Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-19

DR.. G. G. Kerlagon, formerly OF
Belleview, writes us from st. Gen.
evieve that he and Mrs. Kerlagon
are enjoying good health in their
new home, the DR.. is building up
a good practice and they are well
pleased and satisfied in their pres
emit location.
Our old friend, Constantine
Kuhn, of Logtown, paid a visit to
his daughter and other relatives
in st. Louis last week, returning
Saturday. Mr.. K. says that the
city was like a s~weltering oven
and he was mighty glad to get
back in the woods again.
The six months old child of Mr..
and Mrs. H. S. Whitener died at
their home in Pennington yester-
day afternoon. The remains will
be inferred at Doe Run to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitener have the
sympathy of the entire community
in their loss.-Lead Belt News.
When the world learns that you
can do things well, you are all
right. Without that your services
will never be in demand. The
place to learn something practical,
something that will assure your
future success, is the Steelville
Business College, S~teelville, Mo.
The Arcadia Heights Schools
have secured the country place of
DR.. j. w. Wick, at the edge of
Ironton, for the coming year.
Courses in preparatory and high
school branches and music, and
the arts and crafts, will be offered.
For further information address
Rev. Fuller Swift, Arcadia, Mo.
Elsewhere we print an item taken
from the POST Dispatch of last Fri
day, wherein a party of campers
at the Iron Mountain lake claim to
have sighted a balloon the night
before. We can't find anybody
in the valley who saw the strange
craft, but one or two persons say
that a comet shot across the valley
sky Thursday night.
Prosecuting Attorney S. G. Nip
per, it is now almost assured, will
be appointed supervisor of the
1910 national census for this dis
trict. The position will pay 1900,
with an extra allowance of $500
for expenses. The supervisor,
among other duties, will have to
make the appointments of the emu.
merators.-Potosi Journal.
S. L. Moore, who has been SELL
ing groceries in Southeast Mis-
souri, for several years, has &C.
cepted a position with the Peters
lShoe Co., of st. Louis, and viii
represent that we'll known firm in
southwestern Texas with head
quarters at Houston. We shall be
sorry to lose this estimable family
from our town.-Fdrmington NeDs.
Mrs. j. F. Lindsay has gone tc
New York, to visit her daughter
Mrs. Bessie Dwiggens, wife of the
celebrated artist and illustrator.
whose characteristic signature
"Dwig' appears in connection
with some of the best magazine
illustrating of the day. Mr.. anC
Mrs. Dwiggins are now at theil
summer home at Green Lake, New
York, and there Mrs. Lindsay will
lioia them.-Piedmont Banner.
Tuesday was the Goth consecu'
tive day that the thermometer
registered over 80 degrees-some'
thing unknown in former weather
annals of the valley. Tuesday
was the hottest day of the sum-
mer, when the mercury climbed t.
405-the highest record since 1901.
when 1917 was reached. Every day
the past week the Thermometer
has been within a degree OF two 0
the century mark. The weathe
department. at Washington sen
| out a statement Tuesday that the
/ heat wave was broken, and prom
ises relief to-day. Lett come anc
come quickly.
The sad intelligence was received
here last Thursday morning o
the death the evening before il
| the Mississippi river at Cape Cir
[ ardeau of Warren Patton, son o
, DR.. w. G. Patton. The youns
. man, with a number of compan'
ions, had gone across the river II
a launch to spend an hour or tw'
bathing. Warren got in water be
yond his depth, and before hi
friends could help him he sank
1t was several hours before tn
body was recovered. WarreI
Patton was twenty years Of age
and a bright and worthy youni
man. To the bereaved father W,
r extend Jul sympathy.
: County School COMMISSIONS
! ! Burnham returned home Saturda.
! night after spending a week at tn
state convention of county super
intendents at Jefferson City. MI
I, Burnham says that the convention
J, was a ucces and would hav
: been very enjoyable had it nc
I been for the extremely hot wealth
: er. In another column Mr.. Burn
ham publishes the programme TO
the teachers meeting to be held i
Ironton August 18th and 26tf
: The meeting will be held in tn
. Ironton school building provide
? the improvements now being mad
on the structure are completed
7 If not, the meeting will be held i