Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-02

AhOhs odiQ Nc, Ill cot AOeAAuk
but bikkits (biscuits) after this"
Now this is not much of a story to
set before an intelligent public
and the readers of the REGISTER
are exclusively of that class-but
here is an interesting if not ap-
petizing sequel to it, printed in the
June number of the Texas Hdr-
poon: "The Dallas Texas Board of
City Commissioners recently
passed an ordinance, compelling
bakers to make each loaf of bread
weigh uniformly 16 ounces or
fractions in multiples of that
amount. In addition each loaf
must be branded with the bakers
name and weight of loaf. never
have been an advocate of branding
bread since | once passed by a
bakery and saw two small dirty,
leaky-nosed niger boys chewing
tobacco, licking stamps, and in
dustriously FASTING them on each
loaf of bread. 1t might not hurt
the bread, but | was afraid it might
hurt the niggers."
A number of Pennington citizens
attended the Ironton land congress
on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Gov. Hadley and Archbishop
Glennon we're the principal speak
ers. 1t is reported that five or six
thousand people were present,
coming from every state, from
Virginia to California. AT this
time the Murdoch Crumb Land
Co., of Chicago, had their draw
ing of land which they had recent
ly sold to home-seeksrs. The land
was in lots of 10 acres each with a
town lot accompanying the tract.
The price paid was $3.50 per tract,
but as much of the land was very
rough, it is said that there was
some dissatisfaction among the
purchasers. Otherwise the meet
ing was a decided success. Those
from here attending the congress
were: M. A. Young, A. F. Davis,
o. j.. Maberry and son, Hugh, Mr..
and Mrs. R. M. Davis, DR.. G. A.
McEwen, Mrs. Anna Lloyd, Mrs.
Alma Rider, Mr.. and Mrs. G. B.
Denman and Misses Ida Mercer
and Helen McClanahan. Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis had an exhibit of
canned fruit and strawberries at
the congress and were awarded
first preminm on the canned fruit
and second on the berries. Gov.
Hadley told Mrs. Davis she had
the finest lot of canned fruit he
had ever seen, which opinion she
prizes almost as highly as the
blue ribbon.-Fdrmington NeWs.
Well, the Land Congress and
the Murdock- Crumb distribution
of the Big Muddy lands are of the
past. The two conformity brought
to the Valley several thousand
people last week, and for three or
flour days we were a lively COM
munity indeed. The hotels,
restaurants, boarding houses, liv-
cry stables, etc., did a rushing
business. Tuesday and Wednes-
day were taken up with the pro-
ceedings of the Land Congress.
OF the displays pertaining to ag-
riculture and it's products, some
mention was made last week. In
J incomplete detail | may now note
| as follows: Mr.. Smith of Belleview
| exhibited a fine collection oil
r grasses and vegetables; MI. Chas,
Kuhn of Marble Creek, May Cher
ries and apples, showing that the
late frosts did not destroy all the
, fruits; Glover Valley Farm did
. itself proud in the display of or
J chard grass four feet, 2 inches tall,
: alfalfa and clover three feet, and
, blue grass three feet, four inches !;
, also, samples of corn and clusters
of apples, among the finest ex-
hibited. Among the outside ex-
; hibits was that of Mrs. Davis Of
Pennington, embracing fifty va.
ri cites of canned fruits and Other
products from an eleven-acre farm
Several real estate men had ex.
hibits and the cream separator
, man was there also. The Baptist
, Boys Band enlivened the proceed.
ings Tuesday and Wednesday
, morning. AT noon Tuesday His
: Grace Archbishop Glennon and
! Gov. Hadley, and other notables
came in on the train, attended by
I the Barracks Band, and were
taken to the Arcadia College
, After luncheon they returned to
, the Congress grounds and thu
Governor and Archbishop ad.
!. dressed an assemblage of probab'
ly $500. After the speeches they
, had a short drive about the Valley
; and at 4:30 took a train for st
Louis. Other addresses were
made, from time to time, by va
a rious parties whose names | can
not now recall-all voicing the
now popular cry, "Back to thu
farm!" /, too, would like to joir
J., in that cry, but fear that if l die
: some inquisitive agr~iculturalis
might inquire: eff it's so desir'
able, why amt you on the farm?'
= And so | forbear. | don't believ,
! there ever lived a man but though
? he would have been happier il
= some other avocation than in tina
that he had chosen. When the
! thought becomes sufficiently in
: tensitied it often leads to results
/. typiied by the fable of the dog
:. the bone and the brook. 1t is goot
: for the average cobbler to stick tt
/. his last, but this gives no Warrant
: to his advising his neighbor tt
: take up blacksmithing.
= After the departure of the Land