Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-03-03

Range, where they will probably
be located for a month or more.
We understand that when they
get through with the job here
most of the surveying party will
go to Texas, where they have an
other job similar to the one they
are completing here.
A copy of the Improvement
Mortgage for $25, 900, 900, given by
the Iron Mountain railroad to the
Guaranty Trust Company, of New
York, was filed for record with
Recorder Hawkins February 10Th
by Isaac Letcher of Washington
county. The document consists
of ia printed pages and the re-
cording fee was S37.
Mr.. Harlan Wade, of Walnut
Ridge, Arkansas, and Miss Nina
Block, of Hoxie, Arkansas, sur
prised their many friends on
Washington's birthday by jour-
neying to an adjoining town and
being quietly married. The many
friends of the family will join the
REGISTER in wishing her every
happiness. Mr.. and Mrs. Wade
will make their home in Walnut
Ridge.
Rev. Geo. Steel took time while
in town the other day to chat with
the editor, and among the many
interesting things, he told us of
his new life in the city was that
his church membership had grown
in four years from 10 to 1866; that
his salary which is always paid
promptly and in full has been
raised 80 per cent, and that the
church is crowded always so that
a new and bigger church is inn
perative.-Hillsboro NeU Era.
Mr.. VIM. Trauernicht has con-
cluded to make his home in Iron.
ton and will at once open a tailor
ing cleaning, repairing and
pressing shop in the south room,
up stairs, Academy of Music. Mr..
Trauernicht's proficiency in this
line needs no commentator from
the REGISTER and we are sure he
will be accorded a most liberal
patronage. And it is certainly a
pleasure to give him the glad
hand on his determination to be-
come a citizen of our town. We
need more just like him.
Mr.. York tells us that the Pilot
Knob lake dam we'll withstood the
"a hours of rain last Saturday and
the melting of the foot or more OF
snow and ice that accompanied it.
Two feet of water was running
over the cement outlet for several
hours but the concrete was not
damaged in the least. MI. York
and sons have a force of men and
teams at work this week REIN
forcing the old earth part OF the
dam with stone. 1t is not expected
that future freshets or floods will
hurt the dam in any way.
Ed. q. Baird of Arcadia Sunday
received a telegram announcing
the death of his brother, James M.
Baird, in Memphis, Tennessee, the
day before. The funeral occurred
at the home of the deceased in
Senath, in Dunklin county, the
following Monday. James M.
Baird lived in Arcadia for a long
while, but about twenty years or
more ago removed to Dunklin
county, where he attained con-
siderable success in the mercantile
business. He was a big-hearted,
genial man, and old friends in
Iron county learn of his demise
with sorrow. Peace to his ashes.
The suit instituted by the stock
holders of the Bank of Ironton
against the County Court Of Iron
county some three OF four years
ago was given q "knock-out''
blow by the State Supreme Court
Tuesday. This suit originated
because of the action of the Iron
County Court in 1905 naming the
Iron County Bank as the county
depository. The Bank of Ironton
offered to pay a higher rate Of in
terest than that paid by the Iron
County Bank and then the stock
holders of the first named insti-
tuition sought to compel the coun-
ty court to make their institution
the depository. The case was
tried in the circuit court before
Judge Williams some three years
ago, who found in favor Of the
defendants. An appeal was then
taken to the supreme court and
that tribunal Monday affirmed the
decision of the lower court. Nc
one with any intelligence or fair
ness of mind never anticipated any
other result.
Michael Foley, probably the
oldest resident of Iron county,
died at the home of Mrs. Mary
Shea, in Graniteville, last Thurs
day, February 24th, 1910, at 3:4C
o'clock A. M. Mr.. Foley's exact
age is not known, but from certain
facts in connection with his
career, it is estimated that he was,
at least, in his ninety seventh
year. A native of Ireland he came
to Iron county, locating in Belle
view in 1866, where he remained
about fifteen years, then going
to Graniteville whore he lived I'M
til his death. He suffered a stroke
of paralysis a few days prior tc