Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-08

Mrs. Tanner, Mrs. Fred Meyer,
Mrs. Baldwin, and Mrs. G. J..
Goeltz and son, Byron, OF Bis
marck.
Ii you can't live in California,
where the oranges grow, why the
next best thing is to have a good
friend who remembers you every
year at the season when that most
delicious fruit is at its best. Last
Sunday we received from our
former fellow citizen and friend of
more than q third of a century,
Mr.. Frank Scoville, a box of
oranges whose excellence and
perfection and sweetness no pen
can describe or tell. "Ambrosia"
hardly conveys the meaning.
Such fruit we never find on the
market this far from the orange
groves. For many years Mr.. S:
has thus bountifully remembered
US. May all kinds of happiness
and prosperity attend him.
A negress, who was permitted
in st. Louis to purchase a berth in
the sleeping car on fast mail train
No. 7 of the Iron Mountain, was
put off at Poplar Bluff in response
to a determined complaint raised
by the white travellers in the car
Thursday morning. The woman
had bought a ticket to Little Rock.
The regular trainmen could not
understand the action of the car
conductor in permitting her to
board the train, when he should
have known, they say, that the
laws of Arkansas would prevent
her riding in the car even if there
were no objections. The protest
of other passengers is reported to
have been so strong that the
woman was compelled to leave the
train here.-Citizen Democrat.
The local option case on a writ
of certiorari was argued in the st.
Louis Court of Appeals on Tues
day by Judge Nations and r. G.
Tucker for the dry and E. A.
Rozier for the wet side. 1t is ex-
pected that a decision will be
reached soon and it is possible
that the court may reverse it's
former ruling and declare the en-
tire county dry again. However,
the Kansas City Court of Appeals
has this week decided the local
option election held in Cass coun-
ty some time ago void. Some of
the points on which the election
was attacked were very similar to
those of the st. Francois county
case, butt it is not known here on
just what point or points the cleo
ton was held void.-Farmington
Nel0s.
Frank Harris, one of the partici-
pants in the notorious Harris
Dooley battle, which occurred at
Doe Run several years ago, died
at the home of his brother, Jim
Harris, on the Porter farm, south
of Elvins, last Saturday of tuber-
culosis, aged 81 years. Harris,
it will be remembered, served a
term in the penitentiary for shoot
ing a man by the name of Stout
at Iron Mountain a few years ago.
Harris was sentenced for five
years, but was let out on two-thirds
time. 1t was while in prison that
the disease which caused his death
developed. The funeral was held
at Elvins last Sunday. Services
were conducted by Rev. Hum
phreys, after which the remains
were inferred at the cemetery
there, Among other relatives the
deceased leaves three brothers.
Farmington Meas.
The Iron Mountain railroad have
opened up two gravel pits which
they own at Marquand and will
commence the improvement OF the
road bed of the Belmont Branch
very soon. The company is now
engaging men and teams for the
work and three crews will be put
to work between this city and Bis
marck. An official of the road in.
formed the Denocrdt-N cWs this week
that the company proposed to put
the branch in condition so that the
heaviest engines could 60 over the
road. The DemocrGt-Ne also
learned from an unofficial source
that it was the intention of the
company as soon as the improve
ments were completed to run the
fast mail train over the branch
from Bismarck to Delta and then
over the Cotton Belt track to Dex-
ter and the Bluff. 1t is claimed
that by doing this one and one
half hours in time can be saved in
reaching the Bluff and also the
heavy grades on the main line cut
out. We sincerely hope that this
is true.-Democrdt NeaUs.
The store house and ware room
of G. w. Scoggin at Glover were
completely destroyed by fire short
ly before noonlast Saturday. The
fire originated in the roof of the
store which was a two story frame
building, and before the occupants
Of the houseNhad any knowledge
of the confiagration the flames had
gained such Roadway that the
structure was doomed. The post
Office was located in the front par
Of the building and as soon as he
was advised Of the fire MI. Scog-
gin directed his daughter to gel
out all the mail and post-office
records and he and another mai
attempted to get out some 'of the