Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-07-07

enough. A rain which continued
more or less all morning, inter
fered with the general observanc
of the day. In the afternoon quit
crowd assembled at the picnic il
Arcadia, and that's about all ther,
was out of the usual.
Conductor James ". Webb, on,
of the owners of Goulding Park
west of town, where it is said the
colored folk want to locate the in,
stitutioD for incorrigible females
authorizes US to say that the prop
erty could not be bought for sucl
a purpose for 500, 000l
About two hundred people ar
rived in the valley on No. % Sat.
urday evening. The train was
about three hours late, not getting
here until $50. If the railroad
company wants to make the val
ley popular as a resort for St.Lou-
is people it will have to improve
on the train service.
When Thos. Johnson told us {
month ago that he would have
strawberries the 4th of July anc
we printed his statement in the
paper a number of people laughed
at the idea. To prove his asser,
ton Mr.. Johnson on Saturday and
on July 4th presented us with
box of fine strawberries-ripe ano
delicious. But the season is al
most over now, after a most un'
usually long one.
The Commercial Club is in SEES.
sion this afternoon hearing thu
proposition of Messre. Slack ant
Bradstreet of New York to builc
an iron ore furnace in this city
and while at press time, A o'clock
no action has been taken, the prop
osition is regarded as good. 1t il
a 5000, 900 enterprise. The enter
prise now controls fifty-two hun.
dred acres of fine iron land.-Pop-
lar Bluff Republican.
Several cars of Texas stock
were watered and fed here las
week. After they had been shipped
into st. Louis the railroad sent
man here to disinfect the stock per
so that no disease might be COM
municated to the native stock. II
is said that the Texas animals are
infested with a tick that is fatal tc
the Missouri stock. Some three
gallons of carbolic acid were dis.
tributed about the pen.
Several displays of fireworks IL
Illuminated the night of the Glorious
Fourth, among the most notabl
being those on the j. A. w. Lewis
and DR.. Summa premises. At the
former place several st. Louis
summer residents pooled their
patriotic issues. Far into the
night the heavens we're ablaze
with blue and red lights, and the
air filed with detonations, visible
to the eye and patent to the cal
for miles round about.
The following recently appeared
in the st. Louis Globe Democrat,
telegraphed from Jefferson City
under date of June 23d: "Gov,
Hadley to-day affixed his signature
to the transferring of the fve-acre
farm to Mrs. Mathilda Rudolph OF
Chicago, who won the word con-
test conducted by the State I'M
migration Commission. This farm
is in the Arcadia Valley and was
donated to the immigration Com
mission by a realty company"
A mail pouch hanging on the
crane at Arcadia station for train
No. 5 was stolen and rifled of it's
contents last Thursday night. The
theft was not known until the next
morning, when the mail pouch,
cut open and empty, was found
some distance from the station.
Two white men and a negro-all
strangers-were taken in charge
by the officers Friday, suspected
of being implicated in the robbery
but soon established their inno-
cence and were permitted to go on
their way.
The following appeared in Mon
days Republic, telegraphed from
Bismarck nnder date of July Sd
"Mrs. Mary Wilson, of Elvins.
Mo-, accidentally swallowed a
needle, almost two inches in
length, four years ago and has
never suffered in consequence OF
her strange experience. She had
forgotten all about it until a few
days ago, when a red spot APP
peared just below her left knee.
DR.. j. L. Eaton made an x-ray ex-
animation to-day, found and re-
moved the needle from this red
spot"
In last weeks Republican the ed
itor, Mr.. Elmer, had an editorial
defending the county newspapers
against the remarks made by Mr..
O'Meara III his prohibition speech
at the courthouse Saturday even
ing, June 18th. We commend Mr..
Elmer in the stand he takes and
will say for ourselves that the
Monitor has not sold out to the
breweries and don't intend to.
But we will take their advertising
at space rates. They pay for their
advertising and this is more than
we can say for the other side
Salem Monitor.
j. J. Frank, formerly of this
city, but more recently of st.
Louis, has closed a deal whereby
he buys out George Begley's un-
dertaking establishment and art
" F 1871 M A AZ ~ 49,