Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-06-03

The editor is in receipt OF an in
vitation from Mr.. and Mrs. George
Begley, of Poplar Bluff, Mo-, to
the marriage of their daughter,
Ollivette, and Mr.. Richard l..
Jacobmeyer, which will be cele-
brated at the home of the bride
Wednesday, June 18th, 1909, at
$3.50 O'Clock P. NJ. Miss Begley
has many friends in the valley
who will join the REGISTER in
wishing her a life OF much happi-
ness.
Otto Rieke, who has been with
the coast defense in Uncle Sans
army at Key West, Florida, for
the past three years, spent the
past week with his relatives in
Ironton, his term of enlistment
having expired. Otto says he
likes the military life; he plays in
the band and has a snap. He ex-
poets to re-enlist in the near fu-
ture. He will go to Fort Wayne,
Detroit, or Fort Logan, Colorado.
He has not yet determined which.
Our Annapolis correspondent
says that the REGISTER did not
reach that place last week until 4
O'Clock Friday evening. Why, we
are at a loss to understand, for
the papers were loaded on the
train here Wednesday afternoon
at two o'clock. Over forty-eight
hours getting twenty miles away!
The truth is our mail service is
rotten, rotten, rotten! The Annap-
oils incident is no rare exception.
Every week we have similar COM
plants. Thus far we have failed
to get any relief, but we intend to
keep on trying until some i'm
provement is made.
The fastest trip ever made by
any train on the Iron Mountain
was the trip of No. Z, the fast mail,
this morning between st. Louis
and this city. On this record
breaking trip the train made up
thirty-nine minutes between ST.
Louis and Piedmont, a distance of
one hundred and thirty miles.
The train pulled out of st. Louis
station late and Engineer Wonder
resolved to put her in the Poplar
Bluff station on time. He opened
up the throttle and started the
speedy train off at a high clip.
He still opened the throttle and
faster and faster her speed became
until the great train was thunder
ing through the Ozarks on her
southwark journey at record break
ing speed. Eighty miles an hour
was a common rate on this trip.
This is double the speed that is re-
garded as being fast through the
mountain division. Engineer
| Wonder kept this record breaking
time up and his resolution to put
No. 7 here on time was carried out
for she arrived on time.-PopIar
Bluff Republican.
Mrs. T. P. Fitz of Des Arc is in
receipt of the following letter from
| Chas. E. Stokes, of Kansas City,
chairman of the Missouri Prohibi-
ton committee:
"MRs. T. p. FITz, Des Arc, Mo.
"My dear Mddam-Your inquiry
in regard to Mr.. Bonsib and also
clippings from paper came to hand
several days ago, but | was at JEFF
ferson City and only returned from
there recently, and have been very
busy since. In regard to the mat
ter referred to would state that |
very much regret that Mr.. Bonsib
is mixing his mining stock work
with his temperance work, and |
shall ask him to discontinue doing
so. But | do not think there is
any necessity for the scare that
the newspapers are trying to get
up. I feel safe in saying that the
mining company which he is
working for Is in the hands of
men whom I believe to be honest,
and who think that they have a
good mine. They are not trying
to deceive anyone. But 1 know
there are a good many mining
schemes that are nothing but
fakes, and people generally are
skeptical on that question. ! do
not blame them, for | am a good
deal that way myself. | know
men, however, who have examined
this mine and seem to think it is
going to be all right, but for the
sake of the cause | shall insist
that Mr.. Bonsib shall drop that
Feature of his work at present.
With best wishes,
Yours truly,
.CHAS. E. STOKES"
A queer old world this and some
very queer people in it,. One day
last week while | was in st. Louis
| had occasion to visit one of the
big drug stores Of the town.
Standing at the cigar counter,
waiting for some change, | noticed
an individual enter the front door,
walk briskly down past the long
counter Of many brands of
whiskey kept on sale, until his
eye rested on the particular brand
he was looking for. He said never
a word, reached over and took
hold of a pint flask and showed it
in his hip pocket-just like he had