune has smiled on him, ant
i he has attained wealth and fam
in the city by the river. DR.. Pat
ton has just completed a two years
i term as Mayor of Cape Girardea,
and it is generally conceded tina
his administration was the bes
the town ever had. His old friend
in the valley are glad to know 9
his success.
. We understand that attorne.
John HI. Reppy of Jefferson coun
ty was here last week for the pur
l pose of re-instituting suit agains