Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-29


not be conceived.
To Hartford Collins, Jr., the REG
lister force is indebted for a treat
of soda water manufactured by the
Arcadia Valley Bottling Co. 1t
was delicious and if the Company
keeps their product up to that high
standard it is certain to achieve
success.
1 wonder, if we put our heads to-
gether, if an electric plant could
not be evolved in this Valley.
There is a crying need for it, for
both power and light. 1t seems to
that, with the use of the now
wasting power of the streams, such
plant could be run at the mini
mum of expense. The original
cost would be considerable, of
course, but the result would justify
the risk and expenditure. That's
the way it looks to me, and | be-
gin to wish for something better
than coal oil and bipedal and quad
upedal muscle.
The night is dark, the way is long,
Afoot, a-weary meath the stars;
Turn on the hghtl Let's join the throng!
Ills only hesitation barsl
Trees in town frequently nave a
hard struggle to live. The fine
NAPLES that for years shaded the
REGISTER Office are but the skele-
tons of their former selves. Bear
ing innumerable scars from the
fires that twice devasted this Sec
ton of the city, their deadened
limbs are nc longer screened with
friendly foliage from unkindly
view, but salute the eye with nak-
ed deformity. In time they must
give way to the slender sprouts
new planted, designed to take their
places, even as we of the older
generation step aside for the IN
coming scions to endeavor, care
and trouble. Unlike the tree, how
ever, when we are planted our
mission is ended.
On Sunday, April 18th, 1909,
sixty-three invited guests assem-
bled at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. j. Reeves, of Marble Creek, to
witness the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Lora Reeves, to Mr..
Walter Wren. At 1890, while the
guests were assembled in the par
lor, which was tastefully decorated
with flowers, the bride and groom
marched in, unattended, and the
ceremony was pronounced by
Rev. Philip Alternately, of Pied
mont. The bride, a tall brunette,
was plainly but very becomingly
dressed in a guimpe dress OF brown
silk. The groom was handsomely
dressed in black. After the cere-
mony and congratulations, they
proceeded to the dining room
where a delicious dinner was
served which had been prepared
by the BRIDES mother. May the
life of the young couple be one OF
Joy and happiness. A GUEST.
Work of selecting a jury for the
trial of H. A. Kretschmar, charged
with first degree murder for the
death of Clarence N. Jones, former
president of the Commonwealth
Feed Mills Company, was begun
yesterday in Judge Shields Court,
The ia king of testimony will begin
Wednesday morning. Kretsch.
mar, who was secretary of the feed
company, is defended by former
Lieut.. Gov. Charles P. johnson
and 9. Orrick Bishop. He will
plead self defense. Assistant Cir
cult Attorney Newton for the state
will try to show that the shooting
was premeditated and that Jones
was shot as he sat at his desk
The shooting occurred the after
noon of February 3 in the office o.
the feed company. There were nc
eye-witnesses. The state will of
fer the testimony Of Charles Sni-
der, a saloon keeper of 1920 North
Broadway, to prove that following
the shooting, Kretschmar surrend'
cred to Snider, saying, "I've sho
a man." George P. Jones, a mem
Der of the Board of Police Com
missioners, a brother of the deat
man, will be witness for the state
-GIobe- Democrat.
The REGISTER had a call Wed
nesday morning of last week from
Rev. Robert w. Leasing, the younI
minister who had been missin,
from his home at Moselle, Mo,
about fifty miles from st. Louis OF
the Frisco railroad, for two week
previous. He is a printer by trad
and was seeking work. We wer'
busy at the time getting out tn,
paper, and did not recognize hin
as the missing preacher; in fac
paid little attention to him, excep
to note that he was tidy and nea
and had a thrifty appearance no
frequent among travelling printers
A couple Of days later he walke'
into Des Arc, whore he was recog
nized by our correspondent
"Isaac," as the missing minister
An account of his arrival there an
return hope is printed in u De
Arc letterthis week. Leasing wan
dered away from his home in a {
of temporary mental alteration
He had taken his bible with hir
to study the subject of a sermon
1t is supposed that after seekin
some quiet spot, and sitting dow
to read and study, his mind be
came unbalanced and he was ov
ercome by an impulse to get away
The first few days Of his disappear
ance it was feared he had met wit
foul play, as he had drawn som
money from the bank and it wa
asserted some tramps had bee