Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
LOCAL BREvITIES.

MarCu, you Will remember, cdmo
in like a lamb.
Work is progressing on the dam
at Pilot Knob.
No troops at the rifle range this
summer, we are told.
Squire Rasche expects to move
down town this week.
Prosperity stands afar off from
the valley these days.
Fredericktown, by a recent CEN
sus, has a population of $500.
It looks now like the railroad
rate will be three cents after April
10th.
Lopez Store Co. will unpack
over two ears of merchandise this
week.
Some twenty would-be teachers
attended the examination last
week.
The REGISTER is sorry to hear
of the serious Hines of Mrs. w. G.
Fairchild.
Whitworth & Hill shipped a car
of horses and mules to st. Louis
this week.
1t is said that the American Ho-
tel property will be occupied in the
near future.
We hear of no opposition to the
proposition to bond the Ironton
school district.
The county court will receive
bids for building an addition to
the jailer's residence.
The county court will name the
county depositary for the ensuing
two years at the May term.
On our last page we continue the
publication Of the serial story,
"Redfelds." Don't miss it.
Mrs. Anna M. Rasche has bought
the old Fountain home, south of
her residence in north Ironton.
To get into the spirit of things,
get into a new Spring Sutton OF
those hobby styles at Lopez's.
The county board Of equaliza-
ton will be in session next Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Last weeks county court pro-
ceedings are published this week.
Court adjourned until April Sth.
The stockholders of the Acad-
envy of Music hold their annual
election next Monday afternoon.
Rev. E. L. Spiller has been re-
turned as pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal Church for another
year.
Mrs. T. P. Fitz, of Des Arc, is
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. G.
w. Morris, and family.-Farmdng-
ton News.
Mr.. Robert Hotson has our
thanks for a bunch of spring
onions-the finest we have seen
this year.
Rev. e.. L. Spiller's subject Sun
day morning will be: "Christ's
Promise of Prosperity" Sunday
evening, ga Burden Bearing Peo-
ple."
@. A. Buckley is getting the shed
for his saw mill under way and
hopes to begin operations before
SO very long.
We are told that Mr.. Kirkhoff,
of Poplar Bluff, who was here last
week, is thinking Of buying a
home in the valley.
Mr.. Phipps, the st. Louis piano
man, is building a bungalow on
the Arcadia Heights. The struct-
ure is well under way.
Mr.. Lees auction sale Saturday
was fairly we'll attended but not
nearly all of the stuff was disposed
Of. The auction will be continued
April 10th.
The Doe Run and Pilot Knob
basket ball teams played a game
at Pilot Knob last Saturday. The
visitors we're victorious in a score
Of % to %.
Don't mistake: the jail addition
for which bids are called, is to be
made to the custodian's division
not to the enlargement of the SO.
cluded portion.
P. p. Rosentretter is now sole
owner Of the livery business ii
north Ironton, having purchased
the interest Of his former partner,
Thos. D. Jones.
The Arcadia Valley Bottling
works in Arcadia is about ready
to commence operations. AS soon
as a car of bottles arrive the frs
run will be made.
With no booze on sale visible te
the naked eye, s~sscrapso under the
influence Of some intangible, hid
den exhilarant, are all too frequent
in this peaceful vale.
EgA. III. Greason, who returned
home recently from q St. Louis
hospital, was taken back to st
Louis for treatment Friday. HI
was accompanied by F. d. Bacon,
Poplar Bluff Citizen.