Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-02-03

The following death notice ap-
peared in last Thursdays Post
Dispatch: entered into rest We'd
nesday, January 26th, 1910, at s
P. NJ, Columbus Carter, beloved
brother of Mrs. Katie Schneidt
and Mrs. Frank Morris, aged Al
years and one month. Funeral
Saturday, January 10Th, at 2 P. M,
from family residence, 31f South
Broadway, to New Picker's Gem
etery. Friends are invited to at
tend"
Three years ago when the
saloons were put out of business
in Iron county there was a surplus
in the county revenue fund of
$4,000. To-day that surplus is
gone, and unless some means are
devised for raising o revenue,
there will soon be a deficit in the
county treasury. Will the gentle
men-we mean those who have
not yet moved away-who fought
the saloons so valiantly now come
forward and make good the short
age? Not on your life. AS a rule
your reformer clings to his collar
just a little closer than anyone
else.
Saturday morning last George
Golden of Blackwell, Mo, aged 50,
visited De Soto and when nearing
Blackwell on passenger train % he
fell from the moving train and
was so severely injured that he
never regained consciousness, and
died in a few hours. DR.. j. L.
Eaton of Bismarck attended the
injured man and states that con-
cussion of the brain was the inn
mediate cause of death. Golden
was a good citizen and had lived
near Blackwell all his life. He
leaves a wife and one child. This
trip to De Soto and return was the
first time in life he had ever ridden
on a railway train.
Under a new law every physi-
clan must keep a record of all
births and deaths within his prac-
tice and report them to the State
Board Of Health. To this end a
Registrar is appointed for each
county, with assistants in various
sections thereof. DR.. R. w. Gay
has been commissioned for Iron
county, having in his immediate
charge the City of Ironton, the
south ,part of Arcadia township
and Liberty township. He has
appointed Mrs. Mamie Walker
deputy. DR.. Martin of Pilot Knob,
DR.. Meadows, Belleview, and DR..
Farr, Des Arc, are in charge of the
respective outlying districts.
The wedding of Thomas w.
Cheatham and Miss Nena B. Nc
Donald took place Tuesday noon
at the residence of the BRIDES
parents, Mr.. and Mrs A. Nc
Donald, 436 North Main street.
The Rev. E.. E. Duckworth, rector
of st. James Episcopal church in
st. Louis, pronounced the nuptial
ceremony. Only immediate rela-
tives and intimate friends attend
ed the wedding, which was con-
Quoted in the parlors of the home.
The bride wore a lovely gown of
rich material The parlor and
other rooms were decorated with
exquisite cut flowers. A delight
fal dinner was enjoyed after the
ceremony. The bridal pair left
almost Immediately for a honey
moon trip. Upon their return they
will live in a residence already
prepared for their reception on
Euclid avenue. Mrs. Cheatham
is an accomplished pianist, having
pursued her studies at several
leading Conservatives. Mr.. Cheat
ham is train dispatcher for the
Iron Mountain railroad.-Popldr
Bluff Citizen.
Under the new law the county
court revised the road districts OF
the county at its special January
term, called for that purpose. The
number of the districts vas re-
duced from twenty-four to seven
teen, in compliance with the law,
which provides that no district
shall contain "less than nine
square miles nor more than one
municipal township" So far as
it affects Iron county, the law is
not a good law, nor, in my opin-
ion, will it conduce to che better
ment of our public highways. The
court reluctantly complied with
it's provisions, making the best of
their requirements. The new law
also repeats the old section max
ing the appointment of highway
engineer optional with the court,
and requires the appointment Of
such official at the February term,
1910, at a salary of not less than
$500 nor nor than $1,000 per
annum. His term shall be for one
year and until his successor is APP
pointed and qualified. OF the
making Of new laws, there is no
end, and, usually their last state
is worse than their first.
Herman Amelung of Pilot Knob
and Jehu Jones Of Middlebrook
last week fled with the county
clerk petitions for dramshop
licenses to be acted on at the
regular session Of the county court
next week. If the petitions are in
proper form and contain the
requisite number Of signatures,
there is but one thing for the court
to do-and that is grant license.